Chapter Summaries

GS prepared Hongxing’s fighters for the arranged battle with Tung Sing while questioning Sang Fan’s loyalty and negotiating with Chau Tai. As the fight drew gangs from across the region, Ding Yao told GS she was coming to Hong Kong Island as a witness.

• Chan Yiu and the Bosses agreed on the fight’s stakes and assigned fighters, while GS warned Chan Yiu that Sang Fan might be untrustworthy.
• GS recruited Shen Xue, Fung Yu-Sau, and nearly two hundred Boxing Gym fighters, then arranged blade training and weapons for the battle.
• GS visited Chau Tai, who asked to move to Causeway Bay, and agreed to open a business for her there.
• Li Xinxin confided in Lam Shuk-fan that her boyfriend was GS, and Lam offered to ask around about him.
• The arranged fight became a major underworld event as gangs were invited to witness it, and Ding Yao told GS she would attend with the Sanlian Gang.

Li Xinxin worried about GS and visited him before the looming Hongxing–Tung Sing fight, while GS celebrated his film company’s success and prepared for the confrontation. As triad visitors arrived to assess Hongxing’s future leadership, GS met Thai fighter Da Fan, and the Sanlian Gang’s Ding Yao arrived at the bar.

• Lam Shuk-fan told Li Xinxin that Hongxing and Tung Sing had arranged a major fight on Firestone Island, and Li went to find GS.
• GS formally brought Fung Yu-Sau, Tin Yeung-sang, and others into his group, then celebrated Dr. Lamb’s successful theatrical run and approved two new film projects.
• GS reunited with Li Xinxin at the bar, reassured her about the fight, and spent the night with her before meeting Officer Wei the next day.
• GS met Thai Muay Thai fighter Da Fan, who said KINGS GROUP wanted to continue its partnership with Hongxing and was considering the group’s next leader.
• Da Fan privately judged GS stronger and harder to handle than Hon Ping, while GS ordered Ah Tung to keep the Thais under watch.
• The Sanlian Gang arrived on Hong Kong Island, and Ding Yao visited GS at the bar and teased him about behaving himself.

GS prepared Hongxing’s men and sailed to a small island for the arranged fight against Tung Sing, while making plans to weaken the opposing fighters. After arriving, he saw Ding Yao oversee the searches and realized she was helping him conceal his men’s armor.

• GS received photographs that made it look as if he had shot Camel and decided Crow and Smiling Tiger would die the next day.
• GS arranged for women to keep Tung Sing’s Four Tigers occupied, then rallied over a hundred men and armed them with protective gear and weapons.
• GS and Hongxing’s men sailed from Sai Kung Port toward the island, where they faced Crow, Smiling Tiger, Golden-Haired Tiger, and Big Tung.
• GS learned about Shui Ling’s disciples and Wushang while meeting gang representatives gathered on the island.
• Ding Yao’s Sanlian Gang searched Hongxing’s men but ignored their concealed armor, and GS turned toward Tung Sing with confidence.

Hongxing and Tung Sing began their battle, but Sang Fan’s betrayal and hidden armor gave Hongxing’s fighters a brutal disadvantage. As Tung Sing’s experts surrounded GS, he used his spear and deceptive tactics to kill several of Shui Ling’s disciples, leaving the spectators to recognize his skill.

• The Hongxing and Tung Sing forces clashed, and Fung Yu-Sau, Shen Xue, Shark Yan, and Tin Yeung-sang cut through Tung Sing’s underlings.
• Sang Fan betrayed Hongxing and joined Tung Sing, helping rout Greyhound’s and Zuo Tai’s forces; Greyhound was killed.
• Crow’s fighters discovered that Hongxing’s men wore bracers and steel plates beneath their clothes, allowing them to withstand blade strikes.
• Shui Ling’s Ten Greats surrounded GS, but he used his spear to kill Shang Tian, Qi Qiaoqiao, and Si Hai while keeping the others at bay.
• The watching gang leaders recognized GS as a formidable fighter, and Ding Yao watched with a brighter smile.

