Chapter Summaries

Jiang Hao gained Ah Mi and Qi Jin Feng as investors in his expanding Garden Street sneaker business. At Camel's birthday banquet, Crow arrived with a lavish gift and joined the East Star bosses, while Smiling Tiger brought up Jiang Hao to him.

• Jiang Hao accepted Ah Mi's invitation to discuss business and met Qi Jin Feng.
• Ah Mi and Qi Jin Feng agreed to buy 25 percent each of Jiang Hao's two new sneaker shops for four million.
• Jiang Hao described his plan to build Garden Street into Hong Kong's biggest Sneaker Street and open more shops.
• Crow arrived at Camel's birthday banquet with a gold birthday peach worth 388,888 and boasted about his gift.
• Smiling Tiger welcomed Crow and told him that Wang Sen had brought Tyrannosaurus to the banquet.

Crow challenged Wang Sen’s new little brother, Jiang Hao, at Camel’s birthday celebration, and Jiang Hao proposed a match against one of Crow’s fighters. The bets were placed and the space cleared, leaving Jiang Hao and Pineapple set to fight.

• Crow mocked Jiang Hao’s reputation, and Jiang Hao challenged Crow’s claim to be Tung Sing’s best fighter.
• Crow threatened Jiang Hao with a beer bottle, prompting Wang Sen and the men around them to prepare for a clash.
• An elder uncle intervened, and Jiang Hao proposed a birthday boxing match; Crow accepted by sending Pineapple to fight in his place.
• Wang Sen and Crow agreed to wager one million each, with Smiling Tiger suggesting Camel hold the stakes and Jin Feng manage the betting.
• Jin Feng recorded bets on Pineapple and Jiang Hao as the men cleared space for the match.

Jiang Hao defeated Pineapple in a brutal ring fight at Camel’s birthday celebration and left Crow too intimidated to challenge him. The chapter ended with Jiang Hao’s allies collecting their winnings while Pineapple was taken to the hospital with a crippled spine.

• Jiang Hao asked Ah Kun to place a one-million bet on him, and most spectators backed Pineapple instead.
• Jiang Hao overpowered Pineapple with a series of attacks and crippled his lumbar spine, winning the fight in moments.
• Crow threatened Jiang Hao but backed down when Jiang Hao invited him into the ring, then ordered his men to take Pineapple to the hospital.
• Jiang Hao told Wang Sen and Zhou Kun that Pineapple would survive but would likely spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
• Jiang Hao and his allies went to collect their winnings from Sister Phoenix.

After earning an eight-million-dollar check, Jiang Hao expanded his shoe business by ordering more storefronts, planning new product lines, and buying a shoe factory with a bank loan. The chapter left him with a growing retail empire while Crow plotted against him and abandoned his injured fighter.

• Jiang Hao signed the finance contract with Golden Phoenix and Silver Phoenix, received a check for eight million, and parted on friendly business terms with Silver Phoenix.
• Crow learned Pineapple would likely be paralyzed, refused to help him, and asked an underling to find Tang Dayu's number so he could speak with him.
• Jiang Hao told Ah Jun to rent more large storefronts on Garden Street and approved stopping a rival shoe store from renovating without greeting him.
• Jiang Hao asked Deng Yao to find manufacturers for branded leather and women's shoes, then proposed buying a factory.
• Deng Yao took Jiang Hao to inspect factories, and Jiang Hao bought one for thirteen and a half million by borrowing eight million from a bank against it.

Jiang Hao expanded his shoe business and taught his staff new sales promotions while preparing to open five more stores. After confronting a rival shop owner backed by Dongxing Society elder Uncle Gui, he agreed to let the shop operate on Sneaker Street under his rules, suspecting Uncle Gui was behind it.

• Jiang Hao assigned Deng Yao to manage the shoe factory, gave him twenty percent of its profits, and ordered production of imitations of luxury brands.
• Jiang Hao trained his store managers and men in promotions, including advertising, discounts, shopping cards, and prize draws, and announced plans for five more stores.
• Ah Jun told Jiang Hao that his men had smashed a rival shoe store under renovation and that its owners seemed connected to a Dongxing Society elder.
• Uncle Gui invited Jiang Hao to discuss his relative's plans to open a shoe store on Sneaker Street, and Jiang Hao agreed only if the store followed his renovation, supply, profit-sharing, and promotion rules.
• After leaving the meal, Jiang Hao told Ah Jun he suspected Uncle Gui himself wanted to open the rival store.

