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Seems like there are a lot of politics involved in this drama, hope it doesn't get boring...
I counted a total of 3-love-triangles: (Jeanette>Romeo>Felicia), (Romeo>Felicia>Andie)& (Carrie>Shaun>Jeanette)
okay, lemme re-arrange: Carrie carries a torch for Shaun, who carries a torch for Jeanette, who marries Romeo, who carries a torch for Felicia, who loves Andie.
confused?
Main Casts profile:
Although he is childhood sweethearts with Tang Shui Mei, his true love is actually Hong Ming Hui.
Zhang Yan loves Ming Hui, whom he grew up with, but his true love is actually Zhang Min. However, as Zhang Min is his cousin, though not related by blood, he is hesitant to confess his feelings. He eventually married Ming Hui, though it ended up as a rocky marriage.
He is childhood sweethearts with Zhang Min, and they got married despite several obstacles.
Hu Weiren (Chen Han Wei), a street gangster and conman, is a person who would do anything to take advantage of others or to save his own skin. To protect himself, he turned to the Japanese during the Japanese Occupation and even caused Tianying’s death. As he has lost his son, he is desperate to adopt Hu Jia as his son, when Hu Jia’s parents have died. Although he is a bad man, he is sincere to Hu Jia and truly cares about him and also taught Hu Jia all the unorthodox tricks he knew. |
Casts from Season 1:
Tianying (Allen Chen), who is the brother of Tianpeng, is the boss of an ointment company, which he built himself. He is the father of Zhang Jia and Zhang Min. He died during the Japanese Occupation. Huiniang (Joanne Peh), a peranakan woman, is the wife of Tianying. She is the mother of Zhang Jia and Zhang Min. She died during the Japanese Occupation. |
About Tumultuous Times...
With the death of Tianying and Huiniang during the Japanese occupation, Zhang Min and Zhang Jia planned to go to Ipoh to seek shelter at Hong Shi’s and his wife Yazi’s place. En route to Ipoh however, Zhang Min and Zhang Jia were separated and the latter was severely wounded. After being rescued by Hu Weiren, Zhang Jia acknowledged the latter as his father, with hope of seeking revenge for his father’s death. Growing up by Hu Weiren’s side, the intelligent and agile Hu Jia learnt much about triads and shady dealings, and came into his own within a matter of years.
Anti-colonialism sentiments were high after World War II. Zhang Yan and Dangyong, who were once close as brothers, drifted apart as both had different opinions on how Singapore should achieve independence. Dangyong joined the leftists, while Zhang Yan on the other hand, chose to join Lim Yew Hock’s government, seeking to wrestle for political power in a peaceful manner. As Zhang Yan scaled the political ladder, he began to lose himself, starting to make merry with the powers that be, engaging in debauchery and taking bribes on the side. He was also in charge of revoking the license of the Association of Secondary Schools and taking action against students in Sep 1956. This pit Zhang Yan face-to-face against Dangyong and Hu Jia, and the tense situation is about to erupt any minute…