GS and Hongxing’s fighters overwhelmed Tung Sing in the gang fight, killing Shui Ling and the remaining leaders and experts. With Tung Sing’s defeat apparent, Ding Yao revealed she had only checked Hongxing’s men for guns, leaving Tung Sing’s men to realize they had been tricked.

• GS killed Shui Ling, Chang San, and Wu Kui with his spear, then watched the battle while smoking.
• Fung Yu-Sau fought Wushang, while Shen Xue killed Sang Fan and Big Fly’s men joined the fight against Tung Sing.
• GS killed Ninth Sister and Heng Mei, and Tin Yeung-sang killed Crow.
• Ah Wu attacked the Golden-Haired Tiger, cutting off four of his fingers as he demanded extra pay.
• Lian Ho-lung recognized Hongxing’s overwhelming advantage as Tung Sing’s fighters lost courage after their experts died.
• Tung Sing’s men confronted Ding Yao, who said she had only checked whether Hongxing’s men carried guns and reminded them she was the Sanlian Gang’s Acting Gang Leader.

GS and Hongxing crushed Tung Sing in a brutal arranged battle, leaving the gang nearly destroyed and strengthening GS's standing among Hongxing and other gangs. Afterward, GS confronted the Four Seas Gang's men and openly provoked them, setting up a new conflict.

• The Tung Sing elder asked Chan Yiu to stop the fighting, but Chan Yiu said he could not order the Bosses to concede.
• Hon Ping, Thirteen Sisters, Yi Jian, and the other Hongxing fighters killed Smiling Tiger, while Yi Jian and Hon Ping killed Big Tung after he refused to back down.
• Fung Yu-Sau killed Wushang, and the surviving Tung Sing men fled as Hongxing's battered fighters withdrew from the field.
• GS celebrated Hongxing's victory, exchanged greetings with Lian Ho-lung and other gang leaders, and rebuked Shark Yan for failing to distinguish himself.
• GS noticed the Four Seas Gang's men glaring at him, slapped and kicked two of them, threatened the group, and left them surrounded by Hongxing Maids.

After GS’s forces defeated Tung Sing, he arranged care for his wounded, ordered Big-Eyed Hua to take Tung Sing territory, and returned to Causeway Bay to celebrate with his men. The victory spread across the underworld, while Big-Eyed Hua secured new turf and Chan Yiu called Hongxing’s Bosses to meet and elect a new Leader.

• Ah Tung reported the casualties, and GS ordered the wounded taken for treatment and promised to cover their medical bills.
• GS learned that Chui Gai had survived Tung Sing’s abuse, sent him a fruit basket, and told him to repay the losses caused by the battle.
• GS ordered Big-Eyed Hua to seize Tung Sing territory near Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan, then returned to Causeway Bay and arranged food, rooms, and medical care for his fighters.
• Ah Wu visited Chui Gai in the hospital and told him that GS had lost dozens of trusted fighters; Chui Gai promised to support GS as Leader and repay him.
• News of Hongxing’s victory spread throughout the underworld, raising GS’s reputation and drawing attention to his fighters.
• Big-Eyed Hua seized territory in Yuen Long as Tung Sing withdrew, and Chan Yiu summoned the Bosses to elect Hongxing’s new Leader.

GS took control of Hongxing’s leadership election and became its new Leader, then began planning the Triad’s transformation and rebuilding its ranks. He revealed that Hong Kong would eventually be handed back to the north, and Wai Ting-bong was stunned when GS told him about his promotion.

• GS argued that he was the best choice to lead Hongxing, citing his achievements and the need for a capable Leader, and won five of the seven votes cast.
• Chan Yiu announced that GS would become Leader, and GS warned Hongxing’s Bosses that the handover of Hong Kong would require the Triad to change its ways.
• GS proposed Shark Yan, Yilong, and Gong Zijun as candidates for vacant Boss positions and ordered Chan Yiu to bring him Hongxing’s account books and explain its businesses.
• Chan Yiu described how Chiang Tin-yeung’s assets had been handled, while GS told Hongxing’s underlings to call him Mr. Gu and planned to notify the other Triads.
• Wai Ting-bong called GS after learning he had become Leader, and GS cheerfully told him to address him as Mr. Gu.

