Lord of Shanghai — Season 1, Episode 22: Episode 22
Crime • 45 min • 1 season, 32 episodes • ★ 9.0/10
Episode synopsis
(End of flashback) Back to 1930s, NGO-TIN, who contributed money and resources to support the new government, receives an autograph from the Chairman, "For the country and the people". After SIU-LAU returns from Beiping, she goes to visit YUET-LAN, who endeavors to play matchmaker for SIU-LAU. HOK-YIU's film company celebrates its inauguration, and NGO-TIN, as one of the company's investor, also goes there to offer his support. When TING-TING is covering a news story about the new government building a new railroad together the Japanese, Counselor LEE is assassinated midway through. So HON LAP meets up with NGO-TIN, asking him to help them find the killer. Through the photos, NGO-TIN infers that the murderer should be TAI-FUI, one of the workers in the cotton mill. However, TAI-FUI is also murdered, which greatly exasperates KWUN-CHIU and the other Axe Gang members……
About Lord of Shanghai
In a time when Shanghai was controlled by the merciless warlords, sworn brothers Kiu Ngo-Tin and Kung Siu-San have to rely on each other. Together, the ruthless Siu-San and the cunning Ngo-Tin create a world of their own, but in order to stay on top, Ngo-Tin has no choice but to leave his past behind completely, including his confidant and true love Ku Siu-Lau, a Peking opera apprentice. When Ngo-Tin catches the attention of a local casino boss, he is introduced to Kam Tong, Shanghai's most powerful tycoon. Along with Siu-San, Ngo-Tin and Kam Tong become legendary figures in Shanghai. But success is short-lived as a single city cannot accomodate three leaders; Siu-San and Kam Tong enter a battle for power, creating havoc in Shanghai.