Chapter Summaries

Jiang Hao told Officer Huang that Wang Sen had taken over Yau Ma Tei and might be arranging a new drug supply through a contact from Kowloon Walled City. As Jiang Hao expanded his role, he worried that the police would not let him return after his undercover work, then received a shipment of drugs for Yau Ma Tei.

• Jiang Hao reported that Wang Sen had taken control of Yau Ma Tei, cut off Hung Hing's supply, and met a middle-aged man from Kowloon Walled City.
• Officer Huang suspected Wang Sen used Kowloon Walled City to distribute drugs while keeping his factory elsewhere, and explained why the police could not simply raid the area.
• Jiang Hao asked Officer Huang whether he could return to the police force after the drug factory case, but Huang urged him to keep climbing the ranks and reminded him of his oath.
• Jiang Hao considered how to gain influence through profits, while Ah Jun told him that Yau Ma Tei's venues had run out of drugs.
• A scruffy courier brought Jiang Hao ecstasy pills and other drugs, and Jiang Hao gave him a tip and directed him to contact Ah Jun for future deliveries.

Jiang Hao tracked Wang Sen’s suspected drug distribution network while arranging business deals to win the support of Eastern Star’s elders and Camel. A bird then led him to a functioning soy sauce factory that the crippled man had entered.

• Jiang Hao followed a shabby van to Kowloon Walled City and ordered two birds to keep watching the crippled middle-aged man linked to Wang Sen.
• Ah Mi invited Jiang Hao to dinner, and he asked her about Eastern Star’s elders before explaining his plan to use sneaker shops to win their support.
• Jiang Hao offered the elders shares in a cooperative shop business and gave Camel twenty percent of five new shops; Ah Mi handled the arrangements discreetly.
• A bird led Jiang Hao to the Huihua Road Soy Sauce Factory in the New Territories and confirmed that the crippled man had entered it.

Jiang Hao used animal communication to uncover an underground drug factory beneath the Huahua Road Soy Sauce Factory and gave its location to Officer Huang. After learning Crow had helped Tang Dayu plan his murder, Jiang Hao focused his anger on Crow as the Eastern Star annual meeting approached.

• Jiang Hao watched the soy sauce factory with binoculars, then sent weasels to investigate it after dark.
• The weasels showed Jiang Hao images of an underground drug factory where masked workers produced pills and packaged white powder.
• Jiang Hao gave Officer Huang a map marking the factory and confirmed that the operation was underground.
• Jiang Hao agreed to spend Lunar New Year with Ah Mi, who advised him to visit the Eastern Star uncles and avoid Crow.
• Ah Yi told Jiang Hao that Crow had supplied Tang Dayu with information about Jiang Hao's Bangkok trip and urged Tang Dayu to kill him.
• Jiang Hao reacted coldly when he learned Crow had betrayed his whereabouts.

The Hong Kong Police raided Huihua Road Soy Sauce Factory and destroyed a massive underground drug operation after a violent shootout. After seeing Lame Hui alive on the news, Wang Sen feared he would be exposed and decided to flee Hong Kong.

• Officer Huang reported the factory lead, and senior police divisions confirmed drug-related chemicals in its wastewater before planning a raid.
• Police forces stormed the factory, fought armed guards and workers, and subdued the criminals after a ten-minute battle that left Lame Hui shot and unconscious.
• Senior officers discovered extensive drug-making equipment and large quantities of drugs, while the injured and arrested suspects were taken away under guard.
• The police announced the seizure of more than two hundred thousand ecstasy pills, over one hundred kilograms of white powder, and more than 1,800 kilograms of raw materials.
• Wang Sen watched footage showing Lame Hui alive and, fearing that he would reveal Wang Sen’s identity, decided to flee Hong Kong.

Wang Sen fled Hong Kong after the drug raid, while Jiang Hao represented Mong Kok at Tung Sing’s annual meeting. The meeting turned tense when Crow challenged Jiang Hao’s right to offer incense for the absent Wang Sen.

• Wang Sen packed cash and escape documents, then fled by boat to Southeast Asia rather than risk flying.
• Jiang Hao learned Wang Sen was missing and decided that he and Mong Kok’s other leaders would attend the annual meeting in his place.
• Jiang Hao arrived at Tung Sing headquarters with his underlings, greeted the senior leaders, and told them Wang Sen had urgent business.
• Crow mocked Jiang Hao’s suited underlings, but Jiang Hao stood up to him and Crow backed down.
• At the annual meeting’s incense offering, a senior leader suggested Jiang Hao represent Wang Sen, and Crow objected that Jiang Hao was too junior to qualify.

