Academy 4
After much hype over Academy 3 aka Emergency Unit, I suddenly had this story in my head for a sequel since a sequel is to come up. These are the characters.
Raymond Lam as Michael Yip:
The triad leader who recently rose to power in Taiwan is now in Hong Kong setting up his own turf. Advancing quickly due to the sudden demise of Tsun Hing and its leader, he takes over as new head. His wife, Ho Fa and sister Yip Ling Fung, Michelle comes over with him and they engage in all sorts of illegal activities. He is strong-willed and rational. He loves his family dearly but it is that very love that will lead to his downfall. I chose Raymond because I realised that there was always a big brother in the show to lead and as tvb's next big brother, he should try on this type of dark character for once instead of goody-two-shoes all the time. Besides he has great chemistry with Tavia and I want to see a Fungyi pairing.Tavia Yeung as Ho Fa:
The wife to Michael, Ho Fa returned from Japan and on one holiday met her husband. Things propered and they fell in love but having her brother be a cop makes things no easier for her and on one case, he dies in the hands of a fellow cop and because of this, Fa lets go of everything to become Michael's wife and when she returns to Hong Kong, she meets ex-lover Ron Ng, now head of Narcotics and she still finds that she loves him deeply but as a married woman, who will she choose? One wrong move and everything could burst into flames. I chose Tavia because she and Ron have really good chemistry and since she's so famous now, they might as well give it a try and the change in character is pretty significant.Ron Ng as Chung Lap Man:
The head of Narcotics, he rose to fame as the guy who busted Tsun Hing but in a place like Hong Kong, when one triad falls, another one takes over. Now, he begins to regret bringing down Kong Sai Hau for the new triad leader has an even shadier past and even more underhand methods. But the main problem distracting Man from doing his job is the fact that Michael Yip's wife happens to be the women he had betrayed, left and finds he still truly loves. Battling between using her or loving her, he is afraid however of losing her like how he had lost Yau Yau. He makes the most stupid decision as a cop but the most romantic as a man and quits his job to enter the triads. However his past deeds as the undercover was certainly not forgotten by those within Tsun Hing and certainly not unknown by Michael. However the two manage to build up a strong trust until Michael realised he was betrayed. Well, this is Ron's show so how can he not be in it right?Sammul Chan as Lee Pak Kiu:
The head of O-Gai and the close observer of Michael Yip, not much has changed as he continues to shine in the force and the fact that he is happily married with his wife and they are expecting a child. He develops a touching releationship with Ling Fung after she approaches him to be his informer. However the always cool Pak Kiu loses it when his wife and child gets killed accidentaly by Michael and he goes on his path of destruction. He betrays all the rules he learnt in cadet school and breaks laws to hunt down the one man who killed the love of his life and proved to Pak Kiu that everyone who mattered to him would die one by one. He starts to use Ling Fung by charming her and making sure he holds a higher position in her life than her brother and he suceeds in doing so. The once respected cop goes on the road of no return as he risks everything for revenge. I've seen Sammul never let feelings get in the way of his work for two sequels so I thought he should become a rouge agent and finally follow his heart.Selena Li as Michelle Yip Ling Fung:
The beloved sister of Michael Yip, she was planted by a previous triad bosses side to help her brother pave the road but due to her love getting in the way, her mission failed and she returned to Thailand to assist her brother. However, her love for King Fung never faded and she went to Cananda to look for him but he rejected her once more causing her heart to break and from then on, she trusted no one. She becomes cold and helps her brother run Tsun Hing and her wit makes it easy for her to run the police force like a hamster on a spinning wheel but she approaches Pak Kiu to be his informer as she wants to help her brother make up for past mistakes but what she doesn't expect is to slowly fall for him. However, she does not want to betray her own brother nor lose the man of her dreams and is rendered helpless. I chose Selena because after seeing her play Cat Lee, I'm convinced she can play cold very well and plus, she has great chemistry with Sammul.Synopsis:
Just one year after Tsun Hing is busted, a new triad leader from Thailand appears and takes over as the new boss. Michael Yip has a shady past and it is up to Chung Lap Man and Lee Pak Kiu to bring him down but with him comes a series of people who not only complicate matters but are willing to protect him at all costs. Ho Fa returns from Japan as the Michael's wife and becomes vulnerable when she sees Lap Man, providing the first crack for the police to run in from. However for the sake of Fa, Man quits his job and enters the triad but is given a hard time by Michael who knows clearly of Man's past in Tsun Hing and with his wife. However, Man wins over the trust of Michael eventually and becomes his right-hand man. Pak Kiu on the other hand becomes devasted with news of his wife's death and goes crazy, swearing revenge on Michael. He uses Michelle to get into Michael's head and eventually forces Michelle to choose between her lover or her brother. Having discovered the affair between Man and Fa and the love between Pak Kiu and Michelle, Michael realises that the people closest to him had betrayed, tricked and used him. Fa herself is betrayed by Man when she realises that he was but only using her to pass on information to the police and had always been betraying her. In society, the police may be the good people but the methods used by them may show them to be the despicable liars they truly are. These people good or bad come to realise that the justice they want comes with a bigger price than they can afford as the people closes to them die off one by one but they have chosen their path and there is no turning back.
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