City Name: Lianghua (梁华) The word Linghua means "radiant blossom," symbolizing a city that is modern and prosperous on the surface but hides dark truths.It's a bustling, cosmopolitan city, home to both extreme wealth and deep-rooted corruption.
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City Overview: Lianghua
Lianghua is a sprawling, coastal metropolis located in an unspecified region of East Asia. It has its own unique identity with distinctive neighborhoods, a complex criminal underworld, and a technologically advanced infrastructure.
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Key Features:
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1. The Divided City: Old vs. New
Downtown Lianghua:
The financial and business district, filled with skyscrapers, luxury hotels, and cutting-edge technology. This area is home to the wealthy elite, powerful corporations, and government offices. The streets are wide and filled with sleek, modern cars, but beneath the surface, this district is rife with corporate corruption and criminal networks.
The Old Quarter:
An older part of the city, filled with narrow alleyways, traditional hutongs (lanes), and markets. While the Old Quarter is less developed, where many of Lianghua's criminal underworld operates in the shadows, away from the watchful eyes of the law.
Contrast Between Old and New:
Lianghua is a city caught between its ancient past and its modern future, a place where sleek skyscrapers cast long shadows over crumbling buildings. And that is what sets it apart
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2. High Surveillance and Technology
Advanced Technology:
Lianghua is known for its advanced surveillance technology. Facial recognition cameras line the streets, and people use digital payments for everything. The city is a leader in artificial intelligence and digital crime detection. However, this also means that privacy is almost non-existent. Citizens are always being watched, and the police rely heavily on technology to track movements.
Digital Crimes:
Despite the surveillance, cybercrime and hacking are rampant. Powerful tech conglomerates in Lianghua often have shady dealings, covering up their involvement in illicit activities.
In a wealthy neighborhood at a round 8 am on that chilly wednesday morning of the month of July.
A house no a mansion mhhh... No that is not the right word for it. Yes a palace that is set is standing magnificently in a secluded compound, workers running up and down trying to get their work done and be able to get that sweet salary from these filthy rich families who have so much money that it gives them headaches from time to time trying to figure out where to use them.
"Sir. Please open the door breakfast is ready." A young lady in her 30s in full servant uniform is standing at the the wooden large door trying to get the man on the other side to open the door.
Li cheng , 48 is known for his rude comments to his subordinates and servants and even his own wife and very temperamental. Is the man behind that door.
She knocks on the door again twice conductively but is met with only the wooden door staring back at her.
She tries the knock and it is open.
She steps inside the dark room even though the sun has partially risen outside. The huge black curtains cover the glass walls of the room.
"Sir! Sir!" She shouts
She sees the door to his study is shut. Like it has always been ever since she started working at the this Residence of the wealthy in Lianghua. The door was to the farthest end to the left of the room and she headed towards it.
The reason she came here is simple to deliver food to her boss as lately he has been eating all his meals in his study.
She knocks on the door, it is not answered then she places right hear on the door to hear and it is dead silent in there.
usually they are prohibited from ever getting in the study even by the Lady Boss and their son.
She tries opening opening the golden door handle and the door slowly opens and what follows is a loud scream never to come back again.
9 am LINGHUA POLICE STATION
A phone rings.
The dispatcher listens carefully.
He leaves to inform the others
A murder has been commited.