Love, Now

Love, Now 真愛趁現在
Promotional poster for Love, Now
Genre	Romance
Format	Television series
Written by	Shao Huiting 邵慧婷, Lín Pèiyú 林珮瑜, Zheng Yingmin 鄭英敏, Huangxiang Min 黃湘玟
Directed by	Lian Li Chun 連春利
Starring	Annie Chen George Hu
Opening theme	Go Jogging 一起去跑步 by Cosmic Man
Ending theme	Temporary Boyfriend 暫時的男朋友 by Yen-J
Country of origin	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original language(s)	Mandarin
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	72
Production
Producer(s)	Fang Xiaoren 方孝仁, Rong Junyi 戎俊義
Location(s)	Taiwan
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	SETTV
Broadcast
Original channel	SETTV
Picture format	SDTV（480i）
First shown in	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original run	31 October 2012 (2012-10-31) – 5 March 2013 (2013-03-05)
Chronology
Preceded by	Gung Hay Fat Choy 我們發財了
Followed by	A Hint Of You 美味的想念
External links
SETTV Official website

Love, Now (Chinese: 真愛趁現在; pinyin: Zhen Ai Chen Xian Zai) is a 2012 to 2013 Taiwanese idol romance drama television series created and developed by SETTV. It stars Annie Chen, George Hu as the main leads with Bobby Dou, Harry Chang from Taiwanese band Da Mouth and Vivi Lee as the supporting leads.^[1] Due to the success of SETTV previous romance drama "Inborn Pair" Sanlih decided to split their Inborn Pair leads Annie Chen and Chris Wang to film two different new romance dramas to be aired back to back. ^[2] Annie Chen was then paired up with George Hu who was personally invited by Sanlih to film "Love, Now" after spending the past year filming dramas in Mainland China.^[3] While Chris Wang was paired up with Tiffany Hsu to film "Love Me Or Leave Me".

Filming began on September 16, 2012 and finished on March 3, 2013. It began airing on SETTV ETTV on October 31, 2012. Final episode aired on March 5, 2013 with 72 episodes total (8 less than the intended number of episodes). Filming locations included Boracay Philippines and Neihu, Songshan, Zhongshan, Songshan and Daan districts of Taipei Taiwan. Interiors of Yang Yi-ru and Lan Shi-De's workplace and home where filmed on a built set at Sanlih SETTV studios headquarters located at Neihu district of Taipei Taiwan.^{[4] [5][6]}

Synopsis

Yang Yi-Ru is a workaholic who never took any time off for a vacation. Due to her extreme work attitude her family and friends decided to trick her into taking a much needed vacation on her 28th birthday by lying to her that she had cancer and had only 6 month left to live. Still in a state of shock from discovering she only had 6 months left to live, she meets Lan Shi-De (who was on a business trip) by accident in Boracay. When she told Shi-De that she only has 6 months left to live, she cried out her wishes to fall in love at age 28, get married at age 30 and have kids at age 32. As soon as he heard this, Shi-De proposed marriage to Yi-Ru so that he can fulfill all her wishes before she passes away. Yi-Ru doesn't know that Shi-De had actually met her 6 years ago during their college final examination and had fallen in love with her since that time. Yi-Ru accepted his proposal, thinking it was out of kindness, not love.

Under the blue skies and on the white sandy beach, with a red carpet covered in rose petals, Shi-De helped Yi-Ru fulfill her dream of getting married and also gave her the dream wedding that she wanted. From there on, Shi-De decided to accompany Yi-Ru for the number of days she had left to live. Soon after, when Yi-Ru found out her illness was a prank her family and friend pulled on her she left quietly without giving reasons to Shi-De. He swore to find Yi-Ru no matter what because, he doesn't want her to disappear quickly like she did years ago when he met Yi-Ru. He still doesn't know the fact that Yi-Ru had only 6 months to live was a prank pulled by her family, and that Yi-Ru herself did not even know at first.^[7] But when the prank was revealed to Shi-De, her new husband felt cheated and unleashed his wrath on her.

