1983, Kowloon Walled City.
There are many gangs in the Sangui zone, the wires are tangled into spider webs, and the neon lights cannot illuminate every dark alley.
Chen Zhen opened his eyes, his nose filled with the smell of disinfectant.
The former was a ruthless man who retired from the special forces in the 21st century and turned to the financial industry. When he woke up, he became a wage earner in a tea restaurant in Chengzhai - he owed usury, had just been beaten up by gangsters, and his pocket was cleaner than his face.
A panel pops up in my mind:
[The reputation system has been activated. Host, your current reputation is enough to buy a pack of instant noodles.
From that day on, people in the walled city discovered that the humble wage earner in the tea restaurant had changed.
A gangster came to collect debts, but he punched him and threw him out the door.
Under pressure from the casino's red sticks, he went to the meeting alone to collect the numbers and force out the boss behind the scenes.
The gang leader sent someone to try, and he used a Wing Chun move to make the other party kneel down and surrender.
He did business, organized mutual aid associations, recruited people from the Jianghu community, and saved his first pot of gold.
Neighbors in the walled city called him from "Ah Zhen from the tea restaurant" to "Ah Zhen from the mutual aid association."
The reputation has increased from level 0 to level 2, "Known in the Streets".
The system went from mocking him for "enough to buy a pack of instant noodles" to prompting "You have touched deeper water in Hong Kong Island."
But the water in the walled city was deeper than he thought.
Qian Wen, the man behind the casino, smiles but hides his knife. While doing business for him, he also sends people to kill people and put the blame on him.
The leader of the Kowloon Gang, D, keeps wine like he keeps knives. If he tries to win over someone today, he might fall out with him tomorrow.
As the old saying goes, someone is critically ill - Brother Shui sent a message: "Uncle Zhou is not ill, but someone has taken advantage of him."
Uncle Jiu said late at night: Your father also died in the walled city. He found something he shouldn't have found and was silenced.
