The Battle Of The Thousand Kings

In 1996, Kowloon, Hong Kong. In prison, the jailhouse bully Laosan, confident in his gambling skills, looked down on the inmate Atai. Not only did he lose all his belongings in a bet, but he also lost a leg. Furious, Laosan was about to beat Atai severely when he received a call from a big shot, ordering him not to touch Atai and to obey him unconditionally—otherwise, unforeseeable consequences would follow. Atai demanded Laosan’s other leg in three days, leaving Laosan in constant dread. However, on the appointed day, Laosan learned that Atai had been released from prison early. Upon his release, Atai first returned to his slum home, only to find his wife Xiaoying had left him for the wealthy Weishao. Xiaoying brazenly came to seize their property and demanded a divorce. Lin Jiatai (Atai’s real name) signed the divorce agreement and handed over the house to Xiaoying. He then used the huge fortune he had earned from gambling years ago to buy a new property. After settling down, he officially launched his revenge plan, seeking the opponent who had set him up and framed him in the past. Lin Jiatai won consecutively in Kangshao’s casino, drawing the ire of triad members. Kangshao, impressed by Lin Jiatai’s astounding performance on surveillance, helped him out of trouble and took him under his wing as an assistant. Lin Jiatai saved Kangshao from critical situations in multiple high-stakes gambling matches, earning his growing trust. Soon, Kang Gangsheng, Kangshao’s father and a key figure in persecuting Lin Jiatai years ago, sensed Lin Jiatai’s threat. But it was too late: with Lin Jiatai’s help, Kangshao won massively, only to fall into Lin Jiatai’s carefully crafted trap. When Kangshao’s cheating was accidentally exposed, he not only lost all his assets but also a hand. Kang Gangsheng urgently sent people to find Lin Jiatai, who had vanished without a trace. To lie low, Lin Jiatai returned to the social bottom, still dominating small and large gambling games. He