Ghost Writer is a 2010 Hong Kong television series produced by TVB

Television Broadcasts Limited

Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, is the second over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. It commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967...

. The protagonist of the series, Po Chung-ling

Pu Songling

Pu Songling was a Qing Dynasty Chinese writer, best known as the author of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.-Biography:Pu was born into a poor landlord-merchant family from Zichuan...

, is based on the author of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio or Liaozhai Zhiyi is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly supernatural tales written by Pu Songling in Classical Chinese during the early Qing Dynasty.Pu borrows from a folk tradition of oral storytelling to put to paper a series of captivating,...

, a collection of Chinese tales on the supernatural. The series tells how he was inspired to write those stories based on his personal encounters with the supernatural.

Plot

Po Chung-Ling was born in Jinan a family of New Year print. He is very bright, his father, Po Poon, has therefore always hoped that he could one day carry on the family business. Ling, mistakenly thinks that Poon is working in collusion with some corrupt officials, refuses to listen to what his father says. His good friend, Ko Jit, is a constable and he hates corrupt officials as much as Ling does. Rumor has it that a fox spirit is creating troubles in Jinan. Ling is almost killed when he is investigating into the matter with Jit. Fortunately, a mysterious girl named Ling Wu Siu-Tsui 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 favour. As they spend more and more time together, Tsui starts to fall for Ling.

The Po 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. Lau Sum-Yu applies for the job, but her real intention is to look for the man who was unfaithful to her sister, never knowing that she would later be caught in a love triangle with Ling and Tsui.

Po family

Cast	Role	Description
Elliot Yue	Po Poon 蒲槃	Po Chung-Ling and Po Hok-ling's father Po Bak-ling's uncle Good friends with Cheng Jung-Bong, but finally split up Siu Tsui's life saver
Rachel Kan	Tung Wai-yan 董慧欣	Deceased Po Chung-ling's mother
Rebecca Chan Rebecca Chan Rebecca Chan Sau Chu is a TVB actress. She joined TVB in 1979, when she competed at the Miss Hong Kong 1979 pageant. She finished as a top 10 semifinalist.-Filmography:-Variety show :*1981: Sports World TVB...	Yip Wing-Han 葉詠嫻	Po Chung-ling's stepmother Po Hok-Ling's mother
Steven Ma Steven Ma Steven Ma Chun-wai is a Hong Kong actor and singer. In 1993, Ma won a record deal after winning first place at an annual singing contest in Hong Kong, later releasing his debut album, Lucky for Meeting You , that December...	Po Chung-Ling Pu Songling Pu Songling was a Qing Dynasty Chinese writer, best known as the author of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.-Biography:Pu was born into a poor landlord-merchant family from Zichuan...   蒲松齡	Po Poon's son Love Triangle with Sum Yu and Siu Tsui Bak Ling's younger brother
Mok Hoi-him	Po Hok-ling 蒲鶴齡	Po Poon's son Po Chung-ling's stepbrother Yip Wing-Han's son
Ruco Chan Ruco Chan Ruco Chan Chin-pang is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Chan gained fame for playing the role of Keith Lau in the TVB television legal drama The Other Truth....	Po Bak-Ling 蒲柏齡	Po Chung ling and Po Hok-ling's cousin Po Poon's nephew Incriminate Yip Wing-Han (Villain)
Queenie Chu Queenie Chu Queenie Chu or Queenie Chu Wai Man , born in Hong Kong, on April 22, 1981 with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, China, is a Hong Kong television presenter and actress affiliated with TVB. She was also Miss Hong Kong 2004 1st runner-up.-Biography:Queenie studied in University of Washington,...	Leung Pik-yuk 梁碧玉	Po Bak-ling's wife Incriminate Yip Wing-Han and Chu Po-yin (Semi-Villain)
Kong Wing-fai	Tung Chi-ming 董自鳴	Villain Tung Wai-yan's brother Collude with Po Bak-Ling Incriminate Yip Wing-Han (Semi-Villain)
Rain Lau	Chu Po-yin 朱寶燕	Tung Chi-ming's wife Incriminate Yip Wing-Han (Semi-Villain)

Ko family

Cast	Role	Description
Bak Yan	Song Ho 宋好	Ko Jit's mother
Sunny Chan Sunny Chan Sunny Chan Kam-Hung is a Hong Kong television and film actor. His breakout film role was in the internationally multi-award-winning 1998 Hong Kong film Hold You Tight, for which he won the coveted Silver Screen Award for Best Actor at the Singapore International Film Festival in...	Ko Jit 高喆	Soldier Song Ho's son Ngai Chung's subordinate Crush on Sum-Yu initially Chung Ling's good friend, but eventual enemy Ngan Hung's betrothed (Villain)

