In 1968, 18-year-old Chen Jiahao stepped into the world on a typhoon night and raised a knife for the first time in order to avenge his brother Ade. That year, Hong Kong's economy took off, but gangs, drugs, and violence were still rampant in the dark corners of the Kowloon Walled City.
From the bottom Ma Tsai to the 14K Hongfashan gang, Chen Jiahao spent thirty years developing a crumbling gang into a business empire spanning tea restaurants, shipping, real estate, and mainland investment. He has experienced countless tests of life and death: bloody battles with rival gangs, cat-and-mouse games with the police, tests of friendship with his brothers, and life-and-death battles with his beloved Wanjun.
In 1971, he married Wan Jun, a girl from a market tailor shop. She guarded this turbulent family with her lifelong tenderness. In 1995, Wanjun passed away from lung cancer, which became the most painful farewell in his career.
On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong returned to China. Fifty-two-year-old Chen Jiahao announced his retirement and handed over the Fuxing Group to his son Jiaqiang, saying goodbye to the world completely. He moved out of Hong Kong and wrote this memoir in his seaside villa in Shenzhen.
