Chapter Summaries

GS strengthened Hongxing’s position, pursued land purchases in Sai Kung, and forced Takemura Shigesho to apologize over the Mitsukoshi dispute. The chapter ended with a gunman shooting at GS outside the bar, hitting Silly Fook before GS’s men wounded the attacker.

• Hongxing’s bosses praised GS’s rise, heard Big Fly and Pretty Ma report that their Macau Island casino was nearly ready, and discussed Hop To’s plan to test Li Zhengren as a Double Flower Red Pole.
• Wang Jianjun told GS that Tin Yeung-sang and his men would arrive in Hong Kong the day after tomorrow, and GS later inspected two plots of land in Sai Kung that he planned to buy.
• Takemura Shigesho knelt to apologize to GS over the Mitsukoshi Department Store dispute, and Ah Tung told him to prepare the money and contract for the next day.
• A gunman fired three shots at GS outside the bar, hitting Silly Fook in the stomach, before GS’s men shot the attacker in the shoulder and GS ordered them to seize him.

After a gunman shot at GS, he traced the attack to Itō and ordered Ah Tung to interrogate him, learning that the Aoki-kai had arranged the hit through the Walled City. GS also tried to recruit Tin Yeung-sang’s mercenary siblings, who hesitated after GS revealed their planned armored-truck robbery.

• GS had the wounded gunman captured, sent Silly Fook and Saliva Chuen to the hospital, and learned the attacker was from the Walled City and employed by a Japanese man.
• GS ordered Ah Wu to kidnap Itō and Ah Man to investigate the Yamato Restaurant owner, while asking Ding Yao to have Mo Lo-bing stir up trouble for Pretty Ma and Big Fly.
• Legislator Zhang learned that GS’s Galaxy Films had spread scandalous tabloids about him after he refused to screen its erotic film, and found that Triad contacts would not challenge GS.
• GS offered Tin Yeung-sang’s group a long-term job, but revealed that he knew they were planning to rob an armored truck and left them to reconsider their current job.
• Ah Wu abducted Itō, and Ah Tung learned that Itō had hired gunmen through the Aoki-kai and the Walled City; GS ordered an investigation and asked Ah Tung to find a feng shui practitioner.

GS investigated a fortune-teller, dealt with police questions about Itō Hiroshi’s disappearance, and prepared a new film, but his attempt to recruit director Lau Chun-man ended in a clash with actor Hong Ye. After hearing Ah Man’s account, GS decided to visit Hong Ye the next day.

• Ah Tung brought Master Lin to GS, who rejected the fortune-teller’s predictions and had him beaten before explaining how fortune-tellers used vague claims to manipulate people.
• Police detective Lau Ting-kong questioned GS about Itō Hiroshi’s disappearance, and GS denied demanding protection money or knowing anything about it.
• GS reviewed the film script, then sent Ah Man to recruit director Lau Chun-man, who refused and was protected by Hong Ye.
• Ah Man rammed Hong Ye’s car, but Hong Ye beat Ah Man and his two underlings before driving away with Lau Chun-man.
• Ah Man reported the failure to GS, and GS ordered him to take him to Hong Ye the next day.

GS brought Fung Yu-Sau and his men to a film set to challenge Hong Ye, intimidating director Liu Jianwen and provoking Hong Ye with a water pistol. Fung Yu-Sau and Hong Ye began a fierce weapons duel, and the chapter ended with Fung Yu-Sau wounded on the arm.

• GS ordered that drug dealers in Causeway Bay be driven out, then hired Tin Yeung-sang after learning a superintendent had canceled their previous job.
• GS gathered Ah Man, Fung Yu-Sau, and Shark Yan and went to Clearwater Bay Film Studios to test Hong Ye’s fighting ability.
• GS threatened Liu Jianwen with a bullet hidden in a script, then taunted Hong Ye and fired a water pistol at him.
• Hong Ye accepted Fung Yu-Sau’s challenge and launched a relentless sword assault, forcing Fung Yu-Sau onto the defensive.
• Fung Yu-Sau regained his footing and traded attacks with Hong Ye until a slash tore his sleeve and cut his arm.

