''Negócio da China'' is a Brazilian

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produced and broadcast by

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. It premiered on 6 October 2008, replacing ''Ciranda de Pedra'', and ended on 13 March 2009, replaced by '' Paraíso''. The series is written by

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, with the collaboration of

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and Roberto Talma. It stars Jui Huang,

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, Anderson Lau, Grazi Massafera, Ricardo Pereira, Rodrigo Mendonça, Thiago Fragoso, Fernanda de Freitas and Juliana Didone.

Plot

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, Liu (Jui Huang) stole 1 billion euros from a casino, not knowing it belonged to the Chinese mafia, through a digital transaction in which the data was recorded on a flash drive. Pursued, he flees to Portugal and the device ends up in the suitcase João ( Ricardo Pereira), who is moving to Brazil, causing Liu to also have to travel to Brazil to try to recover it. Liu goes to live in Parque das Nações, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, where he falls in love with the martial arts fighter Flor de Lys (

), but the two have to face Wu (Anderson Lau), a Chinese mercenary and Liu's cousin, who also wants the money and put an end to the hacker. In addition, there is also Stelinha (

Fernanda Rodrigues Fernanda Erlanger Rodrigues (born 21 October 1979) is a Brazilian actress and television presenter. Career Fernanda Rodrigues began her career as a child, with only three years old have participated in music videos and advertisements. At ag ...

), who returns to Brazil after years living in Asia, where she joined another Chinese faction that also wants fortune, in addition to rivaling Flor on the mat. Meanwhile, João falls in love with Lívia ( Grazi Massafera), who struggles to raise her son Théo (

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) on her own, the result of a troubled marriage with Heitor (Fábio Assunção), whose mothers Luli (Eliana Rocha) and Suzete ( Yoná Magalhães) tormented the two until they separated. After Heitor is murdered for finding out about the flash drive, Lívia starts to live a romance with João, but is also harassed and persecuted by the psychotic Ramiro (Rodrigo Mendonça).

Cast

* Jui Huang as Liu Chuang *

as Flor de Lys Silvestre * Grazi Massafera as Lívia Noronha * Ricardo Pereira as João Viegas * Anderson Lau as Wu Chuang *

as Stela Falcão "Stelinha" * Rodrigo Mendonça as Ramiro Veláquez * Thiago Fragoso as Diego Dumas Fontanera * Fernanda de Freitas as Antonella Bertazzi * Juliana Didone as Maria Celeste Moreira *

Natália do Vale Natália do Vale (born March 6, 1953) is a Brazilian actress. She appeared in leading roles in several television programs, including ''Olho no Olho'', '' Água Viva'' and ''Women in Love''. Biography Vale was born in Floriano, the daughter of ...

as Júlia Dumas Fontanera * Herson Capri as Adriano Fontanera *

Luciana Braga Luciana Braga Ribeiro Ramos (born 16 December 1962) is a Brazilian actress. Career She made his television debut in 1986, in the soap opera ''Sinhá Moça''. She also appeared in the Rede Manchete in the soap operas ''Helena'', 1987, in which ...

as Denise Dumas * Oscar Magrini as Mauro Bertazzi *

Vera Zimmermann Vera Alice Santos Zimmermann (born March 30, 1964 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian actress. Daughter of German father and Gaucho mother, Vera began acting as an actress in the early 1980s, when she performed with Nelson Rodrigues the ''Eterno Reto ...

as Joelma Bertazzi *

Ney Latorraca Antonio Ney Latorraca (born 27 July 1944, in Santos) is a Brazilian actor. Biography Ney Latorraca was born in the port city of Santos, São Paulo state, to Alfredo, a casino crooner, and Nena, a showgirl who performed in casinos. Actor Grande ...

as Edmar Silvestre *

Leona Cavalli Alleyona Canedo da Silva (born 6 November 1969), known professionally as Leona Cavalli, is a Brazilian actress and stage director. Biography Her father politician, lawyer and poet and teacher mother's name, has three brothers. At birth, was ...

