The Ultimatum åŒå星 Debuts 27 May 2009
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- Website:http://www.8.mediacorptv.sg/ultimatum
- Debuts 27 May 2009, Monday - Friday, 9:00pm
- Starring:
- Zoe Tay, Fann Wong, Li Nan Xing, Tay Ping Hui, Zhang Zhen Huan, Elvin Ng, Felicia Chin, Cynthia Koh, Lin Mei Jiao, Terence Cao, Constance Song, Chen Shu Cheng, Hong Hui Fang, Jerry Yeo, etc
- Plot Outline:
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** Filmed in full HD **
Ye Songnian (Chen Shu Cheng), the boss of Phoenix Corporation, raped his employee, Zheng Wenyu (Hong Hui Fang), who was already pregnant with her husband's child at that time. A few months later, both Wenyu and Songnian's second wife, Suzhen (Lin Mei Jiao), gave birth to daughters in the same hospital and due to the nurses' negligence, the identities of the baby girls were swapped. Wenyu realizes that her biological daughter suffers from congenital heart disease, and out of a mother's desire for her child to receive the best medical care coupled with hatred towards Songnian, she decided to capitalize on the situation by perpetuating the mistake. Thus, Ye Yuchen (Zoe Tay) and Fang Songqiao (Fann Wong), whose identities were swapped, grew up in 2 disparate environments.
Wenyu vents her hatred towards Songnian on Songqiao, whose childhood was filled with unhappiness. She was often scolded and beaten for every little mistakes made. Songqiao bears with it in silence and grows up to be a lawyer. In his old age, Songnian goes into semi-retirement, having handed the running of his company to his god-sister Jiang Ruolin (Constance Song) and sons Renxiao (Benedict Goh) and Renyi (Elvin Ng). Ruolin's son, Rende (Jerry Yeo), works in Songnian's company. Yuchen also holds the position of an AVP. On the surface, the family seems to be a harmonious. However, beneath this facade, everyone is eying Songnian's position, clamoring to gain Songnian's favour so that they might be entrusted with an important role in the company, so that they can take control of it. Having grown up in such a scheming and manipulative environment, Yuchen's survival instincts are honed.
When Songqiaio was young, she had an extraordinary encounter with a boy, Sun Jie (Tay Ping Hui). Sun Jie's father, Sun Nanhai (Li Wen Hai), had been a conman and was made a scapegoat in a kidnap. The young Sun Jie resorted to theft to support his younger sister, Sun Min (Felicia Chin), till he became Songnian's foster son. He and Yuchen get along very well.
Over 20 years later, in 2008, the girls whose identities had been swapped at birth gets acquainted through a petty case of molestation.
Yuchen's god-brother, Rende, molests an employee, Anqi. Out of a sense of righteousness, Songqiao takes Rende to court. Ruolin is worried that Songnian might be alerted on the case. Thus, Yuchen volunteered to resolve the issue. Yuchen initiates an out-of-court settlement and demands a huge compensation but Songqiao is persistent on hauling Rende to court. Though on opposing ends, the girls could not help but admire the other's strength and character.
Phoenix Corporation has grown into a conglomerate over the years; its business includes overseas casinos and luxurious cruise. The aged Songnian is undecided who should be his successor. Songnian's oldest son had been killed in a botched-up kidnap years ago (unknown to all, this has been Ruolin's doing). Second son, Renxiao, is secretly obsessed with Ruolin and blindly supports everything she does, pushing for Rende's succession of Songnian's empire and treating his own wife, Yuki (Lynn Poh), coldly. Suzhen's son with Songnian, Renyi, is ambitious but incapable, often messing up what he sets out to achieve. Fortunately for him, Yuchen is always at hand to help clear his mess, enabling him to preserve his position and allowing him to meet Rende as an equal.
Ye Yuchen grew up in an environment of distrust and she is constantly embroiled in vicious struggles (which have already escalated beyond reprieve) with Ruolin’s clique. Due to her ability to keep her cool and turn situations around, she finally gains her father’s trust and becomes the CEO of Phoenix Corporation. Yuchen had had an unforgettable relationship. Three years ago, she met the famous Zhang Feng (Li Nan Xing), dubbed as God of Gamblers, in Macau and had planned to marry him. However, he suddenly vanished on the eve of their wedding, and was never seen again. Rumour has it that he has been killed by his enemies. Yuchen refuses to believe those rumours and she continues to harbour the hope of his return. She meets Zhou Dazhi (Li Nan Xing), who bears more than an uncanny resemblance to Zhang Feng (though the two are polar opposites in all other areas), and is convinced that the two are actually the same person.
A-Da is a bona fide gambling addict who is skilled in all forms of the vice and has problems staying on a job for long. Helpless, his wife A-Bao (Cynthia Koh) recommends him for the job of a cleaner at the café where she works. Yuchen is convinced that A-Da is Zhang Feng, who might have suffered from amnesia due to some accident, but the latter doesn’t even know her. At this time, Sun Min appears.
