同事三分親(2007)

After living in the States for seventeen years, WONG KA-LAM returns to Hong Kong for further developing. She plans to put up at her good friend SIU PING’s. To her surprise, PING has separated with her husband, JAMES. Due to financial concern, the couple PING still lives under the same roof. To help PING out, LAM promises to get a job as soon as she can. Referred by JAMES, LAM goes for an interview at the gymnasium that he works for. She is on her way to there when a robbery takes place. She is t

LAM has got a job at the Creative Department of Xing Advertising Ltd., the advertising firm that CHIT works for. On her first day at work, her superior MO KEI YUNG tells her that DIANA, the CEO, and her assistant, KAU TSUN, are regarded by other colleagues as the Axis of Evil. LAM does not take it too seriously though. Soon, LAM spots that everyone at the company is afraid of DIANA, so much so that they even avoid going to the washroom at the same time as she does. DIANA has left her cell phone

DIANA suspects that LAM he is a mole sent by Xing’s potential buyer, MR. LI, because of the cell phone issue. YUNG finds LAM suspicious, too. He incites his fellow colleagues at the Creative Department to edge LAM out. CHIT tries all he can to stop them but to no avail. LAM, as if not affected at all, is devoted to her work as usual. Apart from asking TSUN to pass on the account books of the firm to LAM, DIANA also fawns on LAM from time to time. The others therefore firmly believe that LAM is a

It is very unusual indeed that LAM is promoted Corporate Development Consultant and that her authority of office is the same as that of DIANA. DIANA tries every way to attack the Creative Department during a meeting. LAM makes utmost efforts to fight back and turns the tables in the end. TSUN learns that YUNG is meeting with SHUN. Later, he deduces from what YUNG says that YUNG and his team might have found out about the secret agreement between DIANA and MR. LI. TSUN reports what he has found t

WAH goes to HANG’s flat to tidy up as usual in the morning. He notices that CHIT is very obsessed with the Internet game that he wrote. He reminds CHIT not to be too obsessive. CHIT is having breakfast when he receives the ice cream sent from Switzerland by TIN TSOI-SHAN, an intimate friend of HANG’s. CHIT and WAH are teasing HANG for her relationship with SHAN when CHIT’s cell phone rings. CHIT goes out as soon as he hangs up. HANG mistakenly believes that CHIT is displeased about her relations

HANG is angry to know that CHIT is having breakfast with LAM. At the cafeteria of the firm, CHIT and LAM are chatting happily until he is asked about his mother. CHIT’s co-staff praise him for his recent improvement. LAM is pleased for him. CHIT would like to buy some new photo equipment. LAM tells him that a friend of hers happen to be selling the same model that he wants. She also tells him that she can ask her friend for a good price if he is interested. CHIT is thrilled. He tells HANG about

TSUN applies for entertainment fees in advance. His application is rejected as YUNG has done so before him. TSUN goes to YUNG, who shows him an application endorsed by LAM. TSUN is dumbfounded. Worrying that DIANA’s power at the firm will be weakened, TSUN advises DIANA to take the initiative to deal with LAM. SHUN has received a resignation letter, which has been signed by DIANA. But when he asks her about it, she denies she has anything to do with it. She also implies that it is written by LAM

CHIT is turning eighteen soon. UNCLE KEUNG, an old neighbor of his, pays him a sudden visit and hands him a letter that sent to his place by mistake many years ago. CHIT is astonished to see that it was from his mother, WONG FA, whom he has lost contact with for ages. Seeing that CHIT does not have any idea to manage the letter, WAH tricks him into opening it. In the letter, FA wrote that she had returned to Hong Kong when CHIT was four years old, and that he had pushed her down the escalator by

CHIT cannot get over the letters. SHUN cheers him up and he devotes himself to work again. TUNG wears high heels to work today. She tries to attract CHIT’s attention with her legs but he is only interested in girls who wear flats. A girl in flats shows up at CHIT’s house on a rainy day with a letter FA wrote to CHIT. CHIT loses his temper as soon as he sees the letter. The girl demands that CHIT buy her a new pair of shoes as she has damaged hers when she was picking up the letter. So CHIT goes

CHIT’s client MR. CHAN is very impressed by the sashimi commercial that CHIT is responsible for. As a token of thanks, MR. CHAN gives CHIT the sashimi used for the shooting. LAM suggests throwing a party in CHIT’s house. She also volunteers to prepare some dessert. CHIT tells HANG about the party when he gets home. HANG is excited by the idea. She offers to prepare something too when she hears that LAM is going to make the dessert. As a matter of fact, HANG is a lousy cook. Nobody in the family

