Chapter Summaries

Wang Jianjun killed Che Baoshan after Che Baoshan confronted Ah Bing, while Gu Sheng considered his next business moves after Hongxing's Hong Kong Island rivals had been subdued. On Macau Island, Ah Long decided to strike back at Yin Zhiju without asking Gu Sheng for help.

• Ah Bing noticed Gu Sheng's bodyguards keeping their distance, then Che Baoshan ambushed him in an alley and accused him of betraying Che Baoshan and getting his men killed.
• Wang Jianjun attacked Che Baoshan, shot him dead, and escaped with his men before police arrived; Ah Bing got away.
• Gu Sheng told a caller the job was done, considered targeting Sin Sin Ho in Thailand, and discussed traveling with Kong Sang after his banquet.
• Gu Sheng concluded Hongxing should turn legitimate rather than expand its hold over Hong Kong Island, and planned around the premiere of God of Gamblers and an upcoming boxing match.
• Ah Long learned that Yin Zhiju had ambushed his men while competing for customers on Macau Island, refused to seek backup, and resolved to have Yin Zhiju killed quickly.

Gu Sheng dealt with Chan Baofeng’s attempt to reconcile, ordered new killings and recruitment, and celebrated the premiere of "God of Gamblers." That night, the real Ko Chun arrived in Hong Kong Island, fell into a trap, and was carried into a dilapidated house by Knife and his men.

• Punks smashed all eight Chan Kee Congee Shops and covered them with filth, prompting Chan Baofeng to realize Gu Sheng was behind the attack and try to see him.
• Gu Sheng welcomed Silly Fook back, told Ann she could return from Italy, ordered Wang Jianjun to bring over another batch of men, and arranged attacks on Thunder Lord’s son and Lui Wai.
• Gu Sheng refused to meet Chan Baofeng and attended the premiere of "God of Gamblers," where he mingled with the cast and industry figures and watched the audience applaud the film.
• Ko Chun arrived in Hong Kong Island, stepped into a trap set by Knife’s men, and tumbled down a hillside.
• Knife and his underlings found Ko Chun injured, argued over what to do, and eventually carried him into a dilapidated house.

Sin Sin Ho recovered Che Baoshan’s body and vowed revenge on Gu Sheng, who continued expanding his film promotion and ordered Lui Wai killed. Lui Wai was shot dead outside a nightclub, while one of his men survived and Dutch Boy confronted the police at the hospital.

• Sin Sin Ho found Che Baoshan’s body in the morgue, took it away, killed a security guard, and swore to avenge him.
• Gu Sheng told Ann to keep one security guard with her, predicted his film would top the box office, and ordered publicity stunts about Ko Chun.
• Gu Sheng ordered Leung Siu-tong to smash Chan Kee Congee Shop again and later learned that Sin Sin Ho had taken Che Baoshan’s body.
• Gu Sheng ordered Wang Jianjun to kill Lui Wai openly while disguising the gunmen as Thais.
• Lui Wai was shot dead outside a nightclub, and Dutch Boy confronted a police officer at the hospital while seeking answers from a surviving subordinate.

After Lui Wai was killed, Gu Sheng identified Thai associates of Che Baoshan as likely suspects and sent Netherlands Boy to Thailand to avenge him. He reorganized Hongxing’s territories and pushed ahead with Hongxing Security’s corporate plans before preparing to travel to America with Kong Sang.

• Gu Sheng questioned Lui Wai’s subordinate Netherlands Boy, then learned from the surviving Maid that the killers sounded Southeast Asian.
• Gu Sheng suspected Che Baoshan and Sin Sin Ho, and assigned Netherlands Boy to go to Thailand and kill Sin Sin Ho in exchange for a chance to become Aberdeen’s Boss.
• Gu Sheng divided oversight of Jordan and Prince Edward Road among the Bosses and ordered them to register their men, including disabled members, as Hongxing Security employees.
• Gu Sheng instructed the Bosses to find temporary company premises and announced that he would travel to America with Kong Sang for a few days.
• Gu Sheng learned Sai Fei had given false bank PINs, delegated factory and company tasks to Ah Tung and Ah Ye, and told Ah Ye to handle liaison with KINGS GROUP and the television station.

