Recaps

Zhang Yuliang arrived at Likang to face his brothers and the Chu family after setting fire to his bedroom and exposing the Zhang Family’s commercial bribery. Zhang Yuqi understood that Yuliang had never intended to negotiate and took him home to see their mother.

• Zhang Yuqi and Zhang Yulin arrived at Likang and told Chu Xiaozhong that they had come to take Zhang Yuliang back.
• Zhang Yuliang arrived alone, lent Song Tianyao his Zippo lighter, and entered the office.
• Zhang Yulin slapped Zhang Yuliang for setting the family house on fire, but Yuliang calmly explained that he had burned only his own bedroom.
• Zhang Yuqi told Zhang Yuliang that their eldest brother wanted him to spend several months at the Siu Gam Psychiatric Detention Centre.
• Zhang Yuliang revealed that he had arranged for newspapers abroad to expose the Zhang Family’s commercial bribery, and Zhang Yuqi said he had already anticipated it.
• Zhang Yuqi finished straightening Zhang Yuliang’s tie and took him home to see their mother.

Zhang Yuqi revealed that he had secured commitments from the pharmaceutical companies, removing Zhang Yuliang’s leverage over the Zhang Family. Zhang Yujie then announced the family had settled the customs crisis, had Zhang Yuliang taken to the police, and repaid Chu Xiaoxin the money Yuliang had stolen.

• Zhang Yuqi gave Zhang Yuliang letters showing the pharmaceutical companies would restore their agency arrangements after Zhang Yulin disclosed the Zhang Family’s bribes.
• Zhang Yuqi challenged Zhang Yuliang about his other plans and told him to come see their mother.
• Zhang Yujie reported that the British Army had left the docks, the seized medicines would be returned, and Zhang Yuliang would face questioning over counterfeit medicine.
• Zhang Yujie ordered Cai Jianxiong to take Zhang Yuliang to the car and then to the police station.
• Zhang Yujie gave Chu Xiaoxin a deposit slip showing one million Hong Kong dollars had been transferred to Likang to repay the money Zhang Yuliang had taken.

After the Zhang Family left Likang with a one-million-dollar deposit, Song Tianyao revealed that Zhang Yuqi had fooled Zhang Yuliang with a fake document and began preparing a scheme involving counterfeit medicine and the customs warehouse. He arranged for help from Chan Ah-sap and Kong Wing-yan while confirming that Angie Pellis had arranged for newspaper proofs to be printed in Britain.

• Zhang Yujie left Likang after depositing one million Hong Kong dollars, and Zhang Yuqi and Zhang Yulin followed him with Zhang Yuliang.
• Song Tianyao told Chu Xiaozhong and Chu Xiaoxin that Zhang Yuqi's document was fake and ordered Rotten-Life Ju to find Chan Ah-sap and Heizai Jie.
• Chu Xiaoxin gave Song Tianyao his watch, and Song called Angie Pellis in London, who confirmed that newspaper proofs had been printed for distribution across Britain.
• Song told Chu Xiaozhong that four hours would be enough to empty the customs warehouse and bring in evidence, then asked to borrow Kong Wing-yan's help.
• Song instructed Kong Wing-yan to fund Lei Danzi's purchase of counterfeit medicine and packaging while Chan Ah-sap and Chao Yong Yi's men moved the genuine medicines to Likang's warehouse and guarded them.

Song Tianyao explained his plan to Chu Xiaozhong, then went to meet Zhu Xuguang, the He Yong Yi elder known as Uncle Guang. He reached Uncle Guang’s mahjong hall in Kowloon and was directed to a private room upstairs.

• Chu Xiaozhong warned Song Tianyao that swapping the medicines in the customs warehouse could make Likang a scapegoat and hurt the Chu Family.
• Song Tianyao took Chu Xiaozhong into the office and explained how Likang could turn the Zhang Family’s moves against them.
• Song Tianyao left Likang with Rotten-Life Ju and asked him where to find Zhu Xuguang, known as Uncle Guang.
• Rotten-Life Ju led Song Tianyao to the Eight Harmonies Mahjong Hall, where a worker said Uncle Guang was waiting in a private room upstairs.

