Recaps

After seeing news of an armored truck robbery, Gu Sheng passed Officer Wei a tip about the robbers’ likely hideout, then gathered intelligence on Hung Lok and went to the Mayflower nightclub to meet Ann. He left the chapter at the nightclub, scrutinizing Ann as Gentleman Sing’s interest in her put her near the center of his plans.

• Kong Sang panicked at the blood on Gu Sheng’s clothes, then relaxed when she saw he was unharmed.
• Gu Sheng watched a report about an armored truck robbery and told Officer Wei that Big Circle Boys were likely hiding around Shek Tong Tsui and Sai Ying Pun.
• Big-Eyed Hua reported Hung Lok’s leadership, strength, territory, and Gentleman Sing’s interest in Ann.
• Gu Sheng ordered thirty capable men and several cars prepared, then drove to the Mayflower with Silly Fook, Ah Tung, and others.
• Gu Sheng asked the nightclub madam to bring Ann to his private room and examined her, suspecting her appearance was not quite as he remembered.

GS used Ann to lure Gentleman Sing into a nightclub, where he and his men captured him and began an attack on Hung Lok. He ordered Big-Eyed Hua to drive the gang out, starting with Concrete, while keeping Gentleman Sing captive.

• GS refused to let Ann leave for Gentleman Sing and mocked him when he arrived with his men.
• GS kicked Gentleman Sing down, and Mantis and the others fought and stabbed Hung Lok's men.
• GS burned Gentleman Sing's forehead with a cigarette, revealed himself as LS, and beat him.
• GS ordered Big-Eyed Hua to attack Concrete first and drive Hung Lok out, offering Gentleman Sing alive or dead.
• GS returned to Ann and told her to keep singing and drinking as the nightclub descended into chaos.

GS led Hongxing in a coordinated assault that captured Gentleman Sing and broke Hung Lok’s control of Tin Shui Wai. With Hung Lok’s leaders defeated and its records and money seized, GS left as police sirens approached.

• Big-Eyed Hua announced that Brother S had ordered Hongxing to clear Hung Lok out of Tin Shui Wai, and he led the men to the nightclub where Gentleman Sing had been captured.
• Concrete and Tai Bo Ball arrived at the nightclub, but Hongxing attacked Concrete’s venues and scattered his men while Gentleman Sing remained trapped inside.
• GS ordered Ah Tung and Mantis to torture Gentleman Sing for Hung Lok’s drug locations, cash, ledgers, and membership lists, then sent Hongxing to attack Tai Bo Ball’s territory.
• Hongxing overwhelmed Tai Bo Ball’s men, and GS threatened the nightclub manager and madam into keeping quiet while offering Ann a way to seek his help.
• Ah Tung reported that Hung Lok had six million in its accounts and about five million stashed with its ledgers, and GS left with the barely conscious Gentleman Sing as the police sirens approached.

GS dismantled Hung Lok, seized its turf and assets, and rewarded his men for their work. After ordering his followers to recruit more men, he returned home to Kong Sang, who had stayed up worrying about him.

• GS gave Ah Tung and his men five hundred thousand dollars for their work and collected Hung Lok's membership register and account books.
• GS directed Big-Eyed Hua to hold the captured turf, learned that Concrete and Bodyguard Hua had escaped, and led an attack on Hung Lok's stash house, where his men seized two suitcases of No. 4 Drug.
• GS took control of Hung Lok's headquarters, promised support for the wounded and compensation for the dead men's families, and paid his men three thousand each.
• GS rewarded the team leaders and gave Big-Eyed Hua a hundred thousand dollars, then ordered him to recruit more men across Yuen Long.
• GS returned home and found Kong Sang asleep on the sofa; she hugged him after he said his business was done.

Gu Sheng negotiated a new understanding with Officer Wei while supplying him with evidence that led to a major drug seizure. After taking over Tin Shui Wai, Gu Sheng rebuffed Chui Gai and Big B’s attempts to approach him, then used two million in cash to activate the second-stage Wheel.

