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as the main cast of the series. Channel 8 began airing the series every Sunday at 10.30pm from 25 December 2016.

Plot

Da Tian opens a calefare agency. Edgar, Fei Mei, Gao Mei, Fa Ge, and Ru Hua all start off as extras in films. Soon, Gao Mei gets her friend Mei Yi to join. Mei Yi and Di Long fall in love. Edgar starts to fall in love with Gao Mei but it is not reciprocated.

Cast

Main cast

Other characters

Controversy

* A scene from episode 6 had to be removed following a public outcry of the show's casual racism. Actor

is seen wearing an Afro wig as well as blackface make-up after a casting director fails to find an man of African descent for a role. Actor

's character had also said onscreen that Indians and Africans are "all the same." Toggle has since apologised and removed the offensive scenes from the programme. * A scene of episode 9 has been revealed of

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's relationship with

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Episodes

Trivia

*A two part special, Star Struck (小咖大出击), features interviews with

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, Rebecca Lim, Steven Woon,

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, Mark Lee,

and

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, was broadcast on Sunday, 10.30pm. *The show was preempted on 29 January 2017 due to Chinese New Year Special and also on 5 & 12 March 2017 due to the telecast of current affairs programme Budget N You. *The show was repeated on every Thursday at 12.30pm on

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Music

References

{{Reflist Chinese television series