Born Rich

Sophisticated banker CHEUK YAT-YUEN’s father CHEUK SUNG-HEI has been missing in Sabah for one year and a half. YUEN misses him miserably. His wife HO TSEUK-NIN gives him some words of consolation. TAI WING-LUK, the general manager of YUEN’s bank, goes to YUEN’s house to inform him their staff have sent clients’ safe deposit boxes to a metal recovery works by mistake. YUEN calls on an emergency meeting with his little sister, Director of the bank’s Corporate Department, CHEUK YAT SUM, and KO TOK-MAN, the Operations Director. YUEN rushes to the recovery works as soon as he learns that his father’s deposit box is one of those discarded. MAN suggests sacking the manager involved, but a staff member points out that the manager is a relative of TUNG TIN-CHUK, the Co-Chairman of the bank. YUEN gets a call from Sabah suggesting him to stop the search for his father. SHEUNG HOI-MEI has returned from her overseas vacation. CHUK tells her YUEN has stopped searching for HEI. MEI shows YUEN the door in anger. Later, SUM persuades MEI to change her mind, saying it is YUEN’s birthday today. MAN gives YUEN a birthday present, which is the lost deposit box of HEI’s…

SA FU-LOI and his younger brother SA PO-LOI are both con artists. They find that some triad members are waiting for them when they return to Sabah. It turns out that FU-LOI has sold a fake antique to a rich man. The man threatens to kill PO-LOI if FU-LOI fails to pay him 500,000 ringgit by the deadline he sets. YUEN and SUM meet with the private detective their father used to hire when he was alive. They learn from him that their father had gone to Sabah to search for his love child, YAT-MING. SUM and MAN learn that CHUK is not happy his relative has been fired. What is more, he plans to make use of the media to menace YUEN to revenge him. But he is made a fool of by YUEN instead. CHUK complains to MEI. SUM and the private detective go to Sabah to look for MING. When there, she gives the detective some money and tells him to lie to YUEN. SUM wears an expensive watch. FU-LOI, pretending to be a tour guide, takes her to the country, where an arranged robbery is waiting for her…

The robbers want to kidnap SUM. FU-LOI is injured in saving her. SUM manages to run away. When she later returns to where she is locked, FU-LOI is nowhere to be seen. A well-off man has recently died. FU-LOI and PO-LOI go to his house to search for anything valuable, only to discover… YUEN arrives at Sabah with the private detective. FU-LOI and his brother put up a show to make YUEN believe he is his half-brother. YUEN wants to compensate FU-LOI on behalf of their father. So he tells FU-LOI their father has left a villa to him. He also invites FU-LOI to visit Hong Kong. MEI is giving an interview with a magazine. She goes to the family villa to look for some suitable clothes. NIN has found MEI’s diamond ring. Not wanting MEI to discover her late husband’s secret, NIN locks the ring up. She is caught red-handed by MEI nevertheless.

NIN is unhappy YUEN has invited FU-LOI to Hong Kong, thinking that he is causing himself trouble. FU-LOI bumps into SUM at a shopping mall as he is shopping with PO-LOI. YUEN shows FU-LOI and PO-LOI around the villa. MEI gives YUEN a good telling-off when he tells PO-LOI this villa will be his. YEUNG YIN-FUN, the CHEUKS’ family lawyer, is playing golf with CHUK when MEI suddenly shows up. The three of them are having an argument when TUNG LING-CHI ANGIE, CHUK’s daughter, who is a lawyer and has just returned from the UK, appears. YUEN is very bothered by MEI’s opposition. MEI announces that she is filing a lawsuit against YUEN and that CHI is her representing lawyer as soon as she has got home. NIN runs into ANGIE. What CHUK told her wedding day all comes back to her. SUM wants to see MING, her half brother. She goes to the hotel where he is staying but to no avail. As she turns around, she is surprised to see FU-LOI…

SUM plays with FU-LOI on the street. Their behavior attracts the attention of a police officer. YUEN offers to pay FU-LOI cash instead of the villa. FU-LOI is thrilled to bits. ANGIE dances with MEI. She persuades MEI into sending FU-LOI away with money. MEI has a meeting with FU-LOI. YUEN, FUN and ANGIE are also present. She flies into a rage when FU-LOI presents a birth certificate that proves he is HEI’s son. Seeing that the matter is getting more and more complicated, FU-LOI and PO-LOI return to Sabah. CHUK tells ANGIE what he told NIN on her wedding day. YUEN finds it strange that ANGIE’s attitude towards him has changed completely. She is accusing him in a car park as NIN drives past. The CHEUK family is throwing a Christmas party. ANGIE has a private conversation with NIN. MAN teases at SUM at the party, which drives her mad. FU-LOI lures MEI to go to Sabah with a trick.

