''China Salesman'' ( zh, s=中国推销员), also known as ''Deadly Contract'' and ''Tribal Warfare'', is a 2017 Chinese

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co-written and directed by Tan Bing. The film stars Li Dongxue and features

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and

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. It was released in China on 16 June 2017.

Plot

Yan Jian, a young Chinese IT engineer, volunteers to go to North Africa and help the company he works for to win a competition. The winner can own the right to control the communication between South and North. French spy Michael is ordered to go to North Africa and win the competition, so that France can control the mineral resources of Africa. He hires the best mercenary in Africa, Lauder, and a former general, Kabbah, to help him. Yan discovers their conspiracy, and is the only one who can stop them.

Cast

* Li Dongxue as Yan Jian *

as Kabbah *

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as Susanna *

Li Ai Li Ai (; born 4 January 1979 in Guangzhou, Guangdong), is a Chinese television personality, singer, actress and model. In 1999, Li Ai represented her country of China in the Ford Models Supermodel of the World. Upon her return home, she focuse ...

as Ruan Ling *

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as Sheik Asaid * Clovis Fouin as Michael *

as Lauder * Zijian Wang as Zheng Ming * Anthony Gavard as ONU Officer

Reception

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, the film holds an approval rating of 13% based on 16 reviews, and an average rating of 2.13/10. On

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, the film has a weighted average score of 14 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=tt6015706 Chinese-language films Chinese action films Techno-thriller films 2010s English-language films