Inborn Pair
| Inborn Pair 真愛找麻煩 | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster for Inborn Pair | |
| Genre | Romance,Comedy |
| Written by | Zhang Yuzhong 張宇忠, Shao Huiting 邵慧婷, Lín Pèiyú 林珮瑜, Wang Lingfei 王玲斐 |
| Directed by | Feng Kai 馮凱 |
| Starring |
Annie Chen 陳庭妮 Chris Wang 宥勝 [Puff Kuo] [Jennifer Hong] |
| Opening theme | Conductor 指揮家 by Richie Jen 任賢齊 |
| Ending theme | I Don't Want to Leave You Alone 我不願，讓你一個人 by Mayday 五月天 |
| Country of origin | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 84 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Fang Xiaoren 方孝仁, Rong Junyi 戎俊義 |
| Location(s) | Taiwan |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | SETTV |
| Release | |
| Original network | SETTV |
| Picture format | SDTV（480i） |
| First shown in | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Original release | 13 December 2011 – 9 April 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Ti Amo Chocolate 愛上巧克力 |
| External links | |
| SETTV Official website | |
Inborn Pair (Chinese: 真愛找麻煩; pinyin: Zhen Ai Zhao Ma Fan) is a 2011 to 2012 Taiwanese idol romantic comedy drama television series created and developed by SETTV. It stars Annie Chen and Chris Wang as the main leads,[1][2] and directed by Golden Bell Award winning director Feng Kai (馮凱). Filming began on November 18, 2011 and debuted on SETTV ETTV on December 13, 2011. Its final episode aired on April 9, 2012 with 84 episodes in total.
Synopsis
Two strangers, who never had much luck in the love arena, found themselves betrothed by their families. Figuring they will never find true love, they agreed to the arranged marriage. They bickered throughout their marriage. But bickering slowly gave way to genuine fondness for one another. In the end, the couple discovered that true love is not to be found but has to be cultivated.
Plot summary
Song Yi Jie (Annie Chen) is a paralegal who is studying to obtain her legal practitioner license. She is a righteous girl who cannot tolerate the weak being bullied. When she see an abusive husband at her law office refusing to divorce his suffering wife because he want to keep his good clean image, she volunteered her service by pretending to be an escort in order to obtain evidence against the husband's infidelity.
Ke Wei Xiang (Chris Wang) is the General Manager and runs his family hotel corporation. He mistakes Yi Jie to be an improper woman when he meets her at his hotel. The two get off on the wrong foot when she thinks he is a womanizer while he thinks she is a home wrecker. Wei Xiang is actually an obedient son who will listen and do everything his parents and grandmother tells him to do.
The two meet again when they find out they are betrothed to each other over a promise Wei Xiang's grandmother made to Yi Jie's grandfather years ago for saving her life from a robbery. No one agrees to this marriage not even them but in order to make their grandparents happy they hesitantly proceed with marrying each other, but once they learn more about the other person the two do eventually fall in love and make their marriage real.
Cast
Main Cast
- Chris Wang 宥勝 as Ke Wei Xiang 柯偉翔
- Ke Wei Xiang is the General Manager of his family resort, Weihai Group as well as the grandmother's boy. He has the career he wants, but is looking for his special someone. When he was still in the womb, his grandma has betrothed Wei Xiang to the granddaughter of the man who saved her life, and grandma has been dreaming of the day her grandson can fulfill her promise. Wei Xiang is the reverse of the typical haughty, cold, and rude rich boy. He is instead a very considerate and kind person who doesn't have the heart to say no to his grandmother's lifelong dream.
- Annie Chen 陳庭妮 as Song Yi Jie 宋奕婕
- Song Yi Jie is a legal assistant at a law firm who is in the process of obtaining her lawyer's license. She's a righteous young woman who believes in standing up for justice and doesn't care for love when she's got a career to pursue. Wei Xiang thinks Yi Jie is a homewrecker while Yi Jie mistakes Wei Xiang for a playboy who toys with women.
Supporting Cast
- Xie Kun Da 謝坤達 as Ke Wei Cheng 柯偉呈
- Youngest son of the Ke family. He is the Marketing Communications Manager of Weihai Group but doesn't go to work and stays home on most days.
- Puff Guo 郭雪芙 as Li Er 黎兒
- Li Tian's daughter. She was bullied by Wei Cheng when they were younger. She meets Wei Cheng again.
- Jennifer Hong 洪小鈴 as Ke Yan Ni 柯雁妮
- Oldest child and only daughter of the Ke family. She married her husband Wang Ke Fan for business purposes.
- Chris Lee 李至正 as Wang Ke Fan 王客凡
- Ke Yan Ni's husband. Worked eight years at Weihai Group. Kind and gentle family man who loves his wife.
- Tan Ai Zhen 譚艾珍 as Ke Huang Rui Yin 柯黃瑞英
- Ke Wei Xiang, Ke Wei Cheng and Ke Yan Ni's grandmother. She was saved by Song Yi Jie's grandfather during a robbery years ago. To show her gratitude, she betrothed her eldest grandson before he was born.
- Ai Wei 艾偉 as Ke You Xin 柯有信
- Ke Wei Xiang, Ke Wei Cheng and Ke Yan Ni's father.
- Yang Jie Mei 楊潔玫 as Fang Xue Ru 方雪如
- Ke Wei Xiang, Ke Wei Cheng and Ke Yan Ni's mother. Originally disagreed to her mother-in-law's betrothed marriage for Wei Xiang and Yi Jie.
- Chen Bo Zheng 陳博正 as Song Jia Bao 宋家寶
- Song Yi Jie's grandfather. Song Lin Hao Yun's father-in-law. Saved Ke Huang Rui Yin during a robbery years ago. He is a rail train enthusiast.
