Season 1 • Episode 36
LatestThe 2008 financial crisis swept the whole world. Ambitious businessman Leo Ho Tin-sang seizes the opportunity to take over the corporation of Hong Kong's wealthiest man, Fong Chung-yam, but is blocked by businessman Cheuk Kai-tong. Leo holds a grudge and looks for an opportunity to get revenge. Ten years later, Kai-tong has become the richest person in Hong Kong, yet encounters unfortunate circumstances. When his son is killed in an accident, Kai-tong suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. To manage the family business, his inexperienced daughter Ella Cheuk Ding-yiu, with the help of private equity fund manager Duncan Ko Chit, engages in a corporate war with Leo. When Kai-tong awakens, he, along with Leo's wife, Chung-yam's grandson, and a young entrepreneur all join the battle. Everyone's fate become entangled as they stir up another battle of the century...
Acting
Roger Kwok's villain turn: from TVB nice guy to ice-cold predator.
Writing
Coma as plot device? Somehow works. Family saga scales get ridiculous.
Creator
Kwan Shu-ming
Roger Kwok Chun-On
Leo Ho Tin-sang
Niki Chow Lai-Kei
Ella Cheuk Ding-yiu
Frankie Lam
Duncan Ko Chit
Tavia Yeung
Hayley Cheung Ming-hei
Benjamin Yuen Wai-Ho
Walter Fong Chak-yu
Pakho Chau
Ching Hoi
Linda Chung Ka-Yan
Janice Cheng Sze-yu
Pat Poon
Cheuk Kai-tong
Woo Fung
Fong Chung-yam
Roxanne Tong
Yuen Lim Kiu / "Alice"
Yu Zhihui
Qu Duan'er
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
TVB's answer to Succession, but with Cantonese business culture and actual 2008 crisis wounds. Hong Kong viewers lived this.
Roger Kwok spent 30 years playing lovable underdogs; this was his deliberate image destruction. Industry reportedly shocked.
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