The Dream Makers II

The Dream Makers II 志在四方 II
Also known as	The Dream Makers 2
Genre	Drama Media Industry Romance Office Politics
Written by	Rebecca Leow 洪汐
Starring	Zoe Tay Li Nanxing Huang Biren Jeanette Aw Rui En Qi Yuwu Romeo Tan Julie Tan Zhang Zhenhuan Ian Fang Damian Lau Chen Meifeng
Opening theme	终于 by Kit Chan
Ending theme	See Music
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language(s)	Chinese
No. of episodes	32 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Paul Yuen 袁树伟 Wong Foong Hwee 黄芬菲
Location(s)	Singapore Melbourne, Australia
Running time	approx. 45 minutes (excluding advertisements)
Release
Original network	Mediacorp Channel 8
Original release	4 December 2015 – 18 January 2016
Chronology
Preceded by	Crescendo
Followed by	House of Fortune
Related shows	The Dream Makers (2013)
External links
Website

The Dream Makers II (Chinese: 志在四方II, commonly referred to as The Dream Makers 2 or ZZSF2) is a 32-episode Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. The series is a sequel to the 2013 series The Dream Makers. It began production in June 2015 and will begin its run from 4 December 2015. The series stars Zoe Tay, Li Nanxing, Huang Biren, Jeanette Aw, Rui En, Qi Yuwu, Romeo Tan, Julie Tan, Zhang Zhenhuan, Ian Fang, Chen Meifeng and Damian Lau as the main characters of the series. The show is Channel 8's end-year blockbuster for 2015.

The series finale end credits include a special tribute to legendary MediaCorp actor, Huang Wenyong, who died in 2013, and all those who contribute assiduously to the TV industry. Huang previously starred in The Awakening, Seletar Robbery and Army Series, and was the subject of a current affairs special Remembering Huang Wenyong.

Plot

It has been three years since Zhou Weiyun (Zoe Tay) had been transferred from the Variety department to the Drama department to be the VP. Since the death of Yu Fan (Chen Hanwei), Weiyun's outlook on life had changed. She becomes more cheerful and personable in her dealings with others. She stays with her mother, who has dementia, and a maid and lives life like a swinging bachelorette, focusing on her work. She produces programmes that are sincere and from her heart. As she does not produce shows just to please the viewers, coupled with the rising popularity of internet content, the ratings for TV dramas have been falling, adversely affecting the advertising dollars as a result. There seems to be no breakthrough.

Her bosses decide to hire a powerful lady, Guan Xie En (Huang Biren) to be another VP for the drama department to pressurize Weiyun. She is a business management genius who is good in marketing and cost cutting, and takes over half of Weiyun's production resources. Although she is supposed to be allocated only the 7pm slot, she manages to pull in enough sponsors to take over the prime-time slot of 9pm, competing directly with Weiyun. Drama department is then split into two teams. Some of Weiyun's subordinates betray her for Xie En. However, Xie En is shrewd enough and pushes the disloyal lot back to Weiyun.

Meanwhile, since Weiyun's departure from the variety department, it had been under the charge of another VP, Lin Tao (Li Nanxing). Lin Tao is very creative and innovative, so the ratings for variety shows have been on the rise, performing much better than when it was under Weiyun. Actually, Lin Tao is anxious to be successful as he has a vengeful motive. Many years ago, he had set up a production house with his good friend, Richard, but Richard later absconded with his money and even stole his girlfriend. Lin Tao is determined to succeed and prove himself to Richard.

The three VPs have different goals in life, and different way of handling things. They are friends and rivals at the same time as they have to compete with each other, yet help one another, and are in the same boat.

Lin Tao has a cold surface, but is actually very compassionate. For four years, he has been helping Eddy (Edwin Goh), a young man who used to steal, watching over him and teaching him to be independent and making money through his own merit. After accepting Eddy as his godson, Lin Tao finds out that Eddy is Xie En's son. In the past, Xie En was spending time building her career, and after divorcing her husband, she gave up custody of her two sons. Eddy bore much resentment against Xie En, but his younger brother, Eden, had been deceived into thinking that his mother had died. Both of Xie En's children went to live with her when her husband died from cancer. Xie En tried very hard to be a good mother to make up for lost time, but her children were already estranged from her. Lin Tao thus becomes a bridge between the two parties.

Weiyun's nephew, Joey (Ian Fang) joins the entertainment industry. He is full of himself and behaves in an arrogant manner. Weiyun reprimands him frequently, so their relationship becomes very strained. Weiyun sponsors Joey's parents on a trip to Greece, but their tour coach falls off a cliff and they are killed in the accident. After Joey had overcome his grief, he becomes even more extreme. Weiyun tries to make amends because she feels guilty about his parents' death. The two young men's presence in their lives give Weiyun and Xie En a common topic to talk about and they become much closer.

Fang Tonglin (Rui En) is excellent both in hosting and acting, giving the reigning queen of the station, Zhao Fei Er (Jeanette Aw) a lot of pressure. Meanwhile, the relationship between Tonglin and Jason Lam (Qi Yuwu) had become more stable, with marriage on the cards. Jason has been promoted to executive producer, but he is still a perfectionist at heart, setting excessively high standards, thus making many enemies at his workplace. Fei Er still has not gotten over him, so she is very resentful and envious towards Tonglin. Fei Er is paired with Zhong Yiming (Romeo Tan), an actor who is popular in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as an on-screen couple, but privately, she dislikes his narcissism intensely. The two of them would try to sabotage each other whenever possible. However, when Yiming goes through a rough patch, it is Fei Er who helps him get back on his feet. He falls in love with her and tries to repay her.

When Jason is filming a scene involving Joey one day, an accident occurs which injures a passer-by. Joey pushes all the blame to Jason, and secretly begs his aunt Weiyun to help. As Jason could see that Weiyun is siding with Joey out of her own guilt, he takes the blame on himself and quits. He becomes a hawker, but though he seems not to care about his circumstances, he is actually very frustrated with his own plight. He has many arguments with Tonglin, who has become increasingly popular. Thinking that Jason still feels for Fei Er, Tong Lin breaks up with him in a huff. Fei Er is thus accused of being the third party, which badly affects her career and many start to criticize her acting.

A new television station is also awarded a TV license, which hit VBS very badly. There is much speculation over who would be head hunted to join the rival station. It turns out to be Lin Tao. Lin Tao has been secretly recruiting the best talent to join him. He wants to start a charity show, and hopes to reach new heights and impress his new superiors. He takes a risk with dangerous stunts. However, he never expected Eddy, who has just become a stunt double to get seriously injured. Eddy becomes a stunt double for Tonglin to win Lin Tao's compliment, but ends up falling badly. Lin Tao suffers another blow when he finds out that his new boss is his arch enemy, Richard. He is shattered that his years of hard work culminated in hurting his beloved godson. All these fighting and rivalry have left Weiyun bitter and disillusioned, so she seriously considers leaving the entertainment industry. Should she stay or go? Would Xie En ever forgive Lin Tao for bringing harm to her son? Should she try to retain Wei Yun and try to work as a team with her?

For this group of professionals in the TV industry, where they face challenges in their career, love life and family, what will their decision be? Will they be a positive influence and rise to the challenge?