Cast

Main Cast

Supporting cast

Cameo

Soundtrack

• Go Jogging 一起去跑步 by Cosmic Man 宇宙人
• You Want To Be Made Into A Movie 想把你拍成一部電影 by Cosmic Man 宇宙人
• Kick Him 踢踢他 by Cosmic Man 宇宙人
• Temporary Boyfriend 暫時的男朋友 by Yen-J 嚴爵
• I alibi 吾在場證明 by Yen-J 嚴爵
• Fueled 火上加油 by Yen-J 嚴爵
• Hold Your Hand 執子之手 by Victor 品冠
• Premiere 首播 by Mayday 五月天
• Wild Beast 野獸 by Ding Dang 丁噹
• Marksman 射手 by MP Magic Power MP魔幻力量
• After 經過 by Rene 劉若英
• Unforgettable 忘不記 by JiaJia 紀家盈（家家）

Production team

• Producer: Fang Xiaoren 方孝仁, Rong Junyi 戎俊義
• Screenwriter: Shao Huiting 邵慧婷, Lín Pèiyú 林珮瑜, Zheng Yingmin 鄭英敏, Huangxiang Min 黃湘玟
• Directed by: Lian Li Chun 連春利
• Coordinator: Can Qian Li 李能謙
• Sponsor: Acer Computer, Derek

Filming Locations

image showing studio built set of the Lan residence and part of the Yang residence at the far right

Interiors of the Lan family home, Yang family home, offices of Hao Sheng and Feng Hua are studio built sets at SETTV headquarters . The exterior of the Lan's bathroom fixture office Hao Sheng is a office tower located at Tiding Boulevard, Zhongshan District of Taipei. The exterior of Feng Hua where Yang Yi-ru worked is a office building located at Tiding Boulevard, Neihu District of Taipei. The exterior and lobby of the Lan family residence was filmed at Future Hill residential complex located at Wenhuaer Rd, Linkou District of New Taipei City. The exterior and courtyard of the Yang family residence was filmed at a residential complex located at Yanshou St, Songshan District of Taipei. The residence of Sun Qi-ming is actually the office of an landscaping and interior design company called Lake Forest Design located at Kangning Road, Neihu District of Taipei. Other major filming locations include Min-Sheng General Hospital where He Cai-rong works as a doctor, A House where Zheng Yu-xiang operates his cafe and bike messenger business, Aqua Kiss 2-Surfer where the main characters frequented to chat and have a drink, Hsuan Chuang University where Lan Si-da and Yang Yi-ru attended University, and Fushin Hotel's room 1108 (where Lan Shi-yun spent her drunken night, Shi-da and Yi-ru had their intimate day, and Sun Qi-ming's pre-wedding prank party) . Boracay Philippines scenes were filmed between October 3rd till October 13th of 2012. The bathroom scene of Lan Shi-da talking to the toilet bowl and infamous shower kiss scene in episode 3 and 4 was actually filmed at Fushin Hotel in Taipei instead of Alta Vista De Boracay.

• Boracay, Philippines
  • Puka Shell Beach
    • Discovery Shores Boracay^[8]
    • Alta Vista De Boracay^[9]
    • D'Mall
    • Kalibo Airport
• Taipei, Taiwan
  • Neihu District
    • Aqua Kiss 2-Surfer 水吻^[10]
    • Acer HQ Taipei
    • RT-Mart 大潤發
    • Nakamura Bakery 中村
    • White Rock Lake Bridge 白石湖吊橋
    • Fushin Hotel 台北富信大飯店
    • Lake Forest Design 大湖森林室內裝修設計工程有限公司 ^[11]
  • Zhongzheng District
    • Cold Stone Creamery 酷聖石冰淇淋
  • Zhongshan District
    • We-Go Motel 薇閣精品旅館
    • Shintori Cuisine Japonaise 新都里懷石料理^[12]
    • Taipei Florist 台北花苑^[13]
  • Xinyi District
    • California Pizza Kitchen
  • Daan District
    • A House Breakfast & Brunch Restaurant^[14]
    • SILEX BOOKS
    • pH7 Restaurant
    • Single Noble
    • L'OCCITANE Café 歐舒丹Café
    • CHUNG's SILVER WORK STUDIO 玩銀工房
  • Datong District
    • Li Ting Xiang Chinese Bakery 李亭香餅舖^[15]
  • Wanhua District
    • Modern Toilet^[16]
  • Sanzhi District
    • Suang-Lien Presbyterian Church 雙連安養中心教堂
• New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • Linkou District
    • Future Hills Luxury Complex 遠雄大未來^[17]
  • Banqiao District
    • Megacity Mall 板橋大遠百
• Taoyuan County, Taiwan
  • Taoyuan City
    • Min-Sheng General Hospital 敏盛綜合醫院
  • Luzhu Township
    • Decor House
• Hsinchu City, Taiwan
  • Xiangshan District
    • Hsuan Chuang University 玄奘大學

Broadcast

Episode ratings

References

External links

• SETTV Official website(Chinese)
• ETTV Official website (Chinese)
• Love, Now Official Facebook page (Chinese)