Gu Sheng arrived in New York with Kong Sang and embraced the city’s dangerous nightlife, while using the Wheel to improve his driving and Muay Thai. After a violent night out, he learned that Netherlands Boy had reached Thailand and Wang Jianguo was following him.

• Before leaving Hong Kong Island, Gu Sheng drew a Skill Breakthrough Stone, weapons, supplies, and Experience Books from the Wheel.
• Gu Sheng and Kong Sang arrived in New York, where they witnessed a roadside gunfight and Gu Sheng welcomed the city’s crime and disorder.
• At the hotel, Gu Sheng learned driving proficiency and used the Skill Breakthrough Stone to raise Muay Thai to LV8 and his physique to 9.4.
• Gu Sheng went to a Manhattan strip club with Tin Yeung-sang, Ah Wu, and Silly Fook, beat a patron who refused to give up his seat, and later pointed a gun at the man’s returning companions before kicking him down.
• Gu Sheng and his companions visited more clubs and encountered another gunfight before returning to the hotel around midnight.
• Netherlands Boy arrived in Thailand without contacting Hongxing, and Wang Jianguo left Hong Kong Island with several men to follow him.

Netherlands Boy was lured into an ambush in Thailand, escaped, and was killed when Wang Jianguo’s men intercepted him at the pier. Gu Sheng sent Ah Ye and Shark Yan after Sin Sin Ho to reclaim Chiang Tin-yeung’s assets, then found the Continental Hotel in New York and demanded to see Winston.

• Netherlands Boy took his men to attack Sin Sin Ho at an AGOGO bar, where Maids ambushed them and killed most of his group.
• After escaping the trap, Netherlands Boy blamed Hongxing and tried to return to Hong Kong Island, but Wang Jianguo’s men killed him aboard the smuggling boat.
• Gu Sheng told Ah Ye to go to Thailand with Shark Yan, kill Sin Sin Ho, and recover Chiang Tin-yeung’s assets.
• Gu Sheng spotted the Continental Hotel in New York and recognized it as an international organization serving assassins.
• Gu Sheng entered the Continental Hotel despite its members-only policy and told its staff to bring Winston to him.

Gu Sheng approached the High Table through the Continental Hotel while Hongxing’s Ah Ye and Shark Yan traveled to Thailand to recover Chiang Tin-yeung’s properties from Sin Sin Ho. After Hongxing’s men raided Sin Sin Ho’s businesses in Pattaya, Sin Sin Ho sold his assets at a steep discount to the German Mafia and prepared to fight back.

• Gu Sheng told Winston to inform the High Table that he wanted to meet, then toured New York with Kong Sang while Hongxing prepared its moves in Thailand.
• Ah Ye and Shark Yan met Da Fan, who agreed that KINGS GROUP would keep local gangs from interfering with Hongxing’s effort to reclaim Chiang Tin-yeung’s properties.
• Hongxing brought hundreds of men to Thailand, and Ah Ye and Shark Yan led raids that left more than a hundred of Sin Sin Ho’s men wounded.
• Sin Sin Ho learned that KINGS GROUP had forbidden local gangs from helping him, then sold his properties to Pattaya’s German Mafia for twenty percent of their market value.

Sin Sin Ho sold Chiang Tin-yeung’s properties to the German Mafia, then died after escaping a battle with Hongxing. Ah Ye discovered that the Germans had taken the properties and failed to negotiate their return, leaving Hongxing poised to fight them.

• Sin Sin Ho told Ah Lok to leave Thailand while he stayed to take revenge on Hongxing.
• Sin Sin Ho’s hidden gunmen and Ah Ye’s reinforcements overwhelmed his men, while Shark Yan was shot and Sin Sin Ho escaped.
• Wang Jianguo intercepted Sin Sin Ho’s getaway car, killed him, and reported back to Gu Sheng.
• Ah Ye found that the German Mafia had taken Hongxing’s properties, including Chiang Tin-yeung’s estate, and learned they had deeds purchased from Sin Sin Ho.
• Ah Ye and Shark Yan met the German boss Conrad, who refused to return the properties, so they ended the meeting and prepared to use force.

After returning to Hong Kong, Gu Sheng prepared an armed response to the German Hell's Angels in Thailand while following Gao Gang’s rising fame from his first fight. He left the next move in Thailand underway and arranged to meet Li Xinxin that night.