Jiang Hao reflected on his loneliness during Christmas and went drinking alone, where Ah Mi recognized him and invited him to a quiet place. He followed her to a luxurious apartment, where they stood facing each other as the tension between them grew.

• Jiang Hao set rules for businesses on Sneaker Street, requiring authentic stores to share net profits and counterfeit sellers to buy their stock from him.
• As Christmas arrived, Jiang Hao felt lonely and went alone to a bar on Portland Street.
• Ah Mi saw Jiang Hao drinking by himself and sent a woman named Susan to keep him company, but he turned her down.
• Ah Mi revealed Jiang Hao's identity to Susan, then approached him as he prepared to leave and offered to take him somewhere quiet.
• Ah Mi drove Jiang Hao to a luxurious apartment, where he stepped closer to her after she opened the door.

Jiang Hao and Ah Mi grew closer after spending a carefree day together, then agreed to keep their relationship private and planned a Christmas trip to Bangkok. As they flew out, someone reported their departure to a shadowy boss.

• Ah Mi woke alone after spending the night with Jiang Hao and wondered whether he had only wanted her body, but he returned with breakfast and reassured her with his care.
• Jiang Hao took Ah Mi to a movie and an amusement park, where she relaxed and enjoyed the day with him.
• After dinner, Ah Mi asked Jiang Hao to keep their relationship secret, and they agreed to call each other when they wanted to meet.
• Jiang Hao suggested a trip to Bangkok, and Ah Mi agreed; the next day, they boarded a plane together.
• An informant told a gloomy-voiced boss that Jiang Hao had taken a woman named Bai Yuling to Bangkok.

Tang Dayu and Crow conspired to kill Jiang Hao, while Jiang Hao and Ah Mi enjoyed a trip to Thailand. After visiting Pattaya, Jiang Hao realized their tuk-tuk driver was taking them somewhere suspicious.

• Tang Dayu remembered how Jiang Hao had humiliated and nearly killed him, and resolved to take revenge.
• Crow called Tang Dayu and proposed that they work together to take down Jiang Hao, asking for Jiang Hao’s right hand in return.
• Crow planned to use a fake transfer contract to claim Jiang Hao’s successful sneaker stores after his death.
• Jiang Hao and Ah Mi toured Bangkok, where Jiang Hao explained that success, not failure, taught people how to succeed.
• Jiang Hao and Ah Mi traveled to Pattaya, but their tuk-tuk driver took them down an isolated road and ignored Jiang Hao’s question.

Jiang Hao and Ah Mi were ambushed by armed men, and Ah Mi was shot while protecting him. Jiang Hao carried her to a hospital, where he caught a doctor signaling a nurse and held him at gunpoint.

• More than twenty armed men surrounded Jiang Hao and Ah Mi’s tuk-tuk, and Jiang Hao and Ah Mi fought back.
• The floral-shirted man shot at Jiang Hao, but Ah Mi took the bullet; Jiang Hao killed the gunman and shot the attackers until his pistol ran out of bullets.
• Jiang Hao used talismans to temporarily stabilize Ah Mi, then drove her to a hospital for emergency treatment.
• A doctor prepared to operate on Ah Mi while covertly signaling a nurse, and Jiang Hao pressed a gun to the doctor’s temple.

Jiang Hao saved the wounded Ah Mi, hid with her in a Bangkok hotel, and cared for her while she recovered. After three days, with Ah Mi stable and the gang still unable to find them, Jiang Hao left the room at night.

• Jiang Hao forced a doctor to remove the bullet from Ah Mi, then carried her to a Bangkok hotel and treated her there.
• Ah Mi woke briefly, agreed that she belonged to Jiang Hao, and soon fell asleep again.
• Kalason learned that Vika and his men had been killed and ordered his gang to search Bangkok for Jiang Hao and Ah Mi.
• Jiang Hao stayed hidden in the hotel, fed Ah Mi, and told her that he practiced Taoist cultivation and used talismans.
• After three days, Ah Mi's injury stabilized, and Jiang Hao left their hotel room at night.

After returning to Hong Kong with Ah Mi, Jiang Hao investigated the gang behind the attack and learned Thai so he could understand what his attackers had said. He planned to return to Thailand to confront them.

