Vivid Black

In the early days of New China, Shanghai was a hotbed of intrigue and upheaval. Intelligence agent Zhu Yizhen (Yang Mi) is assigned a top-secret mission to infiltrate the inner circle of the notorious Zhu Wucai (Liu Yijun), a prominent silk merchant on the Shanghai waterfront who secretly engages in espionage for the Nationalists. Posing as Shen Lijhen, Zhu Yizhen gets close to Zhu Wucai, sparking a thrilling game of spy versus spy. Zhu Wucai is cunning and meticulous, while Zhu Yizhen counters him with her wit and courage. Their relationship crackles with adversarial sparks and subtle emotional entanglements. Amid a complex political landscape, Zhu Yizhen must complete her mission while facing the peril of exposure and her own inner turmoil. The drama vividly portrays the decadent glamour and seething undercurrents of Shanghai in that era, revealing the revolutionaries' unwavering devotion to their cause.