Moonlight Resonance

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Moonlight Resonance (溏心風暴之家好月圓)
Moonlight Resonance Official Poster
Genre	Modern Drama (Grand Production)
Format	High Definition
Created by	Lau Kar Ho
Written by	Cheung Wah Biu Sit Ga Wah
Starring	Louise Lee Ha Yu Michelle Yim Susanna Kwan Raymond Lam Moses Chan Linda Chung Tavia Yeung Lee Heung Kam
Opening theme	"無心害你" by Susanna Kwan
Ending theme	"愛不疚" by Raymond Lam
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Language(s)	Cantonese
No. of episodes	40 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	45 minutes (approx.)
Broadcast
Original channel	TVB
Original run	July 28, 2008 – September 21, 2008
Chronology
Related shows	Heart of Greed (2007)
External links
Official website

Moonlight Resonance (Traditional Chinese: 溏心風暴之家好月圓) is an award-winning and critically-acclaimed 2008 grand production drama by Television Broadcasts Limited. It is an indirect sequel to 2007's award winning series, Heart of Greed; it features most of the original cast members in the indirect prequel. The series is written and edited by Cheung Wah Biu and Sit Ga Wah. The series premiered on July 28, 2008 and has finished airing. The series is solely sponsored by Kee Wah Bakery and has now become TVB's highest rating series ever.

Contents 1 Pre-release 1.1 Development 1.2 Music 1.3 Casting dilemma 1.4 Release dates 2 Synopsis 3 Cast 4 Characters 4.1 The elders 4.2 The children 4.3 Others 5 Reception and awards 5.1 List of awards and nominations 6 DVD release 7 External links 8 References

[edit] Pre-release

[edit] Development

TVB's 2007 series, Heart of Greed, was successful enough to commission this series. In June 2007, Louise Lee presented on one of the Heart of Greed (溏心) chatroom shows that the producers had already begun to write another series with the same actors but a different story line. Details about the new series were leaked by the media in October 2007 and Lau Kar Ho, the director, writer and producer of the series vowed to catch the person who leaked this information because few people knew about the new series. The sales presentation clip was released on November 19, 2007. The clip gave clues about the new series which featured Michelle Yim as the new villain and a mooncake business instead of the abalone business in Heart of Greed. New cast members included Kate Tsui, Lee Heung Kam and Wayne Lai.

On January 28, 2008, the cast celebrated their kick-off in filming, which included a costume fitting. Lee, Raymond Lam and Fala Chen had to attend baking lessons in order for them to film baking scenes realistically. Filming commenced on February 14, 2008, where Lee, Lai and Lam were the first to shoot at a bakery. The main cast and Lau Kar Ho celebrated the blessing ceremony of the series on March 7, 2008. The release of its official trailer was aired at the Shanghai Television Festival on June 11. Principle filming ended on July 1, 2008 ^[1] and its official English title was revealed. TVB officially began promotional and advertising work on the series on July 5, 2008, with an advertisement being aired followed up with its official website being released on July 82008.

[edit] Music

The opening theme song for the series (無心害你) was performed by Susanna Kwan, while the closing song (愛不疚) was performed by Raymond Lam from his album Your Love.^[2][3] The closing theme was nominated as one of the top-10 song of the 31st RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards. A feature song for the series entitled "Ice Cream", is written and produced by London based production team DNR who are better known as The Slips.^[4]

[edit] Casting dilemma

The character for Susanna Kwan's husband was originally supposed to be for Wayne Lai but because of his personal reasons which he explained on the talk show, Be My Guest, Louis Yuen, who was supposed to be the baker character Wayne Lai did play, took the part instead.

[edit] Release dates

Country of Broadcast	Broadcasting Network	Release Date
Australia	TVBJ	August 4, 2008
Europe	TVBS-E	August 20, 2008
Hong Kong	TVB Jade	July 28, 2008
Malaysia	Astro On Demand	July 28, 2008
Singapore	Starhub Demand TV	Nov 17, 2008

[edit] Synopsis

A decade before the series takes place, Gam Tai Cho (Ha Yu) and his wife Chung Siu Hor (Louise Lee) are co-owners of Moonlight Bakery. One night, on Mid-Autumn Festival, Siu Hor discovered Tai Cho and her colleague Yan Hung (Michelle Yim) had an affair. Siu Hor demanded divorce. The couple each take custody of half of their six children: Tai Cho gains custody of Wing Ka (Moses Chan), Wing Yuen (Chris Lai) and Wing Chung (Vincent Wan). Siu Hor gains custody of Wing Ho (Raymond Lam), adopted daughter Hou Yuet (Tavia Yeung) and Wing Hing (Fala Chen). After the separation Tai Cho and Yan Hung take on the Moonlight Bakery brand name. The business proves successful, resulting in a family asset totaling HK$1 billion. Meanwhile, Siu Hor struggles to earn a living working at the modest bakery that she and Tai Cho once owned together.

