About
The 1930s Hong Kong is the time of the East and West cultural shock. Women started fighting for their rights and status, changing the 'men superior to women' image. Famous barrister Sir Arthur Chung studied in England and lives a British lifestyle, but inside he's actually a traditional Chinese man. He married several wives to show off his power and upper-class status. First wife Koo Sam-lan was a rich girl; second wife is former Qing dynasty princess Aisin Gioro Yee-yin; third wife came from a family that owned banks Yvonne Yik; fourth wife is a famous Peking opera singer Hong Tsz-kwan; and the fifth wife Chui Dan-dan, a vanity admiring woman. Because Sir Arthur Chung is a strict and authoritarian father, his two sons Charles Chung and Jimmy Chung eventually start going against him. This wealthy and prominent family may seem warm on the surface, but in reality, they are scattered and disunited.
Cast
Damian Lau Chung-Yan
as Sir Arthur Chung
Mary Hon Ma-Lee
as Koo Sam-lan
Idy Chan Yuk-Lin
as Aisin Gioro Yee-yin
Elena Kong Mei-Yee
as Yvonne Yik
Tavia Yeung
as Hong Tsz-kwan
Kenneth Ma Kwok-Ming
as Charles Chung Kai-san
Vincent Wong Ho-Shun
as Jimmy Chung
Shek Sau
as Philip Fok
Ron Ng Cheuk-Hai
as Kam Muk-Shui
Corinna Chamberlain
as Sze Wai-nga
Rebecca Zhu Chenli
as Kwai Siu-Yau
Sire Ma
as Elaine Chung
Ben Wong
as Chai Yat-Fai
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
Episode 1
Hong Kong Chinese barrister CHUNG CHEUK-MAN is well renowned in the legal field as well as in the local community. With his special status in Hong Kong, even the newly appointed Colonial Secretary ROBERTSON holds him in high regard. MAN’s second wife, YEE-YIN, also a former princess of the fallen Qing Dynasty, gets insulted by a local rich man and a Caucasian guy in public. Seriously offended, MAN gives the men a lecture at once and urges the westerner to apologize to YIN in Chinese. MAN’s first and third wives, KOO SUM-LAN and YIK YEE-FONG, who have been waiting for YIN in the temple for a whole day, are starting to lose their temper. During his meeting with ROBERTSON, MAN is asked to help lobby the Hong Kong Chinese Business Association (HKCBA) to stop the price gouging on rice……
Episode 2
YIN and MAN talk about KWAN on their way home. YIN knows MAN so well that she can almost tell at once why he has to invite KWAN to perform in Hong Kong. HANG sends KWAN to Man Mo Temple for a public trial. KWAN refuses to follow HANG back to his mansion. In the confusion, she has accidentally injured police constable YUNG TAT-CHI. Hoping to give KWAN a helping hand, SUN urges the police to arrest her on charge of assault so that she can tentatively stay away from HANG. SUN goes to see KWAN in the detention room. KWAN is very grateful to SUN for his help, and slowly reveals to him how she has survived all these years. SUN asks MAN to rescue KWAN, but their conversation ends up in a blazing row. YAU gets reunited with her childhood friend KAM MUK-SHUI, with whom she grew up in the orphanage and shares a sibling-like relationship. SHUI brings YAU to CHI’s residence……
Episode 3
With barrister FOK BAK-CHEUNG as her defence counsel, KWAN is only sentenced to a fine, and will need to return to HANG’s mansion with the old man upon her release. HANG orders his men to catch KWAN, but MAN appears all of a sudden claiming that KWAN is no longer HANG’s housemaid. KWAN dresses herself up from top to toe and goes to MAN’s chamber to say thank you. MAN asks KWAN to perform for the CHUNGs once more, after which their relationship, whatever it may be, will come to an end. KWAN runs into SUN, to whom she reveals that she is totally clueless where her parents have been buried. With much sympathy for KWAN, SUN offers to help locate the burial place for her. SHUI passes two tiny pearls to FOON and asks her to make YAU a simple necklace. SHUI has assaulted a wrong person in a gang fight, for which he is asked to pay the victim a large sum of compensation……
Episode 4
