Chapter Summaries

Gu Sheng learned that Chan Ka-nam’s fraud was about to be exposed and let him arrange the murder of Yumin Finance’s auditors while secretly preparing to stop his escape. Wang Jianjun’s men cornered Chan Ka-nam and his two bodyguards at a fishing-village pier as they tried to flee.

• Gu Sheng heard that Yumin Finance’s auditors had arrived, learned Johnny Wong had taken over Uncle Hai’s business, and told Ah Man to watch both situations.
• Chan Ka-nam asked Gu Sheng to arrange the auditors’ deaths and monitor several Jianan Group insiders; Gu Sheng agreed to the surveillance while planning to capture Chan Ka-nam after he fled.
• Chan Ka-nam’s two bodyguards took three suitcases from the Regent Hotel, and Gu Sheng concluded that the three Malaysian auditors had been killed.
• Gu Sheng ordered Wang Jianjun to watch Chan Ka-nam, take him alive if possible, and search his home and office if he ran.
• Chan Ka-nam escaped from a banquet in a delivery truck with his two bodyguards and headed toward a pier, where Wang Jianjun’s men boxed in the truck and confronted him.

Gu Sheng captured Chan Ka-nam after discovering he had hidden evidence and assets, while an assassin posing as Sophie and two armed accomplices tried to kill him. After surviving the attacks, Gu Sheng confronted Chan Ka-nam over a videotape accusing him of coercion and ordered Wang Jianjun to extract the location of the missing assets.

• Wang Jianjun captured Chan Ka-nam, searched his home and office, and found a videotape hidden under his bed.
• Sophie tried to stab Gu Sheng in a hotel room, but he caught her and killed her; two more assassins then attacked, and Gu Sheng shot them.
• Gu Sheng drove to Wang Jianjun's house in Sai Kung, where Chan Ka-nam was bound beside a meal and the videotape.
• The videotape showed Chan Ka-nam accusing Gu Sheng of holding him hostage and forcing him to transfer assets worth five hundred million.
• Chan Ka-nam refused to reveal the assets' location, and Gu Sheng beat him before ordering Wang Jianjun to interrogate him.

After God of Gamblers became a record-breaking hit, Gu Sheng celebrated Galaxy Films’ success and planned four new films while navigating rivalries at the banquet. He ended the night at Chau Tai’s apartment with Chau Tai and Ann, while Liu Piaopiao’s attempt to contact him went nowhere.

• Police linked Chan Ka-nam’s disappearance, the missing Yumin Finance assistant, and the discovery of the assistant’s body, while Gu Sheng remained uninvolved.
• Gu Sheng celebrated God of Gamblers’ 48.62-million box office and rewarded Galaxy Films’ staff with a lavish banquet.
• Gu Sheng assigned Galaxy Films to develop A Better Tomorrow, a police public-relations film, God of Gamblers: Heart Sutra for Taming Women, and an erotic hopping-vampire film.
• At the banquet, Chau Tai spilled wine on Fong Ting, and Gu Sheng praised the cast and crew as he toasted the film’s success.
• Liu Piaopiao tried to reach Gu Sheng outside the banquet, but Leung Siu-tong took her phone number and sent her away.
• Gu Sheng carried Chau Tai and Ann to Chau Tai’s apartment, where they spent the night together, and he headed to the bathroom after Chau Tai challenged him.

Gu Sheng arranged to take Chan Ka-nam’s hidden assets, then decided to buy Tin Tin Daily so he could control a newspaper. Liu Yongquan agreed to sell him a majority stake, leaving Gu Sheng poised to acquire the paper and shape its future.

• Gu Sheng learned Chan Ka-nam had hidden eighty million Hong Kong dollars and antiques and jewelry worth another eighty million at ANZ Bank, then sent Leung Siu-tong to collect them with authorization.
• A young man working for Gu Sheng pressured ANZ Bank manager Harrison with a gun and two million dollars, and Harrison helped transfer the money and release the valuables.
• Gu Sheng inspected the antiques and jewelry, then chose Tin Tin Daily as the newspaper he wanted to buy and asked Leung Siu-tong to arrange a meeting with Liu Yongquan.
• Gu Sheng considered expanding Tin Tin Daily and proposed burning rival newspapers’ printing plants before Wang Jianjun arrived and received a duffel bag of money.
• Liu Yongquan met Gu Sheng at Zhenghong Grand Restaurant, and Gu Sheng offered to buy Tin Tin Daily.
• Liu Yongquan offered to sell Gu Sheng seventy percent of Tin Tin Daily for ten million while keeping five percent, and Gu Sheng accepted.

