''Master of Destiny'' (; literally "Across Heaven and Earth") is a

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Hong Kong-Chinese joint epic television drama created by Hong Kong director

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and produced by his production company Jing's Entertainment Limited. ''Master of Destiny'' chronicles the rise and the eventual hardships of the affluent Cho family from Hong Kong, which eventually, they fight the corruption that reeks inside their family, and stars

Liza Wang Elizabeth "Liza" Wang Ming-chun Gold Bauhinia Star, GBS Silver Bauhinia Star, SBS (born 28 August 1947), is a Hong Kong diva, actress and Master of Ceremonies, MC. She is a personality in Chinese-speaking communities. She has been nicknamed "The ...

Angie Chiu Angie Chiu Ngar Chi (; born 15 November 1954) is a Hong Kong actress, and was the third runner up in the 1973 Miss Hong Kong pageant. Early life In 1954, Chiu was born in Hong Kong. In 1971, Chiu graduated from Shung Tak Catholic English Colle ...

Hawick Lau Hawick Lau Hoi-wai (; born 13 October 1974) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He was named as one of the "Five Fresh Tigers of TVB" and is best known for his performances in the series '' A Kindred Spirit'' (1995), '' Virtues of Harmony'' (2001) an ...

Kenny Wong Wong Tak-bun (born 30 April 1963), known internationally as Kenny Wong, is a Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million r ...

Edwin Siu Edwin Siu Ching Nam (; born 23 March 1977) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Siu started his career as an idol singer and was formerly managed by Music Nation Group. In 2002, Siu left the Hong Kong entertainment industry to start his career in ...

, Kimmy Tong, and

Monica Mok Monica Mok () is a Chinese-born Australian model and film actress. She was nominated for the Best New Performer award at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA; ), founded in 1982, is an annual film awards ceremony in H ...

as the main cast. Filming commenced on 1 August 2013 in

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, China. The mainland China version has 40 episodes and began airing on

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on 28 May 2015 with Mandarin voice dubbing. Hong Kong broadcast began airing on

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and HD Jade channels 22 June 2015 every Monday through Friday during its 8:30–9:30 pm timeslot with 32 episodes total. It was distributed by TVBC and

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Canton ...

International. The serial is produced under several titles. In Hong Kong, it is known by the title "Chung Wang Tin Dei" (

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: 縱橫天地; literally "across the world unhindered"). In mainland China, it is known as "Fengyun Tiandi" (

: 風雲天地; literally "Across Heaven and Earth"). Release of TVB's promotional poster for the drama confirmed that the Chinese title was used in the mainland version, 風雲天地.

Synopsis

Kwan Yeuk-nam (

) is a legendary woman. After her husband committed suicide due to a business failure, she single-handedly raised her three sons to adulthood, also establishing her own business empire, Sun Hon Lik, in the process. Now ready to retire, she is prepared to pass down her empire to her three sons. Eldest son Cho Chi-wang (Kenny Wong) is quietly pursuing Nam's adoptive daughter, Hau Yee (Tong Fei), but Yee is truly in love with Wang's younger brother, Cho Chi-yuen (

). When Yuen's girlfriend passes away, Yuen devotes his life and energy to his career, and Wang's position as heir to the empire is threatened. Song Chi-wah (

), a new employee at Sun Hon Lik, seduces Wang and nearly tears his family apart. With her family and business at the brink of breaking down, Nam has no choice but to step up and formally pass down the business to Yuen. Wah tells Wang that he is not the birth son of Nam. Disheartened at his family, the two team up to incarcerate Yuen. Just when Wang and Wah are about to overthrow Nam's reign, Yee returns just in time to save Yuen.

Cast

Cho family

Wayne Lai Lai Yiu-cheung (; born 4 May 1964), better known as Wayne Lai, is a Hong Kong actor. He became one of Hong Kong's most successful television actors after starring in TVB hit drama series '' Rosy Business''. Lai won three TVB Anniversary Awar ...

as Cho Wan-hon (曹雲漢) :The deceased husband of Nam, Cho Chi-wan's adopted father, Cho Chi-yuen and Cho-Chi-ko's father. In 1987 Yiu Dai-ming bankruptcy, jumped to his death. *

as Kwan Yeuk-nam (關若男) **

Selena Li Selena Lee Sze-wa (, born 12 February 1981), former stage name Selena Lee Sze-Wan (), is a Hong Kong-born actress and former beauty pageant contestant. After participating in the 2003 Miss Hong Kong Pageant, Lee had signed an artiste contract w ...

as young Kwan Yeuk-nam (年輕關若男) :Headstrong middle-aged business woman Kwan Yeuk-nam, the CEO of Hong Kong conglomerate, Sun Hon-lik，Cho Wan-hon's wife, Cho-Chi-wan and Cho-Hau-yee's adopted mother, Cho Chi-yuen and Cho Chi-ko's mother. *

as Cho Chi-yuen (曹志遠) :Second and middle son of Cho Wan-hon and Kwan Yeuk-nam. Became mentally ill at episode 24. Marries Cho Hau-yee in episode 32. *

as Cho Chi-ko (曹志高) :Third and youngest son of Cho Wan-hon and Kwan Yeuk-nam. Indirectly killed Tang Yiyi. *

as Cho Chi-wan (曹志宏) :Eldest son of Cho Wan-hon and Kwan Yeuk-nam. *Kimmy Tong as Audrey Cho Hau-yee (曹巧兒) :Kwan Yeuk-nam's adopted daughter. In love with her second adopted brother Cho Chi-yuen and finally in episode 32 marries Cho Chi-yuen. *Zhao Xiaolu as Linda Kwong Shuk-han (鄺淑嫻) :Kwong Kwan-ho's daughter, Cho Chi-wan's first wife. Divorced. * Natalie Meng as Yiu Lei-fa (姚麗花) :Yiu Dai-ming's daughter, Cho Chi-ko's wife, Cho Wan-hon and Kwan Yeuk-nam's third daughter-in-law.

