Chapter Summaries

Gu Sheng pressured Apple into accepting his help, secured her transfer to the External Public Relations Branch, and coldly rejected He Yi while secretly having men watch over her. After profiting from Hong Kong Island Development Limited shares, he planned to spread a false rumor of a marriage alliance between the He Family and the Guo Family to drive the price higher.

• Gu Sheng persuaded Apple to drink with him, took her to his hotel, and later told her he would arrange her transfer to the Public Relations Branch.
• Gu Sheng rejected He Yi at the bar, while Leung Siu-tong arranged for men to watch over her and let her believe Gu Sheng had sent them.
• Apple received transfer orders to the External Public Relations Branch and left her police station post with anticipation about her new life.
• Gu Sheng learned Hong Kong Island Development Limited shares had risen to $1.91 and decided to keep holding his 460 million shares.
• Gu Sheng planned to fabricate a rumor that the He Family and the Guo Family would form a marriage alliance, then began making calls to arrange it.

Gu Sheng finished selling his Hong Kong Island Development Limited shares at a loss after the He Family’s sell order, then turned his anger toward Guo Huiting and Sing Tao Daily. As He Xin finalized the guest list for Gu Sheng’s engagement banquet, Gu Sheng added several powerful figures of his own.

• Tang Liangwei read that the He Family and Guo Family were rumored to be joining through Guo Huiting’s marriage to He Yongfeng, and Guo Huiting denied knowing anything about it.
• Guo Huiting called Gu Sheng to confront him about the rumor, but he cursed at her and hung up; after learning who she was, he ordered Leung Siu-tong to find out where she went.
• Gu Sheng learned that the He Family’s sell order had pushed Hong Kong Island Development Limited’s stock down, but he ordered the remaining shares sold and blamed He Zhang and He Yongfeng for costing him money.
• Guo Huiting publicly denied the engagement rumor in Sing Tao Daily, while Gu Sheng finished selling his shares for nine hundred and ten million and ordered people to sabotage the newspaper’s printing presses.
• At He Xin’s villa, Gu Sheng reviewed the engagement banquet guest list and added Ding Yao, Kusakari Kazuo, Da Fan, Shi Songquan, and Al Gramont.

Gu Sheng took He Qing for a drive, deliberately rammed Guo Huiting and Li Yawen’s car, and declared himself He Qing’s fiancé. After arranging another car in Aberdeen, he took He Qing to Yung Kee Restaurant in Central, while Guo Huiting gathered bodyguards and set out to confront him.

• Gu Sheng chose business partners for He Xin’s guest list, then went to the music room and played piano for He Qing before pulling her out for a drive.
• After Guo Huiting’s sports car overtook them, Gu Sheng rammed it repeatedly, then told Guo Huiting and Li Yawen that he was He Qing’s fiancé.
• Gu Sheng identified himself as Gu Sheng from Hongxing and drove off with He Qing, who questioned his conduct before he kissed her in the car.
• Gu Sheng called Flyboy Ping to arrange a replacement car in Aberdeen, introduced He Qing as Sister Qing, and drove her to Yung Kee Restaurant in Central.
• Guo Huiting learned that Gu Sheng and He Qing were at Yung Kee Restaurant, gathered bodyguards, and headed to Central despite Li Yawen’s warning.

Gu Sheng’s attempt to meet He Qing’s wealthy acquaintances was interrupted when Guo Huiting arrived with bodyguards to attack him. After Gu Sheng’s men overwhelmed them, he intimidated the young men who tried to intervene, then insisted he had made friends with them as He Qing followed him outside.

• Gu Sheng asked He Qing to introduce him to the young men watching them, and they discussed his plans to make friends and the movie God of Gamblers.
• Guo Huiting stormed into Yung Kee Restaurant with bodyguards and ordered them to break Gu Sheng’s legs, while He Qing stepped between them.
• Tin Yeung-sang, Tin Yeung-yee, and Silly Fook fought Guo Huiting’s bodyguards as Leung Siu-tong called for backup.
• More than a hundred of Gu Sheng’s underlings arrived and subdued the bodyguards, then dragged Guo Huiting and her men outside.
• When three young men tried to stop him, Gu Sheng struck one, threatened him, and then pulled him up while claiming they had settled their misunderstanding.
• He Qing followed Gu Sheng outside as he boasted that he had always been good at hitting it off with people.