Cast

Credited cast mentioned

Main Cast

Cast	Character	Description	Episodes Appeared
Zoe Tay 郑惠玉	Zhou Weiyun 周薇芸	Vice-President of VBS Drama Department Ex Vice-President of VBS Variety Department Joey's paternal aunt Lin Tao and Guan Xie En's colleague and rival in work Lin Tao's childhood playmate Eden's godmother Caused the deaths of Zhou Jialong and Xu Guixiang when she suggested they go to Greece Zhou Weiyun has been the Vice President of the Drama Department for 3 years. However, from the management’s perspective, there has not been any breakthrough in her performance. She does not give in to the viewers’ preferences and refused to blindly produce family dramas just to gain more viewership ratings. On the contrary, she is bold in producing dramas with different kinds of themes; even if, she knows that it will cost her viewership ratings. She also often overspends her budget in order to produce dramas of high quality. Nonetheless, she is able to complement her shortcomings with her devotion to push local dramas be recognized internationally. As the dramas she produces are not able to generate much revenue for the company, the management decides to employ an elite from the business sector, Guan Xie En, as a Vice President to work alongside Weiyun. With the new addition, the management separates the Drama Department into two teams to have them compete with each other. Got into a car crash with Lin Tao when she stops him from killing Richard Ma in episode 31 Was discharged in episode 32 after sustaining the danger zone Younger version portrayed by 蔡柔颖	1, 11 (younger) 1-5, 7-9, 11, 14-20, 22-23, 25, 27-32
Li Nanxing 李南星	Lin Tao 林韬	LT, Big Head (大头) Vice-President of VBS Variety Department Eddy and Eden's godfather Zhou Weiyun and Guan Xie En's colleague and rival in work Fang Tonglin's superior and rival in work Zhou Weiyun's childhood playmate Lin Tao is full of creativity and novel ideas. Even though he is adept in the creative concept of programs, he knows little about the management of human resources. He once had a production company and co-produced many popular variety shows in Taiwan. After his company closed down, he was engaged by the TV station to replace Weiyun and became the Vice President of the Variety Department. Crazy and elusive, he does not do things in a logical way. In order for the program to be successful, he will create situations in the program to surprise viewers at the expense of his principles. Hence, the variety programs produced by him are well received by the viewers, far exceeding Weiyun’s performance. Beyond his eccentricities and tough appearance, there lies a tender heart. On one hand he seems to be interested in Zhou Weiyun but on the other, he seems affectionate towards to Guan Xie En. Arranged a scene on set of Minute to Ace It by having Steve Lim strip his clothes in front of Fei'er and Chen Guang quarrel with Steve in episode 2 Arranged Tonglin's public proposal with Jason on set of Minute to Ace It in episode 3, under a win-win-win situation Had dreamt of killing Richard Ma in episode 14 Pretended to quarrel with Chen Guang in episode 16 Was invited to be a CEO of a new company called OBS and accepted it; betraying VBS in episode 22 Recruited many people from VBS to OBS in episode 24 Sacked from VBS by Zheng Shouyi (the new chairman) at the town hall in episode 27 Discovered his boss is his sworn enemy, Richard Ma in episode 30 Was humiliated by Richard Ma when he tricked Lin Tao to bow down to him. Attempted to kill Richard Ma but got into a car crash with Weiyun in episode 31 Attempted to commit suicide in episodes 31 and 32, but did not do so when snippets of Huang Wenyong aired on a huge screen of a shopping mall Teenage version portrayed by Ian Teng (丁立翊)	6, 11 (teenage) 1-3, 5, 7-12, 14-16, 18-20, 22, 24, 27, 30-32
Huang Biren 黄碧仁	Guan Xie En 官谢恩	Ms Guan, Her Majesty (谢主隆恩), Guillotine (血滴子), Steel Lady (铁娘子) Vice-President of VBS Drama Department Eddy and Eden's mother Xu Yuanchi's ex-wife Zhou Weiyun and Lin Tao's colleague and rival in work Chen Guang's colleague and sworn enemy Caused the death of Chen Zhiming Despite having limited knowledge of drama production, she manages the budget very well due to her business background. The management decides to employ her into the drama team as a Vice President together with Zhou Weiyun. In order to achieve greater heights, she aims to kick Weiyun out. With the lack of experience in drama, she focuses on the profits and viewership of the program at the expense of its production quality. After being more familiar with the industry, she becomes arrogant and holds no regard for Weiyun. On the surface she looks like an arrogant woman who looks down on men who are weaker than her, but in fact she is a lonely person who is a divorcee with two sons. Helped Jason Lam clear his name after she gave the video of Tonglin being hit by eggs she filmed in episode 23 Apologized to Chen Guang for causing his brother's death in episode 27	2-5, 7-8, 10-11, 14-18, 20-23, 25-32
Rui En 瑞恩	Fang Tonglin 方彤琳	Scatterbrain (大头虾), Little Bug (小虫) VBS Artiste Actress and Television Host Fang Yuanren's younger sister Jason Lam's fiancée Zhao Fei Er's best friend, later rival in love Zhou Weiyun's subordinate and best friend Lin Tao's subordinate and rival in work Chen Guang's colleague and rival in work In love with Jason Lam and married him in episode 19 Fan Club: Lingers Club Won Best Actress in the 26th Star Awards: Through the Back Door (旁门左道) Tonglin is a host and an actress who has an affinity with the general public and is deeply loved by the viewers. Her popularity starts to take off and catches up with veteran actress, Zhao Fei Er. Tonglin, who is bold and brave, initiates a marriage proposal to Jason. She sees Fei Er as a bosom friend and helps her in any way she can. However through her observations, she realizes that both Jason and Fei Er still have each other in their hearts. Fei Er was Jason’s first love, and Tonglin knows that Fei Er is irreplaceable. Tonglin is upset about this but she stays true to Jason. Was forced to propose to Jason by Lin Tao in the live show in episode 3 Clarified she is not the third party in Jason and Fei Er's relationship in episode 7 Argued with Fei'er and Jason upon discovering Fei'er kissed Jason, resulting her loss of friendship with Fei'er in episode 19, but ultimately reconciled with Jason Was pelted with eggs by Fei'er's male fans in episode 20, who realize Xie'en was filming from behind Got her face disfigured and right eye blinded in episode 28, caused by Zihuai Got back up in episode 30 after watching the encouragement video Became a DJ in episode 31, and forgave Zihuai and Fei'er Reconciled with Fei'er in episode 32 Gave birth to a baby girl in the end Younger version portrayed by 周倩依	1 (younger) 1-10, 12-13, 15, 17-24, 26, 28-32
Qi Yuwu 戚玉武	Jason Lam 蓝钦辉	Thrifty Man (节省男) VBS Drama Department Executive Producer Fang Tonglin's fiancé Zhao Fei Er's ex-boyfriend and love interest In love with Fang Tonglin and married her in episode 19 Jason has been filming movies for three years, and the box office has not been doing well. He finds commercial films a disdain and refuses to film them. He is then invited to return to the TV station by Weiyun to be a producer and director. As an award-winning director, he feels the pressure and expects high standards in his productions, although they only attract a small group of viewers. His reluctance to incorporate commercial elements into his drama offends one of the Vice Presidents of the drama team, Guan Xie En. Accepted Tonglin's proposal in the live show in episode 3 Indirectly revealed Xie'en and Eden's relationship in episode 17, which Got Problem overheard Argued with Tonglin when she discovered Fei'er kissed him, but ultimately reconciled in episode 19 Protected Tonglin who was pelted with eggs by men who stood up for Fei'er in episode 20, and even punched one of them Read about Tonglin returning his trophies he discarded back home in episode 29 Helped to make a video to encourage Tonglin, helping her get back up in episode 30 Forgave Zihuai in episode 31 Reconciled with Fei'er in episode 32 Became a father in the end Younger version portrayed by 梁其诚	1 (younger) 1-7, 9-15, 17-24, 26, 28-32
