''Storm in a Cocoon'' (; literally "Property Protector"), is a

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pre-modern serial produced by

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, starring

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and

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as the main leads. Filming for this series took place in

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and

Synopsis

The boss of Shunde's largest silk factory "Wing Tai Lung", Poon Wing Lin (

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), has decided to pass down the business to his eldest son, Poon Ka Hin (

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) and second daughter, Poon Hau Yee (

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) due to his old age. However, Hau Yee unexpectedly commits suicide. When third son Poon Ka Yeung (

), a military doctor, returns to help run the business, he begins investigating Hau Yee's death as he suspects her death was not a suicide. As Hau Yee's best friend, silk factory worker Tong Bing Bing (

) also shares Ka Yeung's suspicions and joins him to find the true cause of Hau Yee's death. As their search goes on, they unfold a number of complex relationships between the Poon family and its factory workers, particularly Sin Bik Suet (

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), the senior worker in the factory who contends with Bing Bing's behavior, and Fung Chi Chung (

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), a duplicitous young woman who enters the factory with secrets of her own to hide. As Ka Yeung and Bing Bing spend more time together, they gradually develop feelings for one another. However, their relationship is complicated by the reappearance of Bing Bing's long-long fiancé, Kwan Jo Yiu ( Raymond Cho), who brings more trouble than everyone anticipates. As they come closer to finding Hau Yee's murderer, the Poon family faces retribution and Ka Yeung and Bing Bing struggle to protect the Poon family's property, not realizing the murderer is much closer to them than they expected. Though Hau Yee's murderer is apprehended, "Wing Tai Lung" later faces a new danger with the arrival of Chiang Chi Yan (

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), who intends to manipulate and destroy the Poon family by first convincing Ka Hin that he is actually Chi Yan's son and not Wing Lin's son. Believing that Wing Lin's constant criticism of Ka Hin's ability to run the business stems from Chi Yan's claims, Ka Hin willingly takes part in the plan to destroy the Poon family. Ka Yeung and Bing Bing risk everything in order to stop Chi Yan, Wing Cheung and Ka Hin before it's too late.

Cast

Main Cast

as Poon Ka Yeung (潘家揚) *

as Tong Bing Bing (唐冰冰) (Chiang Chi Yan's long-lost daughter) *

as Fung Chi Ching (馮芷晴) *

as Poon Ka Hin (潘家顯) (Villain from Episode 23 onwards, he was indeed manipulated by Chiang Chi Yan and falls out with Poon Ka Yeung, but reconcile from Episode 30) *

as Sin Bik Wan (冼碧雲) * Raymond Cho as Kwan Cho Yiu (關祖耀) (Villain) *

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as Hung Chor Gau (洪初九) *

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as Kwan Lai Kuen(關麗娟) (Semi-Villain) *

as Poon Wing Lin (潘永年)

Other cast

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as Sin Yin Foon (冼燕歡) *

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as Yeung Yin To (楊豔桃) *

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as Chan Yuen Kam (陳婉琴) *

as Poon Hau Yee (潘巧兒) *

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as Poon Ka Seng (潘家聲) *

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as Poon Wing Cheung (潘永祥) (Villain, who collaborates with Chiang Chi Yan) *

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as Wong Mei Fan (王美芬) (Villain) *

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as Chow Tin Chi (周天赐) *

as Chiang Chi Yan (蔣志仁) (Main Villain, who collaborates with Poon Wing Cheung and manipulates Poon Ka Hin) *

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* Stephen Wong as Pang Kwok Leung (彭國良) (Main Villain) * Yue Chi Ming as Tong Wing (唐榮) *

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as Tong Chin Gan (唐千斤) *

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as Sin Dai Ching (冼大成) * Samantha Chuk Man Kwan as Chu Oi Giu (朱愛嬌) * Helen Ma as Poon Siu Kwun (潘笑群) *

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* So Lai Ming *

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* Summer Joe Ha Chuk Yan * Kitty Lau Gwai Fong * Leo Lee * Brian Chu * Jayden Kau Cheuk Nang *

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* Wong Wai Tuk * Chiu Sek Man

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