Resumen del episodio 1 de Eight Hundred
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Under the shroud of a pitch-black night, a killer drives to the desolate outskirts of the city. He drags a woman's corpse from his vehicle and sets it ablaze, watching the fire consume the evidence of his crime. In 1997, Jiangbin City is a bustling hub.
Chen Hongbing, a veteran officer, gathers with his friend Huang Liang and others to reminisce about the history of the Fengyang Coal Mine, which grew from a tiny settlement into a mountain town known as "Little Hong Kong." Their celebration is cut short by a report of a fire at the Beimianling coal gangue dump. Chen Hongbing rushes to the scene, where the fire department has just extinguished the flames to reveal a charred, unrecognizable body.
Amidst the debris, Chen discovers a Year of the Ox commemorative coin. To protect the evidence, he borrows a tent and caution tape, staying overnight to guard the scene alone. The next morning, Liu Na and her colleague Tang Yimei from the municipal Public Security Bureau arrive to take over. Chen hands over the coin, noting its rarity; local officials confirmed no one in Fengyang had even booked such a set yet.
Based on a small plastic heel fragment found at the scene, Chen deduces the victim was likely a woman under thirty-five, as they are the primary residents who wear such delicate high heels. Forensic analysis soon finds glass shards in the victim's neck, suggesting her carotid artery was slit before she was burned. This confirms the case is a homicide.
Haunted by the past, Chen Hongbing proposes merging this investigation with a similar case from twenty-five years ago: the death of Gao Ying, who also perished at the coal gangue dump. Liu Na is hesitant to commit resources to a decades-old case previously ruled an industrial accident, fearing it will mislead their current efforts. Returning home, Chen’s obsession with the past causes friction with his wife, Ding Yue.
When she catches him searching for a panda-decorated tin candy box containing Gao Ying’s mementos, her resentment boils over. She feels that after years of stability, her husband is dragging them back into a tragedy. Chen eventually realizes his son, Chen Hui, saved the box from the trash and kept it.
At a local guest house, manager Yang Baichun provides Liu Na with a meal and information about Gao Ying, mentioning she was a temporary worker who died in a fire. This triggers a flashback for Chen Hongbing: the day he and Gao Ying were supposed to register their marriage. She never arrived, and the sound of sirens soon followed.
At the time, an enraged Chen had confronted the duty officer, Huo Kaiming, blaming him for the fire that killed his fiancée. Meanwhile, at the skating rink, Chen Hui and Gao Songge share a quiet moment. Songge’s health is failing; she has been on dialysis for four years and needs a kidney transplant costing 300,000 yuan. While her sister has found a matching donor, Songge’s own future remains uncertain.
Chen Hongbing eventually retrieves the box from his son but warns him to be mentally prepared for the difficult path ahead if he stays with the ailing Songge. The investigation takes a turn when a truck driver involved in an accident confesses his erratic behavior was caused by "ice pops" laced with Peidun cough syrup. This overseas product contains high levels of codeine, making it an addictive, controlled substance.
The driver describes the seller, "Lu Yuan," as a man in a dark red hat and mask operating near a suburban gas station. As the police launch a nighttime raid to detain users, Chen Hongbing visits his son’s rink. He tastes an ice pop and pointedly mentions that while regular ones cost one and a half yuan, the drug-laced versions go for thirty. Though he does not arrest his son, the warning is clear. Once his father leaves, a shaken Chen Hui immediately sends word to his associates to stop all transactions, realizing the police are closing in.