• Officer Wei confronted Gu Sheng about his actions, but Gu Sheng revealed Hung Lok’s warehouse and handed him the gang’s ledger in exchange for support.
• Officer Wei led his team to the warehouse, where they found thirty kilos of No. 4 Drug and celebrated another major score.
• Chui Gai learned that GS had crushed Hung Lok and taken Tin Shui Wai, then called to invite him for tea before angrily kicking over a table.
• Big B called GS seeking a share, but GS refused his help and dismissed both men’s overtures.
• GS loaded two million in cash into the second-stage Wheel and pressed draw.

Gu Sheng used his system rewards to improve his gear and martial arts, then consolidated his control of Tin Shui Wai and prepared to expand Golden Harvest Properties. Three days later, after collecting Hung Lok’s remaining funds and buying new cars, he planned to start property deals across Hong Kong Island and visit Causeway Bay.

• Gu Sheng drew a bulletproof suit, weapons, experience books, and Bajiquan Fundamentals, then upgraded Muay Thai to LV6, Bajiquan to LV3, and Judo to LV2.
• Gu Sheng sent Silly Fook home with money to buy a flat for his family, withdrew funds from Hung Lok’s bank accounts, and ordered a Mercedes and an MPV from Shui Dong.
• Over the next few days, Gu Sheng recruited more men and took control of Tin Shui Wai as Concrete was arrested and Tai Bo Ball fled to Thailand.
• Three days later, Shui Dong delivered the cars, and Gu Sheng tested them before paying for them.
• Gu Sheng withdrew the remaining money from Hung Lok’s accounts and gave it to Kong Sang, then told him to arrange property deals and advertising for Golden Harvest Properties.
• Gu Sheng said he would visit Causeway Bay and pay Uncle Hing a visit.

GS expanded his organization and tried to buy Uncle Hing’s support for taking over Causeway Bay, but the meeting turned violent when Uncle Hing rejected him and threatened to report him to Big B. GS beat Uncle Hing’s men, struck Uncle Hing, and pointed a gun at the room.

• GS recruited four or five hundred men in seven days while opening companies and expanding his organization.
• GS visited a large Golden Harvest Properties storefront in Causeway Bay with Kong Sang and learned it would open in ten days.
• GS brought a million dollars to meet Uncle Hing and asked him to support GS taking over the Causeway Bay seat when he retired.
• Uncle Hing rejected GS’s offer and ordered his men to throw GS out, threatening to report him to Big B.
• GS and Silly Fook fought Uncle Hing’s men, and GS kicked and slapped Uncle Hing before aiming a gun at the others.

GS coerced Uncle Hing into supporting his bid to become the Causeway Bay Boss by threatening his family and intimidating his men. After leaving, GS returned to deal with two injured guards and told Silly Fook that Uncle Hing would not dare betray him.

• GS beat Uncle Hing's men, threatened Uncle Hing's family, and demanded his help persuading other bosses to support his bid for the Causeway Bay Boss position.
• GS arranged for Big-Eyed Hua to bring Uncle Hing's youngest son to safety, and Uncle Hing agreed to try to persuade the other bosses and send his men to Thailand.
• GS told Uncle Hing to contribute money toward contacting other district bosses and left after confirming his son was safe.
• GS returned upstairs with two injured guards after Ah Tung said they had tried to make a call, and Uncle Hing agreed to handle them.
• GS told Uncle Hing to attend his Causeway Bay branch opening and went back with Silly Fook, saying Uncle Hing would not dare go back on his word.

GS decided to recruit Shark Yan as a boxing coach, then agreed to help Ann confront Sex Fiend Hung over her brother’s inflated debt. He took thirty thousand and prepared to go with Ann’s brother to Choi Uk, insisting his name was worth more than the three hundred thousand demanded.

