Character Relationship Map: Slickers vs. Killers

Characters

• Success Hung (played by Sammo Hung Kam-Bo) — protagonist

  A hapless telephone salesman who becomes embroiled in a sales war with Miss Cheng. After witnessing a feud involving two hitmen and triads, he becomes a target of Bat and Owl, while also facing danger...

• Miss Cheng (played by Carol Cheng) — supporting

  A new saleswoman who enters a selling war with Success Hung. Their competition is an early problem for Hung, though it soon becomes less serious than the danger he faces after witnessing a feud betwee...

• Bat (played by Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau) — supporting

  One of the two hitmen whose feud with a local gang of triads is witnessed by Success Hung. Bat is described as the more neurotic and violent of the pair, and he makes Hung a target. Hung survives vari...

• Owl (played by Lam Ching-Ying) — supporting

  One of the two hitmen involved in a feud with a local gang of triads, witnessed by Success Hung. Alongside Bat, Owl makes attempts on Hung's life, and Hung survives their attacks. The plot summary ide...

• Lisa Yu (played by Yu Li) — supporting

  Success Hung's wife. Her policeman colleague Ai has more than a professional interest in her, and his jealousy leads him to decide that Hung would be better off dead. Lisa's connection to Ai therefore...

• Policeman (played by Collin Chou) — supporting

  A policeman colleague of Success Hung's wife, Lisa, who has more than a professional interest in her. Jealous of Hung, he decides that Hung would be better off dead, adding another threat to the sales...

• Gang Leader (played by Lo Kin) — minor
• Gang Member (played by Yam Wai-Hung) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Policeman → Lisa Yu (Romantic Interest) — The Policeman has romantic feelings or intentions toward Lisa Yu.

  Success Hung discovers that Lisa Yu's policeman colleague has more than a professional interest in her.

• Gang Leader → Gang Member (Power Gang Leader) — The Gang Leader commands or represents the local gang structure.

  The plot identifies a local gang of triads, while the character list separately includes a Gang Leader and Gang Member.

• Bat → Owl (Professional Hitman Partner) — Bat and Owl operate as a professional killing team.

  The plot repeatedly refers to Bat and Owl together as the two hitmen targeting Success Hung.

• Success Hung → Miss Cheng (Professional Sales Rival) — They compete directly in the telephone-sales business.

  Success Hung, a telephone salesman, becomes involved in a selling war with the new saleswoman Miss Cheng.

• Success Hung → Lisa Yu (Family Spouse) — Success Hung and Lisa Yu are married.

  The plot identifies Lisa Yu as Success Hung's wife.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Policeman → Success Hung (Conflict Murderous Rival) — The Policeman becomes a second threat to Hung's life.

  Because of his jealousy, the policeman decides that Success Hung would be better off dead.

• Gang Member → Success Hung (Conflict Gang Adversary) — A gang member belongs to the hostile gang conflict surrounding Hung.

  Success Hung becomes involved after witnessing a feud between the hitmen and a local gang of triads.

• Owl → Gang Leader (Conflict Enemy) — Owl is also part of the feud with the gang.

  The plot describes a feud between Bat and Owl and a local gang of triads.

• Bat → Gang Leader (Conflict Enemy) — Bat is involved in violent opposition to the local gang leadership.

  Success Hung witnesses a feud between the two hitmen and a local gang of triads, placing Bat in conflict with the gang.

• Owl → Success Hung (Conflict Assassin And Target) — Owl participates in the attempts to kill Success Hung.

  The plot states that Success Hung survives various attempts on his life by the hitmen Bat and Owl.

• Bat → Success Hung (Conflict Assassin And Target) — Bat directly hunts Success Hung.

  After Success Hung witnesses a feud, Bat becomes the target's most neurotic and violent pursuer and makes various attempts on his life.

Story Analysis

A hapless salesman is trapped between professional rivalry, hitmen, gang violence, and a jealous Policeman.

Plot Progression

1. The Sales Rivalry — Success Hung is introduced as a hapless telephone salesman. His competition with the new saleswoman Miss Cheng begins as the apparent central problem.
2. Witness to Violence — Hung witnesses a feud involving Bat, Owl, and a local triad gang. The incident turns him into a target, especially for the violent Bat.
3. Marriage Under Threat — Hung survives attempts by Bat and Owl, then discovers that Lisa Yu's Policeman colleague has a personal interest in her. The danger becomes both criminal and domestic.
4. The Chaotic Convergence — The Policeman's jealousy leads him to decide that Hung should die. The hitmen, the Policeman, and Hung's personal crisis converge during one madcap night.
5. Problems Resolved — Hung remains at the center of the final chaos while the intertwined threats are resolved. The protagonist survives the night that brought every conflict together.