Series synopsis
The Legendary Four Aces, also known as 金裝四大才子 is a drama comedy television series that premiered on TVB Jade on August 7, 2000. It ended on October 17, 2000. It stars Nick Cheung Ka-Fai, Esther Kwan Wing-Ho, Bobby Au-Yeung Tsan-Wah and Marco Ngai Chun-Git.
Four scholarly people who find love. There is the smart and dashing Tang Bo Hu played by Nick Cheung. Greedy Chu Tse San (Bobby), noble and honest Wen Jing Ming (Gordon), and the guy who goes a long Chow Wen Bing (Macro).
Premise
Four scholarly people who find love. There is the smart and dashing Tang Bo Hu played by Nick Cheung. Greedy Chu Tse San (Bobby), noble and honest Wen Jing Ming (Gordon), and the guy who goes a long Chow Wen Bing (Macro).
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Nick Cheung Ka-Fai as 唐伯虎
- Esther Kwan Wing-Ho as 秋香/秋月
- Bobby Au-Yeung Tsan-Wah as 祝枝山
- Marco Ngai Chun-Git as 周文宾
- Gordon Lam Ka-Tung as 文征明
- Yvonne Yung Hung as 石榴
- Annie Man Chung-Han as 祝晓莲
- Nadia Chan Chung-Ling as 朱娉婷
Supporting cast
- Eddy Ko Hung as 宁王
- Derek Kwok Jing-Hung as 朱子健
- Lo Hoi-Pang as 华太师
- Mimi Chu Mai-Mai as 蓝红玉
- Ellesmere Choi as 正德皇帝
- Anne Heung Hoi-Lam as 李凤姐
- Gordon Liu Chia-Hui as 李龙
- Steve Lee Ka-Ting as 刘瑾
- Felton Law Gwan-Joh as 杨名声
- Leung Wing-Lam as 张素素
- Woo Fung as 唐广德
- Rainbow Ching as 王小蝶
Guest cast
- Kenneth Ma Kwok-Ming
- Benz Hui Siu-Hung as 羅東坡
- Anderson Junior as 白真卿
- Shing Fui-On as 張念飛
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 52 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 52 | August 7, 2000 | October 17, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The ‘Suchou’s Three Geniuses’, TONG PAK FU (CHEUNG KA FAI), MAN CHING MING (LAM KA TUNG) and JOR CHI SHAN (AU YEUNG CHUN WAH), represent the Six Art Club and compete with the Seven Stars Club for the championship of the annual National Talent Competition. Although SHAN deliberately loses two games to increase the betting rates, FU manages to score the third triumph for the Six Art Club. The adopted son of Prince LING, KIN, wants to recruit these three geniuses, but fails. So he tries to humiliate them with some difficult questions, however fails again allowing them to win the big prize of a hundred gold bars. From then, KIN hates them. Meanwhile, CHOW MAN BUN (NGAI CHUN KIT) who has come to China with the Persian business delegation, proposes himself to work for KIN based on his ability in memorizing and forging paintings. BUN passes KIN’s tests and is hired to gain revenge on the three geniuses.… ... |
August 7, 2000 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 BUN shocks the watching crowd with his flying painting show. FU refuses to take the challenge because he has promised his father, TAK that he will never compete with anyone again. BUN promises KIN that FU is going to take the challenge after ten days. TAK forces FU to retire. FU and his wife, LUK CHIU YUNG have been living together like brother and sister. YUNG persuades FU to take a concubine in order to bring the Tong family a son. SHAN’s sister, LIN likes FU. She feels perturbed after learning of YUNG’s suggestion and has a little argument with BUN on the ferry and makes him remember her. BUN teaches western painting in the Six Art Club. He turns the place into a mess and outrages the owner, CHOW SUN. BUN knows that LIN is SHAN’s sister and arranges her fake disappearance to blackmail the three geniuses to get the Unbeatable Knife from the Cheung Lok Fon. |
August 8, 2000 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 FU takes his mother’s charm to break into the Cheung Lok Fon with MING and SHAN. The Unbeatable Knife owner, WONG KU LIK sets up four obstacles for them. FU drops the charm during the challenge. BUN arrives and pretends to rescue the three geniuses while they are trying to overcome the obstacles. KIN pays a prostitute to drug the three geniuses. LIN suddenly appears when they wake up. The three geniuses are accused of using the excuse of rescuing LIN as a pretext to visit prostitutes. They have no way to explain the misunderstanding, which was created by KIN and BUN in order to humiliate the three geniuses. TAK and his wife go to visit their ancestors’ graves and find strange things around the Chow ancestors’ graves. BUN in fact is the Chow’s descendent. The reason that he is in China is to take revenge on FU’s family. |
August 9, 2000 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TVB Jade |
|---|---|
| First aired | August 7, 2000 |
| Last aired | October 17, 2000 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | Ended |