GS defeated Hong Ye after Fung Yu-Sau fought him to a draw, then gave Liu Jianwen seven days to comply with his demand. Back at the bar, GS took in Tin Yeung-sang and his siblings, arranged schooling for Tin Yeung Yan, and settled Daimaru Department Store’s dispute with Hongxing.

• Fung Yu-Sau and Hong Ye exchanged dangerous weapon strikes until GS stopped their fight and attacked Hong Ye with a bamboo pole, fracturing his ankle.
• GS kicked Hong Ye and gave Liu Jianwen seven days before leaving with his men; the film crew learned GS was Hongxing’s Causeway Bay Boss and kept the incident from escalating.
• At the bar, GS welcomed Tin Yeung-sang and his siblings, arranged suits for them, and planned schooling for Tin Yeung Yan while assigning only two of them to accompany him each day.
• Kamiya Koji met GS through Iwamoto Shunichi and offered a security agreement to settle Daimaru Department Store’s dispute with Hongxing.
• After reaching an agreement with Kamiya Koji, GS had Ah Tung withdraw his men from Daimaru Department Store.

Big Fly faced Mo Lo-bing’s demand for a share of Hongxing’s Macau casino revenue, while GS cast Ah Lun in a gambling film and sent Tin Yeung-yee after Nomura Satoru. At Ann’s home, GS showed off his newly learned piano skills, leaving her moved by his performance of Canon in D Major.

• Mo Lo-bing demanded twenty percent of the casino’s monthly revenue from Big Fly and gave him three days to decide, prompting Big Fly to summon Pretty Ma for advice.
• GS gave Ah Lun the script for God of Gamblers and cast him as the lead in Liu Jianwen’s film.
• Ah Man identified Nomura Satoru as Yi Yuan’s lieutenant and reported his role in supplying weapons and connecting Itō with gunmen.
• GS ordered Tin Yeung-yee to capture or kill Nomura Satoru within three days, while Ah Wu unsuccessfully tried to claim the job.
• GS visited Ann and insisted she wear custom lingerie, then raised his piano skill and played Two Tigers before performing Canon in D Major.
• Ann watched GS play Canon in D Major and felt newly drawn to him.

GS expanded his businesses, received Chiang Tin-yeung’s invitation to attend Camel’s blessing ceremony in Yuen Long, and had Tin Yeung-sang capture Nomura Satoru. The chapter ended as GS and Chiang Tin-yeung arrived at the ceremony and Camel came out to greet them.

• GS told Ah Tung to take Liu Jianwen to Galaxy Films and threatened consequences if he ruined the film.
• GS reviewed Golden Harvest Properties’ growing sales and expansion plans, while Wah Sang remained stuck working there instead of returning to the police force.
• Chiang Tin-yeung invited GS to accompany him to Camel’s blessing ceremony in Yuen Long, and GS agreed.
• Tin Yeung-sang reported that his men had captured Nomura Satoru, and GS ordered them to hold him until the next day.
• GS travelled with Chiang Tin-yeung and a small group to Yuen Long, where Camel welcomed them outside the ancestral hall.

GS attended a Tung Sing banquet with Chiang Tin-yeung, traded insults with the Five Tigers, then beat Nomura Satoru for arranging a shooting and learned Fat Dragon was involved. As GS arranged Chau Tai’s movie role, Crow, Sa Meng, and Smiling Tiger began considering expanding beyond Yuen Long.

• Chiang Tin-yeung brought GS to visit Camel, where GS provoked Crow and Szeto Ho-nam but Smiling Tiger eased tensions and discussed cooperation with him.
• After the banquet, GS grew suspicious that Chiang Tin-yeung wanted to get rid of him and ordered Tin Yeung-sang to bring Nomura Satoru to the warehouse.
• GS beat Nomura Satoru until he revealed that Fat Dragon from the Walled City was involved in hiring the shooter, then ordered Ah Man to investigate him.
• GS told Chau Tai that she would play the second female lead in an upcoming movie, and she reluctantly agreed to try acting.
• Crow, Sa Meng, and Smiling Tiger complained about Camel’s approach and discussed expanding Tung Sing’s territory, with Smiling Tiger planning to scout Causeway Bay.

