The back-door deals of Hong Kong's rich and powerful get the cinematic treatment in a financial thriller by first-time writer Derek Ting - who researched the script by partying with bankers in Central.
Ting also befriended members of some of the city's wealthiest families to get an inside look at how they operate, behave and interact.
Called $upercapitalist, the 96-minute film pits wealthy expatriates against the city's most powerful tycoon families with a nod to the 'greed is good' mantra immortalised by fictional character Gordon Gecko in the 1980s film Wall Street.
'This movie is about perception. For example, my character has a perception of what happiness is,' said Ting, who produced the film and stars as lead character Conner Lee.
'It's about a search for identity, which is happening a lot as people return to their mother country.'
Ting, a New York-born actor and former marketing producer, moved to Hong Kong six years ago and spent a year penning the script in cafes in the evenings and during weekends.
'Part of my job was to go out, because a lot of the nightlife here involves people in the finance industry,' he said. 'I'd go out with friends and see what they say, to get a feel for how they talk, what they think, what their lifestyle is.'