Jeanette Aw 欧萱	Zhao Fei Er 赵非儿	VBS Artiste Actress Zhao De's older daughter Dong Zihuai's older sister and sworn enemy Jason Lam's ex-girlfriend Zhong Yiming's love interest Fang Tonglin's best friend, later rival in love Fang Yuanren's sworn enemy from episode 28 Chen Guang's colleague and rival in work In love with Jason Lam Fan Club: Flyers Club As Fei Er's status grows in the industry, she holds on to Yu Fan's spirit, teaching the younger artistes and using her status to contribute back to society. Even though she had broken up with Jason, Fei Er still hasn't moved on. She is always greatly affected upon seeing him with Tonglin and has been trying hard to treat Jason as a friend but always fails to do so. Her on-screen pairing with Zhong Yiming is greatly loved by the viewers so Xie En promotes them as an on-screen couple. Fei Er detests Yiming for his poor attitude towards his acting career and unknowingly offends him. He plays a series of pranks on her as revenge and she retaliates back. He pretends to chase her and eventually starts to slowly fall for her. Upon discovering this, Fei Er does not know whether to believe his feelings toward her. Spent a night with Yiming after kissing Jason and later Yiming in episode 6 Apologized on behalf of Flyers for the Lingers Party incident in episode 7 Argued with Tonglin when she discovered Fei'er kissed Jason and resulted with them losing their friendship in episode 19 Broke down during the actors' meeting and ran to the cafeteria in episode 21 Quit acting in episode 25 and chased Zihuai out of the house Reconciled with Zihuai, but finds out she has been tricked when Zihuai hurts Tonglin, and was arrested and bailed afterwards in episode 28 Attempted suicide in episode 29, but survived with injuries and ended up in a hotel Taken away by a rag-and-bone seller and his wife in episode 31, as she does not want to be with Zihuai Tried to kill herself in episode 32 when Zihuai went into a tussle with the rag-and-bone seller, but inadvertently stabbed Zihuai Reconciled with Tonglin, Jason, Yiming and Zihuai in the end Younger version portrayed by Chloe Ng (黄颖恩)	1 (younger) 1-4, 6-10, 12-13, 15-19, 21, 23-25, 27-29, 31-32
Romeo Tan 陈罗密欧	Zhong Yiming 钟一鸣	VBS Artiste Actor Zhong Qianyi's son In love with Zhao Fei Er Zhong Yiming is termed the “King of Television Dramas” and viewership ratings are guaranteed when he is cast in dramas. He is a narcissistic character who is over obsessed with his appearance. He is also mischievous, narrow-minded and enjoys being worshipped. While filming, he repeatedly pranks on Fei Er, but later realizes he has fallen in love with her. He comes from a wealthy family background where his mother, Mrs Zhong Qianyi, is the chairman of a conglomerate who spoils him since young. Mrs Zhong made a pact with him - Regardless of whether he succeeds or fails, he has to return to her company after five years of living away from home and building his own career. Zhong Yiming had always thought that he achieved his fame through his ability. However, he realizes that he is merely just a “product” of his mother’s company. When he first started working his way into the entertainment industry, he constantly met with dead ends; his mother could not bear to see her son’s plight and decides to invest in films, indicating that Zhong Yiming must be cast. Slept with Fei'er after he treated the crew to karaoke in episode 6 Chose to star in Entrapment in episode 7, but turned it down for Out to Win when Xie'en schemes to steal him back by bringing him near a rubbish dump Began to fall in love with Fei'er after an encounter in the wild in episode 13 Found out his mother has sposored his fanclub to make him famous in episode 17 Left the actors meeting in episode 21 to check on Le-le at the hospital. Chose to go out of the hospital through the main door, with his mum, Diana and Le-le Hired a private investigator to expose Zihuai's misdeeds in episode 29 Reunited with Fei'er in episode 32	1-2, 4-9, 12-13, 16-17, 19, 21, 23-25, 29-32
Julie Tan 陈欣淇	Dong Zihuai 董子怀	Main Villain Twins, The Black Rose (黑玫瑰) VBS Drama Department Screenwriter Taiwan's blogger award winner Zhao De's younger daughter Zhao Fei Er's younger sister and sworn enemy Chen Guang's love interest Flyers Club's member Plots to let Zhao Fei'er lose everything and take revenge on Zhao De Dong Zihuai is Zhao Fei Er’s sister who shares the same parents. After Fei Er’s mother left home for Taiwan and got married. Fei Er's mother came back to Singapore to look for Fei Er. Zhao De raped Fei Er's mom and as a result Zihuai is a product from the rape. Zihuai's stepfather hated her since young for that. She has been through torture and abuse since young. She is back from Taiwan to take her revenge on Zhao Fei Er and Zhao De. Zihuai vents her frustration and oppression through writing. She starts writing on blogs after graduating from high school and obtains some fame. When she was 23, she won Taiwan’s blogger award and her popularity soared. She is then engaged by Xie En to become a scriptwriter. Barged into a Lingers Party upon discovering Fei'er was Jason's ex-girlfriend and caused a rivalry between Lingers Club and Flyers Club in episode 6 Reunited with Zhao De and Zhao Fei'er in episode 10, but actually knew everything and revealed she filmed Fei'er kissing Jason on the sly Faked her finger injury and schemed to create trouble between Jason and Fei'er by uploading the video in episode 12 Caused Fei'er to begin becoming depressed and throwing up in episode 13 Caused the resignation of Rufeng by revealing he copied a Taiwanese drama in episode 14 Deliberately let Fei'er read the negative online comments, knowing she is going into depression, in episode 15 Circulated the video to everyone by phone during the wedding in episode 18 Had secretly filmed Tonglin slapping Fei'er; deliberately let Fei'er face the reporters at the airport in episode 19 Secretly bookmarked pages regarding depression on Fei'er's laptop, prompting Zhao De to bring Fei'er to the clinic, where Fei'er ran away Was chased out of the house by Fei'er in episode 25 Deliberately caused Fei'er to be arrested as well as Tonglin's face to be disfigured in episode 28 Exposed of her misdeeds by Zhong Yiming and was arrested in episode 29. Chen Guang bailed her out, and admits his love for her Reconciled with Tonglin and Jason and forgave Zhao De in episode 31 Wanted to save Fei'er from the rag-and-bone seller, but was inadvertently stabbed by Fei'er in episode 32 Reconciled with Zhao De and Fei'er in the end upon her release from prison Younger version portrayed by Isabel Yamada (山田熙)	4, 6-8, 10, 12-19, 21-32
Zhang Zhenhuan 张振寰	Chen Guang 陈光	Supporting Villain Original name Chen Zhiqiang (陈志强) VBS Artiste Television Host Chen Zhiming's younger brother Guan Xie En's friend Zhao Fei Er and Fang Tonglin's colleague and rival in work In love with Dong Zihuai Plots to take revenge on Guan Xie'en Chen Guang is a veteran host with a glib tongue who has a dishonest appearance and makes him look like he can do anything for money and fame. He stays in close contact with Xie En and her two sons which triggers some rumors. His brother used to be Xie En’s subordinate and was jailed after being embroiled in a bribery case. Chen Guang believes that his brother was wronged and in order to pursue the truth, he tries to obtain Xie En’s trust by staying close to her. He eventually falls for Zihuai. Had followed Xie'en and arranged the road bully incident, vowed revenge for his brother in episode 8 Pretended to quarrel with Lin Tao and schemed to ruin Richard Ma's programme in episode 16 Told Eddy Xie'en's misdeeds in work, as well as tricked Joey by leaving his script during production in episode 18 Plotted to avenge his brother by causing Eddy to be arrested in episode 22 Put drugs in Eddy's room in episode 25 Reported to the police that Eddy took drugs but later regretted it when Eden told him Xie'en was his benefactor and warned Xie'en before the cops came in. Although, he still didn't forgive Xie'en in episode 26 Forgave Xie'en after she apologized to him at his brother's grave and decided to turn back his evil ways and live a more happier life in episode 27 Admitted his love for Zihuai in episode 29	1-3, 5, 8, 12-23, 25-32
Ian Fang 方伟杰	Joey Zhou Yaozu (Zhou Yuanhui) 周耀祖 (周鼋隳)	VBS Artiste Actor and television host Zhou Jialong and Xu Guixiang's son Zhou Weiyun's nephew He shoots to fame after starring in a movie about dance and becomes the idols of many young female fans. As he rose to fame too easily, he becomes arrogant and treats his seniors very rudely. He is often late and does not put in effort to memorize his lines. However, since he has many fans, he manages to keep getting new projects. Weiyun and Fei Er are constantly being kind and patient to him yet he sees them as a thorn in his flesh. Changed his name, had a fight with Eddy over a taxi in episode 20 Caused Jason Lam's resignation when he insisted that he drive during filming and caused an accident in episode 23 Was addicted to drugs with his friend, Benson, in episode 25 Mended his wrongdoings and reconciled with Weiyun in episode 27; went into a rehabilitation centre till episode 28 at a low profile	5, 9, 15-18, 20, 22-23, 25, 27-28, 30, 32

