Negócio da China is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Globo. It premiered on 6 October 2008, replacing Ciranda de Pedra, and ended on 13 March 2009, replaced by Paraíso.[1][2] The series is written by Miguel Falabella, with the collaboration of Mauro Mendonça Filho and Roberto Talma.[3]
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Genre | Telenovela |
Created by | Miguel Falabella |
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Opening theme | "Lig-Lig-Lig-Lé" by Ney Matogrosso |
Country of origin | Brazil |
Original language | Portuguese |
No. of episodes | 136 |
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Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Distributor | Globo Internacional |
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Original network | Globo |
Picture format | PAL-M |
Original release | 6 October 2008 (2008-10-06) – 13 March 2009 (2009-03-13) |
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Preceded by | Ciranda de Pedra |
Followed by | Paraíso |
It stars Jui Huang, Bruna Marquezine, Anderson Lau, Grazi Massafera, Ricardo Pereira, Rodrigo Mendonça, Thiago Fragoso, Fernanda de Freitas and Juliana Didone.
In Macau, China, Liu (Jui Huang) stole 1 billion euros from a casino – not knowing it belonged to the Chinese mafia – through a digital transaction, the data of which was recorded on a flash drive. Pursued, he flees to Portugal and the device ends up in the suitcase João (Ricardo Pereira), who is moving to Brazil, causing the boy to also have to travel to the country to try to recover it. He goes to live in Parque das Nações, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, where he falls in love with the martial arts fighter Flor de Lys (Bruna Marquezine), but the two have to face Wu (Anderson Lau), a Chinese mercenary and Liu's cousin, who also wants the money and put an end to the hacker. In addition, there is also Stelinha (Fernanda Rodrigues), who returns to the country after years living in Asia, where she joined another Chinese faction that also wants fortune, in addition to rivaling Flor on the mat.
Meanwhile, João falls in love with Lívia (Grazi Massafera), who struggles to raise her son Théo (Eike Duarte) on her own, the result of a troubled marriage with Heitor (Fábio Assunção), whose mothers Luli (Eliana Rocha) and Suzete (Yoná Magalhães) tormented the two until they separated. After Heitor is murdered - for finding out about the flash drive -, the girl starts to live a romance with João, but is also harassed and persecuted by the psychotic Ramiro (Rodrigo Mendonça). In the final stretch, the relationship is shaken when Lívia approaches the doctor Otávio (Dalton Vigh), who is enchanted by her. Son of Julia (Natália do Valle) in an artificial insemination, Diego (Thiago Fragoso) spent his life trying to find out who his father is and, little by little, gets to Adriano (Herson Capri). The boy is dating Antonella (Fernanda de Freitas), but the couple faces the scheming of Celeste (Juliana Didone), an ambitious girl who sees the chance to leave the suburbs, being a model and was Diego's first love, not admitting to losing him.
Liu manages to retrieve the flash drive and send Wu to prison, with Flor convincing him to donate all the money to charity. Stelinha tries to blow up the neighborhood, but is stopped by the couple and ends up blind. João and Lívia can finally live in peace, after Ramiro is arrested after kidnapping, while Otávio is interested in Celeste, who became disillusioned with Diego.
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Released | 13 November 2008 |
Length | 40:13 |
Label | Som Livre |
Negócio da China is the soundtrack of the telenovela, released on 13 November 2008 by Som Livre.
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Xi Shua Shua" | The Flowers | 3:43 |
2. | "Samba da Zona" | Mariana Baltar | 3:25 |
3. | "Eu Amo Você" | Tim Maia | 3:31 |
4. | "Lugar Comum" | Sérgio Mendes & Jovanotti | 3:16 |
5. | "Ainda Gosto Dela" | Skank & Negra Li | 3:42 |
6. | "Tempo de Estio" | Jammil e Uma Noites & Caetano Veloso | 3:20 |
7. | "Deixa Quieto" | Gabriel o Pensador | 3:47 |
8. | "Devaneio" | Jorge Vercillo | 3:45 |
9. | "Mais Alguém" | Roberta Sá | 3:45 |
10. | "Vidro Fumê" | Ricky Vallen | 3:20 |
11. | "De Volta Pro Amor" | Yahoo | 3:24 |
12. | "Burguesinha" | Seu Jorge | 3:15 |
13. | "Alguém como Tu" | Dick Farney | 3:31 |
14. | "Simples Carinho" | Gal Costa | 3:38 |
15. | "O Moço Velho" | Toni Platão | 3:27 |
16. | "Lig Lig Lig Lé" | Ney Matogrosso | 3:31 |
Total length: | 40:13 |
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