Lau family

Cast	Role	Description
Elaine Yiu Elaine Yiu Elaine Yiu Tse-ling is a Hong Kong television actress and presenter.-Career:Yiu entered the entertainment industry after winning the TVB8 Presentator Contest in 2002, subsequently signing a management and filming contract with TVB. From 2002 to 2004, Yiu hosted Mandarin-language television...	Lau Sum-Yin 柳心妍	Sum Yu's older sister Chui Jung Man's lover (Deceased)
Linda Chung Linda Chung Linda Chung Ka-yan is a Canadian TVB actress and singer based in Hong Kong. She entered the industry in 2004 when she won the 2004 Miss Chinese International Pageant. She is now an actress under TVB and a singer under the Star Entertainment label...	Lau Sum-Yu 柳心如	Love Triangle with Chung Ling and Siu Tsui Sum Yin's little sister

Ling Wu family

Cast	Role	Description
Law Lok-lam	Ling Wu Gat-Cheung 令狐吉祥	Fox Spirit Siu Tsui's grandfather
Fala Chen Fala Chen Fala Chen is a Chinese-American beauty pageant titleholder. Chen has held the titles of Miss Asian America 2002 and Miss NY Chinese 2004, and placed as runner-up in Miss Chinatown USA 2003 and Miss Chinese International 2005.-Education:Chen was born in Chengdu, People's Republic of China, in 1982...	Ling Wu Siu-Tsui 令狐小翠	Little Fox Goddess Love Triangle with Chung Ling and Sum Yu

Other cast

Cast	Role	Description
Eric Li Eric Li (actor) -TV series:-References:...	Ngai Chung 魏沖	Head of Magistrate's police force Ngai Hung's non-owned brother Ko Jit's direct supervisor Enemies with Ko Jit (Villain)
Charmaine Li Charmaine Li Charmaine Li Si Yan , one of the many graduates from Belilios Public School and School of Drama, The Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts in Hong Kong, is presently an actress with Television Broadcasts Limited.-Filmography:...	Ngai Hung 魏虹	Ngai Chung's blood sister Cheng Jung-Bong's daughter Ko Jit's betrothed
Lau Kong Lau Kong Lau Kong is a Hong Kong actor who works on the network TVB.-Biography:Little is known of Lau's private life, but he has been acting since 1976, when he first joined the now defunct network Commercial Television, he later joined RTV Lau Kong (劉江) is a Hong Kong actor who works on the network...	Ma Yuk-Sing 馬旭昇	Cheng Jung-Bong's direct supervisor
Matthew Ko Matthew Ko Matthew Ko Kwan-yin is a Hong Kong actor currently working with TVB.At the age of seven, Matthew emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada with his parents. He returned to Hong Kong in 2004 and worked as a model. In 2005, he became the first ever winner of Hong Kong's Mr. Hong Kong beauty contest and...	Chui Jung-Man 徐仲文	Sum Yin's lover
Lau Dan Lau Dan Lau Dan is a Hong Kong actor.- Works :Lau is known to portray good characters, but could play cunning and sly characters with ease...	Cheng Jung-Bong 鄭忠邦	Ngai Chung's uncle Ngai Hung's father (Villain)

Awards nominations

TVB Anniversary Awards (2010)

• Best Drama
• Best Actor (Steven Ma)
• Best Actress (Linda Chung)
• Best Actress (Fala Chen)
• Most Improved Actress (Elaine Yiu)

Trivia

• The last episode ends with footage from previous TVB production based on the tales of Pu Songling
  Pu Songling
  Pu Songling was a Qing Dynasty Chinese writer, best known as the author of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.-Biography:Pu was born into a poor landlord-merchant family from Zichuan...
  
  , namely Dark Tales and Dark Tales II.

Viewership ratings

	Week	Episodes	Average Points	Peaking Points	References
1	June 7–11, 2010	1 — 5	28	—
2	June 14–18, 2010	6 — 10	28	—
3	June 21–24, 2010	11 — 14	30	34
4	June 28 - July 2, 2010	15 — 19	30	32
5	July 5–8, 2010	20 — 23	36	41
	July 9, 2010	24 — 25	36	41

External links

• TVB.com Ghost Writer - Official Website