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as the major supporting cast. The first episode premiered on 11 June 2012. The drama depicts the lives of office employees in Hong Kong working for their overbearing and abusive bosses.

Synopsis

Although valued by their boss Ko Wai-ting (Stephen Au), product designer Alex Mo (Ruco Chan) and marketing officer Steve Man (Louis Yuen) of GOALTECH Scientific, Ltd. despise their department's general manager Violet Che (Florence Kwok), who is preventing them from getting a promotion. Enumerating the "ten sins" of Violet, Alex and Steve secretly start a business with their Indian friend Interpal (Gill Mohindepaul Singh). Alex's girlfriend, Ling (Kristal Tin) joins GOALTECH, and pressures Violet to step down. Alex is later promoted to manager, and Steve eventually becomes the new boss of the company. As Alex and Steve's positions climb higher, they begin to exert similar pressure on their subordinates, also committing the "ten sins."

Production

TVB released news to the media of the drama's development after announcing the signing of

in January 2012, who subsequently had to turn down a role in '' The Confidant''. At the time, ''No Good Either Way'' was known in Chinese as ''The Chok Family'' or ''The Chok Clan'' (Chok氣一族), but the working title was later referred to as ''Amy Wong's New Drama'' for a majority of the drama's filming duration due to the ambiguous meaning behind the Cantonese vernacular "chok." On 19 January, a press conference and costume fitting for the drama was held at TVB Studio 1. Filming officially began on 6 February and ended on 13 April. A blessing ceremony was held on 15 February

Cast

Main characters

as Alex Mo (巫雅歷;

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: ''Mou Ngaalik''): A witty chief product designer for GOALTECH who is manipulated into losing his promotion. *

as Kin (巫健兒; ''Mou Ginji''): Alex's aggressive younger sister who works as a property agent. *

as Steve Man (閔家華; ''Man Gaawaa''): A marketing officer at GOALTECH who never got a chance for promotion despite his many years of experience. *

as Aaron Yiu (姚以朗; ''Jiu Jilong''): Kin's boyfriend and product designer at GOALTECH. Although charismatic, Aaron is resentful and afraid of failure. *

as Ling (甯寧靜; ''Ning Ningzing''): Alex's girlfriend then wife who eventually becomes his direct supervisor at GOALTECH. *

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as Dr. Flora Shum (沈曦雯; ''Sam Heiman''): A selfless trainee doctor and Steve's love interest. *

as Violet Che (車詠嫻; ''Ce Winghaan''): The selfish and unscrupulous general manager of GOALTECH's Creative and Marketing department who is the root of Alex and Steve's problems.

Supporting characters

as Sam Ko (高偉霆; ''Gou Waiting''), The sincere C.E.O. of GOALTECH who gets bullied around by his wife's family. *

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as Lily, Kin's best friend. *

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as Jacky Ho (何正直; ''Ho Zingzik''), Kin's upright and prudent supervisor who has a crush on her. *

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as a trainee doctor and Flora's boyfriend *Chun Wong as Lam Kau-wing (林球榮), Alex's supervisor of COALTECH. *

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as Interpal Singh (盛小龍; ''Sing Siulung''), Alex and Steve's self-employed Indian-Chinese friend. *

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Viewership ratings

The following is a table that includes a list of the total ratings points based on television viewership.

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://programme.tvb.com/drama/nogoodeitherway TVB dramas 2012 Hong Kong television series debuts 2012 Hong Kong television series endings