Episode 15

Overview

Rumor has it that Ting Fung Shing is involved in salt smuggling and is closed for investigation. Depositors all rush to withdraw their taels. TIN, without the consent of YIP first, asks for the help of other draft banks. TIN is turned down as owners of the other banks all believe in TAI’s alarmist’s talk. TIN feels even worse when YIP gives him a dressing-down. YIP plans to transfer silver dollars from other branches to meet the urgent need. However, the dollars cannot be delivered on time because of a landslide. At TAI’s instigation, the bigger depositors withdraw all their money from Ting Fung Shing, putting it into an ever worse situation. Fortunately, MAN gives CHAI and CHIK a hand and they finally manage to turn the tide. KUNG, who has been bribed by TAI, makes a deliberate attempt to discredit Ting Fung Shing. When YIP finds this out, he fires KUNG. MAN has finished the task Empress Dowager TSE HEI entrusted him……