Gu Sheng acquired control of Tin Tin Daily and ordered an expansion, including a larger print run and a new free newspaper, despite editor-in-chief Wei Zhaohui's doubts. After announcing the changes to the staff, Gu Sheng returned to Hongxing for its first remittance meeting under the new company-based system.

• Gu Sheng bought the minority shareholders' stakes in Tin Tin Daily and visited its office with Liu Yongquan, Leung Siu-tong, and a lawyer.
• Gu Sheng reassured Wei Zhaohui that the newspaper's staff would remain in place, then ordered Tin Tin Daily's print run raised to 150,000 and directed the company to expand and prepare a free Friday newspaper.
• After the contracts were signed, Liu Yongquan announced Gu Sheng as the new owner, and Gu Sheng told employees that Wei Zhaohui would remain editor-in-chief and that advancement would depend on ability.
• Wei Zhaohui held a meeting to plan the increased print run, staff expansion, and new newspaper, while Liu Yongquan explained that Gu Sheng wanted a mouthpiece more than short-term profits.
• Gu Sheng attended Hongxing's first remittance meeting under its new system, where members discussed transferring funds through company accounts instead of carrying cash.

Gu Sheng reviewed Hongxing’s growing legitimate businesses and increased control over its branches, then decided to target the Ma Brothers’ Hong Kong Island assets, especially Oriental Daily. He asked Ding Yao about the brothers’ position in Taiwan, while she began considering how the Sanlian Gang could profit from his move.

• Gu Sheng heard reports that Hongxing’s entertainment, arcade, property management, and security businesses were earning more, and he set out how headquarters and branch bosses would divide security revenue and wages.
• Thirteen Sisters and Hon Ping discussed how Gu Sheng had rapidly transformed Hongxing’s finances, and Hon Ping warned her to take extra men when she went to Malaysia.
• Gu Sheng told Ah Man to investigate Oriental Press and the Ma family’s remaining Hong Kong Island assets, aiming to take over Oriental Daily and other businesses.
• Gu Sheng called Ding Yao to ask about White Horse and Golden Horse in Taiwan, and she warned him that the Ma Brothers still had power and could fight back.
• After speaking with Gu Sheng, Ding Yao considered how she and the Sanlian Gang could take advantage of his campaign against the Ma family.

After Wong Hoi-sam was threatened and attacked, he decided to flee Hong Kong Island and arranged to sell his villa to an English businessman. Gu Sheng learned of his plans and ordered an attack; Wong survived but was gravely injured, while Gu Sheng also learned that Stammering Girl had awakened.

• Hongxing's men harassed Wong Hoi-sam after his hospital discharge, and gangsters later smashed his car and threatened his family; Yiu Yeuk-sing warned him to be careful but offered limited police protection.
• Wong Hoi-sam decided to leave Hong Kong Island, planned to have Wang Weilian flee, and negotiated to sell his Repulse Bay villa to Smith for eight million.
• After Gu Sheng's men reported the sale, Gu Sheng ordered Xiao Chun to arrange an operation and resolved to stop Wong Hoi-sam from leaving.
• A truck rammed Wong Hoi-sam's car after he left the villa, leaving him severely injured and unconscious.
• Gu Sheng ordered his men to watch for Wong Hoi-sam to wake, then learned that Stammering Girl had awakened and told Leung Siu-tong to make her work off her medical bills.

Gu Sheng tightened his grip on his enemies, advanced his film and boxing plans, and secured a promised police honor and a possible Jockey Club nomination. He ordered an attack on the Ma family’s printing plant and pressure on uncooperative columnists while preparing to continue his campaign against them.

• Gu Sheng ordered Wang Weilian barred from escaping Hong Kong Island and had Stammering Girl taken from the hospital to work off her medical debt under Thirteen Sisters.
• Gu Sheng revised A Better Tomorrow to remove its comedic elements, arranged underworld consultants, and offered Gao Gang a path into film while reminding him of his upcoming boxing matches.
• Evans told Gu Sheng he would receive the Thai police honor in two days and offered to nominate him for the Jockey Club; Gu Sheng later learned Fung Yu-Sau had won his match.
• Jenny told Gu Sheng she was nervous about her corneal transplant operation, and he arranged for the Filipino maid and men to accompany her.
• After Ah Man reported that the Ma family still operated Oriental Press, Gu Sheng ordered its Kwai Tsing printing plant burned and told Leung Siu-tong to have people relentlessly follow the columnists who had refused to cooperate.

