TVB Grand Production "The Drive of Life" will be aired across South East Asia on 1st July and originally, the show had been scheduled to air on China Central Television Channel 1's prime time slot at 8pm, but another series marking the 10th anniversary of the return of Hong Kong has appeared on the scene entitled "Hong Kong Sisters" and this series has won the coveted spot, with "Drive" being moved to Channel 8 instead. The theme song to the series has been confirmed to be sung by Hacken Lee and written by Joseph Koo. in case u don't know, this is a REALLY GREAT NEWS, cuz this series will be aired in so many places and the A LOT of ppl will probably watch. -MORE ABOUT THIS SERIES: Title: The Drive of Life / Shui Yuet Fung Wan(tentative title) NOTE: The series will be released in July 1st or* October 2007. In celebration of HK 10th anniversary return to China, TVB will film two grand production series - A Tale Of Two Cities (80 episodes) & The Changing Times (60 episodes) later this year. TVB has invited Mainland TV station CCTV to co-produce it. Because of sentimental value and the opportunity to break into Mainland market, a lot of artiste have expressed interest in this series. Sales Presentation: *Dec 10th, 2006 http://youtube.com/watch?v=qrXwAQB9JzA Producer: Tommy Leung Kar Shu & Poon Ka Tak Genre: Modern series with 60 episodes. Collaboration of TVB and Mainland China CCTV. Filming: Sept 20th, 2006 (Start Oct 2006 and estimate end in April 2007) Shooting location: Hong Kong, Mainland China (Beijing & Ningbo) and Vancouver, Canada. Cast: (In alphabetical order) Updated Dec 27th, 2006 Angela Tong Benz Hui Chan Mei Kei as Wai Cheung Ping Charmaine Sheh as Wing Sau Fung Damien Lau as Wah Man Hang Ellesmere Choi Felix Lok Ying Kuan Feng Shao Feng / Feng Wei (Mainland) as Tin Zhen Man Gigi Wong as Zhan Yan Jessica Hsuan Joe Ma Kenneth Ma Lau Kong Leanne Li Liu Ging Sang (mainland) as Wah Man Hung Mary Hon as Lu Ho Yuet Matthew Ko Michael Miu as Wah Man Shek Myolie Wu as Fong Bing Yee Ng Wai Kwok as Ngai Tin Hang Oscar Chan Power Chan Raymond Lam as Wah Zhen Pong Rocky Cheng Ron Ng as Sin Gai Keung Sheren Tang as Wong Siu Fan Toby Leung as Wah Ching Ling Zhao Ke (Mainland) as Lee Seen Sin Synopsis: The story begins with Ray just returning from overseas. He is a proud person and his family owns a huge enterprise. His father is Damien Lau while his mother is Wong Shuk Yi. At earlier stage, Ray was arrogant because he is very good at doing business and because of this there was a period where his family business flourished. This made him a little proud. However, his family bankrupted and he met many setbacks. He has to start from bottom again, and his character gradually matures. Along the way, he met with a lot of people who helped him. Ray said that he is working hard to keep his hair long because he came back from overseas. He also have to speak Mandarin and he will have many scenes with mainland casts. In addition, he mentioned that this role was a very long and challenging role, but he will work hard on it. Additional [The Changing Times] synopsis: Damien Lau started his business via real estate investment. After his business deteriorated, he changed to car dealership business. His wife is Gigi Wong Shuk Yi, who bore him daughter; Jessica Hsuan and son; Raymond Lam. Raymond is in love with Charmaine Sheh, while his assistant Myolie Wu is secretly in love with him. Ron Ng's father, Benz Hui is the supervisor for the automobile service department. Ron will sometimes secretly take customer's car for a race. Ron's mother, Mary Hon (盧皓月 Lu Ho Yuet) along with his half brother Joe Ma (born from different mother) doted on him. On the other hand, Michael Miu and Sheren Tang's daughter Toby Leung is a reporter for an automobile magazine. One time, when sending her car for servicing at Ron's, she discovered that Ron droved her car, causing misunderstanding which later developed into romantic feelings. Because this series revolves around history of the rise and fall of families, therefore the period is also very long. Ron will appear roughly after 20 episodes, and acting from 20 to 40 years old. Note: The chinese source is from Ron Cafes, while the english translation above was done by me. Kindly give due credit if reposted. Summary of characters and storyline (possible spoilers): The storyline revolve around the struggles and conflict within Wah brothers, who run the automobile industry. There are 3 brothers, the eldest being Damien Lau, the 2nd brother a mainland actor and the third brother is Michael Miu. Damien Lau (华文翰 Wah Man Hang) the eldest brother and wife Gigi Wong have two children; Jessica Hsuan and Raymond Lam (华振邦 Wah Zhen Pong). Jessica character is very soft, highly educated and obedient daughter to Damien. However, she have a rebellious streak when it comes to relationship - she will have