Song Tianyao met Zhu Xuguang at the Mahjong Parlor and asked him to help arrange a fight between the He-prefix gangs and Li Caifa’s Green Gang. Zhu Xuguang explained that the elders were meeting Li Caifa that day, and the chapter ended with him considering Song Tianyao’s proposal to hold the fight that night at Central Pier.

• Zhu Xuguang welcomed Song Tianyao and led him past Fourteen K men into a private room, where Qi Weiwen was waiting.
• Song Tianyao warned Qi Weiwen that the man who had attacked his family would suffer worse if he provoked them again.
• Song Tianyao asked Zhu Xuguang about the brewing conflict between Wo Shing Yee and Li Caifa’s Green Gang.
• Zhu Xuguang said the He-prefix elders planned to meet Li Caifa and that the gangs would likely need to fight before they could negotiate.
• Song Tianyao asked Zhu Xuguang to help arrange a fight at Central Pier that night, and Zhu Xuguang considered whether the elders could approve it.

Shek Chi-yik reviewed reports on the effects of Japanese goods dumping on Hong Kong industries while working in his office. The chapter ended as he received a call from Customs Department director Shen Wenkang.

• Shek Chi-yik examined records from a Chinese Manufacturers' Association symposium on Japanese goods dumping.
• Shek Chi-yik sorted the reports by how severely the affected industries were impacted.
• Shek Chi-yik carefully studied reports on hardware, enamelware, stationery, glass, thread spools, fabric dyeing, and mosquito coils, marking key figures.
• Shen Wenkang called Shek Chi-yik while he was reviewing the reports.

Shek Chi-yik assessed the damage Japanese dumping and the embargo were causing Hong Kong industries, then allowed Likang to move seized medicines under close customs surveillance. The chapter left Song Tianyao driving with Rotten-Life Ju after Angie Pellis returned to Hong Kong.

• Shek Chi-yik reviewed figures showing Japanese goods had pushed Hong Kong stationery out of several overseas markets and threatened other industries reliant on Mainland Chinese raw materials.
• Shen Wenkang told Shek Chi-yik that Likang was removing seized medicines from the customs warehouse while bringing other medicines in.
• Shek Chi-yik permitted Likang to move the medicines to its own warehouse but ordered customs and the Marine Police to prevent them from being shipped away and to seize any freighter used.
• Shen Wenkang concealed that he and British soldiers had posed for photos in the warehouse with seized military supplies after receiving money from Song Tianyao and Angie Pellis.
• Song Tianyao drove with Rotten-Life Ju and complained that he felt uncomfortable without Angie Pellis beside him.

Song Tianyao explained how he planned to use 14K’s ambitions and visit Huang Xiaoqiu to pressure the Zhang Family, while predicting Zhang Yuliang still had a hidden move. Meanwhile, Zhang Yujie dismissed concerns about the medicines moved by Chao Yong Yi and ordered Cai Jianxiong to investigate, suspecting Chu Xiaoxin might be involved.

• Song Tianyao told Rotten-Life Ju that 14K’s promised support against the Green Gang served his own plans, and that he intended to exploit the gang’s ambitions to secure leverage.
• Song Tianyao said they were going to visit Huang Xiaoqiu, whose pharmaceutical business had been hurt by Zhang Yujie’s return and the Zhang Family’s control of medicine supplies.
• Song Tianyao argued that Zhang Yuliang would not accept becoming his family’s scapegoat without resistance and predicted he still had a trump card.
• Cai Jianxiong told Zhang Yujie that Chan Ah-sap’s men were moving seized medicines to Likang’s warehouse and replacing some stock with fake medicine.
• Zhang Yujie said he would wait two days before claiming the goods from customs, then ordered Cai Jianxiong to discover where they had been taken and suggested Chu Xiaoxin might be responsible.

Zhang Yujie planned to punish Young Master Liang and use the family conflict to drive his brothers away from the Zhang Family business before moving to Australia. Meanwhile, Li Caifa met with He-prefix gang leaders, who challenged his handling of the conflict with Wo Shing Yee.