Gu Sheng’s intimidation campaign persuaded He Zidong and other commentators to write for the Tin Tin Daily, while Gu Sheng received a Good Citizen Award and hinted to Officer Wei that he had information about a counterfeit-money syndicate. That night, attackers set fire to the newspaper printing plant, leaving the Tin Tin Daily’s next issue in jeopardy.

• He Zidong endured Hongxing underlings’ relentless surveillance and agreed to write a column for the Tin Tin Daily.
• Gu Sheng accepted a Good Citizen Award from Evans and joked with reporters about his support for law enforcement.
• Gu Sheng offered Officer Wei information about the Counterfeit Money Syndicate but said he would provide it when he was ready.
• Gu Sheng had dinner with Lok Wai-ching after the award ceremony.
• More than twenty attackers stormed the Ma Family’s printing plant, drove out its workers, and set the workshop ablaze.

Ma Qingkun traced the burning of Oriental Press’s printing plant to Gu Sheng and went to confront him, while Tin Tin Daily’s sales surged and Gu Sheng arranged to bring more recruits from the North to Macau for training. The chapter ended with Gu Sheng mocking Ma Qingkun after he directly asked whether Gu Sheng had ordered the fire.

• Ma Qingkun learned that attackers had burned Oriental Press’s printing plant, investigated the incident, and suspected Gu Sheng after Tin Tin Daily sold out.
• Wei Zhaohui concluded that Gu Sheng was likely behind the fire and ordered an additional thirty thousand copies of Tin Tin Daily for the next day.
• Gu Sheng told Ma Qingkun to meet him at the bar, then assigned Leung Siu-tong to transport Zhang Chun’s three hundred recruits to Macau for training.
• Ma Qingkun arrived at Gu Sheng’s office and confronted him, but Gu Sheng mocked him and refused to treat the meeting seriously.
• Ma Qingkun asked whether Gu Sheng had ordered the printing plant burned, and Gu Sheng scolded him for his lack of manners.

Gu Sheng beat Ma Qingkun and pressured him to sell the Ma Family's Hong Kong Island businesses, while secretly hoping the family would retaliate and give him a pretext to strike back. As Gu Sheng expanded Tin Tin Daily's sales in Causeway Bay, Small Wah Kee in Malaysia selected men for a dangerous job on Hong Kong Island.

• Gu Sheng beat Ma Qingkun, demanded that the Ma Family sell its Hong Kong Island businesses, and sent him away after Ma Qingkun said he could not decide on the matter.
• Ma Qingkun reported the encounter to his father, Ma Zhihai, who told him not to act rashly and vowed to investigate before smashing his cup in anger.
• Gu Sheng told Tin Yeung-sang that he wanted the Ma Family to retaliate, so he could claim a legitimate reason to fight them.
• Gu Sheng ordered Leung Siu-tong to make every newsstand on their turf sell at least twice as many copies of Tin Tin Daily.
• Big Head, a former Hongxing member recently released from prison, recognized Gu Sheng at his newsstand, but Gu Sheng did not notice him.
• In Malaysia, Kalasu ordered Small Wah Kee members to draw lots for a job on Hong Kong Island, punished a man who refused to go, and told the selected men to prepare to leave that night.

Hongxing used coercion to boost Tin Tin Daily sales after the Oriental Daily’s printing plant was burned, alarming rival newspaper executives. Ma Zihao sought Long Da and Ding Yao to mediate his dispute with Gu Sheng, while Ding Yao considered using the conflict to acquire Ma family businesses.

• Huazai pressured newsstands in Hongxing territory to sell Tin Tin Daily first, and Wei Zhaohui realized Gu Sheng was behind the campaign.
• Tin Tin Daily sales surged in Hongxing areas, while Hu Xian and Ma Qingkun learned of Gu Sheng’s tactics and considered their responses.
• Ma Zihao decided to confront Gu Sheng over the Ma family’s business interests and asked Long Da to mediate.
• Long Da recruited Ding Yao to help arrange negotiations, and she agreed to try despite warning that Gu Sheng was domineering.
• After meeting Ma Zihao, Ding Yao reviewed a list of Ma family businesses and considered how she might acquire them herself.