YUNG arrives at the company early in the morning. He sighs with emotion when he sees YAT teaching CHIT photography techniques. LAM and DIANA announce that the company has just got a new jewelry client and for this reason, the company has to put up its security system. Just when they are making the announcement, the burglar alarm goes off. It is discovered later that SHIM, the only staff at the company who uses the rear door, has triggered the security system by accident. TSUN blames SHIM. The ne

Frugal Girl, the girl whom found CHIT’s letter the other day, calls CHIT when he is tidying things up at the company. She demands that he treat her to a meal to thank her for what she has done. CHIT’s teammates wrongly believe that he has a new girlfriend. While CHIT himself does not pay any attention to what they say, LAM takes it very seriously and even calls HANG. The next day, CHIT bumps into Frugal Girl on the mini-bus when he is on the way to SHAN’s place. He is embarrassed to the core whe

Everyone at the department is working overtime except YUNG, who claims that he is going to the racecourse. YAT lets him go and takes up his work. TSUN tells YUNG off when he sees this. With just a phone call, YUNG manages to solve the problem his colleagues are facing with. MING LEUNG, YAT’s wife, comes to pick up YAT. She finds it unfair that her husband has to work overtime because of YUNG. LEUNG sees YUNG and his ex-wife KUI MEI-KIU, when she gets back to the police station. YUNG and KIU were

CHIT drinks LAM’s coffee by mistake during a meeting. LAM does not mind though. What is more, she continues drinking it. Her act surprises everyone. CHIT decides to keep a distance from her. CHIT asks SHUN for advice as to how to decline LAM’s “love” for him in a tactful way. With a view to preventing LAM’s secret from coming to light, SHUN tells him briefly about the romance between his late father, KIN, and LAM. Many years ago, LAM’s father, CHEONG, decided to immigrate overseas suddenly. This

DIANA invites YAT to lunch. TSUN, a secret admirer of DIANA, is anxious. In order to win YAT over, DIANA lures YAT to develop an affair with her. TSUN stomps off in a rage. TSUN is eager to find out what the meeting is actually about and so tries hard to please YUNG. However, YAT keeps his mouth shut no matter what he does. SHUN calls for a meeting with YAT and DIANA with no apparent reason. YUNG and TSUN peel at SHUN’s office to see what is going on in there. They hear SHUN asking YAT and DIANA

HANG is practicing Tai Chi at the park when she sees three youngsters smoking. She goes up and gives them a dressing down, threatening to call the police if they do not stop. The three leave resentfully. HANG is going home after the Tai Chi lesson when the three young persons show up to revenge her. WAH steps up to protect her, who is his employer, but he blacks out. CHIT gets a call from HANG telling him that WAH has gone missing. CHIT tells LAM that he has to leave earlier. LAM offers to give

WAH goes to a bakery in his neighborhood to buy cream buns very often recently. His real motive of course is to see the shop assistant, SZE. WAH has received an email from his Internet friend KITTEN inviting him to meet up with each other. WAH asks CHIT to attend the appointment and turns down KITTEN’s love for him. YUNG volunteers to go for CHIT. On the day of the appointment, WAH gets to where CHIT is meeting KITTEN to see how KITTEN looks like. He is surprised to see that KITTEN is SZE. He tr

In the morning when she wakes up, LAM finds PING is in a particularly good mood today. This is because she is going to sign the divorce agreement today with JAMES. PING arrives at the law firm on time but JAMES is nowhere to be seen. PING blames JAMES and tells him not to pester her any more. JAMES’ heart breaks. The model for LAM’s TV commercial fails to show up. LAM recommends JAMES to her client. JAMES becomes very popular after the commercial has come out. Many women, among them artistes, wa

DIANA calls for an emergency meeting with the Creative Department in preparation for their clients from Italy. SHUN shows up in the middle of the meeting and appoints LAM to be the person in charge of the project, his reason being she can speak Italian. A colleague has found LAM’s wallet and asks TSUN to give it back to her. TSUN opens the wallet, and discovers that LAM is allergic to peanuts. An idea occurs to him. He adds peanuts to all the food that can be found at the company. Secondly, he r

CHIT goes to a convenience store to buy magazines. To his surprise, Frugal Girl, the girl he kissed the other day by accident, works there. Frugal Girl’s elder brother, her only family, has been injured and so she has to work part-time. CHIT suggests her working part-time at his advertising firm. She hesitates, as her brother is very strict with her and forbids her from getting in touch with the world outside. After thinking about it for some while, she decides to go for it without telling her b

