Jin Mao Xiang

Jin Mao Xiang is a Chinese television series first broadcast on CCTV in China in 2004. It was produced in collaboration by a number of companies, including the Communication University of China.[2] The series was aired on ATV in 2009 in Hong Kong under the title Yunzhuan Tianxia (運轉天下; literally: "Luck Changes the World").[3]

Jin Mao Xiang
Also known asYunzhuan Tianxia
GenreBusiness drama, family drama
Opening themeYuni Tongzai (与你同在) performed by Liu Xin and Liu Rui
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes43
Production
Production locationChina
Running time45 minutes per episode
Release
Original networkCCTV (China)[1]
ATV (Hong Kong)
Jin Mao Xiang
Chinese金茂祥

Story

The story begins with the Che family business in the Qing Dynasty. The head of the business was mother Yugui. She had fixed her daughter Jiaoyan's marriage so that she end up with someone who was more financially stable. The daughter however was extremely unhappy since the fixed husband was fat and unattractive. The daughter was actually in love with the poor coolie boy A'long. However society would not allow a girl of reputable social status to marry a boy of low social status. The oldest brother of the family Che Weiren later committed a murder. He has been spoiled by the family riches. When the government was looking for the murderer, the coolie boy A'long innocently admitted to the crime so the brother didn't have to go to prison.

Eventually the house got weak in morale. A fisherman named Gao Lixiang came in to help the Che family business. At first he was looked down upon due to his low society status. Soon he figured out how to dye clothes. He single handed won an imperial clothing competition by making through the obstacle course with his dyed clothes. The Che family was surprised that a simple fisherman could beat the business.

Then one day a major fire broke out in a restaurant and Lixiang saved a daughter and a westerner from the crisis. The daughter turned out to be from the competing Wang family business. She tried to lure him into their family claiming the Che family treats him unfairly. After a number of business competitions he was gaining more respect in the Che family. Eventually the siblings got jealous and tried to get Lixiang kicked out of the household. Eventually the mother made Lixiang the head of the business, since he was most capable.

Eventually the business was in trouble from all the competition. But the westerner who was saved in the fire came back with a bunch of goods from the west such as magnifying glass and music boxes. They started selling western goods and the business improved again, since no one else have seen these merchandise. Later the family went into a feud between the oldest son Che Weiren and Lixiang. In setting Lixiang up, the oldest son killed an outsider, Bai Biao, who later turned out to be his own genetic father.

After a number of twists Lixiang was promoted to be the chairman of the business association above all businesses, but he was put in the chairman position because the government official liked his former fiancée Yang Danping. The oldest brother in the family soon developed a deep jealousy over the Lixiang's success who now owns his family business, his girlfriend Xu Xiaoman and his mother's trust. He sank into depression with opium addictions, and was later bribed by a government official to sell out his whole family business in exchange for unlimited opium. The mother of the family ended up in prison having been set up by the government officials. But her kids did not stand by her since they experienced too much hardship during their childhood. Lixiang ended up rescuing the family business, but soon finds the business to be unmanageable. Worse is that the mother who ran the business indirectly murdered his parents earlier. The story experience more twists and turns eventually to include the death of Qing government officials.

Cast

CastRoleDescription
Eric WangGao Lixiang
高立翔
Main character. Capable, strong individually, despite being born from a poor background. He constantly insist that luck is always on his side.
Li XiaoranXu Xiaoman
徐小曼
Financially well off Christian missionary girl. Understood westerners. He also liked Lixiang.
Gao YuanChe Yugui
车玉贵
Mother of the Che family. Head of the household and business.
Tammy ChenYang Danping
杨丹萍
Taiwan actress. She was interested in Lixiang.
Shen XiaohaiChe Weiren
车维仁
Was the oldest and most unwanted son in the family. Became unhappy and depressed since he was constantly useless in the family business.
Yu RongguangBai Biao
白彪
Turned out to be the real father of Che Weiren.
Zhao LiangXu Zhanhong
徐展鸿
Tao HuiminGao Baomei
高宝妹
Was the true mother of Lixiang. Was later poisoned to death.
Lei KeshengFather Che
车老爷
Head of the Che family
Kym NgWang Qiang
王蔷
Wang YixuanChe Jiaoyan
车娇艳
Daughter of the Che family
Xing MinshanHe Yilong
贺奕龙
The honorable government official who was later set up to be killed by corrupted government officials.
Yue YueliQu Yunting
曲云亭
Father of Lixiang
Qin YanWang Siyuan
王思远
Dong YangChe Weide
车维德
The youngest son of the Che family who loved Yingzi. He became mentally ill.
Lin JieniYingzi / Hua Ruxiu
英子 / 花如秀
The girl who was neglected by the Che family and died earlier. Another girl Hua Ruxiu later came back to the Che family, and looked identical to the girl who died earlier. The mother of the family thought she was haunted by a ghost.
Li MingChang Feng
常峰
Yang ShengLu Qiankun
陆乾坤
Zhang QiChen Haoliang
陈浩良
Tie HeA'long
阿龙
He confessed to crime he didn't commit and went to prison for the oldest son of the Che family. Because of this he went from low coolie social status to high rank in the family, once he was released from prison.
Gao SenYang Bo
杨波
Fang XiaoyueZhou Wei
周薇
Liu FangLi Jinhao
李金好
Zhou YulaiDu
老杜
Han ZhenhuaYu Sihai
于四海
Mi YangChe Yulan
车玉兰
Zhang JiajunMaster Zhou
周大人
Zhang WenyiMaster Qi
齐大人
Liu XinyiQu Xiaowu
曲孝伍
Meng LongMaster
师爷
Zhao LeWuzhen district government official
Zhang GuoqingDistrict grandfather
XiaoheiZhou sing
周兴
Song QingJia Hong
贾宏
Qian KunPanther
黑豹
Cheng ZhiWolf
野狼
DaqiaoGordon
高登
Western merchant who sought fortune

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Cuisine reference

The show featured a dish called Squirrel whole jumping fish (松鼠活魚) from Wuzhen. The fish is cooked in a rather cruel way where the head is alive while the body is fried. If cooked correctly however, the mouth continues to move/talk even after the dish is finished. It does not contain any squirrel contrary to the name.

References

  1. (in Chinese) Cnmdb.com. "Cnmdb." 李小冉陈怡蓉等出席《金茂祥》发布会实录(图). Retrieved on 2008-11-09.
  2. (in Chinese) Cnmdb.com. "Cnmdb Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine." 金茂祥 (2005)制作发行公司. Retrieved on 2008-11-09.
  3. (in Chinese) HKATV. "HKATV." 金茂祥. Retrieved on 2009-06-17.
  4. (in Chinese) Sina.com. "Sina." 资料:40集电视剧 (商道) 演职人员名单. Retrieved on 2008-11-09.
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