Master of Play

One rainy evening, inspector KONG SING-YUE comes to a village house to carry out investigation. The murderer leaves a camcorder with video showing the murdering scene and everybody is terrified. The only survivor LEE CHOR-KIU loses her left hand and she is sent to the hospital. While sleeping in the hospital, CHOR-KIU senses that the murderer is coming back… Encouraged by the magician CHEUNG SAI-YIN, CHOR-KIU eventually recovers from the trauma. Three years later, theatre master KUN SIU-NAM receives lots of flower baskets at the dressing room to celebrate his success in a performance. Private detective SHUN-CHUEN is visiting SIU-NAM with an envelope but theatre director CHONG CHUN-TO stops him. CHUN-TO learns that SIU-NAM is still searching for his missing daughter CHI-YING and he feels sorry for him. SIU-NAM’s good friend CHAN YAT-KEI invites him to dinner at home.… ...

SIU-NAM is busy doing rehearsal in the theatre. LAI-HING learns that the water pipes in SIU-NAM’s house have burst so she helps him to take care of it but this reminds her of the pain when she lost her daughter. A TV station invites SAI-YIN to be the consultant for a magic show. SIU-NAM is also invited to be the guest for a charity show in the station. After work, SAI-YIN returns home with CHOR-KIU and his younger sister SAI-TING. SAI-TING learns that they are getting married and she is very upset. CHOR-KIU invites SAI-YIN to dinner with her mother YIM-KING. SAI-YIN suggests preparing an abalone feast for CHOR-KIU’s family members and CHOR-KIU is deeply touched. When SAI-YIN is preparing the dinner, the uninvited guest Uncle TIN suddenly arrives… SAI-YIN prepares a great dinner for CHOR-KIU’s family. When he accompanies YIM-KING home, YIM-KING humiliates him and comments that he doesn’t even have money to buy a car.… ...

SIU-NAM returns to the theatre group and everybody is talking about BING-CHING for he doesn’t want their theatre piece to go public. SIU-NAM discovers that BING-CHING has left his wallet there so he decides to send it back to him. SIU-NAM fails to find BING-CHING so he tries to figure out his whereabouts by thinking in BING-CHING’s perspective. BING-CHING is deeply touched that SIU-NAM is sending him the wallet as well as his heart disease medicine. He feels that SIU-NAM really understands him and he changes his mind. SAI-TING is still upset with SAI-YIN’s wedding plan but SAI-YIN doesn’t notice it. SIU-NAM visits BING-CHING and he discovers that BING-CHING is a very detail-minded person. BING-CHING has moved back to his old home and SIU-NAM is deeply touched to learn about the reason behind. He further confirms that he should continue his search for his missing daughter as well.… ...