affairs with Joe Ma and Michael Wong Man Tak. Jessica thought she will be speaking Mandarin in FWSY, so she purposely bought a Mandarin learning set in preparation. She later found out that all her dialogues will be in Cantonese. Ray will be involved in a complex love triangle with Charmaine and Myolie. In addition, there will be two more Mainland actors involved in the love quadruple. Ray will be portraying from 26 years old to 40 years old. He is a bit worried that he won't look convincing as 40 years old. Charmaine Sheh's role is a very filial, strong willed and ambitious girl. Her mother, Chan Mei Kei (衞長萍 Wai Cheung Ping) had an affair with Damien years ago and this has lead to conflict between her and Ray's relationship, causing them to break up. Ray later ends up with his secretary, Myolie (方秉怡 Fong Bing Yee) but things get complicated when Charmaine returns and addition of Feng Shao Feng and Zhao Ke in the love pentagon. *edited Dec 27th Myolie's character is a very upbeat and happy girl. She will be Ray's secretary who is secretly in love with him. News said that filming for Myolie will start later as TVB wanted to give her more time to lose weight. Michael Miu (华文碩 Wah Man Shek) and Sheren Tang (汪紹芬 Wong Siu Fan) will act as a couple, with Toby Leung (华清琳 Wah Ching Ling) as their daughter. Their marriage seems perfect from outside, but there's actually a lot of problems. Michael's character is a bit cunning and often act as a middle person between his elder brothers. It was also hinted that he is a playboy. Meanwhile, Sheren begins as a rich heiress, whose family actually own the automobile business in the first place. Joe Ma will be playing a semi villain businessman. He is Ron's half brother. There will be a period in the series where Ron falls into coma and Toby will take care of him, with a lot of crying scenes. New updates! According to TVB mag, Ron and Joe is actually born from the same father (Ng Wai Kwok). Joe is actually Ng Wai Kwok (危天行 Ngai Tin Hang)'s son and there is possibility that Ron is not Benz's son after all. Ng Wai Kwok was once crushed by the Wah brothers, therefore he intended to seek revenge. FWSY will be aired simultaneously by TVB and CCTV during prime time (usually 8-9pm). There will be an estimate of at least 140 million viewers. With outdoor filming in Mainland China and Canada, TVB plan to invest over HKD1 billion for production. As the story background involved with automobile industry, there will be a lot of beautiful cars featured. (Note: The above will subject to change as the series has 60 episodes and script has not finished yet) Additional plotlines: The story revolved between the relationships and rivalries of four families lead by Damien Lau, Michael Miu, Liu Ging Sang (Mainland actor) and Chan Mei Kei. The main plot about the older generation are: Chan Mei Kei (as Wai Cheung Ping), Damien Lau (Wah Man Hang) and Liu Ging Sang (Wah Man Hung, the 2nd Wah brothers) were childhood friends and involved in a triangle relationship. After they grew up, Cheung Ping, Man Hang and his wife Gigi Wong (as Zhan Yan) were involved into another love triangle. Raymond Lam and Jessica Hsuan will be playing as Damien's children while Charmaine Sheh is Chan Mei Kei's daughter. Because her mother spent her lifetime obsessing (心系 - sorry if I translated wrongly) Damien Lau, after Charmaine grew up she began to plan revenge on his family. However, she fell in love with Damien's son; Ray. Charmaine Sheh will be portraying a strong willed HK girl who is bend on seeking revenge for her mother. Unexpectedly, she got involved in a relationship with the enemy's son; Raymond Lam. There were reports that Charmaine has recently broke up with her rumoured beau Benny Chan and Ray was asked of he was afraid of having rumours with Charmaine. Ray frankly said that he always took his female co-stars as male friends, so he's not afraid of rumours. During the interview on 《娱乐最前线》and《东张西望》, Jessica divulged a bit of her character storyline in [The Changing Times]. In the beginning, she was dating Michael Wong, but later found out that he has a wife. Michael also realized that he loves his wife the most, therefore they broke up. As for Joe, he has always admired her, but Jessica has no feelings for him until she broke up with Michael. Joe treated Jessica very well, so she slowly fall in love and eventually got married with him. However, after they got married, a lot of problems arise, mostly due to Joe turning bad toward the end. During interview, Joe also described his character as both good and evil. Sources Used: http://hackenleeid-news.blogspot.com http://idlemindsehseh.blogspot.com/ http://www.dramasian.com/showthread.php?t=8376 Credits: Asianfanatics
i love the theme song of Drive of Live sung by Hacken Lee. But i thought the theme song was also sung by Rayond Lam and Hacken Lee together>
