Scripted series · Tencent Video
边城往事
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Signature profile
边城往事 reads strongest on Serialized, Cliffhanger Intensity and Tension.
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The story
What it's about
Xie Wenqiang, a brilliant mathematics prodigy, risks everything to find his missing girlfriend, only to be captured and forced into a brutal illegal mining camp. Trapped in a deadly criminal underworld, he uses his intellect and nerve to outplay ruthless forces, turning a fight for survival into a high-stakes ascent through a lethal game of power.
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