Chapter Summaries

Zhou Quan officially joined the Yau Tsim District Anti-Triad Unit as commander of Anti-Triad A Team and received a new achievement reward. After Wong Bing Yiu arranged for someone to show him how to report for duty, Zhou Quan prepared to meet William, the unit’s foreign overall commander.

• Zhou Quan told Wong Bing Yiu he would first learn about the triad societies in his jurisdiction before visiting home for a meal.
• Wong Bing Yiu formally welcomed Zhou Quan to the Anti-Triad Unit and assigned him to command Anti-Triad A Team.
• Wong Bing Yiu gave Zhou Quan a gold Rolex watch and a suit chosen by his aunt.
• Zhou Quan received the Psychological Detective achievement, which greatly enhanced his expertise in psychology, criminal investigation, apprehension, crime scene examination, and trace evidence analysis.
• Wong Bing Yiu called for someone to guide Zhou Quan through reporting for duty and explained that William, the unit’s foreign overall commander, would come to meet him.

Zhou Quan took command of A Group in the Yau Tsim District Anti-Triad Unit, met his officers, and studied the district’s triad information. The day ended in sudden alarm when wounded B Group officers returned and Chan Kwok-chung ordered everyone to arm themselves, while A Group waited for Zhou Quan’s lead.

• William brought Zhou Quan to the Anti-Triad Unit office and introduced him as A Group’s new commander.
• Zhou Quan introduced himself to the officers, and Lau Bo-keung welcomed him and helped him meet the team.
• Zhou Quan asked Lau Bo-keung for information on local triads, studied it, and spoke with his officers.
• Chan Kwok-chung stormed into the office with three wounded officers and ordered everyone to get guns.
• B Group’s three officers ran to the gun room, while A Group members looked to Zhou Quan before acting.

On his first day as A Group commander, Zhou Quan joined Chan Kwok-chung in responding to Wong Po’s release and planned celebration by leading armed officers to Golden Splendor Liquor City. The confrontation began when Zhou Quan arrested a triad who threw a bottle at his vehicle, leaving Wong Po’s men furious and the standoff poised to escalate.

• Chan Kwok-chung told Zhou Quan that witnesses in the Wong Po case had died in a car crash and Wong Po had been released for lack of evidence.
• Zhou Quan ordered A Group officers to arm themselves and joined Chan Kwok-chung in heading to Wong Po’s stronghold on Nathan Road.
• Zhou Quan and the officers arrived at Golden Splendor Liquor City, where more than a hundred triads gathered around the entrance.
• A yellow-haired triad cursed Zhou Quan and smashed a bottle against his vehicle’s windshield.
• Zhou Quan seized the yellow-haired triad, forced him to the ground, and declared that he was under arrest, provoking the surrounding triads.

Zhou Quan and the Anti-Triad Unit arrested one of Wong Po’s men, prompting a standoff with Wong Po’s Triads. Wong Po confronted Zhou Quan on Nathan Road and tried to make a show of force, but his bottle failed to shatter, leaving the result unclear.

• Zhou Quan pinned the Yellow-Haired Triad down and ordered He Wenzhan to cuff and search him.
• Wong Po’s men rushed the officers, and both Anti-Triad Unit groups drew their guns to hold them back.
• Wong Po emerged from Golden Splendor Liquor City and challenged Zhou Quan, who said he would play with him from now on.
• Wong Po smashed a bottle down as a show of force, but it did not shatter as he expected.

Zhou Quan subdued Wong Po after Wong Po attacked him with a bottle, then used a warning shot to scatter the thugs who tried to stop the arrest. He took Wong Po to his vehicle, dismissing Wong Po's threat to file a complaint.

• Zhou Quan dodged Wong Po's bottle attack, struck him with martial arts techniques, and pinned him to the ground.
• Zhou Quan handcuffed Wong Po and mocked him, while Wong Po accused him of framing him and threatened to complain.
• The surrounding thugs moved to attack the officers, so Zhou Quan fired a warning shot and threatened to shoot anyone who assaulted police.
• Chan Kwok-chung and the other Anti-Triad Unit officers watched in astonishment as Zhou Quan hauled Wong Po toward his vehicle.
• Wong Po threatened to file a complaint, but Zhou Quan remained unconcerned and prepared to take him to the Police Station.

Zhou Quan brought Wong Po to Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station and warned Chan Kwok-chung against using illegal force, while keeping Wong Po in custody for forty-eight hours. He broke the holding-cell chair and suspended Wong Po by his handcuffed wrists from the window bars, leaving him forced to stand.

