Recaps

Song Tianyao was shot while helping He Xian escape an ambush in Macau, and He Xian rushed him to Kiang Wu Hospital. As Song learned Huang Liu’s kicks had been meant to protect them, the car reached a guarded building behind the hospital.

• A gunman fired at He Xian, and Huang Ziya shot him, but Huang Liu spotted two more attackers and kicked Song Tianyao and He Xian toward the car before returning fire.
• Song Tianyao was shot in the shoulder, and He Xian’s bodyguard pushed him and He Xian into the car as Huang Ziya drove them away.
• He Xian pressed a handkerchief to Song Tianyao’s wound and ordered the driver to take him to Kiang Wu Hospital.
• Huang Ziya treated Song Tianyao and explained that Huang Liu’s kicks had forced the gunmen to target him instead of He Xian.
• Song Tianyao reached Kiang Wu Hospital with He Xian, but two men blocked the car outside a building behind the main hospital.

After Song Tianyao was shot in Macau, he recovered in the hospital and prepared to call Hong Kong. He Xian judged that Song’s threat against Huang Liu had been spoken in anger, though Huang Ziya remained worried that Song might retaliate.

• Huang Ziya escorted He Xian away while Song Tianyao was taken to the hospital for emergency treatment.
• Song Tianyao woke after surgery and checked that his mind was unaffected by asking Lei Yingdong to raise all ten fingers.
• Song Tianyao told Lei Yingdong he needed to call Hong Kong to reassure his family and report that he could not attend to business.
• After receiving guests at the Macau Bankers' Union, He Xian told Huang Ziya that Song Tianyao’s threat against Huang Liu was likely an angry outburst.
• Huang Ziya worried that Song Tianyao might still make trouble for A-Liu.

He Xian understood that Huang Liu wanted to leave Macau and make his way in Hong Kong by attaching himself to Song Tianyao, so he decided to give him a chance. In Hong Kong, Lou Fengyun learned that Song Tianyao had been shot in Macau and rushed from the factory.

• Huang Ziya told He Xian that Huang Liu had been shot twice in the chest but had survived because he wore a bulletproof vest.
• He Xian explained that Huang Liu had kicked Song Tianyao toward the bullets to save He Xian and hoped to carry that favor with him to Hong Kong.
• He Xian decided to give Huang Liu a pistol and let him go meet Song Tianyao, leaving Song Tianyao to decide whether to kill him or take him along.
• Lou Fengyun hurried out of the factory after telling Sister Xiong that Song Tianyao had been shot in Macau.
• Sister Xiong dropped her cleaver, while Ning Zikun and Brother Xiong stopped playing chess and stood up in alarm.

At Song Tianyao’s factory, Ning Zikun convinced Brother Xiong that the news of Song being shot was likely a scheme. In Macau, Huang Liu offered Song a chance to shoot him and asked to join him in Hong Kong, but Song refused.

• Sister Xiong silenced the workers’ gossip and insisted nothing would happen to Song Tianyao.
• Ning Zikun reasoned that Song’s supposed shooting was probably false news meant to trick rival factories, reassuring Brother Xiong.
• Huang Liu sent Nine-Tattooed Dragon out of Song’s hospital room and placed his pistol beside Song’s hand.
• Huang Liu revealed he had worn a bulletproof vest when he was shot twice and invited Song to shoot him or spare him and take him to Hong Kong.
• Huang Liu explained that he wanted the opportunities he believed Song could offer, and admitted he had used Mr. He’s favor as leverage to improve his chances of being accepted.
• Song Tianyao declined to take Huang Liu with him and told him to keep working for Mr. He.

Song Tianyao let Huang Liu go to Hong Kong as his bodyguard after firing a shot to settle the debt between them. Huang Liu arranged to bring Song Tianyao’s two girlfriends from Hong Kong, while his future with Song remained uncertain.

• Huang Liu explained that Song Tianyao’s words about making his own fortune had persuaded him to leave He Xian’s side and seek a future in Hong Kong.
• Song Tianyao fired a shot past Huang Liu, then gave him the pistol and told him to rest at the hospital before returning to Hong Kong.
• Huang Liu revealed that he had sent Yan Hung and two Macau friends to bring Song Tianyao’s girlfriends to him.
• Huang Liu mocked Nine-Tattooed Dragon as an unreliable bodyguard, and Song Tianyao reminded him of the time Nine-Tattooed Dragon had been stripped and hung at the docks.
• Song Tianyao decided to let the matter with Huang Liu go and considered using him as a driver in Hong Kong.

