Chapter Summaries

GS spent several days in Tokyo with Nakamori Akina while arranging a business deal with the Yokosuka Family and preparing Hong Kong-Thailand fights. He returned to Hong Kong Island, where the Thai fighters’ victories over Chinese martial artists had stirred public anger, and gave Chau Tai a Japanese dress as a gift.

• Nakamori Akina told her manager about meeting GS on the Shinkansen, then took his call and agreed to show him Tokyo’s food and sights.
• GS spent days sightseeing with Nakamori Akina and nights enjoying Ginza, while Ah Wu secured a preliminary Hongxing partnership with the Yokosuka Family.
• GS learned that three Chinese martial arts experts had been crushed in Thailand and warned his associates to prepare the Hong Kong-Thailand fights carefully.
• GS told Nakamori Akina he had to return to Hong Kong Island, kissed her goodbye, and left the next morning with Tin Yeung-sang.
• GS read newspaper reports about the defeats and public outrage, then gave Chau Tai a Japanese dress and charmed her with sweet talk.

GS organized new revenue streams for the triad, including a Hong Kong-Macau fighting tournament, Japanese arcade machines, and a smuggling route, while arranging Taiwanese casino tours. After agreeing to help Ding Yao kill Lei Fuhong, GS received an invitation from Lian Ho-lung and learned that his son’s one-month celebration marked the start of a power struggle over the Mob.

• GS and the triad bosses planned a televised Hong Kong-Macau fighting tournament and assigned Yi Jian to contact KINGS GROUP.
• GS arranged for eight hundred arcade machines from Japan and entrusted Hon Ping with a smuggling route between Sai Wan and Yokohama.
• GS assigned Chan Yiu to recruit fighters and told Big Fly he would bring Taiwanese tourists directly to the Macau casino.
• GS asked Brother Kei to watch the streets, especially for news about the Jianan Group, and directed Ding Yao to arrange casino tours through Taiwanese travel agencies.
• Ding Yao asked GS to kill Lei Fuhong, and GS agreed to do so once she provided information and a photo.
• Lian Ho-lung invited GS to his son’s one-month celebration, and GS recognized it as the beginning of a struggle to seize command of the Mob.

GS strengthened his position in Wo Shing Wo, planned a staged kidnapping of Chan Ka-nam, and prepared to expand his business while Lee Yongchuan struggled to recruit allies against him. The chapter ended with Lee Yongchuan deciding to hire mercenaries to target Chan Ka-nam and recover his money.

• GS attended Lian Ho-lung's banquet, observed tensions involving Sususu and Lian Ho-tung, and invited Wo Shing Wo branch Bosses to gamble with him in Macau Island.
• GS told Ah Man to investigate Sususu's and Ah Fat's people, the Big Money Boss behind Chung Yee Shun, and Lian Ho-tung's police contact, then reassigned Big-Eyed Hua to Causeway Bay.
• GS inspected shops in Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok, collected Yu Lanjian's payment, and warned Chan Ka-nam to watch for attacks from the shadows.
• GS ordered Wang Jianjun to stage Chan Ka-nam's kidnapping, kill his bodyguards, and let him escape so he would rely on GS's protection.
• GS assigned Shark Yan the Mong Kok Boss position and divided the night's takings, paying four million to the Triad.
• Lee Yongchuan failed to recruit other gangs to attack GS and decided to hire mercenaries to target Chan Ka-nam instead.

GS had a feng shui master inspect his bar and Main Hall, then grew suspicious of a possible effort to undermine Hongxing after several business problems surfaced. He took Li Xinxin and Wo Shing Wo leaders to his casino on Macau Island, where he arranged for them to gamble and borrow money.

• GS argued with feng shui master Huang about her advice to bring a red-shoed Guan Gong statue to the bar, then took her to inspect Hongxing's Main Hall, where she found no feng shui problem.
• GS invited Li Xinxin to Macau Island and questioned Hongxing leaders about a seized shipment, poached staff, and other possible signs of trouble, telling them to watch for anything unusual.
• GS told Kong Sang to secretly bring a red-shoed Guan Gong statue to the bar while he prepared to leave for Macau Island with Li Xinxin and the Wo Shing Wo leaders.
• GS and the group traveled by yacht to Macau Island, where Leung Siu-tong and Ah Long welcomed them and GS introduced Li Xinxin as Sister Xinxin.
• GS told Leung Siu-tong to look after the visitors at the casino and to lend Lian Ho-tung money on unusually generous terms.

