Zhang Baoshan was born in a remote village outside Shimen City. In his early years, he ran with the street crowd and built himself up from nothing. Starting as an unknown underling, he relied on sheer ruthlessness to establish his own operation, gathering dozens of trusted men and taking over the territory around Shimen's arcades and dance halls. He monopolized local security and freight businesses. After repeatedly taking on established local criminal gangs despite being outnumbered, his extraordinary courage and ruthless methods struck fear into every rival, making him a notorious crime boss in Shimen.