Extended cast

as Mok Nga-man (莫雅文) :The British Queen's Counsel, Cho Hau-yee's master, Cho Chi-wan's mother. *

as Kimberly Song Chi-wah (宋子樺) :Cho Chi-wan's second wife. Caused the death of Yiu Dai-ming and Poong Siu-kei's father. Villain. *

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as Tang Yiyi (唐一一) :Cho Chi-yuen's girlfriend, Tang Qiqi's sister, Poon Siu-kei's halfblooded older sister, died of the car accident in episode 7. *

Sun Xing Sun Xing (born October 16, 1963) is a Hong Kong actor and Mandopop singer born in Guangzhou, China. He shot to fame in the 1990s by portraying heroes in a number of Taiwanese ''wuxia'' TV dramas. Later he mostly appeared in comedies. Biography S ...

and *Li Ang as Yiu Dai-ming (姚大明) :Yiu Li-fa's father, Cho Chi-ko's father in-law, Cho Wan-hon and Kwan Yuek-nam's natural enemy，after a good and parents of daughter in-law, the Cho family's enemy，after a good，and Song Chi-wah collusion, after the quarrel，indirectly killed Cho Wan-hon in 1987, died of the heart attack（be indirectly killed by Song Chi-wah）in episode 19. *

Sze Yu Sze Yu (born 30 September 1962) is a Chinese-born Australian actor, television presenter and retired badminton player. As a badminton player, he represented both Hong Kong and Australia. In the 1980s, he was one of the top players in the world ...

as Kwong Kwan-ho (鄺君豪) :Kwong Shuk-han's father, Cho Chi-wan's former father in-law. *

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as Suki Poon Siu-kei (潘笑琪) :poon yau's daughter, Tang Yiyi's halfblooded younger sister. *Mou Fengbin as Hon Tung (韓東) :Song Chi-wah's ex-boyfriend. Main villain of the series. *Ben Cheung as Ben Chow (小周) :Cho Chi-yuen's friend *Tony Ho as To Kit (屠傑) :Cho Chi-yuen's friend

Production

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began on 1 August 2013 in

, China and secondary filming started in Hong Kong. Principal production relocated to Beijing, China in early September, and finally to Hong Kong in mid-September. A press conference was held in Tianjin on 20 August.

Casting

In August 2012, Wong announced that he was writing a 40-episode drama serial for TVB, and expressed his interest in casting

Deanie Ip Deanie Ip (born 25 December 1947) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She has won the Hong Kong Film Awards once for Best Actress and three times for Best Supporting Actress. Deanie also won the Golden Horse Awards once for Best Leading Act ...

Kenneth Ma Kenneth Ma Kwok-ming (born 13 February 1974) is a Hong Kong actor contracted to TVB. Ma had won the Most Popular Male Character award at the TVB Anniversary Awards for four times in 2012, 2017, 2018 and 2021 respectively, becoming the TVB act ...

, and his own managed artist, Kimmy Tong, in the lead roles. In March 2013, reports confirmed that Ma was cast, replacing a role that was originally intended for

Bosco Wong Bosco Wong () is a Hong Kong actor, singer, and entrepreneur who gained popularity in the modern drama '' Triumph in the Skies'' (2003). Since then, he has played a diverse spectrum of roles in television series such as '' Wars of In-laws'' ...

.
Wong Jing trades Kenneth Ma for Bosco Wong in new TVB drama. Retrieved 11 August 2013 In July 2013, it was reported that

was cast as 'Kwan Yeuk-nam', the leading role in this TV drama.

was then cast to replace Ma, who left the cast due to scheduling conflicts. Natalie Meng was also cast.

, and

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were confirmed to guest star in a few episodes. In August 2013, it was announced that

had quietly joined the cast. Chiu and Wang's last major television drama together where both actors were cast in sizeable starring roles was 1978's '' The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre''. They were both subsequently part of 1985's very concise 6-episode but celebrity-overflowed

The Yang's Saga ''The Yang's Saga'' () is a 1985 Hong Kong historical fantasy action miniseries based on a series of novels and plays titled '' The Generals of the Yang Family'' produced by TVB. It aired from 23 to 28 September 1985 on TVB Jade, during the stat ...

, where both were already very prominent at the time as they assumed more of a guest-starring role in the series. The pair had played goddesses instead of humans with only one scene each and no screen time together the entire time.

Broadcast

Viewership Ratings

References

External links

Official TVB websiteOfficial weibo page
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