Song Tianyao refused He Xian’s offer to stay in Macau, choosing to return to Hong Kong once he recovered because he saw little opportunity there. Meanwhile, the Tang family learned that Song had been shot and concluded that he had sent Lou Fengyun back to keep his factory workers calm.

• He Xian visited the injured Song Tianyao, apologized for the poor arrangements that led to his injury, and urged him to stay in Macau until he healed.
• Song Tianyao explained that his Hong Kong business needed him and accepted He Xian’s gift of expensive tonics, while planning to return after recovering.
• He Xian left after asking Huang Liu to take care of Song, and Huang Liu revealed that He Xian’s missing cat had put him in a bad mood.
• Tang Jingyuan told Tang Wenbao that Lou Fengyun had returned to the factory and reassured the workers that nothing had happened to Song Tianyao.
• Tang Jingxian reported hearing that gunshots had been fired in Tianshen Alley, and Tang Wenbao and his sons inferred that Song had survived the shooting and sent Lou back to steady the workers.

While Song Tianyao recovered in Macau, the Tang family and nine other factories formed the Wig Manufacturing Industry Association, giving Tang Wenbao control over the growing industry. Song returned to Hong Kong and headed to the association’s meeting to confront them.

• Tang Wenbao and Tang Jingyuan planned to establish the association while Song Tianyao was away, and Tang Jingyuan argued that the factories could defend their actions against any objections.
• Tang Wenbao invited the other factories to form the Hong Kong Wig Manufacturing Industry Association after rumors spread that Song Tianyao had been shot.
• Song Tianyao left Macau with Lei Yingdong and returned to Hong Kong, where Lou Fengyun told him the factories had formed the association without him.
• Song Tianyao sent Meng Wanqing home with Nine-Tattooed Dragon and went with Lou Fengyun and Huang Liu to the meeting at Enyun Restaurant.
• Tang Wenbao became chairman, Luo Jiabao and Huang Siqun became vice chairmen, and the other factory owners became directors.

Tang Boqi returned to Hong Kong with payments and new orders for the wig factories, then questioned whether Song Tianyao had deliberately stayed away from the association. He searched Hong Kong stock market materials for signs of Song Tianyao’s investments but found no clear lead.

• Tang Boqi returned to Hong Kong with more than two million Hong Kong dollars in sales payments and orders worth 800,000 US dollars for the ten factories.
• Tang Boqi accepted that his uncle had become chairman of the Wig Manufacturing Industry Association, believing he could reclaim the position through Kimei International Trading Company’s business.
• Tang Boqi grew suspicious of the coincidences that had kept Song Tianyao away from the factories and wondered whether Song had arranged them himself.
• Tang Boqi examined Hong Kong stock market materials to find which shares Song Tianyao might be buying, but he found no clue.

Tang Boqi considered inviting Song Tianyao to dinner to discuss making peace, but Gu Linshan arrived first and invited him out to celebrate his return from the United States. Tang Boqi liked Gu Linshan and appreciated her business knowledge, leaving their relationship poised to develop.

• Tang Boqi dismissed the idea that Song Tianyao had invested in real estate stocks, judging the uncertain political situation too risky.
• Tang Boqi decided to contact Song Tianyao and suggest they meet to discuss doing business peacefully.
• Tang Boqi's secretary announced that Gu Linshan wanted to see him, and he welcomed her into his office.
• Gu Linshan invited Tang Boqi to French dinner to celebrate his return from the United States.
• Tang Boqi reflected that he liked Gu Linshan's cheerful nature and business insights.

Tang Boqi tried to discourage Gu Linshan from pursuing him, but she cheerfully proposed they date and do business together. At the pier, Lou Fengyun collected Indian braids from Xia Harry, who was secretly planning to sell those goods to Song Tianyao while supplying the ten factories with Thai stock.

• Tang Boqi told Gu Linshan that he did not want a girlfriend or marriage, but she suggested they could date for decades and work together on business.
• Tang Boqi gave in and agreed to take Gu Linshan out for French food.
• Lou Fengyun collected the records for two hundred thousand braids from Xia Harry and said Song Tianyao would buy them for five Hong Kong dollars each.
• Xia Harry planned to sell the Indian braids to Song Tianyao, then deliver his Thai stock to the ten factories to avoid breaking their contract.
• Xia Harry spotted United States Consulate embargo inspectors inspecting the pier with a Customs employee.