LAM pays respect to the grave of her late husband, LUK KIN. It is KIN’s birthday tomorrow. CHIT and SHAN tidy up the things he had left behind. CHIT breaks his father’s photo frame carelessly. When he is picking up the broken pieces, he finds a photo of LAM and his father underneath another photo. CHIT and HANG visit KIN’s grave. When they get there, they see a bunch of yellow flowers. CHIT believes that the flowers are from his mother, WONG FA. Seeing that HANG is displeased, he does not say an

YIU goes to Xing to collect her wage. Although TUNG can see that CHIT takes very good care of YIU, she still tries all she can to promote herself as the best choice for “the best girlfriend”. TUNG approaches WAH with a view to getting close to CHIT. WAH works as a domestic helper for HANG. TUNG suggests taking over his job; he rejects her immediately. TUNG learns at a wedding banquet of a relative that WAH and she are cousins. Using her relationship with WAH, she forces WAH to pretend to be sick

TOMMY, PING’s new boyfriend, visits her at her place. TOMMY is a badminton coach. He challenges JAMES to a badminton game; the latter accepts the challenge instantly. JAMES cannot make it in the end because of work. According to LAM’s observation, the person who is most disappointed by the cancellation of the game is not TOMMY but PING, who wants to see the two men competing for her. JAMES asks LAM to invite PING to dinner on their 8th anniversary. PING brings TOMMY along to the dinner. She kiss

YUNG, who is already late for work today, has made a fatal mistake. YAT scolds him in front of other teammates. YUNG complains to CHIT and WAH. They bump into the famous Art Director TAI YUE. YUNG claims that he used to work with YUE. WAH and CHIT, pretending to be YUE, call YUNG and invite him to work for YUE’s advertising firm. Upon hearing the offer of “an annual salary of one million dollars and a team of ten members”, YUNG accepts the offer in no time. Xing is going to sell a creative plan

As SHAN always accompanies HANG to her Tai Chi lessons, rumors are going around about HANG “taking care” of him. To stop the rumors from circulating, she demands SHAN to find something meaningful to do. He explains that it is because of his good time management that he can spend a lot of time being with her. Under her pressure, he reveals that it is his dream to open a French restaurant. HANG supports him and urges him to start working towards his dream. HANG has found a restaurant that matches

No sooner than CHIT has arrived at the company than he receives HANG’s call asking him to go home for dinner as soon as he can after work. YUNG, on seeing this, announces his observation that “women like to control their men”. YAT does not agree though, claiming that his wife, LEUNG, has great faith it him. DIANA looks at him in despise. DIANA’s clothes is ruined when she and YAT are going to meet up with a client. YAT takes her home and lends her LEUNG’s clothes. DIANA puts a lipstick on YAT’s

HANG’s Tai Chi students suggest opening up a Tai Chi gymnasium for her. As it was HANG’s late master’s wish to set up a gymnasium, she supports the idea instantly. SHUN asks YAT to take care of a client who is interested in a commercial package of their firm. YAT and his teammates are shocked and surprised that the client is no other than HANG. YAT and his team take special care of HANG and tailor-make a commercial for her. HANG, however, has been very unreasonable and making things difficult fo

A tycoon in town, MR. LEE, wants Xing to shoot a TV commercial for his new lover, TO BING-BING. YAT makes it clearly that he is not going to do it for BING is notorious for her ill temper. SHUN orders TSUN to persuade YAT. TSUN knees down and pleads YAT, who agrees unwillingly. As expected, BING’s attitude at work is beyond tolerance. DIANA volunteers to be her assistant for the smooth shooting of the commercial. BING throws away DIANA’s lucky bracelet. TSUN cannot bear to see this and gives her

CHIT has won in a photography competition. His colleagues plan to celebrate with him. LAM invites HANG to join them; HANG accepts the invitation readily. HANG does not show up at the celebration dinner in the end. CHIT calls her to see what has happened. She tells him that she has gone to a banquet of a relative instead. But the truth is she felt heart pain when she was on the way to CHIT’s celebration dinner. Therefore she has gone to the hospital instead. The doctor suspects that HANG has the

YUNG has got some tips on horse racing but he does not have any money in his betting account. He turns to TSUN, who demands that he pay him in advance. YUNG asks CHIT to lend him the money and gives it to TSUN. The money is passed to TUNG in the end and she pins it up on the notice board at TSUN’s desk. The next day, YUNG, who is originally very excited as the horse that he has bet on has come first, is shocked to learn that TSUN has not placed a bet for him because he did not see the money on t