Chapter Summaries

Ah Wu and Tin Yeung-chi discovered Shui Fong Lok’s men watching them, while GS escalated the dispute by summoning Wang Jianjun and nearly a hundred armed men to Macau Island. The chapter ended with Leung Siu-tong meeting Wang Jianjun’s group at the pier and leading them toward their arranged cars and lodging.

• Ah Wu rammed the punks’ car, captured one of them, and learned they were On Lok Wo men acting on orders to watch him and his companions.
• GS ordered Ah Wu to kill a dealer, sent Leung Siu-tong to warn Shui Fong Lok, and planned to send men to Macau Island after Shui Fong Lok rejected the warning.
• Shui Fong Lok ordered Blackie to search near the Lisboa Casino for Hongxing men and eliminate them if they appeared.
• GS arranged for Wang Jianjun to bring his men to Macau Island with pistols, while GS met Yu Lanjian and demanded payment before Yu opened his bar business.
• Ah Wu spotted dozens of Shui Fong Lok’s men near the Lisboa Casino, and GS told him to postpone the job until the following day.
• Leung Siu-tong met Wang Jianjun and nearly a hundred men at the fishing village pier and confirmed their cars and accommodation were ready.

Wang Jianjun’s gunmen launched a coordinated assault on Shui Fong Lok’s Wo On Lok territory in Macau Island, killing Shui Fong Lok and several of his lieutenants. After the attack, GS ordered Wang Jianjun’s team to return, while Wo On Lok’s surviving members hid and the island’s gangs were left shaken.

• Shui Fong Lok mocked Hongxing and ordered Blackie and Ah Cai to watch the Lisboa casino and Shepherd Lane, while Ah Long learned that Shui Fong Lok had offended Brother S.
• Wang Jianjun organized his men into fifteen squads to strike twenty-three locations, and Leung Siu-tong delivered watches before warning police about bombs at Macau Island Airport.
• Gunmen attacked Wo On Lok businesses across Macau Island, killing Blackie, Ah Cai, guards, and other members in coordinated raids.
• Wang Jianjun ambushed Shui Fong Lok in a parking garage and stabbed him to death after Shui Fong Lok tried to draw his gun.
• GS arranged a boat for Wang Jianjun’s team to return, while Leung Siu-tong watched them leave and Wo On Lok’s surviving members hid.

He Xin, Chiang Tin-yeung, and GS responded to the violence surrounding LS and his growing power. GS expanded his operations, rewarded his gunmen, and then defended his small payment to the Triad, leaving his dispute with Chiang Tin-yeung unresolved.

• He Xin learned that Shui Fong Lok had been killed and decided to seek more marine police resources and recruit a capable casino operator from Taiwan.
• Chiang Tin-yeung decided to placate LS while looking for a chance to have him killed.
• Yu Lanjian delivered money to GS to establish a drug business, and GS alerted Inspector Lee to the planned distribution at Nightshade Bar.
• GS paid Wang Jianjun's men three thousand dollars each, collected money from his subordinates, and took the proceeds home.
• GS welcomed the recovered Silly Fook and brought him and Ah Tung to the Triad headquarters to hand over money.
• Chiang Tin-yeung challenged GS for paying only four million, and GS blamed disobedient Maids and poor business.

GS collected promises for overdue payments, promoted his casino opening and Thailand trip, and ordered an attack on a man after receiving a portrait. After learning Dai Fuqiang had been found with Lü Xiangdong in Tsim Sha Tsui, GS seized Dai and brought Lü along, leaving their destination unstated.

• GS let the overdue payments slide until next month, invited the leaders to his casino opening, and announced a Muay Thai trip to Thailand.
• GS told Leung Siu-tong to arrange a car accident for the man in the portrait and reminded him to keep the casino safe.
• Ah Man reported that Li Yunfei was fencing stolen gold and Dai Fuqiang had been spotted in Tsim Sha Tsui, so GS went after them.
• Dai Fuqiang told Lü Xiangdong that GS was a powerful triad boss, and Lü admitted he wanted to follow a similar path.
• GS and his men seized Dai Fuqiang at the restaurant, told Lü Xiangdong to come with him, and put them in the cars.