FU takes MEI to a mountain. As they walk up, they see a man in HEI’s clothes. FU carries MEI on his back to run after the man. Later, they find HEI’s tomb. A toy merchant makes a racket at YUEN’s bank. He complains that the bank’s neglect has delayed the shipment of his goods. He demands the bank compensate for his loss. FUN and YUEN entrust the matter to ANGIE. ANGIE and her boyfriend, MATTHEW, look into the matter together and find… The matter is settled at last. YUEN invites ANGIE and MATTHEW home for supper. ANGIE drinks too much and gets a stomachache. MATTHEW goes to get her some aspirins. ANGIE sees a man standing in front her with aspirins in his hand, and so stands up to kiss him. MEI invites FU to Hong Kong. PO follows them. MEI tells her family members she has gone to Sabah to look for HEI. She adds that she has accepted “YAT-MING”, as she believes it was her late husband’s wish. SUM flies into a rage as soon as she hears this.

SUM opens the box FU gave her and finds in it a note inviting her out on the New Year Eve. She arrives at where they are supposed to meet but FU is not there. Minutes later, he shows up suddenly and gives her an expensive watch. They then smooch on the street. MAN, who has been following SUM secretly, is stunned to see this. MEI has invited MING to the family’s New Year Eve party. SUM is taken by surprise to see that FU and MING are the same person, whereas FU is astonished, too. Although SUM acts as if she is all right, everybody can see she is upset. MAN takes her to paraglide so as to cheer her up. MEI introduces FU to CHUK. The two old people enjoy FU’s company immensely. At HEI’s memorial, MEI and other family members share with one another their memories with HEI in the past.

MATTHEW proposes to ANGIE as they are shopping at a household store. To his disappointment, she tells him she has someone else on her mind. MATTHEW asks if that man is YUEN. MEI wants to appoint FU as director of the bank. YUEN agrees. However, when he tells MAN this he meets with his strong opposition. NIN casts a vote in opposition to the proposal in the directors’ meeting. As a result, the proposal is turned down. MEI is furious. YUEN appoints FU to be his assistant instead. It does not take FU long to grasp the power distribution in the bank with the help of TAI WING-LUK. PO works as an office assistant in the bank. The brothers are sharing with each other what they have seen on the first day at work when MAN shows up and blames PO for not doing his job well. MEI, who is still at odds with NIN, knocks down a man who is passing by as she is trying to hide away from NIN.

MEI is taken to the police station. ANGIE shows up in the identity of her lawyer and claims that she has found a witness who can prove MEI’s innocence. MEI is surprised that the witness is NIN. YUEN finds that his mother and wife have been reconciled, and that ANGIE has agreed to work as their family lawyer. FU is learning at the different departments of the bank. TAI YICK-YAN of the Investment Department is meeting a client. FU requests to go with her. SZETO FUNG, YAN’s boyfriend who is also the head of the department, accepts his request despite it is against the bank’s policy. FU talks the client into investing in a fund. When MAN asks about this later, FUNG shifts the blame onto YAN. MAN has asked FU to assess whether the bank should grant a loan to a company. FU works without rest to get the job done but MAN derides his efforts. SUM wants to stop MAN, but…

YUEN and ANGIE are going to Sabah for business. NIN is very disappointed, as YUEN will then not be able to celebrate with her their wedding anniversary. She is therefore excited when YUEN says they will celebrate in Sabah. ANGIE is taking a walk around the beach as she sees YUEN and NIN celebrating their anniversary. She cannot help but fancies herself as NIN. MAN tells FU to do a credit assessing again. He even bets SUM that FU will not be able to manage the job. SUM returns to the bank at the small hours of the morning to help FU and PO. NIN and YUEN are shopping with ANGIE when they bump into MATTHEW. NIN did not know until then that ANGIE and MATTHEW have broken up already. MAN expresses his love for SUM but she turns him down. Later when she hears him telling NIN how much he loves her, she changes her mind. FU has done SUM a favor at work. He grasps the opportunity to invite her to dinner. He is unhappy when he sees her arrive in MAN’s car.

