The Last Steep Ascent Thoughts 2

So I said on my last post that I'd talk more about Joel Chan's and Samantha Ko's character later....so here you go!
Boss Chai (Joel Chan) is an arrogant business man, whom view himself as the number one of Canton.  Of course that description does not justify who he truly is.  Even though he may look down on people, he's not all that bad as he's only being frank.  Even though he is a man of great status, he still knows how to acknowledge those that he sees talent in and truly values them.  Boss Chai was the reason why Miu Tin (Moses Chan) got given the chance to transform from a country bumpkin to a well-known manager.  

In fact, Boss Chai can also be depicted as a man of a great sense of brotherhood.  Even though Miu Tin left him, he still treats Miu Tin like a brother (underneath all the mocking anyways...).  Lols you can say that he cares for Miu Tin, but just denies it because Boss Chai is all about "saving face".  It's something that I really like about him x)

Especially during the scene where numerous businessmen were bad talking about Miu Tin and Sun Yuet (Maggie Cheung), he stepped in right away and told them to shut up :P  Basically, I can pick on him but if you do...I'm going to kill you.  Lols like a big brother.

Another scene that I found to be very cute is the one where Miu Tin brought Boss Chai a "present".  At first, I was kind of confuse...but it eventually cleared up.  Not wanting to show everybody that he's not mad at Miu Tin anymore (don't want to lose face), Boss Chai played "hard to get" haha.  He refused to see Miu Tin, who've been waiting downstairs for a while.  So that's when Madam Yim (Samantha Ko), Boss Chai's third wife, acted as a mediator.  Madam Yim is a woman that likes to flirt with others, but only for fun, and both her and Boss Chai knew that...so they never gets mad at each other, which I personally find very sweet.  I also like her alot because she doesn't act "traditional" but at the same time, is a very nice person...not the typical kind that turns slutty.

Miu Tin asked her to pass on the gift to Boss Chai, and intentionally spoke in a loud voice to let Boss Chai know what he's saying.  He said, "I, Miu Tin have yet owe Boss Chai another favour etc".  Haha Boss Chai still refused to go down but instead, was standing nearby his door to listen to Miu Tin :P  Of course, Miu Tin knew that haha.  How cute are they?!

The reason why Miu Tin said that is because it was Boss Chai who referred a big client to Ho Ching Tong (the declining Chinese medicine shop that Miu Tin switched over to).  This basically saved Ho Ching Tong.  

Hehe guess what the gift is?  It's a board/banner that said, "Number one in Canton".  Miu Tin just knew Boss Chai so well :P  Even though they may be competitors in business, Boss Chai generally respects those who he knows are worthy of respecting...like the deceased boss of Ho Ching Tong.

To wrap this up, Boss Chai and Madam Yim basically acts as the comedic relief of the series :)  Hehe that is why I'm very happy to see them onscreen!  

2 comments:

Rachel said...

i finally finished the last steep ascent hahah and am looking for other people's posts on it lol, i have to agree with you, watching joel chan and samantha ko was definitely a highlight in the series. they are hilarious and are such fun characters to watch! :) totally loved them!

Lynne said...

Haha I wrote a review for it and posted on AE-Experience (http://ae-experience.blogspot.ca/) if you want to check it out x) Lols I totally forgot to post it over at tvb horizon ^^;;;

Yes! Joel and Samantha were so fun to watch! One of my fav. couples this year :D

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