Monday, October 9, 2006

Land of Wealth - 滙通天下




Title: 匯通天下
Cantonese/Mandarin title: Wui Tung Tin Ha / Hui Tong Tian Xia
English title: Land of Wealth
Genre: Ancient, business
Episodes: 32
Broadcast period: 2006-Sep-11 to 2006-Oct-21

Cast

Chai Family
Moses Chan as Chai Bak Choon 齊百川 / Fan Chi Chai 范子齊
Chung King Fai as Chai Hok Yan 齊學仁
Fung So Bor as Chiu Yin 趙燕
Lai Suen as Lee Hiu Mui 李曉梅

Kiu Family
John Chiang as Kiu Bun Yip 喬本業
Tavia Yeung as Kiu Jeun 喬蓁
Rosanne Lui as Mang Yut Ngo 孟月娥
Claire Yiu as Kiu Ching 喬菁
Kenny Wong as Fong Yun Tin 方潤田
Johnny Ngan as Fung Ying Chun 馮應春
Sin Ho Ying as Kwan Hung 關雄

Cheung Family
Steven Ma as Cheung Sung Man 章崇文
Chan Hung Lit as Cheung Hau Yu 章孝儒
Lily Li as Guk Fan Fong 谷芬芳
Lam King Kong as Cheung Sung Lai 章崇禮

Cho Family
Lau Dan as Cho Yu Tai 曹裕泰
Rebecca Chan as Mang Yut Seung 孟月嫦
Chris Lai as Cho King Yin 曹景賢

Mongol
Sonija Kwok as Ba Ba Ha Yi Go Wah 巴巴哈兒高娃
Stephen Wong as Fu Yee Chek 虎兒赤
Mimi Chu as Niu Tok Na 鳥托娜
Stephen Huynh as Bo Yan Ba To 布仁巴圖

Extended Cast
Ching Hor Wai as the Empress
Akina Hong as young Empress
Anita Chan as Concubine Wai 慧太妃
Law Lok Lam as Chui Wing Wai 徐永懷
Peter Lai as Kei Fuk Yau 祈福佑
Kwok Fung as Chai Ngai 柴毅
Yu Tze Ming as Chong Yau Kung 莊有恭
Hoffman Cheng as Dai Bo 戴寶
Lee Sing Cheung as Yau Fuk 邱福
Amy Ng as Kuen 娟
Derek Kwok
Cindy Lee


Synopsis
Chai Bak Choon (Moses Chan) is the son of a person who works for the country, his dad is the person who looks after the money of the country's in the kingdom. However ever since he was young, he was sent away to live in a temple as his grandmother believed that he is bad luck to the family and that he would only be only to return after a certain amount of years. Bak Choon is now a grown up man and he misses his family so he decides to return without the permission of his supersticious grandmother. However not long after his return, his father is wrongly accused of stealing money from the bank by a group of government officials who in fact themselves were the culprits. Their family is sentenced to death including Bak Choon. However, one of Bak Choon's loyal servants decides to switch places with them so that their family name will live on. After witnessing the death of his family, Bak Choon has no choice but to live on. He changes his name as he is now considered as a criminal and he eventually meets 2 mongolians Ba Ba Ha Yi Go Wah (Sonja Kwok) Fu Yee Chek (Stephen Wong) and a wealthy bank manager (John Chiang). From here, Bak Choon starts a new life and comes across many difficulties working at the bank as he hopes that one day, he can clear his family name and restore his original identity.

The story also revolves around China's first banks and problems that they had to face.