GS celebrated becoming Hongxing's Leader while reviewing the Triad's finances and hosting a banquet for Hong Kong Island's underworld figures. The banquet ended with Wai Ting-bong warning GS and the assembled leaders to obey the law.

• Kong Sang congratulated GS on becoming Hongxing's Leader, and GS celebrated with her in Causeway Bay.
• He Xin suspected LS had arranged Chiang Tin-yeung's death, while Hong Kong Island's underworld reacted to GS's rise and received invitations to his banquet.
• GS reviewed Hongxing's accounts with Kong Sang and Chan Yiu, questioned the clean books and the loss of Chiang Tin-yeung's Thai businesses, and ordered regular inspections going forward.
• GS welcomed numerous Triad leaders to the banquet, including Nui Kun, Hon Sam, and He Yi, who left after he teased her about her sister.
• Ah Tung calmed a dispute between Chung Hing and Left Hand's people, and Wai Ting-bong arrived with Cops to warn the gathering to obey the law.

GS collected gifts from the banquet, arranged Hongxing promotions and a private group of knife hands, and asked Ah Tung to investigate Lü Xiangdong. After learning Lee Yongchuan wanted to meet him, GS researched the wealthy family heir and arrived at Hoi Shing Restaurant for their meeting.

• GS learned that the banquet guests had given over twelve million in gifts and kept the jade Mazu Statue for his home.
• Kong Sang told GS that Lü Xiangdong had been visiting Portland Street, and GS agreed to have Ah Tung investigate him.
• GS gave Shark Yan, Yilong, and Gong Zijun a chance to compete for the vacant Boss positions in Tuen Mun and Mong Kok.
• GS recruited Xiao Chun and more than a dozen knife hands to work independently of Hongxing's daily affairs.
• Chan Yiu told GS that Lee Yongchuan wanted to meet him, and GS sent Ah Man to investigate Lee before accepting a meeting at Hoi Shing Restaurant.
• GS arrived at Hoi Shing Restaurant, where Chan Yiu warned him not to antagonize the powerful Lee Family.

GS met Lee Yongchuan to discuss recovering a 300 million investment, but turned on him when Lee refused to offer fair payment and threatened Hongxing. After assaulting Lee and his bodyguards, GS left with Chan Yiu and declared that becoming Hongxing’s leader meant he would no longer swallow his pride.

• Chan Yiu introduced GS to Lee Yongchuan, who offered him a job recovering 300 million from Chan Ka-nam, chairman of the Jianan Group.
• GS demanded half the money, but Lee refused and threatened to make life difficult for Hongxing, so GS shoved a gun into Lee’s mouth and slapped him.
• GS knocked down Lee’s bodyguards, warned Lee not to provoke him, and forced Lee to shake his hand before leaving.
• GS taunted Chu Cheuk-lei about being Lee’s kept woman as he passed her outside the private room.
• Chan Yiu warned GS that the Lee Family had enormous influence, but GS said he would not swallow his pride now that he was Hongxing’s leader.

After becoming Hongxing's Leader, GS explored new businesses and sought leverage in the failing Jianan Company while arranging cooperation with Thai Muay Thai promoters. He also met Iwamoto Shunichi to discuss ties with the Yamaguchi-gumi, leaving Hongxing poised to pursue several new opportunities.

• GS ordered Ah Man to investigate Lee Yongchuan, Chu Cheuk-lei, the Jianan Group, and its owner, Chan Ka-nam.
• GS decided arcade games and karaoke could earn money for the triad, then asked Ah Tung to arrange a meeting with Iwamoto Shunichi of the Yamato Restaurant.
• After reviewing Jianan Company’s troubles, GS learned Chan Ka-nam had ties to Tung Sing and sent someone to request a meeting with him.
• Da Fan met GS to confirm Hongxing’s participation in a planned Muay Thai promotion and betting scheme, and GS agreed to continue the partnership.
• GS promoted Sai Kit to floor supervisor after Sai Kit mishandled the guests’ drinks, and Iwamoto Shunichi arrived with a congratulatory gift.