MING intends to have a candlelight dinner with SUM, only to find that she is going out with MAN. A subsidiary of the bank is planning to acquire a US corporation. MING suggests LAI WAN-CHOI, the Director of the Finance Department, to buy the corporation’s shares. YUEN, NIN and MING are on the way to the “Outstanding Banker Presentation Ceremony” when YUEN’s secretary informs him that the US Securities and Futures Commission has received complaints about the bank’s involvement in insider trading. YUEN has to give up the ceremony. Later, he takes MING to where the ceremony was held earlier. After telling MING their dad’s principles of running the bank, YUEN accuses him of hiding something very important from him. YUEN discovers that the bank ANGIE’s ex-boyfriend, MATTHEW, works for is buying out the Cosmo Bank’s shares in the market. The sandal of the bank disturbs SUM. MING cheers her up. Seeing this, MAN cannot help but tell her everything.

YUEN and NIN go to the villa to look for MING respectively. When they arrive, MING and PO have all packed up and are about to return to Sabah. To clear her brother’s name, SUM holds a press conference to make public the truth. YUEN, however, makes a speech before she can do so. YUEN needs to go to the US to explain to the Securities and Futures Commission. He is so tired from the preparation that he falls asleep on ANGIE’s shoulder. NIN sees this as she enters YUEN’s office. MING apologizes to YUEN prior to the shareholders’ meeting, saying that he will explain to the shareholders at the meeting. One of the shareholders, MAN NGO-KWAN, proposes to remove YUEN from his office. And CHUK… SUM takes some soup to MING on behalf of MEI. MING is very pleased to see her. He is shocked therefore when she tells him to go back to Sabah. YUEN has a headache. ANGIE takes him to go boating.

ANGIE does not expect to see NIN when she is home. NIN has come to tell her CHING PAK-HIM, Head of the Legal Department, will be accompanying YUEN to the US instead of her. MING meets with MATTHEW. He tells MATTHEW he can draw KWAN to his side in buying out the bank. NIN happens to see them and she tells MAN about this. ANGIE shows up in the States suddenly. She and YUEN have a drink together. When they have returned to the hotel, she expresses her love for him then they kiss. YUEN returns to Hong Kong earlier than expected. MING tells YUEN he is willing to compensate for his lost with the villa. NIN tells her family members about MING working with MATTHEW. On the other hand, YUEN tries but fails to make NIN believe there is nothing going on between him and ANGIE.

MING has succeeded in making the others change their views on him. Learning from other banks’ experience, he puts forward a proposal on how to save the bank’s reputation to SUM and MAN. YAN has been stood up by FUNG. She bumps into PO as she is strolling on the street. When they are walking together, an old lady faints on the street. MING wants to make a new TV commercial. When he reads the news of how YAN saved the old lady, he decides to invite her to shoot for the commercial. LUK’s wife, NGAN, tells their daughter that HEI was her true love. LUK overhears their conversation. ANGIE has a traffic accident. Her legs are injured. The whole Cheuk family has come to see her. ANGIE hurts herself again while CHUK is out of town. MEI therefore invites her to recuperate at her place. The bank is holding a premiere for the new commercial. MING makes a speech, but the media is only interested in YUEN and the bank’s recent scandal only.

Episode 15

YAN cheers him up. When they are embracing each other, she can see FUNG peering at them. MAN proposes to SUM as they watch the sun set on the beach. YUEN is working on an acquisition project. MING asks if he can be his assistant and learn from him. MING goes to FUNG’s place to discuss the project. When he gets there, FUNG and YAN are having an argument. MING gives her some words of consolation. She then tells him they have broken up, and that she’s fallen in love with him…MING puts up a proposal that goes against YUEN’s. Learning that YAN has broken up with FUNG, PO decides to go after her. Although YUEN has promised to give ANGIE a lift home, he changes his mind and goes horse riding with his children in the end. ANGIE is so upset that she takes to alcohol and drugs.

