| Hi My Sweetheart | |
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Promotional poster for Hi My Sweetheart |
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| Also known as | 海派甜心 Hai Pai Tian Xin |
| Genre | Romance, Comedy |
| Format | Television series |
| Written by | Yang Bifeng Jiang Hua Chen Hongjie Luo Xini |
| Directed by | Lin He Long (林合隆) |
| Starring | Rainie Yang Show Luo Lee Wei |
| Opening theme | "愛瘋頭" (Head Over Heels in Love) by Show Luo |
| Ending theme | "雨愛" (Rainie Love) by Rainie Yang |
| Country of origin | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Language(s) | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Linyin Sheng Liu Yucheng |
| Producer(s) | Chai Zhi Ping |
| Editor(s) | Chen Liren, Lin Yu Xun |
| Location(s) | Hangzhou (China), Kaohsiung (Taiwan) |
| Cinematography | Huang Fengming |
| Running time | 90 mins (Sundays at 22:00 to 23:30) |
| Production company(s) | Comic Ritz International Production |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Chinese Television System (CTS) |
| Original run | 1 November 2009 – 31 January 2010 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Roseate Love (紫玫瑰) |
| Followed by | Because of You (星光下的童話) |
| External links | |
| GTV homepage | |
| Comic Ritz Production website | |
Hi My Sweetheart (Chinese: 海派甜心; pinyin: Hai Pai Tian Xin) is a 2009 Taiwanese Drama starring Rainie Yang, Show Luo and Lee Wei. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production (可米瑞智國際藝能有限公司) and Chai Zhi Ping (柴智屏) as producer and directed by Lin He Long (林合隆). It started filming on 26 July 2009 and wrapped in 23 November 2009. It was filmed on location in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and Hangzhou, China.
The series was first boardcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Chinese Television System (CTS) (華視) from 1 November 2009 [1] to 31 January 2010, every Sunday at 22:00 to 23:30 and cable TV Gala Television (GTV) Variety Show/CH 28 (八大綜合台) on 8 November 2009 to 7 February 2010, every Sunday at 20:00 to 21:30.
Hi My Sweetheart was nominated in 2010 for five awards at the 45th Golden Bell Awards, including Best Leading Actor in a Television Series for Show Luo. Rainie Yang who portrayed Chen Bao Zhu in the drama, won Best Leading Actress in a Television Series at the award ceremony in October.[2]
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Xue Hai (Show Luo) is a certifiable dork who comes from a wealthy family and had been protected by his oldest sister, Xue Bo for most of his life. One day, at age 20, he decided to move out of his comfort zone and study abroad in Hangzhou. To protect his identity as the heir of his family's wealth, Xue Bo, gave him an alias "Lin Da Lang," who is supposed to be a poor student.
At Zhejiang University, Da Lang meets Chen Bao Zhu (Rainie Yang): an eccentric, friendless alpha-female social rebel. Lin Da Lang becomes unconditionally persistent for her friendship and endlessly delivers a peaceful and constant variable of support and acceptance to her neglected life. Unaware of Lin Da Lang's background, Bao Zhu teaches him the norms and social baby steps of every day life. As she begins to drop her guard, Da Lang vows to always be with her, and they fall in love. During this time, Chen Bao Zhu's father goes bankrupt and flees, leaving her and her mother behind. Using Bao Zhu's father as an example of poverty and failure, Bao Zhu's mother refuses to accept Lin Da Lang's relationship with her daughter and orders her to break up with Da Lang or she will prevent his graduation. Out of fear for Da Lang, Bao Zhu lies to her mother in a note, and agrees to an arranged marriage. Secretly, however, Bao Zhu plans to elope with Da Lang. At the same time, Da Lang - unaware of the conflict - wishes to propose and confess his true identity and wealth to Chen Bao Zhu. On Bao Zhu's birthday, Da Lang and Chen Bao Zhu make plans to meet, both unaware of each other's mutual objectives for a joint future. Da Lang purchases an engagement ring and heads to the meeting spot; but as Chen Bao Zhu leaves to meet Lin Da Lang, she is hit by a car and knocked unconscious for months. Da Lang continued to wait, but she never showed. Worried, Da Lang later visits her home, and Chen Bao Zhu's mother lies to him and reports she is in Europe and will soon marry someone else, showing him the note Bao Chu left. Unaware of Bao Zhu's true intentions, Da Lang comes to the conclusion he was recklessly abandoned by his first love. Xue Hai drops his alias of Da Lang, loses his simplistic innocent take on life, and vows not to ever commit to a relationship again.