Soon Yan Hung begins to manipulate the family to distant Tai Cho from Siu Hor and the children. Her mother-in-law, Sheh Gwan Lai (Lee Heung Kam), has a strained relationship with Siu Hor, and Yan Hung deliberately fuels their arguments to keep the relations hostile. Gwan Lai's sister, Sheh Lai Mui (Fung So Bor), and Lai Mui's son, Mak Yau Gong (Lei Seng Cheung), are blackmailed by Yan Hung to stay on her side. Yan Hung sends her stepson Wing Chung and her own daughter, Yu So Sum (Linda Chung), to study abroad in England to keep the family disconnected. Yan Hung blames her miscarriage on stepson Wing Yuen to make him feel indebted to her. Wing Yuen himself later discovered truth that miscarriage in fact was an accident.

Apart from earning a living at her bakery, Siu Hor spends her time managing her family and tries to raise her children well.

Chung Siu Sa (Susanna Kwan), Siu Hor's sister, was constantly seeking opportunity to make money from any family mishaps. Eventually the Cho's new family and Siu Hor family sue each other for the Moonlight Bakery franchise name fueled by allegations made by Siu Sa. The lawsuit further split rift families apart.

Wing Ka, as the eldest son, lacks interest in managing the bakery. He is addicted to the stock market, which worries his mother, Siu Hor. With Siu Hor and Hou Yuet’s encouragement, he stops gambling. His adopted sister, Hou Yuet eventually develops feelings for him, but Wing Ka instead falls for his cousin, Ka Mei. However, soon after, it is revealed that Ka Mei, like Yan Hung, is a sneaky, selfish and greedy liar; Wing Ka breaks up with Ka Mei. The family no longer trusts Ka Mei. This causes Ka Mei to turn against the family and work for Yan Hung. Ka Mei becomes pregnant and forces Wing Yuen into rushed marriage. She later realizes the baby may not be Wing Yuen's and so has an abortion to avoid complications. She then lies and blames Siu Hor for losing the baby. Though Siu Sa, angry that her daughter could treat Siu Hor's family so mercilessly, reveals the truth. Wing Ka is soon after revealed to have an incurable heart disease.

Meanwhile, Siu Hor’s second son, Wing Ho, has a problematic love relationship of his own. He dated So Sum when they were young, but didn't last long as she left for study in England. When So Sum back from her study, Wing Ho realize he still develops feelings for her. But So Sum has given up on her feelings for Wing Ho to become the third party in a relationship with her colleague Dr. Ling Chi Shun (Bosco Wong). Wing Ho becomes her “guardian angel” and helps her get over Dr. Ling when he leaves abruptly for England. Turns out, Dr. Ling was involved in a seven year relationship with his girlfriend Wing Lam (Claire Yiu). Despite no longer having feelings for Wing Lam, he still feels indebted to her, since she had helped him get through medical school, thus allowing the relationship to linger. However, his true feelings are towards So Sum. Initially, Dr. Ling was going to break up with Wing Lam. Instead of breaking up, he left for England with Wing Lam. Later it is found out that he continues their relationship because she had cancer with one month left to live. Wing Lam dies once they arrived in England. Wanting So Sum to get over him, Dr. Ling tricks her to believe that he and Wing Lam got married upon their arrival in England through his blog. He returns to Hong Kong and becomes involved in an arranged "marriage plot" with So Sum.

After Yan Hung’s lies are exposed, Tai Cho, and his children's relationship improves tremendiously. Yan Hung, still jealous of Siu Hor, makes her move to take the family’s assets in spite of anger. She attempts to sell 30% of Moonlight Bakery’s shares to her ex-husband, Yu Hak Keung (Lei Kwok Lun) but was stopped by her mother in law Gwan Lai and her husband Tai Cho before the deal goes through. Eventually, Yan Hung takes legal action against Siu Hor and Tai Cho’s family for the family assets. She bribes Tai Cho and Siu Hor’s family members and close friends to make false statements. Yan Hung decides to give a mere 10% of the family assets to Tai Cho. Furious, Gwan Lai and Tai Cho try to change their helpless situation, but Gwan Lai soon dies from an accident. The lawsuit results in Tai Cho gaining 20% of the family assets and him being blissfully reunited with Siu Hor and the children. Yan Hung, despite receiving 80% of the family assets, is jealous that Siu Hor and Tai Cho could still be happy, then decides to take further action against the family. She asks Ka Mei to hold a press conference and reveal that Wing Yuen killed someone in Thailand years ago, but Ka Mei, having seen her past mistakes, instead reveals that she had witnessed Yan Hung killing Gwan Lai.