Gu Sheng secured Yu Lanjian’s Macau Island casino in exchange for money and traveled to Macau Island to expand his operations. After learning that Yin Zhiju and Chou Xiaochi stood in his way, he planned to meet He Xin and take over the casino.

• Ding Yao told Gu Sheng that Ma Zihao wanted to meet and offered the Ma Family’s wealth, and they agreed to meet on Macau Island the day after tomorrow.
• Gu Sheng asked Inspector Lee to arrange a visit with Yu Lanjian, then bargained for Yu Lanjian’s casino and obtained a transfer agreement for one million, with another million promised if he recovered the casino’s money.
• Gu Sheng arrived on Macau Island with his men, noticed a visiting group from Shenzhen’s Foreign Economic and Technical Liaison Office, and left for his casino.
• Ah Long reported that his men controlled just over half the Diemazai market while Yin Zhiju held the rest with support from Chou Xiaochi, who worked for He Xin.
• Gu Sheng said he would meet He Xin that night and ordered Ah Long to take over Yu Lanjian’s casino and recover its funds.

Gu Sheng pressured He Xin into accepting a marriage alliance with He Qing, selling him a Gulfstream GIII at a discount, and honoring Yu Lanjian's transfer of a casino Gaming License. After Hongxing seized the casino, Gu Sheng learned its manager had stolen the funds and erupted in anger.

• Gu Sheng visited He Xin and demanded to buy one of his private jets, then accepted a marriage alliance and chose He Qing as his bride.
• Gu Sheng showed He Xin the agreement transferring Yu Lanjian's Gaming License and insisted that Hongxing's takeover of the casino proceed.
• After Gu Sheng left, He Xin summoned He Qing and told her he planned to arrange her marriage to Gu Sheng.
• Ah Long and Hongxing's men took control of the casino near the Jai Alai Court, and the manager tried to flee when they demanded the account books.
• Gu Sheng arrived and learned that the manager and Yu Lanjian's other trusted man had emptied the casino's accounts, leaving only that day's takings.

Gu Sheng took control of a Macau casino, assigned Ah Long to pursue Han Biao and deal with Yin Zhiju, and met with Ding Yao to plan against the Ma Family. At a tense meeting with Ma Zihao and Long Da, Gu Sheng demanded the Ma Family surrender its Hong Kong Island company and leave, then turned hostile when Ma Zihao resisted.

• Gu Sheng seized the casino, ordered Ah Long to find Han Biao and recover the stolen money, and gave Ah Long a chance to earn income from a VIP Room.
• Gu Sheng met Ding Yao for dinner, spent the night with her, and discussed killing the Ma Family while anticipating interference from Long Da.
• Gu Sheng and Ding Yao arrived at a restaurant to meet Ma Zihao and Long Da, then Gu Sheng ate while the others waited.
• Ma Zihao proposed clearing up their conflict and becoming friends, but Gu Sheng demanded the Ma Family leave Hong Kong Island and hand over Oriental Press and Trading Company.
• Ma Zihao rejected Gu Sheng's demand and threatened that his family was not helpless, prompting Gu Sheng to declare the discussion over.

Gu Sheng survived a shooting ambush in Macau and blamed Ma Zihao and Long Da, while secretly ordering retaliation against them and Ma Qingkun. Ma Qingkun was later abducted after his car was ambushed, and Wang Jianguo’s men covered up the scene.

• Gu Sheng’s negotiations with Ma Zihao and Long Da erupted into a fight, and the two men left with their people.
• Gunmen opened fire on Gu Sheng outside the restaurant, but he and Tin Yeung-sang killed all four attackers.
• Gu Sheng ordered his men to target Ma Qingkun and the Black Dragon Society, then accused Ma Zihao and Long Da despite Ding Yao doubting their involvement.
• Ma Zihao returned to Taiwan, warned Ma Zhihai about Gu Sheng, and arranged for Ma Qingkun to leave Hong Kong Island.
• Wang Jianguo’s men ambushed Ma Qingkun’s car, abducted him, killed his bodyguards, and removed the wreckage and evidence.

