Brick Slaves (; literally "Flat Slave") is a 2015 Hong Kong romantic-comedy television drama created and produced by TVB, starring Vincent Wong and Selena Lee as the main leads. Brick Slaves AF page. Retrieved July 28, 2015 Filming took place from August to October 2014. The drama is broadcast on Hong Kong's Jade and HD Jade channels from August 3 till August 28, 2015 every Monday through Friday during its 8:30-9:30 pm timeslot with a total of 20 episodes.
Synopsis The drama is a comedic view of the high cost of living and struggles regular Hong Kong citizens go through in order to be able to own property in modern Hong Kong society Synopsis of “Brick Slaves”. Retrieved July 28, 2015
Jack Lau Yiu-ming (Vincent Wong) and his girlfriend Annie (Toby Chan) diligently saves up enough to purchase a flat to plan their future together. In order to make their monthly mortgage payment the two live an extremely frugal lifestyle where they can't spend on extra luxuries. When Jack proposes to Annie at the flat he secretly newly purchased with their savings, she breaks up with him and confesses about her other fiancée who already owns a paid off luxury flat. Jack's friend Au Mei-nam (C-Kwan), who owns a bar sets up singles night at his bar hoping Jack will get back into dating. The only female that catches his attention is a lady who complains about how awful the food being served tastes.
Jack, still devastated by his break up with Annie decides to splurge on his hobby. On the day he is to pay and pick up his splurge, bad luck after bad luck happens. First he and a work associate gets robbed at a parking lot. While chasing the robber he damages House Lo Bit-tat's (Evergreen Mak) car. Later Jack finds out the company he works for deals in illegal activities and all upper management has been arrested by the police. With the company he works for out of business he starts his search for a new job with no luck. Jack applies to All In One Property Management, a company that manages and rents property, as a Supervisor desperate to find a job even though he has no prior property management experience. He messes up even before his interview starts when he barges into CEO Joyce Lei Oi-wah's (Kiki Sheung), private elevator. Joyce demands Jack to be fired even if he is not an employee with the company. House, who is upper management at All In One Property Management, recognizes Jack and further embarrasses him in front of others during the interview process. While sulking at another unsuccessful job interview Jack sees a girl fall into the bay. He saves her and lectures her about the importance of life, as the two part they accidentally switch cellphones by mistake.
When Jack returns home that day he finds a new occupant in his home. It seems his ex-girlfriend Annie rented her half of his home to her friend Cecilia Choi Kin-ching (Selena Li), in order to help Jack with the mortgage and hopefully get her share of the flat payback to her sooner. Cecilia was forced out of her family home when her younger brother got married. Before renting half of Jack's flat she was living out of a storage locker. The two get off on the wrong foot and soon Cecilia makes Jack's life miserable by setting up boundaries and strict rules at his home. Later Jack finds out Cecilia was also the lady complaining of the awful food at Mei-nam's bar.
Jack's luck takes a turn when he is called back to All In One Property Management and offered the position of general manager; he becomes House's new boss. To his surprise, Jack can't figure out how he got hired as the general manager since his interview was a failure and he has no prior property management experience. To House's disappointment, he was deemed to become the new general manager and had told his family and co-workers about it. House continues to lie to his family with only his wife knowing he didn't get promoted. House tries to mend his and Jack's work relationship but Jack sees through House's act and warns him about his approach.
As it turns out Jack was hired because the girl he saved Peggy Suk Bik-gei (Eliza Sam) is Joyce's niece who just returned to Hong Kong from Canada. Joyce had someone tail Peggy and saw Jack's act of kindness when he saved Peggy's life. Peggy returned to Hong Kong to fulfill her late mother's wish, to have her ashes spread in the Hong Kong Bay and study Chinese history at a university. To fulfill a university requirement she also works as an Intern at All In One under Jack's department.
