Love or Bread
| Love or Bread | |
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Promotion poster for Love or Bread
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| Also known as | 我的億萬麵包 Wo De Yi Wan Mian Bao |
| Genre | Romance, Comedy |
| Directed by | Lin He Long |
| Starring |
Joe Cheng Ariel Lin |
| Opening theme | "億萬克拉的幸福" (Million Dollar Happiness) by Hwang Weng-Sing |
| Ending theme | "麵包的滋味" (The Taste of Bread) by Ariel Lin |
| Country of origin | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Running time | 90 mins (Sundays at 22:00) |
| Production company(s) | Gala Television |
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| Original network | China Television (CTV) |
| Original release | 16 November 2008 – 8 February 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Hot Shot |
| Followed by | ToGetHer |
| External links | |
| CTV official homepage | |
Love or Bread (Chinese: 我的億萬麵包; pinyin: Wo De Yi Wan Mian Bao; literally: "My million dollar bread") is a 2008 Taiwanese drama starring Joe Cheng and Ariel Lin. It was produced by Gala Television and directed by Lin He Long (). This marks the third drama that Cheng and Lin have co-starred together, after It Started with a Kiss in 2005 and its sequel They Kiss Again in 2007.
It was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air China Television (CTV) (中視) from 16 November 2008 to 8 February 2009, every Sunday at 22:00 and cable TV GTV Variety Show/CH 28 (八大綜合台) on 22 November 2008 to 14 February 2009, every Saturday at 21:30.
Frank (Joe Cheng) is a young man who wears designer labels and thinks he's rather suave when he is actually poor. He had a tragic past and (both his parents died), he doesn't know how to handle money. He borrowed money from the loan sharks but ended up with a gang coming after him. He considers pawning his mother's wedding ring, the only thing he had left of hers, but he couldn't do it.
Zhen Shan Mei (Ariel Lin) is a poor but very loving, caring, and hard working girl. She has a boyfriend, but he moves to mainland China for university and promises that they will get married after he graduates. Shan Mei goes after him to China in the hope that they will finally get married. Shan Mei's family is against her decision because they need her to support them, but her father literally holds off the rest of the family while yelling to Shan Mei that she should go and be happy. She meets Frank while he's running from the gangsters who loaned him the money—in the ladies bathroom. Thinking that he's a pervert, she reports him to the police and he gets arrested. The ring fell out of Frank's pocket in the girl's bathroom and the policeman stuck it into Shan Mei's bag. He meets Shan Mei once more, this time on the road. He tries to get his ring back from her but she has no idea what he's talking about and she still thinks that he's a pervert. He doesn't get his ring, but he does get to drive her to the airport. When she reaches her destination, she meets her boyfriend and casually mentions "Xiao Bo," his best guy friend. Eventually, her boyfriend cannot take the guilt and admits to Shan Mei that he betrayed her and fell for Xiao Bo, who is actually a girl.
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