MATTHEW goes to YUEN’s place to tell him how ANGIE’s ended up in hospital. YUEN knows very well ANGIE still loves him immensely, but both of them are trying hard to pretend they are no more than good friends. SUM and MAN accompany MEI to buy flowers for the Chinese New Year. MAN bumps into his ex-girlfriend. MEI cannot help but worries SUM will be unhappy. MING shows up out of the blue to save MAN from the predicament. WENDY, NIN’s cousin and YUEN’s secretary, uses ANGIE and YUEN’s cell phones to invite each other to YUEN’s yacht so that NIN can catch them red-handed. When YUEN gets back to the pier, CHUK is already waiting there. YUEN announces over breakfast that he is going to Mumbai for business in the afternoon. MEI does not think it is a good idea, as the Chinese New Year is approaching, NIN, on the contrary, supports him. Mumbai has a terrorist attack.

MEI faints after hearing that the hotel at which YUEN stays has been attacked. When she gets round, she blames NIN for allowing YUEN to go to India. MEI wants to go to India. MING manages to make her change her mind. NIN bumps ANGIE at the airport. Both of them are going to Mumbai. NIN and ANGIE find a man named ROBIN at a local hospital, who claims that YUEN has escaped from the hotel with his help. What they do not know is, YUEN was kidnapped afterwards. The project of taking over Fu Hing Bank goes on. As MS LAI, the woman in charge of Fu Hing Bank, has been killed, YUEN’s colleagues need to re-plan the project. MAN tells FUNG to take care of a task, but FUNG drags his feet. On the other hand, MING drinks with LAI WING-YAN, younger brother of MS LAI. NIN tells SUM the kidnappers have asked for US$50,000,000.

SUM tells MING she has lost contact with NIN. It turns out that NIN and ANGIE have an accident on their way to take the ransom to the kidnappers. NIN has been injured, and ANGIE has gone into a coma. In the meantime, the kidnappers are giving a tough time to YUEN. MEI supports MING’s proposal for taking over Fu Hing Bank. MING tells other directors YUEN has been kidnapped. MEI passes out. NIN has saved the much-tortured YUEN. MING gets a call telling him YUEN has been saved minutes before the contract signing ceremony with Fu Hing Bank is due to take place. PO hopes that MING will tell YAN he does not love her indeed. MING promises him. PO knows YAN will be heartbroken by what MING is going to tell her. So he waits for her at her apartment, only to see MING kissing her.

YUEN opposes to the idea of taking over Fu Hing Bank single-handed. YUEN has a medical checkup, which confirms he is very healthy. After talking to a psychologist, NIN suspects that YUEN is suffering from post-trauma stress syndromes. NIN asks SUM to take care of her two children. SUM agrees readily, as she wants to see if MAN can get along with children. SUM asks NIN’s children to give MAN a hard time, but her scheme does not work out. MAN proposes to SUM. MING, PO and YAN chill out at a bar. PO leaves earlier. Later, he meets FUNG. As PO is very drunk, FUNG puts him up in his place. The next day, FUNG asks PO if he would like to move in. NIN’s two children fight with each other with a plastic sword. NIN loses her temper. YUEN condemns MAN at a directors’ meeting.

YUEN has been followed by the paparazzi since he is thrown out of the house. He manages to handle them calmly though. YUEN goes to WENDY’s place to look for NIN. He hopes she would give up the idea of going to the UK, saying that she can still see their children if she drops the idea. NIN accepts his suggestion. MING has once said that deposing YUEN could bring YUEN and NIN together. SUM asks him whether this really will work. He tells her it was time to find someone to replace YUEN. SUM goes to MAN’s place to ask him why he has resigned. He tells her the reason, and suggests them going back to each other. MEI and NIN visit the children. They are upset to find ANGIE in the house. CHUK runs into DR LAU, an old friend of his who now lives overseas. DR LAU tells him about MING’s secret. PO panics when CHU asks him about MING and his childhood. CHUK offers to give MING a certain amount of money, on the condition that he leaves Hong Kong for good. MING refuses. The two end up in a fight.