GS expanded his casino’s junket operations, welcomed Taiwanese gamblers, and hosted a high roller who lost millions. After meeting He Xin and He Qing, GS returned to Hong Kong Island as press coverage of the boxing match intensified and arcade games neared arrival.

• GS ordered Big Fly to arrange transport and hotel deals for Taiwanese tour groups and told Ah Long to recruit junket agents for the casino.
• GS explained to Li Xinxin how gambling dens drew people into addiction, then accepted He Xin’s dinner invitation and flirted with He Qing.
• He Xin concluded that GS was willing to risk everything against the He Family, while He Qing admitted she would not take the same risk.
• GS welcomed a Taiwanese group of about 120 gamblers, and his men’s planted players helped win more than seven million dollars from Lian Ho-tung.
• After spending time on Macau Island with Li Xinxin, GS returned to Hong Kong Island as new newspaper challenges for the boxing match appeared and arcade games approached.

GS recruited Jimmy from Wo Shing Wo and negotiated with Ah Lok for his transfer in exchange for Hongxing staying out of Wo Shing Wo’s push into Tsim Sha Tsui for five days. He also selected fighters for an upcoming competition, and Jimmy began overseeing the arrival and assembly of imported arcade machines.

• GS arranged for Fung Yu-Sau and Gao Gang to join the fighters he was gathering for the competition.
• Jimmy agreed to join GS and take charge of arcade games, and GS invited Ah Lok to dinner to settle the transfer.
• GS promised Ah Lok five days of Hongxing’s noninterference in Tsim Sha Tsui, and Ah Lok accepted Jimmy’s departure.
• Kusakari Akira arrived with eight containers of arcade-machine parts and two technicians to help assemble them.
• Jimmy watched the machines come to life and became absorbed in the games.

Gu Sheng’s arcade business quickly drew crowds and proved highly profitable, while Officer Wei found no grounds to interfere. After helping Kusakari Akira locate Masahito Tachibana, Gu Sheng refused to help the Yamaguchi-gumi fight Hong Kong Island’s triads and agreed only to provide information.

• Jimmy and Hongxing’s men installed arcade machines, and four New Century Arcade Games shops opened across Hong Kong Island.
• Officer Wei inspected an arcade, found nothing illegal, and noted that Hongxing was committing fewer crimes.
• Gu Sheng gave Kusakari Akira photographs identifying Masahito Tachibana in Hop To, and Kusakari Akira hurried off to report his location.
• Gu Sheng visited the crowded Causeway Bay arcade, heard Jimmy’s earnings figures, and ordered market research to guide a large expansion across Hong Kong Island.
• Hara Aonami arrived with Yamaguchi-gumi men and asked Gu Sheng for help; Gu Sheng refused to join a fight with local triads but agreed to provide Masahito Tachibana’s information.

Gu Sheng discovered that the Lee Family was using Ye Rongtian’s new bars and clubs to pressure Hongxing’s businesses, then ordered Zuo Tai to stage a traffic accident to intimidate Ye without killing him. The chapter ended with Gu Sheng asking to be invited to watch the planned collision.

• Hara Aoo told his men to investigate Masahito Tachibana before seeking weapons from the Aoki-kai.
• Zuo Tai’s men tried to set fire to Ye Rongtian’s premises, but police stopped them, and three were arrested.
• Zuo Tai and Brother Kei separately reported police interference at the new businesses, leading Gu Sheng to suspect the Lee Family was behind the pressure on Hongxing.
• Gu Sheng learned that Ye Rongtian owned the new venues and instructed Zuo Tai to arrange a staged vehicle collision to frighten him without killing him.

Gu Sheng ordered an apparent truck accident at Ye Rongtian's company to intimidate him over his shops and prepared for an underground fight while overseeing his films. He later invited Chau Tai to watch the fights, then angered her by spending half an hour on the phone with Nakamori Akina.

