After the domestic anti-corruption drama entered the 90s, the masterpiece represented by "The Sky is On" caused a huge response after the CCTV broadcast, followed by "Absolute Power", "State Prosecution", "Snow Without a Trace", "Black Hole", etc. have been launched, until the recent broadcast of "The Name of the People", these excellent anti-corruption dramas represent the highest level of Chinese TV drama production, because of its practical significance, close to the lives of the people, by the audience to hear. But we must not forget another excellent criminal investigation anti-corruption drama "Mission", which is very large-scale, and the sharpness of the exposed social contradictions, the prominence of political corruption, and the rampant violation of crimes are things that many dramas of the same kind dare not involve.
In 2003, the 21-episode TV series "Mission" directed by He Qun was broadcast, and in the era of criminal investigation and anti-corruption dramas, the broadcast of this drama did not seem to cause a great response, the male number one Zhang Jiayi was not too popular at that time, in fact, the starlight in the drama was brilliant, and the drama finally infected the audience through the climax of the wonderful plot and realistic style. With the passage of time, repeated broadcasting, today turned out again to watch, found that this drama is really rare, the theme is sensitive, the story is bold, the screenwriter dares to write, the director dares to shoot, that year was able to be broadcast smoothly, the truth of the crime exposed in the play seems to happen around us, and the good and evil characters in the play also seem to be familiar.
The story takes place in a city called "Shimizu", and the word "Shimizu" contrasts with the political environment of this city, which is quite ironic. Lin Yin (Zhang Jiayi), the new director of the Qingshui City Public Security Bureau, encountered a criminal case of a gang of hooligans beating up a bus driver on his way to office, and after catching the criminal suspect, Lin Yin found from the words and demeanor of deputy director Niu Ming (Zhao Xiaorui) that this case has a background, not an individual case. Sure enough, for the case of several small hooligans, the director of the Baishan District Public Security Bureau Was alarmed, and the people who came to the Public Security Bureau to intercede were even the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, the mayor, and the secretary of the political and legal committee, and even Zeng Liquan (Weizi), the former director of the public security bureau who had been transferred from Qingshui City, called Enwei and urged Lin Yin to release people, but the main envoys behind all this were Wan Yuchen (Xu Min), secretary of the municipal party committee of Qingshui City, and Zheng Guangjun (Xie Gang), chairman of the Guanghua Group, which made Lin Yin encounter unprecedented huge work pressure as soon as he took office. I felt that this was the naked protection of officials and officials. Lin Yin also found that the public security bureau was full of contradictions and crises, and deputy director Niu Ming had a strong style and had a strange personal relationship with Zheng Guangjun; Luo Houping (Hou Chuangao), the head of the criminal police brigade, was wavering; Hao Zheng (Feng Qian), the director of the office, was around Fengyuan; zhao Tiejun (Li Mengnan), an investigator of the criminal police team, and Lan Yuqin (Ma Li), the administrator of physical evidence, one was Zheng Guangjun's cousin, and the other was the sister of Secretary Wan. In the entire Qingshui City Public Security Bureau, people's hearts are scattered, their appearance is separated, and there is a miasma of black smoke everywhere. Fortunately, through a period of work understanding, Lin Yin saw that the public security bureau also has a righteous force represented by Fang Political Commissar (Li Jianyi), Patrol Police Brigade Captain Jin Shulin (Zong Ping), and Vice Captain Qin Zhijian (Liu Jun), etc. They are not accustomed to the lazy style and corrupt phenomena of some leaders in the bureau, and they can't stand by and swallow their anger on weekdays. After Lin Yin's arrival, the work style of just facing difficulties infected them and saw hope, so, under the leadership of Lin Yin, they made concerted efforts, united as one, shouldered the sacred mission entrusted by the people, and launched a tit-for-tat struggle to the death against the corrupt elements headed by Secretary Wan and the criminal and evil forces headed by Zheng Guangjun.
The end of the story will surely be the victory of good over evil, and the people of Qingshui City will be a clean and tidy person, but through this struggle, the righteous forces led by Lin Yin have also made great sacrifices. Criminal police officer Huang Jianqiang (Xin Baiqing) died while pursuing criminals; intern Gao Xiang (Yu Jian) also died to protect witnesses during the exchange of fire between the two sides; and Lin Yin was innocently framed for investigation, all of which were caused by the dying struggle and crazy counterattack of corrupt elements and criminal and evil forces. Justice represents the power of the people, and evil will eventually drown in the ocean of anti-corruption.
