Under everyone's gaze, the gangsters from Hung Hing and Sun Yee On faced off, but neither side had the nerve to start an outright fight.
After a heated, red-faced argument, the Hung Hing gangsters backed down first, preparing to go back for reinforcements.
Zhou Quan and his three top men ate while quietly watching events unfold.
By the time they had polished off the seafood on the table, Chan Ho-nam, Hung Hing's boss in Causeway Bay, had stormed into Dongman Bar with a dozen or so gangsters.
"Tonight's main attraction has arrived."
Zhou Quan pulled out a napkin, wiped his mouth, and said with a chuckle, "Let's go join the fun."
As he spoke, he got up and walked to the restaurant counter to settle the bill.
Chow Sing Sing, Chan Wing Yan, and Lau Bo-keung quickly finished off their food and hurried after their boss.
Broadway Seafood Restaurant stood directly across the street from Dongman Bar, and Zhou Quan's group had only moved after seeing Chan Ho-nam and his gangsters enter the bar.
Thus, by the time the four of them entered Dongman Bar, the argument inside had reached fever pitch.
"Ho-nam, do you have any respect for me at all?"
Through the crowd of gangsters from both sides, Zhou Quan saw Hung Hing's Bucky standing in front of Sun Yee On's Wu Ya and Smiling Tiger, sternly berating Chan Ho-nam opposite him.
"If you respect me, stop making trouble!"
Picking a fight with a member of his own society in front of a rival society-Bucky certainly lived up to his reputation as Hung Hing's most deranged leader.
"It's only because you're here that I've shown you any respect."
Bucky couldn't get his priorities straight, and Chan Ho-nam could hardly keep worrying about preserving the dignity of his Hung