Brick Slaves (DVD) (Ep.1-20) (End) (Multi-audio) (English Subtitled)
(TVB Drama) (US Version)

Product Description

Thanks to its insanely unaffordable housing prices, Hong Kong is one of the few places on earth where the ultra-niche genre of "e;housing market-based romcom"e; can be set. Brick Slaves follows a group of Hong Kongers who give up everything luxuries, fun, relationships, having actual lives in order to chase the elusive dream of being a homeowner. Chief among these people is Jack Lau (Vincent Wong), who after scrimping & saving for fourteen years to buy an apartment, is finally ready to propose to his long-time girlfriend Annie. Unfortunately, Annie hates the apartment Jack bought in their name. Theres also the small matter of her having a boyfriend on the side whos managed to procure an apartment without needing any contribution from her. Annie summarily dumps Jack, & Jack is left with no girlfriend, few job prospects & half of an apartment he still needs to pay off. To make things worse, Annie has rented out her half of their apartment to her friend Cecilia (Selena Li), forcing Vincent to live with a stranger with whom he constantly bickers...