Chapter Summaries

Zhang Longjuan initially won big at mahjong, but she lost most of her chips playing Show Hand on the Gambling Ship. As she faced pressure to keep gambling for her company’s money, Dong Xuebin offered to take her place.

• Zhang Longjuan won several mahjong hands and ended the first round with the most chips.
• Dong Xuebin left the VIP Room, watched the casino, and later returned to find Zhang Longjuan had lost most of her chips at Show Hand.
• Song Yuhu and Director Leng won heavily from Zhang Longjuan while she folded several hands and her remaining chips dwindled.
• Zhang Longjuan took a break to smoke, and Dong Xuebin offered to step in if she could not continue.

Dong Xuebin convinced Zhang Longjuan to let him play the next hand, but she lost her remaining chips to Song Yuhu before he could take a turn. Zhang Longjuan left with no money to continue gambling, leaving Dong Xuebin without the chance to help her recover her losses.

• Dong Xuebin insisted he could win at Show Hand, and Zhang Longjuan agreed to let him play after her next hand.
• Zhang Longjuan, Director Wei, and Song Yuhu continued gambling while Dong Xuebin watched her receive three Nines.
• Song Yuhu shoved all of Zhang Longjuan’s remaining chips into the pot, and she called his bet.
• Song Yuhu revealed three Jacks and won the nearly three-million-dollar pot, leaving Zhang Longjuan with no chips.
• Zhang Longjuan told Dong Xuebin and the Shen sisters she had no money left and led them away.

After losing all her money, Zhang Longjuan learned that Song Yuhu and two other directors had conspired to exploit her financial troubles and humiliate her. The chapter ended with Dong Xuebin and the Shen sisters realizing that Song Yuhu was Sixth Master, the man behind the casino and the people who had captured them.

• Zhang Longjuan prepared to leave the VIP Room after losing her fortune, but Song Yuhu offered to let her gamble by wagering her clothes.
• Zhang Longjuan suspected Song Yuhu, Director Wei, and Director Leng had joined forces to fleece her, and they admitted they wanted revenge for her beating them in an earlier gambling match.
• Song Yuhu taunted Zhang Longjuan about her company's debts and urged her to keep gambling, but she refused and said she would settle the debt another time.
• Song Yuhu announced that he owned the casino and offered free VIP Room card games for the rest of the night.
• A security guard called Song Yuhu Sixth Master before correcting himself, and Dong Xuebin and the Shen sisters realized he was the casino's hidden boss and the man connected to their capture.

Dong Xuebin restrained himself from confronting Song Yuhu on the gambling ship but warned him that he would find another way to make trouble for the casino. An influential older man named Old Zhou arrived and politely defused the confrontation, while Dong Xuebin remained intent on following through.

• Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei stopped Dong Xuebin from attacking Song Yuhu, and Zhang Longjuan reassured him about losing her money.
• Dong Xuebin confronted Song Yuhu, accused him of setting up Zhang Longjuan, and warned that he could ruin Song Yuhu by winning a huge sum from the casino.
• Song Yuhu’s security guards moved closer, but he stopped them because he knew they could not handle Dong Xuebin.
• Director Wei and Director Leng criticized Dong Xuebin as the confrontation drew a crowd, while Zhang Longjuan defended him.
• Old Zhou arrived with more than thirty security guards, apologized for Song Yuhu, and asked Dong Xuebin to let the crowd disperse.
• Dong Xuebin accepted Old Zhou’s request but kept his intention to make trouble for the casino.

After Zhang Longjuan and her companions lost their money, Dong Xuebin refused to let the casino’s setup go unanswered and decided to keep gambling. He pooled their scraps of cash and coins, calculated that they had about US$1,000, and took the mixed money to a counter to exchange for a chip.

• Dong Xuebin insisted that he meant to win back more than US$100 million from Song and would not wait for another chance.
• Zhang Longjuan told Dong Xuebin that she had run out of money, so he proposed pooling whatever cash they had left.
• Shen Xiaoyan, Shen Xiaomei, and Zhang Longjuan emptied their wallets, giving Dong Xuebin a mixture of renminbi, Hong Kong dollars, US dollars, and coins.
• Dong Xuebin calculated that their pooled money was just enough for one US$1,000 chip using the previous day's exchange rate.
• Dong Xuebin brought the mixed money to counter No. 5 and asked the attendant to exchange it for one chip.

