Inborn Pair

Inborn Pair

Promotional poster for Inborn Pair
Genre Romance
Comedy
Written by Zhang Yuzhong 張宇忠, Shao Huiting 邵慧婷, Lín Pèiyú 林珮瑜, Wang Lingfei 王玲斐
Directed by Feng Kai 馮凱
Starring Annie Chen
Chris Wang
Puff Kuo
Jennifer Hong
Opening theme Conductor 指揮家 by Richie Jen
Ending theme I Don't Want to Leave You Alone 我不願，讓你一個人 by Mayday
Country of origin Taiwan
Original language(s) Mandarin
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 84
Production
Producer(s) Fang Xiaoren 方孝仁, Rong Junyi 戎俊義
Location(s) Taiwan
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) SETTV
Release
Original network SETTV
Picture format SDTV （480i）
First shown in Taiwan
Original release 13 December 2011 (2011-12-13) – 9 April 2012 (2012-04-09)
Chronology
Followed by Ti Amo Chocolate
External links
SETTV Official website blog.iset.com.tw/truelove/

Inborn Pair (Chinese: 真愛找麻煩; pinyin: Zhen Ai Zhao Ma Fan) is a 2011 to 2012 Taiwanese romantic comedy drama television series created and developed by SETTV. It stars Annie Chen and Chris Wang as the main leads,[1][2] and directed by Golden Bell Award winning director Feng Kai (馮凱). Filming began on November 18, 2011 and debuted on SETTV ETTV on December 13, 2011. Its final episode aired on April 9, 2012 with 84 episodes in total.

Synopsis

Two strangers, who never had much luck in the love arena, found themselves betrothed by their families. Figuring they will never find true love, they agreed to the arranged marriage. They bickered throughout their marriage. But bickering slowly gave way to genuine fondness for one another. In the end, the couple discovered that true love is not to be found but has to be cultivated.

Plot summary

Song Yi Jie (Annie Chen) is a paralegal who is studying to obtain her legal practitioner license. She is a righteous girl who cannot tolerate the weak being bullied. When she see an abusive husband at her law office refusing to divorce his suffering wife because he want to keep his good clean image, she volunteered her service by pretending to be an escort in order to obtain evidence against the husband's infidelity.

Ke Wei Xiang (Chris Wang) is the General Manager and runs his family hotel corporation. He mistakes Yi Jie to be an improper woman when he meets her at his hotel. The two get off on the wrong foot when she thinks he is a womanizer while he thinks she is a home wrecker. Wei Xiang is actually an obedient son who will listen and do everything his parents and grandmother tells him to do.

The two meet again when they find out they are betrothed to each other over a promise Wei Xiang's grandmother made to Yi Jie's grandfather years ago for saving her life from a robbery. No one agrees to this marriage not even them but in order to make their grandparents happy they hesitantly proceed with marrying each other, but once they learn more about the other person the two do eventually fall in love and make their marriage real.

Cast

Main cast

Ke Wei Xiang is the General Manager of his family resort, Weihai Group as well as the grandmother's boy. He has the career he wants, but is looking for his special someone. When he was still in the womb, his grandma has betrothed Wei Xiang to the granddaughter of the man who saved her life, and grandma has been dreaming of the day her grandson can fulfill her promise. Wei Xiang is the reverse of the typical haughty, cold, and rude rich boy. He is instead a very considerate and kind person who doesn't have the heart to say no to his grandmother's lifelong dream.
Song Yi Jie is a legal assistant at a law firm who is in the process of obtaining her lawyer's license. She's a righteous young woman who believes in standing up for justice and doesn't care for love when she's got a career to pursue. Wei Xiang thinks Yi Jie is a homewrecker while Yi Jie mistakes Wei Xiang for a playboy who toys with women.

