The prototype of the lame man is a real person

The prototype character of the movie "Lame Ho" is Wu Xihao.

Wu Xihao was born in Shantou, Guangdong. He was born in 1930 and did not catch up with the good times. In the 1960s, his family immigrated to Hong Kong. Wu Xihao, who first arrived in Hong Kong, had a low status and no connections. Wu Xihao started his business at a flower stall in Shek Kip Mei. After making his first pot of gold, he began to have a certain amount of funds and connections.

At this moment, Wu Xihao met a key figure who changed his life, Lu Le, one of the four major detectives in Hong Kong, and thus got involved in the poison business. He was good at management and rapidly expanded his power. By the 1970s, he had become a major drug lord on par with the four major families. Later, he was arrested after the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in 1974 and sentenced to 30 years in prison for drug trafficking, bribing police, and involvement in murder.

Synopsis of "The Lame Man"

In 1962, the mainland was experiencing economic difficulties. Wu Guohao (played by Lui Liangwei), a young man from Shantou who fled to Hong Kong with the refugee wave, was unwilling to be bullied by gangs. He took refuge in the gangster Fei Bo (played by Zheng Zeshi). After several desperate bloody battles, he was reused by Fei Bo and established his position in the gang, becoming more and more powerful.

Fei Bo, who was gradually feeling threatened, set up a trap to cause Wu Guohao to be chased by a drug lord. Although he did not die, he lost a leg. However, he himself was eventually framed by the drug lord and imprisoned. . With Inspector Lei Zonghua seizing the throne, Ng Kwok-hao took over all Fei Bo's territories and became the leader of the four major gangster families. And because he was willing to pay for the work of detectives for the people in the police who worked for him, the police station became his drug dealer. of protective umbrella.

However, as 1973 (the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong) approached, and his arrogance due to his high position led to betrayal and alienation, his fortune began to decline.