GS negotiated with Iwamoto Shunichi for Hongxing to obtain arcade machines and karaoke equipment, then arranged to take over a Causeway Bay café for Chau Tai. He forced Fa Faat to cancel most of Huang Chang’s gambling debt and secured the café, while privately considering having Fa Faat killed.

• GS discussed a large arcade-machine order and karaoke equipment with Iwamoto Shunichi, who agreed to contact the Yamaguchi-gumi.
• GS promised Chau Tai a shop in Causeway Bay and took her to inspect the Left Bank Café beside Mitsukoshi Department Store.
• GS offered Huang Chang three hundred thousand dollars for the café and summoned Fa Faat to settle Huang Chang’s debt.
• GS ordered Fa Faat to forgive Huang Chang’s debt beyond the four hundred and twenty thousand Huang Chang had lost, and Fa Faat agreed to surrender the IOU.
• GS told Huang Chang he would take over the café the next day and warned him to gamble in GS’s Macau Island casino if he gambled again.

GS planned to invest Hongxing’s money in Japanese arcade machines, assigned Ah Wu to explore a trade route to Japan, and prepared to meet the Datuk. After learning that Shan Haisheng had arranged the meeting, GS suspected the police had planted a new undercover operative inside his organization.

• GS reviewed the arcade-machine prices from Iwamoto Shunichi and decided to send someone to Japan to negotiate with the Yamaguchi-gumi.
• GS assigned the vacant territories to competing candidates, urged the branch Bosses to adapt to new technology, and won their support for buying arcade machines.
• GS arranged for several Bosses to visit Thailand and told Hon Ping to investigate its triads and industries.
• GS ordered Ah Wu to take luxury watches to Yokohama, find buyers, and ask about arcade motherboard prices.
• Shan Haisheng reported that the Datuk had agreed to meet GS at the Peninsula Hotel, and GS suspected Officer Wei or Inspector Lee had sent him undercover.

GS negotiated a security contract with Chan Ka-nam in exchange for Jianan Company’s Kowloon office building, then helped Chau Tai take over a café and arranged a watch-smuggling venture to Japan. The chapter ended when Kong Sang received alarming news about Xiang Dong and demanded to speak with him.

• GS met Chan Ka-nam, warned him that Jianan Company was in danger, and secured a Hongxing Security Company contract in exchange for the company’s Kowloon office building.
• GS told Kong Sang to take a legal team to Jianan Company and arrange the transfer, then stayed at Chau Tai’s home.
• GS accompanied Chau Tai to Mitsukoshi Department Store, where she took over a café, and later bought Rolex watches for Ah Wu to sell in Japan.
• Ah Tung told GS that Xiang Dong was infatuated with a bathhouse worker who had a boyfriend in Chung Yee Shun.
• Kong Sang told GS that the paperwork for Chan Ka-nam’s building would take five days, then received a phone call that made her turn pale and demand to speak with Xiang Dong.

GS used a call to Lian Ho-lung to secure Lü Xiangdong’s release after Bobby’s gang kidnapped him for ransom. After the men reconciled, GS and Lian Ho-lung became friendly, and Lian Ho-lung admired GS’s shift from violence to cooperation.

• Kong Sang agreed to Bobby’s demand for five hundred thousand dollars, but GS called Lian Ho-lung and warned him about his men’s kidnapping of Lü Xiangdong.
• Lian Ho-lung’s subordinate Ah Wu found Lü Xiangdong, arrested Bobby and the other kidnappers, and brought them to Lian Ho-lung’s warehouse.
• Lian Ho-lung assured GS that Lü Xiangdong was safe, and GS took Kong Sang to retrieve him.
• At the warehouse, Lian Ho-lung showed GS the punishment meted out to his men, and GS accepted his apology and arranged dinner with him.
• Lü Xiangdong reunited with Kong Sang, while GS and Lian Ho-lung parted on friendly terms.
• Lian Ho-lung praised GS’s pragmatism and said he was smart to abandon street fighting after rising to power.

