Before We Get Married
Before We Get Married (Chinese: 我們不能是朋友; pinyin: wo men bu neng shi peng you; lit.: We Cannot Be Friends) is a 2019 Taiwanese television series created and produced by Gala Television and Jason's Entertainment. The story is adapted from an original novel of the same title, penned by the screenwriter Fang-Yun Tsai 蔡芳紜, or also known by her pen name Ayamei 阿亞梅, who is also the screenwriter of popular Taiwanese series Love @ Seventeen and Boysitter. Directed by Feng Kai, it stars Jasper Liu and Puff Kuo as the main cast, both are reunited for the second time after Taiwanese series Pleasantly Surprised. Filming began in September 2018.[1]
| Before We Get Married 我們不能是朋友 | |
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| Genre | Romance |
| Based on | Before We Get Married (我們不能是朋友) by Ayamei 阿亞梅 |
| Written by | Li Xu Min 李旭敏 (Screenwriter coordinator) Xie Yu Xiu 謝育秀 (Screenwriter coordinator) Zhuang Xin Fu 莊心輔 Fei Gong Yi 費工怡 Li Song Lin 李松霖 Fang-Yun Tsai 蔡芳紜 Huang Guan Ting 黃莞婷 Lai Yu Xuan 賴瑀瑄 Li Ting Yu 李庭瑜 Cai Qiu Yi 蔡秋儀 |
| Directed by | Feng Kai 馮凱 |
| Starring | Jasper Liu Puff Kuo |
| Opening theme | Giving In 退讓 by Tseng Yu-jia |
| Ending theme | I Miss You More 我比從前想你了 by Bii |
| Country of origin | Taiwan |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Chen Cai Yu 陳財裕 Huang Ling Rong 黃琳容 |
| Production location(s) | Taiwan |
| Production company(s) | Jason's Entertainment Co.Ltd. 友松娛樂股份有限公司 Gala Television 八大電視股份有限公司 |
| Release | |
| Original network | TTV GTV Drama GTV Variety Show |
| Picture format | SDTV (480i) HDTV (1080i) |
| First shown in | Taiwan |
| Original release | 31 May – 23 August 2019 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Without Her, Even Hero Is 0 |
| Followed by | All Is Well |
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| Official Instagram | |
Synopsis
The story starts with Zhou WeiWei and Chu KeHuan with their respective relationships. Zhou Weiwei is in a serious relationship with her earnest and average boyfriend Li HaoYi who works in the same company as her, however none of their colleagues are aware of their relationship because the company forbids office romance. Li HaoYi adheres to strict planning of their lives and WeiWei who is very thrifty follows his plan faithfully. On the other hand, Chu kehuan is a capable and talented stock trader earmarked to be CEO of the securities company he is working for, he has been living with his lover Gao Ziyuan for 10 years, a beautiful woman who spends lavishly and devotes her life to him.
An unexpected meeting between Zhou Weiwei and Chu KeHuan leads to Chu being enamoured with her thrifty principles and strong personality. Chu sets out to woo her while trying to breakup with girlfriend Gao Zi Yuan although Gao refuses to let him go. Gao ZiYuan happens to be the college classmate of Zhou WeiWei and so the path of the two couples start to cross. When Chu tries to sell his apartment, Zhou and Li stumble upon it and are interested in the apartment, although it is above their budget. Chu then makes an indecent proposal for Zhou to spend a night with him in exchange for a huge discount off the apartment.
On a parallel story, Zhou's housemate Han Kefei is a completely different character, who doesn't believe in dating and enjoys having sexual fun with different men. However she is a loyal friend and urge Zhou to make a choice when she noticed that Zhou has feelings for Chu KeHuan.
After selling his apartment to Zhou and Li, both Chu and Gao are invited to the housewarming on the handover day. Zhou's appearance tempted Chu and so while Gao brought Li out to meet the neighbourhood committee, Chu kissed Zhou and tells her to make a choice. After Li came back to the apartment, he proposes to Zhou and Zhou accepted with Chu and Gao as witnesses. Chu was stunned and devastated. He decided on a clean break with Gao ZiYuan, but Gao starts to find out that he and Zhou has some sort of relationship. Gao begins kicking up a fuss.
