Wei Shen

Wei Shen (1984-) is the main protagonist of the video game Sleeping Dogs. Shen is a Chinese-American undercover cop whose goal is to bring down the Sun On Yee triad, the most powerful triad in Hong Kong.
==Biography==
Wei Shen was born in Hong Kong, China, to his mother and father alongside his older sister Mimi Shen. Wei lived in Old Prosperity with his friends Jackie Ma, Winston Chu, and Conroy Wu as well as Dogeyes Lin. However, Dogeyes got Mimi addicted to drugs and Wei stabbed him with a pen in suspicion and somehow saved Jackie. In response, Wei and Mimi moved to San Francisco, California, to get out of the drug addiction. Wei Shen grew up to become a skilled police officer in the SFPD experienced in undercover work. However, Mimi died of a drug overdose sometime later. This cause Wei to forever blame the Triads for her death and was seconded to the HKPD where he returned to Hong Kong to infiltrate the Sun On Yee triad. Raymond Mak was his handler.
==Events of the Game==
===Main Game===
Wei Shen is an undercover cop who is sent undercover to investigate the Sun On Yee triad to stop a war between the 18k triad. He first makes his way up the ranks by joining Winston Chu's gang named the Water Street Boys with his childhood friend Jackie Ma. Wei performs errands for Winston with Jackie while occasionally getting into more important stuff such as a raid on a drug manufacturing plant. Unfortunately, Winston ends up getting killed at his wedding along with his fiancée Peggy which fuels Wei's vengeance for the triad even further as he had grown attached to Winston and his gang and a temporary war between him and Big Smile Lee's triad begins.
However, the two are forced to end their rivalry at the request of the chairman and that everyone should be working together in a time of war. Wei does errands for the other members of the triad and Jackie such as robbing a shipment of Diamonds with Jackie. Causing Two Chin Tsao who was temporary chairman to have to go into seclusion due to his intense fear of ghosts and superstition. And getting in another War with Lee's gang due to Lee being greedy about wanting to be the next chairman due to Po's death. Unfortunately for Wei. Jackie is kidnapped by Lee and buried underground leading to Wei needing to find him before he dies of asphyxiation. Wei interrogates a triad member named Horseface using a table saw and after getting information from him he kills him despite saying he might let him live if he tells him. After killing another triad member named Zi Wai he picks up his phone and finds out that Jackie is on an island buried underground. he finds Jackie on the island and Jackie tells him he wants out of the gang and that he no longer wants to be a gang member.
Wei tells him that is fine but he requests for Jackie to attend the election so that Lee will be discredited and unable to become chairman. Jackie agrees but decides to go for a walk on his own but this would turn out to be a big mistake. Wei gets a call from Jackie telling him he wants to show him something. Wei goes to the area but does not see Jackie anywhere until he gives him a call and tracks Jackie's ringtone. He sees Jackie's corpse that has been hung and disembowelled. Freaking out Wei attempts to get his body down and lift him off despite Jackie being dead and calls who ever killed him a Motherfu--er before being knocked out from behind.
After waking up Wei is tortured by Liu Shen Tong who is Lee's head enforcer by having multiple incisions in his body, having one of his feet broken with a hammer, and gets drilled in his thigh before passing out from blood loss. After Wei wakes up he kills everyone in his way before making it to Tong himself. Wei defeats Tong in a fight and kills him by beating him to death with his fists until Tong's face is bruised purple until finally stopping and telling Jackie he is sorry for not being able to save him.
Wei notices Tong's phone going off with a text from Lee telling him that once he is done with Shen they will move onto to Broken Nose Jiang next. Furious at Lee for planning Jackie's death he takes Tong's clothes and car and drives to Lee's compound to kill him in revenge. Wei fights his way through Lee's courtyard killing anyone who has anything to do with Lee in his way. He makes it to Lee who shoots him with a shotgun but the gun jams leaving Lee to run away from a wounded Wei. Lee attempts to escape on the boat but Wei jumps on the back and climbs on. Trying to shake Wei off Lee drives into a fuel station but the two survive. Before engaging in a fight with Wei. Lee reveals he is the one responsible for the events of the game and says that Dogeyes and Tong are f--king useless idiots because they failed to kill Wei but says it does not matter because he will enjoy killing Wei himself.
