Chapter Summaries

GS prepared for Hongxing’s entry in the Hong Kong triads’ Firecracker Festival while Chan Ka-nam arranged to bring in former American special forces soldiers. At the festival, Fung Yu-Sau defeated Wo Shing Wo’s Airplane and knocked Tung Kwan Jai off the ladder, prompting Big D to curse in anger.

• GS inspected the Soda Factory land and planned to mortgage it, while Chan Ka-nam arranged for former American special forces soldiers to arrive within two days.
• GS hired accountant Ding Renyuan, who killed a bound man after Leung Siu-tong pressured him and invoked his daughter’s need for treatment.
• Li Zhengren prepared to compete for the Ding Cai Cannon, Hara Aonami planned to attack Masahito Tachibana under the Green Union Society’s name, and Lok Siu told Airplane to win face for Wo Shing Wo.
• GS arrived at the Firecracker Festival with Kong Sang and Hongxing’s team, placed two million on Fung Yu-Sau and Shark Yan, and spotted Hara Aonami and Li Zhengren among the competitors.
• When the cannon contest began, Fung Yu-Sau fought Airplane, knocked him aside, and kicked down the ladder, sending Tung Kwan Jai tumbling; Big D cursed at GS afterward.

The Firecracker Snatching Competition turned deadly when Hara Aonami revealed that Li Zhengren was a Yamaguchi-gumi traitor and killed him. Fung Yu-Sau won the Ding Cai Cannon for Hongxing, while GS celebrated and needled Chui Gai.

• Shark Yan, Fung Yu-Sau, Airplane, and Tung Kwan Jai climbed the warehouse frame as gangs fought to reach the top.
• Hara Aonami broke Li Zhengren’s ladder and defeated him despite his attacks, then revealed that Li Zhengren was Masahito Tachibana, the Yamaguchi-gumi traitor who had assassinated its Fourth Generation Leader.
• Hara Aonami killed Li Zhengren, and Foolish Cai challenged him before accepting his apology after seeing proof of Li Zhengren’s identity.
• Mei Mei pulled Shark Yan down from the frame, then fought Fung Yu-Sau as he climbed toward the top.
• Fung Yu-Sau knocked Mei Mei off balance, reached the sixth tier, and seized the Ding Cai Cannon for Hongxing.
• GS celebrated Hongxing’s victory and asked the expressionless Chui Gai whether he was happy.

Gu Sheng confronted Chan Ka-nam after he hired former American soldiers to protect him and challenge their deal. Gu Sheng killed their leader, while his men fought through the villa, and he left Chan Ka-nam alive only long enough to negotiate what came next.

• Gu Sheng appointed Fung Yu-Sau chief instructor at Hongxing's Boxing Gym and heard Hon Ping had profited from a trip to Japan.
• Chan Ka-nam captured Wang Jianjun's men and hired Mak Dong-no and his former American soldiers as bodyguards.
• After Chan Ka-nam called to renegotiate, Gu Sheng gathered Wang Jianjun, Tin Yeung-sang, and others and went armed to the villa.
• Gu Sheng shot Mak Dong-no and struck Chan Ka-nam while Wang Jianjun and the others attacked the soldiers inside the villa.
• Chan Ka-nam begged to talk and offered to claim the dead soldiers had been bandits, while Gu Sheng asked what he would do to make amends.

GS and Wang Jianjun fought the kidnappers at Chan Ka-nam’s villa, rescued the hostages, and arranged the scene to make the gunfight look like a rescue. After GS was questioned by police, Kong Sang told him about a deadly shootout between police and arms smugglers, while GS ordered Ah Tung to bring him the feng shui fraud.

• Tin Yeung-sang’s team exchanged fire with the kidnappers on the second floor, and Tin Yeung-yee and Tin Yeung-chi were wounded.
• GS used Silly Fook as a shield, shot the hostage-taker and several gunmen, and Wang Jianjun cleared the rooms and freed the remaining hostages.
• GS ordered Wang Jianjun to stage the scene as a rescue and shot Silly Fook and several of his men to make their injuries fit the story.
• GS pressured Chan Ka-nam for money, then told him what to say when police arrived.
• Police arrested GS for questioning, but Kong Sang and a lawyer secured his release after dark.
• GS ordered Ah Tung to find the feng shui fraud and told Leung Siu-tong to watch the Tactical Unit officers, while Kong Sang recounted a deadly police shootout with arms smugglers.