• Cai Jianxiong warned Zhang Yujie that workers had seen Chao Yong Yi's men moving the medicines, but Zhang dismissed the risk of them making trouble.
• A-Yin told Zhang Yujie that his mother approved sending Young Master Liang to Xiaogan Prison and then to Macau, while Zhang said he had also arranged to deal with Fourth Brother once he was imprisoned.
• Zhang Yujie explained that he intended to use the crisis to remove Fourth Brother and frighten Second and Third Brother away from the family business, and he promised A-Yin a proper status before the family moved to Australia.
• Li Caifa met seven He-prefix uncles at the Rising Sun Tea House, while the bosses of Wo Shing Yee stayed away.
• Su Wenting accused Li Caifa of dishonorablely attacking Wo Shing Yee's businesses, and Sun Zhenchuan retorted that Wo Shing Yee had burned Mr. Du's residence without warning.
• Fei Ping argued that Li Caifa should have demanded an explanation before starting a fight, rather than immediately setting Wo Shing Yee's businesses on fire.

Shek Chi-yik prepared to attend a Hong Kong Club dinner honoring his wife, whose public charitable work had won her recognition. The chapter left him reflecting on how the club’s treatment of Bess had changed.

• Li Caifa met with Chen Zhongying and Qi Weiwen after learning that 14K had agreed to ally with the Green Gang.
• Li Caifa offered 14K three million Hong Kong dollars and promised it exclusive white powder distribution rights in Kowloon in exchange for help against the He-prefix gangs.
• Qi Weiwen proposed that the Green Gang and 14K confront the He-prefix gangs that night, and Li Caifa and Chen Zhongying agreed.
• Shek Chi-yik finished work and prepared to go home to change for the Hong Kong Club dinner honoring his wife.
• Shek Chi-yik recalled that the club had once excluded Bess but now invited her as the philanthropist Mrs. Bess.

Shek Chi-yik learned that The Observer had published a story linking the Zhang Family’s European Coast Company to smuggling and profiteering, making the case a diplomatic success for the Governor and leaving Shek Chi-yik responsible for handling the fallout. As he prepared to pressure Likang, Song Tianyao arrived for a meeting.

• The Government House Secretariat told Shek Chi-yik that The Observer had run an exclusive story about Hong Kong and urged him to handle the matter properly.
• Shek Chi-yik called Edward Hill in London, who described the report accusing European Coast Company of smuggling military medical supplies, inflating medicine prices, and hoarding materials needed by Oxfam.
• Shek Chi-yik realized that the report had put the Governor in a difficult position and that he could no longer shift blame onto Likang without undermining the British case to the Americans.
• Shek Chi-yik decided to establish European Coast Company’s guilt and warn Song Tianyao against scheming against him.
• Shek Chi-yik was about to order Shen Wenkang to seal Likang’s warehouse when his secretary announced that Song Tianyao had arrived for their meeting.

Song Tianyao offered Shek Chi-yik evidence and a plan to make the Zhang Family’s European Coast Company appear responsible for smuggling military medical supplies and burning the customs warehouse, while protecting Likang’s reputation. At Central Pier, Li Caifa watched the Green Gang and He-prefix gangs assemble for a fight as Gao Lao Cheng’s men prepared to set the customs warehouse ablaze.

• Song Tianyao presented Shek Chi-yik with photographs of military medical supplies seized from the European Coast Company and warned that the customs warehouse would be attacked and burned that night.
• Song Tianyao said Zhang Yuliang would testify against Zhang Yujie and promised that customs and police would arrest the arsonists and Zhang Yujie after the fire.
• Song Tianyao pointed out that Ge Mulian and Mrs. Bess would receive refunds for their Oxfam donations because Likang could not supply the deworming medicine, then challenged Shek Chi-yik’s hostility toward the company.
• Gao Lao Cheng ordered his men to stay by the warehouse and prepare to ignite the kerosene after Chao Yong Yi’s men had brought it inside.
• At Central Pier, the Green Gang and He-prefix gangs gathered in force, while Li Caifa spotted 14K’s men joining the Green Gang and ordered Ah Sang and Qi Nian to begin moving.

