[1] It stars Chen Meifeng, Morning Chang, Peng Chia-chia (澎恰恰), Jimmy Ni (倪齊民), Wang Shih-hsien, Fon Cin, Mike Lee (李政穎) and Chiang Tsu-ping among others.
The show aired in Taiwan every weeknight at prime time (20:00) with episodes which have ranged in length from 135 to 150 minutes including commercial advertisements.
Cai Yue Xia (Maria) (Chen Meifeng) works as a Chinese Herb Soup hawker in her store at the Jin Hua Night Market.
Yi Guan is a gang leader and he is assisted by Hei Ren (Joachim) and Bai Mu (Nicholas), but has a soft heart when it comes to problems of Yue Xia's family and You Zhi and his classmates.
He has a mother, Huang Jin Xiu (Angela) who worked very hard to earn income for the family and a father, Xu Bing Ding (Jason) who is a drunkard once a gambler.
You Zhi, You Hui, Da Feng, Xiao Xuan, Ru Yi and Lai Fa are classmates when they are young and care for each other at all times as they grew up, they are known as the "golden six" because they are the most notable school choir club member.
Li You Zhi is just a common construction labour and often got into fight with gangsters whenever they approach him and marries Pan Ke Xin (Natasha).
Yang Hao Tian is heir to Yilida but due to him being seduced by You Hui, he left the bicycle company and established a new one called Shuda.
Only the first generation of the show was broadcast in HD on CTS Main Channel starting January 16, 2018 on 8pm to 10pm, 2 one-hour format episodes per weekday.
The reason why only the first generation was broadcast was most likely due to it being a quick filler for the prime time slot and/or to test the HD version of the show.
There were plans for this drama to extend to every night broadcast after Journey to the West ends on 30 August 2012 as it is similar in view of the number of episodes.
Furthermore, there was a revamp of the evening primetime slot with current affairs programme Hello Singapore and socio-drama Perfect Man airing on weekdays.
The Vietnamese dub "Đời Sống Chợ Đêm" was broadcast on Vinh Long Television Station Channel (THVL) in the daily 5pm timeslot.