Ace Rival

In the 1970s, various adventurers mingled in Hong Kong, which they believed was paved with gold. Song Chixiong (played by Wong Chung-chi) was honest and straightforward, constantly facing obstacles in finding a job. One day, he happened to meet the cunning Xia Shisen (played by Xie Tianhua), who was also looking for work. Benefiting from Xia Shisen's silver tongue, the two went together to work at a tea house. The tea house owner (played by Fung Shui Fan), who also started his career working, understood the hardships of survival; he treated his employees like family. With the neighborhood jokers always joking around, the tea house was lively and thriving every day. However, misfortunes struck as Song Chixiong and Xia Shisen both fell in love with the beautiful princess Meiyangyang (played by Xu Zishan), leading to a tragicomedy of love. As time passed, the financial crisis hit Hong Kong; middle-aged Song Chixiong (played by Tan Yonglin) was diligently protecting the tea house, while the once-beautiful Meiyangyang (played by Ye Yuqing) had long become a married woman and mother. Meanwhile, the former employee Xia Shisen (played by Chen Baixiang) had risen to become a boss...