Recaps

Song Tianyao pursued the Lin Family through Xizhen Properties and an inheritance claim after they harmed his relatives. An assassination attempt in Macau failed, and the Lin Family moved to buy back its shares while Gao Minghui traveled in Japan.

• Song Tianyao sought loans and planned an inheritance claim for his aunt Lin Yujing after the Lin Family attacked his relatives.
• Morse rejected Song Tianyao's loan application at the Lin Family's request and ordered Michael Sandberg to resign or transfer.
• Lin Xiaohe blocked Song Tianyao's bank loans to draw him to Macau, where he asked his uncles to deal with him.
• Song Tianyao traveled to Macau to seek Pedro Lobo's help and distributed rice to poor residents with He Xian's support.
• Four gunmen attacked Song Tianyao during a rice distribution, but Huang Liu and his men stopped them.
• Lee Kuen identified Lin Xiyuan as the man who ordered the attack, and Lin Xiyuan and Lin Xishen later died after swallowing opium.
• Song Tianyao suspected that another Lin brother had arranged a false gangland explanation for the shooting.
• The Lin Family planned to buy back Xizhen Properties shares, while Wei Meixian accompanied Gao Minghui to Tokyo Station.

Song Tianyao moved to exploit the Lin Family’s financial troubles while securing his family and maneuvering against police officials. The stretch ended with Lin Xiaokang wounding himself to earn a hearing and Liu Fu confronting Lai Man-yau.

• Pedro Lobo offered to help Song Tianyao target the Lin Family, and Song agreed to meet the He and Lu families’ needs in exchange for Ngau Tau Shan.
• Song Tianyao arranged Zhaofeng Trading’s share issue, bought into Xizhen Properties, and brought five of Huang Sen’s former men from Macau to guard his family.
• The Lin Family tried to raise funds to buy back Jardine’s shares as Xizhen Properties’ price climbed, while news of China’s demand on HSBC threatened to worsen the bank’s losses.
• Song Tianyao offered Lai Man-yau a million dollars to secure a promotion if he found grounds to deal with Lee Jusheng, despite Liu Fu’s warnings against acting.
• Yan Hung and Chen Mengjun rescued Cai Wenhong from an opium den and urged him to escape to Malaysia with A Mei.
• Tang Boqi warned Song Tianyao that he was leaving no opportunities for others, but Song refused to back down.
• Lin Xiaokang admitted his past cruelty had been an act and stabbed his thigh to repay Yunzhi’s wound before asking Song Tianyao to talk.
• Liu Fu burst into Lai Man-yau’s office, struck him, and ordered his arrest or shooting if he resisted.

Song Tianyao and Jonathan Gore maneuvered against the Lin Family through the stock market while Tang Boqi and Studwell tried to raise money for the family. Lin Xiaohe uncovered Lin Xiaokang’s role in the scheme, and Song turned to Sister Xiong for a new plan as Tang arrived at the factory.

• Liu Fu backed Lai Man-yau’s succession to the vacant Hong Kong Island post after they agreed to frame Lee Jusheng’s murder as a crime of passion, while Song Tianyao warned Tang Boqi that he would be waiting for him.
• Lai Man-yau had Lam Kong beaten over Lee Jusheng’s killing until A Yue and Fish Ming intervened, and Lam Kong was taken away for medical treatment.
• Lin Xiaohe grew suspicious of Lin Xiao qia and ordered Liao Jingxuan to investigate him, while Song Tianyao learned that Lai Man-yau was interrogating Headless and arranged to protect him.
• As Xizhen Properties shares surged, Song Tianyao and Luo Zhuankun brought Jonathan Gore in to lead Zhaofeng Trading’s takeover effort, and Gore shifted their focus to buying Prosperity Rubber shares.
• John Keswick demanded Union Soda Company and 100 million Hong Kong dollars to sell Jardine’s stake in Xizhen Properties, while Song Tianyao arrived at Jardine House with Gore.
• Tang Boqi and Studwell devised a plan to boost Prosperity Rubber with a European order and fake the shipment’s loss at sea, while Song Tianyao visited A Shuan’s grave on the first anniversary of his burial.
• Zheng Zhizhong betrayed Su Wenting and the Wo On Lok party to the British military police, who killed two Red Poles and arrested the others on a false smuggling charge.
• Gore directed Luo Zhuankun to push Prosperity Rubber to 2.2 dollars and sell, leaving Tang Boqi and Studwell scrambling to support the falling price as Tang realized Song Tianyao had drawn the Lin Family into a trap.
• Song Tianyao promised Lam Kong a Detective Chief Inspector post and money, while Lin Xiaohe confronted Lin Xiaokang, exposed Song’s betrayal, and ordered him drowned and Lin Xiaoda committed to a psychiatric hospital.
• Song Tianyao refused to see Tang Boqi and asked Sister Xiong to contact the Manufacturing Industry General Union chairman and find the United Soda Factory workers’ representatives, but Tang was waiting at the factory gate.

Song Tianyao exploited the Lin Family’s schemes while Song Chunzhong’s news from Malaysia set new plans in motion. As Lin family members faced an attack and a power struggle over shares, violence between Wo On Lok and Harmony Heroes escalated into a raid that ended with Bo Cong’s death.

• Song Tianyao warned Tang Boqi that the Lin Family could have framed his death as a suicide, then offered him a choice between leaving for America and watching the conflict in Hong Kong.
• Song Tianyao met Mei Jiasheng and offered factory jobs for Mei’s associates at double pay, while learning that United Soda Factory workers were tied to the Lin Family through Wo On Lok.
• Lu Rongfang shared the money he had earned trading Prosperity Rubber shares, while Yan Hung recovered Lin Xiaokang’s body and prepared a cover story with Brother Wing and Brother Shui.
• Song Chunzhong told Song Tianyao that he had lured Wo On Lok leaders to Sarawak, where they were convicted and executed, and revealed plans to send rubber seeds and seedlings to Shenzhen before an opium shipment arrived.
• Lin Xiaoze backed Fang Bingfen’s plan to buy Jardine’s shares, but an oncoming car rammed his sedan and sent it down a mountain slope, after he woke in hospital, he asked Lin Xiaohe to take charge of the family business.
• Song Tianyao kept Lin Xiaokang’s identity concealed and dealt with Lu Yuanchun’s proposed investment, while Ji Wenming rejected a contract that would transfer use of the Ngau Tau Shan building.
• After Golden-Tooth Lei refused to help Yan Hung, Chen Tai and Tie Tou Su attacked United Soda Factory workers, injuring more than a dozen and provoking Wo On Lok reinforcements.
• Huang Liu provoked Bo Cong at the Mei Yin Guild Hall as Yao Chunxiao’s men raided it, and Yao Chunxiao killed Bo Cong before ordering his gunmen to surrender.