• Ah Ye told Gu Sheng that the German Hell's Angels had taken over businesses in Thailand, and Gu Sheng ordered Shark Yan to return, Shrimp Boy to investigate, and Ah Ye to enjoy herself there.
• While shopping in New York with Kong Sang, Gu Sheng beat a Swedish man after mistaking him for German, then claimed they were even because the man had stained his trousers.
• Gu Sheng returned to Hong Kong, learned Gao Gang had become popular after defeating a Thai fighter, and heard that the next bout would feature Cheng Hui and Su Lin.
• Gu Sheng instructed Ah Ye to arrange police support in Phuket, ordered Leung Siu-tong to send five hundred armed men to Thailand, and contacted Wang Jianjun and Ah Wah about weapons and the operation.
• Gu Sheng called Li Xinxin, and she asked him to send someone to pick her up after work.

Gu Sheng watched Cheng Hui win a rigged boxing match that earned Hongxing nearly three million in profit, then traveled to Thailand to confront the Hell’s Angels over property they had seized. He arrived in Pattaya and met Da Fan, who was already dealing with Gu Sheng’s pointed remarks about a subordinate running off with money.

• Gao Gang met Gu Sheng at the stadium, while Li Xinxin asked Gu Sheng to keep her graduating students from joining gangs.
• Hongxing’s betting operation adjusted the odds before betting closed, and Cheng Hui knocked out Su Lin in the fourth round as arranged.
• Gu Sheng learned that the boxing match had made nearly three million in profit, then instructed Leung Siu-tong to vandalize Chan Kee Congee Shop again before flying to Bangkok.
• Ah Ye and Da Fan’s men greeted Gu Sheng in Thailand, where he learned about the Hell’s Angels’ businesses and arranged police cooperation for five hundred thousand US dollars.
• Gu Sheng’s convoy reached Pattaya, and he confronted Da Fan about a subordinate supposedly running off with money, making the subordinate visibly nervous.

Gu Sheng met Conrad, the Hell's Angels leader, after arranging a simultaneous attack on the Germans who had seized Hongxing property. When Conrad claimed he had the final say, Gu Sheng pinned and tortured him, then opened fire; by the end, almost all of the Hell's Angels were dead and Conrad was cornered.

• Gu Sheng mocked Da Fan during dinner and asked him to arrange a meeting with the Hell's Angels leader.
• Ah Ye told Gu Sheng that the Motorcycle Gang had agreed to meet, and Gu Sheng ordered Zhang Chun and Ah Wah to attack the Germans who had taken Hongxing property.
• Gu Sheng gathered his men and explained that the attack would happen while he met with the Hell's Angels, intending to see how much nerve their leader had.
• At the bar, Gu Sheng confronted Conrad, pinned his hand to the table with a knife, burned him with a cigarette, and cut off his thumb.
• When Conrad threatened Gu Sheng, Gu Sheng shot a Hell's Angels member and started a gunfight, then threw a grenade into the bar.
• Gu Sheng killed or incapacitated nearly all the Hell's Angels and told the cornered Conrad that he had not believed his threat.

Gu Sheng led Hongxing’s assault on Hell’s Angels, ordering coordinated attacks across the gang’s territory while his men killed its members and seized its businesses. After the gunfire stopped, he kept Conrad alive for his own purposes, and Da Fan and Shilinda discussed the threat Hongxing posed.

• Gu Sheng armed Tin Yeung-sang, who helped repel the Hell’s Angels members at the bar, while Gu Sheng intimidated Conrad and announced that Hell’s Angels would be wiped out.
• Zhang Chun and the other Hongxing gunmen attacked Hell’s Angels locations across the neighborhood, killing members in massage parlors, nightclubs, and other shops.
• Hongxing’s gunmen ambushed a motorcycle convoy outside Pattaya, while Long-haired Hung’s crew followed the advancing assault to clear bodies, collect weapons, and loot valuables.
• Da Fan learned that Hongxing was sweeping through Hell’s Angels territory, then told Shilinda about the attack; Shilinda said she wanted to meet Gu Sheng and insisted they take Hell’s Angels territory.
• Zhang Chun reported that the operation was mostly complete, and Gu Sheng ordered the wounded to be cared for before having Conrad dragged away alive.