Lou Fengyun and Xia Harry tried to conclude a million-dollar deal for Indian hair, but Customs halted the shipment after news of an infectious disease outbreak in its province of origin. They left the deal unresolved, with Lou insisting she would pay only after the inspection ended and the goods were returned.

• Lou Fengyun finished checking the accounts as she and Xia Harry prepared to complete the transfer.
• Customs officers and Medical and Health Department staff ordered the shipment impounded for an infectious disease inspection.
• Lou Fengyun accused Xia Harry of trying to change the deal, while American embargo inspectors confirmed the shipment’s Indian origin and left the matter to health officials.
• Xia Harry bribed the officials to delay the impoundment for half an hour so he could finish the sale.
• Lou Fengyun refused to pay until the inspection was complete and Customs returned the goods, and Xia Harry asked her to pay part of the price in advance.

Xia Harry agreed to accept 200,000 Hong Kong dollars in advance from Lou Fengyun for the seized goods, expecting to replace money he had borrowed from his brother. Meanwhile, Tang Wenbao and the other factory owners confronted him about selling goods to Song Tianyao and demanded that he stop supplying him.

• Xia Harry sought 500,000 Hong Kong dollars in advance from Lou Fengyun, but she offered only 200,000 and required a new contract.
• Xia Harry accepted Lou Fengyun's offer, planning to use the advance to replace part of the money he had borrowed from Xia Zuoji.
• Tang Wenbao and the other nine wig factory owners summoned Xia Harry to Enyun Restaurant and challenged him over selling raw materials to Song Tianyao.
• Xia Harry said he had sold Song Tianyao a separate batch of Thai goods while keeping the contracted supplies for the ten factories.
• Xia Harry showed the factory owners the supply contracts and said trucks were delivering their goods, then sought payment.
• Tang Wenbao told Xia Harry that the association would require him to stop supplying Song Tianyao if he wanted to keep supplying the ten factories.

Song Tianyao decided to move against the Indian suppliers after the wig business had generated enough orders and profit. The Medical and Health Department then accused the Xia brothers’ hair shipment of carrying infectious pathogens and sealed their warehouse.

• Song Tianyao told Angie Pellis that he was ready to make his move and said he would start with the Indians.
• Medical and Health Department officials inspected the Xia brothers’ warehouse, gathered rejected braids, disinfected the premises, and prepared to seal it.
• A Medical and Health Department official gave Xia Harry a report claiming the latest batch of hair contained pathogens and had been sent to Customs for destruction.
• Xia Harry was stunned by the report and the order to seal his warehouse.

Xia Harry learned that his shipment of Indian hair had been condemned for suspected infection and that Customs was investigating his records. As he accused Song Tianyao of arranging the crackdown, two police officers stopped him before he could pursue the Customs staff.

• A Medical and Health Department official told Xia Harry that the shipment of two hundred thousand braids had been handed to Customs for destruction as a precaution against infectious disease.
• The official ordered nearby warehouses disinfected and fined Xia Harry ten thousand Hong Kong dollars for poor sanitation.
• Customs staff arrived to inspect Xia Harry’s import records and sent men to collect his account books and transaction receipts.
• Xia Harry realized the condemned goods were worth one million Hong Kong dollars and suspected Song Tianyao had retaliated against him.
• Xia Harry ordered his workers to stop the Customs staff and tried to chase after them, but two young police officers stepped in to stop him.

Tang Boqi learned that Xia Harry had been arrested on suspicion of smuggling and realized that the Indian’s hair supply might have come from Mainland China. He ordered Jimei Company’s supplier factories to halt production and investigate their materials.

• A trading-company employee told Tang Boqi that Marine Police had taken Xia Harry away from the docks on suspicion of smuggling.
• Tang Boqi questioned the employee about what she had witnessed and grew alarmed as he considered the report.
• Tang Boqi concluded that Xia Harry’s hair might have been Mainland Chinese hair falsely sold as Indian goods.
• Tang Boqi ordered A-Lian to tell every wig factory supplying Jimei Company to stop production and trace the origins of its raw materials.

Tang Boqi rushed to confront Song Tianyao after learning that the Indians had been arrested for smuggling mainland materials, threatening his American wig business. Song revealed that the scandal had already ruined Tang’s position in the U.S. market and that his British girlfriend, through her company, would take over the business.