Cast All In One Property Management staff Kiki Sheung as Joyce Lei Oi-wah (利愛華) CEO of All In One, a company that owns luxury to lower end real-estate properties and then rents it out to residences. An extremely private and controlling person who doesn't like her employees knowing about her private life. When an employee comes to visit her at the hospital on a confidential stay, she fires him on the spot. She is also overly protective of Peggy who is her late friend's daughter and her husbands illegitimate daughter. When Jack saves Peggy from drowning she offers him a senior management position at her company even though she originally didn't want him hired at all. KK Cheung as Martin Chow Gwan-nin (鄒君年) Joyce's husband and a Senior Manager at All In One. He is also a former schoolmate and close friend to House. Due to Joyce's illness he helps her handle all of her business affairs. Due to Joyce's controlling ways she prevents him from acknowledging Peggy as his biological daughter. He and Joyce started their relationship when she paid off his failed business debts. Vincent Wong as Jack Lau Yiu-ming (樓耀明; a pun on "the flat is taking my life") His nickname is Jinxed Ming because he always goes through a string of bad luck. His longtime girlfriend Annie, who had another boyfriend on the side, finally dumps him because he used their savings to purchase a flat she didn't like. The last company he worked for dealt in illegal activities. During his interview at All In One he was fired by Joyce even before his interview started. Joyce later hires him as a General Manager because he saved her niece Peggy from drowning. He becomes House's new boss. He becomes housemates with Cecilia when Annie rents her half of his flat to Cecilia. Cecilia and Jack become instant enemies due to misunderstandings but later becomes friends due to their love of food. Once he gains Joyce's trust, she tasked him with looking after Peggy. Evergreen Mak as House Lo Bit-tat (勞必達) A Property Supervisor at All In One. He buys small gifts and treats meals to staffs at All In One to get on everyone's good side. When his boss gets fired he thinks he is destined for the promotion of the General Manager position until he finds out Jack, whom he had an earlier unpleasant confrontation with, becomes his new boss. Jack sees through his fake act and slacking at work. He acknowledges to be Peggy's biological father according to a one night stand he had with her mother Mei-yiu years ago. He asked that his relation to Peggy be kept a secret in order not to affect his family. In truth he is not her father and has no relation at all to Peggy, he only lied because Joyce helped him settled his lawsuit and she blackmails firing him if he won't do so. Joyce also later tasked him to persuade Peggy to move back to Canada. (See Lo family section for further details) Eliza Sam as Peggy Suk Bik-gei (祝碧姬) Joyce's late best friend's daughter that just returned from Canada. She arrives in Hong Kong to bring her late mother's ashes back and study Chinese history at a University. She also works as an Intern at All In One in Jack's department. House's son Dou-lok, who is a University schoolmate of hers likes her but she likes Jack. Wanting to impress Jack she takes up piano lessons with Cecilia. She later reveals she is House's biological daughter with DNA proof and an award medal from a soccer match that belongs to him. After acknowledging that he is Peggy's biological father due to a one night stand with her mother Mei-yiu, he ask their relation be kept a secret in order to not affect his family. Jack becomes aware that House is her father due to their over adoration for each other at work. After rejecting Dou-dou she decides to actively pursue Jack since he knows she likes him. Fanny Ip as Cindy Fung Yuet-sin (馮月仙) Joyce's trusted and reliable personal assistant at All In One. She often warns House of any issues at work because she is close friends with him since he gifts her with beauty products provided by his wife. Albert Law as Brother Biu (標哥) The former General Manager who was in Jack's current position. He gets fired on the spot when he visits Joyce on a confidential hospital stay to try to flatter her. Janice Shum as Chu Yan-oi (招仁愛; homophone to "attract people to love") A clerk in the property management department. Alvis Lo as Gwok-bong (國邦) A clerk in the property management department. Hiroki Hong as Chung (昌) A former clerk in the property management department. He resigns from his position because he says his income prevents him from applying for public housing. Ngai Wai-man as Brother Sai Lei (犀利哥) All In One's repairman. He is in charge of repairing any damages to all of All In One's properties. Desmond Pang as Desmond Martin's personal driver.
Lo family Chung Chow as Johnny Lo Man-bou (勞萬步) House's father and Kimchi Wong Kam-hei's husband. Being a filial son, House takes care of his parents expenses. Due to his wife's hand injury they moved in with their son House's family so his daughter-in-law can take care of them. While living at his son's home, he and his wife accidentally push out a window onto the pedestrian sidewalk which resulted in House getting sued. Helena Law as Kimchi Wong Kam-hei (黃金喜) House's mother and Lo Man-bou's wife. Being a filial son, House takes care of his parents expenses. Due to her hand injury, she and her husband move into their son's home so their daughter-in-law can take care of them. While living at her son's home, she and her husband accidentally push out a window onto the pedestrian sidewalk which resulted in House getting sued. Evergreen Mak as House Lo Bit-tat (勞必達) Mary Chu Ma-lei's husband and Lo Dou-lok's father. Unhappy at work because his new boss Jack who insist on doing everything correctly by the books, he constantly wants to quit his job. He endures his work because of family expenses. His understanding wife Mary helps him ease his stress by hearing all his problems at work. Rachel Kan as Mary Chu Ma-lei (朱瑪莉) House's wife and Lo Dou-lok's mother. She is an understanding wife that helps her husband anyway possible to advance his career. She sells beauty product part-time from home. Originally wanting to be able to take care of her in-laws, she has them move into her home only to regret it when they make life unbearable for her. She is an over caring mother to Dou-dou which results in him still acting childish around her. Matthew Ho as Lo Dou-lok (勞多樂) House and Mary's University age son. Everyone calls him Dou-dou. He is immature and does not have his future planned after graduation. He is also Peggy's school mate and has a crush on her. Unable to stand his grandparents living at his home he moves in with Peggy and Winter, sleeping on their couch. When confessing to Peggy, she truthfully tells him that she only thinks of him as a friend and that the person she likes is Jack, but his clueless personality thinks that Peggy rejected him because she thinks he is her half brother.
Choi family Rainbow Ching as Tsang Suet-mui (曾雪梅) Cecilia and Wing-ching's mother. She sells tofu products and bean sprouts at a street market stall. Jack is a frequent customer of hers. Selena Li as Cecilia Choi Kin-ching (蔡堅菁)