Recaps

Zhou Quan secured Wo Hing Shing’s hidden document and delivered it to the Motherland, then led major operations against the Asian Ice Queen and her drug network. As the Political Department was dismantled and the Police Force reshuffled, he was promoted into the Commissioned Rank while two departments competed for him.

• Zhou Quan persuaded Zhuo Yunbiao and Wo Hing Shing’s elders to hand over the Dragon Head Staff and Haidi Register, then recovered the document hidden inside the staff.
• Zhou Quan brought the document to the Xinhua News Agency, where Old Mr. Zhou revealed that Zhou Quan’s late father had been his nephew and had served the Motherland inside the Hong Kong Island Police Force.
• After Cheung Chi-keung was sentenced and sent to Stanley Prison, Zhou Quan arranged for officers to guard him and helped restore order across West Kowloon.
• Zhou Quan led a police assault that rescued the Asian Ice Queen from a drug operation, then coordinated raids across three districts to seize meth and cash.
• Zhou Quan used a staged salvage exercise to recover the Ice Queen’s meth shipment, then killed Rick and the American Navy SEALs who attacked his team.
• The document helped force the dismantling of the Political Department, while the Police Force reshuffle elevated Chinese officers and advanced Zhou Quan’s promotion.
• Choi Yuen-kei told Zhou Quan he would be promoted into the Commissioned Rank, and Tsang Heung-wing and Lok Ming-wah each sought him for their department.

After Zhou Quan’s promotion, he launched Operation Crouching Tiger and built a foundation to support its undercover officers and their families. While West Kowloon handled two high-profile cases, Zhou Quan secured Ching Wing-si’s cooperation and turned over her Swiss account to Old Mr. Zhou, who confirmed the funds could be withdrawn.

• Old Master Zhou warmly congratulated Zhou Quan on his confirmed promotion and introduced him to Xu Zhengyang, the elite operative protecting him.
• Commissioner Wong promoted Zhou Quan to Superintendent and appointed him deputy head of West Kowloon Operations, where Zhou Quan proposed and won approval for Operation Crouching Tiger.
• Zhou Quan selected seven young officers for the undercover operation, established protections for its members and families, and recruited Guan Youbo to build the Zhou Foundation.
• Interpol and mainland officials asked Zhou Quan to support operations involving Kwan Chai-ba and witness Yang Qian’er, so he assigned officers to find Ching Wing-si and protect Yang Qian’er.
• Zhou Quan confronted Ching Wing-si over Kwan Chai-ba’s Swiss account and pressured her into offering evidence and its access key in exchange for protection.
• Zhou Quan told Lee Man-bun and Wong Bing Yiu that Ching Wing-si’s account held nearly US$1.5 billion, then gave Old Mr. Zhou its details.
• Old Mr. Zhou had his security officer and secretary verify the account, and they confirmed that the details were correct and the money could be withdrawn.

Zhou Quan trapped Kwan Chai-ba, protected Ching Wing-si, and used Lam Wai Lok’s cooperation to launch a sweeping crackdown on Wo Sing Wo. After Lam became Dragon Head, Zhou Quan turned his attention to Ji Bingxiong and a gang of armed jewel robbers, setting a plan to catch them together.

• Zhou Quan used Ching Wing-si’s prosecution to draw Kwan Chai-ba into Hong Kong and prepared an ambush after learning Kwan planned to attack her escort and Yang Qian’er’s residence.
• Zhou Quan sent a disguised intelligence agent in Ching Wing-si’s place, and officers fought off Kwan Chai-ba’s convoy in the Hung Hom Tunnel before Flying Tigers forced his helicopter to land.
• A week later, Ching Wing-si began her prison sentence, Kwan Chai-ba was handed to mainland authorities, and Zhou Quan moved to arrest Zhao Guomin.
• Lam Wai Lok sought Zhou Quan’s advice about becoming Wo Sing Wo’s Dragon Head, then pledged to purge the society and supplied evidence against its leaders.
• Zhou Quan shared Lam Wai Lok’s evidence with Lee Man-bun, who organized simultaneous raids that led to the arrests of Tai Po Black, Big D, Yu Tau Biu, and other Wo Sing Wo leaders.
• Lam Wai Lok became Wo Sing Wo’s Dragon Head and tipped Zhou Quan off that Ji Bingxiong had entered Hong Kong, while Zhou Quan raised security after undercover officer Chan Kam Wah was murdered.
• After six robbers escaped with jewellery from the Yangtze Industrial Building, Zhou Quan took charge of the investigation and arranged for Lau Ting-kong to use undercover officer Gao Qiu to infiltrate the gang.
• Gao Qiu identified Zhou Nan'an’s gang and described its members, and Zhou Quan had him transferred to the Anti-Triad Unit before ordering Chow Sing Sing to coordinate a plan to catch the robbers together.

Zhou Quan captured Ji Bingxiong, rose to lead operations in the Security Department, and imposed his authority on Hong Kong’s gangs. After arresting a corrupt superintendent, he survived an assassination attempt at CUHK and took the captured attacker to Safe House Six for questioning.

• Chow Sing Sing and the Flying Tigers raided Sihai Villa, and Zhou Quan later tracked Ji Bingxiong to a pier, where he shot and arrested him as he tried to escape.
• After Ji’s capture boosted Zhou Quan’s reputation, Sir Hui promoted him to Senior Superintendent and appointed him Deputy Head of the Security Department, where Zhou Quan brought trusted officers and built the TUI intelligence network and action groups.
• Zhou Quan confronted Luo Tuo and the Sun Yee On gang at a celebration, forcing Luo Tuo to disperse his men and warning the gangs to keep their conduct respectable.
• At Hung Hing’s Fireworks Festival, Chow Sing Sing and O Division officers monitored the gathering, then Chow investigated tensions between Hung Hing and Sun Yee On at Dongman Bar.
• Zhou Quan identified Robinson as a corrupt superintendent during the clash at Dongman Bar, ordered his arrest, and had the gang leaders detained while the bar was shut down.
• After attending Au Wing-yan’s CUHK graduation, Zhou Quan was attacked by a female assassin and dodged gunfire from a second attacker in an armored vehicle.
• Zhou Quan’s reinforcements arrived at CUHK, and he sent Au Wing-yan to safety while taking the captured assassin toward Safe House Six for interrogation.