VBS Television Station

Cast	Character	Description	Episodes Appeared
Executives
Damian Lau 刘松仁	Zheng Shouyi 郑守义	VBS Chairman from episode 27 See Other Cast
Li Wenhai 李文海	MD Chong	VBS Managing Director Previously migrated, but went back as VBS' Managing Director as he is unable to adapt to the new environment Promoted to Chief Executive Officer from episode 27	1-2, 11, 20, 22, 27, 32
Drama Department
Zoe Tay 郑惠玉	Zhou Weiyun 周薇芸	Vice-President of VBS Drama Department Producer - Tragic Times (悲情年代), Entrapment (迷失陷阱), The Huang Siblings (黄家姐弟) Redeployed to Variety Department in episode 29; redeployed back to Drama Department in episode 32 See Main Cast
Huang Biren 黄碧仁	Guan Xie En 官谢恩	Vice-President of VBS Drama Department Producer - I Must Love You (今天要爱你), Goodbye Sweetie (再见甜心) Was invited to OBS by Lin Tao, but turned down the offer in episode 30 See Main Cast
Qi Yuwu 戚玉武	Jason Lam 蓝钦辉	VBS Drama Department Executive Producer Director (film) - Walk On (走走走) Director (television) - Tragic Times (悲情年代), The Huang Siblings (黄家姐弟) Left VBS in episode 23 following an incident involving Joey and went to set up a Penang laksa stall Returned to VBS in episode 31 See Main Cast
Julie Tan 陈欣淇	Dong Zihuai 董子怀	VBS Drama Department Screenwriter Joined VBS in episode 7 Creator/writer - I Must Love You (今天要爱你), Goodbye Sweetie (再见甜心) Suspended in episode 30 Returned to VBS in episode 32 See Main Cast
Yeo Thiam Hock 杨添福	Ah Xiang 阿祥	VBS Drama Department stuntsman Director - Tragic Times (悲情年代)	1, 4-5, 8, 10-11, 25, 28
Vincent Tee 池素宝	Ah Quan 阿全	VBS Drama Department Crew (Post-production) Sacked due to lost tape, as his wife is ill (Sacked - episode 3)	1-3
Wang Yuqing 王昱清	Qin Wenxu 秦文旭	Beast (禽兽) VBS Drama Department Executive Producer Executive producer - Tragic Times (悲情年代), Entrapment (迷失陷阱) Was chosen to move to Xie'en's team instead of Jason Lam in episode 22, on request that he stop playing office politics	1-4, 7-11, 17-19, 21-22, 25, 29-30
杨迪嘉	Zhang Xiaoxiao 张小小	VBS Drama Department Screenwriter Writer - Under the Sky (我们的天空), Entrapment (迷失陷阱) Chose to be in Weiyun's team in episode 3 Requested her transfer to Variety Department in episode 29, as she does not wish to work for Xie'en	2-4, 7-8, 17, 29
杨佳盈	Veg 小菜	VBS Drama Department Crew (Post-production)	1-4, 6-10, 17-19, 22, 25, 27-30
李慧玲	Ah Ya 阿雅	VBS Drama Department Crew	2-4, 21
梁家豪	Rufeng 如风	VBS Drama Department Screenwriter Dong Zihuai's rival in work Writer - 3C Lover (3C情人), I Must Love You (今天要爱你) Copied Xiaoxiao's script and was reprimanded by Xie'en in episode 7 Had edited the script Zihuai was working on before she submitted in episode 12, and teared the script in front of her Was sacked by Xie'en in episode 14 over plagiarism, all thanks to Zihuai (Sacked - episode 14)	2, 4, 7-8, 10, 12-14
Dylan Quek 郭景豪	Jinhao 金豪	VBS Drama Department Director Director - I Must Love You (今天要爱你), Goodbye Sweetie (再见甜心)	2-4, 8-10, 18, 21, 23-25, 27, 29-30
陈斯倫	Peter	VBS Drama Department Crew	2, 13-14, 22
Diya Tan 陈迪雅	Got Problem 有问题	VBS Drama Department Crew No Problem's elder sister	1-11, 17-19, 23, 25, 27-30
林茜茜	No Problem 没问题	VBS Drama Department Crew Got Problem's younger sister	2-5, 7-10, 12, 14, 21, 25, 27, 29-30
洪国锐	Uncle De 德叔	VBS Props Manager Had made mistakes before in previous shows, and accidentally caused Eden to be injured in episode 11 when the stuntsman mistook the real pocketknife for the fake one Forced to retire earlier by the management due to the accident in episode 14 Retired early in episode 17 Tried to attack Xie'en due to his sacking but was let off after Jason and Tonglin intervened in episode 18	4-5, 7, 11, 14, 17-18
Variety Department
Li Nanxing 李南星	Lin Tao 林韬	Vice-President of VBS Variety Department Producer - 26th Star Awards (第26届星光大奖), Minute to Ace It (一分钟要你好看), They Live Happily Ever After (永J彤心), East Meets West (中西合璧) Sacked from VBS by Zheng Shouyi at the town hall in episode 27 Returned to VBS in episode 32 See Main Cast
Ho Ai Ling 何爱玲	Little Apple 小苹果	VBS Variety Department Backstage Resigned in episode 30 Returned to VBS in episode 32	1-3, 9-10, 15, 18-20, 24, 26-28, 30-32
林志强	Chameleon 变色龙	VBS Variety Department Crew Resigned in episode 30 Returned to VBS in episode 32	1-3, 9-10, 12, 15, 18-20, 24, 26-27, 30-32
金举拱	Michael	VBS Variety Department Executive Producer Resigned in episode 30 Returned to VBS in episode 32	1-3, 9-10, 15, 18-20, 24, 27, 30-31
胡铭轩	Dominic	VBS Variety Department Crew Resigned in episode 30 Returned to VBS in episode 32	2-3, 9-10, 24, 27-32
Other backstage
Chase Tan 陈锦宏	Yiming's stunt double 一鸣替身	Stunt Double of Yiming - Tragic Times (悲情年代)	1-2
Xie Jiafa 谢家发	Voiceover 配音员	Voiceover for Zhong Yiming's role	2
Keith Png	Fashion stylist 造型师	VBS Fashion Stylist	2
黄淑韵	Sister Mei 梅姐	VBS Make-Up Unit	4, 9
Artistes / Artiste Management
Foong Wai See 冯慧诗	Patricia	VBS VP of Artiste Management Unit	5, 7, 11, 20, 23-24, 29
Rui En 瑞恩	Fang Tonglin 方彤琳	VBS Artiste Actress and Television Host Host - Minute to Ace It (一分钟要你好看), Lost and Found (寻人启示), Your Food Guide (带你找美食) Female Lead - I Must Love You (今天要爱你), The Huang Siblings (黄家姐弟) Returned to VBS after the assault incident as a DJ in episode 31 Returned to the big screen in episode 32 See Main Cast
Jeanette Aw 欧萱	Zhao Fei Er 赵非儿	VBS Artiste Actress Female Lead - Tragic Times (悲情年代), Entrapment (迷失陷阱), Goodbye Sweetie (再见甜心) Host - They Live Happily Ever After (永J彤心) (pre-recorded) Quit acting and left VBS in episode 25, but became even more depressed See Main Cast
Romeo Tan 陈罗密欧	Zhong Yiming 钟一鸣	VBS Artiste Actor Male Lead - Tragic Times (悲情年代), I Must Love You (今天要爱你), Goodbye Sweetie (再见甜心) See Main Cast
Zhang Zhenhuan 张振寰	Chen Guang 陈光	VBS Artiste Television Host Host/emcee - 26th Star Awards (第26届星光大奖), Minute to Ace It (一分钟要你好看), Entrapment publicity stint, Ask No One (一路不求人), They Live Happily Ever After (永J彤心) (live telecast) See Main Cast
Ian Fang 方伟杰	Joey Zhou Yaozu (Zhou Yuanhui) 周耀祖 (周鼋隳)	VBS Artiste Actor and television host Male lead (film) - Centre Stage (舞林中人) Host - Ask No One (一路不求人) Male lead (television) - The Huang Siblings (黄家姐弟) One of the three dukes of VBS See Main Cast
Charlyn Lin 林翠芳	Female host 女主持人	VBS Artiste Host - 26th Star Awards (第26届星光大奖)	1
Louis Wu 伍洛毅	Zhang Tianxiang 张天翔	VBS Artiste Actor Nominated for three awards in Star Awards 2015 Male Lead - Tragic Times (悲情年代), Entrapment (迷失陷阱)	1, 3, 11
Assistants
Joey Feng 冯瑾瑜	Cat	Zhao Fei'er's assistant Was suspected of betraying Fei'er and was fired in episode 21 Was called back to serve Fei'er in episode 27	1-4, 6-9, 13, 18-19, 21, 27-28
黄爱宝	Shanshan 珊珊	Fang Tonglin's assistant	1, 6-9, 13, 17-20, 26, 28, 30
Andrew Lua 赖泰均	Xiao-guo 小郭	Zhong Yiming's assistant Mei Ya Group employee	4-7, 9, 13, 16, 26, 32
Maxi Lim 林俊良	Jack	Zhong Yiming's assistant Mei Ya Group employee	4-8, 12-13, 16, 23-24, 26, 30-32

