[E] LAND OF WEALTH / 匯通天下 [TVB][2006]

Written by Funn Lim 

I missed the 2nd half because I was watching House MD which was really great. So a very short summary from what I could remember from about 20 minutes of airtime:-

1. Bak Chuen showed true leadership as a banker when instead of recommending that a loan be repaid immediately by a sauce shop owner who was having some financial trouble to the point he had to close his shop despite the popularity of his sauces, against Yun Tin Bak Chuen recommended that more loan should be given to help the shop owner to get through the hard times because it will be a good investment. Mr Kiu agreed because that was Ding Fung Sing's philosophy and because of this Ko Wa was very impressed with Bak Chuen and Bak Chuen got confirmed as a runner/executive instead of just a trainee, the youngest/fastest ever.

2. Even Mr Cho had the same idea when he knew of businessmen facing some problems of the same nature.

3. Cixi was very impressed with Sung Man when she found out he was the one who suggested how the fish should be preserved on its way back to Beijing and she loved the taste. By the last episode I said he used water, it was wine. I am tempted to try his method to see if it works. So Cixi gave Sung Man a special duty; to investigate the magistrate of Ping Yiu whom she heard had with his a nice collection of rare treasures and she thought he must be corrupt.

Pause here. Cixi is portrayed in here as an utter nonsense. She just probably felt jealous since there are many more more corrupt officials. The magistrate at Ping Yiu may be corrupt, but moderately so and often he sided with justice. So he wasn't that bad. Anyway Sung Man was reluctant because now he was being made the instigator in destroying an innocent scapegoat. Wonder what he will do?

4. Finally found out WHY Hong Fei did what he did 2 episodes ago. He saw Bak Chuen and Fu Yi Chek on the street and boasted he got a new job as a runner (at that point Bak Chuen was still a trainee) and he was higher ranked than them and he invited them to join Wing Hang Tai (Mr Cho's bank) but they both declined and said they're not a runner dog. Anyway Hong Fei revealed Mr Cho is his far far far distant relative. So now I know why he did what he did! He didn't need to be trained to be a running dog, it is in HIS blood.

5. Last scene I saw was Bak Chuen and Fu Yi Chek had to join some competition to drive a horse led sled ala roman gladiators except made of wood. Yun Tin was supposed to train them but he was sick to Mr Kiu asked him to rest and said Ko Wa will train them since she is horse expert. Yun Tin looked a bit hurt, as if he was being sidelined. I kinda agree although I can't determine whether Mr Kiu was genuine in his concern or not since John Chiang rarely betrayed his emotions even a tiny bit to act as human should act.  So Ko Wa trained them but they failed miserably and spectacularly.

I stopped there. If you could fill in the blanks, please do.

One question; why is Bak Chuen doing EVERYTHING? The other trainees are dead? Like he had to do this, he had to do that, he had to do everything.

Next episode shall continue with proper episodic thoughts.