Gu Sheng orchestrated Guo Huiting’s assault and staged her being struck by a car, then returned home and told Kong Sang that his engagement to He Xin’s daughter was a ruse. Guo Guangxiang learned what happened at the hospital and regarded the incident as a serious feud with Gu Sheng.

• After Gu Sheng left Yung Kee Restaurant, his underlings beat Guo Huiting’s bodyguards while he confronted her and denied knowing the crowd.
• An underling kicked Guo Huiting into the road, where a passing car struck her; Gu Sheng claimed the incident had nothing to do with him.
• The police questioned Li Wenwen and the others, who refused to identify Gu Sheng or the attacker, and Gu Sheng left with He Qing.
• Gu Sheng returned home, told Kong Sang he would get engaged to He Xin’s daughter, then reassured her that he was fooling them.
• At Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, Li Wenwen explained the incident to Guo Guangxiang, who learned that Guo Huiting had suffered serious injuries and considered the matter a feud.

He Qing warned Gu Sheng against escalating his dispute with the Guo Family, while he prepared for their engagement and made plans to host visiting North American Hongmen elders. The elders arrived in Hong Kong Island and were met by Gu Sheng’s men, with a welcome banquet arranged for noon.

• He Zhang urged He Xin to reconsider the marriage, but He Xin said it was too late to back out and trusted Gu Sheng to handle the Guo Family.
• He Qing cautioned Gu Sheng to keep the conflict with the Guo Family within business, and invited him to attend a prestigious charity gala with her.
• Gu Sheng told Li Xinxin that his engagement to He Qing was only temporary, then agreed to meet her parents for dinner that night.
• Gu Sheng invited Li Xinxin to join him in welcoming visiting North American Hongmen elders, whom he described as out-of-town investors.
• The North American Hongmen elders arrived at the airport and were met by Leung Siu-tong, who told them Gu Sheng had arranged a welcome banquet.

Gu Sheng welcomed North American Hongmen elders to Hong Kong Island, introduced Li Xinxin to her parents, and investigated how to take over the Guo Family’s real estate businesses. Short on the billions he needed, he gave Ding Yao a month to produce money and turned to the stock market to raise the rest.

• Gu Sheng and Hon Ping received Huang Qingqi and other North American Hongmen elders, and Gu Sheng offered Hon Ping’s help with their return visits to the North.
• Li Xinxin’s father recognized Gu Sheng as the owner of the Hongxing Group, and her mother questioned Li Xinxin about their relationship.
• Gu Sheng calculated that he needed at least another one to one and a half billion to pursue the Guo Family’s businesses, so he demanded that Ding Yao deliver his money within a month.
• Ding Yao investigated Gu Sheng’s urgent need for money and asked someone to obtain a photograph of He Qing after learning he planned to get engaged to her.
• Gu Sheng ruled out kidnapping He Xin and decided to raise money through stocks, ordering Leung Siu-tong to summon the two stockbrokers he had used before.

Gu Sheng arranged to help Hong Kong Island Pharmaceutical secure an insulin license in exchange for a large loan repayment, while preparing to pressure Novo Company. He then went with He Qing to a charity auction where the Guo Family would be present, despite her warning him not to cause trouble.

• Tang Liangwei told Gu Sheng that Kowloon Pharmaceutical was competing with Hong Kong Island Pharmaceutical for an insulin license from Novo Company, and Gu Sheng asked Leung Siu-tong to build a professional team to analyze listed companies and arrange a meeting with Zhen Yangchun.
• Gu Sheng met Zhen Yangchun and agreed to help Hong Kong Island Pharmaceutical secure the license in exchange for 100 million yuan, repayable over two years at 30 percent annual interest.
• Gu Sheng ordered his stockbrokers to buy Hong Kong Island Pharmaceutical shares, asked Al to investigate Novo Company, and told Zhang Chun to send people to Denmark.
• Gu Sheng accidentally broke a vase at He Xin's mansion, then accepted a watch from He Qing and forcibly kissed her before they left for a Po Leung Kuk charity auction.
• He Qing warned Gu Sheng that the Guo Family would attend the auction and asked him not to cause trouble, but Gu Sheng insisted that other people were always provoking him.