• Ah Tung told Gu Sheng that Siu Fai was keeping Gao Gang in Uncle Ding's underground fight ring, so Gu Sheng planned to attend the next night's three-on-three relay match.
• A bus swerved into the wrong lane and a truck crashed into Sky King Construction, narrowly missing Ye Rongtian; Gu Sheng watched the aftermath and taunted him while hinting at a threat.
• Ye Rongtian suspected Hongxing had staged the crash, and Ma Chi-keung urged him to seek mediation and close his shops, but Ye Rongtian remained angry and undecided.
• Gu Sheng explained to Ah Tung that the crash was meant to frighten potential allies of the Lee Family, then went to Galaxy Films, approved God of Gamblers, and promised director Liu Jianwen a new contract if it succeeded.
• Gu Sheng invited Chau Tai to watch an underground fight, reviewed his films, and spoke with Nakamori Akina by phone for half an hour, leaving Chau Tai irritated.

Gu Sheng visited Siu Fai’s underground fighting venue in Kowloon Walled City, bet on Gao Gang, and watched him overcome three opponents despite their dirty tactics. After Gao Gang won, Gu Sheng demanded to take him, and Ah Fai angrily challenged his right to do so.

• Gu Sheng entered Kowloon Walled City with Chau Tai and his men and arrived at Siu Fai’s fighting venue.
• Gu Sheng placed a million-dollar bet on Gao Gang, though he put down no money, and watched the relay match begin.
• A burly white fighter defeated two of Gao Gang’s teammates using overwhelming force and dirty tactics.
• Gao Gang overcame the oily first opponent, the nail-wielding second, and a skilled kicker to win the relay match.
• Gu Sheng told Ah Tung to fetch Ah Fai and then announced that he was taking Gao Gang.
• Ah Fai presented Gu Sheng with the promised winnings but angrily objected to him taking the fighter.

GS forced Siu Fai to surrender Gao Gang for the Hong Kong-Muay Thai Boxing King Championship, humiliating and shooting Siu Fai until Uncle Ding intervened by phone. GS accepted a truce but left with Gao Gang, Tian Li, and Siu Fai as an escort, warning Ho Keung not to challenge him again.

• GS shot Siu Fai and Ho Keung in the legs, then forced Siu Fai to agree to hand over Gao Gang while making him sing and tell jokes.
• GS recruited Gao Gang for the televised Hong Kong-Muay Thai Boxing King Championship, and Gao Gang agreed after GS explained that Siu Fai's punishment was personal.
• One of Siu Fai's underlings tried to seize Chau Tai as a hostage, but GS shot him dead and made Ah Tung guard Siu Fai at gunpoint.
• GS spoke with Uncle Ding by phone, and Uncle Ding asked him to end the confrontation after Siu Fai claimed he was fine.
• GS left the warehouse with Gao Gang, Tian Li, and Siu Fai as an escort, kicked Ho Keung's injured knee, and told him not to cause trouble again.

Gu Sheng escaped Uncle Ding’s Walled City with Chau Tai and recruited Gao Gang for his film company after seeing the fighter in a roadside brawl. He then brought Gao Gang to his martial arts school and ordered Fung Yu-Sau to secure the Ding Cai Cannon at Tin Hau’s birthday competition.

• Gu Sheng led his men out of the Walled City after Uncle Ding surrounded the alley, checked their cars, and returned Siu Fai at the gate.
• Gu Sheng identified the disciplined fighters in a roadside clash as the Big Circle Gang and later offered Gao Gang film work after hearing why he needed money.
• Lee Yongshan planned to provoke Gu Sheng into taking business from Hongxing’s other Bosses and escalating into a crime that could put him in prison, while Ye Rongtian agreed to the Lee Family’s instructions.
• Gu Sheng took Gao Gang and Tian Li to breakfast, then brought them to the martial arts school, where Gao Gang met Fung Yu-Sau and Shen Xue.
• Gu Sheng told Fung Yu-Sau to win the Ding Cai Cannon during the upcoming Tin Hau birthday competition.

Gu Sheng abducted Ye Rongtian and spread a rumor that Sky King Construction had collapsed to trigger a rush of creditors and undermine the Lee Family’s ally. After Sky King Construction was overwhelmed by debt collectors, police arrived to question Gu Sheng about a missing-person case.