Ma Zihao’s coordinated attacks on Hongxing’s Bosses in Hong Kong failed, but Chui Gai was killed and Hongxing prepared to retaliate. Gu Sheng ordered a mission against the Ma Family and Black Dragon Society in Taiwan, then called He Qing to meet him before leaving Macau Island.

• Ma Zihao’s mercenaries attacked Ah Ye, Thirteen Sisters, Brother Kei, and other Hongxing Bosses, but Hongxing forces ambushed and killed most of them; Chui Gai died in the assault.
• Ah Ye told Gu Sheng that her captured attacker’s handlers were Malaysian, and Gu Sheng blamed Ma Zihao and ordered the piers watched while arranging a mission to Taiwan.
• He Qing questioned He Xin about a marriage alliance with Gu Sheng, but He Xin refused to change his decision because Gu Sheng had survived the attack.
• The next day, Gu Sheng told Ding Yao that his men would reach Taipei at midnight and asked her to provide information on the Ma Family and Black Dragon Society.
• Gu Sheng left Ding Yao, then called He Qing and invited her to morning tea, irritating her when she realized he had just been with another woman.

Gu Sheng returned to Hong Kong Island after meeting He Qing in Macau Island and learned that Ma Zihao’s men had attacked his people as well as him. He tortured Ma Qingkun for information about the Ma Family’s Hong Kong assets, then discovered that Li Ma Sing held a large stake in Oriental Press.

• Gu Sheng teased He Qing over dinner, invited her to Hong Kong Island, and arranged for trouble to be stirred up in Macau Island that night.
• Gu Sheng returned to Hong Kong Island, learned that Shark Yan had been badly wounded, and visited Chui Gai’s funeral hall, where he told the bosses Ma Zihao had ordered the attack.
• Gu Sheng questioned his bosses about the other gangs’ visits to the funeral hall and ordered them to report anyone who failed to pay condolences.
• Gu Sheng confronted and beat Ma Qingkun, then had Wang Jianguo extract details of the Ma Family’s Hong Kong Island assets.
• Gu Sheng reviewed the asset list and noticed that Li Ma Sing owned 15 percent of Oriental Press.

Gu Sheng arranged a gang raid on Yin Zhiju’s territory, then pursued plans involving the Ma Family, Johnny Wong’s weapons cache, and a police film. The chapter left him and Evans agreeing to fund and produce Police Story, with Chan Ka-kui considered for a role.

• Ah Long led hundreds of men to attack Yin Zhiju’s businesses, and the two sides fought in the streets as He Qing’s car was caught near the violence.
• Gu Sheng ordered Leung Siu-tong to beat a Western man and change his hair color, then told Zhang Chun to meet You Zhiqing in Taipei for a job targeting the Ma Family.
• Gu Sheng rejected Kong Sang’s suggestion to open an arcade for Lü Xiangdong, proposing instead that Jimmy create a company department for repairing arcade machines.
• Ah Man told Gu Sheng that Johnny Wong’s men had visited Mingxin Hospital in trucks, so Gu Sheng sent men to search its underground garage while he visited Jenny.
• Gu Sheng and Evans agreed to make Police Story with a six-million investment, including eight hundred thousand from the Police Force’s Public Relations Branch, and Gu Sheng suggested Chan Ka-kui as an actor.

Zhang Chun received information about the Ma Family and prepared to act, while Gu Sheng handled a kidnapping negotiation and turned Wang Weilian’s attempted escape into a public confrontation with the police. The chapter left the police facing a chaotic protest outside their station as Yiu Yeuk-sing decided to call Gu Sheng.

• Zhang Chun met You Zhiqing in Taipei, took the Ma Family information, and left without accepting his surveillance or help.
• Ma Zihao planned to trade Oriental Press shares for Ma Qingkun and later sue Handsome Sheng, while Gu Sheng told Ding Yao to demand a signed agreement and wait for the Ma Family to offer shares.
• Gu Sheng ordered Leung Siu-tong to bring the fugitive Wang Weilian to the police, where Fan Jiao fought Hongxing underlings and officers arrested them.
• Gu Sheng sent gangsters and neighborhood relatives to surround the police station, protest the arrests, and attract newspaper reporters.
• Yiu Yeuk-sing and the Foreign Chief arrived, learned how the arrests had sparked the protest, and Yiu Yeuk-sing decided to call Gu Sheng.