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This contained the typical plot of 2 fathers of 2 sons, one poor
and one rich, being switched around. As you can probably anticipate,
these 2 sons would learn to hate each other. I thought that this
show was not that bad, and I am, once again, impressed by Eddie's
performance. To this day, I am still amazed at the way I can easily
be touched by his situation. I would also like to commend Cheung
Yun's performance. She did a superb job co-starring as Eddie's
true lover.
This series officially starts off with Yun looking for Eddie.
Of course, Eddie was in the midst of getting dressed after bedding
yet another beautiful woman. Yun hands the woman a cheque for
the months that she has been with Eddie. This cash means that
she will have to break up with Eddie now that he is bored with
her. Yun has not faced this type of situation for the first time.
It has happened various times during the time that Yun has worked
for Eddie.
Eddie is the second oldest sibling in the Sum family, which is
a rich and prestigious family in Shanghai. He picks up every beautiful
woman he sees in the streets such as actresses, models, etc.,
but the only woman he ever respects, protects, and truly cares
for is Yun. She is not only his employee, but she and Eddie have
known each other since they were young. Yun's dad is Eddie's dad's
loyal employee and close friend.They share a past together. Throughout
the years, Yun has fallen in love with Eddie, but Eddie does not
know.
In the Sum family, his father, Sum Sing Teen, really looks up
to him, as he is an intelligent boy, better than his sister. Thus,
she is constantly jealous and tries to use every opportune time
to usurp Eddie's position in the Sum company. Eddie truly loves
his parents, concerned whenever his mother had a health problem.
Michael is from a poor family. He treats his parents with respect
and honesty. He meets Yun, and eventually falls in love with her.
Michael has another friend, who also happens to be Yun's great
friend too, who loves him. (I forgot her name in the show. Probably
because she is not too important.) Michael finally finds a job
in the Sum company, but his parents greatly disapprove because
of the past history they share with this family. His parents keep
telling Michael that the Sum family are deceiving people and that
he should avoid interacting with them at all costs. Michael becomes
extremely upset because he wants to know why his parents, especially
his father, became so enraged when he told them he found a job
at the Sum company. In the end, though, his parents supported
Michael, and Michael became an employee of Sum Ga Wai (Eddie).
Yun and her great friend also work in the company, and the two
eventually meet up with each other and become quick friends as
they have already met each other previously. As I have said, a
love triangle has aroused. Yun loves Eddie and Eddie is afraid
of loving Yun. Michael loves Yun and her friend loves Michael.
Geez, could it get any worse.
Of course, Eddie refuses to acknowledge the fact that he loves
Yun a lot. During meetings, he often tells her to cover up his
date with a woman when he was suppose to be at a business meeting.
During these situations, Yun spends the time alone in a restaurant
while Eddie is having fun with another woman. When time is up,
she goes home to show that she and Eddie have indeed been at a
business meeting. Poor Yun! Eddie does not understand how sad
and uncomfortable she feels every time she covers up for him.
She would sacrifice anything for Eddie. In her room, Yun always
looks at the present (I forgot what) that Eddie gave her when
she is thinking about him. She truly, madly, and deeply is in
love with him.
Eddie and Yun see each other every day at work, so that is why
their love relationship is easily developed. I remember two incidents,
which show that Eddie cares for Yun. One is when she did something
that Eddie disliked, and he found out about it. I remember him
saying that if it had been anyone else, that person would have
been in for it good. Since it was she, it was OK. He did not yell
at Yun.
The second incident is when Yun gets trapped in an elevator.
After she is rescued, Eddie hastily runs down the escalator to
see her. In an extremely concerned voice, he asks her if she is
OK. He even wanted to hug her, but catching sight of all the other
employees around her, he restrains himself. He even changes his
voice to a business-like tone. Back home, Eddie phones to check
on Yun. Yun knows for sure that Eddie loves her depite his other
superficial girlfriend.
I think what initiated Yun's application of a test on Eddie is
when he kissed her one night when he was drunk. Yun was jubilant
after because she thought that she and Eddie would date now. The
next day, back at work, Eddie denied his action, which really
upset Yun. Therefore, Yun asked Michael to help her test Eddie
and make him express his love for her. Michael promised, of course,
but he felt awkward because he loved Yun too.
For many weeks, she pretended to date Michael. After work, she
would hastily leave instead of staying over time like usual to
wait for Eddie. One day, Eddie purposely inquired Yun's father
about why Yun always left so early now. Her father never really
liked Eddie a lot because he found that Eddie would not be true
to Yun. He actually thought that Yun and Michael were dating.
Therefore, he boasted that Yun had a boyfriend. I remember how
shocked Eddie became. He was completely taken by surprise. Then
he asked who it was, and he then thanked Yun's father for supplying
this information. Eddie never thought that Yun would ever date.
I got the idea that he secretly thought that she was reserved
for him.