Dong Xuebin demanded chips for a small, crumpled mix of US dollars, Hong Kong dollars, yuan, and coins, turning the exchange counter into an argument over the casino’s rules. Old Zhou ordered the staff to exchange the money, and Dong Xuebin left with a thousand-dollar chip and his two cents in change.

• Dong Xuebin presented his mixed currencies and coins at Counter No. 5, but the staffer hesitated to exchange them.
• The supervisor refused, prompting Dong Xuebin to accuse the casino of looking down on Chinese currency and its customers.
• Song Yuhu and Old Zhou arrived; Song Yuhu told Dong Xuebin the casino accepted only US dollars, while Old Zhou asked how much he wanted to exchange.
• Old Zhou ordered the staff to convert Dong Xuebin’s money into US dollars, which came to a thousand dollars plus about two cents.
• The staffer gave Dong Xuebin a thousand-dollar chip, and he insisted on receiving the two cents in change.

Dong Xuebin took Zhang Longjuan’s last chip to a roulette table after deciding to win back the money she had lost. The chapter ended with him betting the entire chip on number 22, despite only just learning the rules.

• Dong Xuebin returned with one low-value chip and two cents, which he gave to Zhang Longjuan.
• Dong Xuebin proposed playing against Director Wei and Director Leng, who mocked him for having only one chip.
• Dong Xuebin chose roulette after considering the group’s limited funds and asked Zhang Longjuan and the Shen sisters to explain the rules.
• The roulette dealer began the betting round, and Dong Xuebin placed his chip on the single number 22 for a thirty-six-to-one payout.

Dong Xuebin used his ability to rewind time and changed a losing roulette bet into a winning bet on 13, turning one thousand dollars into thirty-six thousand. He then staked all his chips on number 9, leaving Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei alarmed as the next round began.

• Dong Xuebin first bet one chip on 22, but the ball landed on 13 and he lost.
• Dong Xuebin rewound time thirty-five seconds and moved his bet from 22 to 13.
• The ball landed on 13, and the dealer paid Dong Xuebin thirty-six thousand dollars in chips.
• Dong Xuebin returned to the roulette table and put all his chips into the next bet.
• Dong Xuebin placed his marker on number 9 despite Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei trying to stop him.

Dong Xuebin hit his chosen roulette number for a second consecutive round, turning a single thousand-dollar chip into about 1.3 million dollars. After the casino searched the group and shut down the wheel for inspection, Dong Xuebin chose to keep playing roulette rather than enter the VIP Room.

• The ball landed on 9, the straight number Dong Xuebin had bet all their chips on, and the crowd reacted in shock.
• The dealer alerted casino staff, and Song Yuhu ordered Dong Xuebin, Zhang Longjuan, Shen Xiaoyan, and Shen Xiaomei to be scanned and searched for cheating devices.
• After the searches found nothing, Song Yuhu had the roulette wheel shut down for inspection, and the casino paid out more than a hundred large-denomination chips worth about 1.3 million dollars.
• Old Zhou arrived, heard that Dong Xuebin had hit straight numbers twice in a row, and stayed to watch him.
• When Shen Xiaomei asked whether they should go to the VIP Room, Dong Xuebin said they needed more money and headed to the other roulette wheel.

Dong Xuebin returned to the roulette table and wagered all 1.3 million dollars in chips on the number 3, despite Shen Xiaomei’s warnings. The wheel began spinning, leaving Zhang Longjuan’s hopes of recovering her company’s fortunes—and her rivals’ plans to crush her—resting on the outcome.

• Shen Xiaomei warned Dong Xuebin not to risk all his winnings, while Zhang Longjuan let him continue playing.
• Director Wei and Director Leng challenged Zhang Longjuan to meet them later in the VIP Room for mahjong and threatened to exclude her if she lacked enough chips.
• Dong Xuebin squeezed into the crowded roulette table with Zhang Longjuan and the Twin Sisters.
• Dong Xuebin placed every chip, worth about 1.3 million U.S. dollars, on the single number 3.
• Shen Xiaomei protested, and Zhang Longjuan praised Dong Xuebin’s nerve as the roulette wheel began to spin.

Dong Xuebin’s third consecutive roulette bet on odd won, turning the group’s chips into more than a million dollars and shocking the casino. Old Zhou watched Dong Xuebin closely as the crowd erupted.

