Chapter Summaries

Gu Sheng borrowed money from Ba Bi to fund Golden Harvest Properties' expansion and planned to open branches across Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Chiang Tin-sang sent Big B to kill Ba Bi over Teem-Kwan's drug trafficking.

• Gu Sheng borrowed 3 million from Ba Bi, received 2.7 million in cash, and agreed to repay 3.9 million in one month.
• Gu Sheng bought an expensive mobile phone and returned to his shop, where he told the employees to scout locations for branches in busy districts.
• Gu Sheng gave Kong Sang the money to deposit and explained that Golden Harvest Properties needed to expand before major competitors entered the market.
• Chiang Tin-sang ordered Big B to kill Ba Bi, an important buyer and distributor for Teem-Kwan.

Big B sent Chan Ho-nam to kill Ba Bi, while Gu Sheng used his newly unlocked Wheel rewards to improve his skills and considered how to advance. After Chan Ho-nam killed Ba Bi, Gu Sheng convinced Teem-Kwan that he had been cheated out of a promised loan and ended their call on friendly terms.

• Big B gave Chan Ho-nam Ba Bi’s whereabouts and ordered him to kill Ba Bi in Yau Ma Tei.
• Gu Sheng used his Wheel pulls, unlocked its second tier, and raised Muay Thai to proficient LV5 and Shooting to LV3.
• Gu Sheng decided not to kill Ba Bi himself because he wanted the conflict between Teem-Kwan and Big B to help him rise through the ranks.
• Two days later, Teem-Kwan called Gu Sheng after Chan Ho-nam killed Ba Bi and accused him of colluding with Big B’s men.
• Gu Sheng pretended to be furious that Ba Bi’s death cost him a promised seven-million loan, then refused Teem-Kwan’s offer to work for him while promising to support him when needed.

Gu Sheng took in Ah Dong, Mantis, Ah Yong, and Ah Bo, then brought them to the boxing gym to assess their abilities. He left Chan Ho-nam badly injured after defeating him and his followers, while the four newcomers prepared to spar for Gu Sheng.

• Big-Eyed Hua told Gu Sheng that four young men who had beaten Madman Fai wanted to follow him, and Gu Sheng arranged to meet them at Fortune House.
• Gu Sheng met Ah Dong, Mantis, Ah Yong, and Ah Bo, agreed to take them in, and drove them to the boxing gym to test their fighting skills.
• Chan Ho-nam challenged Gu Sheng to a fight, and Gu Sheng quickly knocked him down with a kick and a knee strike.
• Chicken, Big Tony, and Chan Ho-nam's other followers rushed Gu Sheng, but he sent Chicken and Big Tony down and scared off the rest.
• Gu Sheng told the four newcomers to spar, then ordered the gym to call an ambulance and warned them that Chan Ho-nam had broken ribs.

Gu Sheng recruited Chen Dong, Silly Fook, and several others, then arranged training and a boxing gym for them. Meanwhile, Big B urged Chan Ho-nam to recover and control his men, while Hung Lok’s leaders decided to send Fai Chuen after Gu Sheng.

• Gu Sheng accepted Chen Dong and his companions into his crew, then recruited the towering Fu Gen, nicknamed Silly Fook, at the gym.
• At the initiation ceremony, Gu Sheng took the recruits under his wing, funded a boxing gym, and assigned them training and recruitment duties.
• Kong Sang invited Gu Sheng to watch The Buddha's Palm, and he agreed to go with her that evening.
• Big B visited the injured Chan Ho-nam, told him to recover, and warned him to keep his men under control.
• Gentleman Sing and Hung Lok’s leaders decided that Fai Chuen would target Quick-Blade Sheng for protecting the men who beat Madman Fai.
• Gentleman Sing left for the Mayflower Nightclub to pursue the dancer Ann.

GS survived an ambush by Fai Chuen and his blade-wielding crew, defeating the attackers and ordering his gang to hunt down Fai Chuen. He had the captives taken away to a secluded place while Silly Fook went to the hospital.

• Fai Chuen led several attackers toward Golden Jade Hall Bathhouse to kill GS, but Ah Tung and Silly Fook tried to protect him.
• GS fought back, incapacitating four attackers in under thirty seconds while Silly Fook was wounded and Fai Chuen fled.
• GS ordered his men to take the surviving attackers away, sent Silly Fook to get stitches, and named him his right-hand man.
• GS called Big-Eyed Hua to investigate Gentleman Sing and Hung Lok and offered a fifty-thousand-dollar bounty for Fai Chuen, dead or alive.
• GS told Ah Tung to contact Mantis and find a secluded place suitable for burying people.

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.