Chapter Summaries

GS killed Funeral Biu on Mr. Gu’s orders, then returned to Hong Kong Island and learned he would become Causeway Bay’s district boss. He left Big-Eyed Hua in charge of Yuen Long and was told to prepare for a general meeting the next night.

• GS and his men tracked Funeral Biu to a beach and GS shot him and his subordinate, saying, “Mr. Gu sends his regards.”
• GS called Teem-Kwan to report that the job was done, then returned to Hong Kong Island and rested.
• GS told Big-Eyed Hua to stay in Yuen Long while GS moved to Causeway Bay to become its district boss.
• GS assigned Ah Yong and Mantis to help Big-Eyed Hua manage the men and protect GS’s Yuen Long business.
• Teem-Kwan called GS and told him to get ready for a general meeting the next night.

Gu Sheng bought clothes for Ann and insisted she move closer so she could be available when he called. At the Hongxing Main Hall, he became the Causeway Bay Boss and immediately kicked King Boxer Yung, provoking Big B.

• Gu Sheng summoned Ann from Bik Ham's shop, criticized her plain clothes, and took her shopping in Causeway Bay.
• Gu Sheng told Ann to move nearby and attend piano, flower arranging, and baking classes so she could serve as his arm candy.
• At the Main Hall, Teem-Kwan awarded Gu Sheng Uncle Hing's seat because Gu Sheng had dealt with Funeral Biu, making him the Causeway Bay Boss.
• After taking the seat, Gu Sheng kicked King Boxer Yung into a wall and mocked Big B for failing to teach his men manners.
• Gu Sheng offered to pay for King Boxer Yung's medical bills and ordered Ah Tung to withdraw thirty thousand dollars for his treatment.

GS celebrated becoming Causeway Bay's boss, moved into a new apartment, and took charge of Uncle Hing's crew. He accused several holdouts of being undercover police, killed one man, and ordered the others detained until his men brought evidence.

• GS discussed investing in Fat Lai's magazine business and offered to arrange a sparring match between Prince and Shark Yan.
• GS celebrated his promotion with Kong Sang, then moved with her into a luxury apartment in Causeway Bay.
• Uncle Hing handed his crew leaders over to GS, while two of the older men chose to retire.
• GS accused Bigmouth Nine of being a cop, beat him, and ordered Silly Fook to kill him.
• GS killed another crew member who tried to flee, ordered the remaining men held until evidence arrived, and called Officer Wei to come to Causeway Bay.

GS used fabricated undercover files to turn Hongxing’s Causeway Bay members against Bigmouth Nine and Broken-Nose Man, then took control of their crews and territory. He left with a firm foothold in Causeway Bay and several hundred men under his control.

• GS asked Officer Wei to create undercover files for Bigmouth Nine and Broken-Nose Man so he could stir up infighting in Causeway Bay.
• Officer Wei agreed to provide the files, and GS retrieved them and found that they included convincing details and police records.
• GS showed the files to the assembled Hongxing members, claimed both men were undercover cops, and burned the documents after they had read them.
• GS told the members to say the two men had fled after their undercover identities were exposed, then summoned the crews who had worked under them.
• GS took over Bigmouth Nine’s and Broken-Nose Man’s crews and territory, gaining control of several hundred men and a firm foothold in Causeway Bay.
• Rumors about the two men being undercover cops spread briefly but soon died down.

GS appointed Shark Yan as Hongxing’s Causeway Bay chief instructor and prepared him to build up men for a fight against the Hongxing Society. After Officer Wei took GS to the station for questioning, GS learned the arrest was routine for a new branch boss and that the police would raid his businesses for appearances.

• GS offered Shark Yan the post of chief instructor in Causeway Bay, manpower, and businesses, while telling him to train the men and beware of Fung Yu-Sau.
• GS hosted the crew bosses and their trusted men at the T.T. Bar, where Officer Wei arrived with a squad of police demanding Bigmouth Nine and Broken-Nose Man.
• GS refused to hand over the two missing men, threatened Officer Wei, and was taken to the station after a scuffle began between the police and his men.
• Officer Wei told GS that the police routinely detained new branch bosses and admitted he would raid GS’s businesses for a few days to protect his reputation.
• GS told Officer Wei that Bigmouth Nine and Broken-Nose Man had fled after the turf war, then asked him to send pretty girls to the interrogation room.

After being released from the police station, Gu Sheng strengthened his control of Causeway Bay and expanded Golden Harvest Properties. He directed Kong Sang to improve the company’s operations and invest in property, expecting prices to rise within a year or two.