After Hongxing drove out the Hell's Angels in Pattaya, Gu Sheng seized their assets and arranged the rescue of trafficked women to polish Hongxing’s public image. He sold the Hell's Angels’ sixty-three establishments to Da Fan for sixty million and planned to attend a police press conference and banquet.

• The police dismissed the shootings as a gang dispute, and Ah Ye's men took over the Hell's Angels' properties while Mishima and other local groups watched Hongxing's move.
• Gu Sheng had Tin Yeung-chi question a captive, then Ah Ye took over and obtained information about the Hell's Angels' assets and operations.
• Ah Ye reported that the Hell's Angels held dozens of venues, cash, weapons, and drugs, as well as more than thirty trafficked Eastern European women; Gu Sheng arranged for the women to be rescued with police and reporters present.
• Gu Sheng met Da Fan and agreed to sell him the Hell's Angels' sixty-three establishments for sixty million Hong Kong dollars.
• Ah Ye told Gu Sheng that the police would announce the rescue at a press conference and hold a banquet afterward, and Gu Sheng confirmed he would attend.

Gu Sheng accepted a police medal in Pattaya and denied that Hongxing was a criminal gang while networking with local businessmen. After meeting Shi Linda and ordering Ah Ye to investigate her, he learned that a reporter who planned to expose him had been struck by a car, then heard that businessman Chen Zhengyi needed his help.

• Gu Sheng accepted an Honourable Police Medal at the police press conference and called accusations about Hongxing fake news, presenting the group as a legitimate business.
• Gu Sheng met local businessmen at a banquet, discussed Hongxing's investments and security services, and asked Ah Ye to investigate Shi Linda after their strange conversation.
• A reporter obtained material about Gu Sheng and set out to question a gang member, but a car hit him; its driver pretended to be drunk when police arrived.
• Ah Ye brought Chen Zhengyi to Gu Sheng, who offered to help after learning that Chen Zhengyi had a problem.

Gu Sheng investigated Chen Zhengyi’s revenge request, uncovered that Chen wanted to use Gu Sheng’s influence to rescue his failing businesses, and refused to help for now. After returning to Hong Kong Island, Gu Sheng met with Jimmy about the growing arcade business and the potential of karaoke machines.

• Chen Zhengyi told Gu Sheng that Ah Long’s gang had kidnapped and killed his daughter after he refused to give them a stake in his hotel, and he offered ten million for revenge.
• Ah Ye and Ha Jai investigated Chen Zhengyi, Zheng An, and Ah Long, revealing that Chen’s businesses were being harassed and that Zheng An had acquired his hotel cheaply.
• Gu Sheng told Ah Ye to refuse Chen’s request and keep him waiting, then arranged to return to Hong Kong Island and send Yi Jian to Thailand later.
• Chen Zhengyi pleaded with Ah Ye to reconsider and offered to negotiate the price, but she rejected him and ended the call.
• After returning to Hong Kong Island, Gu Sheng scolded Chau Tai’s bodyguards for helping at the café, then met Jimmy to review the arcade shops’ earnings and the coming expansion.
• Jimmy reported that the karaoke machines were ready, and Gu Sheng told him he was thinking too small about their potential.

Gu Sheng introduced karaoke and KTV businesses, expanded Hongxing’s legal ventures, and assigned Yi Jian to stabilize operations in Thailand. The chapter ended with Ko Chun waking in a Mong Kok hospital and demanding to see Handsome Sheng.

• Gu Sheng presented karaoke equipment at the triad meeting and explained how to add karaoke rooms to nightclubs and open KTV venues for ordinary customers.
• Gu Sheng ordered the bosses to expand the Security Company, negotiate office-building contracts, and develop Hongtu Films, New Century Video Games, Jia'an Property, and Shengshi Entertainment.
• Gu Sheng assigned Yi Jian to oversee operations in Thailand after arranging for someone to watch his territory in Tsz Wan Shan.
• Gu Sheng told Wang Jianjun to cover his head and beat up Ah Kei, the boss of Sai Wan.
• Ko Chun woke in a Mong Kok hospital, recalled the film he had watched, and demanded to see Handsome Sheng.

While Ko Chun’s real life mirrored the events of God of Gamblers, Gao Yi tried to have him killed and Ko Chun recovered his memory after surviving the attack. Ko Chun asked to meet Hongxing’s Gu Sheng, who agreed to see him in Causeway Bay.