Eddie and Michael had become friends too because Eddie was impressed
by his intelligence and work ethic. Being with Michael was really
awkward now that he knew about his relationship with Yun. One
night when they were drinking at the bar, Michael's beeper beeped.
The call was from Yun, and Eddie told him to reply to her. Michael
did, and Eddie looked longingly at the phone. When Michael came
back, he dared to ask Michael what Yun wanted. Michael told him,
of course.
Also, a couple of times that Yun entered Eddie's office for business
matters, Eddie tried talking to her but Yun left really fast.
Another time, Eddie plucked up the courage to ask Yun to go out
to dinner with him, but she declined. She said that she would
eat some take out food. Eddie then said that he would eat take
out food too. Yun apologized because she said she did not order
any food for him. Then she left, and Eddie saw Michael bring the
food for Yun. He closed the door behind him. I think at this point,
Eddie knew he loved Yun undyingly.
At home, Yun's relationship reflected his condition. His mom
noted that he could not eat or sleep. Of course, he refused to
tell his mom anything. We know, though, that Eddie is seriously
sad.
Finally, Eddie could not stand it anymore watching Michael go
out with Yun. He was talking to a businessman when he saw Yun
and Michael walking together in the forest. He could not even
concentrate and decided to follow them. He became extremely furious
when he saw Michael kiss Yun. Consequently, he waited by his car
for Yun and Michael to come back. When they did, he grabbed Yun
by the wrist and threw her in the car. He drove a long way before
he stopped. Then he told Yun that he loved her a lot. She did
not believe him, and he said that he was afraid to admit that
he had truly fallen in love with her. They talked some more, and
then Eddie smooched Yun in public. Michael saw this while driving
by, and he was sad. Eddie and Yun then spent the night together.
With his love life settled, Eddie's family life eventually messed
him up big time. Both Michael's parents and Eddie's parents finally
confronted each other for some reason I have forgotten. Anyways,
both the guys found out the truth. Eddie's father had raped Michael's
mother after he found out that his wife was having an affair with
the chauffeur back then, who happened to be Michael's father.
Sum Sing Teen was drunk. Then, Michael's parents got together
and hid from the Sum family for many years. Eddie's mother then
had Eddie, and Michael's mother then had Michael. These guys were
switched around.
After the truth was revealed, Eddie lost power in the family.
His father sided with his sister and gave her a lot of important
projects. Pretty much, Eddie was invisible. Instead, Sum Sing
Teen wanted Michael to live at his house, which Michael reluctantly
promised. He had an ulterior motive, though. He wanted to live
here to get revenge.
Eddie coped with this treatment for a long time, but he erupted
finally. No matter what he did now, Sum Sing Teen did not approve.
The turning point came when Eddie killed Michael's father (his
own father basically). Michael's father constantly looked for
him at the company, but Eddie did not want to be seen with this
old man. He annoyed Eddie so much that Eddie, without thinking,
ran him over with a car. He was so shocked and scared that he
had actually killed someone. Little does he know that Michael's
father had dropped something in his car accidentally.
After this incident, Eddie went to find Yun. He told her everything,
and she wanted to tell the cops. After countless pleading, Yun
promised to keep this secret for Eddie. Many times, she nearly
revealed this secret to Michael, but Eddie was always there to
intervene. Yun felt extremely guilty suppressing this information
while Michael so fruitlessly searched for evidence. Michael did
suspect Eddie eventually, and their friendship broke off. Even
Yun and Michael were less of friends. Yun communicated less and
less with her friend too. She always looked fatigued every time
she came home from work.
Michael had, of course, given up on Yun after she got together
with Eddie. He now dated Yun's friend, who had always liked him.
The second incident that changed Eddie's life was his murder
of his mother (from the Sum family.) He had always respected and
loved his mother, but he needed to kill her because she found
out that he killed Michael's dad after she recognized his object
in his car. Eddie tricked his mother that he would surrender to
the police after spending one more day with her in the park. He
wanted to videotape their last moments together. Eddie killed
his mother when he put some poison in her drink, and pushed her
into the water. Little does he know that he had videotaped the
murder too.
Now Eddie had truly become a bad guy. He thought that he was
safe now, and that no one would know his secret. He set about
earning his father's trust for him. All Sum Sing Teen cared about
was his business and money. Therefore, when Eddie became acquainted
with a rich girl named Yue Wing Yee, Sum Sing Teen found an opportunity
to expand his business.
Eddie purposefully met Wing Yee because he knew she was rich.
He had a one-night stand with her, which would be useful to him
later. Of course, Yun did not know about this, and Eddie would
not tell her. Eddie, though, did not truly love Yee, for his true
love was Yun. He was only using his body to do business with her.
Hence, Eddie struck a business deal with her, and Sum Sing Teen
loved Eddie again. He dated Wing Yee while also dating Yun. He
spent less time with her, but he would give her flowers too sometimes.
