A wealthy landlord and tong leader falls in love with the beautiful daughter of one of his tenants, a tea-shop merchant. However, a poor employee of the girl's father also loves her, and she loves him. When the tong leader goes to the girl's father to arrange a marriage she refuses him, and her lover tells the tong leader that he loves her and will marry her. The tong leader determines to have the girl for his own and to teach this upstart boy a lesson about defying the leader's wishes.