Safe Guards

Episode 2

Though bitterly disappointed in CHUNG, TONG has no intention of removing him from his present position. LEI CHEUNG-FUNG, who has applied for a job as Guard Escort, goes to Wui Yau for an interview. CHI asks his aunt YAN CHING, the interviewer, to offer FUNG the job. FUNG goes and buys her mother CHEUNG SHUEN a second-hand coat but SHUEN does not seem grateful. Thinking that it is a total waste of money, SHUEN gives FUNG and FUNG’s father LEI YUNG a good telling-off. Upon his appointment as the Fifth-ranked Official, TONG receives an inscribed board from Prince GONG as a present. TONG is planning on holding a four-day celebration, to which a number of government officials, merchants, gangsters and groups of companies from the same industry will be invited……

Episode 3

HUNG grabs NGO’s jewelry and sells them all for cash. To settle the debts as soon as possible, he even takes back the goods which NGO’s father and brother bought with the loans. PING asks CHI to slow down the recovery process but CHI refuses. A senior security guard CHIU SUNG-KWONG finds himself unable to settle the debts and commits suicide. Led by CHUNG, a group of security guards have come to visit KWONG’s family. CHUNG suggests the folks should take KWONG’s body to Wui Yau and ask CHI for an explanation. CHING urges MAN to hurry back to Wui Yau but MAN advises that it would be wiser to stay out of the dispute. HAU cannot stop CHUNG from bringing the body into Wui Yau. PING is sad to learn that CHI has caused so much trouble. CHI and his family show up at the lobby to pay tribute to the late KWONG. Filled with dismay, CHI states that he is deeply saddened by KWONG’s death……

Episode 4

CHI and CHUNG have a terrible fight in the street. With the help of the inscribed board, MAN not only manages to stop the scuffle but also makes CHUNG promise to clear his debts. Upon returning to Wui Yau, TONG points out that CHI will lose support from his staff if he goes on seeking recovery of money in an uncompromising way. He suggests deducting a portion of the guards’ salary as repayment of the debts, and forbids CHI to mention the matter any more. CHI is excluded from the preparation of the celebration party. HAU, accompanied by CHI, turns to MAN for advice but MAN opines that everything TONG does is for the good of CHI. FUNG is to train the carrier pigeons. She is given the smallest and weakest pigeons, for which she is very unhappy. YUNG therefore offers her some tips on pigeon training. CHING is going to give the guard escorts a test and their future will be decided by their results. MAN is appointed as FUNG’s examiner……

Episode 5

CHI consults MAN for advice as to how to reveal Wui Yau’s financial situation to TONG but MAN gives him a bit of a strange reply by telling him to look for ways to please his father. FUNG is going on a delivery trip with the security guards. Before FUNG sets off, SHUEN goes to see CHING and tells her about her son who is being locked in prison. Not long after, FUNG is dismissed from her job. CHUNG learns from PANG that TONG has put a lot of trust in CHI. The four-day celebration costs a great deal of money but has paved the way for further expansion of Wui Yau. TONG’s birthday is coming up and his family are planning to hold a party for him. CHI has got a present for TONG, which is later replaced with a dead cat. TONG gets so sick when he sees the cat. YUNG has landed a deal and is ready to go on a delivery trip with FUNG. SHUEN is so worried that she expresses her strong disapproval of the security industry……

Episode 6

Before he sets off for Shanxi, CHI asks MAN to make a prediction as to whether they will have a safe trip. CHI keeps a careful eye on the surroundings along the way and his heart is full of anxiety. Due to the bad weather, the crew have to change their route. Knowing that CHI has taken a different route, CHUNG immediately tries to speak ill of him but TONG reiterates complete confidence in CHI. YUNG and FUNG are stopped by a mob of gangsters who come for protection money. FUNG is sexually harassed by the gangsters and CHI flies off to save her from the predicament. YUNG trips and falls down the hill whilst looking for a way out. FUNG cannot locate her father and is shocked to discover that all the goods are lost. CHI’s crew are besieged by the Ng Yee Gang. CHI promises that he will not disappoint the gang in any way, following which he invites the gang members to a meeting in an inn……