Because of the turn of events, Yan Hung faces murder charges. She tries to convince her daughter So Sum to lie and give false testimony to save herself from going to jail. So Sum pretends to agree and Yan Hung then gives Sum 70% of her share of Moonlight Bakery shares (Hung had 80% of the total shares) as a present for So Sum and Dr. Ling's "arranged marriage" proposal. Sum subsequently returns the shares to Tai Cho and Siu Ho and tells Yan Hung she'll tell the truth behind Gwan Lai's death. Yan Hung is convicted and sentenced, while Tai Cho tells her that he’ll give her 50% of the shares once she finishes her jail term. Wing Ho and So Sum finally get together, while Hou Yuet marries Wing Ka. In a scene taking place four years in the future, it is revealed that Wing Ka is alive in his late thirties. They have three children. Yan Hung, now living abroad in New Zealand, refuses to take her half of Moonlight Bakery's shares and approves of So Sum and Wing Ho's relationship.

[edit] Cast

The Chung Household

Cast	Role	Nickname/s
Louise Lee Shirley Yeung	Chung Siu Hor (鍾笑荷)	Hor Ma (荷媽), Fei Yeh (肥嘢), Hor Jeh (荷姐)
Susanna Kwan	"Salina" Chung Siu Sa (鍾笑莎)	Sa Yi (Sa姨), Ah Sa (阿Sa), Lor Por (攞婆), SaSa, Salina
Raymond Lam	Gam Wing Ho (甘永好)	Goon Ga Jai (管家仔), Ah Ho (阿好), Cake Selling Boy (賣餅仔), Sat Ah Yan (撒亞人), Beng Sui (餅碎)
Tavia Yeung	Suen Hou Yuet (孫皓月)	Ah Yuet (阿月), Lor Mui (攞女), Quota
Fala Chen	"Wing" Gam Wing Hing (甘詠慶)	Ah Hing (阿慶), Mute Girl (啞女)
Chow Chung	Chung Fan Dat(鍾泛達)	Uncle Dat (達叔), Grandpa (公公)
Kate Tsui	"Camie" Lo Ka Mei (路嘉美)	Ka Mei (嘉美), Tong Shan Tai Hing (唐山大兄)
Louis Yuen	Yuen Yan Chi (袁恩賜)	Yan Chi (恩賜), PaPa
Dexter Yeung	"Kelvin" Cheng Ka Lok (鄭家樂)	Ah Lok (阿樂), Ka Lok (家樂)
Mary Hon	Geun (娟)	No nickname specified
Lily Leung	Unassigned	No nickname specified

The Gam Household

Cast	Role	Nickname/s
Ha Yu Jack Wu	Gam Tai Cho (甘泰祖)	Jo Bao (Jo飽), Ah Cho (阿祖)
Michelle Yim	Yan Hung (殷紅)	Hung Jie (紅姐), Auntie Hung (紅姨), Ah Hung (阿紅), Wu Lei Jing (狐狸精), Iron Hung (铁人红)
Linda Chung	Yu So Sum (于素心)	Yu So Chau (于素秋), Sum Nui (心女), Princess Athena (雅典娜公主), Goon Ga Por (管家婆)
Moses Chan	Gam Wing Ka (甘永家)	Ja Gu (揸沽), Ah Ka (阿卡), Gan Jung (甘總)
Lee Heung Kam	Sheh Gwan Lai (佘君麗)	Nai Nai (奶奶), Ma Ma (嫲嫲), Kam Lo Tai (甘老太), Sheh Tai Gwan (佘太君)
Chris Lai	Gam Wing Yuen (甘永圓)	Ah Yuen (阿圓)
Vincent Wan	Gam Wing Chung (甘永中)	Chung Chay (中仔), Boon Mun Mang (半文盲)
Fung So Bor	Sheh Lai Mui (佘麗梅)	Ah Mui (阿梅),Grandma (嬤嬤)
Lei Seng Cheung	Mak Yau Gung (麥友恭)	Biu Suk Gung (表叔恭) Ah Gung (阿恭)
Yeung Zheng Wah	Gam Tai Chuen (甘泰全)	No nickname specified
Liu Lai Lai	Mrs. Bik (碧姐)	No nickname specified
Lee Gang Nong	Kuen (權)	No nickname specified

Other

Cast	Role	Nickname/s
Bosco Wong	Ling Chi-Shun (凌至信)	Ling-B (凌B), Gor Gor (哥哥), Dr. Ling
Wayne Lai	Nin Chi Yung (年子勇)	Lin Tsz Yung (蓮子容)
Claire Yiu	Yau Wing Lam (邱詠琳)	Wing Lam (詠琳)
Tracy Ip	Fong Shu Ting (方舒婷)	Ting-Ting (婷婷)
Carrie Lam	Fong Shu Wing (方舒詠)	No nickname specified
Lei Kwok Lun	Yu Hak Keung (于克強)	Min Yau Keung (面油強)
Matt Yeung	"Jimmy" Wong Hiu Lung (黃曉龍)	No nickname specified
Eric Li	"Eric" Cheung Chi Yin (張至賢)	No nickname specified

