Li Lian Jie (born April 26, 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese martial artist, actor, film producer, wushu champion, and international film star who was born in Beijing, China, and who has currently taken up Singapore citizenship.
Zeng You Quan, (Paul Chan) aged 40, is a single and a honest man and works in a air-con company as a supervisor. His mother passed away early and his irresponsible father suddenly went missing. Being the eldest in the family, You Quan had to take care of his two sisters.
His sister, Zhi Ling, is already 35 and still single. Zhi Ling is unsociable and stingy, thus You Quan is worried that she will remain single. Hence, he is always trying to matchmake Zhi Ling but is always unsuccessful. Unknown to him, Zhi Ling is actually secretly in love with a guy.
The youngest sister, Zhi Mei, aged 26 is a university graduate. In order to let her pursue her studies in University, You Quan took loans from banks. However, after graduating, Zhi Mei does not take her job seriously and is always changing jobs. Obsessed with her material needs, she often asks You Quan for money.
Together is a 2009 drama produced by Singapore’s free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It is Mediacorp’s 46th anniversary blockbuster drama. The lensing ceremony held on 15th July and filming has begun. Part of the series will be shot in Malaysia.
Ye Songnian, the boss of Phoenix Corporation, raped his employee, Zheng Wenyu, who was already pregnant with her husband’s child at that time. A few months later, both Wenyu and Songnian’s second wife, Suzhen, gave birth to daughters in the same hospital and due to the nurses’ negligence, the identities of the baby girls were swapped. Wenyu realizes that her biological daughter suffers from congenital heart disease, and out of a mother’s desire for her child to receive the best medical care coupled with hatred towards Songnian, she decided to capitalize on the situation by perpetuating the mistake. Thus, Ye Yuchen and Fang Songqiao, whose identities were swapped, grew up in 2 disparate environments.
Tan Xiangchun is a traditional, Chinese-educated senior teacher who deeply feels unappreciated at work because of his poor command of the English language. Xiangchun’s wife, Kang Qianzhen, used to compile textbooks with the Ministry of Education. Xiangchun’s younger brother, Tan Xiangfeng, is free-spirited and uninhibited by nature. As a doting elder brother, Tan Xiangchun even attends match-making sessions with his wife in tow, in the hope of finding Xiangfeng a suitable other-half. Because of this, Xiangfeng becomes involved with sassy teacher, Zhang Luoyun.
Three housewives become friends when they worked together to nab a thief that stole bras from the neighborhood. Each housewife is different in character. Chen Simei, 42, is very thrifty and looks out for small advantages. Alice, 40, is the modern one, who enjoys making herself look good. Zhong Aiqin, 39, is a natural worrier. Alice looks down on the others and pretends she’s a rich madame. Simei, in a bid to stand up to Alice, lies that her husband is a rich businessman. Each has a different set of problems – a philandering husband, interfering in-laws and marriages that have lost their romance.
Lin Jia Le (Jesseca Liu), Lin Jia Qi (Rui En), Wang Zhi Wei (Tay Ping Hui) and Jiang Cheng Feng (Shuan Chen) are 4 young engineers from different arena but with the same dream of making the world a better place for mankind. In the pursuit of their dreams, their path crosses. Jia Le always feels that she is cursed and misfortune will befall any man she falls in love with. She finally relented when Zhi Wei proves her wrong with his actions and sincerity. An accident changes Jia Le’s mind and she escapes by joining a humanitarian mission, with Zhi Wei hot on her heels. Jia Qi and Cheng Feng also fall in love, but the latter’s ex-fiancee Shan Shan (Eelyn Kok) re-appears and wants to reconcile. Jia Qi decides to step out of the competition and leaves the country, finding new love. But she returns to find a depressed Cheng Feng after Shan Shan’s evil ploys are exposed and the sudden death of his father. Will their dreams and love prevail?
Ah Ping, a 43-year-old housewife, she is known as the "Iron Lady", maintaining the overwhelming demands of a family. Her husband, Liang Tianhua works in a low-paying job, and as a result, Ah Ping has to bake pastries to supplement her family’s income. In addition to the family, she also has to take care of her elderly father-in-law, who suffers from dementia. When her husband lost his job, the burden on her became even greater, and she began to breakdown. While Liang Tianhua, the husband of Ah Ping is a weak-willed man who works in a low-paying job. He has worked in the same job for 30 years, and not once did he asked for a raise, resulting in his salary still being S$3,000 per month. He also shrugs off unreasonable requests, making him a small and nearly invisible figure in his company.
Although Linglan (Constance Song) and Wenhao (Terence Cao) is reunited with the family, Dashun (Chen Shucheng) is unable to bask in family bliss. Wenhao is unable to assimilate into the family as he feels that Dashun acknowledged him only because his mother has died. Lu Gua’s (Chen Tianwen) greed and laziness irks Haitong (Felicia Chin) and both get into frequent confrontations because of Tao Garden .
When Wenzhu’s (Koh Yah Hwee) condition improves after a period of rest, she decides to further her studies abroad. Wenhao takes the opportunity to announce that he has to go to Australia to settle his mother’s estate. With his children leaving him one by one, Dashun feels a sense of loss especially when Zijing is still missing.
Without Daji (Zhang Yaodong) helping her, Haitong has to manage Tao Garden and E28, the hamper-selling branch of Tao Garden, on her own. Her ex-boyfriend Zipeng (Adam Chen) tries to rekindle their relationship and although Haitong makes it clear that she is not interested, Zipeng joins E28 on the pretext that he is protecting Haitong from Lu Gua’s bullying.
When Daji returns, he is not pleased with Zipeng’s presence but respects Haitong’s arrangement.
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