Scavengers' Paradise
tv show
20 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired April 11, 2005
Overview
Mainland youngster TANG WAI CHEUNG (KWOK CHUN ON) looks for his future father-in-law LING SING PO (CHUN WONG) with an old Hong Kong address passed on by his late mother. Unfortunately, PO moved a long time ago. With nowhere else to stay, CHEUNG lives with his young uncle TANG KING CHAN (MA KWOK MING). CHAN bluffs to his relatives about his wealth, but in fact, he is seriously in debt. In order to pay off CHAN’s debt, CHEUNG takes any jobs that he can find, and experiences the real world. CHEUNG and his flatmate CHENG PIK WAN (WU, MYOLIE) encourage each other to work hard and slowly fall in love. Meanwhile, a rich man’s daughter LING FUNG (KONG CHERIE, CHERRY) dislikes the arranged marriage her parents set up for her and runs away from home. She somehow ends up settling down in the flat where CHEUNG and CHAN live. FUNG complains about everything in the flat. CHEUNG cannot stand her and fights with her all the time. On the other hand, CHAN is attracted by FUNG’s beauty…
Episode 3
Season 1 - Episode 3 - 1h 45m
Air Date
April 13, 2005
Overview
After CHEUNG retrieves the briefcase from the thief and returns it to PO, he supports WAN back home and tells SING to give medical treatment on her. CHEUNG finds a job as rickshaw boy; on the other hand, CHAN finds four part-time jobs to cheat the traveling expenses. HING hires the rickshaw from CHEUNG on a contract system for shopping and causes an accident as a result. She subsequently squeezes the payment of CHEUNG. Feeling guilty of making WAN injured, CHEUNG not only sends WAN to and after work, but also secretly gives money to SING to buy first class medicine for WAN. The evildoing of CHAN is disclosed and he gets sacked from the jobs. He sees the Person Finding ad by PO and is overjoyed to tell CHEUNG, who does not want to see rich people. However, CHAN makes him subdue by Chinese tradition of filial piety. WAN thinks that CHEUNG disrespects old people and pretends to be rich to recognize PO, to which she despises……