• Old Zhou asked Song Yuhu to check whether the roulette game had been rigged, but the wheel had already begun to slow.
• The crowd was pushed away from the table, leaving Dong Xuebin, Zhang Longjuan, Shen Xiaoyan, and Shen Xiaomei unable to see the result clearly.
• As people shouted that the ball was landing on 35, Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei thought they had lost their chips.
• The ball moved past 35 at the last moment and stopped on 3, giving Dong Xuebin another win on odd.
• The casino crowd erupted in disbelief, while Song Yuhu, Director Wei, Director Leng, and Old Zhou stared at Dong Xuebin.

Dong Xuebin won more than 46 million US dollars on three consecutive single-number roulette bets, then went all in again before the casino shut down the roulette tables for inspection. Old Zhou offered him a private card game instead, leaving Dong Xuebin to decide whether to accept.

• Dong Xuebin pressed the casino to pay out his roulette winnings, and Old Zhou ordered the staff to honor them because there was no evidence of cheating.
• The casino delivered nearly five thousand chips worth more than 46 million US dollars, which Dong Xuebin said he would use to help Zhang Longjuan’s company.
• After learning Zhang Longjuan needed at least 200 million US dollars to resolve the company’s financial trouble, Dong Xuebin put all his chips back on the table.
• Old Zhou ordered the roulette tables shut down for inspection as customers began watching Dong Xuebin’s bets and considering following him.
• Old Zhou offered Dong Xuebin a Platinum Room and a personal card game after Dong Xuebin challenged him to give him face.

Dong Xuebin accepted Old Zhou’s invitation to play high-stakes Mahjong in the Platinum Room against Song Yuhu, Director Wei, and Director Leng, despite knowing little about the game. After Zhang Longjuan explained the local winning hands, the players took their seats and the audience expected Dong Xuebin to lose.

• Old Zhou invited Dong Xuebin’s group to the Platinum Room, where bets could reach five million US dollars per hand with no overall cap.
• Dong Xuebin said he would play Mahjong against Song Yuhu, Director Wei, and Director Leng to win back Zhang Longjuan’s money and settle scores with them.
• Dong Xuebin refused Old Zhou’s offer to find additional players and said the people already present were enough.
• Zhang Longjuan explained local Mahjong winning hands to Dong Xuebin and wished him luck before he went to the table.
• Dong Xuebin, Song Yuhu, Director Wei, and Director Leng rolled dice, chose their seats, and prepared to begin as guests gathered to watch.

Dong Xuebin played his first high-stakes Mahjong rounds in the Platinum Room despite barely knowing the game. He lost nearly a million chips in several hands, and the chapter left Director Wei, Director Leng, and Song Yuhu happily taking advantage of his reckless discards.

• Dong Xuebin awkwardly sorted his tiles, then took so long to choose a discard that Director Wei, Director Leng, and Song Yuhu had to wait for him.
• Dong Xuebin repeatedly discarded risky tiles, and Director Leng won the first hand with Seven Pairs after he dealt her the winning tile.
• Dong Xuebin lost 480,000 chips in the first round and nearly another 200,000 when Director Leng won the next hand.
• Dong Xuebin continued feeding useful tiles to his opponents, and Song Yuhu won on a Kong draw after declaring a Kong.
• The spectators concluded that Dong Xuebin did not know how to play Mahjong, while Director Wei, Director Leng, and Song Yuhu welcomed his losses.

Dong Xuebin let the others believe he was an inept Mahjong player while losing nearly ten million dollars, then promised to win the next hand. As the hand reached its end, he declared a self-draw despite not having drawn the tile he needed, leaving everyone stunned.

• Song Yuhu won five consecutive hands as dealer, and Dong Xuebin's chips fell from more than forty-six million dollars to just over thirty-eight million.
• Zhang Longjuan and the Shen sisters urged Dong Xuebin to play more carefully, but he said he would start winning once he became dealer.
• Dong Xuebin returned to the table and said he would win the next hand, while Old Zhou warned Song Yuhu not to get careless.
• Dong Xuebin continued discarding unusual tiles, but Song Yuhu and Director Wei both waited on winning tiles as the hand progressed.
• Dong Xuebin drew the Three of Characters instead of the Nine of Tiao he needed, then slapped his tiles down and declared a self-draw.