• Zhou Quan told Chan Kwok-chung that beating Wong Po would not produce admissible evidence and could damage their records.
• At the holding cells, Wong Po demanded to see his lawyer, and Zhou Quan said he would be detained for forty-eight hours.
• Zhou Quan unlocked one of Wong Po’s handcuffs, hauled him from the chair, and kicked the chair apart.
• Zhou Quan told He Wenzhan to report the broken chair and said Wong Po would have to stand for the duration of his detention.
• Zhou Quan pushed Wong Po to the window, twisted his arms behind his back, and hung his handcuffed wrists from the iron bars.

Zhou Quan kept Wong Po suspended in the detention room and ordered officers to block access to him for forty-eight hours. He then launched Operation Pig Slaughter to capture Wong Po’s trusted men, Ah Fei and Ah Ji, alive.

• Zhou Quan told the enraged Wong Po that he would be detained for forty-eight hours and ordered officers to keep even his lawyer away.
• Zhou Quan asked Chan Kwok-chung for his thoughts on a formal operation against Wong Po and the other triad criminals, and Chan handed him control.
• Zhou Quan had He Wenzhan bring him a folder and displayed photographs of Wong Po, Ah Fei, and the previously unknown Ah Ji.
• Zhou Quan assigned A Group to capture Ah Ji and B Group to capture Ah Fei the next morning, warning officers that Ah Ji was skilled with a blade and authorizing them to use their guns if necessary.
• Zhou Quan ordered both men taken alive and named the operation Pig Slaughter.

The Anti-Triad Unit arrested Wong Po’s trusted men Ah Fei and Ah Ji, and Zhou Quan began interrogating Ah Fei to find the locations of Wong Po’s drug factory and warehouse. Ah Fei refused to speak, so Zhou Quan prepared to pressure him with a map and one last chance to cooperate.

• The Anti-Triad Unit tracked down Ah Fei and Ah Ji and arrested them in separate operations led by Chan Kwok-chung and He Wenzhan.
• Zhou Quan ordered the men taken to separate interrogation rooms and chose to question Ah Fei first as the likelier source of evidence against Wong Po.
• Ah Fei demanded a lawyer and refused to answer Zhou Quan’s questions about Wong Po’s drug operations.
• Zhou Quan had a detailed map of Hong Kong Island brought into the interrogation room and gave Ah Fei one last chance to reveal the factory and warehouse locations.

Zhou Quan deduced the location of Wong Po’s drug factory and warehouse by reading Ah Fei’s reactions, then persuaded him to testify against his boss. Ah Fei confessed to Wong Po’s drug trafficking, smuggling, and murders, leaving He Wenzhan stunned by Zhou Quan’s interrogation skills.

• Zhou Quan tested Ah Fei’s reactions and deduced that Wong Po’s factory and warehouse were at Mansion No. 9 on Beacon Hill.
• Ah Fei panicked at Zhou Quan’s accurate guess, and Zhou Quan explained that he had read Ah Fei’s microexpressions.
• Zhou Quan warned Ah Fei that he would face life in prison unless he testified against Wong Po.
• Ah Fei agreed to cooperate and revealed evidence of Wong Po’s drug operations, smuggling, and murders.
• Zhou Quan told He Wenzhan to record Ah Fei’s statement, while He Wenzhan struggled to recover from watching the interrogation.

After Ah Fei gave a statement exposing Wong Po’s crimes, Zhou Quan secured him as a protected witness and prepared the final sweep of the Pig Slaughter Operation. Wong Bing Yiu backed Zhou Quan as commander, and Zhou Quan planned to call in tactical units to storm Wong Po’s drug factory and warehouse.

• Zhou Quan ordered He Wenzhan to guard Ah Fei around the clock until he could testify against Wong Po.
• Wong Bing Yiu and the officers applauded Zhou Quan for using psychology to obtain Ah Fei’s cooperation.
• Zhou Quan offered to hand control of the operation to Wong Bing Yiu, but Wong Bing Yiu insisted that Zhou Quan remain in command.
• Wong Bing Yiu supported Zhou Quan’s leadership and recognized that the successful operation could help Zhou Quan’s promotion prospects.
• Zhou Quan said he would contact the PTU and SDU to help destroy Wong Po’s drug factory and warehouse in a decisive strike.

Zhou Quan assembled support from the Mobile Unit and Flying Tigers before leading a joint operation against Wong Po’s drug factory and warehouse. The assault on Villa No. 9 began with Zhou Quan commanding the ground teams and the Flying Tigers providing air support.

