Plot

In 1949, Hu Yixiong fled to Hong Kong as a refugee from Chaozhou. He saves a girl named Ayu and becomes embroiled with gangsters. He joins his fellow townsman Lin Si in the cigarette trade and forms a brotherhood with Lin Si and his partner Fei. After many battles with his enemies, Hu Yixiong is injured and becomes known as "Lame Hero". He designs schemes to get revenge, earns the trust of Lin Si and Fei, and manages the cigarette business. Hu Yixiong meets and marries Chen Gu Niang, and they gain power in the criminal world, forming alliances with the police and others.