At Eastern Star’s annual worship, Jiang Hao accused Crow of conspiring with Tang Dayu to kill him and beat Crow nearly to death in front of the gang’s elders. Camel ordered the investigation to continue, and Jiang Hao represented Wang Sen in the ceremony without further objection.

• Crow challenged Jiang Hao’s right to represent Wang Sen, and Jiang Hao accused Crow of plotting with Tang Dayu to kill him in Bangkok.
• Jiang Hao brought Ah Yi before the gathering and questioned him about Crow’s alleged role in Tang Dayu’s attack.
• Crow denied the accusations, and Jiang Hao struck him, kicked him, and stomped on his neck until his spine broke.
• Camel told the members to take Crow to the hospital and warned them to keep quiet while the gang investigated the matter.
• Jiang Hao sent Ah Yi away with Ah Jun, then represented Wang Sen as the members completed the worship ceremony.

After Wang Sen disappeared, Jiang Hao kept his gang calm and spent the New Year with Ah Mi. Officer Huang then revealed a plan to issue a warrant for Wang Sen and use his absence to help Jiang Hao become the boss of Mong Kok.

• Jiang Hao told Ah Mi that Crow had been involved in Tang Dayu's attempt to kill him, then hurried to Wang Sen's home after Ah Kun reported that Wang Sen was missing.
• Jiang Hao and the others searched for Wang Sen and learned from Blacky that he had left for Southeast Asia on Ah Cang's boat.
• Jiang Hao told Wang Sen's men to keep working and tell outsiders that Wang Sen had gone to Southeast Asia to inspect the market.
• Jiang Hao spent the New Year with Ah Mi and went with her to Wong Tai Sin Temple.
• Officer Huang told Jiang Hao that Lame Hui had died in the hospital and proposed issuing a warrant for Wang Sen so Jiang Hao could rise to lead Mong Kok.

After Wang Sen was publicly named as a wanted suspect, Jiang Hao helped protect Wang Sen’s family and promised to support them. He then urged his men to guard their territory and contribute money for Wang Sen’s wife and children.

• Hong Kong police broadcast a wanted order naming Wang Sen and ten others as suspects in a drug manufacturing case.
• Jiang Hao brought Lawyer Song to stop police from questioning or searching Wang Sen’s wife’s home without proper authority.
• Wang Sen’s wife said that Wang Sen had not contacted her, and Jiang Hao offered to arrange for her and the children to leave Hong Kong if he did not return.
• Jiang Hao’s men discussed the threat of outsiders taking over Wang Sen’s territory, and Jiang Hao ordered them to guard Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei.
• Jiang Hao proposed collecting eight million dollars for Wang Sen’s family, with each man contributing one million and Jiang Hao contributing three million.

Wang Sen fled to Singapore after becoming wanted for drug manufacturing, and Jiang Hao arranged for Wang Sen’s wife and children to join him. At a Tung Sing meeting, Camel appointed Ah Cheng to take over Crow’s territory and proposed Tyrannosaurus as Mong Kok’s acting spokesman.

• Wang Sen called Shaolan and told her he was in Singapore and would find a way to bring her and the children to him.
• Wang Sen asked Jiang Hao to send his family to Singapore and said he planned to leave the underworld behind; Jiang Hao agreed and asked Ah Mi to help him meet Camel.
• Jiang Hao arranged for Wang Sen’s wife and two children to travel to Singapore, and Wang Sen asked him to look after Ah Kun and Squirrel.
• Camel told Tung Sing’s leaders that Crow had plotted with Tang Dayu against Tyrannosaurus, then assigned Ah Cheng to take over Crow’s territory.
• Camel said Mong Kok needed an acting spokesman while Wang Sen was away, and Uncle Gui and Uncle Bing backed Tyrannosaurus for the role.

Camel appointed Jiang Hao as the temporary boss of Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei, while Lei Yaoyang grew furious over Jiang Hao’s relationship with Ah Mi. Jiang Hao reassured his new associates that he would preserve their territories and proposed moving the organization toward legitimate businesses, beginning with ending drug dealing.

• Camel announced that Jiang Hao would temporarily lead Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei, and Jiang Hao took Wang Sen’s former seat at the meeting.
• Lei Yaoyang saw Ah Mi behaving intimately with Jiang Hao and, alone in his office, swore to kill them both.
• Jiang Hao returned to Mong Kok, where Ah Kun and the others celebrated his appointment as boss.
• Jiang Hao told the group he would leave their territories unchanged and help them earn money through a new operating model.
• Jiang Hao proposed opening a film company for Ah Kun and said Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei should stop dealing drugs.

