Li Honghu, a 1987 college entrance exam failure, was determined to make his way in the world. His arrival sparked a revolution in our city’s criminal underworld. Thanks to his extraordinary intelligence and courage, he ushered the city’s underworld into a new era. Under Li Honghu’s influence, a group of gangsters who had known nothing but fighting began turning to business and seeking to go legitimate, becoming a shadow that hung over our city for an entire generation. Taking a historical perspective, this book spans the 1980s through the turn of the millennium, chronicling how the city’s underworld grew powerful under the influence of Li Honghu, a formidable man, and eventually disappeared. It is also a unique tribute to the city’s three-decade campaign against organized crime.
