Land of Wealth

*Land of Wealth*
Land of Wealth
	匯通天下でんか
Genre	Costume Drama
Starring	Moses Chan ; Steven Ma ; Sonija Kwok ; Tavia Yeung
Opening theme	"滙通天下でんか" by ; Eason Chan
Ending theme	"川かわ流りゅう不ふ息いき" by ; Moses Chan
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language	Cantonese
No. of episodes	32
Production
Running time	45 minutes (approx.)
Original release
Network	TVB
Release	September 11 –; October 21, 2006

Land of Wealth (Traditional Chinese: 匯通天下でんか) is a TVB costume drama series broadcast in September 2006.

Synopsis

During the Qing dynasty in Beijing, a powerful empress took over the throne. The story focus on four different families. The Chai family, Chai Hok-Yan (Chung King Fai), who was betrayed by other officials and the whole family was sentenced to death. Chai Pak-Chuen (Moses Chan) was the only survivor in the Chai family because a loyal assistant of his switched identities with him. Pak-Cheun changed his name to Fan Chi-Chai and traveled to a different city to start a new life. That's when he met the Kiu family. Kiu Bun-Yip (David Chiang), is a successful business banker, however, he also has enemies, including the Cho family. Bun-Yip invited Pak-Chuen to his bank Ding Fung Shing to learn about banking. At the same time, he met Cheung Shung-Man (Steven Ma), the two of them became best friends.

Pak-Chuen met Ba Ba Ha Yee Ko-Wa (Sonija Kwok), the two of fell in love, but because of a little misunderstanding due to Pak-Chuen refusing to marry Ko-Wa and suggested that their marriage will only burden his career. Ko-Wa married to Bun-Yip instead to make Pak-Chuen jealous. Shung-Man and Bun-Yip's daughter, Kiu Choi (Tavia Yeung) were also in loved, however Shung-Man's family disapprove the marriage. Choi married Pak-Chuen instead because Bun Yip passed the position of Head Master of Ding Fung Shing to Pak-Chuen. His eldest son-in-law, Fong Yun-Tin (Kenny Wong), who is in the position as Second Master of Ding Fung Sing object the idea by saying that the position as Head Master cannot be pass to outsider.

Later on, Pak-Chuen became more and more successful in the business of banking, Bun-Yip asked Pak-Chuen to lead the banking business. At the same time, Pak-Chuen is also seeking revenge for his family, and trying to find who was behind the whole scheme. As the story goes on, the family goes through many hardships and obstacles in life. It's about betrayal, and corruption in business and in the government around a world of good, innocent people. The story also revolves around China's first banks and problems that they had to face.

Cast

Cast	Role	Description
Moses Chan	Chai Pak-Chuen/Fan Chi-Chai 齊ひとし百川ももかわ/范子齊ひとし	Ding Fung Shing Head Master Cheung Shung-Man's friend. Kiu Chun's husband.
Steven Ma	Cheung Shung-Man 章あきら崇たかし文ぶん	Government Official Chai Pak-Chuen's friend.
Sonija Kwok	Ba Ba Ha Yee Ko-Wa 巴ともえ巴ともみ哈兒高だか娃	Servant Fu Yee-Chek's older sister. Kiu Bun-Yip's household servant.
David Chiang	Kiu Bun-Yip 喬たかし本業ほんぎょう	Ding Fung Shing Bank Owner Kiu Chun and Kiu Ching's father.
Tavia Yeung	Kiu Chun 喬たかし蓁	Kiu Bun-Yip and Mang Yuet Ngo's daughter. Chai Pak-Chuen's wife. Died on Episode 32
Chung King Fai	Chai Hok-Yan 齊ひとし學がく仁ひとし	Government Official Chai Pak-Chuen's father.
Lui Shan (呂りょ珊)	Mang Yuet-Ngoh 孟はじめ月がつ娥	Kiu Bun-Yip's wife. Kiu Chun and Kiu Ching's mother. Mang Yuet-Seung's younger sister.
Claire Yiu	Kiu Ching 喬たかし菁	Fong Yun-Tin's wife. Kiu Chun's older sister. Kiu Bun-Yip and Mang Yuet Ngo's daughter.
Kenny Wong (黃き德とく斌あきら)	Fong Yun-Tin 方かた潤田うるだ	Ding Fung Shing Second Master Kiu Ching's husband.
Lau Dan	Cho Yue-Tai 曹裕泰ひろやす	Kiu Bun-Yip's rival.
Rebecca Chan	Mang Yuet-Seung 孟はじめ月がつ嫦	Cho Yue-Tai's wife. Mang Yuet-Ngoh's older sister.
Lai Lok-yi	Cho King-Yin 曹景賢けん	Kiu Bun-Yip's nephew and Cho Yue-Tai's son.
Stephen Wong	Fu Yee-Chek 虎とら兒じ赤あか	Banking Student Ba Ba Ha Yee Ko Wa's younger brother.

Viewership ratings

	Week	Episode	Average Points	Peaking Points	References
1	September 11–15, 2006	1 — 5	29	30	^[1]
2	September 18–22, 2006	6 — 10	27	29	^[2]
3	September 25–29, 2006	11 — 15	26	—	^[3]
4	October 2–6, 2006	16 — 20	26	—	^[4]
5	October 9–13, 2006	21 — 25	26	—	^[5]
6	October 16–20, 2006	26 — 30	28	—	^[6]
7	October 21, 2006	31 — 32	29	32	^[7]

References

External links

TVB.com Land of Wealth - Official Website (in Chinese)

[1] Week 1 Ratings

[2] Week 2 Ratings

[3] Week 3 Ratings

[4] Week 4 Ratings

[5] Week 5 Ratings

[6] Week 6 Ratings

[7] Finale Ratings

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