[edit] Characters

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[edit] The elders

• Gam Tai Cho - Tai Cho is a loving and witty man. As Siu Hor's husband, he was tricked by his employee Yan Hung into committing adultery with her and causes his and Siu Hor's happy marriage to abruptly end. Although for 10 years he did not really care about Hor, he is always worried about his children and tries his best to spend time with them. During the series, Cho admits his mistakes, asks all the children for forgiveness, and makes it up to Hor. Soon Cho and Hor go through a lot together as if they were still married, even though in reality they are not. During the times when Hung's hostilities hurt them, Cho and Hor keep their good spirits by remembering the old times before their children were born, before Hung had manipulated their family. After many hard years, Cho finally gets the confidence to resist Hung, and during the two-hour finale, he officially reunites with Hor.

• Chung Siu Hor - Hor is an honest, kind, independent and loving woman. Although very uncompassionate to Hung, Hor is very loving to Cho, even after he committed adultery, stole the bakery brand name, and forcefully took three of the children. In the beginning of the series we see Hor and her children struggling to maintain the bakery, getting by with just enough to spare. Although Hor spends much time managing the bakery, she also puts a great deal of time into raising her children and caring for her father. She is very admired by her children, included childen who followed Cho. She is very happy when Cho finally admits his mistakes and turns himself around and happily agrees to remarry him when he has a chance.

• Yan Hung - Hung is a petty, greedy, dishonest woman. She started out as a young worker from the countryside with no knowledge of urban technology (like the telephone). Eventually she found her way to the Moonlight Bakery and found work there as a dish washer. As time passed, Hung became better educated and became one of Moonlight Bakery's most talented and well-loved employees. It was Hung who committed adultery with Cho and caused the Kam household to split up. Once Cho and Hor are divorced, Hong deliberately manipulated the family by fueling arguments between the two sides. She also steals the Moonlight Bakery trademark and with Cho, expands the bakery throughout Hong Kong, making over one billion Hong Kong dollars. After Cho and Hor patch things up with each other and Jo gets back in touch with his children, Hong continually tries to keep him away from Hor's family. Hong even kills her mother in law when she tries to reveal all the bad things Hung has done. Eventually Hung is arrested and sent to jail for manslaughter and trademark theft. Yu So Sum, more commonly known as Yu So Chau, is Hung's daughter from her first husband.

• Salina Chung Siu Sa - Sa is Hor's sister. In the beginning and middle of the series she is a caring but mean and greedy woman who was abandoned by her husband in Portugal and had no choice but to return to Hong Kong. Sa resembles her sister in some ways not in others. Like Hor, she is smart, caring, and straightforward, but unlike her, she is mean, unwilling to just forget, talks too much, and will do anything just for money. Towards the middle of the series everyone discovers that she is adopted and she gets kicked out of the house having become tired of her dishonesty. This experience changes her life, and she realizes how awful she had been to people. She begs for forgiveness and is let back into the family. Sa becomes very defensive of her sister and cares about her a lot. Sa marries Yuen Yan Chi during the series. Lo Ga Mei(Camie) is Sa's daughter by her first husband.

• Sheh Gwan Lai - She is Cho's mother. Gwan Lai is an old, loving grandmother who cares very deeply for her son and all her grandchildren. Even though she can get very grumpy sometimes, her grandchildren still love her because they understand that she's old and can't get out her emotions any other way when she feels bad. Willing to use her life to save Cho's or her grandchildren's lives. Grandma refuses to eat, drink or take her medicine multiple times during the series when they persist in doing things she doesn't approve of. She starts out in the series hating Hor to the gut, but as Hung's evils are slowly revealed, Grandma learns to admit her misunderstandings and her relationship with Hor improves. When Hung gives up on Cho and creates a secret scheme to steal profits from the company, grandma finds out and reveals it to Cho, Hor, and the children. Near the end of the series, when she prepares evidence against Hung for the court case, Hung pushes grandma down the stairs and she was subsequently killed.

• Chung Fan Dat - Grandpa is Hor's father. An old grandfather who, like Grandma, cares very much about his daughter and grandchildren. He has always been there when Hor or her children need him the most. He resembles Grandma in the sense that they both will do anything for their children or grandchildren. It was Grandpa who came up with the name "Moonlight Bakery"("Ga Ho Yuet Yuen"). When the two families entangled in the shop brand name lawsuit, Grandpa gathers all his friends, the bakery employees, Hor's friends, and all the grandchildren who followed Hor to sue Cho and Hung. Cho and Hung win the case and keep the name 'Moonlight Bakery". Eventually he learns to accept back Cho when he admits his mistakes and turns himself around.