The Green Gang and He-prefix gangs assembled at the docks for a carefully limited clash, while a boastful new 14K recruit named Deng Zhilong introduced himself to his fellow members. The opposing gangs exchanged their identifying verses, and the gathering ended with the fight still about to begin.

• A bodyguard exchanged flashlight signals with a distant lookout, and Wang Qinian led the Green Gang men in reciting their initiation verse.
• Swift Blade Cheng answered with the He-prefix verse as the He-prefix gangs assembled two hundred fighters under his command.
• Chen Tai stood with the He-prefix fighters but remained in the back row, while five Double Red Poles led their side.
• Deng Zhilong mocked the gangs for reciting verses and told a fellow 14K member how he had joined after arriving in Hong Kong.
• Deng Zhilong boasted that his iron whip and fifteen years of kung fu would make him a star in the coming battle, while his companion warned him about the danger.

The Green Gang and 14K fought the He-prefix gangs at the docks, where Handkerchief Qing badly injured Nine-Tattooed Dragon. While the battle continued, Chen Zhongying killed Li Caifa and his men killed Li Caifa’s bodyguards.

• Bai Huansheng led the Green Gang in a charge against the He-prefix gangs, and 14K joined the fight.
• Handkerchief Qing blocked Nine-Tattooed Dragon’s attack, and another He-prefix man slashed Nine-Tattooed Dragon across the back.
• Handkerchief Qing broke Nine-Tattooed Dragon’s ankle and shoulder and left him badly injured on the ground.
• Chen Zhongying arrived at the unloading area and stabbed Li Caifa in the heart while his men killed Li Caifa’s four bodyguards.

Chen Zhongying and Liang Pei staged the aftermath of a dockside gang battle, while the Zhang family discovered that the Political Department had taken Zhang Yuliang away. Zhang Yujie decided to have Yuliang’s wife take the blame if he could not be produced.

• Chen Zhongying killed Li Caifa and left him at the docks as the fighting continued.
• Song Tianyao ordered Rotten-Life Ju to signal Gao Lao Cheng, whose men set the customs warehouse on fire as police surrounded the brawl.
• Liang Pei shot Chen Zhongying and his men, then ordered his officers to plant evidence linking their deaths to the Green Gang.
• Zhang Yuqi told Zhang Yujie that the Political Department had taken Zhang Yuliang from the police station on British orders.
• Zhang Yujie decided that if Zhang Yuliang was still missing in two days, his wife would confess in his place.

Zhang Yujie insisted on framing his wife to force Zhang Yuliang out of hiding, but Detective Chief Inspector Liu Fu arrived and arrested him. Afterward, Ding Jiafeng told Zhang Yuqi that witnesses had accused Brother Hung of ordering the customs warehouse fire.

• Zhang Yuqi offered to confess to processing and stockpiling expired and counterfeit medicines, but Zhang Yujie insisted that Fourth Brother's wife should take the blame.
• Zhang Yujie defended his harsh treatment of Yuliang and said he would send him to Xiaogan Prison and then Macau rather than kill him.
• Liu Fu entered with plainclothes officers, announced Cai Jianxiong had been arrested, and ordered Zhang Yujie to accompany them for questioning.
• Zhang Yujie resisted an officer's attempt to seize him, then left with the police after telling Zhang Yuqi to send the family lawyer to the station.
• Ding Jiafeng reported that the customs warehouse had burned down and that eleven medicine firms, led by Huang Xiaoqiu, had told police Brother Hung ordered the arson.

Zhang Yuqi prepared a legal defense for his elder brother as the European Coast Company scandal spread in Britain. At Police Headquarters, Zhang Yujie learned that the burned customs warehouse and witness testimony had made the smuggling allegations difficult to fight.

• Zhang Yuqi learned that a British newspaper had reported the Zhang Family’s alleged smuggling and hoarding of military medical supplies, then arranged for top Hong Kong law firms to defend Zhang Yujie.
• Zhang Yuqi arranged for the company’s lawyer to visit Zhang Yujie and went to sleep after making several calls.
• Liu Fu brought Zhang Yujie to Police Headquarters, where Lee Jusheng treated him cordially and told him to wait for his lawyer.
• Lawyer Wei Jiafei told Zhang Yujie that the customs warehouse had been burned and that rumors blamed him for ordering the fire.
• Wei Jiafei said merchants had testified that the Zhang Family sold military medical supplies, while newspaper photos and British witnesses could support the charges.