• Tang Boqi ordered every factory to suspend its contracts for the next two quarters and prepare to sign new ones.
• Tang Boqi drove to Song Tianyao’s factory and asked whether Song had caused the Indians’ arrest.
• Song warned Tang to declare bankruptcy, explaining that the Americans knew about the smuggled braids and Tang’s ties to Prosperity Wig Factory.
• Tang insisted he could replace the orders with European and American wigs, but Song argued that American authorities would not allow Kimei to retain its distributors.
• Tang realized Song intended to take over the American market and accused him of using his British girlfriend, Lou Fengyun, to do so.
• Song explained that Manifest Glory Trading Company belonged to Lou Fengyun’s British company and that the colonial government would favor her interests.

Song Tianyao explained to Tang Boqi that he meant to destroy the ten rival factories and control Hong Kong’s wig industry, but Tang vowed to keep fighting. Gu Linshan arrived to support Tang, and Song left them together.

• Song Tianyao told Tang Boqi that the rival factories had been drawn into a fight he intended to win and warned Tang to return to Wall Street.
• Tang Boqi refused to retreat and vowed to fight Song to the bitter end.
• Gu Linshan arrived in her Chevrolet and asked Tang what had happened at the wig factory.
• Gu Linshan identified herself as the Wing On heiress, defended Tang, and confronted Song.
• Song teased Tang about Gu Linshan being his girlfriend, then left with Huang Liu.

After Song Tianyao cornered Tang Boqi in the wig business, Gu Linshan vowed to fight him on Tang’s behalf. Tang Boqi collapsed under the pressure and vomited blood, while Gu Linshan took him to the hospital and offered to manage his company.

• Gu Linshan found Tang Boqi dazed after Song Tianyao confronted him and threatened to challenge Song on his behalf.
• Song Tianyao admitted he envied Tang Boqi for winning Gu Linshan’s devotion and reflected on the Wing On Gu Family’s business power.
• Tang Boqi told Gu Linshan he had lost and vomited blood in her car.
• Tang Boqi recalled how Song Tianyao had toppled the wig industry’s businesses one by one and driven him into a corner.
• Gu Linshan drove Tang Boqi toward the hospital and offered to manage his company’s affairs.

Gu Linshan concealed her alarm as Tang Boqi believed Kimei International Trading Company was ruined, then began taking control of the company’s response. She arranged to keep news about Xia Harry quiet and gave Kimei’s staff instructions that could buy time while she went to meet the company’s lawyer.

• Gu Linshan took Tang Boqi to Britain Anglican Church St. Joseph's Hospital instead of Kwong Wah Hospital, and he gave her the key to the office safe so she could dismiss employees and pay them an extra month’s salary.
• Gu Linshan called Gu Linjiang and asked him to keep Customs, the Medical and Health Department, and the police from releasing information about Xia Harry for four hours, as well as to book two tickets to the United States.
• Gu Linshan called A-Lian at Kimei International Trading Company and told her to summon Tang Jingyuan and ask Chairman Tang to calm the ten factories while production was suspended for three days.
• Gu Linshan instructed A-Lian to say that Billy had definite information and evidence against Song Tianyao, then told her to have Jimei Company's lawyer wait for her at the Bivero Building.
• Gu Linshan drove to the Bivero Building after confirming that A-Lian had repeated her instructions.

Gu Linshan pressured lawyer Chen Dawen into facilitating the transfer of Kimei International Trading Company from the supposedly hospitalized Billy Tang Boqi to Tang Jingyuan. Tang Jingyuan secured the company and planned to visit Tang Boqi at the hospital, while Gu Linshan left to see him.

• Gu Linshan told Chen Dawen that Billy Tang Boqi was ill and had authorized her to transfer Kimei International Trading Company to Tang Jingyuan.
• Gu Linshan intimidated Chen Dawen into confirming the transfer and promised him Gold Mountain House's legal work.
• Gu Linshan and Chen Dawen met Tang Jingyuan in Tang Boqi's office and spent more than two hours completing the transfer agreement.
• Tang Jingyuan obtained the company agreement, seal, and safe key, then registered himself as Jimei Company's owner.
• Gu Linshan left with Tang Boqi's belongings and documents to visit him, while Tang Jingyuan said he would visit with his father.

Gu Linshan transferred the company and prepared to leave Hong Kong to protect Tang Boqi from Song Tianyao’s trap, knowing her actions could destroy their relationship. At the hospital, Tang Boqi remained determined to rally the ten factory owners and challenge the accusations, despite doubting he could turn the situation around.

