My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan

My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan
火線下的江湖大佬

My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan official poster
Also known as Triad Boss Under the Line of Fire
Genre Modern, Comedy
Created by Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited
Written by Ng Lap-kwong
Starring Kent Cheng
Tommy Wong
Eliza Sam
Alice Chan
Mat Yeung
Kingdom Yuen
Joel Chan
Theme music composer Alan Cheung
Opening theme Line of Fire (火線下) by Fred Cheng
Country of origin Hong Kong
Original language(s) Cantonese
No. of episodes 25
Production
Executive producer(s) Catherine Tsang
Producer(s) Leung Choi-yuen
Location(s) Hong Kong
Editor(s) Ng Lap-kwong
Camera setup Multi camera
Running time 45 minutes
Production company(s) TVB
Release
Original network Jade
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original release 25 April (2016-04-25) – 27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)
External links
Website
My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan
Traditional Chinese 火線下的江湖大佬
Simplified Chinese 火线下的江湖大佬
Literal meaning "Triad Boss Under the Line of Fire"

My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan (Chinese: 火線下的江湖大佬; Jyutping: fo2 sin3 haa5 dik1 gong1 wu4 daai6 lou2; literally "Triad Boss Under the Line of Fire") is a 2016 Hong Kong modern comedy television drama produced by Leung Choi-yuen for TVB, starring Kent Cheng, Tommy Wong, Eliza Sam and Alice Chan as the main leads.[1] Filming took place from October 2015 to February 2016 on location in Hong Kong. The series premiered on April 25, 2016, airing every Monday to Friday on Hong Kong's TVB Jade, Malaysia's Astro On Demand and Australia's TVBJ channels during its 8:30-9:30 pm timeslot, concluding May 27, 2016 with a total of 25 episodes.[2]

My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan plot centers on triad members who are no longer in their prime and must learn to survive in middle age. It also tells of triads who must learn to adjust to life outside once they are release from incarceration after serving a long prison sentence.[3]

Synopsis

Former triad Ho Kei-song (Kent Cheng) has put his former gang life behind to become a chef and later owner of his own small restaurant since falling in love with his current wife So Yau-lam (Alice Chan) and wanting to provide an stable family life for his daughter Joyce Ho Fuen-sam (Eliza Sam). Life is good as Kei-song and Yau-lam make a good living at their small restaurant and Kei-song's cooking is popular with the locals that frequent his restaurant. Also with Yau-lam's help of providing a mother figure to Joyce, Joyce is a university graduate who works as an investment banker. Their happy family life is threatened when Kei-song's triad boss Lau Cheuk-nam (Tommy Wong) is set to be released from prison after serving twenty years in jail. Not only does Cheuk-nam wants to pull Kei-song back into triad life but Kei-song and Yau-lam's marriage is also put on the line as Yau-lam was Cheuk-nam's girlfriend who never officially broke up with him.

Cast

Ho & So family

A former triad member who was part of Lau Cheuk-nam's gang. Lau Cheuk-nam's closes and most trusted friend. He fell in love with So Yau-lam when he was taking care of her while Cheuk-nam was in prison. Owner and head chef of Zui Song Song Restaurant. So Yau-lam's husband and Joyce's father.
Lau Cheuk-nam's ex-girlfriend who never officially broke up with him. Ho Kei-song's wife and Joyce's stepmother. She and Joyce have a sisterly relationship. So Yau-miu's younger sister. Owns Zui Song Song Restaurant with Kei-song. she works the front of the restaurant as a greeter and cashier.
So Yau-lam's older sister. She owns a beauty cosmetic shop that sells cheap and expired products. She lives together with Kei-song, Yau-lam and Joyce. In order to lie to Lau Cheuk-nam and protect Yau-lam, she and Kei-song pretend to be a married couple. She and Ko Kar start out as bickering enemies because he always expose her cosmetic products as bad but the two later end up together.
Ho Kei-song's daughter and Yau-lam's stepdaughter. She works in an investment consultant manager at an investment company. Her enemy at work is the scantily dressed Nicole who is looking to ruin her at work. She is a lion dance student at Ko Kar's Martial Art School and also Ko Kar's son Ko Kai, best friend and co-worker. She develops a friendship with police officer Liu Shau-kei whom she originally mistakes as a restroom pervert and later falls in love with him. However her friend and Shau-Kei's co-worker is also in love with him.

Lau's gang

a triad boss who's imprisoned twenty years for smuggling gold. He is originally judge for 30 years, but released 10 years earlier. He sees that everything has been changed since he was jailed. Cheuk-nam tries to redoing the triad, but not succeed. Instead, he witnesses his way is no longer fits for the triad this time so he switches to quit the triad. He finds out that his gold is not confiscate and looking for the one that took his gold. It is finally revealed that is stolen by his wife Yip Fong-fei (葉芳菲) who was taught by So Yau-miu. After he founds that he was betrayed by his best friend and wife, he joins the Shark's gang and tries to get his money, but the plan is exposed and he was fought. Later he is judged for murdering Shark while the real murderer is Crab.

Liu family

a policeman and Shau-kei's father and Lady Win's husband. He was injured at younger age by Ho's gang when he join the police force and against the triad bureau, so he is deeply against Shau-kei's relationship with Joyce.

Ko family & students

Zui Song Song Restaurant staff

USB Finance Corporation staff

Hong Kong Police

Viewership ratings

Timeslot (HKT) # Week Episode(s) Average points Peaking points
Mon – Fri
(8:30-9:30 pm)
20:30–21:30
1 25 – 29 Apr 2016 1 – 5 24 28
2 02 – 06 May 2016 6 – 10 25 29
3 09 – 13 May 2016 11 – 15 24.7 28.5
4 16 – 20 May 2016 16 – 20 24 28
5 23 – 27 May 2016 21 – 25 25 28
Total average 24 30

Awards & Nominations

Year Ceremony Category Nominee Result
2016 StarHub TVB Awards[4] My Favourite TVB Drama My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan Pending
My Favourite TVB Actress Eliza Sam Pending
My Favourite TVB Actor Kent Cheng Pending
My Favourite TVB Supporting Actress Kingdom Yuen Pending
My Favourite TVB Supporting Actor Joel Chan Pending
My Favourite TVB Female TV Character Eliza Sam Pending
My Favourite TVB Theme Song "Line of Fire" (火線下) by Fred Cheng Pending

References

  1. My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan ahmike.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016
  2. TVB新劇《火線下的江湖大佬》劇情介紹(1﹣25集大結局)ihktv.com. (Chinese) Retrieved May 9, 2016February 26, 2016
  3. My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan 火線下的江湖大佬 afspot.net. Retrieved May 9, 2016
  4. StarHub TVB Awards 2016 Nominations. Retrieved September 10, 2016
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