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At the Threshold of an Era (Chinese: 創世紀) was a Hong Kong epic drama series broadcast by TVB Jade Channel from 11 October to 18 December 1999 and 13 March to 26 May 2000 and was extensively promoted by TVB as its cross-millennium, one-hundred-episode-long epic. The series composed of two parts, with a gap in between airing.

At the Threshold of an Era
Promo poster
創世紀
GenreDrama
Financial thriller
Screenplay byChow Yuk-ming
Leung Man-wah
Chin Lo
Leung Chi-yin
Choi Suk-yin
Andrew Fung
Fung Ching-man
Siu Wai-yee
Ku Yee-wai
Cheung Siu-fong
Cheung Chung-chai
Au Kin-yee
Ho Kwan-ngo
Tang Chi-san
Tsang Po-wah
Story bySandy Shaw
Directed byChung Kwok-keung
Mak Koon-chi
Joe Chan
Cheng Kei-sing
So Man-chung
Jazz Boon
Lam Chi-wah
Wong Wai-sam
Ng Ka-kan
StarringGallen Lo
Roger Kwok
Sunny Chan
Louis Koo
Kenix Kwok
Flora Chan
Ada Choi
Liza Wang
Maggie Shiu
Nicky Wu
Paul Chun
Kwok Fung
Joe Ma
Theme music composerYukiyo Nakamura (Part I)
Andrew Tuason (Part II)
Opening themeCreating a Bright Day (創造晴天) by Gallen Lo (Part I)
A World with Passion (天地有情) by Gallen Lo (Part II)
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes107
Production
ProducerJonathan Chik
Production locationsHong Kong
Taiwan
Macau
Guangzhou, China
Philippines
Running time45 minutes (approx.)
Production companyTVB
BudgetHK$100 million
Release
Original networkTVB Jade
Original release11 October 1999 (1999-10-11) 
26 May 2000 (2000-05-26)
Chronology
Related showsAnother Era (2018)

The entire series took place in a continuing flashback, with the protagonist, Tim Yip (Gallen Lo), pondering the trials and tribulations he went through while riding on a train in the "green city" he developed.

In 2022, the drama was selected as one of ten classic TVB dramas being honoured for Youku and TVB's new programme.[1]


Premise


The drama documents the rise and fall of three entrepreneurs, who founded Lik Tin Century Corporation (力天世紀) together to achieve the ultimate goal of developing a pollution-free town in Hong Kong. Vendetta and love serves as strong subplots throughout the series, with the vendetta between two families being the most prominent.

The stories covered a span of 20 years, from 1990 to 2010, and featured many technologies that came to age during this time, including the nascent internet, and a bulkier tamagotchi virtual pet device (shown as a device similar to Game Boy in the series), which was developed by one of the entrepreneurs before his entry into construction.


Speculation on production


It was speculated that the show was not originally meant to become a cross-millennium event, and was rushed into development and broadcast by TVB because of a slump in ratings.[citation needed]

In Hong Kong, TVB is the predominant TV station in terms of ratings, often receiving 90% viewing shares. During the summer of 1999, the Mainland-Taiwanese drama My Fair Princess, aired by rival broadcaster ATV, took away a significant portion of TVB's audience, and came out on top in the ratings battle during certain hours.

It is speculated, but never confirmed, that the managements of TVB drafted its top actors and actresses to perform in the series, and rushed the production into broadcast as a weapon against the resurgent ATV. Supporters of this theory point to the splitting of the series into two parts, with a gap in between the broadcast to allow for production time. Opponents of the speculation assert that ATV only had a one-off hit with My Fair Princess, and there were no other series afterward that could have retained the audience that eventually returned to TVB. The opponents also allude to the fact that even during the lowest point of the entire crisis, TVB still retained a competitive edge in ratings, and would have been able to defeat ATV right after My Fair Princess concluded. However, this still does not provide an explanation to the gap between two series.


Cost


The series was the costliest ever produced in Hong Kong television history, totaling more than HK$100 million (US$12.8 Million), thus creating a record that no other television series has ever been able to break until The Gem of Life in 2008.[citation needed]


Characters



Main



Yip family


Yip Hau-kan's branch

Howard Yip's branch


Fok family



Hui family



Other characters


Cameo appearances by Kenneth Ma as Stanley, Lik Tin's stock broker and Raymond Lam as a Taiwanese prison guard.


Broadcast


The series was repeated during late night hours in the summer of 2005, and, to the shock of many analysts, drew impressive ratings. It drew twice the audience comparing to 2004's late night hours rerun. Traditionally, reruns only serve as fillers in the late night hours and were never expected to draw impressive ratings. TVB has since undergone a rethink into the philosophy of reruns and is currently broadcasting more high-quality shows during rerun hours.


Accolades


Year AwardCategoryRecipientResult Ref
2002 TVB Anniversary Awards My Favourite Actor in a Leading Role Gallen Lo Top 5
Roger Kwok Nominated
Louis Koo Nominated
Paul Chun Nominated
My Favourite Actress in a Leading Role Liza Wang Nominated
Ada Choi Nominated
Kenix Kwok Nominated
Flora Chan Nominated
My Favourite On-Screen Partners (Dramas) Gallen Lo, Kenix Kwok Nominated
Louis Koo, Ada Choi Nominated
Liza Wang, Paul Chun Nominated
My Top Favourite Television Characters Louis Koo Won
Gallen Lo Won

References


  1. 朱奕錦 (2022-05-18). "優酷同TVB合辦綜藝《那年的精彩》 邀兩地人重演10套無綫經典劇". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2022-05-19.





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