Fang Family

Cast	Character	Description	Episodes Appeared
Dennis Chew 周崇庆	Fang Yuanren 方元仁	Entertainment reporter of Lion City Daily Variety show host Fang Tonglin's elder brother Host - Lost and Found (寻人启示) Fang Yuanren is a newsroom reporter who is well informed and sensitive to things around him. He is scouted by Lin Tao to host a variety show together with Tonglin, which is well received by the viewers. He starts to experience the loss of freedom and privacy as his fame rises and he does not enjoy it one bit.	1-10, 13, 15-20, 24, 26, 28-30, 32
Rui En 瑞恩	Fang Tonglin 方彤琳	Fang Yuanren's younger sister See Main Cast
Qi Yuwu 戚玉武	Jason Lam 蓝钦辉	Fang Yuanren's tenant See Main Cast

Zhou Family

Cast	Character	Description	Episodes Appeared
Choy Peng Hoy 蔡平开	Yalian 亚莲	Aunt Lian (莲姨) Zhou Weiyun and Zhou Jialong's mother Xu Guixiang's mother-in-law Joey's grandmother Suffers from dementia Adult version portrayed by 陈秋虹	6, 11 (adult) 2, 5, 11, 16-17, 20, 22-23, 27-28
Zoe Tay 郑惠玉	Zhou Weiyun 周薇芸	Yalian's daughter Zhou Jialong's elder sister Xu Guixiang's sister-in-law Joey's paternal aunt See Main Cast
Andi Lim 林伟文	Zhou Jialong 周家龙	Yalian's son Zhou Weiyun's younger brother Xu Guixiang's husband Joey's father Went to Europe after episode 20 Died after the coach he is travelling on fell off a cliff in Greece (Deceased - episode 22)	5, 16, 20
May Phua 潘淑钦	Xu Guixiang 许贵香	Yalian's daughter-in-law Zhou Jialong's wife Zhou Weiyun's sister-in-law Joey's mother Went to Europe after episode 20 Died after the coach she is travelling on fell off a cliff in Greece (Deceased - episode 22)	5, 11, 16-17, 20
Ian Fang 方伟杰	Joey Zhou Yaozu (Zhou Yuanhui) 周耀祖 (周鼋隳)	Yalian's grandson Zhou Jialong and Xu Guixiang's son Zhou Weiyun's nephew See Main Cast

Zhao Family

Cast	Character	Description	Episodes Appeared
Richard Low 刘谦益	Zhao De 赵德	Taxi driver Zhao Fei'er's father Dong Zihuai's biological father and sworn enemy Raped Fei'er's mother in the past when he found out she married a Taiwanese man Suffered a stroke in episode 30, worrying for Zhao Fei'er Reconciled with Zihuai in episode 32	4, 6, 10, 12-13, 18-19, 21, 24-25, 27-32
Jeanette Aw 欧萱	Zhao Fei Er 赵非儿	Zhao De's older daughter See Main Cast
Julie Tan 陈欣淇	Dong Zihuai 董子怀	Zhao De's younger daughter See Main Cast

