made its debut on TVB. The Hang Seng Index accumulated 735 points in losses. December 1997: Legend of Yung Ching was aired. The Hang Seng Index fell by 1.4%. June 1999: Lord of Imprisonment was aired. The Hang Seng Index fell by 6.5%. 2000s September 2000: Divine Retribution was aired on ATV. Due to the bursting of the dot-com bubble earlier that year, the Hang Seng Index dropped by an accumulated 1,715 points, leading to falls in other stock markets around the world. March 2004: Blade Heart premiered in Hong Kong. The Hang Seng Index fell by 550 points over three days due to high oil prices and instability in the Middle East. October 2004: The Conqueror's Story premiered in Hong Kong. The Hang Seng Index fell by 198 points on the day the first episode of the drama was aired. March 2005: The Prince's Shadow was broadcast. On 14 March, the Hang Seng dropped by 100 points before noon but rose back by 90 points by the end of the day. July 2007: Return Home was broadcast. The Hang Seng Index fell by 1,165 points. 30 March 2009: The King of Snooker premiered in Hong Kong. The Hang Seng Index fell by 663.17 points. 2010s 21 May 2012: Master of Play made its debut on TVB. The Hang Seng Index fell by 10%. 4 April 2013: Saving General Yang was released in Beijing. The Hang Seng Index fell by 610 points on the following day of the premiere. 20 April 2015: The Greed of Man was rerun on TVB, followed shortly by a rerun of Divine Retribution on ATV. The Hang Seng Index fell by 558.19 points on the first day of rerun. 2020s 13 January 2020: Ever Night: Season 2 was released for streaming on Tencent Video. The Hang Seng Index kept falling until March. 5 October 2022: Divine Retribution was released for streaming on Disney+. The Hang Seng Index kept falling. 25 October 2022: Behind Silk Curtains to begin rerunning at TVB at midnight of 26 Oct. The Hang Seng Index fell 1,030 points (6.36%) at market close of 25 Oct. Exceptions There were a few times when the Ting Hai effect did not occur. In April 2006, when Bar Bender was aired on TVB, there was a sudden rise in the Hang Seng index by 258 points. The index also rose over the course of the