''Another Era'' () is a 2018 drama produced by

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and CRTP. It is the sequel to

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with Roger Kwok, Niki Chow,

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Benjamin Yuen Yuen Wai-ho (Simplified Chinese: 袁伟豪; Traditional Chinese: 袁偉豪, born May 11, 1981), better known as Benjamin Yuen is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to TVB and Shaw Brothers Pictures. Yuen’s career started when he became ...

and

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as the main leads; and

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as a guest star. The theme and storyline revolve around the development of Hong Kong's economy in the past 10 years. Production cost a total of HK$100 million and took half a year. The cut 34-episode version was uploaded on

on 29 August 2018, and aired on CCTV-8 on 30 August 2018. The original 36 episode version aired on

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from 10 September 2018 and on Mediacorp's Channel U on 23 April 2020.

Plot

The story of Another Era begins with the

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. Ambitious businessman Leo Ho Ting Sang ( Roger Kwok) wanted to buy out Fong Chung Yam’s (

Bowie Wu Bowie Wu Fung (born 18 January 1932) is a Hong Kong veteran actor and director with family roots in Guangdong, China. A matinée idol in the 1950s and 1960s, he began his acting career in long form Cantonese films 1953, becoming an overnight suc ...

) business group, but Cheuk Kai Tong ( Pat Poon) stopped him in time. Furious, Leo decides to out a plan to destroy him. Ten years later, Cheuk Kai Tong becomes one of the richest men in the city, but the psychological torment of his son’s untimely death has put him bedridden, soon followed by a coma. His daughter, Cheuk Ding Yiu ( Niki Chow) learns to manage the family business, and together with her trusted accountant Ko Chit (

), she starts a business war with Leo. Leo’s wife Cheung Ming Hei (

), Fong Chung Yam’s grandson Fong Chak Yu (

), and rookie entrepreneur Ching Hoi (

) also join the war, starting a new era of business politics.

Cast

Ho family

Cheuk family

Fong family

Ko family

Man family

Other cast

Broadcast

Music

Viewership ratings

TVB Jade

Awards and nominations

References

{{reflist TVB dramas Hong Kong television series 2010s Hong Kong television series