Mo Lo-bing used Ding Yao’s backing to provoke Hongxing into a violent conflict on Macau Island, while GS sent Wang Jianjun to target Pretty Ma. Back in Hong Kong, GS began production on new films and planned a major premiere for Dr. Lamb.

• Mo Lo-bing demanded an excessive cut from Hongxing’s casino, then ordered attacks that left dozens of men dead or injured as Pretty Ma and Big Fly struggled to locate him.
• Pretty Ma planned to enlist Blackie Ping’s help against Mo Lo-bing, while Wang Jianjun set out by boat to Macau Island to kill Pretty Ma on GS’s orders.
• Ding Yao reassured Mo Lo-bing that the Sanlian Gang would honor its promise, then told GS the fighting had begun.
• GS began filming with Chau Tai and Ann, arranged to use Hongxing’s casino for a scene, and ordered a large premiere for Dr. Lamb.
• GS told Galaxy Films’ manager to prepare more erotic-film scripts and make the understaffed crew work on new productions alongside God of Gamblers.

Gu Sheng's men assassinated Pretty Ma on Macau Island, and Hongxing treated her death as part of the conflict with Mo Lo-bing. Gu Sheng volunteered to reinforce Big Fly, secured a share of the casino, and prepared to travel to Macau Island.

• Gu Sheng learned Shui Ling's identity and ordered Ah Tung to stop targeting King Boxer Yung after Big-Eyed Hua relayed his plea for mercy.
• Wang Jianjun lost Ah Hing after Mo Lo-bing's men mistook his team for Hongxing reinforcements and ambushed them.
• Wang Jianjun's team attacked Pretty Ma's convoy, killed her with a grenade, and reported her death to Gu Sheng.
• Chiang Tin-yeung summoned the branch Bosses and called for reinforcements for Big Fly against Mo Lo-bing.
• Gu Sheng volunteered for the mission, and Chiang Tin-yeung promised him and Big Fly the casino once Mo Lo-bing was defeated.
• Gu Sheng prepared to take two or three hundred men to Macau Island and planned to meet Ding Yao before joining Big Fly.

GS prepared to travel to Macau Island, drew a rare danger-sensing talent from the Wheel, and brought a force there to support Big Fly against Mo Lo-bing. After meeting Ding Yao and learning about Macau’s factions, GS promised to deal with Mo Lo-bing while Big Fly’s men remained trapped in the casino.

• GS ordered Ah Tung to stay in Causeway Bay, paid three hundred men to join the Macau operation, and drew a basic danger-sense talent that let him detect danger three seconds ahead.
• GS upgraded his Muay Thai and shooting skills, distributed money to his men, and sailed to Macau Island with Tin Yeung-sang, Ah Wu, and Leung Siu-tong.
• GS sent most of his men to wait in the fishing village, then went to the Lisboa Hotel and met Ding Yao, who explained Macau’s factions and Mo Lo-bing’s strength.
• GS met Big Fly at the casino and learned that Mo Lo-bing had killed Pretty Ma, driven Big Fly’s men indoors, and attacked openly with grenades.
• GS told Big Fly to keep the casino running and promised to take care of Mo Lo-bing himself.

GS ordered attacks on Mo Lo-bing’s gambling dens and clubs while arranging the assassination of rival gang leaders, triggering a wave of violence across Macau Island. After Mo Lo-bing retaliated against Big Fly’s casino, GS promised Wen Superintendent that Macau Island would be peaceful within three days.

• GS chose Fatso Kwan as the first target and instructed Tin Yeung-chi to kill Fatso Kwan and Uncle Zheng while his men prepared to attack Mo Lo-bing’s establishments.
• Tin Yeung-chi and his companions assassinated Fatso Kwan, while GS’s teams raided Mo Lo-bing’s gambling dens and clubs, suffering casualties but inflicting dozens of deaths.
• Mo Lo-bing ordered a midnight assault on Big Fly’s casino, killing or wounding more than a dozen men and wrecking the first floor.
• Wo Sing Yee’s members debated whether Shui Fong Lok or Mo Lo-bing had killed Fatso Kwan, while GS sent a hundred men to reinforce Big Fly.
• Wen Superintendent confronted GS and Big Fly at the damaged casino, and GS promised to restore peace across Macau Island within three days.

