Sweetness in the Salt

Sweetness in the Salt
碧血鹽梟

Sweetness in the Salt official poster
Genre Costume Drama
Starring Steven Ma
Tavia Yeung
Raymond Wong
Joel Chan
Ngo Ka-nin
Halina Tam
Opening theme "愛怎麼說" by
Steven Ma & Tavia Yeung
Country of origin Hong Kong
Original language(s) Cantonese
No. of episodes 25
Production
Producer(s) Lee Tim-shing
Running time 45 minutes (approx.)
Release
Original network TVB
Original release June 8 – July 10, 2009
External links
Website
Sweetness in the Salt
Traditional Chinese 碧血鹽梟
Simplified Chinese 碧血盐枭

Sweetness in the Salt (Traditional Chinese: 碧血鹽梟) is a TVB costume drama series released overseas in January 2009.

Synopsis

NIP CHI YUEN (Ma Steven), who works in the anti-smuggling camp, is determined to wipe out the Tau's Fort, which is the stronghold for salt smugglers. He pretends to be a down-and-out scholar. TAU SING SUET (Yeung Tavia), daughter of the chief smuggler, sympathizes with YUEN and puts him up in the village. Later, they even become fond of each other. During an anti-smuggling operation SUET is badly hurt and has since been separated from YUEN and her family. Fortunately she is saved by WU TING HIN (Wong Raymond), son of salt merchant WU KIN (Kwok Fung). HIN takes her home. One day, SUET is horrified to see the dead bodies of her parent being hung on the wall of the city tower, and that the official standing on the top of the tower telling the public not to sell smuggled salt is none other than the man she misses day and night. She is heartbroken, and her love for YUEN turns into hatred that moment on.

HIN finds a job for SUET at the salt company his family runs to help her get over her unhappiness. To repay him, she devotes herself entirely to the job. As time goes by, HIN starts to fall in love with her. However his critical illness making him hesitates to express his love for her. SUET's real identity comes to light when her younger uncle reappears out of the blue. HIN, for fear that his family will report SUET, proposes to her.

Cast

CastRoleDescription
Steven Ma Nip Ji-Yuen
聶致遠		 Anti-Salt Smuggler Officer
Wu Family's Guard
Dau Sing-Suet's ex-lover.
Tavia Yeung Dau Sing-Suet
竇勝雪 		Daughter of a salt smuggler.
Wu Ting-Hin's friend, later wife.

The Wu family

CastRoleDescription
Kwok Fung (郭峰) Wu Kin
胡坚		 Salt Trader/Merchant
Halina Tam Wu Ting-Bik
胡亭碧		 Wu Kin's first child (daughter).
Choi-Chi-On's secret lover.
Raymond Wong Wu Ting-Hin
胡亭軒 		Salt Merchant
Wu Kin's second child (son).
Dau Sing-Suet's friend/admirer, later husband.
Ngo Ka-nin Wu Ting-Fai
胡亭輝		 Wu Kin's third child (son).
Yin Yuet's lover and later father of her child and husband.
Casper Chan (陳思齊) Wu Ting-Yim
胡亭嫣		 Wu Kin's fourth child (daughter).
Choi Chi On's friend then wife
Celine Ma (馬蹄露) Wu Choi-Dip
胡彩蝶		 Wu Kin's younger sister.

Other cast

CastRoleDescription
Joel Chan (陳山聰) Choi Chi-On
蔡子安		 Salt Trader/Merchant
Wu Ting-Bik's secret lover.
Wu Ting-Yim's admirer, later husband.
Felix Lok To Ying-Lung
屠應龍		 Corrupted Governor
Nip Ji-Yuen's godfather.
Mary Hon (韓馬利) Nip Cheung-See
聶張氏		 Sauce Merchant/Illegal Loan Lender
Nip Ji-Yuen's mother
Chiang Chi Kwong (蔣志光) Yiu Sau-Ching
姚守正		 Non-Corrupted Governor
Lee Kwok Lun (李國麟) Dau Hung
竇雄		 Salt Smuggler
Dau Sing-Suet's uncle.
Meini Cheung (張美妮)Yin Yuet
映月		Prostitute.
Wu Ting-Fai's admirer.
Kara Hui Choi Ngan Fa Illegal Salt Smuggler

Awards and nominations

TVB Anniversary Awards (2009)

Viewership ratings

Week Episodes Average Points Peaking Points References
1
 June 8–12, 2009
1—5
27
—
 [1]
2
 June 15–19, 2009
6—10
27
31
 [2]
3
 June 22–26, 2009
11 — 15
28
—
 [3]
4
 June 2 - July 3, 2009
16—20
28
—
 [4]
5
 July 6–10, 2009
21—25
30
33

References

  1. ↑ Week 1 Ratings
  2. ↑ Week 2 Ratings
  3. ↑ Week 3 Ratings
  4. ↑ Week 4 Ratings
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