• Wong Bing Yiu arranged Mobile Unit and Flying Tigers support for Zhou Quan and agreed to report the emergency deployment to the Deputy Commissioner of Operations.
• Zhou Quan assigned Chan Kwok-chung to interrogate Ah Ji and safeguard Wong Po and the other suspects while the operation proceeded.
• Zhou Quan led more than twenty Anti-Triad Unit officers from Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station and coordinated with Kwan Man Chin’s Mobile Unit squad and Chow Sing Sing’s Flying Tigers team.
• At the Beacon Hill junction, Zhou Quan briefed the teams to keep the drug makers alive if possible, send the Mobile Unit in front, deploy the Anti-Triad Unit around the flanks, and use the Flying Tigers for air support and rope descent.
• At four o’clock, Zhou Quan ordered the assault on Villa No. 9 as a helicopter hovered overhead and another began lowering the Flying Tigers by rope.

Zhou Quan led a swift raid on Number Nine Villa, where police seized a large quantity of drugs and arrested six criminals without any officers being injured. He and Kwan Man Chin inspected the haul, leaving the operation poised to bring them major recognition in the Police Force.

• Zhou Quan ordered PTU officers to storm the villa while the Anti-Triad Unit blocked escape routes and Chow Sing Sing led the Flying Tigers in through the roof.
• Police subdued the six criminals inside and found a large drug stash, with no officers killed or injured.
• Chow Sing Sing reported the arrests and seizure, and Zhou Quan ordered him to hand the suspects to the PTU and secure the scene.
• Zhou Quan informed Wong Bing Yiu that the operation had succeeded, and Wong said he would notify Tai Kwun.
• Zhou Quan and Kwan Man Chin inspected dozens of drug bricks weighing at least twenty kilograms, while officers continued tallying other drugs at the scene.

Zhou Quan’s Pig Slaughter Operation uncovered more than twenty million Hong Kong dollars’ worth of heroin, and the Anti-Narcotics Squad identified and classified the seized drugs. The media publicized the bust, leaving Zhou Quan featured as the operation’s commander.

• The Anti-Narcotics Squad arrived to identify the drugs but did not challenge Zhou Quan’s command or claim credit for the operation.
• The Anti-Narcotics Squad classified ten bricks of high-purity No. 4 heroin, worth more than five million Hong Kong dollars.
• Officers also found thirty bricks of diluted heroin and loose heroin base, bringing the total drug value to more than twenty million Hong Kong dollars.
• The departments cleared the scene, and the Police Force publicity staff brought the media forward to photograph the seized drugs and officers.
• News of the Yau Tsim District Anti-Triad Unit’s bust spread across Hong Kong Island, and Zhou Quan appeared on major media covers as the operation’s commander.

After Zhou Quan led Operation Pig Slaughter to destroy Wong’s drug factory and warehouse, news coverage made him a public sensation and drew intense interest from senior police officers. His interrogation skills, operational record, Oxford law degree, and connections made him a sought-after transfer candidate, and senior officers contacted Wong Bing Yiu and Lee Man-bun to request him.

• Zhou Quan commanded Operation Pig Slaughter beneath Beacon Hill, where police seized heroin base worth more than twenty million.
• Hong Kong Island’s evening news reported Zhou Quan’s success and aired his Police News photograph, spreading his declaration that he was implacably opposed to evil.
• Zhou Quan’s family elders welcomed his growing reputation but worried that he was attracting too much attention.
• Senior officers became especially interested after footage showed Zhou Quan identifying the drug factory’s location by reading suspects’ microexpressions.
• Police leaders reviewed Zhou Quan’s record and valued his operational ability, Oxford Master of Laws, and connections in the foreigners’ homeland.
• Senior officers called Wong Bing Yiu and Lee Man-bun in hopes of transferring Zhou Quan to departments under their command.

After Zhou Quan returned with the suspects, Wong Bing Yiu explained that senior officers were competing to transfer him into their departments. Zhou Quan rejected a fast promotion track limited to interrogation work and aimed to reach Chief Inspector within four years and Commissioned Rank before the handover; Wong then identified Officer Guan as Guan Zhibang, head of the New Territories North Operations Division.

• Zhou Quan returned to Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station with the suspects and found Wong Bing Yiu working late after refusing several officers' requests to transfer him.
• Zhou Quan overheard Wong Bing Yiu arguing with Guan, who had offered him promotion to Big Gang in one year and General Gang in three.
• Wong Bing Yiu told Zhou Quan that senior officers wanted him as an interrogation specialist, a path that could limit his advancement into higher management.
• Zhou Quan said he wanted both short-term gains and a lifelong career, and confidently predicted he could become Chief Inspector within four years.
• Wong Bing Yiu named the caller as Guan Zhibang, an SSP who led the New Territories North Operations Division, and warned Zhou Quan against Guan's harsh ideas about raising children.