• Gu Linshan told Tang Jingyuan to visit Tang Boqi at Kwong Wah Hospital and said Billy wanted the factories to suspend production and report Song Tianyao to the authorities.
• Gu Linshan left the company, then collapsed in the elevator and reflected that she had transferred it to save Tang Boqi from political and business ruin.
• Gu Linshan decided she would accept Tang Boqi’s hatred if he learned she had set up his uncle and cousin, because she wanted to save the man she loved.
• At the hospital, Tang Boqi urged Gu Linshan to go home and said he would find a way to solve the crisis.
• Tang Boqi planned to meet the owners of the ten factories, coordinate their account, and seek evidence against Song Tianyao, though he privately doubted their chances.

Gu Linshan visited Tang Boqi in the hospital and decided to tell him about their plans the next morning. Meanwhile, Xia Zuoji returned to Hong Kong and learned that Xia Harry had been arrested for buying mainland hair, leaving the Xia family exposed to the bank over their loan.

• Gu Linshan left Tang Boqi with an apple and planned to tell him everything the next morning, while keeping two tickets to San Francisco in her car.
• Xia Zuoji returned from Japan intending to start a garment factory, but learned that Xia Harry had been arrested on suspicion of smuggling.
• At the Marine Police station, an officer explained that Xia Harry had bought mainland hair using forged Thai-origin documents and could face a fine or a short detention.
• Xia Zuoji realized the purchase had used bank loan money and feared the bank would freeze the Xia family's accounts under the loan guarantee.
• The officer told Xia Zuoji that HSBC manager Michael Sandberg had already been informed and that Song Tianyao had sent his regards.

Song Tianyao learned that Tang Boqi had escaped, leaving Tang Jingyuan to handle bankruptcy formalities, and explained that Tang Boqi’s departure would make him the scapegoat for the industry’s troubles. The next morning, Song Chunliang visited the factory, where he joined Song Tianyao and the others for breakfast.

• Lou Fengyun reported that Tang Jingyuan had gone to the Registrar General’s Department with Tang Boqi’s girlfriend and a lawyer, while Tang Boqi stayed away.
• Song Tianyao concluded that Tang Boqi had abandoned Tang Jingyuan and was pleased that he had escaped to become the industry’s blameworthy mastermind.
• Song Tianyao told Lou Fengyun he needed the factories to keep operating and wanted the factory owners to blame Tang Boqi rather than turn against him.
• Song Chunliang arrived at the factory while Song Tianyao was asleep and ate breakfast with Huang Liu and Ning Zikun.
• Song Tianyao joined his father, lit his cigarette, and Fu Xinniang quietly complained to Shu Yan and Shi Yin that Huang Liu had anticipated Song Tianyao’s need for cigarettes.

Song Tianyao agreed to visit Government House with his family and headed to the airport to pick someone up. There, Gu Linshan urged Tang Boqi to flee Hong Kong and distance himself from the collapsing Kimei business, but he refused to abandon his reputation or let others decide his fate.

• Song Chunliang told Song Tianyao to visit Government House during azalea season for good fortune, and Song Tianyao promised to go that afternoon.
• Song Tianyao asked Fu Xinniang to send He Xian’s tonics to his parents, then left for the airport with Huang Liu.
• Gu Linshan explained that she had transferred Kimei International Trade’s Hong Kong subsidiary to Tang Jingyuan and urged Tang Boqi to return to the United States and prepare a legal defense.
• Tang Boqi rejected Gu Linshan’s plan, saying that fleeing would let Song Tianyao blame him for ruining Hong Kong’s wig industry.
• Gu Linshan warned Tang Boqi that staying could expose him to accusations of communist sympathies in America and pleaded with him to think about the chance she had tried to preserve.

Tang Boqi chose to return to the United States with Gu Linshan, while Gu Linshan revealed her suspicions about Song Tianyao’s stock-market moves. The next scene opened with Shodick warning Mr. Mason that the Governor viewed the threatened collapse of Hong Kong’s trade and manufacturing as an economic disaster.

• Gu Linshan told Tang Boqi to choose between staying in Hong Kong and returning to the United States, and Tang left with the ticket she had packed.
• Tang Boqi returned to ask Gu Linshan to wait for him and invited her to accompany him after finding two tickets in her bag.
• Song Tianyao arrived at the airport and wished Tang Boqi a safe trip as Tang and Gu Linshan left together.
• Gu Linshan explained that Song Tianyao appeared to be quietly buying Xizhen Properties shares through brokers and cover stocks.
• Shodick told Mr. Mason that Governor Grantham feared Hong Kong’s trade and manufacturing would dry up if the reported events were true.