Guan Family

Cast	Character	Description	Episodes Appeared
Huang Biren 黄碧仁	Guan Xie En 官谢恩	Eddy and Eden's mother Xu Yuanchi's ex-wife See Main Cast
Edwin Goh 吴劲威	Eddy Xu	Stunt double Xu Yuanchi and Guan Xie'en's elder son Has a strong hatred towards his mum and tried to cause trouble for her Left house in episode 14 after he brought his girlfriend in his room Was persuaded by Lin Tao and Chen Guang to go back home in episode 15 Had a fight with Joey over a taxi in episode 20 Returned to the wushu team in episode 24 Was set up by Chen Guang in episode 26, but was saved by Xie'en. Reconciled with Xie'en in the end Was tied up in Lin Tao's house when Lin Tao is about to seek revenge in episode 31 Younger version portrayed by 蔡正龙	2-3, 5, 7-12, 14-16, 18, 20, 23-27, 29-32
Damien Teo 张值豪	Eden Xu Wenkai 许文凯	Xu Yuanchi and Guan Xie'en's younger son Child actor - Entrapment (迷失陷阱) Became rebellious after Eddy left house Secretly took photos, making it appear that Xie'en is kissing Chen Guang in episode 14 Did not know that Xie'en is his mother until he overheard Xie'en and Weiyun quarreling in episode 15 Acknowledged Xie'en as his mother following his illness and Uncle De's incident in episode 18 Younger version portrayed by 林业腾	5, 7, 9-11, 13-18, 20, 23, 26-27, 29-30, 32

Zhong Family

Cast	Character	Description	Episodes Appeared
Chen Meifeng 陈美凤	Zhong Qianyi 钟倩怡	Empress Wu (武则天) Chairman of Mei Ya Group Zhong Yiming’s mother, Zhong Qianyi is the chairman of a conglomerate who spoils him since young. Zhong Qianyi made a pact with him - Regardless of whether he succeeds or fails, he has to return to her company after five years of living away from home and building his own career. Zhong Yiming had always thought that he achieved his fame through his ability. However, he realizes that he is merely just a “product” of his mother’s company. When he first started working his way into the entertainment industry, he constantly met with dead ends; Qianyi could not bear to see her son’s plight and decides to invest in films, indicating that Zhong Yiming must be cast. Met Zhao Fei'er for the first time in episode 13 Had agreed to sponsor Xie'en's new drama in episode 17, which Yiming will star in Witnessed his son performing well on set in episode 24 and decided not to press him to take on the family business Went to Taiwan in episode 25 after having dinner with Yiming and Fei'er Went back to Singapore to address reporters during a press conference to give a monetary reward to anyone who can find Fei'er in episode 32	5-6, 13, 16-17, 21, 23-25, 32
Romeo Tan 陈罗密欧	Zhong Yiming 钟一鸣	Zhong Qianyi's son See Main Cast

Lam Family

Cast	Character	Description	Episodes Appeared
王昌黎	Jason's father Jason父	Jason Lam's father Arrived in Singapore in episode 17 for the wedding Returned to Melbourne in episode 20 after the wedding	12, 17-20
Lin Ruping 林茹萍	Jason's mother Jason母	Jason Lam's mother Arrived in Singapore in episode 17 for the wedding Returned to Melbourne in episode 20 after the wedding	12, 17-20
Qi Yuwu 戚玉武	Jason Lam 蓝钦辉	See Main Cast
Rui En 瑞恩	Fang Tonglin 方彤琳	See Main Cast

Other Cast

Cast	Character	Description	Episodes Appeared
Damian Lau 刘松仁	Zheng Shouyi 郑守义	Every 18th day of the month, Zheng Shouyi will stand at bottom of a housing block and stare at the roof top of a HDB block for a couple of hours. He has a crippled leg, wears a pair of damaged spectacles and is dressed in old clothes. Weiyun notices Shouyi’s behavior for the past ten years whenever she passes by the blocks to buy chicken rice. She is curious as to why a crippled man would stand for hours staring at the blocks at a specific time each month. Little did she know that this man actually has another identity… Survived his suicide attempt by Weiyun's father (indirectly) and Lin Tao (directly) 15 years ago Caused the death of his wife and the tearing apart of his family Became the chairman of VBS in episode 27 and eliminated Lin Tao Reunited with his family in episode 32 after getting punched by Shoude	2, 4-5, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 27, 29-30, 32
Rayson Tan 陈泰铭	Richard Ma	Main Villain Lin Tao's ex-partner and sworn enemy Chairman of RM Productions Betrayed Lin Tao 10 years ago and even snatched Meiling away from him, but dumped her for another woman Boss of Lawrence Boss of OBS in episode 30 Tricked Lin Tao time and again in episodes 30 and 31 Was almost killed by Lin Tao in a car accident in episode 31	2, 5, 9-10, 12, 14-16, 22, 27, 30-31

Cameo appearance

Cast	Character	Description	Episodes Appeared
Silver Ang 洪子惠	Li Peijun 李佩君	Actress Appears in Star Awards 2015	1
Chen Hanwei 陈汉玮	Seo Jeong-hu 徐正厚	A look-alike of Yu Fan who hails from Jeju Island, South Korea Appears in Star Awards 2015	1
Yusuke Fukuchi 福地祐介	Prince Kimura 木村天王	Japanese artiste Star Awards 2015 Best Actress award presenter	1
Jaspers Lai 赖奕翰	Steve Lim	Contestant of Minute to Ace It who stripped his clothes in front of Fei'er and the live audience and had a tiff with Chen Guang, all arranged by Lin Tao Helped Lin Tao look for Meiling in episode 14, but left halfway as he is tired	2-3, 14
符永春	Zhou Chenggong 周成功	Yalian's husband Zhou Weiyun's father Previous VBS director Indirectly saved Zheng Shouyi's life when he sees the television of a flat airing a scene of his drama (Deceased)	2, 11
Collin Chee 钱翰群	Xu Yuanchi 许源池	Guan Xie'en's ex-husband Eddy and Eden's father Died by the time Xie'en arrives in his ward (Deceased - episode 2)	2-3, 7-9, 18
Tin Wai Wai 陈慧慧	Xu Meiqing 许美青	Guan Xie'en's ex-sister-in-law Xu Yuanchi's sister Eddy and Eden's aunt	3, 7-10, 15-16
Tracy Lee 李美玲	Diana	Claimed to have slept with Yiming and had his baby Expressed, in episode 16, her wish to let her baby, Le-le, receive some fatherly love, as he has congenital biliary atresia (Went back to Sarawak - episode 25)	4-5, 16, 21, 23
Ivy Tan 陈艾薇	Reporter 记者	Reporter for the bridal magazine	6
蔡贝儿	Tonglin's fan 彤琳粉丝	Lingers Club member News of Jason with Fei'er are uploaded on the Web, leading to a rivalry between Lingers Club and Flyers Club in episode 6	6
何苓	Fei'er's fan 非儿粉丝	Flyers Club member Barged into a Lingers Party with Zihuai upon discovering Fei'er was Jason's boyfriend in episode 6, leading to a rivalry between Lingers Club and Flyers Club	6
Seth Ang 翁兴昂	Lawrence	Director of a new movie who was sacked from VBS previously Works at RM Productions Director - Centre Stage (舞林中人), Ask No One (一路不求人)	9, 15, 18, 22, 27, 31
Eelyn Kok 郭惠雯	Meiling 美玲	Lin Tao's girlfriend, but got snatched by Richard Ma when he betrayed him Previously a hostess, but now works at the VBS cafeteria in episode 22 after Lin Tao helped her	9, 12, 14, 22
黄国雄	Chen Zhiming 陈志明	Chen Guang's elder brother Died after being set up by Guan Xie'en (Deceased - 10 years ago)	9, 18
Yan Bingliang 严丙量	Chen Dongqiang 陈东强	Restaurant chef who is approached for a new variety cooking show Zheng Shouyi's benefactor Diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer (Deceased - episode 27)	16, 20, 22, 27
Henry Heng 王利秦	Boss Zheng 郑老板	Tried to sexually assault Zhao Fei'er when she was auditioning for a new film in The Dream Makers	18
Yao Wenlong 姚玟隆	Zheng Shoude 郑守德	Zheng Shouyi's younger brother Zheng Lixian's uncle, took him to his home after the gambling incident Reunited with Zheng Shouyi in episode 32 after punching him	22, 32
陈蒙	Shouyi's mother 守义母	Zheng Shouyi and Zheng Shoude's mother Persuaded Shouyi to give up his gambling acts Reunited with Zheng Shouyi in episode 32	22, 32
Lina Ng 黄嫊方	Shouyi's wife 守义妻	Zheng Shouyi's wife Tried to stop Shouyi from taking the money to gamble, but in the end died due to asthma (Deceased - 15 years ago)	22
Ivan Lo 卢楷浚 (younger) 李家庆 (adult)	Zheng Lixian 郑力贤	Zheng Shouyi's son Was taken away by Zheng Shoude to his home after the gambling incident Reunited with Zheng Shouyi in episode 32	22 (younger) 32 (adult)
夏川	Old Song 老宋	Chairman of a new television station, OBS Approached Lin Tao in episode 22	22, 30
包尚泽	Benson	One of Joey's friends who introduced him to drugs	25
Roy Li 黎沸辉	Rag-and-bone man 旧货佬	A rag-and-bone man who discovered Fei'er and took her away Attempted to steal possessions at Fei'er's house, but was witnessed by Zihuai. Tried to stop Zihuai from taking Fei'er away in episode 32 due to the reward, but Zihuai was inadvertently stabbed by Fei'er	31-32
林俐廷	Rag-and-bone man's wife 旧货佬	The rag-and-bone man's wife who also took Fei'er away	31

