''Trimming Success'' (Traditional Chinese:
飛短留長父子兵) is a
TVB
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and ...
modern drama series released overseas in January 2006 and broadcast on
TVB Jade
TVB Jade (), or simply Jade, is a Hong Kong Cantonese-language free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) as its flagship service, alongside its sister network, the English-language TVB Pearl. Bro ...
Channel in May
2006
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.
Synopsis
:The sun shines bright,
:The wind blows high;
:This is where he can find renewed hope in life!
Jason Fan Tin-Long (
Kevin Cheng
Kevin Cheng Ka-wing (born 15 August 1969) is a Hong Kong American actor and singer who is currently under the management of the Hong Kong television network TVB. Cheng rose to fame in late 2004 after playing his first lead role in the TVB drama ...
) is a successful hair-stylist and owns a trendy salon in
Lan Kwai Fong
Lan Kwai Fong (often abbreviated as LKF) is a small square of streets in Central, Hong Kong. The area was dedicated to hawkers before the Second World War, but underwent a renaissance in the mid-1980s. It is now a popular expatriate haunt ...
. Jason has a model girlfriend Choco Ko Cheuk-Kei (
Sharon Chan
Sharon Chan Man-chi (born 17 January 1979) is a Hong Kong actress and model. She is currently under contract with TVB in Hong Kong.
Filmography
Television dramas
Film
Books
* 陳敏之《戀愛敏感》
TVB Songs
*Song Name : Love Ste ...
) who is a big money spender. Jason's family is from
Stanley, Hong Kong
Stanley, or Chek Chue, is a coastal town and a popular tourist attraction in Hong Kong. It is located on a peninsula on Hong Kong Island. It is east of Repulse Bay and west of Shek O, adjacent to Chung Hom Kok and Tai Tam. Administratively, it ...
and his father, Fan Kwong-Wing (
Lau Dan) owns an old fashioned barber shop in
Stanley Market
Stanley Market () is a street market in Stanley on Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. Known colloquially and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, the island has a population of 1,289,500 and it ...
. Pang Cheng (
Nnadia Chan
Nadia Chan (; born 21 January 1971) is a Hong Kong actress, singer, model, and spokesperson.
Life and career
Chan was born to Chinese Ethnic Indonesian parents. Chan's parents are Indonesian Chinese and her family moved to Hong Kong when she ...
) is Jason's childhood friend who secretly admires Jason. Jason-Choco-Pang Cheng eventually becomes a love-triangle. Jason and his father also need to deal with their love-hate relationship. Jason and Pang Ching soon got married. On the finale, there were three marriages - Jason, Johnny and Jason's brother, Kenny. Choco attends the wedding, initially looking solemn as she tells Pang Cheng that it was her fault who made her lose her boyfriend. She appears to be drawing out something from her pocket to ruin the wedding (a gun, possibly) but it is revealed that she drew out a whistle. She whistles loudly to the crowd, and her friends rush over, setting free balloons. The wedding begins, and Choco tells Pang Cheng that she has got over the matter.
Cast
Viewership ratings
References
External links
TVB.com''Trimming Success'' - Official Website
SPCNET.tv''Trimming Success'' - Reviews
Butterfly's Place.net''Trimming Success'' - Synopsis {{in lang, zh
TVB dramas
2006 Hong Kong television series debuts
2006 Hong Kong television series endings