King Flower

King Flower
金大花的華麗冒險

Promotional poster for King Flower
Also known as Substitute Princess
公主的替身
Genre Romance, Comedy
Created by Chen Xin Guo (陳興國)
Written by Chen Hong Jie (陳虹潔)
Luo Xi Ni(羅茜妮)
Yang Bi Feng (楊碧鳳)
Directed by Zhang Zhe Shu (張哲書)
Hu Yi Juan (胡意涓)
Starring James Wen
Nikki Xie
Chris Wu
Opening theme "因為有你在" (Because You're There) by Dream Girls
Ending theme "像女孩的女人" (A Girl Like A Woman) by S.H.E
Country of origin Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original language(s) Mandarin, with some Hokkien dialogue
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 21
Production
Location(s) Taiwan
Running time 90 minutes
Production company(s) SETTV
Broadcast
Original channel TTV, SET Metro
Picture format SDTV (480i)
First shown in Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original run 6 January 2013 – 2 June 2013
Chronology
Preceded by Miss Rose
Followed by Love Around
External links
SET Metro Official website

King Flower (Chinese: 金大花的華麗冒險) is a 2013 Taiwanese idol comedy romance television drama series. The television drama was produced by SETTV and started filming on November 26, 2012. The show stars actor James Wen as the main male lead and actress Nikki Xie as the main female lead. The show was supposed to star Sonia Sui as the main female lead but it was reported that Nikki Xie replaced Sonia as the main female lead.[1] It was first aired on January 6, 2013 on TTV.[2]

Synopsis

The ugly Jin Da Hua has buck-teeth and a large mole on her face which causes her to be teased and ridiculed all her life. She daydreams that if she could only be as beautiful as Du Liang Yan- Ouyang Tai's fiancé, Da Hua's best friend, Lin Guan Jun, might fall in love with her. Due to a hiking accident, Liang Yan falls off a cliff while on a trip with her fiancé. Just because Da Hua has a slight resemblance, she is given a chance to change her life as she undergoes plastic surgery and takes up Du Liang Yan's name and identity.

Cast

Main cast

Ouyang Tai, The GM of Shen Da Realty, He was engaged to Du Liang Yan who was severely injured during an accident, He found Jin Da Hua to replace his fiancé temporarily, As time goes he found out his fiancé died..And at that hard time Jin Da Hua was willing to comfort him and stay by his side which made him fall in love with Da Hua.

Jin Da Hua, a 28 year-old female is the daughter of a provision shop owner. She is enthusiastic and cheerful girl since she was young but because of malocclusion and a mole on an awkward part of her forehead, she was always bullied by the other kids. Da Hua hopes that one day she would be able to give her first kiss and also her 'first time' to her childhood crush, Lin Guan Jun. After coincidentally meeting Du Liang Yan and her fiancé, Ouyang Tai, in her family opened convenient store, she was thinking if she one day becomes as beautiful as Du Liang Yan. Would Guan Jun accept her love for him? After owing a debt of 2 million from illegal money lenders, Jin Da Hua had no choice but to undergo plastic surgery and take up Du Liang Yan's name to impersonate Ouyang Tai's fiancé.

Du Liang Yan, a 28 year-old lady is the manager of the design department in Shen Da Corporation. Liang Yan is beautiful, intelligent, kind, quiet and is also good at playing the piano. She is engaged to Ouyang Tai and is very much in love with each other. Since she was young, Liang Yan was the apple to her father's eye and always tries to live up to her father's expectations. Liang Yan tries not to do anything dangerous or risky because she doesn't want her father to worry about her. But she has always wanted to try something thrilling so Liang Yan begged Ouyang to go hiking knowing that he loved to hike. However, Liang Yan fell when she was halfway up the mountain during the hike. She was rushed to the hospital immediately.

After losing his parents when he was just a child, Lin Guan Jun was adopted and raised by Jin Da Hua's mother. Having growing up together with Da Hua, Guan Jun always bickered with Da Hua but he protects and looks after Da Hua like his own younger sister. Although knowing that Da Hua has feelings for him, he tries to avoid the topic because of Da Hua's looks, but he is also unable to hide his love for her. Working as a delivery man, Guan Jun likes to gamble during his free time and after creating trouble, he always runs back to the Jin's family convenient store to hide. But if he's faced with serious trouble, he would not hesitate to protect his loved ones from getting hurt.

