The Silent Storm Sets November 5 Premiere on Youku With Jing Boran and Zhang Songwen

02Three friends, two sides

According to Youku's official synopsis, the story starts in 1994 in the fictional Chunjiang City. A tax inspector, Ouyang Xu, a police detective, Yan Ping'an, and Zhou Haiyang, a man searching for his wife, meet while working on a fake invoice case and go on to crack several tax cases together. Over the years their paths split. When a large operation brings them back together, the old friends find themselves on opposite sides, with the inspector facing a tax fraud ring led by Zhou and the powerful people protecting it.

03Cast

Jing Boran, Sun Yizhou and Zhang Songwen lead the cast, according to the trailer description. The wider ensemble listed by Youku includes Wang Ou, Feng Lei, Shawn Yue, Li Xiaoran and Zhang Xueying. The new trailer focuses on the three men and the choices that turn brothers into rivals.

International viewers can follow the series on Youku's international app and website, which the official upload links to.