There was five million dollars of The Company's money hidden somewhere in Hong Kong. They were looking for it when the Revenger turned up.
The Orient failed to deliver any eastern promise for John Stark. Until he was given an opportunity to hit the Hong Kong arm of The Company. But the man was hard to find. Nobody was anybody's friend in the web of double-dealing and double-crossing through which the Revenger fought his implacable way. Not that he minded. It just meant a few more people got killed.
Given the choice between a fortune and a hit against The Company,
Stark didn't even have to think about it. Money lost. Everyone lost. Except the Revenger...