Miss Rose

Miss Rose
螺絲小姐要出嫁

Miss Rose promo poster
Also known as Miss Screws To get Married, 螺丝小姐要出嫁
Genre Romance, Comedy
Created by Sanlih E-Television
Written by Lai Yi Lin 賴意林
Lin Yi Jun 林宜君
Bì Cuì Si 碧翠絲
Directed by Chen Xi Sheng 陳希聖
Zhang Xiu Cheng 張修誠
Deng An Ning鄧安寧
Starring Megan Lai 賴雅妍
Roy Chiu 邱　澤
Paul Hsu 許騰方
Tia Lee 李毓芬
Chunya Chao 趙駿亞
Puff Guo 郭雪芙
Opening theme Sneezing (fast version) 打噴嚏（發燒快版）by Yen-j 嚴爵
Ending theme One In A Thousand 好難得 by Della Ding 丁噹
Country of origin Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original language(s) Mandarin
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 23
Production
Executive producer(s) Chen Xi Sheng 陳希聖
Producer(s) Li Liguo 李立國
Chen Yijun 陳一俊
Cai Pei Ying 蔡姵纓
Location(s) Taiwan
Running time 90 minutes
Production company(s) Sanlih E-Television 三立電視
Broadcast
Original channel TTV
Picture format SDTV
First shown in Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original run 22 July 2012 – 30 December 2012
Chronology
Preceded by Love Forward 向前走向愛走
Followed by King Flower 金大花的華麗冒險
External links
Official website

Miss Rose (Chinese: 螺絲小姐要出嫁; pinyin: Luo Si Xiao Jie Yao Chu Jia) is 2012 Taiwanese romantic comedy television series starring Megan Lai, Roy Chiu as the main leads, with Paul Hsu, Tia Lee, Chunya Chao and Puff Guo in main supporting roles. The Chinese title literally translates as "Miss Screws to get married" which is in reference to Megan Lai's character name which pronunciation sounds the same as "screw" in Chinese and Roy Chiu's character "Gao Cheng Kuan" referring his workers as "screws", mentioned in episode 1. Filming began on June 9, 2012 and finished on December 6, 2012. First episode began airing on July 22, 2012 and finished on December 30, 2012 with 23 episodes total.[1][2] The drama was filmed while it aired.

Synopsis

When a hardworking office lady who is told by a fortune teller that she will never get married, she makes a bet with the fortune teller that she will prove her reading wrong or else she will give her $1,000,000.00. She meets a heartless, stern and cold CEO of a company who has no compassion for his employees that will eventually become her new boss. At first both couldn't stand each other but after working closely with each other they learn to trust each other and love blossoms between the two. But it won't be easy for their love to survive when he has a fiancee who won't let go and she has a former boyfriend who wants her back.

Plot summary

Luo Si Yi is the hardest working person in her company. On a whelm she goes to see a fortune teller who tells her she will never get married. Furious of the reading she has just received she makes a wage with the fortune teller by saying she will get married within a year and if she can't she will pay the fortune teller $1,000,000.00 dollars. Si Yi goes on lots of blind dates where she gets insulted by guys who are not up to standards that tell her she is old and past her age for marriage and to have children.

Gao Cheng Kuan is a corporate raider and heartless CEO who sees his employees as screws. Any screws that are rusted should be thrown out and any that are loose needs to be screwed on tightly. He himself is also in a difficult position since he is betrothed to his bosses spoiled daughter who he does not love and always having to prove his worth to his boss and his daughter.

When Si Yi is sent by her lazy boss to get a cake for the head of their company birthday party she meets Cheng Kuan when she accidentally splatter a cake and ruins his expensive suit. Not having proper attire to a corporate takeover meeting he is helming it causes him to not show up to the meeting and lose his chance at taking over a company. This causes conflict between him and his future father-in-law which result in Cheng Kuan being sent to run the light company that Si Yi works for in order to prove himself again. Si Yi and Cheng Kuan have further misunderstanding of each other when she goes to work on the weekend to catch up and he shows up in casual clothes to scope out the company. She mistakes him for a burglar,stalker and pervert, but later finds out that he is her new boss.

Seeing how everyone at the lighting company is lacking and lazy, Cheng Kuan soon learns to trust only Si Yi, the hardest working person in the company. She becomes his assistant at the company and romance between the two starts to blossom when they go on a business trip together, but his fiancee is not happy with Cheng Kuan loving another women even though she doesn't love him because she doesn't like her things being taken from her. Cheng Kuan soon has to make the decision of giving up as future CEO of a huge corporation, something he has worked hard for all his life to be with the women he loves or staying in a loveless relationship to keep what he has worked hard for.[3]