• Gu Sheng ordered Wang Jianjun to abduct Ye Rongtian and his driver, then keep them hidden without harming them.
• Wang Jianjun’s men seized Ye Rongtian and his driver, hooded them, and locked them in a cage, where they remained for days without explanation.
• Gu Sheng told Ah Man to spread a rumor that Ye Rongtian had fled and Sky King Construction was out of cash, and the story appeared in a gossip tabloid.
• Workers and suppliers believed the rumor, demanded overdue wages and payments, and overwhelmed Sky King Construction while Ma Chi-keung struggled to respond.
• After Gu Sheng mocked the Lee Family over Sky King Construction’s troubles, police arrived and told him they suspected him of involvement in a missing-person case.

Ma Jun questioned GS about Ye Rongtian’s disappearance, while Sky King Construction’s debts pushed it toward bankruptcy. At a Hongxing meeting, GS made Ah Ye the boss of Sham Shui Po, announced the arcade profits and expansion plans, then asked Big Fly about a Taiwanese rival working for He Xin.

• Ma Jun questioned GS about his whereabouts and his connection to Ye Rongtian, but GS denied involvement and Ma Jun left to investigate the disappearance.
• Creditors overwhelmed Sky King Construction, its funds ran out, and the bank stopped lending to it.
• GS heard that the shops causing trouble for Hongxing were backed by rival gangs and said he would wait to crush them in one blow.
• The accountants found that Ah Ye had earned more than Ah Peng, and GS appointed her boss of Sham Shui Po.
• Ah Tung reported that twelve arcades had earned more than seven hundred thousand in profit in a week, and GS said Hongxing would expand the business.
• GS asked Big Fly about He Xin’s casino, and Big Fly said He Xin had hired a Taiwanese gang member named Chou Xiaochi.

GS learned that Chou Xiaochi was building influence on Macau Island and ordered Big Fly to watch him. After rescuing He Yi and Ding Dang from a Kowloon bar, GS brutally punished the men who had assaulted them and reaffirmed his control over Hong Kong Island’s underworld; later, Wang Jianjun reported that someone else was watching Chan Ka-nam.

• GS heard from Big Fly that Chou Xiaochi had taken over He Xin’s casinos and was courting local triads, so he ordered Big Fly to keep watch.
• He Yi called GS for help from Nightshade Bar, where Yip Kwok-fun’s men had surrounded her and Ding Dang.
• GS arrived with Hongxing men, beat Yip Kwok-fun repeatedly with beer bottles, and ordered two men who had struck Ding Dang to have their hands broken.
• GS left He Yi and Ding Dang behind and returned home, where Kong Sang tried to get him to wear new clothes.
• Wang Jianjun told GS that someone else was watching Chan Ka-nam, and GS ordered him to identify them and learn their purpose.

He Xin backed Chou Xiaochi’s attempt to seize the Diemazai market from Gu Sheng, while Gu Sheng handled bar business and prepared for an apparent attack on Chan Ka-nam. Gu Sheng brought Chan Yiu to meet Chan Ka-nam at a golf course, where Vietnamese gunmen spotted their target and moved in.

• He Xin agreed to provide Chou Xiaochi with money and men to capture more than half of the Diemazai market, while warning him not to go too far.
• Gu Sheng arranged for Ding Dang to sing at his bar, instructed his men to stay clear of the Yamaguchi-gumi, and sent Jimmy to approach the Golden Harvest and Golden Princess cinema chains.
• Wang Jianjun told Gu Sheng that twelve Vietnamese men armed with shotguns were tailing Chan Ka-nam, so Gu Sheng asked Wang Jianjun to keep watching them and arranged to play golf with Chan Ka-nam.
• Chan Yiu sent Che Baoshan to Thailand to help Sin Sin Ho, then accompanied Gu Sheng to meet Chan Ka-nam at Fanling Golf Course.
• Gu Sheng introduced Chan Yiu as his right-hand man to Chan Ka-nam, while Vietnamese gunmen in the parking lot spotted Chan Ka-nam and prepared to move.

GS survived an ambush in which Chan Yiu was killed, then forced Chan Ka-nam to surrender the United Soda Factory premises and hire Hongxing bodyguards. He told the Hongxing district Bosses that the Lee Family had ordered the attack and left them anticipating his response.

