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Inborn Pair (Chinese: 真愛找麻煩; pinyin: Zhen Ai Zhao Ma Fan) is a 2011 to 2012 Taiwanese 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.
| Inborn Pair | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| 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 Chris Wang Puff Kuo Jennifer Hong |
| Opening theme | Conductor 指揮家 by Richie Jen |
| Ending theme | I Don't Want to Leave You Alone 我不願，讓你一個人 by Mayday |
| Country of origin | Taiwan |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 84 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Fang Xiaoren 方孝仁, Rong Junyi 戎俊義 |
| Production location | Taiwan |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | SETTV |
| Release | |
| Original network | SETTV |
| Picture format | SDTV （480i） |
| First shown in | Taiwan |
| Original release | 13 December 2011 – 9 April 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Ti Amo Chocolate |
Synopsis
Two people who have had a couple of run ins, who never had much luck in love, found themselves betrothed by their families. They give in to a slight hope that because they had drawn the same fortunes, met coincidentally many times, and found one another interesting and attractive, that maybe just maybe they were meant to be. They misunderstand, confuse, frustrate, and hurt each other along the way. Slowly they lay down their fears and mistrust as they grow into a beautiful closeness and genuine fondness for one another. In the end, they believe that they were indeed fated and destined for one another, but the road to happily ever after is indeed a rocky one.
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 sees an unfaithful husband at her law office refusing to divorce his wife because he wants to keep his good clean image, she volunteered her service by pretending to be his girlfriend 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 a cheater 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 the two eventually fall in love and make their marriage real.
Cast
Main cast
- Chris Wang as Ke Wei Xiang
- 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 as Song Yi Jie
- 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
- Youngest son of the Ke family. He is the Marketing Communications Manager of Weihai Group but doesn't go to work often, embezzles money from the company which leads to his being demoted. Immature but loving.
- Puff Guo as Li Er
- Li Tian's daughter. She was bullied by Wei Cheng when they were younger. She meets Wei Cheng again, and sets out to get her revenge.
- Jennifer Hong 洪小鈴 as Ke Yan Ni
- Oldest child and only daughter of the Ke family. She married her husband Wang Ke Fan for Love, she chased after him, totally enamored with him she is over zealous in trying to lift him and his career up which often leads to more trouble than good. Takes birth control without husband's knowledge she says because she wanted more time alone with him but over time her real fears show that it is because she feared losing her figure/becoming unattractive to him and was afraid that he would be as impatient with their child as he is with her.
- Chris Lee as Wang Ke Fan
- Ke Yan Ni's husband. Worked eight years at Weihai Group. Seemingly kind, patient, and gentle to those on the outside but short, bossy, and judgemental of his wife's every action. Has an emotional affair with wife's best friend that eventually leads to a physical one. Seems kind but he's selfish and often cruel.
- Tan Ai-chen 譚艾珍 as Ke Huang Rui Yin
- 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, still in his mother's womb, to the grand daughter of her rescuer, also in her mother's womb.
- Ai Wei 艾偉 as Ke You Xin
- Ke Wei Xiang, Ke Wei Cheng and Ke Yan Ni's father. Often level headed but shows his sexist views towards woman later in the series, blaming his daughter for her unfaithful husband and daughter-in-law for an incident in which she had no control. Refusing to listen to any explanation. Eventually, after hearing an explanation from the man involved, seeks daughter-in-law's forgiveness but never apologizes to his daughter but pops off about her being more mature for forgiving her cheating husband.
- Yang Chieh-mei as Fang Xue Ru
- 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. She works to sow discord in the marriage hoping to have her son marry her choice woman instead.
- Chen Bor-jeng 陳博正 as Song Jia Bao
- 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 and a very loving Grandfather.
- Yang Li-yin 楊麗音 as Song Lin Hao Yun
- Song Yi Jie's mother. Song Jia Bao's daughter-in-law. Good with verbal debating. Fierce personality when dealing with her daughter's perceived faults and those who find fault with her daughter.
- Jenna Wang 王思平 as Luo Yun
- Ke Wei Xiang's college classmate. Likes Wei Xiang and does not agree with his betrothed marriage to Yi Jie, doesn't accept that he doesn't have feelings for her no matter how many times he tells her so. She gets false hope when he uses her as an excuse not to agree to the betrothal, even though he tells her that he was using it as an excuse and really doesn't feel that way about her.
- Chris Wu 吳慷仁 as Zhao Dong Yang
- Song Yi Jie's college senior classmate and ex-boyfriend.
- Little Bin 迷你彬 as Ke Xiao Sing
- He was told that Ke Wei Xiang was his father but he turns out to be Wei Cheng's, who used his brothers business cards to pick up women in clubs.
- Luo Bei An 羅北安 as Li Tian
- Li Er's father. He's a triad boss but also a loving father.
- Tao Chuan Zheng 陶傳正 as Luo So Sai
- 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
- Ke Wei Xiang's personal assistant. Becomes Jennifer (Ba Zhen)'s husband later on.
- Lin Xin Bei 林欣蓓 as Jennifer (Ba Zhen)
- Works as a secretary at Weihai Group. Later marries Yu Neng Qian.
- Yin Fu 茵芙 as Wu Jia Jia
- Yan Ni and Yi Jie's friend. Ceng Jian Ren's ex-wife. Was in a bad marriage due to her husband's cheating. Who is attracted to Yan Ni's husband right away and eventually has an affair with him, becoming the very thing she hates...a homewrecker.
- Xie Qi Wen 謝其文 as Qian Zhen Wu
- Lawyer at Da Tong law firm. Song Yi Jie's boss.
- Gao Ying Hsuan 高英軒 as Ceng Jian Ren
- Wu Jia Jia's ex-husband. Kindergarten principal. Horrible husband who had cheated on wife. Refused to grant Jia Jia a divorce due to wanting to maintain his respectable image for his job.
- Darren Qiu 邱凱偉 as Huang Zi Ang
- Manager of a construction company.
- Miao Ke-li as You-Chun (cameo)
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 and nominations
| 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
- (in Chinese)"宥勝「真愛找麻煩」三立華人電視劇開拍". MSN. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- (in Chinese)"陳庭妮宥勝有好感 吵架戲演得肉麻" Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine. China Times. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- "SETTV splits Chen & Wang to film different dramas" Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine. Liberty Times. Retrieved 2014-2-18 (in Chinese)
- "Golden Bell Awards (2012)". YesAsia. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
External links
- SETTV Official website(in Chinese)
- ETTV Official website (in Chinese)
- Inborn Pair Official Facebook page (in Chinese)
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