Island of Greed

Captain Fong Kwok-fai infiltrates Chow's Taipei gambling arcade and prosecutes him for running an underground casino. The evidence points to Chow as mastermind behind the operation. However, the case falters when the presiding judge is paid off.

Chow's influence reaches the judiciary and the underground casino case is dismissed by a bribed presiding judge. The victory demonstrates Chow's ability to bend outcomes with money and power.

Fong convinces Lam Ching-piu to report Chow for blackmail and to expose bid-rigging in the Coastal Highway project. Lam's testimony begins to link Chow to multiple corruption schemes.

Chow captures Lam and drags him on a fishing hook through a plantation, attempting to intimidate witnesses. Fong and his squad pursue Chow through the plantation, evading attack dogs, and manage to rescue Lam.

Fong exposes Chow's crimes to the public, prompting a political response. The Kuomintang then nominates Chow's rival Ting Chung-shu to run for the Legislative Yuan.

Chow crashes Ting's press conference to announce his own bid for the Legislative Yuan, running without a party. The move signals Chow's transition from crime figure to political contender.

Fong is suspended from his duties as his superior, Suen Ching-lim, is revealed to be corrupt. The suspension halts Fong's anti-corruption campaign and complicates his fight against Chow.

Rival taxi companies Country and White Cloud, backing Chow and Ting respectively, clash for customers and escalate into a riot. Chow leverages the chaos through his ally Country Taxi's director Kwan to amplify the disruption.

Chow orders his wife Miu-heung to attend a ball where the National Police Agency Commissioner's wife is present, hoping the commissioner will urge Chow to stop the riot and boost Chow's hero image.

During the riot, Fong's taxi-driver father is caught in the chaos, and Fong himself rescues him. The pair narrowly escape an explosion that rocks the area.

With journalist Ling Fei's help, Fong convinces Justice Minister Fung King-chung to reinstate him and publicly support his anti-corruption efforts, reinforcing his comeback.

Ting sends killers after Fong; one subordinate, Nicotine, is killed, leading Ting to attempt to frame Chow for the murder. Miu-heung aids Chow to sustain public support.

Chow hires a prostitute to seduce and murder Ting, and soon after is elected to the Legislative Yuan with 125,000 votes, marking a powerful political rise.

Fong's squad infiltrates Chow's circle and collects damning evidence from Chow's computer. In the climactic sequence, Chow kills Deputy Minister Hau, flees in a thirteen-vehicle convoy, and a helicopter assault destroys parts of the convoy; an explosion kills Miu-heung and Chow is arrested. In the aftermath, Chow is sentenced to prison for disfranchisement and death row; Fong resigns from the Investigation Bureau amid public pressure and political meddling, then announces a bid to be Mayor of Taipei in 1997 and marries Ling Fei.