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She's not A it's revealed pretty early. Even in the chart that the mains are discussing back in the office. And later confirmed in ep 15 by Mr Wang. A is probably a government official. It is not Zhao Jikai though, even though he is also villain. I think Jikai gave Xin jie a call in one of the episode.

Yes, at least one of the major villain is always "main" cast in these type of dramas. An Ni and Luyuan are obv good guys. Li Yitang seems good as well, so yeah.

All actresses need to actually play in these "realistic" dramas if they want to get treated as serious actors in the industry. You can't forever just play in romance web dramas....

He fake suicide due to debt from illegal loans, which cause him to be sent to that foreign country to pay back the debt. It was coincidence he met that streamer overseas. He didn't purposely go overseas to meet her. Actually quite logical, irl there's a lot of simps like xiao bei, that's actually not even the worst because you can see the streamer face, there's even more pathetic ones like people spending money on anime cg aka vtuber.

Him meeting the streamer overseas might be fake for dramatic effect, but "xiaobei" who got into debt due to simping for streamer are very real cases.

Simps... I'm sure all those twitch thots have their "Xiaobeis" too.

That's nothing, in romance dramas there's a ton more of conveniences even more ridiculous than accidentally meeting the other lead, such as "accidental kisses"...

There are other countries where those Chinese fraud gangs operate as well, mostly in 3rd world countries where the laws are weak and govt are corrupt, not just PH, but PH might be the biggest one for online gambling. But those like "elderly fraud" type is basically in many other countries. Chinese government is pretty effective in getting rid of these kind of crimes due to their mass surveillance so these gangs are forced to move overseas... where they protected by democracy and liberty lmao

Nefarious is a strong word. Huiquan is basically allusion to companies like Tencent. Like I mean all those mmo/gacha makers that make gamer addicts spent too much money are basically the same yet they are all still able to operate freely and legally despite horror stories of gamers spending too much money on those predatory games. That professor is no different than lawyers for companies like EA who make predatory loot boxes. The issue is why governments are tolerating such obvious predatory practices? Oh right because huge tax money from such practices.

This is actually really good why is the rating so low??

Many Chinese dramas like these in the past don't get picked up by web drama streaming service, many don't get translated. They are on Chinese television though.

Unfair comparison. Ordinary Greatness is just a cop drama, it's not based on real cases. This one is paid for by People's Procuratorate which shows real case they worked on and the purpose is to educate the masses about things like fraud, how various govt agencies worked, relationship between regulators and big companies, etc. Of course it would feel like documentary in style and is meant for domestic viewers. Straight up educational videos or documentaries are boring for most people, they will not watch it voluntarily, this is why CCP is using these drama format so more people would watch it.

You should watch "Definitely not Today" it's based on real case as well. The thing about this drama is it meant to be educational for domestic views. Like for example that long complete speech about fraud that's like addressed to old people lol. Heck, few years ago these kind of things wouldn't even be translated mostly (such as Roving Inspection Team for example).

It's supposed to be an educational drama...

I'm not saying he did that or whether is easy but I'm saying that he's in the position to be able to do that if he wants to.

Well yeah, but China system allows Xi to actually uproot those protective umbrella if he wants to, but the system in "democratic" countries don't allow their president to do the same because they are powerless (the so called "checks and balance" from a lot of people who can be bribed) there. Even if a president knows that many members of his own party or other parties are corrupt there is absolutely nothing he can do because he need their votes. Therefore if the majority are already corrupt there is no hope of ever getting rid of corruption and it will only become worse, and to win elections you need a lot of money too which encourage politicians to take bribes.

While Xi is able to uproot Jiang's corrupt cliques, democracies are unable to do this drain the swamp thingy ever.

Gaming addiction is also equally a problem in other countries, especially other east asian countries. Japan probably has a higher % of population who are game addicts or even like neet who just stay home and game all day. South Korea also has horror stories regarding of game addictions. what The difference there is that the government can not and will not intervene much so no one talk about it. China is unique because the government is stronger than the wealthy private businessmen/corporations (unlike in democracies where those rich tycoons are the ones bankrolling the politicians who then form government, and thus form a protective umbrella), therefore they can do something about it.

It's the same like in Japan, where the prosecutor wins like all the time except in like video games where the protagonist is a lawyer.

My prediction as of ep 12:

Zhao Ji Kai is definitely a villain/antagonist. Backed by someone more powerful than the chairman, possibly a corrupt politician or a gangster boss. I watched a lot of these type of cdrama I can smell that from far away. The unclear one is whether Li Yitang will also actively participate in wrongdoings in the future, but more likely probably will just be a Meng Yu (from Knockout) type of character.

Chairman Yin is still unclear, still have possibility to be a Lin Man Jiang (from People's Property) type of character. Professor Luo seems righteous but he was shown to be willing to do unethical thing such as attempting to trick/blackmail Xiaobei's dad. Could still be Gao Yu Liang (from In the name of the People) type, who was also professor who used to be righteous.

Guaranteed good people are An Ni, her mom, and her deputy Han Xuan, He Luyuan and his female cop deputy, Luo Xiaoting, Wang Xiaojiao (but her stupid husband might do worse things in the future). One of either Prosecutor Guo or Wang He Yu (or other people in their department) would probably be bribed by the bad guy, the other is good.

Xiao Muen is only a guest role, so he's probably good and will die soon or something.

I really enjoy it so far! You should give it a try.

It's still unclear yet what is the actual cause of Xiaohu's death.