After the police released his men, Gu Sheng learned that a woman he was searching for had disappeared and heard about an upcoming jewelry exhibition at the Kowloon Hotel. A chance encounter with Lee Chit, who was searching for the Doctor, led Gu Sheng to challenge him to fight his men for information.

• Yiu Yeuk-sing ordered officers to investigate Wang Jianjun's companions and learned the dead men at the scene were likely American special forces soldiers.
• Gu Sheng told Kong Sang to expand the company to a hundred branches and ordered Ah Tung's men to seize the missing woman if she returned.
• Ah Man told Gu Sheng about the Kowloon Hotel's opening and jewelry exhibition, and Gu Sheng planned to use the event to approach the Lee Family.
• Lee Chit recognized the phrase “You have to rely on yourself,” confronted Gu Sheng, and fought Tin Yeung-sang before Gu Sheng subdued him with a strike.
• Gu Sheng took Lee Chit to the Boxing Gym and promised to reveal the Doctor's whereabouts if Lee Chit defeated Fung Yu-Sau and Gao Gang.

Gu Sheng extorted Chan Ka-nam and arranged to attend the Kowloon Hotel’s opening, where the Doctor planned a jewel robbery. After Lee Yongchuan signed an agreement recovering only part of the Lee Family’s investment, Gu Sheng blocked his exit and demanded he sign another contract transferring the recovered properties to him.

• Gu Sheng arranged a discounted order for five thousand arcade machines from Kusakari Kazuo and considered entering the bootleg machine business.
• Lee Chit resigned from Lung Wai’s service and returned to Causeway Bay, hoping Gu Sheng could lead him to the Doctor.
• Gu Sheng made Chan Ka-nam agree to pay him and repay the Lee Family’s investment, then arranged a property transfer and ordered plans for the Kowloon Hotel.
• The Doctor’s group obtained the hotel’s structural plans, exposed an undercover agent, and killed him after the Doctor’s girlfriend was wounded.
• Gu Sheng told Lee Chit the Doctor would appear at the Kowloon Hotel and agreed to bring him along as his bodyguard.
• Lee Yongchuan signed an agreement recovering only one hundred million of the Lee Family’s three-hundred-million investment, but Gu Sheng stopped him from leaving and demanded he sign over the recovered properties.

GS forced Lee Yongchuan to sign over another hundred million in property, then kept him captive and arranged to meet Lee Yongshan at the Tsar Jewels exhibition. At Kowloon Hotel, GS prepared a plan to remove the jewels through a sewage pipe and spotted reporter Lok Wai-ching before Lee Yongshan arrived.

• GS restrained Lee Yongchuan, threatened him with a golf club, and made him sign the contract.
• GS called Lee Yongshan and arranged to bring Lee Yongchuan to the Kowloon Hotel exhibition that evening.
• Wang Jianjun delivered the hotel blueprints, and GS arranged for the Tsar Jewels to be sent out through a sewage pipe.
• GS arrived at Kowloon Hotel with Lee Yongchuan and his men, then approached reporter Lok Wai-ching.
• GS left Lok Wai-ching to meet Lee Yongshan when Ah Wu alerted him to Lee Yongshan's arrival.

Gu Sheng attended the Tsarist jewelry exhibition as The Doctor’s gang seized the hotel, then manipulated Lee Yongshan into standing with a gun when the robbers opened fire. Gu Sheng and his men escaped during the chaos, while Rabbit discovered that footage of the robbery had been taken away.

• Gu Sheng spoke with Lee Yongshan at the jewelry exhibition and recognized The Doctor among the guests.
• Gu Sheng shot two gunmen in the gallery, then planted a gun in Lee Yongshan’s hand, causing the robbers to mistake him and his bodyguards for armed resistance and kill them.
• Rabbit announced the robbery, shot a security manager who could not provide the display code, and ordered a specialist to crack it.
• Li Jie recognized The Doctor and drew the gunmen’s attention, allowing Gu Sheng, Tin Yeung-sang, and Ah Wu to fight their way out as Lok Wai-ching escaped separately.
• Rabbit sent Sang Bong after the escapees and found that the cameraman’s tape had been taken away.

Gu Sheng rescued Lok Wai-ching from Rabbit’s snakes and fought his way through the robbers while waiting for events to unfold. After the Doctor used the hostages to force the police to comply with his demands, Gu Sheng considered intervening to protect the hostages and build his standing with the police and public.

