Series synopsis
You're Hired, also known as 絕代商驕 is a comedy drama television series that premiered on TVB Jade on August 10, 2009. It ended on September 8, 2009. It stars Dayo Wong Chi-Wah, Charmaine Sheh Sze-Man, Theresa Lee Yee-Hung and Benz Hui Siu-Hung.
A previously successful entrepreneur, Mak Tai Song searches for his mentor's wife, Sheh Mo Lin and helps pay off her debt because he feels guilty for his mentor's death. Meanwhile, Tong Kat pleads Mak Tai Song to mentor him, hoping to accomplish something for his father's billionaire company. Song ends up mentoring Tong Kat on a part-time basis and take shelves of good wine as payments. Song then gets chased down on making payments for She Mo Lin's debt by Lam Miu Miu, the debt collection agent. ...
Premise
A previously successful entrepreneur, Mak Tai Song searches for his mentor's wife, Sheh Mo Lin and helps pay off her debt because he feels guilty for his mentor's death. Meanwhile, Tong Kat pleads Mak Tai Song to mentor him, hoping to accomplish something for his father's billionaire company. Song ends up mentoring Tong Kat on a part-time basis and take shelves of good wine as payments. Song then gets chased down on making payments for She Mo Lin's debt by Lam Miu Miu, the debt collection agent. The conflicting personalities of Lam Miu Miu, a wild spender and Mak Tai Song, a free-loader, causes many laughing moments, and finally both fall in love with each other. When Lam Miu Miu thinks things are finally turning out the way she wants, she gets confused by Song's sudden changes and evil-tactics against Ngon Jo Lin, Song's half-brother. Perhaps Song's long-lost childhood will change him entirely and make him more distant to Lam Miu Miu.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Dayo Wong Chi-Wah as Mak Tai Song
- Charmaine Sheh Sze-Man as Lam Miu Miu
- Theresa Lee Yee-Hung as Sheh Mo Lin (Melissa)
- Benz Hui Siu-Hung as Tong Kat
- Mandy Lee Cho as Wah Kiu
- Jason Pai Piao as Lam Chung Chai
- Cheung Kwok-Keung as Ho Man Tin (Martin)
- Michael Tse Tin-Wah as On Jo Lin (Johnny)
Supporting cast
- Power Chan Kwok-Pong as Lam Mok Sum (Sam)
- Woo Fung as On Sing Yin
- Suet Nei as Ha Ching Ching
- Queenie Chu Wai-Man as On Sum Bo (Bowie)
- Chow Chung as Tong Pak Tak
- Teresa Ha Ping as Chow Siu Chiu (Betty)
- Koni Lui as Vivian
- JJ Jia as Gigi
- Joel Chan as Tung Yut Bun
- Chun Wong as To Gor
- Lo Meng as Lik
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 22 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 22 | August 10, 2009 | September 8, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 MAK TAI-SONG has been getting some hassle from the kid sitting beside him during his flight. He makes a complaint to the flight attendant and manages to get a flight upgrade for the rest of the journey. Later SONG finds that the hotel he is going to stay in is jam-packed with tourists. Without much difficulty, he successfully gets the hotel manager to serve him first. Debt collection agent LAM MIU-MIU sneaks into a party venue and makes one of the debtors give her a check in settlement of the arrears. The hotel SONG is living in ceases to operate suddenly. The man is then moved to a community center with the rest of the hotel residents. SONG lodges a complaint to the new head of the hotel, TONG PAK-TAK, and even gives his son TONG KAT some advice on how to turn the business around. MIU would like to buy a handbag at a luxury store by credit card but the transaction turns out to be unsuccessful for some reason…… |
August 10, 2009 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 After MIU has transferred the debt from LIN to SONG, SONG suddenly shows up saying that he has already moved from the hotel. To facilitate the future settlement, MIU persuades him to rent the flat next to hers. SONG thus gets to know MIU’s father CHUNG-CHAI. SONG gets LIN a job in a noodle restaurant. LIN explains to others that SONG used to be a business partner of her late husband HO MAN- TIN and that he has been looking out for her family in every possible way ever since the disappearance of TIN. MIU forces SONG to settle the arrears during the night. TIN’s mother SIU-CHIU shows SONG’s passbook to MIU secretly, hoping that this will make her understand how poor SONG really is. MIU has pressed a debtor so badly that he is about to jump off a building. SONG has witnessed everything and gives MIU a severe telling-off for being too cruel, eventually offering the debtor a perfect opportunity to slip away…… |
August 11, 2009 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 MIU goes to visit her brother MUK-SUM, who currently works as a senior executive for a large rice supplier. MIU asks SUM to take up the post of CEO with the noodle restaurant and SUM, thinking that he has been undervalued all these years by the company, accepts the offer right away. Upon joining the noodle restaurant, SUM introduces a series of reforms including extension of working hours and development of a new set of staff regulations. TAK and KAT suggest SONG use the wine cellar as his office and they finally manage to convince him to help with KAT’s urban redevelopment project. SUM and his wife WAH KIU go to the noodle restaurant for a site visit, during which they give their father a lecture on a number of things. Knowing that the noodle restaurant is one of the premises involved in the redevelopment project, SUM and KIU go to see KAT at a nightclub…… |
August 12, 2009 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TVB Jade |
|---|---|
| First aired | August 10, 2009 |
| Last aired | September 8, 2009 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes |
| Status | Ended |