Gu Sheng and He Qing attended a charity dinner together, where their appearance fueled rumors about their relationship and Gu Sheng provoked Guo Guanglian by teasing Chu Cheuk-lei. When Guo Guanglian outbid He Qing on a charity auction lot, Gu Sheng bristled at the perceived insult, but He Qing stopped his hand.

• Gu Sheng arrived at the Shangri-La Hotel with He Qing, and reporters speculated that they were dating before He Qing hinted they would make an announcement later.
• Gu Sheng flaunted his expensive gold-and-diamond sunglasses to reporters, while Lok Wai-ching watched him and He Qing from the crowd.
• Gu Sheng greeted business leaders and celebrities inside, then approached Chu Cheuk-lei and Guo Guanglian and made a pointed remark about Chu Cheuk-lei's past relationship with Lee Yongchuan.
• At the charity dinner, He Qing bid six hundred thousand for jars donated by Guo Guanglian, but Guo Guanglian outbid her with a one-million bid.
• Gu Sheng called Guo Guanglian disrespectful and reached for the plate, but He Qing pressed her hand over his.

Gu Sheng struck Guo Guanglian at a charity gala, mocked him publicly, and defended himself to reporters while discussing property prices and his real estate plans. The next day, Gu Sheng moved to acquire Yunju Properties, then learned that a new company was poaching his staff and ordered retaliation against the Guo Family.

• Gu Sheng threw a plate at Guo Guanglian, then bid on the Guo Family's charity lot and mocked him as he left the gala.
• Gu Sheng told reporters that his hand had slipped, promoted his charitable work, and criticized the Guo Family over Hong Kong Island's housing costs.
• Gu Sheng kissed He Qing before dropping her at The Peak, and the next day he read newspaper coverage of their relationship and his clash with Guo Guanglian.
• Gu Sheng chose Yunju Properties as an acquisition target and persuaded its three major shareholders to sell him their shares.
• After Yunju chairman Fang Ziyang was injured in a car crash and a fire broke out at the company's Sai Kung development, its shares fell as Gu Sheng's people bought them up.
• Kong Sang told Gu Sheng that Weixin Services Company was poaching Golden Harvest Properties staff, and Gu Sheng ordered Siu-tong to dig up the Guo Family Ancestral Grave and leave its headstone outside Guo Guanglian's home.

Li Wenwen discovered a headstone outside the Guo family home, and Guo Hongsheng collapsed after seeing it. As the Guo family blamed Gu Sheng and declared a fight to the death, He Qing warned him that the family might fracture if Hongsheng died and took him to look at engagement rings.

• Li Wenwen spotted a headstone outside the Guo family gate and alerted the household, where Guo Hongsheng collapsed and was taken to the hospital.
• Guo Guanglian blamed Gu Sheng for the grave desecration, while Guo Guangxiang argued with him over escalating the conflict.
• Gu Sheng let Luo Peiquan question him, denied involvement in the grave desecration, and gave the officer his tea and business card.
• Gu Sheng learned that Leung Siu-tong, Tin Yeung-sang, and Silly Fook had invested in Yunju Properties, then ordered his lawyer to sue former Golden Harvest Properties employees.
• He Qing told Gu Sheng that Guo Hongsheng was in intensive care and that the Guo brothers might fight over the family if he died, then drove Gu Sheng to look at engagement rings.

He Qing and Gu Sheng chose extravagant engagement rings and arranged their upcoming formalwear and wedding photos. Meanwhile, Guo Guanglian hired Big Tung to kill Handsome Sheng, a bounty spread through Southeast Asia, and Zhang Chun arrived to prepare for an operation at Queen Mary Hospital; Gu Sheng and He Qing ended the chapter arguing over his engagement suit.

• He Qing and Gu Sheng bought a pair of diamond engagement rings at Aisripu, and He Qing reminded him about their formalwear appointment and wedding photos.
• After He Qing left him outside the bar, Gu Sheng ordered men to come to Hong Kong Island and secretly obtain Queen Mary Hospital's floor plan and security details.
• A middle-aged man offered Big Tung a hundred million dollars to kill Handsome Sheng, and Big Tung agreed to hear the offer after Guo Guanglian identified himself.
• A broker in Thailand agreed to spread news of the bounty on Handsome Sheng, while Zhang Chun reached a safe house and collected hospital plans and security schedules for the ICU.
• Gu Sheng and He Qing argued over whether he should wear a red, white, or black formal suit for their engagement.