• GS inspected the new gym, rejected Hung Fist as too slow to teach, and ordered his men to arrange a meeting with Shark Yan.
• Sex Fiend Hung demanded three hundred thousand from Bik Ham, threatening to take Ann if they failed to pay within three days.
• Ann remembered GS’s offer of help and went to the gym to ask him for assistance.
• GS told Ann she would spend a year with him in exchange for settling the debt, and she mistakenly protested that she would not marry him.
• After learning that Sex Fiend Hung operated around Choi Uk, GS ordered Big-Eyed Hua to call Bik Ham and Ah Tung to fetch thirty thousand.
• GS said he would take men to meet Sex Fiend Hung and declared that his name was worth more than three hundred thousand.

GS went to Choi Uk to settle Bik Ham and David Chow’s debt with Sex Fiend Hung, but the meeting turned into a brutal confrontation. He left with the debt papers and money, while Sex Fiend Hung was left injured and humiliated.

• GS picked up Bik Ham and David Chow, then led his men to Sex Fiend Hung’s village hideout.
• GS offered Sex Fiend Hung thirty thousand dollars for the debt and a hundred dollars for tea, but Sex Fiend Hung demanded that Bik Ham and David Chow stay behind.
• When Sex Fiend Hung’s men surrounded them, GS crushed his toes, drew his gun, and ordered Ah Tung to cut off one of his hands.
• GS threatened to take Sex Fiend Hung’s other hand unless he paid, and Sex Fiend Hung agreed to give him five hundred and ten thousand dollars and return the debt papers.
• GS took the money and debt papers, made Sex Fiend Hung walk them to the car, and then had his men dump him half a kilometer away.

Gu Sheng arranged for Ann to spend a year with him and gave her money and a Pager, while his shop workers celebrated their wages and gang underlings began asking about jobs there. After a tiring night with Kong Sang, Gu Sheng agreed to go clothes shopping with her the next day.

• Bik Ham told Au Ka-Chuen and Blackie that Gu Sheng had settled the trouble, and David Chow argued with him over Ann.
• Gu Sheng met Ann at a hotel, and she called her brother to check on him and the others.
• The next morning, Gu Sheng told Ann the money he left was spending money and that she would be with him for a year, then gave her more cash and arranged a Pager and a place to live.
• Gu Sheng delayed his meeting with Shark Yan because his legs were weak, then returned to the shop and saw the workers celebrating their high wages.
• Word spread among Gu Sheng's underlings that shop jobs paid well, and many wanted to apply.
• Kong Sang confronted Gu Sheng about fooling around, then asked him to go clothes shopping the next day, and he agreed.

Gu Sheng arranged to buy support for his bid to become Causeway Bay boss, then tried to recruit Shark Yan by threatening him and challenging him to fight. Shark Yan gave in and agreed to work for Gu Sheng, though their meeting ended with Gu Sheng striking him after mistaking his surrender for a trick.

• Gu Sheng learned that Uncle Hing had secured Kei's agreement for one million and planned to pay for more support.
• Gu Sheng stopped a knife-wielding robber in Causeway Bay by stamping on his foot, then went shopping with Kong Sang.
• Gu Sheng confronted Shark Yan at his teahouse, threatened to disrupt his drug business, and fought him with Bajiquan.
• Shark Yan recognized Gu Sheng's martial arts skill and challenged him to a weapons fight, but gave up when Gu Sheng proposed fighting in an alley with a spear.
• Shark Yan agreed to follow Gu Sheng on the condition that his pay was good, and Gu Sheng struck him after suspecting a trick.

Gu Sheng established his foothold in Yuen Long and opened a flagship store in Causeway Bay while maneuvering for the district boss position. At headquarters, Chiang Tin-sang made the role contingent on resolving a Macau dispute, and Teem-Kwan pushed for Gu Sheng over Big B’s injured candidate, Chan Ho-nam.

