Recaps

Song Tianyao challenged the Lin Family through a disputed inheritance, police investigations, and pressure on its businesses. As Lin Xiaohe faced questioning and Lin Xiao qia was detained over smuggled rubber tree seeds, Song sought Bishop Ho Ming-wah’s help to prevent Lin Xiaohe’s escape.

• Chen Tai ordered the Harmony Heroes to seek revenge for Bo Cong’s death, and MacIntosh moved to contain the fallout from the gang clashes and workers’ protest.
• Song Tianyao rejected Angie Pellis’s legal strategy and enlisted Feng Yichang’s help in establishing Lin Yujing’s marriage as legitimate.
• Huang Liu arranged for Lei Yingdong to transport rubber tree seeds and saplings toward Shenzhen.
• Lin Xiaosen paid the construction workers, but Liao Jingxuan’s attempt to threaten union leaders ended in a shooting that Yan Hung blamed on the Lin Family.
• Song Tianyao arranged payments and photographs through Shek Chi-yik while police detained Lin Xiaohe for questioning.
• Marine Police and Customs officers detained Lin Xiao qia after finding rubber tree seeds aboard a freighter, and Huang Liu killed Uncle Bing at the hospital.
• Jonathan Gore ordered a selloff of Lin Family shares and planned for Jardine to take control of Xizhen Properties.
• Song Tianyao decided to seek Bishop Ho Ming-wah’s help after learning that Lin Xiaohe had called a suspected Taiwan contact.

Song Tianyao maneuvered the Lin Family into a losing struggle while securing control of Xizhen Properties and preparing new ventures. The arc left Lin Xiao qia in detention and Song preparing to travel to Japan as he arranged plans in Malaysia and Britain.

• Lu Rongfang warned Pan Guoyang that Song Tianyao wanted the Lin Family’s Ngau Tau Shan for its soil and stone, while Zheng Ruilian decided to risk poisoning First Madam for her sons’ sake.
• Song Tianyao arranged financing to pursue Xizhen Properties, secured funds for Scribe Hui’s garment contracts, and confronted Lin Xiaohe in detention, urging him to accept blame for the family’s troubles.
• Song Tianyao pushed Lin Xiao qia to implicate Lin Xiaohe, while the brothers’ conflict deepened and Zheng Ruilian’s poisoning of First Madam added to the Lin Family’s crisis.
• Chen Tai led Harmony Heroes into a fight with Wo On Lok, and the fighting set homes in the To Kwa Wan Squatter Area ablaze before Handkerchief Qing tried to stop it.
• Police arrested United Soda Factory workers after finding opium and weapons, and Song Tianyao arranged aid for the displaced while Lin Xiaosen agreed to sell the Lin Family’s 27 percent stake in Xizhen Properties to HSBC for HK$80 million.
• Song Tianyao arranged for Lam Kong to accuse Lin Xiao qia of offering a bribe, using a Macau bank draft as evidence, and Lin Xiao qia was investigated while his mother remained hospitalized.
• Song Tianyao told Jiang Yongen to set up Scribe Hui’s first factory in Malaysia, obtain British citizenship, and register a British company before Song left for Japan.
• Lin Xiao qia told Lin Xiaoze in detention that he expected to be released soon, while Lin Xiaoze stared at him without expression.

Song Tianyao pursued business opportunities in Japan while troubles spread across Hong Kong and Macau, from gang disputes and a sunk freighter to the Lin Family’s collapse. The stretch ended with Gu Tiancheng preparing Xiangshun Mahjong School for a police raid and facing Yan Hung as officers entered.

• Lin Xiao qia admitted his role in turning A-Kang against A He, and Song Tianyao demanded that he kill himself to spare Lin Xiaoze and their mother.
• Lin Xiao qia hanged himself, and Song Tianyao persuaded Lin Yujing to sue the Lin Family for a share of its assets.
• Song Chunzhong betrayed Su Wenting’s family at sea, while Song Tianyao faced debt collectors demanding money at his factory.
• Song Tianyao traveled to Japan, discussed business plans with Xinmin Baohachi, and proposed affordable department stores supplied by local factories.
• Yan Hung dealt with Chen Tai’s release and ordered Mong Kok gang leaders to stop human smuggling, while Song Tianyao negotiated with the He Family over the refinery dispute.
• Lei Yingdong’s freighter carrying Lei Danzi’s medicine shipment was sunk, and Song Tianyao ordered an investigation into the attack and his missing eldest uncle.
• Gu Tiancheng learned that police planned to raid Xiangshun Mahjong School and arranged for the gambling den’s cash and accounts to be moved before the officers arrived.
• Yan Hung led officers into Xiangshun Mahjong School for a surprise raid, and Gu Tiancheng approached him after the British policeman entered.

Gu Tiancheng’s casino scheme unfolded as Song Tianyao navigated London and Glasgow, while Xu Pingsheng and Yu Shiting confronted their shipping feud. The arc ended with Sai Charoenwang seeking a peaceful foothold in Hong Kong and Song Tianyao defending the Civil and Martial Association as rumors threatened his plans.

• Yan Hung raided Smiling-Faced Xiang’s casino with Gu Tiancheng, seized its vault money and ledger, and Gu later returned to find it full of gamblers again.
• Gu Tiancheng met Song Chunzhong, who blamed him for costing him more than two million dollars, while Lei Yingdong followed Uncle Sheng’s invitation to meet Xu Pingsheng.
• Song Tianyao wrote about London’s smog, met Sir Hugh Beaver, then traveled with Angie Perlis to Glasgow and gave her family the Whistle Restaurant.
• The Civil and Martial Association fought Charlie’s Flower Street Gang, while Charlie vowed to turn Glasgow’s gangs against the Asians.
• Xu Pingsheng confronted Yu Shiting aboard a ferry over the sunken ship, rejected compensation, and demanded the person responsible be identified.
• Song Tianyao asked Ban to pursue a favorable deal on an abandoned freighter, anticipating that the Suez Canal crisis would raise freight rates.
• Golden-Tooth Lei punished Bingqiang and Wenshan, while A Nan took Wenshan’s punishment and Phaitun led Sai Charoenwang’s men toward Hong Kong.
• Sai Charoenwang asked Golden-Tooth Lei and Chan Ah-sap to let his men settle peacefully, while Angie warned Song Tianyao that rumors about his association ties could threaten his invitation.