Fatty Hu

Biodata

Appearance

• Approximately the same height as Jiang Yiming, but much heavier and outwardly stronger-looking 20.
• Physically weakened by years of drinking and womanizing despite his imposing build 20.
• His weight hampers his running speed, allowing Jiang Yiming to catch him after only a few steps 21.

Personality

Fatty Hu relies on his father’s position to intimidate workers. He leads the bullying of Jiang Yiming, mocks him over withheld wages, and demands deference as workshop director. His confidence collapses when intimidation fails: after Jiang Yiming overpowers his helpers, he immediately tries to flee 1 20 21.

He is vindictive but reluctant to endure pain himself. Following his beating, he considers breaking one of his own bones to strengthen a police complaint, but cannot bring himself to do it. Instead, he attempts to destroy Jiang Yiming’s treasured cup and photograph the damage to provoke him 22.

Background / History

Bullying Jiang Yiming

At the family-run pork processing plant, Fatty Hu uses his status as the factory director’s son to lead other workers in bullying Jiang Yiming. He deliberately startles Jiang while he is operating machinery, causing him to sprain his left arm. Fatty Hu receives no punishment and offers no apology. The incident helps inspire Jiang’s plan to retaliate against his tormentors with Gu insects 1 20.

Conflict over the Dragon Scale Cup

Fatty Hu calls Jiang Yiming after recognizing him in a news photograph about a teenager killing a leopard. He demands that Jiang return to work and brings up the wages the factory is holding back. When Jiang arrives, Fatty Hu and the security guard pretend the retractable gate is broken and tell him to climb over it. Jiang instead clears it using his invisible Void Spiderweb, then pushes past Fatty Hu’s attempt to block him 20.

After discovering his Dragon Scale Cup missing from his locker, Jiang confronts Fatty Hu, who admits taking it but claims to have thrown it away after an acquaintance judged it a fake. Fatty Hu brings five or six helpers to confront Jiang; Jiang secretly poisons them unconscious with Level Two Primordial Gu, catches Fatty Hu as he flees, and beats him while demanding the cup’s return by the following day 21.

Fatty Hu calls the police but withholds the surveillance footage because it shows him initiating the confrontation. The officers tell him to obtain an injury assessment before they can open a case. Meanwhile, Jiang leaves Red Tail and Ghost Face behind to monitor him 21.

Fatty Hu retrieves the cup from his office cabinet and hurls it at the floor, intending to enrage Jiang. The cup remains unscratched and dents the concrete, prompting him to reconsider whether it is valuable. Jiang later secretly recovers it while the factory is under food-safety inspection 22 23.

Diseased-Pork Operation

Fatty Hu receives more than ten tons of meat from pigs that died of disease through the factory’s back gate. His exchange with the driver indicates an established arrangement: he orders the meat unloaded “same as usual” and instructs that future shipments arrive at night. Jiang overhears them and reports the factory to the food regulatory authorities 22.

When inspectors arrive, Fatty Hu contacts Third Uncle and sends the employees home. He presents himself as cooperative during the inspection, then takes the two officers guarding the warehouse out for a meal. During their absence, Third Uncle arranges to replace the diseased pork with certified meat and move the original shipment to Wanjia Cold Storage 102. Jiang records the exchange 22 23.

Exposure and Arrest

Jiang secretly supplies the recording to the inspector known as Big Beard. Before the inspector returns, Fatty Hu leans against the replacement meat and falls when it collapses: Jiang’s Gu have eaten out its interior. Fatty Hu initially wants to confront supplier Boss Wang, but Third Uncle stops him 24 25.

Big Beard shows them the recording, leaving Fatty Hu speechless. Police arrive roughly half an hour later and take both uncle and nephew away 25.

A subsequent news report states that the plant has been sealed and eighteen tons of diseased pork seized. It reports possible sentences of three to seven years for the three people involved; Jiang’s accompanying reaction describes Fatty Hu as having been sentenced, without specifying his individual term 27.

Relationships

• Jiang Yiming — Employee and bullying victim who becomes his adversary, recovers the stolen Dragon Scale Cup, and secretly provides the evidence that exposes the factory 1 20 21 23 24.
• His father — Unnamed factory director whose position enables Fatty Hu’s workplace authority and impunity 1 20.
• Third Uncle — Uncle and key supporter of the factory’s operation; organizes the meat substitution and is arrested alongside him 22 23 25.
• Big Beard — Food inspector who investigates the diseased pork and confronts Fatty Hu and Third Uncle with Jiang’s recording 23 24 25.