Despite their frequent collaborations, Tavia Yeung (楊怡) and Kenneth Ma (馬國明) are confident that they will generate new romantic sparks in upcoming period drama The Paintings of Bureaucracy <官場浮世繪>. Tavia and Kenneth became a top on-screen couple after the success of The Hippocratic Crush <On Call 36小時> in 2012. The positive reception created many money-making opportunities for the two, and won them recognition during awards season. They continued the hype with Three Kingdoms RPG <回到三國> during the same year, and in 2013 returned to their popular physician roles in sequel The Hippocratic Crush 2 <On Call 36小時II>. This year, the pair will reunite once again in producer Lee Tim Shing’s (李添勝) period drama The Paintings of Bureaucracy. Set in the Qing Dynasty, Kenneth plays a righteous man whose main goal in life is to banish corruption. He attracted some unfriendly attention as a result, and hires Tavia, an orphan with a martial arts background, to be his bodyguard. At the series’ blessing ceremony on February 18, Tavia revealed that she and Kenneth will share a kissing scene but added that it may not be very romantic. “It will take place under unusual circumstances, but it will be very beautiful.” Since Kenneth frequently jokes that he will ask TVB producers to add extra kissing scenes with his female co-stars, Tavia was asked how she would handle this request. Not at all worried, she points out that Kenneth is all talk and no action, and would probably be too gutless to proceed if she asks for the same. Dateless on Valentine’s Day Joining the trend of celebrating Valentine’s Day at work, Kenneth, whose birthday falls on February 13, spent both days filming nonstop for The Paintings of Bureaucracy. Speaking with the press earlier this week, Kenneth said, “Both days I started working at 6 am, and after work, I had a birthday dinner with my family. I spent Valentine’s Day with Benjamin Yuen (袁偉豪).” Kenneth also denied spending February 14 with Rebecca Zhu (朱晨麗) or Tracy Chu (朱千雪), laughingly stated that not everyone has to find a girl to spend Valentine’s Day with every year. Instead, the actor chose to focus on work in order to save up for a multimillion dollar house that his mother wanted. Creds: Oncc