• Sheh Lai Mui and Mak Yau Gung - Mui is Grandma's sister and resembles her caring, firm ways. Gung is Sheh's son and a total opposite to her. Both are blackmailed by Hung to work for her due to their constant insecure status in the family. Eventually both free themselves and Gung opens his own small business.

• Yuen Yan Chi - Yan Chi is Siu Sa's second husband. He first met her at a dance in Fontainhas was office manager at Ga Mei's dancing school and also her private dance teacher. Although he is looks ten years younger than Sa, they still married because they were in love and Yan Chi cared about Ga Mei. Educated, funny and caring, he is at first well-liked by the family. During the big court case, they almost get divorced because he says in court that Jo and Hor were likely having an affair, but when Sa goes to the hospital and throws the wedding ring at him when he comes to see her, he repents and is punished by having to find her ring. For the rest of the series they are on good terms and everything is well.

[edit] The children

• Gam Wing Ka - Ka is Cho and Hor's eldest son and the oldest of the children. When Cho and Hor split up the children, Hor begged Ka to look after the children who went with Cho and make sure they didn't turn bad. Sadly, Hung's evil ways made this impossible. In the beginning of the series, Ga is very addicted to the stock market and gambling; it was Hung who bribed Hor's good friend Lin Chi Yung into getting Ka into it. However, with the help of Hor and his adoptive sister Suen Hou Yuet, Ka learns to resist and end his addiction. Throughout much of the series, Ka has an affair with his boss Eliza, whom he always bothers in a flirty way. Ka resembles Cho and Hor the sense that they all care a lot about the family. Later it is revealed that Ka has a heart problem and the chance of him living past age 35 is low. Soon after he falls in love with Hou Yuet, and soon she develops feelings for him, too. Years later, it is revealed that Ka, now in his late thirties, will survive, has married Yuet, and has had two children by her.

• Gam Wing Ho - Ho is Cho and Hor's second son. After the divorce he fell under the custody of his mother, Hor, and along with his sisters Yuet and Hing, helps his mother at the bakery. Ho takes up the role of a father as well as an elder son in the Chung household and resembles Hor in almost every way. Since childhood, he had been entangled in a love relationship with Hung's daughter Yu So Sum. After the divorce, they continued to date each other, often by going on the ferry, until Hung forced Sum to study in England, when Ho and Sum were forced to break up. Ten years later, they got back together, although they were just in a brother-sister relationship. At the end of the series, Ho and Sum officially get back together and fall in love.

• Suen Hou Yuet - Yuet is Cho and Hor's adopted daughter. Yuet is the daughter of one of Cho and Hor's close neighborhood family friends, but was abandoned by her single mother at the age of 2. Feeling sorry for her, and sensing he knew the reason her mother was forced to abandon her daughter, Grandpa took Yuet in. Cho and Hor, knowing the mother and daughter well, decided to adopt her. Yuet is a very bright, straightforward, and independent girl who left her family two times to live on her own throughout the series. During most of the beginning of the series, Yuet was constantly teased by Sa, who called her "Lor Mui"(Adopted Girl). Yuet is very close to Ka. It was mostly her efforts that helped Ka to stop gambling and investing because she bit him on the arm. At the end of the series she marries Ka and has three children with him.

• Gam Wing Yuen - Yuen is an innocent, smart, forgiving figure. When Cho and Hor divorced, Yuen followed Cho. As a child he continuously sneaked back to Hor by himself, every time only to be sent back by Hor. He excels to become a successful person who has studied abroad and holds an advanced degree in business. He is blackmailed by Hung to help her because she lied that he caused her to miscarriage and she also made Yuen look like he bribed police officers to release him when he took drugs, was drunk and while driving in such a state, ran over a woman. Towards the middle of the series Yuen is made GM of Moonlight Resonance Bakery. Later in the series Hung recruits Ka Mei as Yuen's personal assistant, and eventually they fall in love and get married. Towards the end of the series Cho releases Yuen from Hung's control by revealing what Yuen did, and explaining how Hung committed crimes by blackmailing him. During the court trial in which Hung tries to takeover Moonlight Resonance Bakery, Yuen and Ka Mei get into arguments and separate for a while. The series ends with Yuen and Ka Mei getting back together when she reveals the truth behind their Grandma's death.

• Wing Gam Wing Hing - Hing is Cho and Hor's daughter. She is famous in the series for her role as the "Mute Girl". Physically unable to speak, she talks to her family and co-workers using sign language. Very loving and devoted to her family, she gave up her chance to go to college so that she could stay and work with Hor at the bakery. However, as she really didn't like working at the bakery, she managed to get a job as a secretary, which Ho helping her at the job interview. With her charming personality and hard working character, Hing soon earned the friendship and respect of everyone around her, especially Cheng Ga Lok, who became her boyfriend and eventually her husband. She and Ga Lok have a child at the end of the show.