• Gu Sheng brought Shark Yan to Yuen Long, put him in charge of a boxing gym, and beat him in a sparring match.
• Gu Sheng opened his Causeway Bay flagship store with help from Uncle Hing and Teem-Kwan, while asking Teem-Kwan to back him when the time came.
• At headquarters, Chiang Tin-sang announced that whoever settled Funeral Biu’s takeover of Hongxing’s Macau gambling tables would become Causeway Bay Boss.
• Big B nominated Chan Ho-nam, but Teem-Kwan argued that Gu Sheng was the stronger candidate and taunted Big B for overlooking him.
• Big B slammed the table and confronted Teem-Kwan after Teem-Kwan challenged his choice.

GS learned that Chan Ho-nam’s Macau mission had been sabotaged by Teem-Kwan, who arranged to disgrace him with a secretly filmed encounter involving Ho Yan. At the next Hongxing meeting, GS openly provoked Big B and Chan Ho-nam over the scandal, leaving their conflict at a breaking point.

• At the branch bosses’ meeting, Chiang Tin-sang’s allies nominated LS as a candidate for Causeway Bay, but Chan Yiu backed Chan Ho-nam, and Uncle Hing realized LS had only positioned himself as an alternative.
• GS celebrated the success of his Causeway Bay property business, thanked Uncle Hing and Teem-Kwan for their support, and told Big-Eyed Hua to investigate Funeral Biu.
• Big B brought Chan Ho-nam and Chicken to Chiang Tin-sang, who assigned them a Macau casino job; Teem-Kwan’s men ambushed the group, killed Chow Pei, and trapped Chan Ho-nam with Ho Yan while Silly Keung filmed them.
• After Chan Ho-nam returned from Macau, Ho Yan told the others what had happened, and Chicken broke with Chan Ho-nam.
• At the next Hongxing meeting, GS challenged Big B’s authority and asked Teem-Kwan for a copy of the scandalous tape, enraging Chan Ho-nam and darkening Big B’s expression.

At the Hongxing meeting, Teem-Kwan won Chiang Tin-sang’s seat and Chan Ho-nam was expelled, while GS was chosen to take over the Macau job. GS left with the videotape and sailed from Yuen Long toward Macau, intent on completing the mission and advancing to Causeway Bay Boss.

• Teem-Kwan and other bosses backed GS for the Macau job, and Chiang Tin-sang approved the decision.
• Teem-Kwan called for an election, and most of the bosses voted to give him Chiang Tin-sang’s seat.
• Teem-Kwan presented a videotape exposing Chan Ho-nam’s relationship with a brother’s woman, and Chiang Tin-sang ordered Chan Ho-nam expelled from Hongxing.
• GS took the videotape, ordered Big-Eyed Hua to find Stammering Girl, and considered how Teem-Kwan’s maneuver could help him become Causeway Bay Boss.
• GS and his men boarded a smuggler’s speedboat in Yuen Long and set off for Macau.

GS killed Funeral Biu on Mr. Gu’s orders, then returned to Hong Kong Island and learned he would become Causeway Bay’s district boss. He left Big-Eyed Hua in charge of Yuen Long and was told to prepare for a general meeting the next night.

• GS and his men tracked Funeral Biu to a beach and GS shot him and his subordinate, saying, “Mr. Gu sends his regards.”
• GS called Teem-Kwan to report that the job was done, then returned to Hong Kong Island and rested.
• GS told Big-Eyed Hua to stay in Yuen Long while GS moved to Causeway Bay to become its district boss.
• GS assigned Ah Yong and Mantis to help Big-Eyed Hua manage the men and protect GS’s Yuen Long business.
• Teem-Kwan called GS and told him to get ready for a general meeting the next night.

Gu Sheng bought clothes for Ann and insisted she move closer so she could be available when he called. At the Hongxing Main Hall, he became the Causeway Bay Boss and immediately kicked King Boxer Yung, provoking Big B.