• Gu Sheng left the police station with Kong Sang and Lawyer Luo after serving the promised twenty-four hours.
• Officer Wei sent police to raid Causeway Bay establishments for five days, while GS’s reputation grew after people believed Bigmouth Nine and Broken-Nose Man had been undercover cops.
• Gu Sheng gave Shark Yan a hundred men and a stretch of Causeway Bay streets to manage, and Shark Yan began asking around about the neighboring Hongxing Society and its leader, Flying Dragon, and right-hand man, Leopard.
• Gu Sheng moved Golden Harvest Properties’ headquarters to Causeway Bay and told Kong Sang to hire help for the company’s finances rather than struggle to learn everything herself.
• Kong Sang reported that the company had twelve shops and was earning substantial rental and sales commissions, with Causeway Bay and Yuen Long performing especially well.
• Gu Sheng told Kong Sang to buy undervalued properties, especially commercial units in Causeway Bay, mortgage them to fund further purchases, and look for land for sale.

GS learned that two Golden Harvest Properties employees had been seized in Causeway Bay and rushed to confront the gang demanding money for their release. At the shop on Jardine's Street, Axehead Tung gathered dozens of men and waited for GS to arrive.

• GS rejected Kong Sang's suggestion to use another law firm and chose Luo Shaoyang's firm because he wanted a lawyer willing to do anything to win.
• Kong Sang told GS that two employees had been grabbed after a dispute over a shop sale and that their captors demanded a hundred thousand in medical expenses.
• GS refused to pay or call the police and summoned Shark Yan and his men before heading to the branch with Kong Sang.
• Ah Tung fetched Mantis from a milk tea shop, and Mantis drove Kong Sang's Toyota MS110 toward the main branch.
• At the shop on Jardine's Street, Ah Wah and his men beat the two tied-up employees while the shop owner explained his dispute over Golden Harvest Properties' commission.
• Axehead Tung arrived with seventy or eighty men and prepared to face Hongxing's people when they came.

GS arranged for a van with cut brakes to crash into Axehead Tung's shop after paying the ransom to free his men. The crash left Axehead Tung's gang injured, while Tall Guy Keung told the police that the brakes had failed.

• GS ordered the branch manager to leave, arranged a hundred thousand for Tall Guy Keung's family and legal defense, and had the van's brake line cut.
• Mantis and Silly Fook paid Axehead Tung a hundred thousand and escorted the two battered Hongxing men out of the shop.
• A van driven by Tall Guy Keung charged into the shop, scattering Axehead Tung's men and injuring those who failed to escape.
• GS confronted Axehead Tung, identified the landlord and Ah Wah as the men who had wronged his employees, and threatened them indirectly.
• Silly Fook blocked Axehead Tung from pursuing GS, and Tall Guy Keung told the officers that the van's brakes had suddenly failed.

Gu Sheng investigated his enemies, secured legal help, and negotiated a share in Fat Lai’s planned Causeway Bay bar. Liu Kei was abducted after seeking a mediator, while Gu Sheng and Fat Lai agreed to build the bar into the biggest in the district.

• Gu Sheng ordered his men to investigate the landlord and Wang Bao, arranged guards for Kong Sang, and hired a lawyer to handle the case involving Tall Guy Keung.
• Axehead Tung blamed Liu Kei and Ah Wah for the trouble and demanded 300,000 dollars for medical expenses; Ah Wah warned Liu Kei that Hongxing would retaliate.
• Liu Kei raised 350,000 dollars and sought a mediator, but someone ambushed him with a sack and a club as soon as he arrived at their meeting place.
• Gu Sheng met Fat Lai, agreed to supply men for a share of the profits from a new Causeway Bay bar, and insisted they make it the biggest bar in the district.

GS interrogated Liu Kei and Yellow Hair after they betrayed him, then spared their lives in exchange for compensation and a signed loan agreement. He left Ah Tung to oversee their treatment and collect the money, and told him to ask Liu Kei about Wang Bao.

• GS went to a seaside warehouse where his men had captured Liu Kei and Yellow Hair, and ordered them beaten before questioning them.
• Liu Kei blamed Yellow Hair for the scheme and offered GS three million to spare his life.
• GS demanded compensation for his injured men and made Liu Kei pay two million to save Yellow Hair as well.
• GS ordered his men to get a proper loan agreement, and Liu Kei and Yellow Hair signed it after Lawyer Luo sent one over.
• GS told Ah Tung to stay with the two men, take them to withdraw the money the next day, and ask Liu Kei about Wang Bao.