Better Halves
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Details
- Title: 金牌冰人
- Cantonese/Mandarin title: Kam Pai Beng Yan / Jin Pai Bing Ren
- English title: Better Halves
- Genre: Ancient, Romance
- Episodes: 20
- Broadcast network: TVB
- Broadcast period: 2003-Jun-30 to 2003-Jul-25
- Opening theme song: 美麗緣份 by Steven Ma
Synopsis
A romantic comedy about the Linghu family who have a tradition of matchmaking since the Jin Dynasty. Appointed as the Official Matchmakers during the Tang Dynasty, a son to carry on the family tradition becomes even more important. Hoping that the head of the family will get better, his servant informs him that he finally has a son to take over the family business. He dies after naming his "son", Linghu Xi. Only the servant and Linghu Xi know that she is not the son, but another daughter. Linghu Xi grows up educated, skilled in the martial arts and as the honorable head of the family and the Official Matchmaker, even judging disputes among matchmakers and their clients.
Things become interesting when the Lin family has an open competition with a large reward for a suitable son-in-law. This attracts both the honest and not so honest matchmakers. Gao Fei, a skilled former military official, appears, searching for the young woman names "Xin" who rescued him to marry her. Linghu Xi also has her own problems with her lazy brothers-in-law who are working in the family business. Golden Fan struggles to get the best of Quan Jiafu, a genius at marketing, who seems to go after her own matchmaking clients. Couples are matched up, problems arise ... will Linghu Xi's secret be uncovered? Will Gao Fei find his love? What is Quan Jiafu's secret? Will Golden Fan resolve her dispute with Quan Jiafu?
Cast
- Steven Ma as Gum Cheuk Qiu
- Maggie Cheung as Gum Kuai Sin
- Joyce Koi(蓋鳴暉) as Leng Wu Hei
- Moses Chan as Go Fei
- Cerina da Graca as Serng Serng
- Auguste Kwan(關德輝)
- Kevin Cheng
- Sharon Chan
- Angela Tong
- June Chan
- Evergreen Mak
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