No Good Either Way


No Good Either Way is a Hong Kong television comedy-drama serial produced by TVB under executive producer Amy Wong. The first episode premiered on 11 June 2012.
The drama depicts the lives of office employees in Hong Kong working for their overbearing and abusive bosses.

Synopsis

Although valued by their boss Ko Wai-ting, product designer Alex Mo and marketing officer Steve Man of GOALTECH Scientific, Ltd. despise their department's general manager Violet Che, who is preventing them from getting a promotion. Enumerating the "ten sins" of Violet, Alex and Steve secretly start a business with their Indian friend Interpal. Alex's girlfriend, Ling joins GOALTECH, and pressures Violet to step down. Alex is later promoted to manager, and Steve eventually becomes the new boss of the company. As Alex and Steve's positions climb higher, they begin to exert similar pressure on their subordinates, also committing the "ten sins."

Production

TVB released news to the media of the drama's development after announcing the signing of Ruco Chan in January 2012, who subsequently had to turn down a role in The Confidant. At the time, No Good Either Way was known in Chinese as The Chok Family or The Chok Clan, but the working title was later referred to as Amy Wong's New Drama for a majority of the drama's filming duration due to the ambiguous meaning behind the Cantonese vernacular "chok." On 19 January, a press conference and costume fitting for the drama was held at TVB Studio 1. Filming officially began on 6 February and ended on 13 April. A blessing ceremony was held on 15 February

Cast

Main characters

A witty chief product designer for GOALTECH who is manipulated into losing his promotion.
A marketing officer at GOALTECH who never got a chance for promotion despite his many years of experience.
Alex's girlfriend then wife who eventually becomes his direct supervisor at GOALTECH.
Alex and Steve's self-employed Indian-Chinese friend.
Alex's aggressive younger sister who works as a property agent.
Kin's boyfriend and product designer at GOALTECH. Although charismatic, Aaron is resentful and afraid of failure.
A selfless trainee doctor and Steve's love interest.
The selfish and unscrupulous general manager of GOALTECH's Creative and Marketing department who is the root of Alex and Steve's problems.
The sincere C.E.O. of GOALTECH who gets bullied around by his wife's family.
Kin's upright and prudent supervisor who has a crush on her.

Supporting characters

The following is a table that includes a list of the total ratings points based on television viewership.
WeekOriginally AiredEpisodesAverage PointsPeaking PointsReferences
1
11 June 2012
1
30
32
1
June 12–15, 2012
2 — 5
28
31
2
June 18–22, 2012
6 — 10
28
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3
June 25–29, 2012
11 — 15
28
—
4
July 2–5, 2012
16 — 19
30
—
4
July 6, 2012
20 — 21
33
37