Gu Sheng learned that the Guo Family and Big Tung were conspiring to have him killed, but he carried on with his engagement photos with He Qing. He ended the chapter posing with He Qing and thousands of gang members in Causeway Bay as photographers captured the spectacle.

• Al told Gu Sheng that someone had offered a hundred million to have him killed, while Gu Sheng concealed that he had arranged the threat as bait.
• Zhang Chun and his men infiltrated Queen Mary Hospital, killed Guo Hongsheng, and later ambushed the cars carrying Guo family members.
• After Guo Guanglian offered two hundred million, Big Tung agreed to ambush Gu Sheng during his engagement-photo trip to Victoria Peak and accepted a fifty-million deposit.
• Gu Sheng and He Qing took engagement photos at Tsim Sha Tsui pier, where Thirteen Sisters and Hon Ping joined them.
• Gu Sheng arranged a group photo in Causeway Bay, where more than two thousand gang members gathered behind him and He Qing as photographers took pictures.

Gu Sheng declared that Hongji Real Estate would be his, then was ambushed by Big Tung and Tung Sing on Victoria Peak. He faced the attackers with two machetes and began cutting through their charging men.

• After their engagement-photo celebration, Gu Sheng told He Qing that Hongji Real Estate belonged to him, and He Qing offered to lend him a billion.
• A pair of flatbed trucks split Gu Sheng’s car from Tin Yeung-yee’s convoy, and gunmen opened fire on both vehicles.
• Gu Sheng refused to flee and confronted Big Tung, who revealed that Tung Sing had assembled two hundred men on behalf of the Guo Family.
• He Qing offered Big Tung twice the money to leave, but he refused and ordered his men to kill Gu Sheng.
• Gu Sheng rejected the rocket launcher and AK hidden under the seat, took two machetes, and attacked the charging Tung Sing lackeys, killing one and severing several men’s hands.

Gu Sheng defeated Tung Sing's ambush on Victoria Peak, killing Big Tung and routing the gangsters. He ordered Ah Tung to wipe out Tung Sing and waited for the police, still intending to kill two of the Guo Family brothers.

• Gu Sheng cut down and terrorized Tung Sing's foot soldiers, then killed Yu Ba when he led the charge.
• Big Tung drew a gun, but Gu Sheng dodged his shots, stabbed him, and used a captured gunman to shoot Big Tung and several others.
• The surviving Tung Sing men fled, and Gu Sheng kissed He Qing before Tin Yeung-sang and the others arrived from the fight down the mountain.
• Gu Sheng called Ah Tung and ordered him to have Hon Ping, Ah Bo, and Yilong wipe out Tung Sing and identify those behind the ambush.
• Gu Sheng waited for the police and decided he would kill two of the Guo Family brothers.

After Tung Sing ambushed Gu Sheng and He Qing on Victoria Peak, Gu Sheng survived and Hongxing launched a sweeping retaliation that drove Tung Sing from its territory. Gu Sheng left the police station and used newspaper coverage of the delayed police response to pressure the force, while Superintendent Evans tried to reach him.

• Police arrived more than twenty minutes after the ambush and found Tin Yeung-yee wounded, while Gu Sheng and He Qing were farther up the mountain.
• Gu Sheng confronted the arriving officers, struck the cop he suspected of planning to shoot him, and told Tin Yeung-sang to remember the man's face.
• Ah Tung ordered Hon Ping, Yilong, and Ah Bo to mobilize Hongxing and wipe out Tung Sing after Big Tung's failed ambush.
• Hongxing forces overwhelmed Tung Sing across Yuen Long, while other gang leaders learned that Gu Sheng had routed Big Tung's two hundred men.
• Gu Sheng left the station after Davis apologized, then arranged for reporters to publicize the police's delayed response as He Qing departed.
• Oriental Press and Tin Tin Daily ran headlines about He Qing's attack, and Superintendent Evans tried unsuccessfully to call Gu Sheng.