GS investigated the Causeway Bay gold shop robbery, forcing Li Yunfei to arrange a meeting with the suspected thieves while beating Dai Fuqiang despite his denial. The next morning, Li Yunfei reported a deal at Wong Shek Beach, and GS tipped off Officer Wai Ting-bong to arrest the robbers.

• GS took Lü Xiangdong to confront Li Yunfei, who admitted that he had agreed to move stolen goods for three men and promised to arrange a meeting when they contacted him.
• GS made Li Yunfei identify Dai Fuqiang, but Li Yunfei had never seen him, so GS ordered him to set up a deal and assigned Ah Wu to watch him.
• GS accused Dai Fuqiang of robbing a gold shop and had his men beat him, while Dai Fuqiang continued to deny it.
• GS arranged for Lü Xiangdong to go to a bathhouse, then left him with Ah Tung while he went to the bar.
• The next morning, Ah Tung told GS that Li Yunfei had arranged a nine o'clock deal at Wong Shek Beach, and GS called Officer Wai Ting-bong with the location.
• GS told Officer Wai Ting-bong to arrest the robbers at the meeting and then left the hotel.

GS collected five hundred thousand from Hunggai for the returned car, then helped the police recover stolen goods in a sting that left Yip Sai-koon at large. Yip Sai-koon tracked GS to UV Bar and attacked him, but GS shot him and ordered his men to take him to the warehouse.

• GS told Kong Sang to promote Wah Sang and transfer him to sales, then reviewed Golden Harvest Properties' accounts and expansion plans.
• Chen Mei agreed to return GS's car and pay five hundred thousand after Hunggai's leaders argued over whether to fight him.
• Wai Ting-bong's police officers raided a weapons deal at Wong Shek Beach, recovered the goods, and let Yip Sai-koon escape.
• GS told Ah Tung to arrange a forty-two-meter fishing boat for transporting his men, and Ah Tung bought one for three hundred and seventy thousand.
• Yip Sai-koon confronted GS in the UV Bar restroom, but GS shot him and ordered Ah Tung to take him to the warehouse for Dai Fuqiang to identify.

GS confronted Smiling Tiger, Crow, and Brother Kei over Tung Sing’s East Rise Bar selling drugs on his Causeway Bay turf, then ordered a retaliatory car attack and began preparing for a wider conflict. The next day, Chiang Tin-yeung summoned GS to Mong Kok to settle the dispute face-to-face, with Chan Yiu and Brother Kei present.

• Zat Tau and his men complained that GS prohibited them from selling drugs while allowing Nightshade Bar and East Rise Bar to operate.
• GS arranged invitations and gambling chips for wealthy Causeway Bay businessmen to attend a casino opening on Macau Island.
• GS and his men stormed East Rise Bar, where he confronted Brother Kei, Smiling Tiger, and Crow, slapped Crow, and accused them of breaking his rules.
• After GS left, his men rammed a car into the bar, shielded the driver, and warned the Tung Sing men that Causeway Bay was Hongxing territory.
• GS told Ah Tung to arrange a meeting with Superintendent Robinson and to organize Tall Guy Keung’s return, then welcomed the prospect of a fight with Tung Sing.
• Chiang Tin-yeung invited GS to his company to discuss the dispute, and GS arrived after eating and showering to meet Chiang, Chan Yiu, and Brother Kei.

GS retaliated against Crow and Smiling Tiger after their men tried to abduct Kong Sang, bringing Chau Tai to Yuen Long and throwing the captured kidnappers from Crow's bar roof. Chau Tai pushed one man over herself, and the chapter ended with the falling bodies alarming people below.

• Chiang Tin-yeung told GS to handle Tung Sing's provocation as he saw fit, and GS arranged extra protection for Kong Sang, Chau Tai, and Ann.
• Shan Ying fought off four men who tried to abduct Kong Sang in a parking garage, and Kong Sang called GS for help.
• GS ordered the kidnappers taken away and prepared to retaliate, while Crow and Smiling Tiger planned to attack UV Bar but found its entrance blocked by concrete bollards.
• GS took Chau Tai and his men to Crow's bar in Yuen Long, where they brought four captured men to the rooftop.
• GS ordered the captured men thrown from the roof, and Chau Tai pushed one over before the others were cast down as people below shouted warnings.

