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SAI (AU YEUNG CHUN WAH, BOBBY) and HANG have accidentally switched bags with YING CHING (TANG SHUI MAN) after pirate video-taping in a cinema, when they argue over getting a taxi. This causes trouble for YING CHING at the customs. CHING complains to her father, NAN, that people working in the film industry only care about earning fast money and are killing the whole industry. SAI starts an electrical fire at home. He also gets scolded by his boss for tapeing the wrong movie and feels terribly unlucky. People in the entertainment business take action to combat piracy. SAI takes it as a good chance to sell pirate copies. He assumes that he is followed by a customs officer and allows the man to beat him up. Later he finds out that the man, CHEUNG (TSAI TIN WAH, MICHAEL), is actually a small-time actor. CHING criticizes KING (YUEN SIU CHEUNG, LOUIS) and upsets him.… ...

SAI feels bad about not being able to attend the meeting with CHUN CHING. He goes up to the restaurant to apologize, but finds out that she does not even want that date. CHEUNG is very upset when he finds out that all of his part in a new film has been cut. On the celebration party for KING’s new film, NAN scolds him for masterminding piracy. CHEUNG also complains about being cut from film. NAN admires CHEUNG’s enthusiasm in film making and invites him to join his company. HUNG tries to force SAI to put pirate copies into NAN’s car. SAI tries to persuade CHEUNG not to join NAN’s company. SAI tries hard to stop NAN getting to his car, so that HANG can put the pirated VCDs into his car. NAN then notices that SAI is wearing a rare watch and offers to buy it for $300,000. YING CHING has no hope in Hong Kong and decides to go to the States.

CHUN CHING’s sister PAULINE (TOM YING YING) attracts much attention as soon as she arrives in Hong Kong from the mainland. KING realizes that his man WAI (CHAN KOK PONG) is involved in the piracy business. To cover up WAI’s wrong doings, KING sets up a gambling trap for NAN in order to control him. However, NAN wins $940,000 from them. CHEUNG decides to leave the TV Company and join NAN’s company. NAN, SAI and CHEUNG lose a lot of money in a Macau Casino. SAI does not feel too bad because he thinks he still has $300,000 from NAN. Unfortunately, he finds out that NAN has died of choking when they get off the ferry. At the funeral, YING CHING learns that NAN had many unpaid debts; one of them is a $5mil down payment for a new film. KING buys that contract and forces YING CHING to pay. SAI cannot cash the cheque that NAN gave him. He then decides to have a car race with a tycoon.

SAI decides to run away in case his family gets involved when the loan shark comes after him. He accidentally tells his father, WING (KONG HON), about this issue and gets a scolding. WING pays off the debt with his retirement money and makes SAI feel guilty. CHEUNG is made redundant. He can only go back to the TV Company and play unimportant roles. YING CHING is bothered by her father’s debts. She knows the only way to pay them off is to make another movie. Luckily, a Taiwanese businessman, Mr. KOK, is willing to pay $3 mil for her to do it. His only condition is to get the top actor, ALEX, in Hong Kong. YING CHING is turned down by ALEX. SAI learns about this and decides to help for $300,000. PAULINE is asked to send a takeaway to where KING is filming. WAI asks her to be a temporary actress when he sees her sexy outfit. SAI lies to YING CHING and Mr.… ...

SAI asks YING CHING for his money back at her home. He finds out that she has spent a lot of money on her new movie. At the Director’s Club meeting, KING is sarcastic to YING CHING and threatens that no film crewmembers will work for her. SAI backs her up. He suggests holding an open contest to find a suitable actress for her new film.FUNG (LO CHUN SHUNG) is shocked by CHUN CHING’s beauty and drags her to the contest. She acts well and is very much admired by YING CHING. However, SAI keeps criticizing her acting and sends her away. She then delivers takeaways to another filming scene and is told that PAULINE has been forced to act in a dirty movie. She messes up the filming, but later finds out it was only a misunderstanding. She also bumps into KING. He finds that she looks like his puppy-lover and decides to give her a movie contract.

Mr. KOK makes it clear that he will only invest more money in YING CHING’s company when he sees ALEX working for her. SAI lies to him and asks YING CHING to change the filming location to suit ALEX. She and CHUNG (CHENG TSE SHING) have to check out the new filming site. Unfortunately, CHUNG’s car is stolen and he is then accused of dangerous driving by the police. YING CHING finds out that SAI has lied to her from an interview. CHUN CHING gets popular under KING’s help. YING CHING tells the press that CHUN CHING has scolded some new actors. She later learns that this was her misunderstanding and apologies to her at a filming scene. CHEUNG finds that CHUN CHING is stuck inside a window sill. He tries to shock her by pulling down her skirt. Some reporters have shot the scene.

