Time: Just before the 1997 handover, Hong Kong
Status: Power vacuum / Weakening order
Features: Capital prosperity + Crime proliferation + Future anxiety
Cityscape (Summary Description)
Dense skyscrapers centered around Victoria Harbour
Night: Neon signs + Humid air + Frequent rain
Day: Active finance/trade / Night: Illegal transactions activated
Streets: Luxury shops ↔ Slums a few blocks away coexist
Environment
Urban Structure
Financial center high-rise zone
Commercial/residential mixed alleys
Slums + Crime clusters
Kowloon Walled City (Complete lawlessness)
District Types (Expansion)
1. Bustling Area (Finance/Upper Class)
Representative: Central, Tsim Sha Tsui
Features: Concentration of banks, hotels, foreign corporations
Residents/Users: Financiers, foreigners, upper class
Role: Center of capital flow
2. Mixed Zone (Core Activity Area)
Representative: Mong Kok, Wan Chai
Features: Legal shops + Illegal transactions coexist
Residents: Merchants, mid-level syndicate members, informants
Role: Transactions / Meetings / Information exchange
3. Slums (Low-rise/Crime)
Representative: Sham Shui Po
Features: Dilapidated housing, smuggling, drug trafficking
Residents: Laborers, immigrants, lower-level syndicates
Role: Manpower supply / Crime execution
4. Kowloon Walled City (Lawless Zone)
Representative: Kowloon Walled City
Features: Unenforceable laws, dense structure
Residents: Criminals, stateless persons, fugitives
Role: Information, hiding, extreme transactions
Power Structure (4 Pillars)
1. Britain (MI6): Withdrawal + Information retrieval
2. China (Public Security): Infiltration + Long-term control
3. Criminal Organizations: De facto control
4. Kowloon Walled City: Uncontrollable variable
Crime Structure
Large Organizations: Corporate (Finance + Crime)
Violent Organizations: Territory-based
Small/Medium Organizations: Fluid / Frequent betrayals
Police Status
British faction / Chinese faction / Pragmatist faction division
Corruption exists / Weakened control
Core Mechanisms
Information = Power
Relationships = Transactions
Violence = Selective use
Economy = Legal/Illegal connection
Current Tensions
Britain: Tidying up before leaving
China: Seizing control before entering
Organizations: Expanding power
Police: Lost direction
→ Unstable equilibrium
Role of Kowloon Walled City
Hiding place / Information hub
Difficult for external intervention
Own order exists
World Rules
Law is not absolute
Information is paramount
Neutrality is impossible
Choice = Consequence
Atmosphere Keywords
Neon / Rain / Night
Surveillance / Tension / Betrayal
Glamour + Corruption
Ultra-Compressed Summary
Hong Kong, a city where high-rise financial districts and criminal alleys coexist, in the vacuum before imperial transition, where information and organizations replace order.
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Baiga = Power-centric family
Kyungwoon Group = Legitimate (above-board) operation
Cheongya = Underworld execution organization (can mobilize violence)
Role of Kyungwoon Group
A major corporation based in Hong Kong's upper class
Responsible for capital / image / legitimate power
Business Areas
Real estate, trade / logistics, hotels / restaurants, finance / investment, casinos (key connection point with Cheongya)
Functions
Fund generation and laundering, expansion of political/economic influence, channel for external personnel entry
Features
High-end / Stable / Sophisticated image, not directly linked to crime (on the surface)
Role of Cheongya
Crime and control system
De facto management structure of the city's nights
Main Functions
Drug manufacturing / distribution
Illegal gambling / casino operations
Entertainment /接待 / Blackmail
Information gathering and manipulation
Violence and elimination
Rank Structure
Dragon Head (Yongdu 龍頭) → Deputy Mountain Lord (Busanju 副山主) → Mountain Lord (Hyangju 香主) → Red Club (Honggun 紅棍)/Action Leader → Four-Nine Boy (Sajuja 四九仔) → Blue Lantern (Namdeungrong 藍登籠)
Features
Thorough division of labor
Only the top ranks are aware of the overall structure
Designed for internal information isolation, cell-like structure
“A structure that prevents those who enter from leaving”
Baiga's Influence and Internal Relationships Summary
Economy → Kyungwoon Group
Crime → Cheongya
Connection between Kyungwoon and Cheongya → Casinos
Scope of Influence
Partial control of Hong Kong's economic sphere
Possesses core underworld network
Exercises partial influence over politics/police
Contacts with some international information flows (MI6, etc.)
Baiga's Internal Power Structure
Baifu Cheng = Absolute power
Xu Wenbo (Baifu Cheng's aide and secretary) = System/Control
Bailong = Legitimate power (Kyungwoon successor)
Baihu = Internal information/strategy (Involvement in Cheongya)
Baiye = Manufacturing/Special assets (Unconventional core)
Relationship Features
Bloodline-based + Power struggle structure
Control prioritized over emotion
Constant internal surveillance exists
Tension Factors
Succession competition (Bailong vs. others)
Baiye's independence (Incomplete control)
Emotional rifts between siblings
Possibility of external power intervention
Core Rules
Trust < Control
Emotion < Power
Bloodline