MAN learns from SUN and SHUI that HANG has been actively involved in smuggling. MAN claims to HANG that he has found out about his illegal dealings, following which he also announces his decision to compete with HANG for the chairmanship of HKCBA. HANG ends up winning all the votes and continues to hold office for another term. SUN shows even more respect for MAN now that he has come to realize his father’s real motive. MAN gives KWAN a chess set, in which a diamond necklace has been placed. FONG promises on behalf of MAN that the CHUNGs will be attending the grand re-opening of Kam Wu Hotel in Shanghai, for which she gets a terrible telling-off from her husband. FONG points out to LAN that YIN has never been willing to travel to Shanghai, and that the upcoming trip is going to be a wonderful one only shared by MAN and the two of them……
Episode 5
MAN and YIN go dancing together, during which MAN takes out a brooch that he gave her ten odd years ago. Although not accepted at that time, the brooch is now surprising enough to move YIN to tears in an instant. KWAN is eaten up with jealousy when she witnesses the whole scene. MAN asks KWAN to show YIN around. KWAN brings YIN to the pagoda, shortly after which CHAI YAT-FAI has also arrived to reminisce about the past. FAI has dropped the old coin that YIN gave her years ago, which is later discovered and picked up by KWAN. HOK-KEI finds FAI’s CV among the HKCBA membership application forms. FAI is later found to have returned to Shanghai from London. Knowing that MAN has purposely lured FAI back to London in the name of business, YIN gets a little irked and picks an argument with him. KWAN is shocked to see MAN drinking alone. Suddenly and unexpectedly, MAN gives KWAN a bear hug and a big sloppy kiss……
Episode 6
MAN and KWAN go dancing together at a cafe, during which he invites her to his celebration party. YIN is hesitant about attending the party, but WAN-SIN seriously warns her about all the ill consequences that may arise. MAN asks KWAN to be his partner for the first dance. KWAN is surprised and overwhelmed by the invitation, without knowing that MAN is actually looking for YIN even when dancing with her. YIN falls into a faint all of a sudden, and MAN gets to carry her back to her room at once. SIN points out to KWAN that she is only being used by MAN as a tool to make YIN jealous. YEE mentions to the CHUNGs that KWAN is going to make her debut performance in Hong Kong, and the girl turns out to be the only member of the family who has attended the show. Feeling cheated and betrayed, KWAN is plunged into deepest gloom……
Episode 7
SUN sends SHUI to hospital and offers to pay the medical bill for him, but SHUI promises to give him back the money later when he is financially capable. FONG holds a charity event in public, in which rice is distributed to the poor for free. To attract more media attention, FONG means to withhold the rice until more and more reporters show up to cover the event. This makes CHI and FUN believe that she is only trying to fish for compliments and social recognition. The CHUNGs have all read the news about the suspected affair between MAN and KWAN. FONG questions MAN about his relationship with KWAN, but MAN manages to explain it away in just a few words. MAN is well aware that it is KWAN who has made up the news. KWAN admits everything, for she is incredibly angry with MAN for using her as a tool in his fight with YIN and is desperate to seek revenge. KWAN runs into CHEUNG……
Episode 8
FAI spots YIN and runs after her to get a chat. With nowhere to escape, YIN finally comes face-to-face with FAI outside the ballroom. KWAN who comes to attend the cocktail as CHEUNG’s partner manages to shock MAN with her brand new image. MAN’s heart sinks slightly when he learns from KWAN that YIN is among the guests at the cocktail. MAN goes to question YIN as soon as he returns home, and the pair have not been on speaking terms since. FOON and Uncle TEA, owner of a Chinese herbal tea shop, are almost knocked down by a British military vehicle. Both of them are seriously injured while trying to escape the vehicle. CHI and SHUI try to raise money to cover the medical expenses of FOON and Uncle TEA. A nurse reveals to CHI and SHUI that FOON and Uncle TEA are sued by the British Army for vandalism and have been moved to the detention ward for this reason. YAU asks MAN to help FOON and Uncle TEA, but is rejected……
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