• Rabbit searched the hotel for Lok Wai-ching’s tape, then dumped venomous snakes into the restroom where he believed she was hiding.
• Gu Sheng and Lee Chit found Lok Wai-ching trapped among the snakes; Gu Sheng rescued her in exchange for her agreement to spend a month with him.
• Gu Sheng, Lee Chit, and Lok Wai-ching fought off robbers and changed floors, then hid while Tin Yeung-sang checked the hotel’s maintenance room and surveillance room.
• The police stormed the hotel entrance and triggered the Doctor Organization’s bombs, killing or injuring nearly all the SDU officers who entered.
• The Doctor threatened to throw hostages from the building until the police agreed to withdraw, release a prisoner, and send a helicopter.
• After seeing the explosion and hearing Lee Chit urge him to warn the police, Gu Sheng considered rescuing the hostages to gain prestige.

Gu Sheng helped the police track the robbers inside the hotel while fighting his way to the rooftop and recovering the stolen jewelry. He destroyed the robbers’ helicopter and rejoined Tin Yeung-sang as the remaining hostages waited for the police.

• Gu Sheng used Lee Chit's blood to write the radio frequency on a curtain and threw it outside so the police could contact him.
• Gu Sheng gave the police information about the robbers and their positions, while Tin Yeung-sang reported from the security room and drew the robbers away from Lee Chit.
• Gu Sheng shot Sang Bong when he burst into the room, then slapped and kicked Lung Wai before heading toward the top floor.
• Gu Sheng killed robbers guarding the top-floor hall and went to the rooftop, where he shot Rabbit and two other robbers and recovered the five pieces of jewelry.
• Gu Sheng handed the jewelry case to Tin Yeung-sang, planted a bomb on the helicopter, and detonated it before returning to the hostages and telling them the remaining robbers were nearly defeated.

Gu Sheng and his bodyguards helped defeat the robbers at the Kowloon Hotel, while the Doctor escaped amid the chaos. Lee Chit and Tin Yeung-sang tracked down and killed the Doctor, and the next morning Gu Sheng slept through the news of his exploits.

• Gu Sheng told the wealthy hostages that his security company supplied highly trained bodyguards, then informed the police that the top floor was safe and warned them about bombs.
• The SDU entered the hotel and escorted the hostages out, while explosions caused chaos that let the Doctor escape in an ambulance.
• Gu Sheng argued with reporters outside the hotel, told Tin Yeung-sang to pursue the Doctor with Lee Chit, and left with Lok Wai-ching after she joined them in his car.
• Lee Chit shot the Doctor after he escaped through a hotel window, and Tin Yeung-sang arranged to remove the body and clean the scene before taking Lee Chit with him.
• Kong Sang called Gu Sheng the next morning to check on him, but he went back to sleep beside Lok Wai-ching while Shan Ying read the newspaper coverage.

Gu Sheng used the deaths of Lee Yongshan and Lee Yongchuan to tighten his hold over Hong Kong’s businessmen and ordered pressure on Sky King Construction. At a dinner with businessmen who had supported the Lee Family, he demanded they prove their respect by drinking five bottles of liquor each.

• Lok Wai-ching smashed Gu Sheng’s Big Brother Phone after its calls woke her, and Gu Sheng later had Leung Siu-tong replace it.
• Gu Sheng learned from Officer Wei that Lee Hing-sun had died, then ordered a newspaper office smashed and invited businessmen who had backed the Lee Family to dinner.
• Gu Sheng told Leung Siu-tong to accelerate Sky King Construction’s bankruptcy proceedings so he could make an example of Ye Rongtian.
• Wang Jianjun brought Gu Sheng the Crown, which Gu Sheng planned to hold for a year or two while taking control of its three hundred million in assets and using them as loan collateral.
• Several businessmen grew fearful of Gu Sheng after the Lee Family deaths and accepted his dinner invitation, believing it might be a trap.
• At Zhenghong Grand Restaurant, Gu Sheng accepted the businessmen’s claims that their investments had been a misunderstanding, then demanded five bottles of liquor each; Wang Xincheng accused him of trying to kill them.

Gu Sheng pressured several business owners into partnerships and secured a wide release for God of Gamblers. At a meeting with his Bosses, he announced a bus venture and tasked Chui Gai with taking over the Yuen Long minibus route from Tung Sing.