Cast

Main cast

She's an hardworking Office Lady at Guang Qiang LED Corp (a lighting company) who wakes up early to give all of her superiors wake up calls, picks up the flowers from the florist each morning for display at the office and buys the cake and party favors whenever there is a celebration needed in the office. A fortune teller tells her she will never get married, not being able to accept her fortune reading she challenges the fortune teller, by waging a bet that she can get married within a year. One day the parent company of the company she works for, sends over their top exec Gao Cheng Kuan to restructure and run the company because the CEO is not happy with the declining profits. She becomes Cheng Kuan's assistant at the office. At first she hated him thinking he is a pervert because of an earlier misunderstanding.
He is the top exec at Yi Ren Group. He is a cold, ruthless, impatient and arrogant businessman. His boss Jiang Chu Lian is extremely impress with him and betroths his daughter Vivian to him so he can be the future CEO of his company. His future father-in-law sends him to Guang Qiang LED Corp in order to restructure and turn the company into an profitable company. He refuses at first and threatens to resign deeming it as an embarrassment to his career if he works as Guang Qiang LED Corp, but Jiang Chu Lian reminds him that he will be taking over his company one day and should take the position to further prove himself.
Gao Cheng Kuan's driver and trusted personal assistant. He is Cheng Kuan voice of reason and right hand man when making decisions. He has a crush on Zhong Xiao Ke and does not know at first that she is already engaged to someone else.
Luo Si Yi happy go lucky carefree friend and Ah Ze's fiancee, She owns and operates a coffee and tea shop. She tries to get Si Yi to be more relaxed in order for her to be able to land a husband within a year. She thought she was in an loving, devoted and secure relationship with her fiancee Ah Ze, only to find out in the worst way that he was secretly having an affair outside.
Luo Si Yi's ex-boyfriend who broke her heart publicly when she found out he had a fiancee on the side and that the two would be leaving for the U.S. to get married. They cross paths again when Guang Qiang LED Corp and a rival company is trying to recruit him. She is asked by her bosses to attend an event he will be at to present a proposal to bid for his interest in joining their company.
Gao Cheng Kuan's fiancee and Jiang Chu Lian's daughter. She is the typical spoil rich girl who thinks she is above all. She and Gao Cheng Kuan are in a loveless for business purposes only relationship, they only stay together for the sake of her father. He to be CEO of the company and her to be a future high society wife.

Supporting cast

He is President of Guang Qiang LED Corp. He is a lazy boss who does not care about the profits of his company. He plays hooky all day and lives off of investors money. He is not happy when Gao Cheng Kuan is sent to restructure his company and tells all of his employees not to help Cheng Kuan.
General Manager of Guang Qiang LED Corp and Luo Si Yi's Supervisor. Like Wu Jian Shu, he is also a lazy boss. Originally the Deputy Chief of Guang Qiang LED Corp, he is demoted to General Manager position when Gao Cheng Kuan arrives to work at the company.
Works at Guang Qiang LED Corp. She uses her flirty and sexy appearance to get on the bosses good side.
Kang You Wei's secretary. She is a worrywart, she'll cry at the slight hearing of problems at Guang Qiang LED Corp. She looks up to Si Yi and tries to help her whenever it is possible.
Luo Si Yi and Luo Si Qi's loving father. Zeng Mei Nu's husband. He owns and runs a dry cleaning business. His younger daughter married sooner than his older daughter. his biggest desire is for his older daughter Si Yi to get married, but being a caring father he does not push her as he only wants her to be happy.
Luo Si Yi and Luo Si Qi's loving but gossipy mother. She is always telling Si Yi to not overwork herself and look for an husband instead.
Luo Yun Biao's and Zeng Mei Nu's younger daughter. Luo Si Yi's younger sister. Tang Mu's wife. She got married before her older sister. She and her husband are in a loving marriage and tend to be affectionate with each other in public without caring what others think.
Luo Si Qi's loving and affectionate husband. Luo Yun Biao's and Zeng Mei Nu's son-in-law. Luo Si Yi's brother-in-law. He dated Luo Si Qi when they were in High School and got married right after graduating from school.
CEO of Yi Ren Group. Vivian's father. He deeply cares about and spoils his only child Vivian. He is extremely impress with Gao Cheng Kuan's ways of business dealing and wants him to be the future CEO of his company and Son-in-law.
The fortune teller who gave a reading to Luo Si Yi and told her she will never get married. If she loses Si Yi bet she will have to pole dance at Si Yi's wedding.
Zhong Xiao Ke fiancee. He acts like a loving and devoted boyfriend but secretly he was having an affair with Song Ting Ai.
Gao Cheng Kuan's mother. She cares about her son. She thought Vivian would be the greatest daughter-in-law to have.

Cameos

Gao Cheng Kuan goes on her news talk show thinking it will highlight all his business accomplishments but instead he is surprise attacked by the host questioning his ethic on how he runs a business.
Chairman of a company Gao Cheng Kuan was in the process of an hostile takeover but because Luo Si Yi ruins his suit at a bakery (the first time they meet), he does not make it to the takeover meeting in time to sign the takeover documents.
Works at Guang Qiang LED Corp. One of Kang You Wei's assistants.
Guang Qiang LED Corp largest shareholder and Chairman.
Luo Si Yi's blind date who turns out to be extremely rude and a slob.
Magazine editor who was going to chronicle Gao Cheng Kuan's and Vivian's wedding.
Chairman of an rival company who gives bribe money to Wu Jian Shu and Kang You Wei to make sure Gao Cheng Kuan fails at making Guang Qiang LED Corp a profitable company.
Tang Yi Chun's secret fiancee who he breaks up with Luo Si Yi for.

