On the run after being falsely accused of killing 2 Asian Crimes Task Force agents, Jian-Wa takes a job in a garment sweat shop. One of the workers is trying to unionize the shop - Jian-Wa fights against the union busters.
Jian-Wa takes a job as a waiter in an illegal gambling den. There, he befriends the son of a Vietnam M.I.A.; a scam artist claims to know what happened to his father. The ghost of Wago Chang pays Jian-Wa a visit and tries to help him.
After Jian-Wa gets hired as a musician for a party, he protects the attendees from armed kidnappers; he then gets hired as a bodyguard for the sixteen year old daughter of the host.
In Portland Oregon, after a laundry Jian-Wa just left explodes, he gets a job at the restaurant next door. Nearby businesses are being pressured to sell out.