Boss Cheng (Chen Kuan-tai) is a middle-aged refugee in Hong Kong. He is frank and honest. After a year of hard work, he and his friends have managed to open a teahouse, called the Cheng Chi Teahouse. Business is brisk, and all employees in the teahouse are his relatives and fellow-refugees. One day, Hsien Kang kills two thugs to avenge his murdered sister, Hsien Chu (Liu Wu-chi) who was employed at the teahouse. Boss Cheng helps to get Hsien’s sentence reduced. The thugs led by Hsiung (Fan Mei-sheng) are impressed by the tact and bravery of Boss Cheng when he and several of his friends venture into their hideout to rescue some teahouse workers. Then boss Cheng helps the police to smash a drug smuggling gang. He also squeezes $300,000 from the gangsters, and donates the amount to charity before informing the cops. Mrs. Wang (Karen Yeh Ling-chi), a poor widow, is touched by Boss Cheng’s kindness and she decides to marry him. Two different gangs attempt to murder him during the wedding. But the timely arrival of the cops saves him. Next day, the thugs led by Sheng Fan-ming, again attack the teahouse. Yet once more the cops arrive in the nick of time to arrest the ringleader. However, the police are under the impression that one way or another Boss Cheng is connected with the gangsters. Therefore, the police pressure him into revealing the names of the underworld. Cheng is finally forced to leave home with his wife and children, forsaking his teahouse, relatives, and friends.
Cantonese / English Subtitles
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