Portrait of Home

Portrait of Home (Chinese: 同心圆) is a Chinese language drama serial which was filmed for and broadcast on Singapore's Mediacorp TV Channel 8 in 2005. It stars Adrian Pang, Xiang Yun, Louise Lee, Richard Low, Pierre Png and Felicia Chin as the casts of the series. It is shown on weekdays at 7pm.

Portrait of Home
同心圆
Genre	Modern Drama
Created by	Ng Kah Huay (黄佳华)
Written by	Lim Gim Lan (林锦兰) Phang Kai Yee (彭凯毅)
Directed by	Loo Yin Kam (卢燕金) Tay Peck Choo (郑碧珠) Loh Woon Woon (罗温温)
Starring	Adrian Pang Xiang Yun Louise Lee Richard Low Pierre Png Felicia Chin
Opening theme	Portrait Of Home 同心圆 by 乐声, 吴辛荣, 王敏惠, 蔡美仪
Ending theme	1) Topic 话题 by 乐生 & 王敏惠 2) Man's Heart 男人心 by 吴幸荣
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language	Chinese
No. of episodes	Part 1: 60 Part 2: 40
Production
Producer	Li Ningqiang (李宁强)
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Original release
Network	MediaCorp Channel 8
Release	2005 (2005) – 2005 (2005)

The show has 100 episodes telecast in two segments, the first with 60 episodes and the second with 40 episodes. Part 1 was aired from 16 May 2005 to 15 August 2005 while part 2 was aired from 11 October 2005 to 5 December 2005.

Cast

• Louise Lee as Li Tian (李甜), the wife of Zhou Dong who subsequently remarried to Lin Shitou.
• Richard Low as Lin Shitou (林石头), the second husband of Li Tian.
• Chen Shucheng as Zhou Dong (周东) and Zhang Guangyang (张光杨), Zhou is the owner of Tong Xin Yuan who disappeared after a kidnap attempt went wrong; Zhang is a good friend of Zhou and impersonates as him as he looks like Zhou.
• Xiang Yun as Zhang Xiuhua (张绣花), a staff of Tong Xin Yuan
• Adrian Pang as Zhou Dadi 周大地
• Yao Wenlong as Zhou Dashan 周大山
• Cavin Soh as Zhou Daqiu 周大丘
• Terence Cao as Lin Dahai 林大海

Season 1

Actor	Character(s)	Description	Ref
Pierre Png	Lin Dayang 林大洋
Zhang Yaodong	Lin Dajiang 林大江
Cynthia Koh	Fu Baozhu 傅宝珠	Zhou Daqiu's Wife
Felicia Chin	Fu Baobei 傅宝贝	Fu Baozhu's adoptive sister
Jesseca Liu	Ruan Mian 阮棉	Zhou Dadi's Wife
Apple Hong	Gao Jimei 高级美	Lin Dahai's Wife
Yvonne Lim	Chen Fenling (Fyn) 陈芬玲	Lin Dahai's Love Interest
Alan Tern	Shaodong 少东	Fu Baobei's Love Interest
Priscelia Chan	Li Xinmin 李心敏
Zhang Xinxiang	Li Fa 李发	Manager of Tong Xin Yuan
Liu Lingling		Baozhu's Mother Baobei's adoptive Mother Gambler
Le Yao 乐瑶	Su Haitang 苏海棠	Zhou Dashan's Girlfriend
Ace Wang Yanbin 王艳宾	Snoopy 史诺比	Supporting Villain Legitimate Businessman, Crime boss and Drug lord Zhou Dashan and Su Haitang's enemy
Joavan Brandan Bosco Pereira	Kumar	Lin Dayang's Friend

Season 2

Actor	Character(s)	Description
Wang Yuqing 王昱清	Parry	Ruan Mianmian's friend and Love Interest Likes Ruan Mianmian
Le Yao 乐瑶	Su Haitang 苏海棠	Zhou Dashan's Girlfriend
Brandon Wong 黄炯耀	Bryan	Snoopy's Client
Romeo Tan	Joe	Fu Baobei's friend

Plot

The fishball factory Tong Xin Yuan is a successful local business, with thriving sales in both Singapore and overseas. But behind the company lies a dark mystery.

The founder of Tong Xin Yuan, Zhou Dong (Chen Shucheng), married a beautiful factory worker Li Tian (Louise Lee) many years ago. They had three sons – Dadi (Adrian Pang), Dashan (Yao Wenlong) and Daqiu (Cavin Soh). Zhou Dong disappeared after a kidnap attempt went awry; not even his body was found.

