Chinese Title: ?????
English Title: A Chip Off the Old Block
Genre: Pre-Modern
Production Period: January 2009 – March 2009
Episodes: 21
Release Date: November 30, 2009
Theme Song: Don’t Say Didn’t Accommodate You (?????) by Ron Ng and Myolie Wu
Cast
Sunny Chan
Ron Ng
Myolie Wu
Shirley Yeung
Louis Yuen
John Chiang
Gigi Wong
Nancy Wu
Synopsis:
As the proverb said “”With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well”. However, for this pair of Father and son, it is quite difficult because both of them have different characters, different way of doing things and even their life goals are totally different from each other. Father, Chor Fan (Sunny Chan) has feelings of a man in the 60s, Son, Chor Ci (Ron Ng) finds that he is too slow as compared to others who are living in the 21st Century. A comedy which shows a travel in time. The circumstances that happen will not only cause positive aftertaste, but allows one to think about the meaning behind ‘There’s no inborn talent to become a powerful person overnight; A good man should work hard and stand up strong on his own feet’.
Chor Ci from the 21st Century went back in time to the 60s when his father was in his youth. Father and Son became best of brothers. Chor Fan sheltered Chor Ci and Chor Ci came to know the stingy boss of the Noodle Stall Ko San Chuen (David Chiang), the fierce landlady Tam Lan Ching (Gigi Wong), Bickering Lover Ching Lan Fun (Shirley Yeung) and the rich young lady Leung Pin Pin (Nancy Wu). Chor Ci offended many people and seldom greet others. Hence, he wasn’t well liked by many other neighbours such as the police sergeant Ngau Ching Wing (Louis Yuen). There is only Chor Fan who protects him all the time and even introduced him to work at a departmental store. However, Chor Ci, who is over ambitious, only knows how to blame his father for being too old-fashioned and allows others to take advantage of him. Chor Ci almost caused many other neighbours to lose their homes. Chor Ci also spoilt his father’s relationship with the con-lady So Fung Nei (Myolie Wu). When he started to regret his actions, he realised that he is actually
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Credit: Ron’s Baidu, psycho 0805 @ Myolie forum (translation)
What’s so special
A time-travel show, going back to the simple and filled with compassion time period of the 1960s, and together with the father in his young days living at Yuen Long, they became close friends/”brothers”. This drama illustrates a special type of father-son relationship; warm-hearted and reminiscing the past times; light-hearted and humorous.
Story Outline:
The relationship between the father and son had always been distant. The son felt that the father’s set of principles were too outdated. The father always mentioned that he had a strange encounter in his younger days, but the son was certain that it was just his excuse to cover up his failure. During the period when their relationship was the most strained, the father met an accident and went into a coma, with his life hanging on a thread. The son was remorseful, and while feeling lost and helpless, he accidentally traveled back in time – returning to the younger days of his father…
The father and son actually became good friends. In this simple generation-period, the son learned how to get along with others again, and experienced how valuable relationships with his closed ones are. He even witnessed the strange encounter during his father’s younger days – which was actually that the father had met up with the son, whom wasn’t supposed to be born yet at that time…
Series Infomation / Plot Overview
– Sunny Chan and Myolie Wu will be paired up.
– Sunny Chan will be Ron’s father
– Myolie Wu will be Ron’s mother
– Ron and Shirley Yeung will be paired up.
– Myolie’s character will be very flirtious
– Story will talk about Sunny and Myolie’s past love story, as the story takes viewers back in time.
PS : Check Episode 1 synopsis here.