Zhang Yujie was arrested over the Zhang Family’s smuggling and counterfeit medicine operation, then plotted to silence Zhang Yuliang and retaliate against Chu Xiaoxin. As an attacker sent by Young Master Liang approached him in the police station, Zhang Yujie spotted the dagger and fought back.

• Wei Jiafei told Zhang Yujie that Zhang Yuliang had confessed and blamed him for the Zhang Family’s crimes, and that Zhang Yujie would remain in custody while the company’s assets were frozen.
• Zhang Yujie refused to answer Liu Fu’s interrogation questions and privately planned to have Ding Jiafeng arrange Zhang Yuliang’s murder before he could testify.
• Zhang Yujie resolved to blame the scandal on Zhang Yuliang, preserve the family’s pharmaceutical agency rights, and later drive Chu Xiaoxin’s Likang Company out of business.
• A man carrying a concealed dagger entered and said Young Master Liang had sent his regards, but Zhang Yujie noticed the weapon and hurled a teacup before swinging his chair at the attacker.

A would-be assassin confessed that Zhang Yuliang had paid him to kill Zhang Yujie, who remained in police custody with Cai Jianxiong protecting him. With the Zhang Family facing a business crisis, Zhang Yujie appointed Zhang Yuqi to manage its affairs during his detention and named his mother to take charge if he died.

• A man tried to stab Zhang Yujie at Police Headquarters, but officers intervened and arrested him.
• The attacker confessed that Zhang Yuliang had paid him five thousand dollars to kill Zhang Yujie, and Liu Fu ordered Cai Jianxiong brought to join Zhang Yujie.
• Zhang Yujie told Cai Jianxiong to guard him and warned his arriving family and associates that Zhang Yuliang might try again.
• Zhang Yujie assigned Zhang Yuqi to manage the Zhang Family's business while he was detained and instructed that his mother, Guo Geng, take charge if he died.
• Wei Jiafei drafted Zhang Yujie's temporary will, and A-Yin read it aloud to those present.

Zhang Yujie ordered Ding Jiafeng to find and kill Zhang Yuliang while entrusting Zhang Yuqi with protecting the family’s agency rights, and Zhang Yulin began considering leaving the family to avoid its growing violence. At the dock, Song Tianyao sold medicine to Lei Yingdong, who explained how his hardworking mother had built the family’s livelihood.

• Zhang Yujie ordered Ding Jiafeng to find Fourth Brother and deal with him within two weeks, while Zhang Yuqi was told to protect the agency rights.
• Zhang Yulin left separately, concluded that the Zhang Family was nearing a bloody struggle, and considered finding a wealthy girlfriend so he could leave the family business.
• At the dockside customs warehouse, Lei Yingdong and Song Tianyao watched their men load two hundred cases of Penicillin and three hundred cases of PAS Lung Tablets onto a boat.
• Lei Yingdong questioned why Song Tianyao risked his life for his boss, then described how his mother had built a coal-lightering business and kept the family afloat.

Lei Yingdong told Song Tianyao about the six jobs he had botched before they parted after completing their medicine deal. Song returned to Likang’s warehouse, where Kong Wing-yan confirmed the 3.97 million Hong Kong dollar payment.

• Lei Yingdong recounted how his mother found him six jobs, all of which he ruined through mishaps and incompetence.
• Song Tianyao mocked Lei Yingdong’s work history and explained that he had to work hard because his family had borrowed money for his secretary job.
• Lei Yingdong asked whether Song had slept with a man and requested a different Likang secretary next time because he had a wife.
• Song Tianyao and Lei Yingdong exchanged teasing farewells as Lei boarded his motorboat and departed.
• Song Tianyao returned to Likang’s warehouse, where Kong Wing-yan reported that Lei’s payment for the medicines totaled 3.97 million Hong Kong dollars.