Soundtrack

No official soundtrack album was released for "Miss Rose". The opening theme song is "Sneezing (fast version) 打噴嚏（發燒快版）" by Yen-j and the closing theme song is "One In A Thousand 好難得" by Della Ding.

Songs

Albums

Songs from the soundtrack are taken from the following artiste self albums:

Publications

Filming locations

"Miss Rose" was filmed entirely in various cities and counties throughout Taiwan.

Keelung

Taipei

New Taipei

Yilan County

Taoyuan County

Pingtung County

Broadcast

"Miss Rose" first original airing began on Taiwanese Sanlih channel TTV on July 22, 2012 every Sunday night at 10:00 PM, final episode was aired on December 30, 2012 with 23 episodes total. Each episode running time is 90 minutes with commercials included.

Channel Country/Location Airing Date Timeslot
TTV
 Taiwan
July 22, 2012
Sunday 10:00 PM
SET
July 28, 2012
Saturday 11:30 PM
(starting 11/10) 10:00 PM
ETTV
August 5, 2012
Sunday 7:30 PM
LTV HD
January 22, 2013
Monday-Friday 9:00 PM
PPS China
June 6, 2012
Sunday 10:00 PM
Youku
iQIYI.COM
TVB J2
 Hong Kong
March 10, 2013
Sunday 8:30 PM
Astro
 Malaysia
March 28, 2013
Monday-Friday 10:30 PM

Episode ratings

"Miss Rose" ranked number one in its time slot throughout its original airing with a total average of 3.49. The viewers survey was conducted by AGB Nielsen with a survey range of over 4 years old TV audience.[12] 'Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:

Air DateEpisodeTitleAverage RatingsRank
July 22, 2012 01 A Lonely Life... A Peaceful Life!
一世孤單 一生平安！		 2.37 1
July 29, 2012: No episode was aired due to TTV airing the "2012 London Olympics Special"
August 5, 2012 02 Miss Screw, Mr. Patch.
螺絲小姐，補洞先生。		 2.76 1
August 12, 2012 03 What Am I In Your Heart?
在妳心裡，我算什麼？		 3.37 1
August 19, 2012 04 Lecher, Pervert, Peeping Tom.
痴漢、色狼、偷窺狂。		 3.22 1
August 26, 2012 05 Girlfriend In Name Only
形式上的女朋友		 4.35 1
September 2, 2012 06 Quietly Creeping Into Cheng Kuan's Heart
悄悄鑽進寬寬的心		 3.83 1
September 9, 2012 07 We Are The Only Ones Here, Understand?
這裡只有我們，知道嗎？		 3.96 1
September 16, 2012 08 Silly Things Boys Would Do
男生會做的蠢事		 3.73 1
September 23, 2012 09 Luckily You're Here
幸好有你		 3.70 1
September 30, 2012 10 There're No Medicine For Regret In This World
世上沒有後悔的藥		 3.35 1
October 7, 2012 11 The Value Of Love
愛情的價值		 3.82 1
October 14, 2012 12 Hypothetical Question
假設性的問題		 3.72 1
October 21, 2012 13 I'm Leaving So I Can Be Close To You
離開才能靠近妳		 4.19 1
October 28, 2012 14 Kiss And Change Sides
親一下，換一邊		 4.04 1
November 4, 2012 15 Something Must Be Wrong
一定有鬼		 3.95 1
November 11, 2012 16 Who's The Third Party?
誰是小三？		 3.50 1
November 18, 2012 17 Call Me Cheng Kuan
叫我寬寬		 3.13 1
November 25, 2012 18 Let's Be Together Forever
我們要一直在一起		 3.35 1
December 2, 2012 19 Will You Marry Me?
嫁給我好不好?		 3.28 1
December 9, 2012 20 A Temporary Test
暫時的考驗		 2.90 1
December 16, 2012 21 Overcoming All Obstacles
關關難過，關關過		 2.61 1
December 23, 2012 22 Only A Few Steps Away From Happiness
離幸福只差一點點		 2.61 1
December 30, 2012 23 I Do!
我願意！		 4.18 1
Average ratings 3.49

References

  1. ↑ show finale. Retrieved 2014-4-5
  2. ↑ show conclusion. Retrieved 2014-4-5
  3. ↑ drama fever page. Retrieved 2014-4-5
  4. ↑ "荖藤酒窖粉絲團 | Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  5. ↑ "喬安拾豆 Gian 6 degrees Coffee | Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  6. ↑ "FRANZ & FRIENDS︱城市舞台藝文沙龍". franzandfriends.com.tw. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
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  12. ↑ (Chinese)"中時娛樂". Showbiz Times. Retrieved 2014-4-5

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