Deceased but mentioned

Cast	Character	Description	Episodes Appeared
Chen Hanwei 陈汉玮	Yu Fan 余帆	Previous VBS Artiste Host of Truth in the City (都市真心话) Zhou Weiyun's boyfriend Indirectly caused the death of his wife 12 years ago Succumbed to a heart attack and died in the studio (Deceased - The Dream Makers Episode 29) Winner for Star Awards 2015 for Honorary TV Award	1
Huang Wenyong 黄文永	Himself (Archival footage)	Previous VBS Artiste Actor Male Lead - The Awakening (雾锁南洋) Appears in Remembering Huang Wenyong on the huge screen of a shopping mall near the building where Lin Tao attempted suicide, hence indirectly saving his life (Deceased - 2 years ago)	20, 32

Development

Following season one's overwhelming success, with high viewership ratings, on television and both official and unofficial video streaming portals, huge turnout for its on-ground events, and winning 9 out of 21 nominations for 12 awards in Star Awards 20, MediaCorp announced the sequel to the series on end-2014.^[1] As the series will coincide with MediaCorp's big move from Caldecott Hill to Mediapolis@one-north, MediaCorp announced plans to promote the show, including a mega-bulk publicity plan on major television, radio, and interactive media channels, and a charity gala premiere to increase sponsors' advertising profits.^[2]

The cast of the series had imaging sessions for the show in May.^[3]^[4] The production team had Jeanette Aw's wardrobe 'upsized' to match her role's elevated status. Rui En will be disfigured in the series, so make-up was done for her. In the imaging sessions, Julie Tan revealed that she began her preparation work for her role by watching Japanese dramas and practicing her expressions while looking into a mirror, and also made a trip to Taipei for five days to observe the behaviour of 'taimei's there.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

The show began filming on 10 June 2015, and held its lensing ceremony on 19 June. Taiwanese actress Chen Meifeng appeared in the lensing ceremony during her 5-to-6-day stint, dismissing rumours that she is in a relationship with Li Nanxing.^[10]^[11]^[12] It was also revealed that the show will end on 15 January 2016 with 32 episodes. The imaging session for the poster was held on 29 June 2015, involving the main cast.^[13]^[14] In addition, Zoe Tay and Aw went to China International Film & TV Programs Exhibition (CIFTPE) in Beijing to promote the show.^[15] The bridal magazine sequence was shot on 24 July at the Peranakan Museum, with Aw, Romeo Tan, Rui En and Qi Yuwu.^[16]^[17]

TVB actor Damian Lau went to Singapore in September for the show. One of his scenes involves a flashback with him attempting suicide from a 13-storey HDB flat. Because the haze had hit unhealthy ranges, Lau was under the weather and declined all media interviews, but felt much better at the time Toggle interviewed him. During the filming, Li, dressed in his 90s' style haircut in the scene, brought in herbal tea for him, while Tay offered local cakes and snacks.^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]

The production crew and cast (Tay, Li, Qi, Aw, Rui En and Romeo Tan), together with the Toggle reporting crew, head to Melbourne on 25 September for around 10 days of filming. Toggle made live reports throughout their stint. The cast also provided their experiences while filming for the show on Thursdays, beginning from 15 October.^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31] Filming wrapped up in October 2015.

Music

It was announced that Kit Chan, who previously provided theme songs for My Home Affairs and Devotion, will be performing for the theme song, Finally (《终于》).^[32]^[33] Serene Koong, who performed the theme song for the first season performed one of the sub-theme song for the series, All Alone (《当世界只剩下我一个人》). She revealed that her eyes became swollen from crying after binge-watching the complete first season twice, but eventually composed the lyrics of the song in half a day.^[34]^[35] Other sub-theme songs include Happiness Isn't Hard (the first season theme song), Learn to Love and Hate-Love (alternate composition of the theme song).

Song title	Song type	Performer	Composer(s)	Lyricist(s)	Song Arranger(s)	Producer(s)	Provided by
终于 (Finally)	Theme Song	Kit Chan	Wu Jiahui	李欣怡	Terence Teo	柯贵民	Banshee Empire
当世界只剩下我一个人 (All Alone)	Sub-theme Song 1	Serene Koong	Serene Koong		Kenn C	Serene Koong	GoodGirlMusic
幸福不难 (Happiness Isn't Hard)	Sub-theme Song 2	Serene Koong	Serene Koong		N/A	Serene Koong	GoodGirlMusic
学者爱 (Learn to Love)	Sub-theme Song 3	Eric Chou	Eric Chou	Eric Chou Wu I-Wei	N/A		Sony Music
狠狠爱 (Hate-Love)	Sub-theme Song 4	Wu Jiahui	Wu Jiahui		Wu Jiahui	N/A	Small Box Music

Release

Social media

Online popularity contests involving cast members were held on Facebook and Instagram, which began on 11 October. Each week, users can support the casts' posts according to the challenge by liking them. The cast with the highest total likes on their posts will win for that week.

Two "Battle of the Queens" and three "Battle of the Dukes" challenges have been organized on social media.