• Gu Sheng summoned Ann from Bik Ham's shop, criticized her plain clothes, and took her shopping in Causeway Bay.
• Gu Sheng told Ann to move nearby and attend piano, flower arranging, and baking classes so she could serve as his arm candy.
• At the Main Hall, Teem-Kwan awarded Gu Sheng Uncle Hing's seat because Gu Sheng had dealt with Funeral Biu, making him the Causeway Bay Boss.
• After taking the seat, Gu Sheng kicked King Boxer Yung into a wall and mocked Big B for failing to teach his men manners.
• Gu Sheng offered to pay for King Boxer Yung's medical bills and ordered Ah Tung to withdraw thirty thousand dollars for his treatment.

GS celebrated becoming Causeway Bay's boss, moved into a new apartment, and took charge of Uncle Hing's crew. He accused several holdouts of being undercover police, killed one man, and ordered the others detained until his men brought evidence.

• GS discussed investing in Fat Lai's magazine business and offered to arrange a sparring match between Prince and Shark Yan.
• GS celebrated his promotion with Kong Sang, then moved with her into a luxury apartment in Causeway Bay.
• Uncle Hing handed his crew leaders over to GS, while two of the older men chose to retire.
• GS accused Bigmouth Nine of being a cop, beat him, and ordered Silly Fook to kill him.
• GS killed another crew member who tried to flee, ordered the remaining men held until evidence arrived, and called Officer Wei to come to Causeway Bay.

GS used fabricated undercover files to turn Hongxing’s Causeway Bay members against Bigmouth Nine and Broken-Nose Man, then took control of their crews and territory. He left with a firm foothold in Causeway Bay and several hundred men under his control.

• GS asked Officer Wei to create undercover files for Bigmouth Nine and Broken-Nose Man so he could stir up infighting in Causeway Bay.
• Officer Wei agreed to provide the files, and GS retrieved them and found that they included convincing details and police records.
• GS showed the files to the assembled Hongxing members, claimed both men were undercover cops, and burned the documents after they had read them.
• GS told the members to say the two men had fled after their undercover identities were exposed, then summoned the crews who had worked under them.
• GS took over Bigmouth Nine’s and Broken-Nose Man’s crews and territory, gaining control of several hundred men and a firm foothold in Causeway Bay.
• Rumors about the two men being undercover cops spread briefly but soon died down.

GS appointed Shark Yan as Hongxing’s Causeway Bay chief instructor and prepared him to build up men for a fight against the Hongxing Society. After Officer Wei took GS to the station for questioning, GS learned the arrest was routine for a new branch boss and that the police would raid his businesses for appearances.

• GS offered Shark Yan the post of chief instructor in Causeway Bay, manpower, and businesses, while telling him to train the men and beware of Fung Yu-Sau.
• GS hosted the crew bosses and their trusted men at the T.T. Bar, where Officer Wei arrived with a squad of police demanding Bigmouth Nine and Broken-Nose Man.
• GS refused to hand over the two missing men, threatened Officer Wei, and was taken to the station after a scuffle began between the police and his men.
• Officer Wei told GS that the police routinely detained new branch bosses and admitted he would raid GS’s businesses for a few days to protect his reputation.
• GS told Officer Wei that Bigmouth Nine and Broken-Nose Man had fled after the turf war, then asked him to send pretty girls to the interrogation room.

After being released from the police station, Gu Sheng strengthened his control of Causeway Bay and expanded Golden Harvest Properties. He directed Kong Sang to improve the company’s operations and invest in property, expecting prices to rise within a year or two.

• Gu Sheng left the police station with Kong Sang and Lawyer Luo after serving the promised twenty-four hours.
• Officer Wei sent police to raid Causeway Bay establishments for five days, while GS’s reputation grew after people believed Bigmouth Nine and Broken-Nose Man had been undercover cops.
• Gu Sheng gave Shark Yan a hundred men and a stretch of Causeway Bay streets to manage, and Shark Yan began asking around about the neighboring Hongxing Society and its leader, Flying Dragon, and right-hand man, Leopard.
• Gu Sheng moved Golden Harvest Properties’ headquarters to Causeway Bay and told Kong Sang to hire help for the company’s finances rather than struggle to learn everything herself.
• Kong Sang reported that the company had twelve shops and was earning substantial rental and sales commissions, with Causeway Bay and Yuen Long performing especially well.
• Gu Sheng told Kong Sang to buy undervalued properties, especially commercial units in Causeway Bay, mortgage them to fund further purchases, and look for land for sale.