Supporting Cast

Youngest son of the Ke family. He is the Marketing Communications Manager of Weihai Group but doesn't go to work and stays home on most days.
Li Tian's daughter. She was bullied by Wei Cheng when they were younger. She meets Wei Cheng again.
Oldest child and only daughter of the Ke family. She married her husband Wang Ke Fan for business purposes.
Ke Yan Ni's husband. Worked eight years at Weihai Group. Kind and gentle family man who loves his wife.
Ke Wei Xiang, Ke Wei Cheng and Ke Yan Ni's grandmother. She was saved by Song Yi Jie's grandfather during a robbery years ago. To show her gratitude, she betrothed her eldest grandson before he was born.
Ke Wei Xiang, Ke Wei Cheng and Ke Yan Ni's father.
Ke Wei Xiang, Ke Wei Cheng and Ke Yan Ni's mother. Originally disagreed to her mother-in-law's betrothed marriage for Wei Xiang and Yi Jie.
Song Yi Jie's grandfather. Song Lin Hao Yun's father-in-law. Saved Ke Huang Rui Yin during a robbery years ago. He is a rail train enthusiast.
Song Yi Jie's mother. Song Jia Bao's daughter-in-law. Good with verbal debating.
Ke Wei Xiang's college classmate. Likes Wei Xiang and does not agree with his betrothed marriage to Yi Jie.
Song Yi Jie's college senior classmate and ex-boyfriend.
He was thought to be Ke Wei Xiang's illegitimate son but is actually Wei Cheng's.
Li Er's father. He's a triad boss but also a loving father.
Luo Yun's father. He is the president of a tour group company and does business with Weihai Group.
Ke Wei Xiang's personal assistant. Becomes Jennifer (Ba Zhen)'s husband later on.
Works as a secretary at Weihai Group. Later marries Yu Neng Qian.
Yan Ni and Yi Jie's friend. Ceng Jian Ren's ex-wife. Was in a bad marriage due to her husband's violence and cheating.
Lawyer at Da Tong law firm. Song Yi Jie's boss.
Wu Jia Jia's ex-husband. Kindergarten principal. Horrible husband who had cheated and beat his wife. Refuse to grant Jia Jia a divorce due to wanting to remain his respectable image for his job.
Manager of a construction company.

Broadcast

Year Country/Region Channel Timeslot Episode premiere Episode finale Avg rating
2011 Taiwan SETTV Monday to Friday 20:00 - 21:00 December 13, 2011 April 9, 2012 -
ETTV Monday to Friday 21:00 - 22:00 December 13, 2011 April 9, 2012 -
2012 Singapore StarHub TV VV Drama Monday to Friday 19:00 - 20:00 March 26, 2012 July 19, 2012
Hong Kong J2 Monday to Friday 13:30 - 14:30 February 9, 2012 June 5, 2012
Malaysia Astro Quan Jia HD Monday to Friday 22:30 - 23:30 November 30, 2012 March 27, 2013
2015 Thailand Amarin TV Monday to Friday 14:00 - 15:00 June 15, 2015 September 9, 2015

Soundtrack

Inborn Pair did not release an official soundtrack. However, there are songs used in the series. In particular, the series had six songs from different artists released in their respective albums. The opening theme song used is "Conductor" (指揮家) by Richie Jen while the ending theme song used is by Mayday entitled "I Don't Want to Leave You Alone" (我不願，讓你一個人).

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger - AlbumLength
1."Conductor" (指揮家)阿璞(八三夭)黃晟峰Richie Jen 任賢齊 
2."I Don't Want to Leave You Alone" (我不願，讓你一個人)阿信阿信, 冠佑Mayday 五月天 
3."Unopened Gift" (未拆的礼物)林夕張簡君偉Victor 品冠 
4."I'm Sure" (我確定)易桀齊易桀齊, 伍冠諺Victor 品冠 
5."Not Your Fault" (不是你的錯)黃婷林邁可Ding Dang 丁噹 
6."One Person Is Impossible by" (一個人不可能)嚴爵, 黃婷嚴爵Ding Dang 丁噹 

Reception

Double lens opening ceremony on September 16, 2012 for "Love, Now" and "Love Me Or Leave Me". From left to right: Annie Chen, George Hu, Ann Hsu and Chris Wang.

Inborn Pair received positive reviews from audiences and garnered successful ratings, hitting above the 5.00 rating average on certain episodes. Right after Inborn Pair finished airing, the production team went into development for Sanlih's next romance idol drama. However, hoping to strike double-rating success, they decided to split Chen and Wang up to produce two different new dramas airing back to back on Thursday nights. Annie Chen was paired up with George Hu to film Love, Now, while Chris Wang was paired up with Ann Hsu to film Love Me or Leave Me. Both dramas are from the same writers as Inborn Pair and filmed at the same time. The staff who worked on the series were also split into two team to work on both new dramas since they were produced and filmed at the same time.[3]

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Category Result
2012 47th Golden Bell Awards[4] Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series
Jennifer Hong		 Nominated
Best Programme Marketing Nominated

References

  1. ↑ (in Chinese)"宥勝「真愛找麻煩」三立華人電視劇開拍". MSN. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  2. ↑ (in Chinese)"陳庭妮宥勝有好感 吵架戲演得肉麻". China Times. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  3. ↑ "SETTV splits Chen & Wang to film different dramas". Liberty Times. Retrieved 2014-2-18 (in Chinese)
  4. ↑ "Golden Bell Awards (2012)". YesAsia. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
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