https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bund_(TV_series)
The Bund is a Hong Kong period drama television series first broadcast on TVB in 1980. It is praised as "The Godfather of the East" and spawned several sequels, remakes and film adaptations. The theme song, which shares the same Chinese title as the series and was performed by Frances Yip, also became a memorable Cantopop hit.
The series is set in the 1920s in Republican China. Hui Man-keung is a Yenching University graduate who served three years in prison for participating in the May Fourth Movement student protests.
He decides to make a fresh start in Shanghai, where he meets and befriends Ting Lik, a fruit vendor. He invites Ting to be his partner after seizing the executive position in a small-time gang.
He also builds up a good relationship with Fung King-yiu, a wealthy tycoon and gang boss, after saving Fung's daughter, Ching-ching, from being held hostage. Fung wants Hui to work for him but Hui refuses. Ching-ching falls in love with Hui.
After Ting kills a rival in a personal dispute over a woman, other gangs attack Hui and Ting and destroy their small-time gang. Hui and Ting then join Fung's company for protection.
Later, after Hui discovers that Fung is collaborating with secret agents from the Japan-based Black Dragon Society to destroy the patriotic Ching-mou School, he enters a dilemma on whether to uphold his morals or turn against Fung.
Hui eventually decides to help the Ching-mou School and he kills the Japanese spy Yamaguchi Kaoriko in a gunfight. Fung is furious when he learns of Hui's betrayal, and he sends his men across Shanghai to hunt down and kill Hui.
Ting secretly helps Hui escape on account of their friendship.
Hui fakes his death to evade Fung's men and settles in Hong Kong, where he marries So Wong-tai, starts a new life with her family, and opens a small restaurant. Meanwhile, in Shanghai, Ching-ching is unable to accept the news of Hui's death so she visits Hong Kong when she hears rumours that Hui is still alive there.
She meets Hui there but refuses to believe him when he tells her he is already married. Hui then brings her home to show her his family. Unknown to them, Fung's men had secretly followed them and they kill Hui's family. Hui was not at home at the time so he survives. He swears vengeance on Fung and returns to Shanghai to take his revenge.
Hui becomes an adviser to Nip Yan-wong, Fung's business rival. Through many successful manoeuvres, Hui devastates Fung financially and politically. He also tells Ching-ching they can never be together.
During Hui's absence, Ting begins to court Ching-ching. After Ting is seriously injured on one occasion, Ching-ching agrees to marry him. Hui suffers an emotional breakdown due to the loss of his family, and after seeing that his ex-lover is about to marry his best friend. His depression ignites the anger in him and increases his thirst for revenge. Hui wants to kill Fung and asks Ting to pave an opportunity. Ting sets them up for a game of Russian roulette in which Fung loses and is killed by Hui.
Ching-ching is unable to forgive Hui for killing her father and she leaves China for France. Although Hui and Ting later cooperate and manage to dominate the Shanghai underworld, Hui is not interested in gang affairs as he is eager to find Ching-ching and patch up with her.
Hui is gunned down outside a restaurant by unknown assailants on the night before he was to have left for France.
The Bund is a Hong Kong period drama television series first broadcast on TVB in 1980. It is praised as "The Godfather of the East" and spawned several sequels, remakes and film adaptations. The theme song, which shares the same Chinese title as the series and was performed by Frances Yip, also became a memorable Cantopop hit.
The series is set in the 1920s in Republican China. Hui Man-keung is a Yenching University graduate who served three years in prison for participating in the May Fourth Movement student protests.
He decides to make a fresh start in Shanghai, where he meets and befriends Ting Lik, a fruit vendor. He invites Ting to be his partner after seizing the executive position in a small-time gang.
He also builds up a good relationship with Fung King-yiu, a wealthy tycoon and gang boss, after saving Fung's daughter, Ching-ching, from being held hostage. Fung wants Hui to work for him but Hui refuses. Ching-ching falls in love with Hui.
After Ting kills a rival in a personal dispute over a woman, other gangs attack Hui and Ting and destroy their small-time gang. Hui and Ting then join Fung's company for protection.
Later, after Hui discovers that Fung is collaborating with secret agents from the Japan-based Black Dragon Society to destroy the patriotic Ching-mou School, he enters a dilemma on whether to uphold his morals or turn against Fung.
Hui eventually decides to help the Ching-mou School and he kills the Japanese spy Yamaguchi Kaoriko in a gunfight. Fung is furious when he learns of Hui's betrayal, and he sends his men across Shanghai to hunt down and kill Hui.
Ting secretly helps Hui escape on account of their friendship.
Hui fakes his death to evade Fung's men and settles in Hong Kong, where he marries So Wong-tai, starts a new life with her family, and opens a small restaurant. Meanwhile, in Shanghai, Ching-ching is unable to accept the news of Hui's death so she visits Hong Kong when she hears rumours that Hui is still alive there.
She meets Hui there but refuses to believe him when he tells her he is already married. Hui then brings her home to show her his family. Unknown to them, Fung's men had secretly followed them and they kill Hui's family. Hui was not at home at the time so he survives. He swears vengeance on Fung and returns to Shanghai to take his revenge.
Hui becomes an adviser to Nip Yan-wong, Fung's business rival. Through many successful manoeuvres, Hui devastates Fung financially and politically. He also tells Ching-ching they can never be together.
During Hui's absence, Ting begins to court Ching-ching. After Ting is seriously injured on one occasion, Ching-ching agrees to marry him. Hui suffers an emotional breakdown due to the loss of his family, and after seeing that his ex-lover is about to marry his best friend. His depression ignites the anger in him and increases his thirst for revenge. Hui wants to kill Fung and asks Ting to pave an opportunity. Ting sets them up for a game of Russian roulette in which Fung loses and is killed by Hui.
Ching-ching is unable to forgive Hui for killing her father and she leaves China for France. Although Hui and Ting later cooperate and manage to dominate the Shanghai underworld, Hui is not interested in gang affairs as he is eager to find Ching-ching and patch up with her.
Hui is gunned down outside a restaurant by unknown assailants on the night before he was to have left for France.