GS and Hongxing clashed with Crow’s Tung Sing men, while Camel’s warnings pushed Crow and Smiling Tiger to plot against their own boss. GS then traveled to Macau Island with Kong Sang and Chiang Tin-yeung for the Casino opening, where he met He Xin’s daughters and attended the ribbon-cutting.

• Tin Yeung-sang and Tin Yeung-yee beat Crow’s men, and GS sent Silly Fook to bring his family to safety before returning to Hong Kong Island.
• Camel scolded Crow and Smiling Tiger for crossing into Hongxing territory, and the two plotted to kill Camel and blame GS.
• GS arranged veteran guards for his properties, then invited Kong Sang to accompany him to Macau Island with Chiang Tin-yeung’s party.
• At the Macau Island pier, GS suspected Sang Fan and possibly Zuo Tai were being courted by Chiang Tin-yeung, then greeted local businessmen and He Xin’s daughters, He Qing and He Yi.
• He Xin and Chiang Tin-yeung gave speeches at the Casino opening before the guests watched the ribbon-cutting and entered the Casino.

GS welcomed wealthy guests to his new Casino, then arranged for a local gang to kidnap one of them so he could stage a rescue and build the Casino’s reputation. When Zhou Yongsheng was taken by Fire Ox, GS confronted You Lian’s men and secured his release, leaving Zhou Fu’an grateful and indebted to him.

• GS greeted prominent guests at the Casino, while Kong Sang won over a hundred thousand at the slot machines and GS angrily ordered the machines checked.
• GS told Leung Siu-tong to arrange a staged abduction and rescue for a guest, but Zhou Yongsheng was kidnapped by Fire Ox after meeting a woman at a Bar.
• Zhou Fu’an sought help from Hongxing, and GS promised to rescue his son without making him pay the million-dollar ransom.
• GS brought over two hundred men to Lucky Lane, confronted Fire Ox, and threatened him with a gun until Fire Ox agreed to release Zhou Yongsheng.
• Zhou Fu’an thanked GS and offered to repay the favor, but GS refused the money and invited him to visit the UV Bar in Causeway Bay.

GS returned from Macau Island and ordered action against Crow and Smiling Tiger while testing Zuo Tai’s loyalty. Meanwhile, Chiang Tin-yeung seized on an invitation from the Netherlands as a chance to lure GS there and have him killed.

• Camel ordered Crow and Smiling Tiger to accompany him to the Netherlands, and Smiling Tiger proposed luring Chiang Tin-yeung or GS there instead.
• Zhou Fu'an praised GS’s casino and promised to recommend it, while GS learned that the owner of Dexing Optical Shop had lost his chips and decided to retaliate.
• After returning to Hong Kong Island, GS ordered Ah Tung to raid Crow and Smiling Tiger’s establishments and told Zuo Tai to report if the Leader approached him.
• GS instructed Mantis to watch Zuo Tai, regardless of whether he believed Zuo Tai was disloyal.
• Chiang Tin-yeung learned that Dutch gangs wanted to work with Hongxing and planned to use the invitation to lure GS to the Netherlands and kill him.
• Chiang Tin-yeung arranged manpower and had Chan Yiu summon the district Bosses to a meeting.

GS realized Chiang Tin-yeung was sending him to the Netherlands to be killed, so he prepared a counterattack while arranging for his men to travel there. After boosting his abilities and acquiring weapons, he left the story poised for the Netherlands operation and a possible move against Chiang Tin-yeung.

• At a Hongxing meeting, Chiang Tin-yeung assigned GS to meet a Dutch gang, and GS suspected the trip was a trap arranged with Tung Sing.
• GS ordered Wang Jianjun to watch Chiang Tin-yeung and prepare men and weapons for the Netherlands, while Ah Tung raided Crow's businesses in Yuen Long.
• GS drew new skills, equipment, and a talent point from the Wheel, then raised his Dutch, English, explosives, and demolitions abilities.
• Ah Bo captured Baodeng, a notorious associate of Crow, and Ah Tung passed his distinctive necklace to Wang Jianjun for use in a staged scene.
• GS used the talent point to improve Danger Sense, extending its warning time to five seconds, and received a gift pack containing five additional languages.

