The Greed of Man
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| Genre | Financial thriller Drama |
| Created by | Wai Ka-fai |
| Screenplay by | Kwan Ching-man Chan Po-yin Ng Lap-kwong Fong Sai-keung Cheung Lei-lei Chan Po-wah Lung Man-hong Cheung Po-yin Kwan Ching-wan |
| Directed by | Yuen Ying-ming Yau Nam-lung Lau Chun-ming Wong Chun-man Lam Kin-lung Fung Pak-yuen Lin Chi-fan |
| Starring | Adam Cheng Sean Lau Yammie Lam Vivian Chow Amy Kwok Bowie Lam Loletta Lee David Siu Damian Lau Michael Tao Kenneth Tsang |
| Opening theme | Sui Yuet Mou Ching (歲月無情; 'Ruthless Life') performed by Adam Cheng |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Wai Ka-fai |
| Running time | 45 minutes each episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | TVB Jade |
| Release | 5 October – 27 November 1992 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 大時代 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 大时代 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | The Great Times | ||||||||||
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The Greed of Man is a Hong Kong television series first broadcast on TVB Jade in 1992. The story, spanning three decades from the 1970s to the 1990s in Hong Kong and Taiwan, addresses various social and financial phenomena of the times, from triad violence to corruption in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It featured a top roster cast, including veteran TVB actors Adam Cheng and Damian Lau and award-winning actor Sean Lau. The series is also well remembered for a Hong Kong stock market cultural phenomenon called the "Ting Hai effect". In 2022, the drama was selected as one of ten classic TVB dramas being honoured for a new Youku and TVB programme.