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 8
Season 1 - Episode 8 - 1h 45m
Air Date
April 20, 2005
Overview
Using PO to pay his debt, CHAN decides not to correct the mistake. HING and MIN do not trust CHAN and they suggest using NA, who will play FUNG, to test his character. NA lies that her mother is very ill to cheat PO’s money, to which PO is not aware of the plot. After CHEUNG discovers that it is WAN has always encouraged him to write for publication, they fall in love. CHAN lives in LING’s house, where NA entertains and seduces him, but CHAN dares not to walk past the limit. Because WAN does not want to expose their love, CHEUNG is unhappy and WAN comforts him by words while SING hears it. HING and others test CHAN again but with negative result either. PO and CHAN inspect the business in Man Lai Hong where MIN sees that PO listens attentively to CHAN. He needs to find a solution to this. CHEUNG is asked to perform solo for the opera in an emergency, where his funny performance is greatly welcomed……