The movie is set in Shanghai in the
early Republican era. Cheng Daqi, a
young man working at a fruit stall,
travels to Shanghai in search of a new
life and he meets Hong Shouting, a
police chief who is also a triad boss.
Hong’s wife, Ling Husheng, recognises
Cheng’s talent and successfully
persuades her husband to let Cheng
join them. Cheng gradually rises
through the ranks in the criminal
underworld of Shanghai and becomes an
influential triad boss. He meets Bao,
who falls in love with him, but
Cheng’s true love is actually his
childhood friend Ye Zhiqiu, who has
gone missing.
Many years later, a middle-aged Cheng
has become one of the most notorious
and powerful triad bosses in Shanghai,
even surpassing his old boss Hong
Shouting. However, he finds himself
caught up in the struggle between the
aggressive Empire of Japan, which is
planning to invade China, and the
local secret service led by the crafty
Mao Zai, who saved his life many years
ago. He also encounters his old flame
Ye Zhiqiu again, but she is now
married to another man.
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