• Gu Sheng had Wang Xincheng dragged out, and a flowerpot struck Wang unconscious outside the restaurant; Gu Sheng then used the incident to pressure the remaining business owners into deals.
• Boss Zhou agreed to a 50-50 property development partnership, Baozhen Jewelry accepted a five-year security contract, and Boss Lin and Boss Wong agreed to business ventures with Gu Sheng.
• Gu Sheng instructed Galaxy Films to negotiate with Sixth Master Shao, and the next day God of Gamblers secured a simultaneous release across almost every cinema in Hong Kong Island in twenty days.
• Gu Sheng met the triad Bosses and announced a 50-50 bus company with Lin Cheng Bus, which would operate new routes and minibuses between Yuen Long, Kowloon, Sai Kung, and Kowloon.
• Chui Gai volunteered to take the Yuen Long minibus route from Tung Sing, and Gu Sheng agreed to support him while asking the group to find out who controlled the Sai Kung route.

Gu Sheng assigned Hongxing forces to attack rival triads while expanding legitimate businesses and considering new ventures. As his men prepared to strike, the rival gangs underestimated the danger and expected negotiations instead.

• Gu Sheng told Hongxing leaders about upcoming arcade and karaoke businesses, the security company, and his plans to develop legitimate revenue.
• Gu Sheng assigned Brother Kei and Shark Yan to Sai Wan, Thirteen Sisters and Hon Ping to Portland Street, Big Fly and Yi Jian to North Point, and Chui Gai and Yilong to Tuen Mun, ordering them to cripple the rival triads within five days.
• Gu Sheng asked Hon Ping to seek a shipping route that bypassed the Yokosuka Family and told Ah Tung to investigate counterfeit clothing and shoes and the Chinese medicine market.
• Gu Sheng took Chau Tai to view a luxury apartment and decided to buy it in her name.
• Big Circle Dragon and the leaders of the Yi Character Division, Wo Shing Wo, and the Chaozhou Gang dismissed the threat from Hongxing, while Yip Kwok-fun warned Big Circle Dragon that Portland Street felt suspicious.

Gu Sheng spent the night drinking on Portland Street while Hongxing launched coordinated attacks against the Big Circle Gang, Yi Character Division, Chaozhou Gang, and Wo Shing Wo. As Hongxing’s conflicts spread and gang leaders scrambled to learn what was happening, Chen Mei saw an opportunity to act against Handsome Sheng.

• Gu Sheng watched Thirteen Sisters and Hon Ping’s forces break the Big Circle Gang’s resistance, then accidentally cut Thirteen Sisters’ forehead with a bottle he threw from the window.
• Hon Ping’s men fought the Big Circle Gang in Kowloon, while Shark Yan routed Yi Character Division forces in Sai Wan and teamed up with Brother Kei.
• Big Fly and Yi Jian’s men routed the Chaozhou Gang in North Point, while Yilong and Chui Gai’s forces attacked Tall Gao’s Wo Shing Wo men in Tuen Mun and Tall Gao escaped gunfire.
• Officer Wei rushed to the police station after hearing that fighting had erupted across Hong Kong Island, and Ah Lok asked for news about Tall Gao.
• Chen Mei heard about Hongxing’s simultaneous attacks and decided the chaos might give him a chance to move against Handsome Sheng.

Hongxing’s attacks alarmed rival triads, who agreed to approach Gu Sheng together, while Gu Sheng defended the violence to Officer Wei and sought police tolerance and support. After dealing with a man bothering Kong Sang, Gu Sheng agreed to take her on a trip, though they had not settled on a destination.

• Tall Gao complained to Uncle Deng that Hongxing had attacked his men and other triads, and Uncle Deng warned that rival gangs would unite against Hongxing’s growing power.
• Chen Mei urged the triads to send men against Hongxing, but the others refused and agreed instead to meet Gu Sheng together to mediate.
• Gu Sheng told Officer Wei that Hongxing’s violence was a response to rival gangs encroaching on its territory, asked him to turn a blind eye, and offered to arrange donations to the police.
• Gu Sheng met Kong Sang and Shan Ying at a café, struck a young man who had been bothering them, and had Tin Yeung-sang deal with the man’s companions.
• Kong Sang asked Gu Sheng to take her on a trip, and he agreed, though they disagreed over where to go.

