The Building Blocks of Life
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| The Building Blocks of Life (建築有情天) |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Starring | Alex Fong Tavia Yeung Christine Ng (伍詠薇) |
| Opening theme | "深情" by David Lui |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Language(s) | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Running time | approx. 45 minutes |
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| Original channel | Television Broadcasts Limited |
| Original run | December 03, 2007 – December 28, 2007 |
The Building Blocks of Life (Chinese: 建築有情天) is a Hong Kong television drama produced by TVB. It was released in 2007. The plot revolves around an architecture theme, and takes place in modern Hong Kong.
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[edit] Plot
The story begins with Isaac who was a rising architect in a construction company. At the time he was about to marry Winnie. Right before they get married Isaac would fall in love with a fellow architect employee named Freeda. Winnie was angry at Freeda for interrupting their marriage and relationship. She would become a psycho and suspect Isaac of all types of cheating and wrong-doings. Soon Isaac's architectural job would be disturbed by all the unnecessary trauma and chaos caused by her paranoid future wife. Another rising architect named Brian would try to move up in the company. Isaac, however, remained one of the top talent.
As a new tactic, Brian then resorted to bribing SY, the CEO of the construction company. SY's daughter, OnQiu was a beautiful but extremely naive girl. Her father had initially set high expectations for her to graduation in a few major universities in the United Kingdom. Though OnQiu was never good enough as a student. She faked her college diploma, and kept it as a secret. Brian would later discover this secret and blackmailed SY. He threatened to publicize the damaging diploma info and ruin SY's business and credibility. At the time SY was one of the most well-respected member in the construction business. His company had a solid reputation.
Meanwhile Winnie continue to mistrust Isaac and is convinced he is really in some relationship with Freeda. One day Isaac and Freeda did get drunk together, while away in a mainland China construction assignment. Isaac did end up having an affair with Freeda while intoxicated. Winnie finally was able to prove the affair was real, and not imaginary. She became angry and harassed Freeda daily. Eventually Winnie would cause a hit-and-run driving accident, sending Freeda to the hospital. Freeda would be in a short coma. After waking up, she eventually left Hong Kong due to the love triangle mess. Isaac would discontinue his marriage plans with Winnie anyways.
The story continues with Brian now in full control of the company with his bribes and blackmails. He makes it all very public, and forces SY to fire Isaac, the top architect. Brian now commanded all corporate decisions, including payroll, bonuses, and all human resource issues. He also tricked OnQiu, the CEO's daughter, into marriage. SY was highly displeased, but there was little he could do. As OnQiu was actually happy to be in a relationship with Brian. OnQiu would later have a child with Brian.
By this time the company was already in poor financial shape, Brian was forcefully making too many poor decisions. In a major new construction deal, Brian was supposed to win a 10-year contract and be financially saved. There was supposed to be no competition. Isaac, who was previously fired, now returned with his own startup company to compete for this 10-year contract. Brian physically attacked Isaac's hand with a wooden bat so he could no longer draw. Freeda, the former architect who had an affair with Isaac before, coincidentally returned to Hong Kong. She would help him complete the construction drawing designs.
While Isaac had a new design, his chance was still slim. He had to compete with SY, who had an excellent reputation in the industry. Though he was still Brian's blackmail puppet. One day OnQiu discovered that her father has been protecting the company and family reputation by putting up with endless manipulation and financial abuses due to her fake diploma. She gave in, and SY was sick of putting up with the manipulation. In a surprising move, SY assisted the opposing company owned by Isaac instead of Brian. He essentially helped a competitor, and caused his own company to lose the 10-year contract. Brian was furious that his puppet CEO sold him out. Before Brian publicized the fake diploma info to the media, SY had already figured out ways to tie all the blackmailing to Brian as the main person responsible. Brian eventually lost control of everything, including his health. As he had developed intestinal cancer with zero chance survival rate. He would die while regretting taking advantage of OnQiu who actually stood by him to the end.
Under the new startup company and contract, Isaac would help build a new shoreline on the beaches. Freeda, the former architect who assisted him with the winning design, suddenly discontinue their renewed friendship. It turns out the hit-and-run car accident from earlier had created an brain tumor. She was constantly suffering from memory loss, and things were getting worse. She was afraid to confront others about it, and claimed she would travel alone. She promised to return a year later to find Isaac. He was disappointed and didn't quite understand at the time. After a year, she had forgotten who Isaac was. She kept using a camcorder to remind herself of the reoccurring dreams she keeps having with this wonderful man with no name. She was scared. A year later Isaac stumbled into her in the same beach front they once helped design together. In the final moment, she remembered his name.
[edit] Cast
| Actor / Actress | Role (English name) | Role (Chinese name) |
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| Alex Fong | Isaac | Chung Kwok-keung (鍾國強) |
| Christine Ng (伍詠薇) | Winnie | Ching Wai-yee (程慧儀) |
| Tavia Yeung | Freeda / Ah da | Cheung Mun-zhing (張文政) |
| Power Chan | Brian | Yeung Zee-heen (楊子軒) |
| Chung King Fai | Preston / SY | Kwong Shing-yu (江承宇) |
| Chris Lai | Choi Zi-yeen (蔡志賢) | |
| Natalie Tong | Veronica / On-kiu | Kwong On-kiu (江安蕎) |
| Anne Heung | Lily | Cheng Lay (張莉) |
| Kingdom Yuen (苑瓊丹) | Chung Kwok-mei (鍾國美) | |
| Li Gwok-leon (李國麟) | Chen Wai Chiu (陳偉昭) | |
| Timmy Hung (洪天明) | Chow Lap Chun (周立春) | |
| Yvonne Lam (林漪娸) | Lois | Kwok Wing-seung (郭詠湘) |
| Sam Chan | Don | Sing Dai-yip (成大業) |
| Li Ga-ding (李家鼎) | Ching Keen (程堅) | |
| Li Sing-cheung (李成昌) | Sing Ga Wor (成家和) | |
| Leanne Li | Heung Ching (向晴) | |
| Fanny Ip (葉凱茵) | But Ho-yun (畢可韻) | |
| Otto Chan (陳志健) | Lai Yiu-fai (黎耀輝) | |
| Rachel Kan (簡慕華) | Chen Yeen-fong (陳燕芳) | |
| Savio Tsang | Matt |
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[edit] References
| Best Selling Secrets -15 January |
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| Before: Word Twisters' Adventures 5 November-1 December |
2007 The Building Blocks of Life 3 December-28 December |
Next: War Of In-Laws II 1 January-27 January |
| Marriage of Inconvenience 26 November-23 December |
Survivor's Law II 24 December-18 January |
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