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The Eve (2023) 前夜 Episode 1 Recap & Review

The Eve (2023) 前夜 Episode 1 Recap & Review

Episode 1: Shanghai Turmoil Lin Xi Gets the Key

After the Battle of Songhu in 1937, Shanghai fell, and only the concession was under the protection of foreigners, with neon lights flashing, singing and dancing peacefully, and Shili Foreign Market was working hard to maintain its last bit of decency. In the song and dance hall named Great World, Sun Ran, chief of the General Affairs Section of the Military Command Shanghai Station, secretly met with the Japanese here and betrayed the information about the party’s Shanghai underground transportation station to the Japanese.

In Sun Ran’s hands, he also holds a list of patriotic businessmen who secretly supported the Anti-Japanese War, and what is related to the list is a key key. As soon as Sun Ran left the gate of the big world, before the car started, he was killed and the keys were taken away. Zhao Han, the leader of the concession gang, and Zhu Qiwen, the leader of another gang, were mortal enemies. Zhu Qiwen occupied the dock and refused to return it, and gang members from both sides clashed at the dock.

Lin Xi, a member of the gang, is Zhao Han’s adopted son. He asks Jin Ye, the elder of the concession gang, to come out of the mountain on behalf of his father, and asks Zhao Qiwen to return the dock. Although Zhao Qiwen agreed, he did not give a clear time to return the dock. A student movement broke out on the streets of Shanghai. Lin Xi saw a woman hurrying into the alley. He followed her and found that she quickly changed her appearance.

Lin Xi became suspicious of this woman, stopped her and asked her if she was sent by Zhao Qiwen. Su Nan didn’t know what he was talking about, taking advantage of Lin Xi being distracted by the policeman who was questioning him, Su Nan kicked him hard and ran away. Lin Xi picked up the school badge she dropped and found that she was a student of Fuxing Public School. In the library, Su Nan and Ling Hongjun, an underground member of the Communist Party of China, are meeting.

Ling Hongjun told her that there was a traitor within the military command, named Sun Ran, who betrayed the party’s information about the Shanghai underground transportation station to the Japanese. This person also holds a list of patriotic businessmen who secretly supported the Anti-Japanese War. Once the list falls into the hands of the enemy, Shanghai’s civil anti-Japanese forces will suffer heavy losses, and the key on is the key to the list.

The key related to the list was obtained by comrade Qingyu, but because the traffic station was destroyed, Qingyu was unable to transfer the key to his contact as planned. The organization decided that Su Nan and Ling Hongjun would continue to complete the key transfer. Lu Linhan, an underground member of the CCP code-named Herring, saw the missing person notice in the newspaper and understood that this was important information, which required a specific cipher book to correctly decipher it.

The dock was sealed by patrols. Zhu Qiwen sent a few gold bars, ostensibly to apologize. However, Lin Xi and his brother Li Yunfei could see that he was uneasy and kind-hearted. Zhao Han knew that Zhu Qiwen was now in the prime of life, so he repeatedly warned his adopted son Lin Xi, and his apprentice. Li Yunfei, please stop causing trouble for him. My sister Lin Yuan had to pay three yuan for books.

The wonton stall owner Lu Linhan said that he was going back to the countryside to attend his son’s wedding. He enthusiastically gave three yuan to Lin Xi. Lin Xi not only didn’t ask for it, but also asked Li Yunfei to give some money to Lao Lu as a gift for his son’s wedding. At the same time, Hideo Takeda, the president of Shomasa Industrial Co., Ltd., learned the secret information in the newspaper from his subordinates. The other party will meet at Mitsui Yoko at ten o’clock tomorrow, and it will be related to the key.

Zhu Qiwen’s men made trouble on Zhao Han’s ground, and Lin Xi and Li Yunfei fought against each other ten times, not losing the wind. Before Lao Lu could connect with Su Nan and Ling Hongjun, he was targeted.

Lin Xi saw Lao Lu who was in a hurry and the people following him, and Lin Xi, who sensed something was wrong, followed. Lao Lu was shot, Lin Xi also saw Su Nan, but time was running out, she didn’t stay long. After Lao Lu died, Lin Xi felt that the key on his body was very important, so he secretly took the key away. Zhu Qiwen learned that a person was killed in today’s street shootout.