Zhou Quan secured Wong Po’s arrest warrant from Wong Bing Yiu, then kept Wong Po in the dark holding cell for the full forty-eight hours before formally arresting him. The chapter ended with Wong Po facing charges for drug offenses, Triad involvement, and murder.

• Zhou Quan considered whether Guan Zhibang was Guan Zu’s father but decided he had no way to intervene and would wait and see.
• Wong Bing Yiu signed and sealed the arrest warrant for Wong Po, then left work to return home to Yueyue and his wife.
• Zhou Quan returned to the Anti-Triad Unit with the warrant but waited until the full forty-eight hours had passed before visiting Wong Po.
• Zhou Quan entered Wong Po’s cell with Chan Kwok-chung and the others, where Wong Po asked to be released and to see his lawyer.
• Zhou Quan presented the warrant and formally arrested Wong Po on suspicion of drug trafficking and manufacture, Triad activities, murder, and other offenses.

After Wong Po’s arrest, his former men threatened to trigger a fight between Wo Sing Wo and Hung Hing over Nathan Road. Zhou Quan summoned the leaders of both gangs to the police station, giving them until eight o’clock to accept his invitation.

• Wong Po’s former Gou Hok Jai began seeking new gangs, while Wo Sing Wo and Hung Hing gathered men at opposite ends of Nathan Road.
• Zhou Quan recognized that the gangs’ standoff was harming public order and threatening his authority.
• Zhou Quan ordered He Wenzhan and Lau Bo-keung to bring Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai to Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station for tea.
• Zhou Quan assigned He Wenzhan to Lam Wai Lok and Lau Bo-keung to Kam Tsz Tai, and gave both leaders until eight o’clock to arrive.

Zhou Quan summoned Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai to the police station and asserted his authority over the two rival triad representatives. They understood that he intended to decide who would take control of Nathan Road after Wong Po’s arrest.

• Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai arrived at Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station, competing with each other as they entered.
• Zhou Quan received the representatives and reminded them that he could visit and disrupt their businesses whenever he chose.
• Lam Wai Lok apologized for not visiting sooner, while Kam Tsz Tai introduced himself respectfully.
• Zhou Quan offered them tea or coffee, then ordered plain boiled water for both instead.
• Lam Wai Lok accepted the water and promised not to make things difficult for Zhou Quan, while Kam Tsz Tai tacitly agreed.

Zhou Quan summoned Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai to settle their competing claims over Nathan Road after Wong Po's arrest. They accepted his territorial division and promised to keep drugs out of their businesses, leaving Wong Po's liquor complex sealed until the court ruled on it.

• He Wenzhan brought hot water into the conference room, and Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai each used their cups to signal their sincerity to Zhou Quan.
• Zhou Quan warned Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai against fighting over Nathan Road and threatened to visit them personally if their conflict brought trouble to his superiors.
• Zhou Quan divided the territory at Wong Po's liquor complex, assigning the south to Lam Wai Lok and the north to Kam Tsz Tai.
• Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai both accepted Zhou Quan's arrangement, while Wong Po's sealed liquor complex remained subject to the court's ruling.
• Zhou Quan declared that drugs were forbidden in his jurisdiction, and Kam Tsz Tai and Lam Wai Lok each assured him that their own businesses did not deal in them.

After securing peace between Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai, Zhou Quan turned his attention to Nai Kun, Tsim Sha Tsui’s powerful drug supplier. He found the Nai Family difficult to investigate because its businesses offered little legal pretext for raids, and the West Kowloon Major Crimes Unit already controlled the case.

• Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai kept their branches from major clashes and banned drug dealing in their Yau Tsim District venues.
• Zhou Quan identified Nai Kun and the Nai Family as the district’s greatest remaining criminal threat.
• Zhou Quan learned that Nai Kun controlled much of Hong Kong Island’s drug supply while keeping himself and his family’s businesses insulated from direct evidence.
• Zhou Quan found few grounds to investigate the Nai Family’s legitimate-looking businesses, while Nai Wing-hau’s finance company fell outside his unit’s authority.
• Zhou Quan recognized that the West Kowloon Major Crimes Unit’s existing investigation made it difficult for him to intervene without creating conflict with his colleagues.