GS courted Chung Yee Shun for business ties, then recruited Jimmy from Wo Shing Wo by offering him a path toward legitimate business. After promoting two fighters and leaving Ah Tung to oversee Causeway Bay, GS departed for Japan with his men.

• GS hosted Lian Ho-lung, Sususu, and Chung Yee Shun’s associates alongside Zuo Tai, discussing cooperation and Hongxing’s Macau Island casino.
• GS agreed to hear Li Xinxin’s concerns about her students joining gangs but refused to spend time persuading them to leave that life.
• GS decided to recruit Jimmy from Wo Shing Wo and told Ah Man to arrange a meeting.
• GS promoted Flyboy Ping and Long-haired Hung, assigning them turf and encouraging them to recruit their own men.
• GS offered Jimmy a place in Hongxing and promised to speak with Lok Siu, while Jimmy said he would consider the offer.
• GS left Ah Tung in charge of Causeway Bay and traveled to Japan with Silly Fook, Tin Yeung-sang, and other men.

GS traveled to Kobe to negotiate with the Yamaguchi-gumi, agreeing on an initial purchase of arcade machines while considering Japan’s booming economy as an investment opportunity. At a banquet, Kusakari Kazuo proposed that GS marry his daughter Kusakari Nanako, leaving GS weighing the alliance against the loss of status it would entail.

• GS arrived in Kobe with Tin Yeung-sang and his men, where Kusakari Akira welcomed them on behalf of Kusakari Kazuo.
• GS met Kusakari Kazuo at the Yamaguchi-gumi headquarters and negotiated an arcade-machine deal, settling on an initial shipment of eight hundred machines at sixteen thousand Hong Kong dollars each.
• Kusakari Kazuo hosted GS and the Yamaguchi-gumi executives at a banquet and spoke of closer ties between their organizations.
• Kusakari Kazuo proposed that GS marry his eighteen-year-old daughter, Kusakari Nanako, to strengthen the alliance.
• GS recognized Kusakari Nanako’s name and considered that marrying her could make him subordinate to Kusakari Kazuo by one generation.

GS refused Kusakari Kazuo’s marriage alliance but agreed to help find the Ichigo-kai assassin who had killed the Yamaguchi-gumi’s fourth-generation boss. While Kusakari Nanako guided him around Kobe, GS recognized the assassin’s photograph as Li Zhengren, Hop To’s Double Flower Red Pole, and later checked on his Hong Kong Island business.

• GS rejected Kusakari Kazuo’s marriage proposal and agreed to search Hong Kong Island for the assassin, after Ichigo-kai gunmen attempted to attack the gathering.
• GS met the flight attendant from his flight, spent the night with her, and then received the assassin’s details from Kusakari Nanako.
• GS recognized the white-haired Masahito Tachibana in the photographs as Li Zhengren, Hop To’s Double Flower Red Pole, and promised Kusakari Nanako he would find him.
• GS let Nanako show him around Kobe, then called Kong Sang and learned the property deal had been completed.
• GS called Ah Tung to ask about Hong Kong Island, including the security detail protecting Chan Ka-nam’s Jianan Company.

Lee Yongchuan learned that Hongxing was protecting Chan Ka-nam and raged over the money he had invested, while GS traveled to Tokyo and met Nakamori Akina on the Shinkansen. After GS’s men beat and crippled the Yakuza who had followed them, GS set off for Ginza.

• Lee Yongshan warned Lee Yongchuan not to retaliate against Hongxing directly and advised him to undermine the gang through business instead.
• Lee Yongchuan learned that Hongxing had joined Chan Ka-nam’s security team and grew furious over the 300 million tied up in Jianan Company.
• GS met Nakamori Akina on the Shinkansen, let her take his seat, and chatted with her as they traveled to Tokyo.
• After the train arrived, GS led the Yakuza men following him into an alley, where Tin Yeung-yee beat them down.
• GS sent Silly Fook back to break the three Yakuza men’s legs, then headed toward Ginza with Tin Yeung-sang.