The Gentle Crackdown II

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The Gentle Crackdown II (秀才愛上兵)
Genre	Ancient Comedy
Created by	Lau Kar Ho
Starring	Steven Ma Yumiko Cheng Wayne Lai Ha Yu
Opening theme	豺狼與羊 by Steven Ma and Yumiko Cheng
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Language(s)	Cantonese
No. of episodes	20 (tentative)
Production
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Television Broadcasts Limited
Chronology
Preceded by	The Gentle Crackdown (2005)
External links
Official website

The Gentle Crackdown II, an ancient China drama of TVB. This drama is the sequel to The Gentle Crackdown. The series was released on January 21, 2008.

[edit] Synopsis

Having lost her father at an early age, farm security guard CHAN SAI-MUI (Yumiko Cheng) grew to be an outspoken and determined woman who would do her utmost to protect her home village. It is her sincerity that has won her respect from all villagers of the Leung Choi County. Sometimes she would get too enthusiastic and impulsive that she could bring about a lot of misunderstandings. Amusingly, she has mistaken the newly appointed agricultural official TSE WONG-SHEUNG (literal meaning "Thank you, Emperor") (Steven Ma) for a thief and the two of them have been bitter enemies ever since. To keep himself from any possible trouble, SHEUNG has been avoiding MUI intentionally.

For the benefit of his son's future, SHEUNG's father TSE CHONG-TIN (Ha Yu) has not only invited the intelligent TAI TSUNG-MAN (Wayne Lai) to be SHEUNG's assistant, but also found him four special bodyguards namely CHUK, FUN, MEAN, and FAN. Despite the best arrangements for SHEUNG, he still gets framed by the corrupted officials from Changsha and is in danger of facing the most torturing punishment. Luckily, MUI and MAN manage to save him in the nick of time with a jade bowl bestowed by the former emperor. To everyone's surprise, the jade bowl turns out a fake, but with MAN's wit and courage, SHEUNG is finally saved from danger. MUI has been through a lot together with SHEUNG and is starting to fall in love with him. SHEUNG, on the other hand, has no feelings for MUI and decides to turn to MAN for tips as to how to break away from her. Mysteriously, SHEUNG starts being pursued by a hitman soon afterwards.

[edit] Cast

Cast member	Character
Steven Ma	Tse Wong Sheung
Yumiko Cheng	Chan Sai Mui
Wayne Lai	Tai Tsung Man
Ha Yu	Tse Chong Tin
Johnson Lee	Chuk Ching-Ting
Lee Sheng Cheung	-
Elaine Yiu	- Tong Shui
Evergreen Mak	-

[edit] Ratings

Week	Average Points	Peak Points
1 (Episodes 01–05)	28	-
2 (Episodes 06–10)	27	-
3 (Episodes 11–15)	25	-
4 (Episodes 16-20)	32	37

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