Without the master around, a faithful worker in Tong Xin Yuan, Lin Shitou (Richard Low) took up the task of overlooking the factory. Three years later, Shitou married Li Tian and had another 3 sons – Dahai (Terence Cao), Dayang (Pierre Png) and Dajiang (Zhang Yaodong). From then on, rumours abound that Shitou killed Zhou Dong and usurped both his factory and wife.

Tong Xin Yuan grew tremendously under Shitou and Li Tian’s management, and all six sons receive the same treatment. Li Tian, in an effort to let her children remain close by her side for as long as possible, as well as to encourage them to love and support each other, built a block of apartments with seven units inside. She lives in one of the units with her husband, with the remaining six units planned for her children. They may move into their unit only after marriage, and if they should choose not to move in, they will automatically forfeit all rights to the unit. Li Tian has even set a family regulation that no matter how busy each family member is, everyone has to turn up at her unit for a meal at least once a week.

Six half-brothers, each with their own peculiarities, often rub each other the wrong way. All of them work at the fishball factory with the exception of Dahai and Dajiang who is still in university.

Amongst the six sons, Dadi has the strangest temperament and is still single. He is nicknamed the Mad Man, and is secretly in love with their factory supervisor Xiuhua (Xiang Yun) who is a few years older than he is. Unaware of his feelings, Li Tian and Xiuhua select a Vietnamese bride Ruan Mian (Jesseca Liu) for Dadi, putting Dadi in an awkward position.

Dashan had a sad past in his youth, falling into despair after witnessing the death of his beloved girlfriend. He fell into bad company and started taking drugs. Upon release from the drug rehabilitation centre, he meets cunning Su Haitang (Le Yao) who bears a great resemblance to his deceased girlfriend. He would have fallen into Haitang’s trap if not for the appearance of the kind-hearted Yang Qin. He have the tendency to let his heart rule over his head which hindered him further to achieve greater things in life.

The scheming Daqiu married a shrewd Baozhu (Cynthia Koh). He constantly plots to take over Tong Xin Yuan but all his attempts fail. In contrast, his honest and straightforward brother Dayang marries Baozhu’s sincere younger sister Baobei (Felicia Chin). The two work hard to earn an honest living despite frequent efforts by Daqiu and his wife to put them down. Heaven seems to be watching out for Dayang and Baobei as they succeed in their lives.

Dahai who spends most of his time working as a scriptwriter, marries a young lady from a wealthy family, Gao Jimei (Apple Hong). He goes against his mother's wishes by doing so and even moves into Jimei's household. Through his wife, he gets to know Fyn (Yvonne Lim) who has turned up for revenge, thereby putting both Jimei and his life in unnecessary danger.

Dajiang is still in university. He changes girlfriends constantly just like changing his clothes every now and then as he prefers something fresh and new. He always like to try out new things and yearn for changes but he harbours no great ambition.

How do Dadi, Dashan and Daqiu feel about their father Zhou Dong’s mysterious disappearance? Shitou wishes to hand Tong Xin Yuan over to Zhou Dong’s flesh and blood Daqiu, but Li Tian objects vehemently.

Daqiu schemes to take back Tong Xin Yuan, unite his two brothers, and chase Shitou and sons out of the family. The family is turned topsy-turvy furthermore when the supposedly deceased Zhou Dong suddenly turns up!

Music

Song title	Performer	Type of Song
Portrait Of Home 同心圆	乐声, 吴幸荣, 王敏惠, 察美仪	Theme Song
Topic 话题	乐生 & 王敏惠	Sub Theme Song
Man's Heart 男人心	吴幸荣	Sub Theme Song

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Award	Nominees	Result	Ref
2005	Star Awards	Young Talent Award	Joavan Brandan Bosco Pereira	Nominated
		Best Actor	Adrian Pang	Nominated
		Best Actress	Cynthia Koh	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Cavin Soh	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Jesseca Liu	Nominated
			Yvonne Lim	Won
		Best Drama Serial	—	Nominated
2006	Star Awards	Best Actor	Adrian Pang	Nominated
	Asian Television Awards	Best Drama Performance by an Actor	Adrian Pang	Nominated
2007	Star Awards 2007	Top 10 Most Memorable Villains 十大恶人	Yvonne Lim	Top 10
		Top 10 Most Memorable Villains 十大恶人	Cavin Soh	Top 10