The leather jackets were the red flag everyone missed. He needed to be validated as a sexy man.

Interesting observation, but leather jackets stopped functioning in that way decades ago. Fonzie made leather jackets safe for normies and totally white bread boring; we're no longer in the "On the Waterfront" or "Blackboard Jungle" era.

But sure, I'm willing to concede that for Huang the leather jacket might have signalled a mid-life crisis of some sort. All the more reason to beware of putting those types of guys in power, because they're always going to be the most susceptible to getting completely fished.