• Kelvin Cheng Ga Lok - Kelvin is Hing's husband. A kind, caring man, he is the perfect partner for Hing. Kelvin fell in love with Hing only days after she started her job, and immediately started taking the bus with her to work instead of driving, staying late at night at work just to keep Hing company, and learned sign language so that he could talk with her. Although Kelvin's mother did not accept Hing at first because she was mute, she eventually saw what a good girl Hing was even if she couldn't talk, eventually gave Kelvin and Hing her blessings when they decided to get married. When Hing married Kelvin, she became the first of all of Jo and Hor's children to get married, even though she was the second youngest one.

• Kam Wing Chung - Hor and Cho's youngest son. When he was only 9, he was taken to Manchester to boarding school just to keep Hung's daughter, Yu So Sum, company. He was spoiled by Hung and was given a house near Chinatown, two BMWs and a Mercedes Benz. He soon ran away from school and left Manchester to go back to Hor because his grades were bad, even admitting himself that he lacks sufficient ability to learn, but was still forced to study by Hung. Hor encouraged Chung to work hard on his talents, canoeing and computer programming. He soon got used to his siblings which he missed since childhood. Chung is known as the "Illiterate Boy". Since he was sent to England when he was only 9, he had no chance to learn Chinese. In England, Hung just dumped him in Chinatown with the other British Chinese boys, so he didn't learn suffient English, either. After returning to Hong Kong, his siblings encouraged him and he quickly picked up both languages perfectly. At the end of the series, he became the bakery's administration department computer programmer/ IT specialist.

• Yue So Sum (Yue So Tsau) - Tsau is Hung's daughter from her first husband. Tsau is a very peaceful, elegant, filial, and smart girl who has emerged from being the daughter of country chicken farmers to a doctor who has studied in England and lives and works in Hong Kong. As Hung was very close to Cho and Hor when they were still married, Cho and Hor took Tsau (with Hung's permission) as their goddaughter and because of this Tsau virtually grew up with the kids. At a young age she fell in love with Ho and for years dated him on the ferry. After the divorce Tsau continued dating until Hung sent her to England to study when Tsau and Ho were forced to break up. After she returned, she reunited with Ho but they didn't start dating again, instead they just had a sworn brother-sister relationship. Tsau's emotional instability is openly portrayed in the series with her love problems with fellow doctor Ling Chi Shun. She continually goes back and forth between Ho and Ling, always turning to Ho whenever she feels out of love. At the end of the series Tsau finally gets out of the love web and gets back together with Ho.

• Camie Lo Ka Mei - Camie is Sa's daughter from her first husband in Portugal. Her character is almost an exact copy of her mother's. She appears in the middle of the series as a beautiful, womanly 23-year-old girl who has just graduated from college and secretly has a child back in Portugal. It turns out that she is a greedy, selfish figure. She has a long love affair with Ka and once she's done with him, she has another one with Yuen. The affair ends with Camie marrying Yuen. Camie is constantly manipulated by Hung to work for her, but with her mother's constant scolding (as well as subsequently saving her from a speeding van) and the constant evils she sees Hung committing, she eventually sees the mistakes she has made. During a press conference held by Hung she reveals that Hung killed Grandma by pushing her down the stairs, betraying Hung.

[edit] Others

• Ling Chi Shun - Chi-Shun is a doctor who works with Chau at the hospital. A very cheerful, jovial man, he constantly cares for the babies he delivers and tells jokes. He strives to succeed for two people: his father, who worked very hard selling ice cream to pay for Ling Chi Sun's studies in England, and his girlfriend Wing Lam, who got him back on track and worked off his debts when he got addicted to gambling and wasted a lot of his college money. He first meets Chau when they both see a pregnant woman at the mall and help her get to the hospital and successfully deliver her son, Lap. As he and Chau got closer to each other, they fell in love and soon Chi-Shun, Chau, and Wing Lam were stuck in a love triangle, and soon Chau dragged Ho into it too. Chi Shun went back and forth between the two women before deciding to leave for England with Wing Lam. However, when Wing Lam died, he lost confidence in everything and lied to Chau, saying he had gotten married with Wing Lam and was just working at the hospital temporarily. However, Chau found out the truth that Chi Shun wanted to spend Wing Lam's final days with her and soon they started over again. At the end of the series, Chi Shun officially hands over Chau back to Ho and they remain close friends.

