Shuqin Zhang (Hànzì: 張書勤, Pinyin: Zhāng Shūqín, On'yomi: Chō Shokin) is the aide of Yuanda Zhu.
Shenmue II[]
Zhang as he appears in Shenmue II.
Ryo Hazuki first meets him after setting up the Chawan Sign at the Dou Jiang Diner. Zhang, unseen, gives Ryo a note instructing him to meet at the diner at 8:00 pm. At 8:00 pm Zhang enters the diner; shortly after appearing, members of the Yellow Heads break in and capture him. Ryo fights off the men and rescues Zhang. Zhang reveals that he has no idea about Zhu's current whereabouts as he has hidden himself from the Chi You Men. However, Zhang tells Ryo to seek a dangerous man known as "Ren of Heavens" as he might know where Zhu is.
Later on, Zhang follows Ryo to Kowloon in order to help in their investigations on Yuanda Zhu. However, because of his connection with Zhu, he gets captured again by the executive of the Yellow Heads Yuan, leading Ryo and Ren to rescue him.
At Ren's Hideout after being rescued from Yuan's Room, he reveals that Zhu is located on the 10th floor of the Ghost Hall Building. He then gives him a key with a Snake and Tortoise on it telling him to look after Zhu.
Shenmue III[]
Zhang tied up in Shenmue III.
Screenshots were released before the game's release confirming that Zhang will be in the game. He only appears in the Story Quest Pack DLC, where he reunites with Ryo in Niaowu. He ends up getting captured by Yanlang and the Blue Spiders, and Ryo rescues him.
Shenmue the Animation[]
Zhang as he appears in the anime.
Zhang appears in Shenmue the Animation. In Episode 9, he meets Ryo at the Dou Jiang Diner at night, after he performs the Chawan Sign there during the day. Soon after they meet, the Yellow Heads barge into the restaurant and capture Zhang. Once Zhang is rescued, he tells Ryo that Ren would know where Yuanda Zhu is located at, and that even he doesn't know.
In Episode 10, while Ryo and Ren try to gather clues on Zhu's whereabouts through Huang the Wiretapper's cassette tapes, they learn that Yuan has Zhang held captive. They follow Yuan unseen to his room and rescue Zhang. Once they leave the apartment building that Yuan lives in, Zhang gives Ryo keys and tells him to go to the Ghost Hall Building to find Zhu.
Trivia[]
- There is an unused and unfinished scene hidden within the files of Disc 1 of the Game Jam Prototype of Shenmue II, which is an alternative version of the scene where Ryo meets Zhang. They meet at Lotus Park in the South Carmain Quarter and shortly after, Yellow Head members arrive and threaten them both with knives. Ryo then has a short flashback of Zhangyu Kong's teaching of the wude "DAN" and by following his lesson, he is able to disarm the Yellow Head that was threatening him. Unlike the actual games and anime, Zhang is shown to be somewhat proficient in hand-to-hand combat, since he is able to successfully attack the Yellow Head that put the knife to his throat. Failing the QTE in this scene will also have Zhang help Ryo fight the Yellow Heads in a free battle.[1]
- This scene is also hidden within the files of Disc 2 of the Game Jam Prototype, but there are no voices or subtitles and no one's lips move in this version.
- Failing the free battle will also trigger an alternate cutscene.[2]
- Zhang's zodiac sign is Scorpio and he has a A blood type.
- Zhang's Japanese voice actor in Shenmue II is Yuichi Nagashima, who also is the Japanese voice actor for Gongjue Zhou.
- Zhang's English voice actor in Shenmue II is Ryan Drees, who also is the English voice actor for Tom Johnson in Shenmue and Zhangyu Kong and Zhoushan Xuan in Shenmue II.
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