The Price of Greed
千謊百計
Other Title:
千謊百計
📅 December 2006
🌐 Hong Kong
Cast:
Bosco Wong, Sammul Chan, Kate Tsui, Shirley Yeung, Sam Chan, Kingdom Yuen, Samuel Kwok, Mary Hon, Chan Hung Lit
Drama
Romance
Storyline & Synopsis
When Lui To (Bosco Wong) was just a child, he and another girl, Yan Yuet-Mui (Shirley Yeung),
were kidnapped on the same day by an organization which captured
children in order to sell and exploit them for labour. Lui To and Yan
Yuet-Mui were able to escape with the help of Lo Sei Leung (Kingdom Yuen), a woman who worked for the organization but had wanted to leave for a long time.
On the run from the organization, the three become a family of sorts
and live day to day on the money earned from Lo Sei-Leung's cons, much
to the displeasure of Lui To. Lui To's adamantly honest ways and naive
sense of justice gets the better of them when Yan Yuet-Mui ends up with a
fever; since Lui To had given the last of their money to a begger, they
accept medicine from a seedy medicine seller which leaves Yan Yuet-Mui
mute.
Many years later, Lui To becomes a police officer while Yan Yuet-Mui
attends school and plays the violin. Lui To falls in love with a wealthy
girl, Lam Ping (Kate Tsui), but is disappointed to discover she is in love with Tsui Fung (Sammul Chan),
a con artist. He is unaware that Yan Yu Mui has a crush on him, seeing
her only as a younger sister. In order to protect Lam Ping, Lui To
investigates Tsui Fung and discovers his dark past. Though he is unable
to stop Lam Ping from marrying Tsui Fung, he must try and save her from
becoming another victim of Tsui Fung's cons.