• Nin Chi Yung - Lin is a long-time worker at Hor's shop. Very loyal and skilled, he became Hor's apprentice when he was 13, but betrayed her when Hung bribed him to work for her with a salary so high yet so realistic he could pay for his sister's college fees in Australia and still have enough to live off of. However, Hung finally stops using him and fires him, revealing to him her true side. Lin goes back to Hor and apologizes to her and is forgiven. Yung reveals to Grandma that her son Chuen(Jo's brother) did not die because Hor refused to help him pay off his gambling debts, but because his girlfriend had dumped him and left him with thousands of dollars of debt and he didn't want to bother Hor, the only person he was grateful to, to give him more money. Eventually Sa helps him get a job in Australia as a branch manager for her friend's moon cake company. He is thrilled but tries to keep himself on Sa's good side (while she tries to con money from Gwan Lai), so she won't spoil his only chance to reunite with his sister, who is studying in Australia. In Australia he succeeds and becomes known as the "King of Moon Cakes". At the end of the series Yung comes back to Hong Kong for a visit. Yung's sister, Nin Tsui Ping, is a childhood playmate of Jo and Hor's children and is an apple to Hor's eye.

• Eliza - Eliza was Ka and Yuet's demanding boss-from-hell when they were working in her PR firm in the beginning of the series. She tolerated Ka's laziness and incompetence in his work because of her close relationship with Yan Hong. However, in the end she fired Ka because he kissed her in her office, giving her the impression that Ka was sexual assaulting her. She however kept Yuet at her firm. Yuet was later fired because Eliza thought that Ka and her teamed up to make her look like a fool with a ringtone that Ka made using Eliza's shrill and demanding voice. Eliza also almost ruins Ka's first promotional function by stealing away his customers and misleading his clients with fallacy.

• Yau Wing Lam - Wing Lam is Chi-Shun's girlfriend. Very loyal and worrisome about him, she stayed in England with him when he was in medical school to help him graduate when he got addicted to gambling. She even worked part-time to pay his gambling debts and the money he wasted. Once Chi-Shun graduated, Wing-lam went with him back to Hong Kong, where she worked as a saleswoman. Towards the end of the series, Wing Lam go back to England together in hopes of getting married, but Wing Lam dies of cancer before they can plan things out.

• Yu Hak Keung - Yu is Hung's ex-husband and Chau's father. He dumped Hong and Chau when Chau was only 6 years old, but returned towards the middle-end of the series to help out Hong in all her difficulties because he felt he owed her. Ever-worrisome about Chau, it is his greatest wish to see her one last time. When he heard of her relationship with Ho, at first he thought he was just playing around with her, but eventually discovered Ho was a good boy. When Yu died towards the end of the series from cancer, Chau come to see him one last time, and Yu tells her he feels content leaving her with Ho.

• Fong Shu Ting - Shu-ting is Ho's ex-girlfriend. She works as a stewardess in one of Hong Kong airline company, and she met Ho when he was flying to Thailand. Originally a happy couple, they broke up after multiple misunderstandings due to Ho's love and commitment to the family. Despite the misunderstandings, Ho and Shu-ting remain close friends and trust each other. When they have big secrets or troubling problems they would help each other. Shu-ting's elder sister is famous TV star Fong Shu-wing.

[edit] Reception and awards

The initial critical response for the series was excellent with the first episode receiving an average of 33 rating points with a peak of 42. The cast of the series were happy with that result. ^[5] Since then, the series has been receiving very good ratings with peaks above 35. ^[6][7] Like its predecessor, the 2-hour series finale was once again premiered at a Hong Kong shopping centre, Discovery Park, in front of hundreds of guests and supporters. The finale was shown in the form of a variety show, 家好月圓慶團圓 and the viewership for that had reached 44 rating points.^{[citation needed]} Viewership was higher than expected, with the final episode receiving an average of 47 rating points and a peak of 50 in the scene where Linda Chung and Michelle Yim were arguing. ^[8] As a result, Moonlight Resonance outperformed Heart of Greed, and is currently the highest-rated TVB series ever made. Its rating is tied with Dae Jang Geum, a Korean drama series on TVB that also garnered 50 points. ^[9] Moonlight Resonance was nominated for 18 TVB Anniversary Awards in 2008.

