Big B

Biodata

Appearance

• Build: Short 7.
• Face: Fleshy and thuggish-looking 7.
• Hair: Cropped 7.

Background / History

Appointment to Yuen Long

Big B was already Hongxing’s boss in Tsz Wan Shan and maintained a good relationship with Ah Sin, the Yuen Long boss. Following Ah Sin’s death, Hongxing’s Main Hall appointed Big B to take charge of Yuen Long. This frustrated Mad Dog, Chui Gai, and Four-Eyed Kid, whose hopes of succeeding Ah Sin were blocked by an outsider 1 6.

Arriving with Chan Ho-nam and several carloads of followers, Big B declared that avenging Ah Sin was his first priority. He promised promotions based on merit and initially left the branch’s existing arrangements unchanged. When tensions between his followers and the local men nearly became a fight, he ordered both sides to sit down and announced that he would demand an explanation from Tung Sing before going to war 7.

War with Tung Sing

Big B ordered an assault on Thunderclap Tiger’s three streets in Tai Kiu. He assigned Chan Ho-nam the busiest street, Mad Dog and Chui Gai the other two, and Four-Eyed Kid the defense of Hongxing’s territory. Gu Sheng received Long-Haired Kit’s former men and another hundred fighters to block enemy reinforcements, with promotion promised if he succeeded 9.

The operation wrecked Tung Sing’s establishments but failed to locate Thunderclap Tiger. Big B publicly praised Gu Sheng for scattering the reinforcements and killing Flyboy Kun and Xu Fei, then promised him a formal Initiation Ceremony. Privately, Big B valued the victory as a way to establish his reputation and consolidate control over Yuen Long 11.

After police threatened a month of daily raids against whichever side continued fighting, Big B announced a temporary truce. He acknowledged that Thunderclap Tiger might not have killed Ah Sin and redirected attention toward finding the gunman and Ah Sin’s missing wife 15.

Promotions and Unequal Rewards

Big B arranged the initiation of both Gu Sheng and Chan Ho-nam. He gave Gu Sheng Long Ping Estate and two surrounding streets, while Chan Ho-nam received a much more lucrative street. The disparity provoked gossip because Gu Sheng’s achievements against Tung Sing had substantially exceeded Chan Ho-nam’s 15 16 22.

When Gu Sheng complained about his poor territory, Big B told him to conquer better ground himself, citing his own rise in Tsz Wan Shan as an example. Despite the growing resentment, he attended the opening of Gu Sheng’s property agency and brought him to a Hongxing headquarters meeting to introduce the newly promoted officer 16 17 20.

Ba Bi’s Assassination

Chiang Tin-sang tasked Big B with killing Ba Bi to punish Teem-Kwan’s heroin trafficking. Ba Bi was both Teem-Kwan’s sworn brother and an important distributor. Big B passed the assignment to Chan Ho-nam, supplying an envelope detailing Ba Bi’s regular movements 21 22.

Ba Bi’s death made Big B and Teem-Kwan bitter enemies. Teem-Kwan blamed Big B for knowingly killing his sworn brother and leaving him unable to recover twenty million owed by Ba Bi 22 38.

Loss of Control over Gu Sheng

Gu Sheng’s expansion into Tin Shui Wai brought his forces close to Big B’s strength. Other bosses recognized that Big B could no longer easily control him. Their conflict became public when Teem-Kwan and Uncle Hing proposed Gu Sheng for the Macau assignment and the opportunity to succeed Uncle Hing in Causeway Bay, undermining Big B’s preference for Chan Ho-nam 30 32 38 39.

Big B nevertheless secured Chan Ho-nam’s chance, accompanied him to Chiang Tin-sang’s villa, and arranged the Macau contact. After the mission failed, several bosses backed Gu Sheng as the replacement. Big B’s relationship with Gu Sheng had already broken down completely following an angry confrontation over Gu Sheng attending a headquarters meeting without him 39 40.

At the same meeting, Teem-Kwan won the election for Hongxing’s leadership. Big B furiously demanded that supporters of Chiang Tin-sang lower their hands and threatened Chan Yiu, until Chiang accepted the result and stopped him. Chan Ho-nam was subsequently expelled after Teem-Kwan produced a videotape exposing his involvement with another member’s woman 40.