The biggest highlight of the play is the courage to expose the essence of corruption, which is similar to many cases of anti-corruption by the Party Central Committee since the 18th National Congress. Wan Yuchen, the "number one" and "parent official" of Qingshui City, is full of "party spirit" and "principles", but in fact he is in cahoots with Zheng Guangjun, chairman of the Guanghua Group, who is dressed as a deputy to the National People's Congress, and is complicit. Wan Yuchen has a strong work style, engages in a word hall, acts as a protective umbrella for the criminal and evil forces, raises mistresses, engages in political achievement projects, and suppresses dissidents, so that Qingshui's political ecology has been seriously damaged; He Dalai (Zhang Huizhong), secretary of the district political and legal committee, has received a lot of benefits from Zheng Guangjun, eating, drinking, gambling and gambling at the Imperial Dynasty Hotel, and as a party cadre, he has left the party spirit and principles behind, has no scruples, and is extremely corrupt; Yu Hairong (Li Jianxin), deputy secretary of the Municipal Law Commission, acts as Wan Yuchen's thug, and his work style is cold and hard. Niu Ming, deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, broke free of the protective umbrella of a criminal syndicate and evil forces, saw that Zheng Guangjun opened his mouth to be a "military brother," and formed a chain of interests and a network of relationships between them, all of them using each other for their own interests, and even at the expense of creating unjust, false and wrongly decided cases; Hao Zheng, director of the public security bureau, often played his own small calculations, withheld all kinds of expenses in the bureau, took advantage of small profits, and spread rumors left and right. Inciting the flames; Han (Liang Tian), director of the Provincial Department of Finance, while agreeing to allocate funds to the Qingshui Public Security Bureau, makes a request to open a casino in Qingshui City, which is rejected by the upright Lin Yin, and the result is that the financial problem is ruined. And so on, these leading cadres who are members of the party and the state are obsessed with their interests, greedy, trampling on the dignity of the law, ignoring party discipline and state law, recklessly taking risks, and falling deeper and deeper for their own selfish interests, embarking on a road of no return.
In addition to Lin Yin, Political Commissar Fang, and Qin Zhijian, there are vice mayor Chen Guomin (Jin Xin), Gu Zhiyuan (Xiu Zongdi), mayor of the district public security bureau, Mayor Hong Mingshan (Guan Shouyi), procurator Su of the Municipal Procuratorate (Qiu Yongli), and Director Zhao (Cui Kefa), deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress. Gao Xiang's charge and fearless sacrifice have dealt a heavy blow to the criminal and evil forces; among the people, there are Wang Yamin (Che Xiaotong), chairman of the trade union of the Municipal Transportation Bureau, who dares to violate Yan Zhizhi's advice, Tian Lawyer (Huang Zhizhong), who dares to struggle and uphold justice, Liu Zheng (Bi Yanjun) and Xu Zimin (Han Tongsheng), who are victims who dare to testify, and Miao Yu (Chang Jingru), a reporter of Qingshui Daily, who is not afraid of power and dares to expose the truth, it is precisely because of these powerful forces on behalf of the people and the spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice. Bring to justice this group of outlaws who have committed wrongdoing and oppressed the people with the power of destruction and decay.
The screenwriter of the drama, Zhang Xu, can be regarded as the royal screenwriter of He Qun, who has created dramas such as "Gunshots in the Plains", "The Legend of The Hero of Lü Liang", "Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference", "Because of Love" and other dramas, and the TV series "Mission" won the first prize of the Ninth Golden Shield Cultural Project of the Ministry of Public Security. In terms of actors, audiences who have seen director He Qun's works will find that a considerable number of roles in this drama have appeared many times in He Qun's other works, which is also the actor himself has a solid performance foundation and the appeal of director He Qun, in addition to the characters introduced in the text, there are also Song Chunli, Yan Ni, Li Qiang, Wu Yujuan, Xu Tao, Shi Zhaoqi, Huang Meiying, Zang Jinsheng, Yu Zhen and other cameos in different roles, which can be described as a strong lineup, the stars gathered, and jointly interpreted a classic criminal investigation anti-corruption drama.