Max Chen

Max Chen is the Dragon Head of the Red Arrow triad in , having been newly appointed to the position after the death of the previous Dragon Head. Chen controls his syndicate from the Lucky Money nightclub, which serves as a front for the Red Arrow's activities. Chen also has prominent influence throughout the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong.
==Biography==
Chen's predecessor, Yuen Kong, was murdered by Maggie Chow, a member of the Majestic 12 organization, which sought to weaken the two triads by plunging them into full-scale warfare. 
Chow blamed the murder of the Red Arrow's leader on the Luminous Path, thereby successfully turning the rival factions against one another. This conflict led to several brutal confrontations, with both groups suffering casualties. With neither Max Chen nor Gordon Quick wishing to relinquish ground to the opposition, the Luminous Path sympathizer, Tracer Tong, set a series of plans into motion in an attempt to halt the conflict.
Tong had his newest ally, JC Denton, act as a go-between for the two factions. JC investigated Maggie Chow's role in instigating the conflict and managed to obtain the Dragon's Tooth Sword from a secret area in her apartment. JC returned the sword to Chen, proving to Chen that Maggie Chow had murdered Chen's predecessor, hid the sword, and pushed the Red Arrow into a war with the Luminous Path. Upon seeing the evidence, Chen then called for a ceasefire between the Red Arrow and the Luminous Path. 
Later, when JC retrieved the ROM-encoding for the Dragon's Tooth Sword from Majestic 12's laboratories, Chen and Gordon Quick conducted a ceremony designed to return the two factions to the uneasy truce that had long prevailed before Majestic 12's interference. 
Chen also had a relationship with Maggie Chow, from which they bore a daughter, Lin-May Chen, who would become the High Augur of Order Church many years later. 
== Description ==
== Interactions ==
Max Chen is involved with multiple primary objectives in Hong Kong, beginning with the objective of demonstrating Maggie Chow's guilt to the Red Arrow and culminating with meeting him and Gordon Quick at the temple where the two cement their alliance. Afterwards, Max Chen and Gordon Quick can be met in the Lucky Money club for a final, optional conversation. 
== Quotes==
*"This is the headquarters of the Red Arrow Triad. You have come to the last place in Hong Kong he would be seen."
*"I would cut out your tongue, but perhaps you are just ignorant. If you see Mr. Tong, tell him that he and his Luminous Path associates must return the Dragon's Tooth, or be driven from Hong Kong."
*"Ignorant gwailo!"
*"Who does this American think he is?"
*"This is the height of arrogance."
*"If Maggie Chow is still alive, I will kill her myself." (After the MJ12 attack on the Lucky Money club) 
== Notes ==
* Before you visit the Lucky Money, Max Chen can be found atop the building between the temple in Wan Chai Market and the passage to the Old China Hand bar. The entire questline can be done there via grenade climbing, which will trigger the MJ12 raid without causing any casualties, leading to uncanny dialogue on the rooftop and mystifying barks in the club about the "shootout".
* If JC first talks to Max Chen before talking to Maggie Chow, he will mention that he is looking for Tracer Tong. This will trigger a heated conversation and cause Max Chen's pissed barks to cycle at this point.
* Slaughtering everyone in the Lucky Money does not cause any Red Arrow member (including Max Chen) to flee or go hostile. If Gordon Quick is there, amusingly, he will join the Chinese Military Police in assaulting the player.
== See also ==
* Max Chen's computer
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