Wei counters the attack and beats Lee to near unconsciousness before throwing him into an ice chipper head first where Lee is shredded to death. After the events of the story Wei decides to become an Inspector for the HKPD and is sent video evidence of Po's murder turning out to be his superior Thomas Pendrew being the culprit. Wei arrests him and tells him that all his old friends will be waiting for him in prison and that he let them know that Pendrew killed Po. Pendrew tells Wei that its a death sentence and that he won't last a day in prison but Wei tells him that is his plan for Pendrew.
===The Zodiac Tournament===
After Teng gives Wei an invitation to an illegal fighting tournament on Zodiac Island, Wei attends it with the purpose of either gaining information for the HKPD, or to take down its leader named Zhang. Wei fights his way through all of the challenges, managing to make his way through most of them with ease, although during the second to last fight, he ends up getting drugged as some of the betting people cheated, however Wei still manages to pull through and beat his opponent before having to get information on how to cure to poison he had accidentally drank from another competitor. He tells Wei that he can cure the effects by using some medicinal flowers that grew alongside the rocks near the shores, which Wei finds after using a boat, but passes out after using them shortly. He then ends up back at the entrance to the island somehow, and then starts to make his way to the final battle.
Wei then helps his friends defeat everyone else in the arena, however he is forced to turn against them when Zhang announces that the crowd would rather have a single winner rather then a whole team win, with Zhang lowering the ceiling of the arena to eventually kill them unless everyone but one is dead inside the arena. Wei then kills everyone else in the arena and escapes to go after Zhang, with a chase ensuing before their fight. Wei then manages to beat Zhang to near death, but Zhang attempts to negotiate a deal with Wei, with him sparing his life and in return, Wei will get 25 million dollars in total due to the spectators betting on him, telling Wei "its a fair price for swallowing his pride". However, Wei doesn't care, and breaks Zhang's neck, telling him "No, not even close" after killing him, with Wei then leaving the island without taking the 25 million dollars as a reward, as the credits roll.
==Abilities==
*Honed Physical Abilities- Wei is a man who keeps himself in great shape and maintains a strict level of training. His strength, speed, reflexes, agility, durability and stamina are in top conditioning, for a man of his age.
*Expert Martial Artist- According to his Police background, Wei is an extremely skilled martial artist and fighter being able to contend with strong opponents and other grown men. He can effortlessly take on multiple opponents, armed or otherwise and come out as the victor. Wei can use anything in his surroundings as a weapon to fight.
*High Intelligence- Wei Shen is very intelligent capable of improvising and persuasion and can plan out without losing focus.
*Tactical Analysis- Wei is able to notice environmental hazards against his enemies easily and he knows when he can grab certain people or when it is better to just attack them.
*Weaponry Expertise- As a police officer, Wei Shen is highly skilled in the use of pistols, shotguns, submachine guns, assault and sniper rifles.
*Espionage Expertise- Thanks to his affiliations with the Hong Kong Police, Wei has access to a wide selection of tools which aid him during undercover espionage and recon missions. These include a safecracking tool, numerous hidden microphones, and a phone app that allows Wei to hack any CCTV boxes in Hong Kong, giving him full access to the camera they are connected to.
*Expert Driver- Wei has shown exceptional driving proficiency with multiple types of vehicles, from motorbikes to high-speed sports cars.
*Stealth Tactician
*Adaptive Skills
==Personality==
Wei was a level-headed guy most of the time but when someone important to him was either killed or in danger he quickly became violent such as when he stabbed Dogeyes with a pen for hanging out with his sister or when Jackie was killed and he beat Liu Shen Tong to death with his bare fists and continued to punch him even after he was dead. Wei also showed signs of improvisation as when he was accused of being a rat he was easily able to manipulate the others into thinking Ming Ming Trin was the rat instead and he always knows how to talk his way out of trouble through intimidation or logical arguments. Wei is also shown to be aggressive when being called out for his mistakes as he denied getting attached to members of the sun on yee emotionally and when Pendrew arrested Jackie he got very angry despite Jackie being a criminal who just stole some diamonds along with Wei. He can also be slightly hypocritical as he called out Tiffany for cheating on him despite him doing the exact same with Not Ping.
==Gallery==
File:Wei in jail with Jackie.jpg|Wei in a cell with Jackie.
File:Wei's Profile.jpg|Wei's police profile.
File:Wei after becoming the boss.jpg|Wei after becoming the boss of the water street boys.
File:Wei's voice actor.jpg|Wei's voice actor, Will Yun Lee.
==Trivia==
*Wei shown dual wielding a cleaver and a pistol in the poster but this is impossible in-game.
*It is unknown how Wei managed to get approved as a police officer considering his high body count throughout the game and the amount of property damage he causes.
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