GS learned that two Golden Harvest Properties employees had been seized in Causeway Bay and rushed to confront the gang demanding money for their release. At the shop on Jardine's Street, Axehead Tung gathered dozens of men and waited for GS to arrive.

• GS rejected Kong Sang's suggestion to use another law firm and chose Luo Shaoyang's firm because he wanted a lawyer willing to do anything to win.
• Kong Sang told GS that two employees had been grabbed after a dispute over a shop sale and that their captors demanded a hundred thousand in medical expenses.
• GS refused to pay or call the police and summoned Shark Yan and his men before heading to the branch with Kong Sang.
• Ah Tung fetched Mantis from a milk tea shop, and Mantis drove Kong Sang's Toyota MS110 toward the main branch.
• At the shop on Jardine's Street, Ah Wah and his men beat the two tied-up employees while the shop owner explained his dispute over Golden Harvest Properties' commission.
• Axehead Tung arrived with seventy or eighty men and prepared to face Hongxing's people when they came.

GS arranged for a van with cut brakes to crash into Axehead Tung's shop after paying the ransom to free his men. The crash left Axehead Tung's gang injured, while Tall Guy Keung told the police that the brakes had failed.

• GS ordered the branch manager to leave, arranged a hundred thousand for Tall Guy Keung's family and legal defense, and had the van's brake line cut.
• Mantis and Silly Fook paid Axehead Tung a hundred thousand and escorted the two battered Hongxing men out of the shop.
• A van driven by Tall Guy Keung charged into the shop, scattering Axehead Tung's men and injuring those who failed to escape.
• GS confronted Axehead Tung, identified the landlord and Ah Wah as the men who had wronged his employees, and threatened them indirectly.
• Silly Fook blocked Axehead Tung from pursuing GS, and Tall Guy Keung told the officers that the van's brakes had suddenly failed.

Gu Sheng investigated his enemies, secured legal help, and negotiated a share in Fat Lai’s planned Causeway Bay bar. Liu Kei was abducted after seeking a mediator, while Gu Sheng and Fat Lai agreed to build the bar into the biggest in the district.

• Gu Sheng ordered his men to investigate the landlord and Wang Bao, arranged guards for Kong Sang, and hired a lawyer to handle the case involving Tall Guy Keung.
• Axehead Tung blamed Liu Kei and Ah Wah for the trouble and demanded 300,000 dollars for medical expenses; Ah Wah warned Liu Kei that Hongxing would retaliate.
• Liu Kei raised 350,000 dollars and sought a mediator, but someone ambushed him with a sack and a club as soon as he arrived at their meeting place.
• Gu Sheng met Fat Lai, agreed to supply men for a share of the profits from a new Causeway Bay bar, and insisted they make it the biggest bar in the district.

GS interrogated Liu Kei and Yellow Hair after they betrayed him, then spared their lives in exchange for compensation and a signed loan agreement. He left Ah Tung to oversee their treatment and collect the money, and told him to ask Liu Kei about Wang Bao.

• GS went to a seaside warehouse where his men had captured Liu Kei and Yellow Hair, and ordered them beaten before questioning them.
• Liu Kei blamed Yellow Hair for the scheme and offered GS three million to spare his life.
• GS demanded compensation for his injured men and made Liu Kei pay two million to save Yellow Hair as well.
• GS ordered his men to get a proper loan agreement, and Liu Kei and Yellow Hair signed it after Lawyer Luo sent one over.
• GS told Ah Tung to stay with the two men, take them to withdraw the money the next day, and ask Liu Kei about Wang Bao.