Character Relationship Map: Office

Characters

• Winnie Chang (played by Sylvia Chang) — protagonist

  Winnie Chang is the CEO of Jones & Sunn and has been Chairman Ho Chung-ping’s mistress for more than twenty years. As the company prepares to go public, Ho has promised that she will become a major sh...

• Ho Chung Ping (played by Chow Yun-Fat) — supporting

  Ho Chung-ping is the chairman of Jones & Sunn, the billion-dollar company preparing to go public. He has been Winnie Chang’s mistress for more than twenty years and has promised her a major shareholdi...

• David Wang (played by Eason Chan Yik-Shun) — supporting

  David Wang is an employee whose unexplained absence becomes a growing concern at the company. Colleagues speculate that he may have killed himself, while calls from a securities firm and a bank reveal...

• Sophie (played by Tang Wei) — supporting

  Sophie is caught up in a complicated relationship with a colleague, and the two sing about mutual dependence and promises while facing pressure in their personal and working lives. When David Wang goe...

• Lee Xiang (played by Wang Ziyi) — supporting

  Lee Xiang is a new hire at Jones & Sunn who arrives with youthful ideals and dreams. He enters a company where the IPO audit brings internal stories to light and where intrigue and tangled relationshi...

• Cheng Ben (played by Stephanie Che Yuen-Yuen) — supporting

  Cheng Ben is a member of the company staff whom Lee Xiang meets as he joins the high-pressure workplace. The plot summary identifies Cheng Ben in Lee Xiang’s introduction to the company, but gives no...

• Ho Chung Ping's Wife (played by Mimi Kung) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Ho Chung Ping's Wife → Ho Chung Ping (wife)
• Sophie → Lee Xiang (Professional Colleagues Under Pressure) — The available account places both within the same pressured workplace but gives no specific shared event.

  The plot describes Lee Xiang and Sophie as employees facing pressure in their working lives, but does not specify a direct interaction between them.

• Lee Xiang → Cheng Ben (Professional New Hire And Colleague) — Cheng Ben is among the staff Lee encounters as he learns the office hierarchy and routines.

  Lee Xiang meets Cheng Ben after joining the company.

• Winnie Chang → Lee Xiang (Professional CEO And New Employee) — Winnie leads the company where Lee starts work and receives a confidential factory-inspection assignment.

  Lee Xiang joins the company led by Winnie Chang, and the plot describes her decisions as affecting employees.

• Winnie Chang → Ho Chung Ping (Romantic Long-Term Lovers) — Their long-running affair is tied to Winnie’s expected position as a major shareholder in the IPO.

  The character profiles state that Winnie Chang and Ho Chung-ping have been lovers for more than twenty years. Ho has promised her a major shareholding...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Sophie → David Wang (Unknown Searches For His Files) — Sophie investigates company files associated with David as colleagues discuss his absence and debts.

  The plot says Sophie searches for files connected to David Wang while he is missing.

Story Analysis

A new employee navigates a high-pressure company's office culture as financial plans, personal entanglements, and an unresolved debt crisis expose uncertainty beneath its confidence.

Plot Progression

1. Entering the Office Maze — Lee joins Jones & Sunn and encounters its demanding routines, hierarchy, and unwritten expectations. Staff describe the symbolic 71st-floor elevator as a promise of success.
2. Deals and Entanglements — The company discusses accounts, contracts, expansion, and financial decisions under Winnie's leadership. Personal ties and competing ideas about loyalty and self-interest complicate the workplace.
3. The IPO and Secret Work — As the company considers an IPO and reorganization, Winnie speaks about departures and resilience. Lee receives a confidential factory assignment and discovers plans connected to lingerie production a...
4. David's Unresolved Crisis — David's continued absence leads to speculation among staff, but the account does not confirm what happened to him. Calls expose his debts and a repayment threat, while Sophie searches for related file...