The next morning, Zhou Quan and Guan Youbo met at the Golf Club in Deep Water Bay to play a few holes.
They would breathe some fresh air and get their bodies moving and stronger through aerobic exercise.
In Hong Kong Island's business community, Guan Youbo seemed very young, but he was undoubtedly among the small handful of prominent figures near the top of the pyramid.
Naturally, he was no stranger to golf, a sport long favored by the upper echelons of society.
In fact, Guan Youbo preferred another sport: IPSC practical shooting.
Perhaps it was his boss's influence, or perhaps it was because the sport sharpened the mind and trained quick reactions.
Whatever the reason, Guan Youbo liked the sport very much-one could even say he loved it.
In Hong Kong Island's current IPSC practical shooting competitions, Guan Youbo held the second-best competition record across all of Hong Kong.
As for the top spot, that naturally belonged to the boss behind him, Sir Kwan, once universally acknowledged as the Hong Kong Island Gun God.
No one had yet managed to break the record Zhou Quan had set in the IPSC practical shooting championships.
For Guan Youbo to hold the record second only to Zhou Quan's, his marksmanship was naturally beyond question.
Still, IPSC practical shooting leaned more toward competitive sport and could not compare with actual combat.
In the eyes of the true sharpshooters in the Disciplined Services, the sport did not actually carry much weight.
For instance, the formidable men serving under Zhou Quan-especially Chow Sing Sing, He Wenzhan, Pang Yik-hang, Ling Jing, and Zhuang Ziwei-all felt confident they could surpass Guan Youbo's record.
Only their boss Sir Kwan's staggering result of 27.20 seconds, 175 target points, and a hit factor of 5.89 left them with no confidence