Song Tianyao used money from the Zhang Family’s seized drugs to secure political support for Likang and protect himself. He visited Zhang Yuliang before his trial, where their conversation left Zhang Yuliang’s next move unclear.

• Kong Wing-yan calculated that Likang’s remaining genuine medicines were worth about nine million Hong Kong dollars, while Song Tianyao directed her to distribute millions from the recent sale as donations and political payments.
• Song Tianyao told Kong Wing-yan that he was using the Zhang Family’s money to buy Governor Grantham’s neutrality and maintain Shek Chi-yik’s support, while relying on the Chu Family to act if he was killed.
• Song Tianyao visited Zhang Yuliang in a police safe house before Zhang Yuliang’s trial, where Zhang Yuliang was due to testify against Zhang Yujie.
• Zhang Yuliang said Song Tianyao had helped him turn the Zhang Family against itself, and Song Tianyao returned the Zippo that Zhang Yuliang had used to pass him a note.
• Song Tianyao asked whether Zhang Yuliang would return to the United States after the trial and suggested he had another move planned.

Song Tianyao visited Zhang Yuliang in prison, where Zhang admitted his mistakes and vowed to keep fighting for control of the Zhang Family. As Zhang Yujie's trial began, Song arranged protection for his family and Likang, then found Chu Xiaoxin paying a ritual woman to curse the Zhang brothers outside the courthouse.

• Zhang Yuliang told Song Tianyao that he had lost because he underestimated him, but planned to keep competing with his second brother and hoped to face Song again in business.
• Song Tianyao gave Golden-Tooth Lei three hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars for Fuyixing's help and asked him to protect Young Master Shun, Song's family, and Likang during Zhang Yujie's trial.
• Golden-Tooth Lei said he had stationed men at Likang's warehouse and company, Song's family home, Young Master Shun's location, and near the Five Counties people.
• Song Tianyao drove with Rotten-Life Ju to the Hong Kong Supreme Court, where Chu Xiaoxin was paying a ritual woman to beat paper figures bearing Zhang Yujie's and Zhang Yuliang's names.

Chu Xiaoxin and Song Tianyao attended Zhang Yujie's trial, where prosecutors presented a forceful case against him. The chapter left Zhang Yujie facing mounting accusations as Chu Xiaoxin condemned him from the gallery.

• Chu Xiaoxin paid the Shaman Woman to continue her cursing ritual while he went to watch the trial.
• Song Tianyao, Chu Xiaoxin, and Chu Xiaozhong entered the High Court, where Song predicted the trial's main spectacle would be Zhang Yuliang testifying against Zhang Yujie.
• Zhang Yujie arrived in court and glared at Zhang Yuqi, who had not yet dealt with Zhang Yuliang.
• The prosecutors presented evidence and witnesses for Zhang Yujie's charges, making Chu Xiaoxin and Chu Xiaozhong take the accusations seriously.
• Chu Xiaoxin told Song Tianyao that Zhang Yujie deserved the harshest punishment for taking Likang's raw materials.

During Zhang Yuliang’s testimony, Ding Jiafeng stabbed him to death in the courtroom, leaving Zhang Yujie under suspicion of arranging the murder. As the Chu brothers and Song Tianyao left court, they considered whether Zhang Yuqi had orchestrated the killing and what he would do next.

• Zhang Yuliang entered court as a witness and greeted the Zhang Family before Ding Jiafeng suddenly stabbed him twice.
• Court officers restrained Ding Jiafeng, and a court officer declared Zhang Yuliang dead; the judge adjourned the trial and ordered Zhang Yujie held in Victoria Prison under strict restrictions.
• Zhang Yujie glared at Zhang Yuqi and accused him of doing well, while Zhang Yuqi watched Zhang Yuliang being carried away.
• Outside the courthouse, Chu Xiaoxin wondered whether the effigy-cursing ritual had brought about Zhang Yuliang’s death and Zhang Yujie’s predicament.
• Song Tianyao said Zhang Yuqi stood to benefit most, but they needed to see whether he tried to save Zhang Yujie or moved to take control of the Zhang Family.