serving in the army and counting the days until his mandatory army term is over. Private Li Ta-Wei (Takeshi Kaneshiro), is a former triad member with a huge tattoo on his left shoulder, because of his past and physical appearance he is stereotype with triad comments from the captain. He previously servered a two-year prison sentence for gang fighting and killing someone, and regrets his triad past because his triad boss never once visited him while he in jail. He thinks due to his triad past no one will ever want to become close to him and that he will never be respected as a human being. He has a hot temper and often gets into fights with troops from other units. Private Zeng Zhi-Xiang (Jimmy Lin), is a self-appointed fortune teller master and wizard who can put a curse on someone. A master at courting girls, he has two wives back at home. He was transferred to the "Special Squad" unit because while trying to get on the good side of his previous captain he gave his captain a few lucky numbers to gamble with which didn't work and caused his previous captain to lose a big sum of money. His previous captain put him through intense training as punishment for giving him phony lucky numbers, while yelling at Zhi-Xiang, the captain suffered an epilepsy seizure. No one believed the captain had an epilepsy seizure and claimed that Zhi-Xiang had put an hex on the captain for punishing him. Due to Zhi-Jiang clumsiness during training, captain Li is constantly given a stern scolding of his inadequate to properly train an army unit. Soon the "Special Squad" is label as the "Cheerleading Squad" of the army by captain Li's superiors and constantly made fun of by the other army squads. During a visit by the army colonel, Zhi-Jiang is asked by the corporal on his daily life as an army soldier. He tells the colonel frankly about how he feels and is punished by the major for not knowing how to speak deferentially, while the a soldier from another squad tells the colonel about how much he is enjoying army life. The delighted colonel than offered to extend the soldier's military service. Not wanting to serve an extended army term the private admits to lying to the colonel. The colonel is furious and tells the entire regiment's officers that they