• Knife and Ah Zhen watched God of Gamblers and grew suspicious that amnesiac Chocolate was really Ko Chun, while Knife resolved to watch him secretly.
• Gao Yi killed Jenny, then asked Brother Nam to help kill Ko Chun; Brother Nam refused after realizing the film’s plot was unfolding in reality.
• After watching the film, Gao Yi panicked, destroyed the remaining tape, and hired gunmen from Kowloon Walled City to attack Ko Chun in Mong Kok.
• Knife saved Ko Chun during the attack, and Long Wu killed several gunmen; Ko Chun was struck by a car and taken to the hospital, where he regained his memory.
• Ko Chun asked to meet Hongxing’s Gu Sheng, and Gu Sheng agreed to see him in Causeway Bay after Kusakari Akira called on Ko Chun’s behalf.

Chan Baofeng gave Gu Sheng a Causeway Bay shop property at half price, hired Hongxing Security, and donated to Gu Sheng’s Police Force Welfare Fund. Ko Chun confronted Gu Sheng over a movie that seemed to predict events in his life, and Gu Sheng agreed to help investigate before his men found where Jenny had been buried.

• Chan Baofeng begged Gu Sheng to stop the attacks on his congee shops, then agreed to sell him a Causeway Bay shop property for half its value and hire Hongxing Security for five years.
• Gu Sheng persuaded Chan Baofeng to donate to the Police Force Welfare Fund before Chan left UV Bar.
• Ko Chun confronted Gu Sheng about the movie God of Gamblers mirroring his recent memory loss, meeting with Knife, and return of his memories.
• When Ko Chun asked Gu Sheng for help protecting him and finding Jenny, Gu Sheng had Tin Yeung-sang pin him down, then agreed to help in exchange for three favors.
• Gu Sheng and Ko Chun’s group searched Ko Chun’s villa and found a shattered window and signs of a struggle in Jenny’s room.
• Gu Sheng ordered his men to search the area, and Tin Yeung-sang and the others found the place where Jenny had been buried.

Gu Sheng manipulated the betting odds on Ko Chun’s match with Chan Kam-sing by spreading news of Ko Chun’s amnesia, while raising money to place a huge bet on Ko Chun. After inspecting Hongxing’s security-company branches, Gu Sheng decided to impose stricter standards on his undisciplined underlings.

• Ko Chun sent Knife and Crow away after they helped him dig up his wife’s body, while Gu Sheng watched from the villa and ordered inquiries into the fight’s bookmakers and the gunmen who attacked Ko Chun.
• Gu Sheng kicked Long Wu after learning he had served in the South Vietnamese army, then ordered Tin Yeung-sang and Tin Yeung-chi to protect Ko Chun.
• Leung Siu-tong reported that Chan Kam-sing and Wah Kee were handling the outside bets, and Gu Sheng arranged for tabloids to publicize Ko Chun’s supposed amnesia while borrowing money to bet on him.
• The news shifted the odds in Ko Chun’s favor, and Gu Sheng sent Ah Man to investigate Wah Kee and related Malaysian gangs while continuing the search for Gao Yi.
• Gu Sheng inspected Hongxing’s security-company branches, found their staff disorderly and their hairstyles unsuitable, and ordered custom caps before summoning Zuo Tai.

Gu Sheng disciplined the managers of the Security Company, arranged a 300-million bet on Ko Chun, and learned that Gao Yi had been captured while trying to leave Hong Kong. The chapter ended with Gu Sheng ordering Gao Yi held until he could deal with him.

• Gu Sheng slapped Zuo Tai, Yilong, and Shark Yan over the Security Company's disorder, then sent Leung Siu-tong to show them how proper offices were run.
• Shark Yan returned to the Security Company, berated his men, and ordered them to clean up and shave their heads bald.
• Gu Sheng asked Uncle Bird to place a 300-million bet on Ko Chun, and Wah Kee agreed to take it at odds of 2.2 to one.
• Gao Yi argued with the assassin who had refused to target Ko Chun, then contacted Chan Kam-sing and arranged to flee Hong Kong by boat.
• Ah Man learned that Gao Yi was leaving from Sai Kung Pier and captured him there with his men.
• Gu Sheng ordered his men to lock Gao Yi up and prevent him from escaping.