Results

Battle of the Queens - Huang Biren (2) VS Zoe Tay (0)
Battle of the Dukes - Ian Fang (3) VS Romeo Tan (0) VS Zhang Zhenhuan (0)

Online exclusives were also released on Toggle and MediaCorp Channel 8's YouTube channel. Titled "The Gossip Makers" (8卦四方), these videos attempt to poke fun of the Singaporean entertainment scene, and gets audiences ready for the return of The Dream Makers. Different topics include:

Spicy Talk - Celebrities read out posts by social media critics. For example, Elvin Ng was being nicknamed as "Woody Ng"; critics did not like Rebecca Lim paired up with Romeo Tan; Carrie Wong was compared with an Avatar character.
Pattern A Lot (PATTERN多多的艺人) - Fans can catch their favourite celebrities, such as Dennis Chew, Somaline Ang and Ian Fang, making outrageous cameo appearances.
Dennis Ghost Story (周公讲鬼) - The live-action version of the Love 97.2FM radio programme of the same name, Dennis Chew will tell netizens spooky stories that haunted celebrities out.
Short Cut (长片短说) - Dennis Chew recaps the first season of The Dream Makers in five minutes in every clip.

On-ground events

An autograph session for the series was on 7 November 2015, at Square 2, hosted by YES 933 FM DJ Kenneth Chung Kun Wah. Zoe Tay, Romeo Tan, Zhang Zhenhuan and Ian Fang were present at the event, and interacted with the audience. The first 150 audience to form the queue for the event will get to receive an autographed poster and a goodie bag each. A meet-and-greet session was held on 15 November at Junction 10, where Dennis Chew joined the above-mentioned cast. Similarly, the first 150 audience to form the queue for the event will get to receive a limited-edition tumbler and a goodie bag each.

Press conference

A press conference was held on 18 November 2015. Zoe Tay, Huang Biren, Jeanette Aw, Rui En, Qi Yuwu, Romeo Tan, Julie Tan, Zhang, Fang and Chew attended the conference.^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39] During the conference, the cast shared their experience in making the show.

Charity gala finale

Previously planned as a charity gala premiere, Mediacorp announced a charity gala finale at its new premises at Mediapolis@one-north which was held on 16 January 2016.^[2] Besides Zoe Tay, Huang Biren, Romeo Tan, Julie Tan, Zhang Zhenhuan and Ian Fang, supporting cast Joey Feng, Damien Teo and Maxi Lim also attended the finale. This event was hosted by DJs Chung Kun Wah and Lin Lingzhi. The event began at 7.00pm, but before that, a red carpet was held for the event at 5.30pm, where eight lucky winners from a Facebook contest got a hair and face makeover, and strutted down the red carpet along with the cast. The lucky winners also got a pair of tickets and pre-show cocktail party, for both the winner and an accompanying partner.

Apart from an entertaining showbiz talk, audience also got to take part in a charity auction, where items featured in the show, including Zhou Weiyun and Guan Xie En's identical dresses, lanyards, Fei Er's merchandise and Jason and Tonglin's wedding merchandise were put up on sale. Minimum bids began from $25 each of the lanyards and the glass shoe to $200 for each of the dresses. The highest bidder went to Chen Guang's lanyard and bear, where she was invited to the finale to collect these items on stage. The finale episode was then screened to round up the day's event.^[40] Over $20,000 went to Mediacorp Cares beneficiaries, from tickets sales, auction sales and sponsor donations.^[41]^[42]

DVD Release

The Dream Makers 2 DVD has been released in Poh Kim Video stores.

Trivia

This is Zoe Tay and Huang Biren's first drama collaboration in 27 years. It was reported that Huang was already considered by the production team for a part in this drama as early as two years ago.^[3]
This is also Huang Biren's first drama collaboration with Rui En, Romeo Tan, Zhang Zhenhuan, Edwin Goh and Damien Teo.
This is Hong Kong TVB actor Damian Lau's second Singaporean drama series after Dare To Strike, and Taiwanese actress Chen Meifeng's first Singaporean drama.
Zhang Zhenhuan's third villainous role after Our Homeland and Against the Tide and Julie Tan's second villainous role after Unriddle 2.
Huang Biren collaborates with Julie Tan for the third consecutive time in this series (the previous two being Three Wishes and Tiger Mum).
At the end of each episode just before the ending credits, a quote from a renowned celebrity will be shown. Snippets of the next five episodes are shown during the ending credits of each episode. This is the 12th series where News Tonight commentaries are not announced. However, the audio for the snippets is muted as of episode 27.
In episodes 13 and 15, Dennis Chew mentions "Auntie Lucy" as his fan, where Lucy is Auntie's lost cat to which he found. In episode 22, "Auntie Lucy" is the cleaner at Studio 6 (the coffeeshop setting with a green screen as seen in episode 2), by coincidence.

Accolades

The Dream Makers II has the most number of nominations for Star Awards 2016, with 26 nominations - 8 technical, 11 performance and 7 voting-based - in 15 award categories, up from 21 in 2014. Jeanette Aw announced her withdrawal from voting-based categories in 2015, following her Favourite Female Character win for The Journey: Tumultuous Times, but still continued to win the two voting-based categories. The series won 12 award categories, even sweeping every award it was nominated in Part 2, including Best Drama Serial and Best Theme Song. The other drama series nominated for both the Best Drama Serial and Best Theme Song were 118, Crescendo, The Journey: Our Homeland and Tiger Mum.

The Dream Makers II became the second drama series to win all acting awards in Star Awards, after popular long-running drama Holland V. However, The Dream Makers II failed to clinch the "Top Rated Drama Series" and "Favourite Male Character", which it was not nominated.

Awards
Award	Category	Recipients (if any)	Result
Star Awards 2016 Backstage Achievement Awards 红星大奖2016之幕后英雄颁奖礼	Best Director 最佳导演	Loh Woon Woon 罗温温	Won
	Best Director 最佳导演	Wong Foong Hwee 黄芬菲	Nominated
	Best Screenplay 最佳剧本	Rebecca Leow 洪汐	Nominated
	Best Programme Promo 最佳宣传短片	Kee Chee Wee 纪志威	Nominated
	Best Cameraman (for Drama Programmes) 最佳戏剧摄影	Tommy Lee Heng Soon 李兴顺	Nominated
	Best Editing for Drama Programme 最佳戏剧剪接	Simon Poon 潘耀东	Won
		Joyce Teo 张必芳	Nominated
		Steven Lee 李明辉	Nominated
Star Awards 2016 Show 2 红星大奖2016 下半场	Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲 (《终于》)	Kit Chan 陈洁仪	Won
	Young Talent Award 青苹果奖	Damien Teo 张值豪	Won
	Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角	Edwin Goh 吴劲威	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角	Zhang Zhenhuan 张振寰	Won
	Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角	Julie Tan 陈欣淇	Won
	Best Actor 最佳男主角	Romeo Tan 陈罗密欧	Nominated
	Best Actor 最佳男主角	Qi Yuwu 戚玉武	Won
	Best Actress 最佳女主角	Jeanette Aw 欧萱	Won
		Rui En 瑞恩	Nominated
		Zoe Tay 郑惠玉	Nominated
	Best Drama Serial 最佳电视剧		Won
Star Awards 2016 Post-show Party 红星大奖2016庆功宴	Favourite Female Character 最喜爱女角色	Jeanette Aw 欧萱	Won
		Rui En 瑞恩	Nominated
		Huang Biren 黄碧仁	Nominated
	Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama) 最喜爱荧幕情侣	Qi Yuwu 戚玉武 Rui En 瑞恩	Nominated
		Qi Yuwu 戚玉武 Jeanette Aw 欧萱	Won
		Zhang Zhenhuan 张振寰 Julie Tan 陈欣淇	Nominated
	London Choco Roll Happiness Award London Choco Roll 最佳开心果奖	Romeo Tan 陈罗密欧	Won

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