• Jiang Hao abducted a drug dealer in Bangkok, learned that Vika worked for Kalason, and killed the dealer after questioning him.
• Ah Mi told Jiang Hao about her fortune predicting a deadly calamity at thirty, and he promised to help her overcome it.
• After Ah Mi recovered enough to travel, Jiang Hao took her back to Hong Kong and asked Ah Jun to find him a Thai teacher.
• Tang Dayu argued with Kalason over the failed attack, while Kalason demanded compensation for losing more than twenty men.
• After mastering basic Thai, Jiang Hao understood that his attackers had planned to kill him and sell Ah Mi, and he told Ah Jun to book him a flight to Thailand.

After returning to Bangkok, Jiang Hao bought weapons and went to Pattaya to pursue Kalason. He learned the location of Kalason’s estate, killed his guide, and climbed over the estate wall.

• Jiang Hao bought two Glock pistols, ammunition, holsters, and an M16 rifle from a Bangkok gun shop.
• Jiang Hao drove to Pattaya and killed one of Kalason’s men after questioning him about Kalason’s whereabouts.
• Jiang Hao forced the surviving man to guide him to Kalason’s estate in Ban Bung, then killed him and hid his body in a ditch.
• Jiang Hao armed himself, climbed a tree, and leapt over the wall into Kalason’s estate.

Jiang Hao launched a violent assault on Kalason’s estate, but Kalason escaped by car. Jiang Hao caught up with him and demanded to know who wanted him dead, then shot him in the thigh when he tried to bargain for his freedom.

• Jiang Hao killed two guards and entered Kalason’s estate with a pack of dogs.
• Jiang Hao shot several armed men inside the villa and ordered the dogs to attack two gunmen hiding in a room.
• Jiang Hao found Kalason’s room empty and realized he had escaped in a car.
• Jiang Hao pursued Kalason, shot out a tire, and caused his car to crash into a tree.
• Jiang Hao pulled the injured Kalason from the wreck and asked who wanted him dead.
• Kalason offered to tell Jiang Hao in exchange for being released, and Jiang Hao shot him in the thigh.

Jiang Hao killed Kalason after learning Tang Dayu had ordered the attempt on his life, then persuaded Wang Sen to seize Yau Ma Tei and eliminate Tang Dayu. He informed Officer Huang of the planned gang conflict, leaving the police to prepare for a clash that Jiang Hao believed might benefit them.

• Jiang Hao learned that Tang Dayu had paid Kalason to kill him and shot Kalason dead before disposing of his weapons and gloves.
• Jiang Hao returned to Hong Kong and reunited with Ah Mi, whose injuries had mostly healed.
• Jiang Hao told Wang Sen that Tang Dayu had tried to kill him and urged him to seize Yau Ma Tei, promising to hand the district over to Wang Sen.
• Wang Sen agreed to attack Tang Dayu and take Yau Ma Tei.
• Jiang Hao met Officer Huang at Qingsong Temple and told him about Wang Sen's plan, saying the police might benefit from the conflict.

Jiang Hao urged the police to let Wang Sen seize Yau Ma Tei so the resulting conflict would expose more criminal activity, then helped prepare Tung Sing for the attack. Wang Sen announced an assault on Tang Dayu for the following midnight, and the police prepared to intervene after it began.

• Jiang Hao told Officer Huang that a clash between Tung Sing and Hung Hing could give the police a chance to uncover Wang Sen's ecstasy factory, and Huang agreed to report the plan to Chief Superintendent Guo.
• Jiang Hao asked Ah Jun to prepare stab-proof vests, machetes, and iron rods for a force of up to three hundred men.
• Wang Sen gathered his men and announced that they would attack Tang Dayu in Yau Ma Tei the next night, saying Brother Camel supported him.
• Jiang Hao told Ah Kun to prepare extra vests and revealed that Tang Dayu had arranged an ambush against him in Bangkok; afterward, Jiang Hao sent the police a pager message with the attack's time and location.
• Chief Superintendent Guo ordered police units to prepare and wait until the gangs began fighting before making arrests, while warning Officer Huang to keep Jiang Hao under control.

Jiang Hao led Eastern Star into Yau Ma Tei to confront Tang Dayu, while the police watched the gangs gather for a major clash. After Tang Dayu challenged Jiang Hao at Temple Street, Jiang ordered his men to attack, and the two sides began fighting.

