In 2023, Lu Tianye lost the last real estate certificate of his ancestral home in a Macau casino and jumped from the Friendship Bridge. When he opened his eyes again, he returned to Temple Street in Hong Kong in 1984. His right eye turned into a golden pupil that could see through poker cards, dice cups and even people's hearts.
In this golden age everywhere, he started out as "Ghost Hand Alu" in street gambling stalls, swept through underground casinos with his clairvoyant eyes, and got acquainted with retired gangsters who opened tea restaurants and martial arts brothers who hung out on film sets. When his fame spread to Macau, what awaited him was the life and death game of the Lisboa Casino - if he won, he would take away millions of chips, if he lost, he would leave behind the golden eyes.
From Hong Kong to Macau, from gambling ships on the high seas to Las Vegas, Lu Tianye's gambling table is getting bigger and bigger: he uses mahjong to help mainland businessmen win back the money they defrauded, he uses blackjack to predict the stock market on Wall Street, and he even gambles with Southeast Asian warlords on mining rights. But when he stood on the stage of the Asian Gambling King Competition, he discovered that the biggest bet was no longer money - why was the mysterious cheongsam woman who always appeared at critical moments immune to his clairvoyance? When the side effects of Golden Eyes begin to show, how can he keep everything he has won in half his life?
This is the confession of a gambler and the growth history of a hero. When the countdown to Macau's return in 1999 sounded, "Mr. Lu", who owned casinos, hotels, and a shipping empire, stood on the top of the Peak. His next game would be a gamble for the entire era.
