TV series

The Source of River

2025 · 1 season

A slow-burning, serious procedural that digs into institutional corruption with quiet tension and personal stakes.

Overview: Years after a personal and professional setback, tax investigator Zheng Hao is assigned to expose a major tax evasion network in Xindong. As his former fiancée, Liang Jinqiu, returns from abroad and their old friend, Professor Zhao Mingda, faces a family crisis, they become entangled in a dangerous fight against corruption and deception hidden beneath the city’s facade.
How it feels: Tense, earnest, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Corruption, justice, betrayal, redemption
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: corruption
justice
betrayal
redemption
power
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama
Created by: Liang Hao, Song Wei
Written by: Qin Fang
Starring: Nie Yuan, Yang Rong, Zhang Duo, Shi Jingming, Wu Mian, Yang Boxiao, Wang Ruixin, Huang Meng
Length: 1 seasons, 36 episodes
Network: CCTV-8, iQiyi, Tencent Video
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin