1. One is an ancient series and the other one is a modern series.

2. The theme songs are different.

3. The restaurant, “Zoo”, is famous for noodles in the ancient version; “Zoo” is famous for egg custard and tea with milk in the modern version.

4. Lau Dan is the king in the ancient version; he is the boss of a company in the modern version.

5. Lau Dan has a sister (Kingdom Yuen) in the ancient version; he does not have a sister in the modern series.

6. Lau Dan has many wives in the ancient version; he has many girlfriends in the modern version.

7. Kingdom Yuen is Lau Dan’s sister in the ancient version; she is Law Lok Lam’s sister (Frankie Lam, Michael Tse, and Joyce Chen’s aunt) in the modern version.

8. Louis Yuen Siu Cheung is already living with the Kam family in the ancient version; he is the long lost uncle but later found and lives with them in the modern version.

9. Louis Yuen Siu Cheung is already married in the ancient version; he avoids getting married with Yvonne Lam Yi Kei.

10. Michael Tse marries two wives in the ancient version; he has only one wife (Bondy Chiu) in the modern version.

11. Frankie Lam ends up with Bernice Liu in the ancient version; they do not end up together in the modern version.

12. Bernice Liu has a brother (Johnnie Tang) in the ancient version; she is an only child in the modern version.

13. Hawick Lau is Bernice Liu’s servant in the ancient version; he is Nancy Sit’s son in the modern version.

14. Hawick Lau ends up with Sherming Yiu in the ancient version; he marries a princess in the modern version.

15. Cutie Mui has a younger brother (Timmy Hung) and sister (Sherming Yiu) in the ancient version; she is an only child in the modern version.

16. Cutie Mui and Michael Tse (the Kam family) do not know each other at the beginning of series in the ancient version; they are friends and neighbors in the modern version.

17. Lee Kwok Lun is Stephanie Che’s brother in the ancient version; he is Ngan Kwok Leung’s brother (Cutie Mui’s uncle) in the modern version.

18. Ngan Kwok Leung and Helen Ma are Nancy Sit’s in-laws in the ancient version; they are her employees in the modern version.

19. Nancy Sit’s employee, Ah Wong, is played by two different people.

20. Lee Kwok Lun marries Celine Ma in the ancient version; he ends up with Kingdom Yuen in the modern version.

21. Celine Ma was Pak Hap in the ancient version; Rain Lau is Pak Hap (Lily) in the modern version.

22. Johnnie Tang is Lau Dan’s son in the ancient version; he is Lee Kwok Lun’s son in the modern version.

23. Steven Ma and Linda Chung do not appear in the ancient version; they are in the modern version.

24. Liu Kai Chi is a eunuch in the ancient version; he does not appear in the modern version.

25. Albert Law Ho Kai is a eunuch in the ancient version; he (Ng Sau) works at the TV station in the modern version.

26. Bondy Chiu only had a son in the ancient version; in the modern version she had twins.