Eventually, Wing Yee demanded marriage from Eddie, and Eddie
had to promise. With this marriage, the Sum company and the Yue
company could combine and form one large company. Sum Sing Teen
approved of this marriage obviously. Prior to Eddie's proposal
to Wing Yee, Eddie already had proposed to Yun. Now he had to
dump her.
I think that Yun found out about the marriage in the most horrible
way. She heard with her own ears Eddie saying that Wing Yee and
he would marry next month. This announcement was made in front
of reporters with Yun and Michael standing in the midst. Eddie
saw Yun, and his expression changed when he announced his marriage.
He looked down, full of remorse. Yun then ran off, and Eddie saw
again. He was hurt too in the heart.
The funny thing is that Eddie went looking for Yun a couple of
days later to explain, and the funny thing is that Yun accepted
his explanation after he kept talking and talking. Eddie, though,
did not lie to her at all. They were OK again.
Somehow, Yun found the videotape of Eddie killing his mother.
(I actually forgot.) She then told Eddie about it, and Eddie then
became wary of Yun. He still loved her and did not want to kill
her. Yun told Eddie to leave with her, but Eddie refused. He implored
earnestly for Yun to give him the tape, but she refused.
Then, when she and him were walking on the cliffs one day, Eddie
planned to kill her, as hurt as this decision did cause him. She
turned her back to him, and started talking about something. He
then placed his hand on her back and gently pushed. Yun would
have fallen if Eddie had not held onto her. Eddie loved Yun too
much to push her over. Yun knew that Eddie wanted to kill her.
Eddie hugged Yun tightly and told her that he loved her.
Next time Eddie and Yun have their clandestine meetings, Yun
tells Eddie that she will not leave and that she will burn the
tape so that no one will ever find out. Eddie then asked if she
would always be with him, and Yun said yes. This answer has another
meaning though. Eddie then hugged her and spent the night with
her. He was extremely happy that he would not have to harm Yun
ever again. When Eddie was sleeping, Yun left and carried out
her plan. The next day was Yee and Eddie's wedding.
The next day came. Before Eddie would walk up the aisle with
Yee, he phoned Yun but no one answered. He then politely asked
Michael to help check up on Yun, and Michael promised. His girlfriend
helped out also.
While Eddie was getting married, Yun was overdosing herself with
drugs. The camera keeps juxtaposing between Eddie's marriage and
Yun's death. She could not quite finish burning the tape and dropped
it under her bed. By the time Michael and his girlfriend arrived
at her house, Yun was already dead.
Michael then went back to Eddie with a grim and mad expression
on his face. He told Eddie that Yun was already dead, and he threw
the letter that she had left for him. Eddie cried profusely while
dancing with Yee, and thought about the letter.
Yun had written that she knew Eddie had wanted to kill her that
day at the cliffs. She thanked him for not killing her, and she
said that she hoped her name would sometimes appear in his heart
when he would be thinking. Then she would be content. Yun died
for Eddie and Yee, and Eddie would never get over her death.
Somehow, Sum Sing Teen had a stroke, and Eddie was left with
the large business. After his honeymoon, he had visited Yun's
grave, but Michael yelled at him to get lost. Eddie blamed Yun's
death on Michael. Eddie could not find the tape.
Eddie did treat his wife well at first, but later, after he was
done using her, he treated her bad. He yelled at her, and when
he was celebrating one night after a successful business transaction,
he became drunk and danced with Yee. He thought Yee was Yun and
said that he missed her and that he sometimes felt the point of
living with her death. He then hugged her, and Yee became really
insulted and enraged. She knew now that Eddie did not really love
her.
Yee then went out at night often. One night, when Eddie came
home drunk, he screamed for Yee. She returned home then, and Eddie
asked her where she had been. She said that he had no right to
control her, and Eddie said he had every right because he was
her husband. Somehow, he mentioned that Yun had sacrificed for
him and that he did not truly love her. The only woman he ever
loved was Yun. He told her that their marriage was a mere business
deal!
Yee then gave up on Eddie and teamed up with Michael and his
girlfriend to betray Eddie. They succeeded, but Yee was sacrificed
because Eddie pushed her down the stairs after he found out that
she was betraying him. Eeek! Eddie was ready to kill.
I forgot what happened to the tape, but I know that Yee woke
up and told the police that Eddie tried to kill her. I think Michael's
girlfriend found the tape when she was cleaning out Yun's room.
Eddie then went on the run because the cops were looking for
him everywhere. He abducted Michael's girlfriend, and told Michael
to give him a large sum of money in exchange for her. Eddie expressed
to Michael the way he harmed him and made him lose everything.
He said that if it were not for him, he and Yun would have been
happily married and together.
In the end, Michael and Eddie got into a fight, but Eddie died
since he is the villain of this show. He got trapped under some
pillars, and an explosion killed him. Michael rescued his girlfriend,
and they were happy together.
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