Ghost Writer (Hong Kong TV series)

2010 Hong Kong TV series or program

Ghost Writer

Official poster

蒲松齡
Genre| Supernatural
Fantasy
Starring| Steven Ma
Linda Chung
Sunny Chan
Fala Chen
Opening theme| Sam Hiu (心竅) performed by Steven Ma
Country of origin| Hong Kong
Original language| Cantonese
No. of episodes| 25 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer| Leung Choi Yuen
Running time| 45 minutes
Original release
Network| TVB
Release| June 7 (2010-06-07) –
July 9, 2010 (2010-07-09)
Ghost Writer

Traditional Chinese| 蒲松齡
Simplified Chinese| 蒲松龄
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Pú Sōnglíng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping| Pou4 Cung4 Ling4

Ghost Writer is a 2010 Hong Kong television series produced by TVB, starring Steven Ma and Linda Chung. The protagonist of the series, Po Chung-ling, is based on the author of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, a collection of Chinese tales on the supernatural. The series tells how he was inspired to write those stories based on his personal encounters with the supernatural, as well as her relationship with Lau Sum-Yu.

## Plot

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Po Chung-Ling was born in Jinan a family of New Year print. He is very bright, his father, Po Poon, has therefore always hoped that he could one day carry on the family business. Ling, mistakenly thinks that Poon is working in collusion with some corrupt officials, refuses to listen to what his father says. His good friend, Ko Jit, is a constable and he hates corrupt officials as much as Ling does. Rumor has it that a fox spirit is creating troubles in Jinan. Ling is almost killed when he is investigating into the matter with Jit. A mysterious girl named Ling Wu Siu-Tsui comes to his rescue in the nick of time. It turns out later that she is the fox spirit, and that she saves Ling so as to return a past favour. As they spend more and more time together, Tsui starts to fall for Ling.

The Po family has secured a large order of New Year print. To ensure the work can be finished in time they have to hire a large numbers of female workers. Lau Sum-Yu applies for the job, but her real intention is to look for the man who was unfaithful to her sister, never knowing that she would later be caught in a love triangle with Ling and Jit.

## Cast

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Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.

### Po family

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Cast | Role | Description

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Elliot Ngok | Po Poon
蒲槃 | Po Chung-Ling and Po Hok-ling's father
Po Bak-ling's uncle
Good friends with Cheng Jung-Bong, but finally split up
Siu Tsui's life saver
Rachel Kan | Tung Wai-yan
董慧欣 | Deceased
Po Chung-ling's mother

Rebecca Chan | Yip Wing-Han
葉詠嫻 | Po Chung-ling's stepmother
Po Hok-Ling's mother
Steven Ma | Po Chung-Ling
蒲松齡 | Po Poon's son
Love Triangle with Sum Yu and Ko Jit, Sum Yu and Siu Tsui
Bak Ling's younger cousin
Mok Hoi-him | Po Hok-ling
蒲鶴齡 | Po Poon's son
Po Chung-ling's half-brother
Yip Wing-Han's son
Ruco Chan | Po Bak-Ling
蒲柏齡 | Po Chung ling and Po Hok-ling's older cousin
Po Poon's nephew
Incriminate Yip Wing-Han
(Villain)
Queenie Chu | Leung Pik-yuk
梁碧玉 | Po Bak-ling's wife
Incriminate Yip Wing-Han and Chu Po-yin
(Semi-Villain)
Kong Wing-fai | Tung Chi-ming
董自鳴 | Villain
Tung Wai-yan's brother
Collude with Po Bak-Ling
Incriminate Yip Wing-Han
(Semi-Villain)
Rain Lau | Chu Po-yin
朱寶燕 | Tung Chi-ming's wife
Incriminate Yip Wing-Han
(Semi-Villain)

### Lau family

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Cast | Role | Description

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Elaine Yiu | Lau Sum-Yin
柳心妍 | Sum Yu's older sister
Chui Jung Man's lover
(Deceased)
Linda Chung | Lau Sum-Yu
柳心如 | Love Triangle with Chung Ling and Ko Jit
Sum Yin's little sister

### Ko family

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Cast | Role | Description

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Bak Yan | Song Ho
宋好 | Ko Jit's mother
Sunny Chan | Ko Jit
高喆 | Soldier
Song Ho's son
Ngai Chung's subordinate
Crush on Sum-Yu
Initially Chung Ling's good friend, but eventual enemy
Ngan Hung's betrothed
(Main Villain)

### Ling Wu family

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Cast | Role | Description

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Law Lok-lam | Ling Wu Gat-Cheung
令狐吉祥 | Fox Spirit
Siu Tsui's grandfather
Fala Chen | Ling Wu Siu-Tsui
令狐小翠 | Little Fox Goddess
Involved in a love Triangle with Chung Ling and Sum Yu

### Other cast

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Cast | Role | Description

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Eric Li | Ngai Chung
魏沖 | Head of Magistrate's police force
Ngai Hung's adopted brother
Ko Jit's direct supervisor
Enemies with Ko Jit
(Villain)
Charmaine Li | Ngai Hung
魏虹 | Ngai Chung's adopted sister
Cheng Jung-Bong's daughter
Ko Jit's betrothed
Lau Kong | Ma Yuk-Sing
馬旭昇 | Cheng Jung-Bong's direct supervisor
Matthew Ko | Chui Jung-Man
徐仲文 | Sum Yin's lover
Lau Dan | Cheng Jung-Bong
鄭忠邦 | Ngai Chung's uncle
Ngai Hung's father
(Villain)

## Awards and nominations

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TVB Anniversary Awards (2010)

* Best Drama
* Best Actor (Steven Ma) (Top 5)
* Best Actress (Linda Chung) (Top 5)
* Best Supporting Actress (Fala Chen) (Top 15)
* Most Improved Actress (Elaine Yiu)

## Trivia

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* The last episode ends with footage from previous TVB production based on the tales of Pu Songling, namely Dark Tales and Dark Tales II.

## Viewership ratings

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| Week  | Episodes  | Average Points  | Peaking Points  | References

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1 | June 7–11, 2010  | 1 — 5  | 30  | 33  | [1]
2 | June 14–18, 2010  | 6 — 10  | 32  | 34  | [2]
3 | June 21–24, 2010  | 11 — 14  | 33  | 36  | [3]
4 | June 28 - July 2, 2010  | 15 — 19  | 35  | 37  | [4]
5 | July 5–8, 2010  | 20 — 23  | 35  | 38  | [5]
July 9, 2010  | 24 — 25  | 37  | 41  | [5]

<Ghost Writer> Average Points 32, Peaking 41.

## References

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1. ^ "Week 1 Ratings". Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
2. ^ "Week 2 Ratings". Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
3. ^ "Week 3 Ratings". Archived from the original on 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
4. ^ "Week 4 Ratings". Archived from the original on 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
5. ^ a b "Week 5 Ratings". Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2010-07-13.

## External links

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* Official website (in Chinese)

*[No.]: Number