[Upcoming Hong Kong Drama 2016] Rouge Emperor 流氓皇帝

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Details:

Chinese Title: 流氓皇帝 / Lau Man Wong Dai

English Title: Rouge Emperor

Genre: Comedy, Pre modern, Romance

Episodes: 20

Directors: Línzi xīn & Qián yǐng zhī

Broadcast Period: 2016

Replacing: 

 

Cast:

Kenneth Ma
Niki Chow
Mandy Wong
Benjamin Yuen
Koo Ming Wah
Brian Tse
Luk Wing Kuen (6 Wing)
Harriet Yeung
Tracy Chu

Synopsis

The story centers around a villager named Chu Gam Chun (朱錦春, a homophone of the term 豬咁蠢, a Cantonese slang term meaning "as stupid as a pig"). One day, a soothsayer said he would one day become the penultimate Emperor of China. While he initially brushed it aside, a series of events and blunders would eventually make it come true.

When the Qing Dynasty fell, Chu and his villager friends became bandits, only to be recruited by a warlord. Once under their command, Chu quickly rose through the ranks when many of his superiors died in accidents that are not of Chu's making. Chu eventually became a warlord himself, but was later defeated by Nationalist forces.

Chu, along with his friends and family, made their way to Shanghai, where he eventually became an A-list movie star, even though Chu is illiterate, and can't read movie scripts. Chu then went from strength to strength, and eventually opened a department store. There, he was discovered by a Japanese spy, who wanted him to be a body double of Puyi, by then the Emperor of Manchukuo. The soothsayer's words have finally come true.

Eventually, Chu found out about the Japanese's deeds, and decided to leave his life as Emperor. He was separated from his family members while they were escaping, and Chu eventually ended up in Hong Kong as a beggar. Only when a local reporter found out about his story did Chu reunite with his family, as well as his longtime lover, who now works as a maid for the reporter's family.

Chu and his lover were reunited in the finale. At the same time, Chu discovered that he has won the Mark Six lottery drawing. However, realizing his desire to simply live out his life without dramatic ups and downs, Chu ripped up the lottery ticket.

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The Misadventure of Zoo series: Kenneth Ma often teased Niki Chow

 

Yesterday, Kenneth Ma (馬國明) and Niki Chow (周麗淇) were filming the promotion clips for the new series, The Misadventure of Zoo (流氓皇帝) in TVB City. Kenneth Ma admitted he often teased Niki during and Niki immediately exposed about Kenneth Ma's sister, auntie and aunt. Niki said: "He really needs to examine himself and the girl might has no interest in him." Kenneth Ma replied he will re-examine himself upon hearing of the rumour.

Source: Ming Pao (HK)
Translated by: Admin @ Asian E-News Portal

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Was really looking forward to this drama. Sad that TVB has decided to shelve this drama.