- Yang Li Yin 楊麗音 as Song Lin Hao Yun 宋林好韻
- Song Yi Jie's mother. Song Jia Bao's daughter-in-law. Good with verbal debating.
- Wang Si Ping 王思平 as Luo Yun 羅芸
- Ke Wei Xiang's college classmate. Likes Wei Xiang and does not agree with his betrothed marriage to Yi Jie.
- Chris Wu 吳慷仁 as Zhao Dong Yang 趙東陽
- Song Yi Jie's college senior classmate and ex-boyfriend.
- Mini Bin 迷你彬 as Ke Xiao Sing 柯小星
- He was thought to be Ke Wei Xiang's illegitimate son but is actually Wei Cheng's.
- Luo Bei An 羅北安 as Li Tian 黎田
- Li Er's father. He's a triad boss but also a loving father.
- Tao Chuan Zheng 陶傳正 as Luo So Sai 羅總裁
- Luo Yun's father. He is the president of a tour group company and does business with Weihai Group.
- Chen Yan Zhuang 壯壯/陳彥壯 as Yu Neng Qian 于能謙
- Ke Wei Xiang's personal assistant. Becomes Jennifer (Ba Zhen)'s husband later on.
- Lin Xin Bei 林欣蓓 as Jennifer (Ba Zhen) 巴珍
- Works as a secretary at Weihai Group. Later marries Yu Neng Qian.
- Yin Fu 茵芙 as Wu Jia Jia 吳佳佳
- Yan Ni and Yi Jie's friend. Ceng Jian Ren's ex-wife. Was in a bad marriage due to her husband's violence and cheating.
- Xie Qi Wen 謝其文 as Qian Zhen Wu 錢振武
- Lawyer at Da Tong law firm. Song Yi Jie's boss.
- Gao Ying Hsuan 高英軒 as Ceng Jian Ren 曾建仁
- Wu Jia Jia's ex-husband. Kindergarten principal. Horrible husband who had cheated and beat his wife. Refuse to grant Jia Jia a divorce due to wanting to remain his respectable image for his job.
- Darren Qiu 邱凱偉 as Huang Zi Ang 黃子昂
- Manager of a construction company.
Broadcast
| Year | Country/Region | Channel | Timeslot | Episode premiere | Episode finale | Avg rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Taiwan | SETTV | Monday to Friday 20:00 - 21:00 | December 13, 2011 | April 9, 2012 | - |
| ETTV | Monday to Friday 21:00 - 22:00 | December 13, 2011 | April 9, 2012 | - | ||
| 2012 | Singapore | StarHub TV VV Drama | Monday to Friday 19:00 - 20:00 | March 26, 2012 | July 19, 2012 | |
| Hong Kong | J2 | Monday to Friday 13:30 - 14:30 | February 9, 2012 | June 5, 2012 | ||
| Malaysia | Astro Quan Jia HD | Monday to Friday 22:30 - 23:30 | November 30, 2012 | March 27, 2013 | ||
| 2015 | Thailand | Amarin TV | Monday to Friday 14:00 - 15:00 | June 15, 2015 | September 9, 2015 |
Soundtrack
Inborn Pair did not release an official soundtrack. However, there are songs used in the series. In particular, the series had six songs from different artists released in their respective albums. The opening theme song used is "Conductor" (指揮家) by Richie Jen while the ending theme song used is by Mayday entitled "I Don't Want to Leave You Alone" (我不願，讓你一個人).
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer - Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Conductor" (指揮家) | 阿璞(八三夭) | 黃晟峰 | Richie Jen 任賢齊 | |
| 2. | "I Don't Want to Leave You Alone" (我不願，讓你一個人) | 阿信 | 阿信, 冠佑 | Mayday 五月天 | |
| 3. | "Unopened Gift" (未拆的礼物) | 林夕 | 張簡君偉 | Victor 品冠 | |
| 4. | "I'm Sure" (我確定) | 易桀齊 | 易桀齊, 伍冠諺 | Victor 品冠 | |
| 5. | "Not Your Fault" (不是你的錯) | 黃婷 | 林邁可 | Ding Dang 丁噹 | |
| 6. | "One Person Is Impossible by" (一個人不可能) | 嚴爵, 黃婷 | 嚴爵 | Ding Dang 丁噹 |
Reception
Inborn Pair received positive reviews from audiences and garnered successful ratings, hitting above the 5.00 rating average on certain episodes. Right after Inborn Pair finished airing, the production team went into development for Sanlih's next romance idol drama. However, hoping to strike double-rating success, they decided to split Chen and Wang up to produce two different new dramas airing back to back on Thursday nights. Annie Chen was paired up with George Hu to film Love, Now, while Chris Wang was paired up with Ann Hsu to film Love Me or Leave Me. Both dramas are from the same writers as Inborn Pair and filmed at the same time. The staff who worked on the series were also split into two team to work on both new dramas since they were produced and filmed at the same time.[3]
Awards
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 47th Golden Bell Awards[4] | Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series Jennifer Hong |
Nominated |
| Best Programme Marketing | Nominated |
References
- ↑ (Chinese)"宥勝「真愛找麻煩」三立華人電視劇開拍". MSN. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ↑ (Chinese)"陳庭妮宥勝有好感 吵架戲演得肉麻". China Times. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ↑ "SETTV splits Chen & Wang to film different dramas". Liberty Times. Retrieved 2014-2-18 (Chinese)
- ↑ "Golden Bell Awards (2012)". YesAsia. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
External links
- SETTV Official website(Chinese)
- ETTV Official website (Chinese)
- Inborn Pair Official Facebook page (Chinese)