GS arranged for a bomb to destroy Wen Superintendent’s car and framed Mo Lo-bing, prompting a police crackdown that forced Mo Lo-bing to flee Macau Island. Mo Lo-bing tried to escape by boat, but GS’s men ambushed him at the fishing village pier.

• GS arranged for Wen Superintendent to be entertained, planted a bomb under his car, and detonated it after giving him a briefcase, making the explosion appear to target him.
• Wen Superintendent suspected Mo Lo-bing, and police raided triad groups, arresting hundreds of men, including Mo Lo-bing’s gunman Ah Sin.
• GS ordered Leung Siu-tong to watch the piers and kill Mo Lo-bing if he tried to flee by boat.
• After Ah Sin was arrested, Mo Lo-bing arranged a boat to Thailand and met Ah Bo and other men near the fishing village pier.
• GS’s armed men spotted Mo Lo-bing’s group boarding a boat and opened fire as they approached.

Mo Lo-bing escaped Hongxing's ambush by jumping into the sea, while Ah Long killed his two greedy accomplices and prepared to report what happened. At a casino with Ding Yao, GS lost repeatedly betting on odd, then attacked the dealer and manager and threatened the manager with a gun.

• Ah Long chased Mo Lo-bing onto the pier, but Mo Lo-bing jumped into the sea while the Hongxing underlings argued over his offer of money.
• Ah Long shot his two accomplices after one threatened him, then found Mo Lo-bing's bag and decided to tell the boss the truth.
• GS took Ding Yao to Perti Cabasa and repeatedly doubled his bets on odd as the roulette ball kept landing on even.
• GS attacked the dealer after another even result, while Tin Yeung-sang and Tin Yeung-yee fought off casino security.
• GS kicked and threatened the casino manager, then pressed a gun against his chin and demanded ten more even results.

Gu Sheng used a casino cheating dispute to pressure its manager into summoning the owner, then learned that Mo Lo-bing had escaped and gave Ah Long a chance to establish himself on Macau Island. That evening, Gu Sheng led more than a hundred men to Yu Lanjian’s Perti Cabasa casino, where Yu Lanjian had just arrived.

• Gu Sheng threatened and beat the manager of a contracted casino, demanded that the owner apologize, and identified himself as Hongxing’s Handsome Sheng.
• Gu Sheng learned that Mo Lo-bing had escaped while his men had died, and told Leung Siu-tong to bring Ah Long to see him the next afternoon.
• Ah Long admitted that he had killed two men during a dispute with Mo Lo-bing’s group and said he wanted to advance, so Gu Sheng gave him a hundred men and a million to build a foothold on Macau Island.
• Ah Long selected a hundred men, while Gu Sheng took the remaining men to confront another casino that evening.
• Yu Lanjian arrived at the Perti Cabasa casino after learning that Gu Sheng had caused trouble there, and Manager Huang reported that Gu Sheng’s crowd was approaching.

GS secured a casino security arrangement with Yu Lanjian and negotiated an exclusive drug operation in Causeway Bay, then established a foothold on Macau Island while the gangs were weakened by police raids. Back on Hong Kong Island, he learned that Li Zhengren had earned the title of Double Flower Red Pole and asked about his film’s box office.

• GS met Yu Lanjian and arranged for his men to provide casino security in exchange for ten percent, while Yu Lanjian agreed to pay him three million a month to operate drugs exclusively in Causeway Bay.
• GS gambled at the casino, won, and left Macau Island with his men the next day as police raids disrupted the gangs.
• After Ah Long’s men were arrested while seizing territory, GS arranged for them to be bailed out and had his men take up positions at the casino.
• Ah Long recruited nearly a hundred men on Macau Island, while GS left Big Fly in charge of the casino and returned to Hong Kong Island.
• Ah Tung told GS that Li Zhengren had defeated ten Red Poles and been acclaimed as Hong Kong Island’s only Double Flower Red Pole, then GS asked about his film’s box office.

