Easy Money - Guide for Shenmue II

Use the following trick on the first two discs for easy money. Go the worker's 
pier and move crates. When you shift is done, leave then go back in. You can do 
this three to four times in one day.

Go behind warehouse #8 on Fortunes' Pier (the one with the red doors). There is a 
set of Lucky Hit tables there. Choose the second table from the left. The board 
features a tiger with wings, and the bet is $20 to win $60. You should drop the 
marble fairly close to the left side of the table and win about 60% of the time. 
You can easily make $1,000 in a day.

Go to warehouse #8 after work. Win until you have $50, then go to warehouse #13 
and win until you have $100 or more. Go to warehouse #10. When you are asked to 
place a bid, choose the one with 4 times (the bottom one), but do not press A 
yet. There is a turning triangle in the bottom right. Wait until it turns to a 
straight line, then press A. You will win most of the time. It is possible to win 
over $13,000 after one hour of playing.

To safely make a lot of money, save before you gamble. If you lose, use the in 
game reset then reload your game and try again. The best places to use this 
tactic are Wan Chai: Roll it on top, Lucky charm Qr near Three Blades street; 
Kowloon: Big or Small, Old Government Building, Dim Sum Qr. (Go through the 
underground walkway).

To save money on Disc 1, because you will be robbed go to a peddler on the street 
and spend all of your money on Zippo lighters. When you get robbed. you will only 
lose 16 yen. Later, after getting your room at the Come Over Guest House and your 
first day of work, go to the Pawn Shop. Pawn off your entire collection of 
characters, toys, and lighters. You will make 295 yen back, and thus 40% of your 
money (losing only 205 yen). This will help you survive the cost of boarding 
until you get past Disc 1.

To make money in Kowloon, just go to the acrobat style fighter. Run at him and 
when "B" appears at the bottom of the screen, press B to throw him. He will 
automatically lose all his health and you will have won the fight. You win more 
money every time.