Dong Xuebin won a hand with a Nine of Tiao, although Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei had seen him draw a Three of Characters. As Dong became dealer and prepared to win Zhang Longjuan the two hundred million she needed, the sisters realized he had cheated without anyone else noticing.

• Dong Xuebin declared a win, and the dealer and other players accepted his hand and paid him.
• Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei saw that the tile on the table was a Nine of Tiao, despite remembering him drawing a Three of Characters.
• Zhang Longjuan pulled the sisters aside and pointed out the winning tile before the dealer collected and shuffled the tiles.
• Dong Xuebin became dealer and bragged that his luck had changed, while the others dismissed him.
• Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei concluded that Dong Xuebin had cheated with a trick no one else detected.

Dong Xuebin kept everyone waiting as dealer while the others assumed Song Yuhu was poised to complete a Big Three Dragons. He then revealed a complete Heavenly Hand, leaving the high-stakes players stunned.

• Zhang Longjuan explained that Dong Xuebin’s previous winning tile had not been switched or hidden, though she could not tell how he had managed it.
• Song Yuhu drew a starting hand built for Big Three Dragons, alarming Zhang Longjuan, Shen Xiaoyan, and Shen Xiaomei.
• Dong Xuebin delayed play by rubbing the backs of his tiles and asked the dealer how much a Heavenly Hand was worth.
• After learning that a Heavenly Hand counted as a limit hand, Dong Xuebin stood up his tiles and declared Heavenly Hand.
• Dong Xuebin revealed a complete hand of 1-2-3 Bamboo, 6-7-8 Circles, three East Winds, three West Winds, and two Nine of Tiao, shocking everyone.

Dong Xuebin won fifteen million dollars with a Heavenly Hand, recovering his losses and remaining dealer. In the next round, he stunned the table by declaring another Heavenly Hand, this time with Big Three Dragons.

• Dong Xuebin revealed a Heavenly Hand, leaving Song Yuhu shocked and costing him and the other players fifteen million dollars.
• Shen Xiaomei, Shen Xiaoyan, and Zhang Longjuan wondered whether Dong Xuebin had known his tiles without looking at them.
• Dong Xuebin remained dealer as the table began a second round, while Song Yuhu prepared to pursue Seven Pairs.
• Dong Xuebin felt the backs of his tiles again, then declared another Heavenly Hand.
• The players saw that Dong Xuebin's second Heavenly Hand was Big Three Dragons, with three Red Dragons, three White Boards, three Green Dragons, three South Winds, and a pair.

Dong Xuebin won a second consecutive Heavenly Hand, a Big Three Dragons, and Song Yuhu ordered the tiles and dice changed to rule out cheating. With the new set, Dong Xuebin immediately revealed another Heavenly Hand: a limit Big Four Winds, leaving everyone stunned.

• Song Yuhu ordered the tiles inspected after Dong Xuebin's Big Three Dragons Heavenly Hand, and the inspection found no irregularities.
• The dealer paid Dong Xuebin the capped limit-hand winnings, bringing his total to sixty-eight million U.S. dollars as Song Yuhu and the directors replenished their chips.
• Song Yuhu demanded a new brand of Mahjong tiles and dice, and Dong Xuebin agreed to continue with the replacements.
• After the new tiles were dealt, Dong Xuebin pushed his hand forward without looking and revealed a Big Four Winds Heavenly Hand.

Dong Xuebin won a third consecutive Heavenly Hand, this time Big Four Winds, and the casino could find no evidence that he had cheated. Song Yuhu and the others continued the game at a new table, where Dong Xuebin’s next deal began with his opponents nearly out of chips.

• Dong Xuebin revealed a Heavenly Hand Big Four Winds, winning another fifteen million dollars from Song Yuhu, Director Wei, and Director Leng.
• Song Yuhu accused Dong Xuebin of cheating, but an inspection of the tiles and the switched equipment found no irregularities.
• Zhang Longjuan and the dealer prevented Song Yuhu, Director Wei, and Director Leng from leaving before the round ended.
• Dong Xuebin’s total rose to around eighty-three million dollars, while Song Yuhu, Director Wei, and Director Leng were left with only a few million each.
• Song Yuhu demanded a new Mahjong table and fresh tiles, and Dong Xuebin agreed before continuing as dealer.