GS visited Wang Jianjun’s training site, fought with the Hongxing bosses over Macau Island plans, and agreed to develop a casino junket system. He suspected Chiang Tin-yeung intended to kill him and ended the chapter by kicking Kong Sang out of bed after waking sore.

• GS visited the Sai Kung training site, addressed Wang Jianjun’s recruits, and watched Wang Jianjun and Tin Yeung-sang fight before stopping them.
• At Hongxing headquarters, GS kicked one of Pretty Ma’s men and discussed Greyhound’s defeat by Li Zhengren.
• GS explained his plan to use junket agents to bring customers to the Macau Island casino, and Chiang Tin-yeung put him in charge of the venture.
• Chiang Tin-yeung outlined plans for Hong Kong-Thailand boxing matches, while GS secretly decided to kill him once the matches were underway.
• After returning home, GS spent the night with Kong Sang, then kicked her out of bed the next morning when his back hurt.

GS’s encounter with He Xin’s daughter during a jewelry-store robbery led to a summons to Macau Island, where he met He Xin and faced her accusation. He Xin began discussing the incident, but the meeting had not yet reached its purpose.

• Galaxy Films manager reported that Dr. Lamb had earned 1.41 million in four days, and GS ordered him to stir up more publicity with a fake missing-person scare.
• GS kicked a suspected thief on Causeway Bay’s streets, then ducked behind He Yi when masked robbers opened fire and fled in a van.
• He Yi kicked at GS after the shooting, and GS shoved her down; back home, she told her father, He Xin, that someone had bullied her.
• Chiang Tin-yeung told GS that He Xin demanded an explanation and threatened to revoke the casino license, so GS gathered armed men and traveled to Macau Island.
• At the Lisboa Hotel, GS met He Xin and recognized He Yi; she accused him of using her as a human shield, and GS defended his actions.

GS visited He Xin in Macau Island, where the two reached a wary understanding, then followed He Yi to the casino and left after accusing it of cheating. Back on Hong Kong Island, GS pressed Ah Man to find the gold thieves and Dai Fuqiang, and Smiling Tiger arrived looking for him.

• He Xin told GS that He Yi would pursue her career on Hong Kong Island and asked him to help her if needed, while GS assured him he would.
• He Yi took GS to the casino and secretly asked the manager to make him lose, but GS lost more than twenty Sic Bo rounds and threatened the dealer before storming out.
• GS told Ah Wu to kill the dealer after he left the casino, then returned to Hong Kong Island that evening and stayed at Ann's.
• The next day, GS asked Ann about the film set and called Ah Man, who said he was still searching for the gold thieves and Dai Fuqiang.
• Ah Tung told GS that Smiling Tiger had arrived and seemed to be looking for him.

GS refused Smiling Tiger’s request to deal drugs in Causeway Bay and sent him toward Tsim Sha Tsui, while Smiling Tiger sought Brother Kei’s help instead. GS confronted He Yi over the threatened casino dealer, then helped Officer Wei investigate a gold robbery; on Macau Island, Ah Wu and Tin Yeung-chi discovered they were being followed.

• GS refused Smiling Tiger permission to deal drugs in Causeway Bay because he had promised Yu Lanjian exclusive rights, but offered to put him in touch with Zuo Tai in Tsim Sha Tsui.
• Smiling Tiger met Brother Kei and asked him to help arrange a way to do business.
• He Yi demanded that GS call off the men targeting the casino dealer, and GS ordered his staff to escort her out after a fight broke out with her bodyguards.
• GS told Ah Tung to send Tin Yeung-chi to help Ah Wu on Macau Island and urged the men to stay alert.
• GS promised Officer Wei that he would watch the black market for the stolen gold and look into rumors of an armored-van robbery.
• Tin Yeung-chi spotted a suspicious car following Ah Wu and the others, and Ah Wu confirmed they were being watched.