After completing the Macau job, Gu Sheng prepared to become Causeway Bay’s boss while leaving men behind to protect his Yuen Long businesses from Big B’s interference. Their hostility continued at the next Main Hall gathering, where they exchanged open insults 41 42.

Personality

Big B presents himself as an even-handed boss who rewards contributions regardless of a member’s origins. His actual favoritism toward Chan Ho-nam is conspicuous: he assigns him prime opportunities and profitable territory while giving the more accomplished Gu Sheng a poor estate. Gu Sheng openly mocks this treatment as that of a father favoring his son; no biological relationship is established 9 11 16 22.

He uses patronage strategically. Promoting Gu Sheng gives him a local counterweight to Yuen Long’s established officers, whose cooperation could otherwise reduce him to a figurehead. Gu Sheng judges him as not especially bright but sufficiently cunning to understand the politics of maintaining a branch 9 11.

Big B also recognizes limits to defending his favorites. After Chan Ho-nam loses a boxing match to Gu Sheng, he comforts him but refuses to retaliate: Chan Ho-nam initiated the challenge, and his followers’ attempt to gang up afterward disgraced Big B’s leadership 24.

His loyalty to Chiang Tin-sang is strong, while challenges to his authority provoke anger. He reacts particularly badly when other bosses promote his subordinate over his preferred candidate or support replacing Chiang 38 39 40.

Abilities & Skills

Gang Leadership

• Coordinates simultaneous attacks, territorial defense, and reinforcement interception 9.
• Uses promotions and territorial grants to reward service and build loyalty 9 11 16.
• Breaks up internal confrontations and orders guards retained against counterattacks 7 11.
• Commands over a thousand men, including the followers of Chui Gai, Four-Eyed Kid, and Chan Ho-nam 30.

Patronage and Resource Management

• Uses rising local officers to divide entrenched factions and strengthen his own position 9 11.
• Promises each participant a thousand dollars for the Tung Sing operation, an additional two thousand for injuries, and family compensation for deaths 9.
• Oversees wartime spending of at least several million, supported partly by Hongxing and Ah Sin’s former businesses rather than his own funds alone 13.

Assets

• Yuen Long establishments — Ah Sin’s former bars and saunas help support the branch’s wartime expenses 13.
• Boxing gym — Formerly Ah Sin’s; under Big B’s ownership, it remains available to gang members 23.
• Territorial grants — Controls the allocation of branch territory to newly initiated officers, including Long Ping Estate and its surrounding streets 16.

Relationships

• Chiang Tin-sang — Superior and political patron. Entrusts Big B with the Ba Bi assassination and helps arrange Chan Ho-nam’s Macau opportunity; Big B fiercely defends his leadership 21 39 40.
• Ah Sin — Friendly fellow Hongxing boss whose death leads to Big B’s appointment over Yuen Long 1 6.
• Chan Ho-nam — Trusted lieutenant and favored protégé. Big B calls him his right-hand man and states that he has followed him for ten years 22 39.
• Chicken — Long-serving follower, also described as having been with Big B for ten years. His conduct after Chan Ho-nam’s boxing defeat disappoints Big B 24 39.
• Gu Sheng / GS — Initially a useful local recruit and beneficiary of Big B’s patronage; later an independent power whose strength, outside alliances, and resentment over unequal rewards lead to a complete rupture 9 11 16 32 39.
• Teem-Kwan — Initially on conversational terms, then a bitter rival following Ba Bi’s assassination. Repeatedly attacks Big B’s judgment and backs Gu Sheng against his wishes 20 38 40.
• Mad Dog, Chui Gai, and Four-Eyed Kid — Established Yuen Long officers resentful of his appointment. Big B fears their combined influence and uses Gu Sheng to counterbalance them 6 11.
• Thunderclap Tiger / Lui Yiu Yeung — Tung Sing opponent targeted during the campaign ostensibly launched to avenge Ah Sin; the two sides later enter a police-pressured truce 9 15.
• Fatso Lai — Fellow Hongxing boss with a grudge against Big B because Chan Ho-nam burned down his printing plant. Supports Gu Sheng for the replacement Macau assignment 40.