No.of Eps: 25Yr/TV Stn: 2010/TVB
Cast:
Steven Ma ~ Pu Song Ling
Linda Chung ~ Liu Xin Ru
Fala Chen ~ Lingwu Xiao Cui
Sunny Chan ~ Gao Zhe
Synopsis: (edited from Dramawiki)
Pu Song Long is born in a Jinan family of New Year print. His father always hoped that he could one day carry on the family business. Ling mistakenly thinks that his father is working in collusion with some corrupt officials, and refuses to listen to what his father says. His good friend, Gao Zhe, is a constable and he hates corrupt officials as much as Ling does. Rumour has it that a fox spirit is creating troubles in Jinan. Ling is almost killed when he is investigating into the matter with Zhe. Fortunately, a mysterious girl named Xiao Cui 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 favor. As they spend more and more time together, Cui starts to fall for Ling.
The Pu 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. Liu Xin Ru applies for the job, but her real intention is to look for the man who was unfaithful to her sister, and never did she knew that she would be caught in a love triangle with Ling & Zhe.
Slacker's review:
Ghost Writer has a unique theme of fox spirits mixed with a standard storyline of betrayal (family & friend) and love triangle. I thought the drama started off well, but later it became a little draggy as the love triangle took up too much time. I enjoyed the drama, and it was full of developments.
Steven Ma's performance was as usual, but Sunny Chan's extreme change in character outshone him. Pu Song Ling was the typical rich guy who cared about nothing, and he's kinda naive. So, later tragedy struck and he grew up instantly. Romance plot with Linda was not too bad, but Fala's Xiao Cui became too annoying at the later part. I felt kinda bored seeing Xiao Cui doing stupid things and got used by the evil fox spirit. Ending was a little out of norm. It was a happy ending, but you wld not feel too happy about it...lolz!
Sunny's Gao Zhe was the typical nice guy initially, and after he felt betrayed by Ling and Ru, he turned 360 degrees and became a cunning & cold-blooded person. Sunny's acting skills were great, as his expressions were distinctly different and he was natural. Though I hated Gao Zhe to core in the end, he's just a pathetic fella who lost to himself.
Linda Chung is pretty as usual, and Xin Ru was quite a nice person, except for the part
whereby she accused the Pu family for hiding her sis's murderer. Like Steven's Song Ling, Xin Ru was pretty much a one-dimensional character (i.e. they are the good folks). So, the not-so-good guys like Sunny and Fala had more chance to showoff their acting with their characters.
Good to see Fala in a meaty role, but I only liked the Xiao Cui who is kind-hearted and cheerful. Fala's acting has improved quite a lot, and she did well to show the transformation of Xiao Cui, who became selfish and committed sins. Ending for Cui was a sad one, but I guess it was the best ending for her.
Theme song is "Xin Qiao" by Steven Ma. A super nice song!
