The Dream Job
绝世好工
Genre	Drama
Created by	Lee Ji-wah 李绮华 Suen Hou Hou 孙浩浩
Story by	Cheong Yan Peng 张彦平 Lim Gim Lan 林锦兰
Directed by	Doreen Yap 叶佩娟 Joe Ma 马家俊 Gao Xiu Hui 高秀慧 Loh Woon Woon 罗温温
Starring	Hugo Ng Shaun Chen Jeanette Aw Rebecca Lim Zhang Zhenhuan Ian Fang
Opening theme	Annual Ring (年轮) by Jim Lim and Chew Sin Huey
Ending theme	1) 从彼此的世界路过 by Pierre Zhang 2) 学会 by Tay Kewei 3)假裝不了 by Derrick Hoh
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language	Chinese
No. of episodes	30 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Leong Lye Lin 梁来玲
Production locations	Singapore Australia, Perth
Running time	approx. 45 minutes (exc. advertisements)
Original release
Network	Mediacorp Channel 8
Release	28 June (2016-06-28) – 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)

The Dream Job (Chinese: 绝世好工) is a Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. The series stars Shaun Chen, Jeanette Aw, Rebecca Lim, Zhang Zhenhuan, Ian Fang and Hong Kong veteran actor, Hugo Ng, as the main cast.

Cast

Development

First announced in December 2015, the drama series features a strong story plot by maestros behind Hong Kong's mega-hit and award-winning drama Heart of Greed, Lee Ji-wah and Suen Hou Hou. Targeted to reach an extensive audience from family, working women to Professionals, Managers, Executives and Businessmen (PMEBs), the publicity for the drama also on multi-platforms from teaser recruitment ads, on-ground Recruitment Roadshow, Toggle microsite coupled with social media activation, launch trailers on radio channels, Press Conference and Meet and Greet.^[1] Major sponsors include Subway, Daikin, Mama Magica and Simmons.

Imaging sessions were done in the month of December 2015. New daddy Shaun Chen plays a lawyer who sets out to take revenge against a father he grew up hating. This is his first role after his Star Awards 2015 Best Actor win, not before he completed filming The Journey: Our Homeland, and his second onscreen couple collaboration with Best Actress Rebecca Lim, after The Dream Makers. On the other hand, Jeanette Aw plays an ambitious, driven career woman, which was different from the other roles she has portrayed over the years. In a Toggle interview, she said, "I used to play characters with gentle exteriors but tough personalities, but for Huishan it’s the opposite. She doesn’t display her weaknesses or tell anyone of the difficulties she faces." Hong Kong veteran actor, Hugo Ng, who played in Singaporean dramas Takeover and Men of Valour in the 1980s, returns to Singapore screens for the drama, playing a wealthy businessman who hires the characters of Aw, Rebecca Lim and Ian Fang as his son and daughters. He and his family returned to Singapore, as his son will be enlisted for National Service the following year.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

The drama held its soft launch on 26 January 2016, one month after filming commenced. Hugo Ng, Shaun Chen, Jeanette Aw, Rebecca Lim, Zhang Zhenhuan, Ian Fang, Aileen Tan, Pan Lingling, Romeo Tan, Sheila Sim, Hong Ling, Brandon Wong, Bonnie Loo and Chen Tianwen were present at the event. The cast also shared their first jobs at the launch.^[10][11][12] The production crew and cast (Shaun Chen, Aw, Lim and Zhang), together with the Toggle reporting crew, head to Perth on 18 March for a week of filming. Toggle made live reports throughout their stint. The cast also provided their experiences while filming for the show on Fridays, beginning from 20 May.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]} Back in Singapore, filming for Cheng Huishan and Zhang Lixing (played by Aw and Zhang)'s wedding was on 28 March. Shaun Chen disclosed that his family "may attend Star Awards 2016", and he is jam-packed with filming commitments - he might fly to Taiwan to film a movie in April, before returning to star in Hero the following month, also starring Chen Hanwei and Jesseca Liu.^[23][24] Filming wrapped up in April 2016.

A press conference was held at Swissôtel The Stamford on 21 June 2016. Hugo Ng, Shaun Chen, Rebecca Lim, Ian Fang, Aileen Tan, Pan Lingling, Romeo Tan, Sheila Sim, Hong Ling, Bonnie Loo and Chen Tianwen attended the conference. Notably absent were Jeanette Aw, who was away on a holiday, and Zhang Zhenhuan, who was filming Legal Eagles in Malaysia.^{[25][26][27][28][29][30]}

A meet-and-greet session was held on 25 June at Changi City Point. Ng and Pan were not present at the event, but Wong, who was also absent from the conference, joined the other nine. The first 150 audience to form the queue for the event got to receive an autographed poster and a goodie bag each.

Original Sound Track

Accolades

See also

• List of programmes broadcast by Mediacorp Channel 8
• List of The Dream Job episodes

References