Gu Sheng traveled to the Netherlands with his men to handle business and met Li Xinxin, a teacher visiting her aunt, whom he persuaded to show him around. As Gu Sheng enjoyed his time with Li Xinxin and prepared for an arms-dealer meeting, Smiling Tiger and Crow learned he had arrived and began watching his movements.

• Gu Sheng set out for the Netherlands with Ah Wu, Silly Fook, Tin Yeung-sang, Fung Yu-Sau, Shen Xue, and others, while instructing his men in Hong Kong to watch several figures.
• Gu Sheng sat beside Li Xinxin on the plane after Tin Yeung-sang and Silly Fook moved the man assigned to that seat, then persuaded her to guide him in the Netherlands.
• Wang Jianguo met Gu Sheng at the Amsterdam airport, and Li Xinxin left him her phone number before going to her aunt's home.
• Gu Sheng gave pistols to Wang Jianguo and Tin Yeung-sang and sent them to meet an arms dealer while he spent the next day sightseeing with Li Xinxin.
• Smiling Tiger told Crow that Gu Sheng had arrived in the Netherlands and was spending time with a woman, and Crow agreed to let him enjoy himself before acting.

Gu Sheng’s attempt to impress Li Xinxin in Amsterdam was disrupted by Crow, and Li Xinxin learned that Gu Sheng was a triad boss. After Tin Yeung-yee rescued her from a staged abduction, Gu Sheng defended his view of triads and arranged to keep her in Amsterdam for three more days, leaving her to accompany him to meet A Tai and Eight Fingers.

• At dinner, Gu Sheng and Li Xinxin discussed why young people joined triads, and Gu Sheng invited her to see the art at his hotel.
• Crow and his men confronted Gu Sheng and Li Xinxin outside the restaurant, prompting Li Xinxin to leave after realizing Gu Sheng had concealed his triad ties.
• Gu Sheng ordered his men to stage an attempted abduction so Tin Yeung-yee could rescue Li Xinxin, but Tin Yeung-yee intervened before Gu Sheng arrived.
• Li Xinxin met Gu Sheng at the hotel, where he argued that triads could provide legitimate work and that he wanted to reform Hongxing; she agreed to judge him for herself.
• Gu Sheng arranged for Li Xinxin to remain in Amsterdam by buying up the available plane tickets, then invited her to meet A Tai and Eight Fingers.

GS visited Eight Fingers in Amsterdam to learn about the Dutch gangs, then disrupted an attempt to frame him and prepared for a meeting with the Dutch underworld. At the meeting, GS rejected a drug deal and asserted that he had authority to decide for Hongxing in the Netherlands.

• GS met Eight Fingers, who described the major Chinese gangs in the Netherlands, including Tung Sing and the Ah Gong Party.
• GS recognized a Dutchman asking for directions as part of a setup, beat him, and found a camera operator watching from a nearby rooftop.
• GS arranged for his men to prepare for possible attacks, while Crow and Smiling Tiger decided to use the photo they had managed to take.
• GS arrived with Li Xinxin at a restaurant meeting with Schneider and refused Schneider's offer to cooperate in the drug trade.
• When Schneider questioned his authority, GS spoke fluent Dutch and told him that GS made the decisions while he was in the Netherlands.

GS and his men survived an ambush in the Netherlands, while Chiang Tin-yeung arranged another attack against him on Hong Kong Island. Wang Jianjun instead stormed Chiang Tin-yeung's villa and killed him, leaving behind a staged trail.

• GS left the restaurant with Li Xinxin and Eight Fingers as Crow killed Camel and teenage gunmen attacked GS's group.
• GS and his men fought off Crow's Tung Sing gunmen and a second group of attackers, while Wang Jianguo's men waited in ambush.
• GS regrouped with Wang Jianguo and his men, then prepared to leave the Netherlands by way of France with Li Xinxin.
• Chiang Tin-yeung learned that the attack on GS had failed, then heard that GS was accused of killing Camel and decided to target him on Hong Kong Island.
• Wang Jianjun and his men attacked Chiang Tin-yeung's villa, killed Chiang Tin-yeung, and staged evidence before leaving.