• Tang Dayu learned that Wang Sen had gathered men and vans, so he ordered his men to stay alert.
• Jiang Hao led Ah Jun and Eastern Star’s convoy toward Yau Ma Tei, while Chief Superintendent Guo and the police monitored their advance.
• Tang Dayu learned that Eastern Star was approaching Temple Street and gathered Hung Hing’s men to defend the area.
• Jiang Hao confronted Tang Dayu and accused him of trying to have him killed in Bangkok.
• Jiang Hao ordered Eastern Star to attack, and the two gangs clashed as Jiang charged toward Tang Dayu.

Jiang Hao led East Star in defeating Hung Hing, killed Tang Dayu, and escaped the police cordon. He told Ah Mi that Tang Dayu had arranged the attack in Bangkok that wounded her, and that he had killed the gang leader responsible.

• Jiang Hao and Ah Jun led East Star into battle, and Jiang Hao wounded Tang Dayu before killing him.
• East Star scattered Hung Hing's men, and the police sirens sent the fighters fleeing as officers prepared to clear the scene.
• Jiang Hao slipped past the police cordon, discarded his bloodstained clothes, and went to Ah Mi's apartment.
• Jiang Hao told Ah Mi that Tang Dayu had hired Kalason to kill him in Bangkok and that he had killed Kalason himself.
• Ah Mi urged Jiang Hao not to take such dangerous risks again, while police officers arrived to assess the casualties.

After Tang Dayu was killed in a clash between Hongxing and Dongxing, Jiang Tiansheng and the Hongxing leaders debated retaliation but agreed to hold off under police pressure. Three days later, with Yau Ma Tei still in Dongxing’s hands, Wang Sen called Jiang Hao into his office to give him an assignment.

• Jiang Hao watched the news with Ah Mi as reports named Tang Dayu as the sole fatality in the Hongxing-Dongxing brawl.
• Jiang Tiansheng asked Hongxing’s leaders how to respond to Tang Dayu’s death and the loss of Yau Ma Tei, while Liang Kun demanded revenge and claimed the territory.
• Han Bin urged Jiang Tiansheng to speak with Camel, who said Wang Sen’s men had retaliated because Tang Dayu arranged an ambush against Tyrannosaurus in Bangkok.
• Camel refused to return Yau Ma Tei unless Hongxing gave up Causeway Bay, and Jiang Tiansheng said Hongxing would postpone retaliation under police pressure.
• Three days later, police closed Tang Dayu’s case as a death in a group brawl, and Wang Sen summoned Jiang Hao to his office and said he had a job for him.

Jiang Hao took control of Temple Street and reopened Tang Dayu’s KTV, then Wang Sen prepared to put him in charge of all Yau Ma Tei. Jiang Hao asked Wang Sen to help restore the area’s pill supply, and Wang Sen said he would look into it.

• Wang Sen told Jiang Hao to manage Yau Ma Tei, and Jiang Hao agreed.
• Jiang Hao led more than two hundred underlings through Temple Street and made Tang Dayu’s closed KTV his base.
• Jiang Hao ordered Ah Jun to collect protection money from merchants under Eastern Star’s rules and expand through Yau Ma Tei.
• Jiang Hao reopened the KTV with help from Ah Mi, and Temple Street soon came under his control.
• Wang Sen announced that Jiang Hao would take charge of Yau Ma Tei, and the other underlings supported the decision.
• Jiang Hao asked Wang Sen for a pill supply channel, and Wang Sen agreed to consider it.

Jiang Hao took over Yau Ma Tei and agreed to distribute drugs supplied by Wang Sen, then secretly followed Wang Sen to Kowloon Walled City. He later met Officer Huang at Qingsong Temple, where he said he had news to share but had not found the drug factory.

• Wang Sen treated Jiang Hao and the Yau Ma Tei crew to a celebratory meal, then offered Jiang Hao forty percent of the profits from selling pills and powder.
• Jiang Hao released two bluethroats to follow Wang Sen, who met Ah Hui in Kowloon Walled City and ordered the factory to increase production and arrange deliveries through a new courier.
• The birds reported that Wang Sen had met a man with a slight limp, though they could not hear their conversation.
• Jiang Hao returned to his Yau Ma Tei home, rested, and sent Officer Huang a pager message inviting him to Qingsong Temple.
• At Qingsong Temple, Jiang Hao told Officer Huang he had no news about Wang Sen's drug factory but had other information to share.