YING CHING continues filming the ‘Glassy story’ under YUNG (LEUNG WING LAM) and FUNG’s encouragement. She has to film near where ALEX works in order to comfort Mr. KOK. WAI finds out and reports this to Mr. KOK. He asks YING CHING $200,000 for compensation. CHEUNG sits on the roof edge feeling miserable about his own future as an actor. SAI assumes that he wants to kill himself. He rushes up to save him and nearly falls off the roof. SAI reveals WAI’s plot of introducing CHUN CHING to tycoons. She worries this kind of trouble will happen again and cancels the contract with KING’s company. Nobody hires her after that. SAI wants to clear things up with WAI for her. CHEUNG calls the police in case SAI might get hurt. It ends up with the police detaining SAI and CHUN CHING.

The press reports that CHUN CHING’s family is involved with triads, so her whole family is monitored by reporters all the time. She finally loses patience and clears everything up with the reporters. CHUNG gets YING CHING a job in finance. She is puzzled by the work. One day when she rushes to see a client, she sees Director CHUI is troubled by officers from the Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene, so she helps him out. WAN (LOK YING KWAN) notices that he has many supporting actress friends, so he decides to raise $2 mil for CHEUNG to make a movie. CHEUNG dashes to tell SAI and YING CHING about it. However, YING CHING has to set some rules with CHEUNG in case he cheats her again. CHUNG is annoyed learning that YING CHING is directing again. She is very bothered by choosing a leading actress. SAI proposes CHUN CHING.

CHUN CHING agrees to sign the contract when SAI sincerely invites her. However, she cannot find PAULINE a supporting actress position, so PAULINE assumes that she is jealous of her talent and decides to expand her career in Guangzhou. CHEUNG goes to Shenzhen to invite WAH to be the leading actor in a movie. When he sees WAH is unwelcome there, he decides not to do so. However, KIM (LEE KA SHING) has already told WAH about it. KING lets WAI run his magazine company. WAI forces his employees to search for stars’ scandals, so YAN (CHAN LING LI) picks through CHU KI’s garbage to investigate. TUNG treats WAH as a joke in his programme. SAI feels unfair and ask FATTIE (LAW KWUN JOR) to save WAH. CHEUNG realizes WAN’s intension over CHUN CHING, so he tells him that she is a playgirl.

KIM hears what CHEUNG tells WAN and tells all the crewmembers that CHUN CHING has a sex disease. Everybody is scared and keeps distance from her. At last, the rumour comes to her and she interrogates CHEUNG. YING CHING hears CHUNG calling up a DJ, MINNIE (MA LOK LUN), in a radio show to talk about his troubles and realises she should spare more time with him, so she invites CHUNG’s mum for dinner and tours her around the filming grounds. Unfortunately, some triads come to collect bribes. SAI fights with them and hurts CHUNG’s mum accidentally. This creates more frictions between CHING and CHUNG. WAH becomes popular again. WAI orders his employees to reveal WAH’s indecent lifestyle. WAH loses all his money by gambling in Macau. He calls SAI for help. YAN follows him to Macau. WAN invites CHUN CHING to his record company and lies to his wife saying that he will be in a business meeting.… ...

CHEUNG tells CHUN CHING about WAN’s plot for her, but she ignores him. WAN gives her an open cheque implying his bad intention towards her. She slaps his face and leaves furiously. WAN refuses to invest more in the movie after seeing the news on the newspaper about WAH visiting a prostitute. WAN and SAI mess up WAI’s office, so WAI orders YAN to publish some fake stories about WAH. She refuses and gets sacked. WAN has his eye on YUNG and decides to invest in YING CHING’s movie again. WAH leaves Hong Kong suddenly because of his debts. It leaves the filming crew with no leading actor. WAN thinks that CHEUNG has seen him kissing YUNG, so he proposes him as the leading actor to shut him up. SAI disagrees with the arrangement and is sarcastic about CHEUNG.

SAI supports CHEUNG to take up the leading role because of YAN’s advice. LING goes out with a tycoon, TAI, who restricts her activities a lot. WAN approaches YUNG more often. YING CHING is delighted to see CHUNG waiting outside the radio station with a bundle of flowers. However, the flowers are for MINNIE. She decides to split up with him after talking to FUNG. CHUNG asks her for some ‘splitting up fee’. SAI scolds him for doing that. SAI forces CHEUNG to expose himself more by attending the premiere of TONY’s new movie, but he cannot get close to TONY. MINNIE is teased by a few gangsters after the premiere. She tells the press that YING CHING has set her up. Many reporters follow YING CHING around.

LING tearfully tells FATTIE that TAI is an unfaithful man. YUNG uses WAN to get rid of FUNG in order to get the art director position. SAI sees WAN and YUNG having an affair, so he blackmails him to sponsor CHEUNG singing in a charity show. However, CHEUNG is still not called to perform after waiting for a long time behind the stage. SAI thinks about challenging TING (YEUNG MING) in holding breath in order to get on the stage. Unfortunately, CHEUNG faints during the challenge. SAI signs CHEUNG up for飢饑三十 to increase his exposure. YING CHING scolds SAI for doing that. LING tells reporters TAI’s bad doings after getting a contract from WAI. LUNG worries that LING is being cheated, so he rushes up to KING’s office to pick her up. After KING’s explanation, he becomes LING’s manager.