Beautiful Connection

Beautiful Connection
九层糕
Country of originSingapore
Original languageChinese
No. of episodes20
Production
ProducerKok Len Shoong
Original release
NetworkMediaCorp TV Channel 8
Release5 August (2002-08-05) –
30 August 2002 (2002-08-30)

Beautiful Connection (Chinese: 九层糕) is a Singaporean Chinese family drama serial. It was telecast in 2002. The show earned many nominations for the Star Awards including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best TV Drama, Best Theme Song, Best Director and many more.

This drama repeated in 2007, on MediaCorp TV Channel 8, Mondays and Tuesdays, 10.30pm to 12.30am. In March 2026, a second repeat telecast of the show was shown on Weekday early mornings, from 2am to 4am.

The series was also mentioned in Episode 45 of 118 Season 1.

Plot

Beautiful Connection begins with the lives of three daughters from a single-parent family, headed by a domineering and unreasonable mother, Fatty Zhen (addressed as féi mā as her nickname). The three daughters have characters that are very different as a result of their mother's upbringing.

Spoilt by Fatty Zhen, the youngest daughter, Ke Ke, is well-educated but arrogant. On the other hand, Ke Lian and Ke Li's happiness have been short-changed to create more opportunities for their youngest sister.

Despite this, both Ke Lian and Ke Li are able to adapt better to society, unlike Fatty Zhen and Ke Ke, whose attitude puts people off. Ke Lian eventually manages to find true love with Lion King, while Ke Li finds happiness through her own family and career, and Ke Ke finds hope and joy in her new career and in turn, turns her love life back around by developing kindness and humility.

It is only in the face of an economic crisis and a stroke that Fatty Zhen did the arrogant Fatty Zhen and Ke Ke realise and learn about humility and the importance of maintaining good human relationships.

Other supporting cast includes the Lin family, consisting of Ya Xi (brother to Fatty Zhen), married to Mo Lan Ying and they own a family provision store in the neighbourhood. They have one daughter, Xiang Xiang, who later finds love with Zheng Yu, a manager at a local supermarket chain which is an arch competitor to the Lin family's business.

While Beautiful Connection reflects on the harsh realities and pressures of working life, it also shows that there will always be hope and warmth even during a challenging times such as an economic crisis.

Cast

Producer

The series' producer is Kok Len Shoong.[2]

Awards and nominations

Organisation Year Category Nominee Result Ref.
Star Awards 2002 Best Actor Xie Shaoguang Nominated [3]
Best Actress Aileen Tan Nominated
Best Actress Huang Biren Won [4]
Best Supporting Actress Tan Kheng Hua Nominated [3]
Best Drama Serial N/a Won [4]
Young Talent Award Liew Po Zhuang 刘柏妆 Nominated
Highest viewership 最高收视率电视剧 N/a Won
Best Theme Song 《快乐方式》 Rui En Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Glamour grad". AsiaOne. 3 November 2008. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009.
  2. ^ 洪铭桦 (12 October 2008). "新传媒制作高级副总裁 郭令送：本地观众口味狭隘". Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese (Singapore)). p. 4,5.
  3. ^ a b "Popular names missing in awards". The Straits Times. 25 October 2002. pp. L20.
  4. ^ a b "STAR AWARDS 2002 MAJOR AWARD WINNERS". Today. 10 December 2002. p. 23. Retrieved 1 August 2025 – via NewspaperSG.

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