Jiang Hao reorganized the gang’s businesses, shifting away from drug dealing and toward legal ventures while giving his men shares and responsibilities. He also planned to recruit Fu Yang, whose release from prison was imminent.

• Jiang Hao assigned Squirrel and Maltose to develop the sex trade, offered Blacky and Ah Bao Brother Sen’s loan shark company, and proposed consolidating the illegal businesses under one company with separate accounts.
• Jiang Hao outlined a separate company for legitimate ventures, including Ah Kun’s film company and the sneaker shops, and proposed expanding into bus routes, taxis, and demolition work; everyone agreed.
• Ah Kun accepted the film company role and said he understood why Jiang Hao was avoiding drug dealing.
• Jiang Hao told his men to scale back illegal businesses, stop selling drugs, and prepare to join his company and receive shares in legitimate ventures.
• Jiang Hao gave Ah Wah and Ah Jun five percent each in the Shenzhen shoe factory and asked Ah Jun to pick up Fu Yang when he was released from prison.

Fu Yang was released from prison and tried to rebuild his life, but his criminal record and He Wen Jun’s breakup left him with few options. He finally called Jiang Hao, who invited him to Huadu Nightclub to talk.

• Fu Yang reunited with his family outside prison, and Ah Jun offered him Jiang Hao’s contact information and a possible job.
• Fu Yang visited He Wen Jun, learned she had a new boyfriend, and ended their relationship.
• Fu Yang searched for work, but companies rejected him because of his criminal record.
• Fu Yang called Jiang Hao for help, and Jiang Hao invited him to Huadu Nightclub.

Fu Yang joined Jiang Hao’s legitimate businesses as a legal consultant after leaving prison, while Brother Fly confronted a film crew shooting on his turf and demanded protection money. The director went to make calls as Brother Fly and his men waited.

• Jiang Hao welcomed Fu Yang, celebrated his release, and offered him a job handling the legal affairs of his legitimate businesses.
• Jiang Hao introduced Fu Yang to the company’s lackeys and arranged for women to entertain him for the night.
• Fu Yang returned the next day, said he felt ready to work, and began reviewing company documents.
• Brother Fly learned that a film crew was shooting on his street and went to confront its director and actress Guan Zhilin.
• Brother Fly gathered dozens of men and demanded one hundred thousand in protection money, while the director asked him to wait as he made calls.

Jiang Hao resolved a dispute between a film crew and Fly’s men, then agreed to gather evidence of Tung Sing’s crimes for Officer Huang. He expanded his shoe business in Shenzhen and, back in Hong Kong, learned that Lei Yaoyang and Han Chen wanted to meet him.

• Jiang Hao persuaded the film crew to let Zhou Kun and his men observe production and promised the crew protection in Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei.
• Officer Huang asked Jiang Hao to collect evidence of Tung Sing’s crimes so the police could act if the gang grew uncontrollable.
• Jiang Hao visited Deng Yao’s new Shenzhen shoe factory, assigned Fu Yang legal and accounting duties, and ordered the team to promote the Brother Tyrannosaurus brand across the mainland.
• Jiang Hao gave Ah Wah ten million Hong Kong dollars to buy storefronts for future branded shoe stores and acquired another plot of land for possible development.
• After Jiang Hao returned to Hong Kong, Ah Jun told him that Lei Yaoyang and Han Chen had both asked to speak with him.

Jiang Hao rejected Lei Yaoyang’s proposal to use his territory for drug distribution and demanded compensation for access to Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei. After the hostile meeting, Jiang Hao warned that he might kill Lei Yaoyang someday and arranged to meet Han Chen offshore.

• Jiang Hao told Ah Jun to invite Lei Yaoyang to meet him, then gave Ah Mi a jade bangle and spent the evening with her.
• Lei Yaoyang offered to supply drugs for Jiang Hao to distribute, but Jiang Hao refused and demanded 150 million for five years of distribution rights in his territories.
• Lei Yaoyang rejected Jiang Hao’s terms, and Jiang Hao threatened to confiscate any drugs brought into his territory and punish those responsible.
• Lei Yaoyang smashed his wineglass, but Jiang Hao made him pay twenty dollars for it before he left.
• Jiang Hao told Ah Jun that Lei Yaoyang was dangerous and instructed him to arrange a meeting with Han Chen on a fishing boat the next day.