Three years later, back in Kaohsiung, Xue Hai has transformed himself into an egocentric playboy and now does not hide his wealth. The new Xue Hai believes that he is invulnerable. Xue Hai overhears Bao Zhu's familiar voice on the radio as a local DJ named Sweetheart. Xue Hai looks, acts and feels like a new person. Feeling he's now unrecognizable, Xue Hai buys the radio station in order to seek revenge. His objective was to coerce her into falling in love with his new self, only to then dump her in revenge. However after seeing Bao Zhu with He Yan Feng (Lee Wei), her high-school senior/judo master, Xue Hai becomes jealous and soon realizes that he still have feelings for her. Xue Hai then sets his mind on destroying the relationship of Chen and her "boyfriend", while he continually pursues her, often forgetting whether it's out of love or revenge.
| Actor | Character | Relationships |
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| Show Luo | Xue Hai (薛海) / Lin Da Lang (林達浪) | |
| Rainie Yang | Chen Bao Zhu (陳寶茱) | |
| Lee Wei (李威) | He Yan Feng (何言風) | Xue Hai's rival |
| Maggie Wu (吳亞馨) | Mo Li (莫莉) | Bao Zhu's rival |
| Fang Fang (方芳) | Xue Bo (薛波) | Xue Hai's eldest sister |
| Xiang Yu Jie (向語潔) | Xue Pei (薛佩) | Xue Hai's second sister |
| Actor | Character | Relationships |
|---|---|---|
| Nikki Deng (邵庭) | Wang Ye Qian (王野倩) | Bao Zhu's nemesis |
| Zhang Yi Mei (娜娜) | Li Jia Jia (李佳佳) | Bao Zhu's nemesis |
| Wang Yue (王月) | Wang Yu Lan (王玉蘭) | Bao Zhu's mother |
| Wen Shuai (文帥) | Chen Run Fa (陳潤發) | Xue Bo's boyfriend |
| Jiang Qi Lin (江奇霖) | Ba Shuang (巴雙) | Xue Hai's roommate in Hangzhou |
| Liu Rui (劉銳) | Wu Ke (伍科) | Xue Hai's roommate in Hangzhou |
| Chen Bi Wei (陳筆威) | Gao Gang (高剛) | Xue Hai & Bao Zhu's classmate and bully |
| Shi Zhen Long (史振龍) | Ah Gen (阿根) | Gao Gang's sidekick |
| Yin Chong Zhen (尹崇珍) | Hui Min (慧敏) | Xue Hai's PA |
| Joh Cheng Mun (賴亭君) | Christina | Xue Hai's girlfriend |
| Xie Li Jin (謝麗金) | radio station director (電台台長) | Bao Zhu's boss |
The songs were released by the respective artists: Show Luo - 7th album Rashomon and Rainie Yang - 5th album Rainie & Love...?
| Episode | Original Broadcast Date | Average | Rank | Peak | Remark |
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| 25 October 2009 | 1.48 | 2 | Hi My Sweetheart Behine-the-scene Special 你是海派我甜心-幕後特輯 |
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| 1 | 1 November 2009 | 2.19 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 8 November 2009 | 2.09 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 15 November 2009 | 1.93 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 22 November 2009 | 2.21 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 29 November 2009 | 2.67 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 6 December 2009 | 2.91 | 2 | 3.50 | |
| 7 | 13 December 2009 | 2.92 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 20 December 2009 | 3.07 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 27 December 2009 | 3.52 | 2 | 4.17 | |
| 10 | 3 January 2010 | 4.12 | 2 | 5.64 | 120 mins |
| 11 | 10 January 2010 | 4.08 | 2 | 5.10 | 120 mins CTV Momo Love series finale |
| 12 | 17 January 2010 | 4.26 | 2 | 5.23 | 120 mins Overall watched by 2,580,000 people[6] CTV Down With Love Behine-the-scene Special |
| 13 | 24 January 2010 | 5.14 | 2 | 6.88 | 135 mins CTV Down With Love World Premiere Party |
| 14 | 31 January 2010 | 5.00 | 2 | 5.43 | 45 mins CTV Down With Love premiere |
| Average | 3.29 | 2 | |||
Rival dramas on air at the same time:
| Nomination | Category | Result |
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| Hi My Sweetheart | Best Television Series | Nominated |
| Show Luo | Best Leading Actor in a Television Series | Nominated |
| Rainie Yang | Best Leading Actress in a Television Series | Won |
| Fang Fang | Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series | Nominated |
| Lin He Long | Best Directing for a Television Series | Nominated |