Ran Fa Li was the Shuk Foo of the Red Gecko Tong of San Francisco and the most senior head of the Triads in California during the 1990s.
Biography[]
Ran Fa Li was born in China, and he had a speech impediment that led to him being forced to grunt rather than speak. Ran Fa Li became a member of the Triads, the Chinese criminal organizations and secret societies, and he rose to become the leader of the Red Gecko Tong in San Francisco. Ran Fa Li was accompanied by his translator Su Xi Mu for business, and he was respected among the Triad criminals in both San Francisco and back in China. In 1992, he had to deal with the rising of the Da Nang Boys in San Francisco as they moved to California from Vietnam, and he enlisted the help of his subordinate Wu Zi Mu and Wu Zi Mu's personal friend Carl Johnson to fight off the Da Nang Boys. Eventually, Johnson was sent to act as a decoy to lead the Da Nang Boys away from Ran Fa Li as he was fleeing in hs limousine, and Ran Fa Li managed to escape from Chinatown, San Francisco as CJ led the Vietnamese gangsters away.