Zhou was resolute to put an end to any more entanglements with Chu, and moved into the new apartment with Li. In order to avoid both of them being fired due to their office romance, Li resigned and starts work with another company. Unbeknown to Zhou, Li's female boss is actually interested in Li. As Li works ever longer hours, his relationship with Zhou started to falter. After a confrontation, Li promised Zhou to have a wedding in two months. However, due to a new project overseas, Li asked to postpone their wedding for another 6 months. Zhou while battling her own attraction to Chu, breaks down and cries.
By chance, Chu and Zhou were assigned to work together on a project and despite Zhou's efforts to keep a distance, they ended up on a work trip together. Their feelings for each other were rekindled but Zhou, still bound by her engagement to Li, was torn. Zhou flew overseas to seek out Li, but discovers that Li isn't as devoted to their relationship anymore, and then decides to breakup with him.
In the end, Chu and Zhou are finally reunited at a friend's wedding.
Cast
Main cast
- Jasper Liu as Chu Ke Huan
- Puff Kuo as Zhou Wei Wei
- Steven Sun as Li Hao Yi
- Nita Lei as Gao Zi Yuan
Supporting cast
- Phoebe Yuan as Han Ke Fei
- Chen Mu as Yan Bai Yang
- Leo Lee as Liu Da Wei
- Chen Yu (actress) as Gao Zi Ting
- Elaine Ho as Wang Mei Ling
- Wu Guang Jun as James
- Cai Yun Xi as Ai Mi
- Zhao Fan Xuan as Fan Fan
- Song Cheng Xi as Cheng Xi
- Xina Sui as Bu Lan
Guest actors
- Pa Yu as Jessica
- Samuel Gu as Wu Shu Ming
- Huang Wei Ting as Jia En
- Esther Liu as Mai Ruo Yun
- Bright Pu as Li Jin Hui
- Tiffany Pan as general manager's wife
- Jian Chang as Chairman Wang
- Ming Dao as himself
Soundtrack
- "Giving In 退讓" by Tseng Yu-jia
- "I Miss You More 我比從前想你了" by Bii
- "I'm Still Missing You 我還想念你" by Bii
- "All You Did 都是你害的" by Bii
- "What About You 那你呢" by Rennie Wang
- "I'd Like to Hear the Details 願聞其詳" by Fang Wu
- "The End 句點" by Dino Lee
- "Darling" by Mavis Fan
- "Digital Love 數字戀愛" by Mavis Fan
- "Have or Have Not 有沒有" by William Wei
Broadcast
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Ratings
Competing programmes on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:
- FTV - New Style (TV series)
- EBC Variety - Hello Doctor (TV series)
- SET Metro - A Thousand Goodnights, Yong-jiu Grocery Store
- SET Taiwan - Holy King Legend, The Love Story In Banana Orchard
- CTV - Moon Embracing the Sun, Empress Ki
- CTS - Yong-jiu Grocery Store
| Air Date | Episode | Average Ratings | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2019 | 1 | 0.57 | 4 |
| Jun 7, 2019 | 2 | 0.62 | 4 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | 3 | 0.71 | 3 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | 4 | 0.68 | 3 |
| Jun 28, 2019 | 5 | 0.75 | 3 |
| Jul 5, 2019 | 6 | 0.73 | 3 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | 7 | 0.87 | 3 |
| Jul 19, 2019 | 8 | 1.06 | 2 |
| Jul 26, 2019 | 9 | 0.91 | 2 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | 10 | 1.01 | 3 |
| Aug 9, 2019 | 11 | 1.22 | 2 |
| Aug 16, 2019 | 12 | 1.24 | 3 |
| Aug 23, 2019 | 13 | 1.36 | 2 |
| Average ratings | 0.90 | ||
References
- 劉以豪撇陽光型男 拿到「露骨劇本」驚呆喊媽,2018.8.3 Nownews
External links
- TTV Official Website(in Chinese)
- GTV Official Website(in Chinese)
- Ayamei's Official Website(in Chinese)
- Before We Get Married on Instagram(in Chinese)
- Before We Get Married on Facebook(in Chinese)