• Gunmen ambushed GS, Chan Yiu, and Chan Ka-nam; GS killed the attackers while Chan Yiu and the bodyguards were shot dead.
• GS threatened Chan Ka-nam until he agreed to transfer the United Soda Factory premises and pay GS's men ten million a month for protection.
• GS staged his injuries, ordered Chan Yiu's coffin delivered to the Lee Family villa, and summoned Hongxing's district Bosses to a meeting.
• GS told the district Bosses that the Lee Family had sent the gunmen and explained his earlier dispute with Lee Yongchuan over Jianan Company.
• The district Bosses offered to avenge Chan Yiu, but GS said he had only called them to inform them and left the meeting.

A coffin containing Chan Yiu’s body was delivered to the Lee Family villa after the failed attempt to kidnap Chan Ka-nam and LS, prompting Yiu Yeuk-sing to investigate. Lee Yongshan tried to arrange a meeting with GS, but GS ended the chapter threatening to kill the entire Lee Family.

• Two underlings delivered Chan Yiu’s coffin to the Lee Family villa, and Yiu Yeuk-sing questioned Lee Yongshan about the body.
• Yiu Yeuk-sing identified the corpse as Chan Yiu and learned that Vietnamese mercenaries had attacked Chan Ka-nam and LS in Fanling.
• Lee Yongshan confronted Lee Yongchuan, who admitted he had hired the mercenaries to target Chan Ka-nam, and ordered him to stay home.
• Ah Ye suggested that GS contact the Doctor organization, while GS assigned Ah Tung to take over Chan Yiu’s businesses and asked for Chan Yiu’s body to be brought back.
• Police questioned GS about the attack and the coffin, but he denied knowing why Chan Yiu’s body had been taken to the Lee Family villa.
• Lee Yongshan met GS at the police station, and GS threatened to kill every member of the Lee Family.

GS negotiated a settlement with Lee Yongshan, then gathered intelligence on the Doctor Organization and arranged to recruit more men for work in Macau Island and Thailand. The chapter ended as a new group of recruits arrived on Hong Kong Island, eager to earn money.

• GS demanded two hundred million from Lee Yongshan to wipe the matter clean, and Lee Yongshan agreed to let GS recover three hundred million invested in Jianan Company and keep half.
• GS left the police station, dismissed the gathered Hongxing men, and flirted with Emergency Unit officer Apple before returning to the bar.
• Ah Ye introduced GS to Ah Yuan, a former peripheral member who revealed details about the Doctor Organization and its core members.
• GS told Wang Jianjun to recruit reliable men from the North, then asked Ah Man to watch the Lee Family and ordered Leung Siu-tong to return from Macau Island.
• GS reassured Kong Sang that his apparent wounds were fake and told her to prepare bandages and a chicken for the next day.
• A dozen recruits arrived by boat, and Ah Wah told Ah Chun that the boss paid well for dangerous work.

Gu Sheng expanded his business plans, recruited Zhang Chun and his men, and assigned Ah Tung to manage Hongxing’s businesses. In Thailand, Che Baoshan fought his way through his guardian’s men while vowing revenge on Handsome Sheng.

• Gu Sheng told Kong Sang to secure the Causeway Bay plot from Chan Ka-nam and arrange a loan against the office building so he could lend money to Hongxing for arcade expansion.
• Gu Sheng appointed Leung Siu-tong to take over from Ah Tung, ordered him to place trusted people in key positions, and told him to mortgage Hongxing properties for a loan.
• Gu Sheng offered Zhang Chun and the other recruits a choice between training with Wang Jianjun or taking a fifty-thousand-dollar job before moving to Macau Island, and they chose the job.
• At Chan Yiu’s Spirit Hall, Gu Sheng named Ah Tung White Paper Fan and proposed financing Hongxing’s arcade expansion with a loan carrying thirty-six percent annual interest; he also said he would bet on Fung Yu-Sau and Shark Yan in the Firecracker Festival.
• In Thailand, Che Baoshan beat the men trying to restrain him, defeated the burly man who confronted him, and vowed revenge on Handsome Sheng.