The Change Of Time

YEUNG KUO HAI has to help his mother LAI HAN to clean the pig farm every morning. This causes him to be late for class. Due to being often scolded by teachers together with his poor family background, he is expelled by most of his classmates. LAI HAN's father is originally a big landlord and she lives leisurely since birth. After liberation, she is arranged to work in a pig farm near the countryside of Guangdong. As she cannot tolerate the hard life, she keeps on recalling her past luxurious lifestyle. LAI HAN often persuades her husband SHU KEN to apply to move to Hong Kong. She even wants to corrupt the officials so that they could have the chance to move to Hong Kong but is finally in vain. SHU KEN's point of view on this is very different from HAN and he concurs to work obediently in China.… ...

SHU KEN follows one lorry driver to reach the Seven Best restaurant in Sheung Wan unintentionally. He feels so hungry that he eats the food waste in a barrel. Auntie CHEUNG sees this and instructs him to clean the dishes for compensation. When he is washing dishes, he faints due to over-exhausted. Uncle SEVEN rescues him and also arranges him to work in the restaurant. This provides SHU KEN a stable living. SHU KEN follows Uncle SEVEN to go to KAN's house to help decorating a gathering. When he sees WAI CHUNG playing piano, he recalls the scene of LAI HAN teaching in the primary school. He again feels very sad about the fate of his family. WAI HO strongly persuades CHUNG's father to redevelop the restaturant building. CHUNG's father refuses this proposal for he does not want to give up his many years of endeavours.… ...

CHUNG's father notices that WAI CHUNG has not backed for the whole night. When he sees her and SHU KEN together in the morning, he misunderstands that they have some subtle relationship. After CHUNG's explanation and also due to his trust for SHU KEN's frankliness, he believes that they are unspotted. SHU KEN is troubled by his colleagues' rumour and understands that it will ruin CHUNG's reputation. He arranges to meet her and requests her to ask her father to break the rumour in public. But WAI HO just passes by and presumes that KEN wants to steal his love. He becomes very angry and gives SHU KEN a strong hit. WAI CHUNG takes care of SHU KEN's wounds. With extremely bad mood, they comfort and fall in love with each other. CHUNG's father being old and weak realizes their love affairs and suddenly initiates to marry CHUNG to KEN.… ...

When LAI HAN arrives at the hospital, she sees WAI CHUNG has borne a baby for SHU KEN. She runs away hopelessly and cries. LAI HAN feels so regret of the past act of smuggling which breaks their family. With sorrow and shame, she goes back to Guangdong with KUO HAI. CHUN CHUEN who his mother with his son, KEI PO, and the family of four has a very happy gathering. When SHU KEN knows that LAI HAN and their son are still alive, he feels very ashamed. He wants to confess but does not have any news about them. He cannot face himself. WAI CHUNG understands and forgives him. This makes him feel more ashamed. During the three years time, SHU KEN keeps on searching for LAI HAN and their son through different channels but not successful. He feels very regretful. CHUN CHUEN has long been without a stable job. He does not give family expenses to MEI OI regularly and she has to borrow a lot of money from the neighbouring stores.… ...

In order to raise the standard of catering services, the hotel has planned to send a group of staff to Hong Kong for training. KUO HAI is being selected but is jealous by others. KUO HAI's girlfriend YUEN LEE understands his situation. She encourages him to hauedo his own way and disregards others' scandals. KUO HAI goes to Hong Kong for the first time and is not influenced by the capitalized wonderful world. In contrast, due to his hardworking and willingness to learn, he is greatly appreciate by his supervisor. KUO HAI goes to find LAI YIN but cannot find him. In fact, LAI YIN indulges in gambling and becomes very poor. Also he is illtreated and being looked down upon by YEE, he has no motivation for work. After several years of tough business, SHU KEN expands his business from Seven Best to several more restaurants and becomes very famous in the restaurant business.… ...

MAN HAI knows very well that WENDY does not love him with the whole heart and only treats him as part-time lover. He does not want to be WENDY's plaything, so he makes fool of her. KUO HAI meets MAN HAI and CHUK NAM who have met once in Guangdong, they become good friends. But MAN and KUO still do not know that both are actually brothers from the same father and different mother. KUO and MAN are waiting in the taxi-stand and it so happens that AH WUN is also in a hurry. She lies to KUO HAI so as to get KUO's turn for the taxi. Being attracted by her beauty, he believes her and lets her get the taxi first. Due to poverty, LAI YIN often immitates LAI HAN's handwriting to cheat money from SHU KEN but is finally discovered. SHU KEN refuses to give him money anymore and this makes him feel very angry. Seeing her old-lover KIN KWOK closely entice the married woman EMILY, PO SHAN speaks ill of KIN KWOK intentionally.… ...

CHUN CHUEN is a speculator. He comes across lots of failure and often in debt for high interest loan. Poor KEI LOO has to do three or four part-time jobs to pay for his debt. CHUN CHUEN knows that he troubles KEI LOO a lot but due to his handicapped leg, he has no motivation for work. In fact, twenty years ago, CHUN CHUEN who does not want CHUK KEI to seize his wife and daughter, therefore, he has smuggled into Hong Kong aiming to get back KEI LOO. His legs are hurt by CHUK KEI during a fight and he later becomes handicapped. This intensifies his hatred for CHUK KEI and MEI OI. When KIN KWOK gets back to Taiwan, he keeps on searching for a suitable girl and would give her high pay for having 'false' marriage with him.… ...

SHU KEN reaches KUO's home and sees LAI HAN. He has complex feeling in his heart and he wants to disclose their relationship. But LAI HAN still hates KEN very much, she suppresses her emotion in front of KUO HAI and treats SHU KEN as a stranger. SHU KEN does not disclose the truth either after seeing her reaction. SHU KEN takes a chance to arrange a meeting with LAI HAN alone and explains to her that his re-marriage is due to his belief of LAI YIN's saying that they are dead. However, LAI HAN does not accept his explanation and insists on the belief that he abandons her because of money. SHU KEN wants to compensate for LAI HAN and their son. He uses YOR CHUN's name to buy them a new flat. But this is discovered by LAI HAN and she refuses to accept this. When KUO HAI knows that SHU KEN buys them a flat in secret, he is suspicious of his identity and asks his mother about this. LAI HAN tells him that SHU KEN is his father.… ...