Ratings for Moonlight Resonance

Week	Episode Numbers	Average Points	Peaking Points	References
1 (July 28 - August 1, 2008)	1 to 5	33	37 (42)	[6]
2 (August 4 - August 8, 2008)	6 to 9	36	41	[7]
3 (August 11, - August 15, 2008)	10 to 12	33	34	[10]
4 (August 18 - August 22, 2008)	13 to 17	32	37	[11]
5 (August 25 - August 29, 2008)	18 to 22	34	37	[12]
6 (September 1 - September 5, 2008)	23 to 27	36	38	[13]
7 (September 8 - September 12, 2008)	28 to 32	34	36	[14]
8 (September 15 - September 19, 2008)	33 to 37	38	39	[9]
8 (September 20, 2008)	38	34	No peak points	[9]
8 (September 21, 2008)	39 to 40	47	50	[9]

[edit] List of awards and nominations

• TVB Anniversary Awards - Best Drama
  • Moonlight Resonance (溏心風暴之家好月圓) - Winner
• TVB Anniversary Awards - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Ha Yu (夏雨) - Winner
  • Moses Chan (陳豪) - Top 5
  • Raymond Lam (林峯) - Top 5
• TVB Anniversary Awards - Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • Michelle Yim (米雪) - Winner
  • Louise Lee (李司棋) - Top 5
  • Susanna Kwan (關菊英) - Top 10
• TVB Anniversary Awards - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Chow Chung (周驄) Top 5
• TVB Anniversary Awards - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Tavia Yeung (楊怡) - Winner
  • Fala Chen (陳法拉) - Top 5
  • Kate Tsui (徐子珊) - Top 5
  • Lee Heung Kam (李香琴) - Top 5
• TVB Anniversary Awards - My Most Favourite Male Character Role
  • Raymond Lam (林峯) - Winner
  • Ha Yu (夏雨) - Top 5
• TVB Anniversary Awards - My Most Favourite Female Character Role
  • Louise Lee (李司棋) - Winner
  • Susanna Kwan (關菊英) - Top 5
  • Fala Chen (陳法拉) - Top 5
• TVB Anniversary Awards - Most Vastly Improved Actress
  • Tavia Yeung (楊怡) - Top 5
• Yahoo! Popular Searches Awards - Most Searched Television Series
  • Moonlight Resonance - Winner
• Yahoo! Popular Searches Awards - Most Popular Searched Song
  • Raymond Lam (林峯) - Winner
• Yahoo! Popular Searches Awards - Most Searched Television Male Artist
  • Raymond Lam (林峯) - Winner
• The Next Magazine TV Awards 2009- Next Magazine Top Ten TV Programmes
  • Moonlight Resonance (溏心風暴之家好月圓)
• The Next Magazine TV Awards 2009- Next Magazine Top Ten TV Artists
  • Raymond Lam 林峯 (as Gam Wing Ho/甘永好)
• The Next Magazine TV Awards 2009- Next Magazine Top Ten TV Artists
  • Tavia Yeung 楊怡 (as Suen Hou Yuet/孫皓月)
• The Next Magazine TV Awards 2009- Next Magazine Top Ten TV Artists
  • Moses Chan 陳豪 (as Gam Wing Ga/孫皓月)
• The Next Magazine TV Awards 2009- Next Magazine Top Ten TV Artists
  • Michelle Yim 米雪 (as Yan Hong/殷紅)
• The Next Magazine TV Awards 2009- Next Magazine Top Ten TV Artists
  • Linda Chung 鍾嘉欣 (as Yu So Sum/于素心)
• The Next Magazine TV Awards 2009- Next Magazine Top Ten TV Artists
  • Ha Yu 夏雨 (as Gam Tai Cho/甘泰祖)
• The Next Magazine TV Awards 2009- Next Magazine Top Ten TV Artists
  • Louise Lee 李司棋 (as Chung Siu Ho/鍾笑荷)

[edit] DVD release

DVD cover	Language/s	Episodes	Discs	DVD release date
				Region 3
	Cantonese Mandarin	40	10	Hong Kong: September 21, 2008
	This release of Moonlight Resonance includes all 40 episodes. Special features include a character relationship, series promotions and bloopers.

[edit] External links

• K for TVB Screencaptures and Summary

[edit] References

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Awards
Preceded by Heart of Greed	TVB Anniversary Awards for Best Drama 2008	Succeeded by 'TBD'

Best Selling Secrets - August 7

2008 Beijing Olympics 2008August 8 - August 24

Legend of the Demigods August 25 -

When a Dog Loves a Cat - August 15

2008 Beijing Olympics August 18 - August 24

Your Class or Mine August 25 - September 19

The Four September 22 -

Before: Love Exchange - July 25

2008 Moonlight Resonance July 28 - September 19

Next: Last One Standing September 22 -

v • d • e TVB series in 2008 First Line Series Best Selling Secrets • Legend of the Demigods • Off Pedder Second Line Series Wars of In-Laws II • Wasabi Mon Amour • The Master of Tai Chi • A Journey Called Life • The Silver Chamber of Sorrows • The Money-Maker Recipe • Speech of Silence • When a Dog Loves a Cat • Your Class or Mine • The Four • When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West • Pages of Treasures Third Line Series Survivor's Law II • The Gentle Crackdown II • The Seventh Day • D.I.E. • Catch Me Now • Forensic Heroes II • Love Exchange • Moonlight Resonance • Last One Standing • The Gem of Life 2007 ← 2008 → 2009