BERMO and BOSCOLIE

August 28, 2008

Heart of Greed VS Moonlight Resonance (the similar stuff) Part I

I find that there are SO many simalarities. This was written by love_of_tvb (me). I will list them as we go on watching the series of Moonlight Resonance. 20/40

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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 1: (1996)
- Hoh Ma and three of her kids that the judge decided to give to her (Ah Ho, Ah Hei, and Ah Yuet) go chasing after the car that contains the rest of her family.

Heart Of Greed:
- During the funeral of Dai Boa, the eldest son is supposed to follow in the van where the coffin is held. Since Sai Kei won't allow anyone but her own son, Ah Foon, everyone else goes chasing after the big truck, screaming, yelling, and crying.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 2:
- When Jo Boa's mom comes to the bakery of Hoh Ma, she screams and yells. Then, the other housewives that came to learn to make cookies scream back at her.

Heart of Greed:
- Johnson Lee has anger management problems after Dai Boa helps Johnson's late father's second wife with a legal case. He comes yelling in which everyone chips in to help before he stops, with everyone yelling "Help me call the police!"
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 3:
- When Ah Ka comes in to see Hoh Ma, he does like a "show" about stocks.
- The grandmother finally gives in: letting all her grandkids be able to eat with the other side of the family on 08/15 (Moon Cake Festival). They eat at the restaurant and Ah [Red] calls her husband asking him when he's gonna be done. He replies that they are almost done, and will be home at around 10. She says the exact opposite to her mother-in-law, lying to her that they still have a very long time until the end of the meal.

Heart Of Greed:
- Sai Boa does a "show" to say which abalones are the best from Japan in the very beginning.
- When Dai Kei goes to England after finding out she has cancer, she does not answer anyone from her family's phone calls, except for Sai Kei. Dai Kei told Sai Kei that she has faith in beating the cancer cells and has faith that she will live on. Sai Kei, however tells the exact opposite to the family, saying that she has no faith in winning the battle against cancer, and also saying that Dai Boa needed to sell some of his stores for money so that her son could get the money and have his own business.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 4:
- Ah Ho translates the sign language for the interviewers.

Heart Of Greed:
- Ah Foon translate english to chinese for what a yun wrote for her final.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 5:
- Ah Sa gets 50% of her husband's wealth if she wins the case, and again, she lies about the chances of winning. (from 10% of winning, she said 90%)

Heart Of Greed:
- Sai Kei wanted half of Dai Boa's fortune after they got married for two years in Switzerland. And, she lied the total opposite for the stuff Dai Kei told her over the phone when she was in England.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 6:
- Ah Ka goes into the PR company and people just go around him, because he's the popular one.

Heart Of Greed:
- Sai Bao goes into the abalone company and everyone welcomes him.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 7:
- Jo Boa tells how he honors and sees his ex-father-in-law as an elderly.

Heart Of Greed:
- Tavia tells of how she thinks of her mother-in-law as someone she will always honor.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 8:
- The family goes to court to battle for the [Ka Ho Yuet Yuen] bakery brand name. The cars come up to the court and the people walk out. (They are either on Sa Yee's side or Ah Hong's side.)

Heart of Greed:
- I believe episode 38 or 39, maybe even 40.Both cars speed up to the court, only their sides have changed, except for Linda and Lai Lok Yi. (By sides, I mean like whose side they were on, Sai Kei or Lei Yee.)
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 9:
- Ah Choew is talking on the phone with Ah Ho. All of a sudden, a taxi crashes into a public bus and Ah Choew drops her earphone to save the people. Ah Ho thinks that she crashed, so he runs to see if he's ok.

Heart Of Greed:
- There were two scenes that were like this, one with Linda and Moses, and the other with Raymond and Linda.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 10:
- Ah Yuen doesn't believe that Ah Ka lent his $30,000 to an old grandma, chasing him and making him cry. His tears doesn't actually fall but hang onto his eyes.

Heart Of Greed:
- There were two scenes with the same "teardrops." One, was when Linda found out that Raymond had died without reading her e-mail and then Moses yelled at her that he just wanted her to enjoy her life and let her know that Raymond left without any regrets. The second one, although i'm not too sure was when Moses found out that he wasn't adopted, but the son of Ha Yu and a gang member's girlfriend.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 11:
- Auntie Sa meets with the old grandmother but tells her lies, because she is greedy, selfish and wants money. She says that the stove can explode any minute.

Heart Of Greed:
- Sai Kei secretly meets with "the biological father" of Moses and tells hims lies so she could get more money if the whole thing suceeds.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 12:
- Hoh Ma said that if Auntie Sa doesn't help Lin Zi Yun (Wayne Lai) get back the job, she will not be "family" anymore.

Heart Of Greed:
- After Dai Kei came back from the UK, she said that after all the selfish things that Sai Kei had done, she will not be "family" anymore.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 13:
- At Ah Ka's PR function, they are all led into backstage to see what's the problem. (Lai Jie stole their idea and used it.) Hoh Ma instructs everyone what to do.

Heart Of Greed:
- Reporters find out the negative stuff about Tavia after Sai Kei told them. The wedding is in danger. Dai Kei instructs everyone what to do.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 14:
- Ah Hong tries to teach Jo Boa a lesson as they walk through the lane where they first met.

Heart Of Greed:
- Sai Kei takes the bus line with Dai Boa where they first met.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 15:
- Jo Boa just finished an eye surgery and could be blind, yet he still jokes around.

Heart Of Greed:
- Dai Boa just had a minor stroke, but he still joked around as if nothing had happened.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 16:
- Hoh Ma storms up to the big "Ka Ho Yuet Yuen" to kind of "argue" with Ah Hong.

Heart Of Greed:
- Jackie's (Tavia) family storm up to the abalone store to tell them that they need to give them back the money they have used to renew their restuarant.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 17:
- Jo Boa and Ah Ka's actions are the same when they sing about Ka Mei, Sa Yee's daughter. (AND BY THE WAY, THOSE PICS OF 18-YEAR-OLD KA MEI (KATE TSUI) WERE THOSE WHEN SHE WAS FILMING "ON THE FIRST BEAT.")

Heart Of Greed:
- Dai Boa and Sai Boa's actions are the same when they play ping pong ball with Fala to help her relax.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 18:
- They like to use those personalized tones. (the one with Eliza Jie, Tavia wanted a tone of Moses saying what he said at the end of episode 17.)
- Kelvin's mom first reject Ah Hing because she is mute, but later accepts her.

Heart Of Greed:
- Sai Kei uses the "your mom is looking for you, your dad is looking for you, your grandma is looking for you..."
- Gilbert's (Bosco) whole family rejects Jackie at first because she is a married woman, but later they all help the two prepare for their wedding.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 19:
- Ah Hong only gives her phone number to her cousin-in-law and aunt-in-law to contact her while she is traveling around the world with Jo Boa.

Heart Of Greed:
- Dai Kei only gives her phone number to Sai Kei to test her.
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Moonlight Resonance:
Episode 20:
- Ah Gong tells Ah Hong false things to make her feel that she doesn't need to come back.
- Ah Ho finally has the courage to tell Ah Choew that he still loves her. He makes her a cake writing "I LOVE YU SO CHOEW." Ah Choew is shocked.

Heart Of Greed:
- Sai Kei tells Dai Kei, who is in England the exact opposite of many things.
- Sai Boa finally has the courage to tell Ah Sum (Linda) that he likes her. She is shocked.
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