After Tung Sing’s attack nearly killed him, Gu Sheng retaliated by targeting the gang’s elders and abducting and killing Senior Superintendent Davis and the gunman who had tried to shoot him. He then learned that He Xin had arranged for him to meet the Police Force Commissioner about a government security consulting contract.

• Gu Sheng dismissed calls from Zheng Bin, Uncle Bird, and Uncle Hing, then refused to spare the Tung Sing elders who had asked Uncle Hing to intercede for them.
• Evans told Gu Sheng that Davis would be suspended, and hinted that someone influential could make it easier to deal with him while he was off duty.
• Davis was suspended, blackmailed Guo Guanglian for five million, and was abducted after leaving a bar; Gu Sheng beat him and the gunman, then had both sealed in concrete-filled barrels and dumped at sea.
• Gu Sheng ordered the captured Tung Sing members disposed of the same way, and several retired Tung Sing elders died in their homes that night.
• He Xin invited Gu Sheng to Fanling Golf Course to meet the Police Force Commissioner and discuss a government security risk assessment contract for Gu Sheng’s company.

Gu Sheng secured a useful connection with Police Force Commissioner Han Yuli and learned that his actions in Belgium had forced Novo Pharmaceuticals to license its insulin technology to Hong Kong Island Pharmaceutical. He then confronted the Guo family at Guo Hongsheng’s funeral, publicly accusing them of plotting against him and warning Guo Guanglian.

• In Belgium, Gu Sheng’s men abducted Kowloon Pharmaceuticals’ negotiating team and threatened Novo Pharmaceuticals boss André, who then licensed the insulin technology to Hong Kong Island Pharmaceutical.
• At Fanling Golf Course, Han Yuli asked Gu Sheng to rejoin the Police Force, but Gu Sheng said he preferred working outside it and agreed to help maintain order.
• He Xin learned Gu Sheng had once been a police officer, while Gu Sheng told Zhang Chun to monitor Guo Guanglian and Guo Huiting and find an opportunity to kill them.
• Gu Sheng went with his men to pay respects at Guo Hongsheng’s funeral, where Guo Guanglian confronted him.
• Gu Sheng accused Guo Guanglian of arranging the attack on He Qing and offering a bounty for his life, then offered incense and warned him that heaven might punish him.

After an apparent assassination attempt on Gu Sheng and He Qing, Gu Sheng ordered a violent reprisal that killed Guo Guanglian and Guo Huiting. He Qing learned that Gu Sheng wanted Hongji Real Estate, while He Xin investigated the Taiwan Ma Family’s seized assets.

• He Qing asked Gu Sheng about his undercover past and why he had restructured his Triad, and Gu Sheng explained that Triads would struggle after the handover.
• A gunman fired at Gu Sheng and He Qing outside a restaurant, and Gu Sheng ordered his men to act that night.
• Gunmen killed Guo Guanglian at a restaurant and forced Guo Huiting out of an eighth-floor hospital window, then escaped to Macau Island.
• The Guo siblings’ deaths frightened Hong Kong Island’s wealthy, while He Qing received reports about the killings.
• He Xin asked He Qing to bring Gu Sheng to a meeting with Li Hengji, and He Qing revealed that Gu Sheng wanted Hongji Real Estate.
• He Xin investigated the Taiwan Ma Family’s assets and learned that nearly all of them had been taken from the family.

Gu Sheng built his influence through a government contract and a publicity campaign for Yunju Properties while arranging for the police to intercept a drug delivery. At dinner with Li Hengji, who urged him to reconcile with the Guo Family, Gu Sheng drew a gun and rejected the elder’s attempt to mediate.

• Gu Sheng secured a dinner meeting with Walker after Hongxing signed a government consulting contract, then arranged a district managers’ meeting to celebrate.
• Gu Sheng told reporters to promote Yunju Properties and present him as a socially responsible developer, while announcing possible joint projects with other companies.
• After Ah Man reported that Chung Yee Shun might deliver drugs that night, Gu Sheng passed the tip to Superintendent Lin and promised to provide the location later.
• Gu Sheng scolded and slapped three young thugs outside Shun Tak Properties before leaving with He Qing to meet Li Hengji.
• Li Hengji urged Gu Sheng to end his conflict with the Guo Family, but Gu Sheng protested that he had nearly been killed and pointed a gun at Li Hengji.