Gu Sheng toured his properties with Kong Sang, then accepted a meeting with Hong Kong Island Triad bosses who wanted him to stop fighting and pay compensation. He rejected their demands and declared he would continue targeting the Chaozhou Gang, the Big Circle Gang, and Wo Shing Wo.

• Kong Sang showed Gu Sheng his properties, and he chose a Kowloon office building while discussing tenants and moving Golden Harvest Properties' headquarters.
• Gu Sheng agreed to meet the Triad bosses after Chui Gai called to summon him, then kicked several young gangsters on the roadside before arranging to withdraw a hundred million in cash for their planned vacation.
• Gu Sheng arrived at the restaurant with Tin Yeung-sang, Shark Yan, Long-haired Hung, and Flyboy Ping, then mocked Chui Gai and challenged the assembled bosses to speak up if they had a problem with him.
• Chen Mei, Foolish Cai, and other bosses urged Gu Sheng to settle disputes with the Chaozhou Gang, the Big Circle Gang, and Wo Shing Wo and pay compensation.
• Gu Sheng kicked over the table and declared that he would keep going after the three Triads, daring anyone who objected to step forward.

Gu Sheng rejected the Triad Bosses’ pressure and prepared to attack rival leaders while they organized a united assault on Hongxing. Wang Jianjun assassinated Foolish Cai, one of the coalition’s key figures, and Gu Sheng told him to establish an alibi.

• Gu Sheng threw a chair at Chen Mei, refused Lian Ho-lung’s attempt to calm the meeting, and declared that he would fight the Triads.
• Gu Sheng arranged for Chau Tai, Ann, and Li Xinxin to leave Hong Kong temporarily, then assigned men to kill Piss X Brow, Chui Gai, and Uncle Deng.
• The Triad Bosses agreed to pool forces, attack Hongxing’s territories, and launch a combined assault on Causeway Bay.
• Wang Jianjun and his men ambushed Foolish Cai’s convoy near Sai Wan and shot Foolish Cai dead.
• Wang Jianjun reported the killing to Gu Sheng, who told him to go to a bar and secure witnesses for an alibi.

Gu Sheng prepared Hongxing for war against a coalition of Hong Kong gangs, then learned that several rival leaders had died in a single night. He promised Hongxing substantial funds and benefits for its fighters, issued attack orders, and left the other gang bosses fearing they could be next.

• Gu Sheng assigned Yang Jianhua, Bao Xiuning, and the other women to protect Ann, Li Xinxin, and Chau Tai, then learned that gang bosses were calling to apologize or offer information.
• At the Hongxing meeting, Gu Sheng confirmed that Wo Shing Wo, the Big Circle Gang, and several other gangs had joined forces against Hongxing.
• Gu Sheng announced that Foolish Cai of Hop To had been killed, then received news that Uncle Deng of Wo Shing Wo had died after stabbing himself.
• Gu Sheng promised up to three hundred million in war funds and ordered Hongxing leaders to attack rival gangs and secure their territory.
• Gu Sheng reported that Chui Gai, Wo Shing Wo's Boss, had been shot dead, while Chen Mei warned his associates that Handsome Sheng was ruthless and Triad Bosses learned of Foolish Cai's death.

Tin Yeung-seon’s crew killed Chen Mei in a raid across from the Kwun Tong police station, while Gu Sheng ordered attacks on rival triads. Hong Kong erupted into simultaneous gang battles, and the chapter ended as triad Bosses learned of multiple assassinations and feared Hongxing’s next move.

• Yellow Hair told Tin Yeung-seon that Chen Mei was hiding in one of three hotel rooms, and Zhang Chun led the raid while Tin Yeung-seon’s men pinned down the police.
• Zhang Chun’s men chased Chen Mei into an alley, where one gunman shot him and Zhang Chun finished him with a shot to the head.
• Gu Sheng arranged for his men to dispose of vehicles, flipped a coin to choose Chung Hing as their next target, and ordered Ah Ye to attack.
• Hon Ping mobilized the Big Circle Gang against Hongxing as gangs gathered across Hong Kong, and Hongxing launched attacks on rival territories.
• Officer Wei learned of the citywide fighting and several killings, including Foolish Cai, Chen Mei, Chui Gai, and Tang Fuk-kwong.
• Sai Fei warned Lian Ho-lung that Hongxing had killed several triad Bosses and attacked Chung Hing, prompting fear among the rival leaders.