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Noble House
1988 · TV series · 94 min episodes · 1 season
Despite its impressive history and reputation, the international trading company Struan's is in trouble. Overextended by the previous management, new tai-pan Ian Dunross has had to issue public stock to improve the company's financial standing. Even this, however, has not given him the capital he needs. As a result, he is courting a private investor, American billionaire Linc Bartlett. Bartlett decides secretly to back Dunross' arch enemy, Quillian Gornt, who will stop at nothing to destroy Struan's. When Dunross realises that Gornt is suddenly strong enough to ruin the Noble House, he must urgently forge new alliances or reshape ancient ones.
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I finished the sequel of that book (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_House_(novel)) this year, can also highly recommend it. The TV show looks cheap...but it actually aged really well and it has Pierce Brosnan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_House_(miniseries)). Can recommend it as well!
The novel Noble House by James Clavell and subsequent TV miniseries starring Pierce Brosnan involve these boats quite a bit. The miniseries was filmed on location in Hong Kong and a decent portion of it takes place on the boats/in the harbor. The book is better than the show, but it's still worth watching.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_House_(miniseries)