Recaps

Song Tianyao used a staged accident and a waterworks proposal to draw Shek Chi-yik and Beth toward Likang, while uncovering a scheme involving Fu Zhong Trading Company and Zhang Yuliang. He left the stretch planning to recover Likang’s money, build a civic organization, and pursue new connections, as his personal entanglements continued.

• Song Tianyao visited Song Chengqi, who gave him the East Liang Mountain formula and credentials after warning him about crooked societies and agreeing to help with opponents he could not frighten.
• Song Tianyao arranged to approach Shek Chi-yik through Beth by offering her a role in a Likang-backed organization addressing Hong Kong’s drinking-water problems.
• Song Tianyao discovered that Zhang Yuliang and Chu Xiaozhong had been involved in Likang’s unsalable Santonin shipment and used it as leverage to propose a partnership to Shek Chi-yik.
• At the Peak, Song Tianyao arranged a staged lamppost accident so Chu Xiaoxin would take an injured worker away, then made his proposal to Beth and Shek Chi-yik.
• Song Tianyao told Gao Lao Cheng he would meet Big Brother Lei about a job, while Gao warned Lam Kong not to interfere with Song or Angie Pellis.
• Shek Chi-yik reflected on his career and the discrimination he faced because of Beth’s Aboriginal Australian heritage, while Green Gang members discussed expanding their presence in Hong Kong.
• Chu Xiaoxin told Song Tianyao that Chu Xiaozhong had admitted irregularities at Fu Zhong Trading Company and promised to repay Likang, and Song planned to threaten Zhang Yuliang and recover the money.
• Song Tianyao asked Angie Pellis to investigate forming a nonprofit civic organization and reserve its first chairmanship for Beth, then left her room and went home thinking of Lou Fengyun.

Song Tianyao turned Santonin into Pagoda Candy and used charity plans, recruitment, and a staged banquet to advance Likang and Chu Xiaoxin’s position. Zhang Yuliang learned the candy’s secret and secured a week to seize the opportunity, while Angie Pellis drew Mrs. Bess into Oxfam’s public campaign.

• Song Tianyao explained Hong Kong’s unsafe water supply to his parents, then gave Zhao Meizhen money to buy Santonin for the family.
• Chen Tai fought Tong Ngau Ping over an oil shipment, wounded him, and received credit after Gao Lao Cheng killed him.
• Song Tianyao recruited Chen Qingwen to make Santonin Pagoda Candy, which helped neighbors pass worms and became a charitable welcome gift.
• Song Tianyao planned Oxfam with Angie Pellis and recruited Luo Zhuankun for Likang after learning of the Shanghai gold syndicate’s losses.
• Song Tianyao brought Likang’s fifty thousand dollars to Chu Xiaoxin and arranged a lavish banquet where Chu publicly broke with Zhang Yuliang.
• Zhang Yuliang learned that Chu Xiaoxin’s candy used Santonin and proposed reserving the remaining stock so he could force Chu to bargain or take over the business opportunity.
• Zhang Yuliang secured Zhang Yulin’s permission to act against Chu Xiaoxin for a week, while Angie Pellis persuaded Mrs. Bess to chair Hong Kong Oxfam and promote its work.

Song Tianyao used Oxfam’s launch and a customs operation to expose Zhang Yuliang’s medicine scheme, while the Zhang family tried to contain the damage. The arc ended with a raid on a counterfeit packaging factory and Zhang ordering Song killed.

• Angie Pellis secured Mrs. Bess’s support for Oxfam, and Song Tianyao arranged for her to rest before the inaugural dinner.
• Song Tianyao organized Chen Qingwen’s medicinal candy production and offered him a job at Likang’s pharmaceutical factory, while Chen Tai refused steady work.
• Song Tianyao asked Zhang Yuliang to resume supplying deworming medicine and explained how Likang had resold it as lung tablets and Penicillin.
• Zhang Yuliang raised the price of Santonin and secretly arranged Penicillin packaging and a sale to Nie Weisheng.
• Song Tianyao asked Shek Chi-yik to handle the medicine shortage fairly, and Shek arranged for customs, police, and British Forces to seize pharmaceutical stocks.
• At Oxfam’s founding ceremony, Chu Xiaoxin pledged large medicine donations, then Song Tianyao learned the authorities had sealed the warehouses.
• Mrs. Bess told reporters that European Coast had reserved the available raw materials and demanded twice the price from Likang, prompting Zhang Yulin to seek help from Zhou Xiyu and Chu Yaozong.
• After the police raided the packaging factory, Zhang Yuliang ordered Dai Feng to arrange Song Tianyao’s murder, while Lou Fengyun guarded the family’s money box.

Song Tianyao survived Dai Feng’s attack and used the evidence against Zhang Yuliang to expose his plans to the Zhang family. As the family’s business came under pressure and Zhang Yuliang vanished, Zhang Yujie returned to Hong Kong to confront the crisis.

• Heizai Jie led Wo Shing Yee men to attack the house linked to his den’s destruction, while Song Tianyao set a Customs raid on Zhang Yuliang’s factory in motion.
• Dai Feng’s men attacked Song Tianyao on Tai Wo Street, and Xianyu Shuan died after Dai Feng set him on fire, and Chen Tai and Heizai Jie later killed Dai Feng.
• Song Tianyao asked Chu Yaozong whether the Chu Family would help the Zhang Family, then arranged a deal with Lei Yingdong for military hemostatic powder.
• Chu Xiaozhong gave Song Tianyao money and proposed that Likang and Li Heng seize the medicine shipment, while Angie Pellis helped him prepare evidence at the customs warehouse.
• Song Tianyao showed Zhang Yulin photographs of the customs inspection and explained that Zhang Yuliang planned to use shell companies and a new stock index to profit and leave his brothers as scapegoats.
• Zhang Yujie decided to return from Melbourne, while Zhang Yuliang realized his brothers knew of his schemes and set fire to his bedding before disappearing.
• Song Tianyao arranged Xianyu Shuan’s funeral and saw Angie Pellis off, and Zhang Yujie returned to Hong Kong as Zhang Yulin reported Zhang Yuliang missing and merchants demanded action.