Jiang Hao negotiated with Han Chen over Lianying Society selling drugs in Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei, refusing to handle the business himself and demanding compensation for access to the market. They settled on a 150-million payment, partly through Han Chen selling him several Tsim Sha Tsui venues, and Jiang Hao ended the meeting by inviting him to a grouper feast.

• Jiang Hao welcomed Han Chen aboard his yacht and discussed Han Chen's interest in the Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei drug market.
• Jiang Hao told Han Chen he would not handle drugs himself but would allow Han Chen's goods into the districts for appropriate compensation.
• Jiang Hao demanded 200 million, and after bargaining, Han Chen agreed to pay 150 million in installments.
• Jiang Hao proposed that Han Chen sell him Lianying Society's KTVs, bars, and bathhouses on Nathan Road to help cover the payment.
• Jiang Hao and Han Chen shook hands on the deal, and Jiang Hao reeled in a large grouper and invited Han Chen to lunch.

Jiang Hao traded Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei’s drug distribution rights to Han Chen for valuable properties, but Lei Yaoyang retaliated by ordering drugs sold in Jiang Hao’s territory. After Han Chen reported the breach, Jiang Hao sent Ah Jun to find the dealers.

• Jiang Hao hosted Han Chen, Silly Keung, and Ah Yan for lunch, then discussed fate with Ah Mi after Han Chen left.
• Jiang Hao received several bars, KTVs, bathhouses, and their properties in exchange for giving Han Chen drug distribution rights in Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei.
• Angry that Jiang Hao had given the drug rights to Han Chen instead of him, Lei Yaoyang ordered Ah Po to distribute drugs in Mong Kok.
• Jiang Hao scolded Zhou Kun for giving an actress an apartment and ordered him to make and release a film within three months.
• Han Chen told Jiang Hao that another group was selling drugs in Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei, and Jiang Hao ordered Ah Jun to investigate.

Ah Jun and Brother Fly enforced Jiang Hao’s orders against dealers selling drugs on Brother Tyrannosaurus’s turf. They seized the goods and injured the dealers, while the men behind the operations remained unidentified.

• Ah Jun’s men caught two low-level dealers exchanging goods supplied by Brother Leopard, a man working for Lei Yaoyang, and beat them until they confessed.
• Ah Jun ordered all four of the dealers’ arms broken, confiscated the goods, and had the men dumped at a hospital.
• Brother Fly’s men tracked a rice sack of drugs to an apartment in Kowloon and forced their way through its security gate.
• Fly’s men beat four dealers, seized drugs worth an estimated two million, and broke one arm and one leg on each man.
• Neighbors found the injured dealers and called an ambulance.

After Lei Yaoyang arranged to frame Jiang Hao’s Huadu Nightclub with planted cocaine, the police raided the club and detained its staff and customers. Jiang Hao went to the Mong Kok Police Department to confront the situation, suspecting a setup.

• Lei Yaoyang sent Ah Po instructions after Jiang Hao’s men disrupted five of his distribution groups and seized their goods.
• A man hid cocaine in Huadu Nightclub’s restroom and anonymously reported the club to the police.
• Director Han ordered an investigation, and Sergeant Chang led officers in a raid that found five hundred grams of cocaine and detained everyone at the club.
• Jiang Hao learned of the raid from Ah Jun and told Ah Mi he would go to the police station with a lawyer.
• At the Mong Kok Police Department, Fu Yang told Jiang Hao the police had refused to release anyone unless he came in, so Jiang Hao went inside to find out what they were planning.

Jiang Hao went to Mong Kok Police Department to secure bail for his brothers and customers, but Director Han detained him for twenty-four hours without bail. Outside, his followers gathered in their thousands and demanded his release, while Director Han expected Jiang Hao to make them disperse.

• Jiang Hao entered Mong Kok Police Department with Fu Yang and Lawyer Song, promised to cover bail for everyone arrested, and won the customers’ support.
• Sergeant Chang took Jiang Hao to Director Han, who accused him of criminal activity and ordered him detained for twenty-four hours on suspicion of concealing drugs.
• Fu Yang and Lawyer Song learned that Jiang Hao had been detained without bail, while Sergeant Chang refused to let them see Director Han.
• Ah Kun and the others summoned reinforcements, and more than a thousand followers gathered outside the Police Department, shouting for Jiang Hao’s release.
• Director Han told Sergeant Chang to ask Jiang Hao to disperse the crowd, confident that Jiang Hao would listen.