Sweetness in the salt

Sweetness in the salt Details
Title: 碧血鹽梟
Cantonese / Mandarin title: Bik Huet Yim Hiu / Bi Xue Yan Xiao
English title: Sweetness in the Salt
Also known as: 勝雪鹽棧 / Salt Traders
Genre: Ancient drama
Episodes: 25
Broadcast network: TVB
Broadcast period: 2009-Jun-08 to 2009-Jul-10
Theme song: How to Say Love (愛怎麼說) by Steven Ma and Tavia Yeung

Sweetness in the salt Synopsis, story, and preview

NIP CHI YUEN (Steven Ma), who works in the anti-smuggling camp, is determined to wipe out the Tau's Fort, which is the stronghold for salt smugglers. He pretends to be a down-and-out scholar. TAU SING SUET (Tavia Yeung Yi), daughter of the chief smuggler, sympathizes with YUEN and puts him up in the village. Later, they even become fond of each other. During an anti-smuggling operation SUET is badly hurt and has since been separated from YUEN and her family. Fortunately she is saved by WU TING HIN (Raymond Wong Ho Yin), son of salt merchant WU KIN (Kwok Fung). HIN takes her home. One day, SUET is horrified to see the dead bodies of her parent being hung on the wall of the city tower, and that the official standing on the top of the tower telling the public not to sell smuggled salt is none other than the man she misses day and night. She is heartbroken, and her love for YUEN turns into hatred that moment on. HIN finds a job for SUET at the salt company his family runs to he

Sweetness in the salt Cast and starring :

Dau Family
Jimmy Au as Dau Mang 竇猛
Lily Li as Mrs. Dau 竇夫人
Lee Kwok Lun as Dau Hung 竇雄
Tavia Yeung as Dau Sing Suet 竇勝雪
Bond Chan (陳少邦) as 鍾邦

Nip Family
Steven Ma as Nip Ji Yun 聶致遠
Mary Hon as Nip Cheung Si 聶張氏

Wu Family
Kwok Fung as Wu Kin 胡堅
Ma Tai Lo as Wu Choi Dip 胡彩蝶
Halina Tam as Wu Ting Bik 胡亭碧
Ram Tseung as Yiu Sau Ching 姚守正
Raymond Wong as Wu Ting Hin 胡亭軒
Pierre Ngo as Wu Ting Fai 胡亭輝
Meini Cheung (張美妮) as Ying Yuet 映月
Devily Leung as Siu Yun 小沅
Casper Chan as Wu Ting Yin 胡亭嫣

Extended Cast
Joel Chan as Choi Chi On 蔡子安
Felix Lok as To Ying Lung 屠應龍
Brian Wong as Hung Leung 孔良
Chan Wing Kei as Chau Kwong 周廣
Wong Wai Tak as Wong Dung Ping 汪東平
Kwok Tak Shun as Chu Wing Cheung 朱永祥
Hoffman Cheng as Wong Kan 王勤
Peter Pang (彭冠中) as Lei Fat 李發
Raymond Tsang (曾守明) as Chui Fun 徐寬
Yu Tze Ming as Lui King Hong 呂建康
Iris Wong as Luk Ng Neung 陸五娘
Pauline Chow as Mut Lei 茉莉
Ng Wai Shan (伍慧珊) as Yuk Lo 玉露

Production Credits
Producer: Lee Tim Sing
Editors: Kwan Sung Ling (關頌玲) and Lau Chi Wa (劉枝華)

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Palace Scheme

Palace Scheme Details :
New Series : Palace Scheme (Beyond The Realm Of Conscience)
Chinese Title :宮心計
Cantonese Pinyin: Gung Sam Gai
Mandarin Pinyin: Gong Xin Ji
Filming : February 2009
Producer : Miu Siu Ching
Episodes : 30
Genre : hong kong version of Jewel in the Palace (ancient, tong dynasty)

Palace Scheme Cast and starring :

Charmaine Sheh as Lau Sam Ho (Maid, but later will become the highest rank of Sheung Gongs--above the four Sheung Gongs)
Tavia Yeung as Yiu Kam Ling (Maid, but later will become Concubine Lai/Lady Lai)
Moses Chan as Li Yi (Emperor Li Shum)
Kevin Cheng as Ko Hin Yeung (Professor Kei and later Imperial Guard to the Emperor)
Susanna Kwan as Yuen Chui Wan (Sheung Gong/Controller of Jewellery)
Michelly Yim as Chung Suet Ha (Sheung Gong/Controller of Wardrobe)
Kara Hui as Wu So Yan (Sheung Gong/Controller of Furnishing)
Mary Hon as Tam Yim Seung (Sheung Gong/Controller of Food and Beverage)
Selena Li as Mang Bo Yin (Concubine Yin/Lady Yin, daughter of Mang Kim Fung)
Ram Tseung as Bo Kut Cheung (Eunich, loves Chung Suet Ha, and he is the only one that knows Yuen Chui Wan's greatest secret)
Lee Kwok Lun as Ma Yuen Jaan (Eunich Supervisor)
Kwok Fung as Ma Kim Fung (General, Ma Bo Yin's father, and Yuen Chui Wan's old lover)
Lau Dan as Lee Tak Yue (Prime Minister)
Edwin Siu as Li 瀍 (Brother of Li Yi?)
Susan Tse as Empress (Mother of Li Yi?)

Palace Scheme Synopsis and story :
Produced for the program in 2009 drama, one of pilgrimage. Originally scheduled to begin shooting in December 2008, after the wireless high-level stories that attract, from the original set of 25 extended to 30 sets, in February 2009 until it started.

Story:
Sam Ho and Yi were actually a pair of good friends who treated each other as sisters in the Palace. As lowly maids, they received bad treatments. At that time, the Palace has four high-ranked officers, including Food and Beverages Controller, … Fashion Controller, and Jewellery Controller. In order to be promoted into a higher position, the four often fight underhand. The innocent Yi and Sam Ho became the scapegoat.

Regardless of how much suffering she has, Sam Ho persists on her Three Good spirit as a method of surviving. However, Yi who has suffered a lot decides otherwise. Once, during serving the Emperor, she surreptitiously seduced the Emperor and succeeded in becoming high-ranked Concubine. Sam Ho succeeded to gain the highest post of the female officers with her own talents and efforts. The two’s relationship starts to break. It turns out that both of them have feelings for the same Palace Guard at the same time. Yi wanted to punish the four officers, but Sam Ho disagreed and insisted on saving the four, Yi started to scheme against Sam Ho.

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