GS returned to Hong Kong after Chiang Tin-yeung’s murder and maneuvered to present himself as a victim of Crow’s attack while preparing to claim Hongxing’s Leader position. After reuniting with Li Xinxin and attending Chiang Tin-yeung’s wake, GS considered how to secure the leadership without losing Hon Ping’s support.

• GS learned Chiang Tin-yeung had been killed, falsely reported that Crow had attacked him and killed Camel, and instructed Ah Tung to spread the story and watch Chan Yiu.
• GS and Li Xinxin drank wine, slept together, and argued before traveling through France and returning to Hong Kong.
• Ah Tung told GS that Hongxing blamed him for Camel’s death and that the hall suspected Tung Sing had killed Mr. Jiang.
• At Chiang Tin-yeung’s Spirit Hall, GS denied killing Camel, recounted the ambush, and heard that Crow and Smiling Tiger claimed to have evidence against him.
• GS concluded that Brother Kei and Hon Ping were his main rivals for Leader and decided to seek Hon Ping’s support.

After returning to Hong Kong, Gu Sheng met Officer Wai Ting-bong and discussed the deaths of Chiang Tin-yeung and Camel, the threat from Tung Sing, and his plans to become Hongxing’s Leader. He began securing votes against Hon Ping, winning Zuo Tai and Chui Gai and deciding to approach Brother Kei.

• Gu Sheng reunited with Kong Sang, then invited Officer Wai Ting-bong to Zhenghong Restaurant and discussed the deaths of Chiang Tin-yeung and Camel, the danger of a Hongxing–Tung Sing conflict, and his plan to become Leader and turn Hongxing into a legitimate business.
• Gu Sheng told Officer Wai that he would crush Tung Sing if necessary, then left the restaurant and arranged to meet Hon Ping the following afternoon.
• Gu Sheng urged Hon Ping to give up his bid for Hongxing’s leadership, but Hon Ping refused, citing support from other branch Bosses and the upcoming election.
• Gu Sheng considered his chances, met Zuo Tai and secured his support, then offered Chui Gai money and control over Yuen Long’s opportunities in exchange for his vote.
• Gu Sheng invited Brother Kei to a sauna to discuss the election; Brother Kei decided to support Gu Sheng because he feared the trouble that refusing him could bring.

GS was targeted by Shui Ling and Tung Sing’s men, but he defeated their attack and captured Tiger Taming the Dragon. He tried to humiliate Tiger Taming the Dragon with a rooftop bungee jump, but the rope was too short and Tiger Taming the Dragon hit the ground.

• GS discussed taking the Hongxing Leader seat with Brother Kei and gave him a bar in Causeway Bay.
• Shui Ling sent Tiger Taming the Dragon and dozens of Tung Sing lackeys to seize GS, hoping to learn whether he had killed the Leader and avenge Camel.
• Tin Yeung-sang, Tin Yeung-yee, and the others fought the attackers until GS arrived and drove them back with his pistol.
• GS defeated Shui Ling and her young companion, captured Tiger Taming the Dragon, and escaped with his men while Brother Kei fled.
• GS ordered Silly Fook to hang Tiger Taming the Dragon from a rooftop, but Silly Fook miscalculated the rope length and Tiger Taming the Dragon hit the ground.

GS secured Big Fly’s support in the Hongxing Leader election while tensions with Tung Sing escalated after Tiger Taming the Dragon died and Chui Gai was abducted. Hongxing and Tung Sing agreed to settle their scores in an arranged fight on Firestone Island, and GS welcomed Tall Guy Keung home from prison.

• Shui Ling learned that LS had killed Tiger Taming the Dragon and ordered her car to Tuen Mun after deciding Tung Sing could not let the matter pass.
• GS gave Big Fly two million to secure his vote, then planned to approach Chan Yiu for another endorsement.
• Chan Yiu called GS about Chui Gai’s abduction, and Hongxing’s Bosses agreed that they would have to fight Tung Sing rather than negotiate.
• Hon Ping proposed an arranged fight, and GS, Yi Jian, Big Fly, and the others agreed to take part.
• GS welcomed Tall Guy Keung and his prison friend Crab at Zhenghong Restaurant, promising Tall Guy Keung a promotion and offering Crab work.
• Chan Yiu announced that Tung Sing had agreed to send five hundred men to Firestone Island, where Hongxing and Tung Sing would settle their scores before witnesses.