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The Confidence (2020)
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Original name: 阳光之下
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Ke Ying is a talented economics lecturer who is forced to help psychopath Feng Xiao Sheng gain real power within his corporation. The street smart Xiao Wu is a police informant, and when he discovers Fu’s company is laundering money with foreign bank accounts, he uses his position as Feng Xiao Sheng’s right-hand man to collect evidence. He befriends Ke Ying, and the two work together to destroy the criminal organization.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, crime thriller, captivating, disturbing, intense, dark, twisted
Plot:
investigation, deception, organized crime, manipulation, money laundering, power struggle, criminal gang, corporate corruption, mafia, criminal, crime boss, teamwork, forensics, fighting crime, police investigation, betrayal, double life, ambition, greed, moral ambiguity, criminal syndicate, ethical dilemma, law enforcement, industrial espionage, urban ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
china
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