as Maralanis Silvestre * Yoná Magalhães as Suzete Noronha *

Nathalia Timberg Nathalia Timberg (born 5 August 1929) is a Brazilian actress. She is celebrated as one of the best and most well known Brazilian actresses of cinema, theater and television. Biography Nathalia was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Of Jewish ori ...

as Augusta Dumas *

Francisco Cuoco Francisco Cuoco (born 29 November 1933) is a Brazilian actor. He became known for his roles as a heartthrob in telenovelas from Rede Globo, such as '' Selva de Pedra'' (1972), '' Pecado Capital'' (1975) and '' O Astro'' (1978), among others.

as Evandro Fontanera * Cláudia Jimenez as Violante Gonçalves * Xuxa Lopes as Abigail * Déborah Kalume as Edilza * Raoni Carneiro as Heraldo Alonso "Heraldinho" * Dudu Pelizzari as Antônio José Moreira "Tozé" * Izabella Bicalho as Zuleika * Eliana Rocha as Luli Maria Alonso * Joaquim Monchique as Belarmino Moreira * Carla Andrino as Carminda Moreira *

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as Matilde Fontanera * Jandir Ferrari as Alaor * Luciana Mizutani as Suyan * Maria Vieira as Aurora Viegas * Zezeh Barbosa as Semiramís * Maria Gladys as Lucivone * Débora Olivieri as Aldira * Élida Muniz as Natália * Bruce Gomlevsky as Nereu * Élida L'Astorina as Vera * Frederico Reuter as Zé Boneco * Cláudia Netto as Dalva Falcão * Sandro Christopher as Odilon Falcão * Luca de Castro as Donato * Isaac Bardavid as Homero * Thelma Reston as Olímpia *

Duse Nacaratti Duse Nacaratti (22 June 1942 – 23 July 2009) was a Brazilian actress and comedian, known for roles in films, theater productions and telenovelas. She was nicknamed the "Soberana da comédia" by fellow actors. Biography She was born in Cataguas ...

as Tia Saudade * Nil Neves as Isidoro * Murilo Grossi as Othon * Alby Ramos as Avelino * Renata Vilela as Doctor Myrna *

as Théo Noronha Alonso * Amélia Bittencourt as Clarice * Josie Antello as Lausanne * Ernesto Xavier as Tamuz Moreira * Elder Gatelli as Jasão * Luciana Mivitami as Suy-Na * Chao Chen as Zedong Yao

Special guest stars

* Fábio Assunção as Heitor Alonso * Dalton Vigh as Dr. Otávio Della Riva *

Antônio Fagundes Antônio José da Silva Fagundes Filho (born 18 April 1949) is a Brazilian actor, playwright, voice actor, and producer. Renowned for his several performances in stage, film and television, where he frequently works in telenovelas. Biography Fa ...

as Ernesto Dumas Fontanera * Sérgio Loroza as Detetive Adílson * Débora Lamm as Mariete Gonçalves * Cacau Hygino as Pedro * Victor Pecoraro as Felisberto *

Ellen Rocche Ellen Rocche (born July 19, 1979) is a Brazilian model. Career She began her career on the Sunday TV program ''Qual é a música?'' (literally, "What's the music?") with Silvio Santos on the Brazilian channel SBT. She has also acted in some chapt ...

as Laura * Alexandre Zacchia as Zeílson * Inez Vianna as Dóris *

Bruno Fagundes Bruno Carvalho Fagundes (born 24 May 1989) is a Brazilian actor. Career Fagundes graduated from the Incenna theater school. His television appearances include ''Negócio da China'' (2008), ''Gluom – Piloto'' (2006), ''Carga Pesada'' (2006), ' ...

as Jander * Luca de Castro as Donato * Chico Tenreiro as Juiz de Paz

Soundtrack

''Negócio da China'' is the soundtrack of the telenovela, released on 13 November 2008 by Som Livre.

References

External links

* {{Rede Globo telenovelas 2008 telenovelas TV Globo telenovelas 2008 Brazilian television series debuts 2009 Brazilian television series endings 2000s Brazilian television series Martial arts television series Portuguese-language telenovelas Television shows set in Rio de Janeiro (city) Triad (organized crime)