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The Ho’s family in Foshan is exhilarated as a boy is born into their family. This little boy is attracted to mahjong when he is still a baby! Time flies and the baby has grown into a man called Ho Yee. He is very good at gambling, and is considered unbeatable as he has the best of luck. The Tsang’s of the Hung Fook Casino hate Yee as he wins a lot of money from them. The eldest son of the Tsang’s family, Tsang Tak Sing, tries with all his wit to stop Yee from winning, but he never succeeds once. Yee parties all night with his friends and finally passes out due to exhaustion. Luckily, he is saved by To Lai Ying, who lives in the Salesian Society. Yee falls for Ying at first sight and when he comes round, he searches everywhere for her. He finally discovers that Ying is the assistant to Doctor Campbell at the Salesian Society. Yee invites Ying to go out with him and tries to please her.… ...

Ying cannot figure out why the Tsangs are interested to become the directors of the Salesian Society. The truth is that the Tsangs secretly plan to turn the Salesian Society into a casino. During the directors’ meeting, the Tsangs use false identities win the others’ trust and try to buy their votes with money. Then the current director, Madame Chow, decides that whoever raises the largest amount of money for the Salesian Society, will be the new director. The Tsangs try to bribe the Hos, but in vain. Yee proposes that whoever wins from a gambling game will be the director. At first, Yee and Sing each wins a game. During the final match, Yee anticipates that Sing will win and thus set him up and exposes Sing’s evil side in front of the others. The others lose faith in Sing and let Yee become the new director.

Yee gets into a fight with a mysterious man who tries to take advantage of Hei. Yee discovers that the man is in fact Ying’s father, To Chai Sam, who loses contact with Ying for more than 10 years. Yee tries to please Sam and lies to him, saying that he can let him reunite with his daughter. However, Ying refuses to meet with her father. Yee, therefore, thinks of a plan to help Sam get back on good terms with his daughter. Yee’s cousin, Mary, comes from Shanghai to stay with the Hos. She meets Sing on her way to the Hos and Sing makes fun of her. She is subsequently being molested by a rascal due to Sing. When Mary arrives at the Ho’s family with her maid, Tung Koo, she pretends to be very rich. In fact, she has no money. She only wants to take advantage from the Hos. The police are investigating into the sexual molest cases and is conducting a palm match on all the men in Foshan.… ...

Sing is arrested and Yee, surprisingly, helps Sing clear his name. Judge Sheung decides to use Mary as bait to lure the villain, however, the villain has set his eyes on Ying. Luckily, with the help of Kin, who returns to Foshan from Hong Kong, they all manage to capture the villain. In order to help Ying forgive her father, Yee deliberately tells Ying that her father has indeed rehabilitated and is now working in his pawn shop. Ying looks for Kin and asks him about studying in Hong Kong. She wants to become a doctor. But when she learns that she won’t be able to pay for the very expensive tuition, she is miserable. The Tsangs introduce a new gambling game to Foshan. This gambling game is very popular in Guangzhou and the Foshan citizens are all crazy for this new game. Ying is upset to see that a mother forgets about her kids and family due to the new gambling game.… ...

Ying is furious when she discovers that the staff is also attracted to the new gambling game. She scolds them and initiates a demonstration against gambling. Yee, who wants to please Ying, joins the demonstration reluctantly. The demonstration team ends up in a dispute with the people from the Hung Fook Casino and they are all arrested. The Tsangs is not happy with Judge Sheung takes bribes from them and deals the case unfair. Judge Sheung, therefore, takes this opportunity to close down their Casino. Ying is delighted. Gambling is prohibited in Foshan and all the gamblers are upset. Mary then secretly invites the gamblers to Yee’s house to gamble. Unfortunately, Ying later discovers it and scolds Yee. However, Yee is not convinced. Ying, therefore, reports the case to the police and have all the gamblers arrested. Humiliated, Yee takes his revenge and helps Sing bring the Hung Fook Casino back to business. Ying is furious.… ...

Yee is in a very bad mood and he gambles nonstop for three days and three nights. He then falls down from the second floor of the Casino and goes into a coma. On the other hand, Ying is informed by Kin that there is an English couple in Hong Kong, who is willing to give her boarding, so she can further her medical study there. Mary tries all possible ways to make Yee come round, but without much success. Sam fails to get another job. He is then tempted by Sing to gamble again. Sam keeps losing and owes Sing a lot of money. The Hos invite the famous Monk Ching Wan to help cure Yee. Monk Ching Wan tells them that Yee has to get married in three days in order to be saved. The Hos propose marriage to Mary for Yee, but she refuses and fears that Yee will become a vegetable. The Hos, therefore, wish to enlist all the females in Foshan to find one to marry Yee.… ...