Drama Digest
The drama has a family tradition-based plot. The story starts with a century-old soy sauce maker Man Koon Brewery in Foshan. Man Kai San and his wife, Tsiak Tak Yung’s motto is to keep male succession in the family. But due to an incident, they let two women join the business. The two women, Ha Siu Moon and Ip Sai Yiu, along with Man Kai Shan’s son Man Cheuk Fung join in this soy sauce business. As time passes, junior master Wa Ko gets involved with them too. In this time, a secret about Man is revealed, and Man Cheuk is taken away. The brothers of Man Kai Shan and even an outsider general, Ko Shiu Wing, tried to take over their family business. Can they save their century-old tradition? Watch the drama to know more.
The Feel-Good Part
The plot’s background is the ‘soy sauce business’ which is very interesting. The process of soy sauce making, and its business is quite informative to the viewers. The trio Ha Siu Moon, Ip Sai Yiu and Man Kai Shan are enjoyable to watch. When they work, the atmosphere is amusing. The actors in their roles are excellent. They didn’t fail their viewers. Both the positive and negative characters had done their job very well. The show portrays how a family tradition should be kept safe from generation to generation.
The Disappointing Factor
This type of drama’s main disappointing factor is the boring plot. The same family drama makes the viewers dizzy. The plot is predictable most of the time. The family chaos is annoying to watch. The family members start quarreling among themselves, even about a small matter. The overdramatic scenes do not help the viewers either. The pace of the drama should have been better. Some scenes are unnecessary. The drama has thirty episodes, and each episode is of forty-five minutes. The number of episodes could have been lesser to improve the drama quality. The drama feels draggy. The ending also could have been better.
In-Depth Analysis
The drama shows the struggle behind a family business. A century-old family business is a fruit of lots of blood and sweat. It is considered the family’s treasure.
The show also depicts the power-hunger to take over a family’s treasure. Even the member of the family fights to grab the business. This shows the truth behind a big traditional family. The drama depicts that if all the members stay harmoniously with each other without any fight for the property, then no outsider will try to grab their family’s treasure. This drama also points out the factor that women are capable of handling a business. The century-old mentality about male successors should be changed.
Star Power
The actors in their roles are excellent. They didn’t fail their viewers. Both the positive and negative characters had done their job very well.
Overall Opinion
This is a total family drama. Many do not prefer this genre. So the interested viewers can give it a try.