Extended cast

  • Lene Lai as Yu Kai Le (于凱樂) - Supervisor of the secretary in Shen Da Corporation and dreams of one day becoming Ouyang's wife.
  • Zhao Jun Ya (趙駿亞) as Qin Mo 秦默
Market Place
  • Guo Shu Yao as Ah Xi (阿喜) - Employee of a florist and is Da Hua's best friend
  • MC40 (仕凌) as Jin Da Li 金大利 - Da Hua's younger brother
  • Tai Bao (太保) as Jin Zheng Yin 金正銀
  • Yang Li Yin as Xia Chun Jiao 夏春嬌
  • Yuan Ai Fei (袁艾菲) as Hu Xiao Fei 胡曉菲
  • Luo Bei An as Hu Jin Biao 胡金標
  • Huang Deng Hui (黃鐙輝) as Xiao Dao 小刀
Sheng Da Corporation
  • Jian Chang as Ouyang Feng 歐陽豐
  • Lin Xiu Jun (林秀君) as He Xiu Xiu 何秀秀
  • Wang Juan as Yan Li Ting 嚴立婷
  • Chen Zhi Qiang (陳志強) as Ouyang Sen 歐陽森
  • Yin Fu (茵芙) as Xu Wei Ni 許薇妮
  • Guan Yong (關勇) as Du Sheng Heng 杜昇恆
  • Li Yi Jin (李依瑾) as Zhao Pei Qi 趙珮琦
  • Zhuang Zhuang (壯壯) as Ma Cheng Hong 馬承鴻
  • Yang Han (楊瀚) as Yang Zu Rong 楊祖榮
  • Wu Jia Wei (吳迦瑋) as Qi Qi 琪琪

Soundtrack

The team did not release an original soundtrack for King Flower. However, songs are used in the series. In particular, the series had five songs from different artists, released in their respective albums. The opening theme song used is "Yin Wei You Ni Zai" or "Because You're There" by Dream Girls, while the ending theme song used is by S.H.E entitled "像女孩的女人" or "A Girl Like A Woman".

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusicSinger Length
1. "Because You're There" (因為有你在)Tian Le (天樂)KATRINA. NOORBERGEN、NICHOLAS F. CARBONE、ANTHONY J. NATOLIDream Girls - Girl's Talk album  
2. "The Innocent Women" (像女孩的女人)Wang Zhen Shen (王振聲)Guo Wen Zong (郭文宗)S.H.E - Blossomy album  
3. "Memorable Day" (紀念日)Chen Xin Yang (陳信延)Real (R) of F.I.RAaron Yan - The Moment album  
4. "Why Bother" (何苦)Albert Leung James Wen - James Wen debut album  
5. "Repair Me" (還我)Xu Min Ling (徐旻鈴)Liu Yin (劉寅)S.H.E - Blossomy album  

Broadcast

Country Network Timeslot Episode premiere
Taiwan TTV Sundays, 10PM January 6, 2013
SETTV Saturdays, 10PM January 12, 2013
ETTV Sundays, 7:30PM January 13, 2013
Singapore Starhub TV Saturdays, 8PM April 6, 2013

Episode Ratings

Since its first broadcast, King Flower topped the ranks with the total average of 1.57. Its drama competitors were CTV's Borrow Your Love, CTS's K Song Lover, and FTV's The Queen of SOP. The viewers survey was conducted by AGB Nielsen.[3]

Date of Broadcast Episode Average Ratings Rank Behind-the-scenes
average ratings 		Remarks
2013/01/06 01 1.29 1 0.67 1.78[note 1]
2013/01/13 02 1.46 1 0.88 1.74[note 1]
2013/01/20 03 1.84 1 1.08 2.43[note 1]
2013/01/27 04 1.54 1 0.99 1.95[note 1]
2013/02/03 05 2.14 1 1.34
February 10, 2013 broadcast was suspended due to the special broadcast episode of "蛇來運轉迎新春".
2013/02/17 06 1.68 1 0.72
2013/02/24 07 1.37 1 0.69
2013/03/03 08 1.44 1 0.87
2013/03/10 09 1.42 1 0.65
2013/03/17 10 1.37 1 0.72
2013/03/24 11 1.45 1 -
2013/03/31 12 1.64 1 -
2013/04/07 13 1.56 1 -
2013/04/14 14 1.36 1 -
2013/04/21 15 1.43 1 -
2013/04/28 16 1.91 1 -
2013/05/05 17 1.43 1 -
2013/05/12 18 1.70 1 -
2013/05/19 19 1.48 1 -
2013/05/26 20 1.43 1 -
2013/06/02 21 2.00 1 -
Total average 1.57 - -

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Maximum instantaneous viewing.

References

  1. ↑ "http://udn.com/NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/ENT7/7528268.shtml". UDN.com.
  2. ↑ "http://asianfanatics.net/forum/topic/777043-airing-king-flower-%26-37329%3B%26-22823%3B%26-33457%3B%26-30340%3B%26-33775%3B%26-40599%3B%26-20882%3B%26-38570%3B/". Asian Fantics. 16 December 2012.
  3. ↑ (Chinese)"中時娛樂". Showbiz Times.

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