Season 1 • Episode 30
LatestLEUNG has got fed up with KONG’s pestering and suggests having a DNA test in order to prove his relationship with HIN. MING is heading for Hollywood to work with an internationally renowned film director. He invites LAM to go with him and take part in the film, but LAM hesitates. KONG manages to bribe the laboratory staff to alter the DNA test result, thus successfully tricking LEUNG into believing that KONG is HIN’s natural father. The test result has come as a real shock to LEUNG. LAM doubts the accuracy of the test, and having investigated the matter further, she gets to discover it is KONG who has bribed the laboratory staff to make up a false report. LAM decides to bring the case to the police. LEUNG feels a deep sense of regret when he knows that LAM has given up on her dream for his own sake. LEUNG doesn’t want to hinder her career and encourages her to go overseas to look for her dream.… ...
Apliu Street is the epitome of Hong Kong. With the ups and downs of Hong Kong's economy, it has also experienced a prosperous golden age and has become a second-hand goods trading market. Before the financial turmoil, Dai Shaoliang’s high-end audio store was the largest in Alia Street. His friend Cheng Dazhi has a net worth of more than tens of millions due to speculation. After the financial turmoil, Shaoliang's business has deteriorated, and Dazhi has become negative equity. Only the two friends, Guan Bingren, are down to earth and remain unaffected. Although the three of them have different backgrounds, they have a close friendship. Love football, a three-person team, even dubbed the "Three Heroes of Duck" in the district.
Acting
Bobby Au-Yeung's chaotic everyman energy carries the whole show.
Production
Authentic Apliu Street location shooting captures real Hong Kong texture.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Apliu Street was Hong Kong's electronics graveyard and working-class bazaar, making it the perfect metaphor for post-1997 economic anxiety. The 2005 timing captures pre-handover nostalgia colliding with harsh new realities.
TVB's 'economy trilogy' era—this sits alongside Golden Faith and At Home With Love as dramas using financial collapse to explore male friendship when traditional success becomes impossible.
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