Following the funeral of Boss Han, Playboy goes to make peace with Rotten Chi at a bar he runs. The bar was a real place called "Joy Coming" and was located on the ground floor of the Harbour Crystal Centre on Granville Road. It's here where Rotten Chi's men attack him, despite him already being severely injured from the previous gang attack at the fruit market. The only mention I have found online about this club stems from a court case five years after this film was made, when a policeman confronted a knife wielding gangster who was chasing passersby - quite apt considering this scene in the film - and was apprehended after he went into the bar (read all about it
here). There's a reason why many triad films in HK use East TST as a base location...it is full of triad run and protected businesses.
The English name of the bar is a play on the Cantonese pronunciation as the first two words of the Chinese name are 醉琴 (pronounced "joy kam") where "joy" (醉) is the word for being drunk. The Cantonese love their puns.
I have no idea when the place closed down but it was a long time ago. The current space is occupied by a vets/animal hospital.
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