No Reserve
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No Reserve TVB Jade official poster
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| Also known as | Rosy Business III |
| Genre |
Period drama Espionage |
| Created by | Lee Tim-sing |
| Written by | Ip Kwong-yam |
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| Opening theme | "孤嶺花" (Solitary Flower) by Kay Tse |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language(s) | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 30 26 (HK broadcast) |
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| Producer(s) | Lee Tim-sing |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | TVB |
| Distributor | TVBI |
| Release | |
| Original network | myTV SUPER |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 1 October – 5 November 2016 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Rosy Business (2009) No Regrets (2010) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 巾幗梟雄之諜血長天 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 巾帼枭雄之谍血长天 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Veiled Heroine, Ruthless Hero: Espionage Through Continuous Time | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jinguó Xiaoxióng Zhi Dié Xie Cháng Tian |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Gān Gwok Hīu Hùhng Jī Dihp Hyut Chèuhng Tīn |
| Jyutping | Gan1 Gwok3 Hiu1 Hung4 Zi1 Dip6 Hyut3 Coeng4 Tin1 |
No Reserve (Chinese: 巾幗梟雄之諜血長天), also known as Rosy Business III, is a 2016 Hong Kong espionage television drama serial created and produced by Lee Tim-sing for TVB. It is the third installment of the critically acclaimed Rosy Business period drama series. Previous installments include 2009's Rosy Business and 2010's No Regrets.
Set primarily in Canton, China (now known as Guangzhou) during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the show's story follows the affairs of Chinese spies and their entanglements with underground triads and the Empire of Japan.Wayne Lai stars as special government agent Kong Sheung-hung. Co-starring is Myolie Wu as Kong's partner Cheung Kei-sang, and Edwin Siu as their rival, Chau Sai-kia. No Reserve premiered on 1 October 2016 on TVB's streaming service, myTV SUPER. It later had a mainstream premiere at TVB Jade on 19 December 2016, with the series edited to 26 episodes.
After the critical and commercial success of No Regrets (2010), TVB encouraged Lee to produce a third installment. Though Lee was initially against the idea, he agreed to helm the project if Rosy Business head writer and assistant creative director, Cheung Wah-biu, would return to TVB. Upon learning that Cheung was tied to other projects, Lee put the production of No Reserve on hold, expressing that without Cheung, he would be unable to continue the franchise.
In December 2011, Lee announced that he would consider retirement after finishing the post-production work of his crime serial, Bullet Brain. Lee admitted that the unsatisfying ratings from his 2011 drama, Bottled Passion, significantly impacted this decision. Despite his hopes for retirement, TVB contacted Lee for a contract renewal in late 2012. Lee eventually renewed his TVB contract in the spring of 2012 after TVB agreed to increase his pay and reduce his workload to one drama serial per year.
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