''Corner the Con Man'' (皇家反千組) is a

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television series released overseas in December 1996 and broadcast on TVB Jade Channel in January 1997. The theme song "Splendid Story" (精彩故事), and subtheme song "Has You Rarely" (難得有你) was composed by Joseph Koo, lyrics by

Wong Jim James Wong Jim (; 18 March 1941 – 24 November 2004, also known as "霑叔" or "Uncle Jim") was a Cantopop lyricist and songwriter based primarily in Hong Kong. Beginning from the 1960s, he was the lyricist for over 2,000 songs, collaboratin ...

, arrangement by

Joseph Koo Joseph Koo Kar-Fai, MBE, GBS (born 3 February 1933), is a Hong Kong composer, who is considered one of the most respected composers in Hong Kong. He used the pen name Moran (莫然) for Mandarin songs early in his career. Early life Koo h ...

and Chiu Tsang Hei, and sung by Roman Tam.

Synopsis

Jiang Yiju (Bobby Au Yeung) comes from a long line of

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s and

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, however rather than using the skills he has learnt for crime, Jiang Yiju is instead a policeman of the Hong Kong Police Force who, together with a small squad of officers, uses his understanding of confidence tricks and tricksters to catch them. His choice of career however sees him come into conflict with members of his extended family dismayed to see their own tricks used against themselves. Chen Weichen (

Monica Chan Monica Chan Fat-yung (Chinese: 陳法蓉; born 28 October 1966) is a Hong Kong actress and model. She won the Miss Hong Kong 1989 pageant. Before her acting days, Chan graduated from high school in Canada and attended University of Hawaii. Befor ...

) is Jiang Yiju's fiancée, wishing to put off marriage, Jiang has a long-standing bet with Chen, that if she can beat him at mahjong she can name the day of their marriage, with the knowledge that with his skills at the game that it would be impossible for her to do so without him throwing the game. However to his dismay Jiang learns after one such game (by examining the discards) that, having been together for so long, Chen has learnt enough of his own card sharping skills to be able to beat him and that it has been her that has been throwing the games in his favour. Realising that this means that she is on the verge of giving up on their relationship Jiang must therefore ask himself does he love being a bachelor more than Chen?

Cast

* Jiang Yiju (Bobby Au Yeung)-An inspector of the Hong Kong Police Force * Chéng Guodong (Leo Ku)-A policeman of the Hong Kong Police Force * Wen Jiabao ( Gigi Fu)-A police woman of the Hong Kong Police Force * Chen Weichen (Monica Chan)-Jiang Yiju's fiancée 1997 Hong Kong television series debuts 1997 Hong Kong television series endings TVB dramas {{HongKong-tv-stub