Dicey Business
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TVB Drama Series production Dicey Business is a 35 episode series which aired in Hong Kong after TVB 39th Anniversary Awards Ceremony.
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[edit] Synopsis
The talented gambling artist, Cheung (Bobby Au Yeung), entered a worldwide card playing tournament when he was 18 years old and was regarded as the favorite to win. However due to the follies of youth, Cheung was seduced by Yan (Florence Kwok), who was Chor’s (Michael Miu’s) girlfriend, Chor being the other competitor. Due to the distraction, Cheung also became separated from his 3 year old younger brother, Lok (Bosco Wong). In the finals tournament, Cheung could not concentrate on his game forfeits the competition. Ever since then, Cheung was someone with forever bad luck. His life has been turned up-side down. He became a gambling addict. Fate decided that Cheng was able to bring his life back up and become good friends with him, being united by Wing (Benz Hui), and becoming the best of friends working in a casino, "Onisac". Chor works as the casino's CEO, Wing as the commishinor of the bodyguards, while Cheung works as the caretaker for the garden. One night, Wan (Jessica hsuan) stays at the casino, trying to win money. She stays at the casino for days, without sleeping. She become the gamble for Chor and Cheung.(Cheung needs to go back to Hong Kong to visit his parents, but he's scared for he lost his brother and feels too ashamed to face them). The gamble is that Chor thinks Wan will leave the casino, but Cheung thinks otherwise, acknowledging the fact that Wan stays overnight. If Cheung loses, he has to go back to Hong Kong. Cheung loses and goes back to Hong Kong that day, but is surprised to see Wan on the plane. Wan is being called by loan sharks and she sells his phone to Cheung to get money. Once they arrive, Cheung asks Wan to bring him to Mong Kok, where he lived before he left. At Mong Kok, Wan steals all of Chueng's money to pay off all the debts she owes, repaying him by letting him rent out the apartment next door, owned by Wan. Inside the apartment, Cheung finds several bags of garbage and junk, and Cheung Lai Fu, a twenty three year old guy, who is afraid of the outside world, refusing to go outside alone, let alone him leave his blanket. Wan takes care of him because her grand-aunt told her so before she died. Through fateful events, Cheung finds out that Fu is his brother and he was kicked around as a ball, sold to America, then China, and he was severely wounded in the shoulder by a blade his "master" was wielding for unable to obtain money when Fu was out as a beggar. Cheung, finding his brother a social outcast, encourages him to become more open. Fu is scared and runs away. Fatefully, he meets Chor, and Chor gives him a makeover, so Fu can look decent. Chor teaches him that if you don't want to be stared at, stare at the person who is glaring at you, and demonstrates by making a couple leave just by staring at them. Chor soon becomes Fu's idol. Chor informs Cheung that Fu is at his residence and Fu goes back home. Cheung is busy, and asks Wan to take care of Fu. But unfortunately, Wan and her friend take a Fu to a gambling den, and they find out that Fu has the uncanny ability to memorize all the 52 cards' order, just by watching the dealer shuffle. Soon, everyone becomes entagled with personal problems: Cheung trying to lead Fu in the right way and getting his "good luck" back. Chor cheats in a gamble, which is being taped. He has to conform to bad people by secretly stealing Onisac's money, soon being consumed by greed. Wan, deciding who to fall in love with: Cheung or Chor. Fu, struggling to go from a dealer to CEO(trying to be just like Chor), and learning how to gamble properly. And finally, Wing, who wants to reunite Chor(whom he calls Honey) and Cheung(whom he calls Baby), after Chor framed Cheung.
[edit] Cast
- Bobby Au Yeung
- Michael Miu
- Jessica Hsuan
- Bosco Wong
- Tavia Yeung
- Benz Hui
- Florence Kwok
- Eileen Yeow
- Eric Lee
- Leanne Li
[edit] Ratings
- Week 1 (Ep01-05): 30 points
- Week 2 (Ep06-10): 32 points
- Week 3 (Ep11-15): 30 points
- Week 4 (Ep16-20): 31 points
- Week 5 (Ep21-25): 29 points
- Week 6 (Ep26-30): 30 points
- Week 7 (Ep31-35): 34 points
NB: Last episode peaked at 40 points within the last 15 minutes of the episode.
[edit] Trivia
- This series is produced by Cheung Kin Man whom produced series like Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion, Into Thin Air and Whatever It Takes.
- Hacken Lee sings the theme song of he series while Bosco Wong sings the sub-theme song.
- The series is filmed in Philippines and Hong Kong.
- The final episode of the series averaged at 37 points and peaked at 40 points in the last few minutes.
- The Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority received 7 complaints from viewers about the violence, scary scenes and the promotion of gambling.
- This is the third collabration between Bobby and Jessica after A Recipe For The Heart and Witness to a Prosecution.
- This is the Bosco and Tavia's second collabration in a series after Find the Light. They will have a third collabration in the upcoming series Heart of Greed.
