Night Market Hero - 鸡排英雄 [2011]

At 888 night market local vendors not only sell delicious foods, but also share their happiest memories together. The night market is governed under the leadership of Ah Hua (Lan Zheng Long), whose priority is to serve local citizens and he also has a service center.

Man Mei (Yan Yi Wen) is a chicken fillet seller at the night market, where she is selflessly devoted to support her physically disabled brother, Xiao Qi (Cai Chang Xian). There is also a single mother called Ah Zhu (Wang Cai Hua) selling beef steaks and her son Shi Ba Wang (Zhao Zheng Ping) selling pork sausages.

Mei Xiang (Liu Pin Yan) is selling cosmetics products while her mother Ah Shui Shen (Lu Xue Feng) assists to massage the clients' face. She needs to work hard so that they could support their husband and father, who is suffering from stroke. In the night market, every vendors has their own sad and hardship stories to share.

Ah Hua not only support the local vendors but also his grandmother (Cui Er). He manages to fall in love with a gossip reporter called Lin Yi Nan (Ke Jia Yan), whom he met in a car accident and during a street fight. Their unexpected partnership also form the romance story for 888 night market.

One day the land at 888 night market is acquired by a property developer and the vendors are asked to move out. They are in cahoots with local politicians led by Zhang Jin Liang (Zhu Ge Liang), and are planning to takeover the land and deprive the vendors the opportunity to sell their food.

Jin Liang and Ah Hua's family used to be close like father and son relationship. He betrayed his grandmother due to gambling, never to return again. This time he is back for another betrayal, that is to give away the land to the property developer, where the vendors have been selling tasty delicacies for over ten years.

Together the vendors team up to fight for their rights and livelihoods under the leadership of Ah Hua, in order to prevent greedy politicians and property developers taking over their place and make big profits from these schemes. 888 night market is a local dream, hope and culture that need to be preserved for the vendors.

Release Date : 28 January 2011
Origin : Taiwan
Genre: Comedy
Director : Yeh Tien Lun
Starring: Lan Zheng Long, Ke Jia Yan, Zhu Ge Liang, Wang Cai Hua, Zhao Zheng Ping, Ying Wei Min, Lu Xue Feng, Yan Yi Wen, Cai Chang Xian, Liu Pin Yan, Cui Er, Fan Guang Yao

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