Sun Min is Sun Jie’s younger sister, and has been a fan of the art of gambling since she was young. She had aspired to learn from the God of Gamblers and upon a chance encounter with A-Da, becomes obstinately convinced (like Yuchen) that A-Da is the God of Gamblers. To her, this is God-sent and knowing that the God of Gamblers doesn’t accept female disciples, she hits upon the crazy idea of male impersonation, entering the cafés’ service disguised as a man hoping to learn gambling from A-Da.
The master baker at the café is Fang Songqing (Zhang Zhen Huan), Songqiao’s younger brother, who has been nicknamed Prince Cake because of his strapping good looks. “Infiltrating” the café as a guy, Sun Min thinks otherwise. To her, he is no more than a simple and honest guy whose world revolves around cakes. Unknowingly, they start to develop subtle sentiments. As Songqing has yet to realize Sun Min’s gender, hilarious situations occur.
A-Da starts to become confused. He’s been directionless all his life, and due to Yuchen and Sun Min’s persistence (they’ve been recounting his supposed glorious past as well as his influential status as the God of Gambler incessantly) in helping him to remember, makes him start to suspect his own identity. He starts to believe he might be the God of Gamblers, and that he had suffered from amnesia due to an accident and that A-Bao had rescued him and brought him to Singapore to escape the feud in Macau. He subconsciously eases into the role of the God of Gamblers, losing himself…
Songqiao meets Sun Jie again and the latter falls in love with her. Songqiao is unaware that Sun Jie is a prodigious thief until the appearance of the Interpol, He Chaoqun (Terence Cao). He Chaoqun is seemingly interested in Songqiao, and is determined to nab Sun Jie. Songqiao makes the painful decision of ending her budding relationship with Sun Jie upon realization of his identity. Sun Jie loses his “gift for theft” to a hand injury during an accident, plunging him into the abyss of despair.
After exchanging her daughter for Songnian’s all those years back, Wenyu has been secretly concerned about her daughter to the extent of trying to get close to Yuchen. Unable to contain her emotions any longer, she finally blurts out Yuchen’s real identity, much to Yuchen’s shock. After regaining her composure, Yuchen is thrust into an emotional turmoil. For the power and status that she has fought so hard to gain, she cannot reveal her real identity, especially to the Ye family. She schemes to prevent Wenyu from divulging the secret and at the same time, fends against Songqiao, trying to obviate her contact with Songnian. She even causes Wenyu’s death accidentally in her attempt to stop the latter from telling the truth. Hence, her life starts to go into turmoil.
In the course of Chaoqun’s investigation into Wenyu’s death leads to the unraveling of her rape by Songnian. Songqiao vows to bring Songnian to justice, but stumbles upon the shocking revelation of her true parentage and is comfused. Yuchen’s true colours are revealed and this kindles Songqiao’s suspicion that the former had been behind the deaths of Wenyu and Renyi.
A-Da cannot bear to see Yuchen isolated and steeped in her criminal ways. Thus, he chooses to stay guard by her side though deep inside, he knows that Yuchen would ultimately trudge upon the path of no return.
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The theme song - click to listen
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Will watch it...
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There is a roadshow this weekend
Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Plaza Singapura Outdoor PlazaWho here is going?
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Normal channel 8 display resolution is FUll HD resolution ah..
I buy HD tv so long haven watch shows in full hd man! -
HD seems shiok. But I scared, after watching HD, I will find all the non-HD shows blur and tak shiok.
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zoe vs fann! may the drama be good!
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Hope so!
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i can't wait!
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it's on 抢先看 on mobtv select
until ep 5 or 6 now
but i dun think i wanna watch
bcos i dun relli want to indirectly sarpork FW
bcos hor, if the 收视率 good, those cb FW 粉� will say is FW 功劳
yeeks -
Me watch epi 1 on Mob teebee liao.
Zoe Tay lilly lao liao. But me watch Epi 1 no feel like watchin Epi 2. I basically is a 3 mins hot person.
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i only watch this cos of linanxing
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oh
me no like FC too.. -
Originally posted by FireIce:
it's on 抢先看 on mobtv select
until ep 5 or 6 now
but i dun think i wanna watch
bcos i dun relli want to indirectly sarpork FW
bcos hor, if the 收视率 good, those cb FW 粉� will say is FW 功劳
yeeksLOL
true true
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Originally posted by youyayu:
i only watch this cos of linanxing
So long neber see him.....
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Heard that Felicia Chin also kena raped or?
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Originally posted by Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1):
Heard that Felicia Chin also kena raped or?
think so, or is she kenna tortured or something.
Read from somewhere that she ended up becoming mad, like Joanna Peh in the Little Nyonya.
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Did I see Benedict Goh in the show as well?
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Originally posted by gd4u:
Did I see Benedict Goh in the show as well?
I think I saw him too...
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Originally posted by gd4u:
Did I see Benedict Goh in the show as well?
Ya, he's in it
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i saw constance song's longkang
and why de fark ben goh is in ch 8?!??!?!?! -
If not, he will forget how to speak chinese ... lolx
Anyway, this HD thing, means i must have the cable HD set, that can view ar??? -
i see how zhen hui yu act...
the more i feel that ou xuan really really cmi..