The Building Blocks of Life

CHUNG KWOK KEUNG is the owner of a small interior design company and CHING WAI YEE is his girlfriend. YEE is an easy-going person who likes to shop in Mainland China. LAP CHUN is late for work after repairing his car and his boss CHI HIN scolds him for having bad time management skills. CHUN and CHEUNG MAN CHING are good friends. They work in the same architecture firm and they are busy working on a mega architecture project in Chengdu recently. KEUNG gets a new project in Zhongshan. YEE wants to accompany him to Zhongshan but she cannot make it due to an ad-hoc meeting. KEUNG goes to Zhongshan alone and he tries to sell the extra ticket at the ferry pier. CHING buys his ticket and they chat with each other happily on the ferry. CHING meets KEUNG again in Zhongshan. KEUNG is arguing with the construction workers and CHING steps in to help KEUNG. CHING’s company is working with Nga To Group on a construction project in Chengdu.… ...

KEUNG returns home to discover that his elder sister KWOK MEI’s husband KA WO and her son TAI YIP are quarrelling with each other on YIP’s future career. CHING meets CHUN when going to work. CHUN tells CHING that the big boss KONG SHING YUE is returning to Hong Kong and they gossips about YUE. After the conversation, they are shocked to realize that YUE is in the same lift. During the meeting, YUE gives senseless suggestions to the current projects but only CHING dare to speak up among all the other staffs. YUE looks at CHING in a different light and prods her into joining the architect contest. Later, YUE discovers that CHING is not talented enough to join the contest. He declares that nobody is good enough to replace ISSAC CHUNG and leaves disappointedly… CHING tries very hard to search for ISSAC CHUNG while YUE discovers the name card of KEUNG on CHING’s desk.… ...

CHING meets KEUNG in front of the award-winning architecture designed by ISSAC CHUNG and she cannot help showing her appreciation towards ISSAC CHUNG in front of KEUNG. KEUNG reveals that he is ISSAC CHUNG but he doesn’t want to return to the architecture field anymore because of the sad memories in the past. YUE’s daughter ON KIU returns to Hong Kong after graduation and YUE asks her to work in his company. YUE has high expectation on KIU and he always scolds her. CHING teaches KIU to speak out and reveals her own ideas in front of YUE. YUE tries to check out CHING’s design and he scolds her hardly after seeing her work. CHING brings her design to KEUNG for help but KEUNG gives the same comments as YUE… KEUNG works overnight at CHING’s office to help amending the design. YUE discovers that KEUNG still has passion on architecture and he forces KEUNG to work for him…

CHING encourages KEUNG to accept YUE’s invitation but KEUNG rejects. CHING is sick and CHUN drives her to the hospital. YEE accidentally knocks onto CHUN’s car while driving and CHUN asks CHING to help chasing for compensation from YEE. CHING negotiates with YEE and she realizes that CHUN has exaggerated the repair charges. CHING discovers that YEE is her ex-schoolmate and they become good friends. CHING includes KEUNG’s name in the application form for the architect contest. KEUNG doesn’t go to work at YUE’s office and YUE goes to scold him. YUE is too angry that he suddenly collapses and KEUNG sends him to the hospital. Upon wake up, YUE desperately asks KEUNG to carry on and continue his dream. KEUNG finally agrees to work in YUE’s company. KEUNG is not familiar with the computer softwares and he mistakenly deletes an important project file in the hard disk. Everyone has to work overtime because of this.… ...

KEUNG discovers that his interior design company is working smoothly without him and he feels upset. He tries to air his grievances to YEE’s younger brother LOK LOK… KEUNG asks CHING to teach him the computer softwares. Later, they discover that their design is not selected in the contest and KEUNG is depressed. LOK doesn’t want to learn swimming and he runs away from home. KEUNG and CHING try to look for LOK together. CHING accidentally hurts her hand and she discovers that KEUNG and YEE are lovers… KEUNG hands in his resignation letter to YUE but YUE asks KEUNG to stay for another 7 days before leaving. KEUNG’s rival at work, WING SHEUNG, believes that he has other intentions by handing in his resignation and she put him on her guard. She goes to Zhongshan to meet an important client ZHANG LI without informing KEUNG. KEUNG is enraged and he bursts into the meeting room to join them.… ...

KEUNG criticizes LI’s plan mercilessly and LI runs away angrily. SHEUNG makes a complaint to YUE. YEE asks KEUNG to apologize to everybody but KEUNG argues with his colleagues angrily after returning to the office. HIN is agitated and his stomach trouble breaks out again. He suddenly spits blood and is sent to the hospital… On the next day, SHEUNG blames KEUNG for causing all the troubles and KEUNG promises to remedy it. CHING visits LI and asks her to give KEUNG a second chance. LI rejects her at first but CHING doesn’t give up. CHING accompanies LI to look for her real father CHEUNG TAK and they become good friends. LI eventually agrees to give KEUNG another chance. KEUNG keeps on changing the drawings and his colleagues find it unbearable. KEUNG later releases all his colleagues and decides to finish the drawings on his own. CHING accompanies him to amend the drawings overnight.… ...