Let It Be Love, also known as 4 In Love, is a Hong Kong modern romance drama produced by TVB and starring Moses Chan, Charmaine Sheh and Kenny Wong. An internal costume fitting was held on 27 May 2011 and the official costume fitting was held on 3 June 2011 at Tseung Kwan O TVB City Studio One at 12:30 pm. The premiere episode aired on 31 January 2012.
Plot summary Tung Hoi Yiu, Chloe (Charmaine Sheh), is an international superstar, and as a publicity stunt she visits longtime fan Yu Chun Tung (Moses Chan), in hospital and their lives become entangled. The tabloid press and blogosphere feed on each other to create the impression that the two are in fact dating. In order to control the news coverage, Chloe's management company creates the illusion of a lightning romance and an equally quick break up between Chloe and Chun Tung, with Chloe being portrayed as the wronged party. Since she was 16 and discovered by a talent spotter, Chloe's life and career has been under the control of her cousin Tung Mei Mei, May (Florence Kwok). To escape the manipulations of her cousin, Chloe announces her retirement from the entertainment industry. However, in the short period of their supposed romance Chloe has come to care for Chun Tung, and May uses this to force Chloe to return to the entertainment industry.
Whilst abroad Chloe discovers the extent of May's manipulations - that May has been feigning terminal cancer and that her previous boyfriend broke up with her because May used her phone to send a Dear John message. In a fit of pique and to the surprise of everyone, including Chun Tung, Chloe holds a spot news conference in which she announces her imminent marriage to Chun Tung. Despite only superficially knowing Chloe, Chun Tung can't believe his luck and agrees to the marriage proposal. May and her coterie of followers are forced to play along with Chloe, but work to drive the couple apart. Despite finding some happiness together, Chun Tung and Chloe have little in the way of understanding and trust between each other and, with only minimal help from May, the couple part.
However, May realises that Chloe has truly fallen in love with Chun Tung. May sees in Chloe's latest film performance a rejection of things that Chloe had previously held dear and that the only reason for this is that her breaking with Chun Tung has broken her spirit. Filled with guilt May attempts to help Chun Tung understand Chloe in the hope that in doing so he can come to love the real Chloe and not the illusion presented to the world.
As they negotiate the travails of life and love, Chloe and Chun Tung's lives cross and touch with other couples making their own choices. Chung Ping Leung (Wai Ka Hung) and Elsa (Tracy Ip) are kindred souls, well matched by personality but not by physique. Nick (King Kong Lee) and Hayley (Rachel Kan) have both been scarred by bad relationships and are unable to form meaningful bonds with the opposite sex. However, when Nick becomes impotent they find that they have more in common than just a long history of one-night stands. Poon Chun Him's (Kenny Wong) relationships are perpetually out of sync. Whenever he is ready for marriage his girlfriends are not and vice versa. When his friends Yeung Chi Wah (Patrick Dunn) and Fung Yiu Dan, Kelly (Elvina Kong) divorce after it is discovered that Yeung has been harbouring a secret homosexual infatuation for him, Poon and Kelly find themselves being drawn to each other, but this time will their timing be in sync?
Cast
Main cast Cast Role Description Age Moses Chan Yu Chun Tung (Lucas)余鎮東 Electric appliance salespersonTung Hoi Yiu's longtime fanTung Hoi Yiu's boyfriend 40 Charmaine Sheh Tung Hoi Yiu (Chloe)童靄瑤 International superstarTung Mei Mei's cousinYu Chun Tung's girlfriend 30 Kenny Wong Poon Chun Him (Cyrus) 潘俊謙 Sports news reporterLaw Wing Chi and Tong Hau Ling's ex-boyfriendFung Yiu Dan's friend, later boyfriend 40 Rachel Kan Cheung Hei Yin (Hayley)張希妍 LawyerLam Lik Hang's girlfriend 30 King Kong Lam Lik Hang (Nick)林力行 FinancerCheung Hei Yin's boyfriend 32 Elvina Kong Fung Yiu Dan (Kelly)馮姚丹 News anchorYeung Chi Wah's wife, later divorcedPoon Chun Him's girlfriend 35 Wai Ka Hung Chung Ping Leung (Danny)鍾炳良 Tobacco control inspectorHa Tong Tong's ex-boyfriendChow Sze Ching's boyfriend 38 Tracy Ip Chow Sze Ching (Elsa)周思澄 Corporate affairs officerLau Yin Wai's ex-girlfriendChung Ping Leung's girlfriend 28
Tung Family Cast Role Description Florence Kwok Tung Mei Mei (May)童美美 Entertainment agent ownerTung Hoi Yiu's cousin and manager Charmaine Sheh Tung Hoi Yiu (Chloe)童靄瑤 International superstarTung Mei Mei's cousinYu Chun Tung's girlfriend
Law Family Cast Role Description Yu Chi Ming Law Sau Yu羅守譽 Law Wing Chi's father Queenie Chu Law Wing Chi (Emily) 羅詠芝 Law Sau Yu's daughterPoon Chun Him's ex-girlfriend
Chow Family Cast Role Description Sin Ho Ying Chow Sze Hang周思恆 Chow Sze Ching's brother Tracy Ip Chow Sze Ching (Elsa)周思澄 Corporate affairs officerChow Sze Hang's sisterLau Yin Wai's ex-girlfriendChung Ping Leung's girlfriend
Chung Family Cast Role Description Lee Fung Fong Chui Yuk方翠玉 Chung Ping Leung's mother Wai Ka Hung Chung Ping Leung鍾炳良 Tobacco control inspectorHa Tong Tong's ex-boyfriendChow Sze Ching's boyfriend
Other cast Cast Role Description Lau Dan Fung Chi Ming馮志明 Electric appliance company ownerLoves Ho Chun Kiu Mary Hon Ho Chun Kiu何春嬌 Loves Fung Chi Ming Patrick Dunn Yeung Chi Wah楊志華 News anchorFung Yiu Dan's husband, later divorced Seth Leslie Entertainment Reporter Reports on Chloe's break up with her "MK fiance". Janet Chow Tong Hau Ling唐巧寧 NursePoon Chun Him's ex-girlfriend Becky Lee Ha Tong Tong夏棠棠 Yoga InstructorChung Ping Leung's ex-girlfriend Peter Lai (黎彼得) Lily Leung (梁舜燕) Calinda Chan (陳宛蔚) Fanny Ip (葉凱茵) Steven Ho (何啟南) Eddy Ho (何偉業) Summer Joe Ha (夏竹欣) Ng Mau Tan吳牡丹 Stephen Huynh Lau Yin Wai劉彥瑋 Chow Sze Ching's ex-boyfriend Kim Fu (傅劍虹) Vincent Cheung (張漢斌) Mikako Leung (梁珈詠) Nadia Lun (倫紫玄) Make-up artist (Emily) Dolby Kwan (關浩揚) Candy Chu Cheung Kwok Keung (張國強) Shaolin monk Hugo Wong (黃子衡) Sunny Tai (戴耀明)
Viewership ratings Week Originally Aired Episodes Average Points Peaking Points References 1 January 31 - February 3, 2012 1 — 5 28 31 2 February 6–10, 2012 6 — 10 27 — 3 February 13–17, 2012 11 — 15 28 30 4 February 20–24, 2012 16 — 20 29 31
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