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Encyclopedia > Dicey Business
Dicey Business
(賭場風雲)

Dicey Business Poster
Genre Modern Drama
Starring Bobby Au Yeung
Jessica Hsuan
Michael Miu
Bosco Wong
Tavia Yeung
Opening theme "先賭為快" by
Hacken Lee
Ending theme "第幾天" by
Bosco Wong
Country of origin Hong Kong
Language(s) Cantonese
No. of episodes 35
Production
Running time approx. 45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Television Broadcasts Limited
Original run November 20, 2006January 5, 2007
External links
Official website

TVB Drama Series production Dicey Business (賭場風雲) is a 35 episode series which aired in Hong Kong after TVB 39th Anniversary Awards Ceremony. Image File history File links Dicey_business. ... Au Yeung Chun Wah, Bobby (歐陽震華) is a Chinese actor from Hong Kong. ... Jessica Hester Hsuan (Chinese: 宣萱 [IPA: syn hyn]) or Suen Huen (born August 18, 1970 in Hong Kong) is a Chinese actress. ... Michael Miu Kiu Wai (苗僑偉) is a Hong Kong TVB actor. ... Bosco Wong Chung Chak (Simplified Chinese: 黄宗泽 Traditional Chinese: 黃宗澤 Pinyin: Huáng Zōngzé), born December 13, 1980, is a Hong Kong TVB actor. ... Tavia Yeung (楊怡, Yeung Yi) (born August 30, 1979 in Hong Kong, China) is an actress. ... Hacken Lee (Traditional Chinese: ; born December 6, 1967), is a male Hong Kong Cantopop singer well-known in Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, other parts of Southeast Asia and even the United States for performing slow pop ballads. ... Bosco Wong Chung Chak (Simplified Chinese: 黄宗泽 Traditional Chinese: 黃宗澤 Pinyin: Huáng Zōngzé), born December 13, 1980, is a Hong Kong TVB actor. ... This article is about all of the Cantonese (Yue) dialects. ... Television Broadcasts Limited (SEHK: 0511), commonly known as TVB, was the first over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. ... is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Contents

Synopsis

The talented gambling artist, Cheung (齊歡暢) (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 (藍小茵) (Florence Kwok), who was Chor’s (喬正初) (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 (齊歡樂) (Bosco Wong). In the finals tournament, Cheung could not concentrate on his game and forfeited 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. Au Yeung Chun Wah, Bobby (歐陽震華) is a Chinese actor from Hong Kong. ... Michael Miu Kiu Wai (苗僑偉) is a Hong Kong TVB actor. ... Bosco Wong Chung Chak (Simplified Chinese: 黄宗泽 Traditional Chinese: 黃宗澤 Pinyin: Huáng Zōngzé), born December 13, 1980, is a Hong Kong TVB actor. ...


Fate decided that Cheung was able to bring his life back up and become good friends with him, being united by Wing (周福榮) (Benz Hui), and becoming the best of friends working in a casino, "Onisac". Chor works as the casino's CEO, Wing as the commissioner of the bodyguards, while Cheung works as the caretaker for the garden. Benz Hui Shiu Hung is a Hong Kong based actor. ...


One night, Wan (李青雲) (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 (張來富), a 23-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. Jessica Hester Hsuan (Chinese: 宣萱 [IPA: syn hyn]) or Suen Huen (born August 18, 1970 in Hong Kong) is a Chinese actress. ... Mong Kok or Mongkok (Chinese: 旺角; the English name is a transliteration of its older name 望角 or 芒角) is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District on Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong, China. ...


Through fateful events, Cheung finds out that Fu is his brother and he was kicked around like 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. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...


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.


Cast

Au Yeung Chun Wah, Bobby (歐陽震華) is a Chinese actor from Hong Kong. ... Michael Miu Kiu Wai (苗僑偉) is a Hong Kong TVB actor. ... Jessica Hester Hsuan (Chinese: 宣萱 [IPA: syn hyn]) or Suen Huen (born August 18, 1970 in Hong Kong) is a Chinese actress. ... Bosco Wong Chung Chak (Simplified Chinese: 黄宗泽 Traditional Chinese: 黃宗澤 Pinyin: Huáng Zōngzé), born December 13, 1980, is a Hong Kong TVB actor. ... Tavia Yeung (楊怡, Yeung Yi) (born August 30, 1979 in Hong Kong, China) is an actress. ... Benz Hui Shiu Hung is a Hong Kong based actor. ... Leanne Li or Li Ya-Nan (born in 1984) is a former beauty queen hailing from Vancouver, Canada. ...

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.


Trivia

  • This series is produced by Cheung Kin Man whom produced series like Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion, Into Thin Air and Au Revoir Shanghai.
  • 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.
  • The name of the casino in the series, "Onisac", is actually the word casino spelled backwards.

Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion was a 40 episode TV series broadcast in Hong Kong in 2005 Series Type: Ancient Action Casts Raymond Lam Bosco Wong Charmaine Sheh Sonija Kwok Sharon Chan David Chiang Power Chan Derek Kwok Evergreen Mak Categories: ... Into Thin Air (Traditional Chinese: 人間蒸發) is a 20-episode TV series broadcast in Hong Kong by the shows producers TVB. It was broadcast on TVB Jade from September 26, 2005 to October 21, 2005. ... Au Revoir Shanghai is a 20-episode series released by TVB in 2006 starring Michael Miu, Anne Heung, Bosco Wong and Shirley Yeung. ... Hacken Lee (Traditional Chinese: ; born December 6, 1967), is a male Hong Kong Cantopop singer well-known in Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, other parts of Southeast Asia and even the United States for performing slow pop ballads. ... The Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority is an organization responsible for receiving and dealing with complains over the mass media in Hong Kong. ... This series (Chinese name: 洗冤錄) features the exploits of a Sung Dynasty coroner, a premise similiar to western crime-drama series like CBCs Da Vincis Inquest or CBSs CSI series, albeit set eight hundred years before Da Vincis Vancouver, Gil Grissoms Las Vegas, Horatio Caines...

See Also

This article following a series list released by TVB in 2006. ...

External Links

  • K for TVB Episodic Synopsis and Screenpcaptures
  • Dicey Business - Forum Discussion (English)


 

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