Pleasantly Surprised (TV series)
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Pleasantly Surprised promotional poster
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| Also known as | Love Myself or You Love Met Cupid 愛情遇見邱比特 |
| Genre | Romance, Comedy |
| Created by | Sanlih E-Television |
| Written by | Du Xin Yi 杜欣怡 Wang Yu Qi 王玉琪 |
| Directed by | Lin Hong Jie 林宏杰 (Ep. 1 - 11) Ye Hong Wei 葉鴻偉 (Ep. 12 - 22) |
| Starring |
Puff Guo 郭雪芙 Jasper Liu 劉以豪 Lene Lai 賴琳恩 Jolin Chien 簡宏霖 |
| Opening theme | Nobody And Princess 小人物大公主 by 陳彥允 |
| Ending theme | I'll Always Be Here 隨時都在 by Victor Wong 品冠 |
| Country of origin | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin, Hokkien |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Xie Xiao Fen 謝小芬 |
| Producer(s) | Chen Hui Ying 陳慧瑛 |
| Location(s) | Taiwan |
| Cinematography | Xie An Xiang 謝安翔 |
| Editor(s) | Zhou Yu Zhe 周育哲 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Sanlih E-Television 三立電視 I Production Co. Ltd. 我在影像製作有限公司 |
| Distributor | Sanlih E-Television |
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| Original network | SETTV |
| Picture format | SDTV (480i) |
| First shown in | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Original release | 23 May – 17 October 2014 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | In a Good Way 我的自由年代 |
| Followed by | Aim High |
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| Official Website | |
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| Author | Sanlih E-Television 三立電視監製 Li Wan Rong 李婉榕 |
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| Country | Taiwan |
| Genre | Fiction novel |
| Published | 28 August 2014 |
| Media type | Print paperback |
| Pages | 248 |
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Pleasantly Surprised aka Love Myself or You (Chinese: 喜歡·一個人; pinyin: xǐ huān yī gè rén) is a 2014 Taiwanese romantic-comedy television series produced by Sanlih E-Television. Starring Puff Guo and as the main leads, with Jolin Chien and Lene Lai as the main supporting leads. The Chinese title has a double meaning which literally translates to "Like Someone" or "Like To Be Alone", depending how it's read. Original title during development of the drama was "Love Met Cupid 愛情遇見邱比特", the title was then changed to "Love Myself or You 喜歡·一個人" during start of production. The English title was once again renamed "Pleasantly Surprised" right before the drama began airing. Filming took place from April 23 to October 13, 2014 and was filmed as the drama aired. First original broadcast began May 23, 2014 on SETTV channel airing every Friday at 10:00-11:30 pm. Final episode was aired on October 17, 2014, with 22 episodes total.
Du Kai Qi is an aspiring young chef, her only interests are cooking and reading manga comics. She doesn't have many friends and doesn't want anymore. After enjoying her most delicious full course meal prepared by a chef named Louis, she snaps a picture of his signature from the plate and request to meet him. However, a family emergency forces her to leave before meeting Louis. She looks to Louis's signature as strength and inspiration for her upcoming sous chef promotion test. On the day of her test the new restaurant intern Ah Jie, who has to decide the winner, chooses Kai Qi's rival dish over hers. Losing out on her promotion, Kai Qi makes instant enemies with Ah Jie. What she doesn't know is Ah Jie is her boss's son, her new next door neighbor, the chef Louis that she admires so much and her long lost childhood friend Fu Zi Jie who she had a close bond with.
The once cheerful and happy Du Kai Qi has grown up to be a cold, fierce and isolated person due to her harsh upbringing. Her father is a money asking, alcoholic and abusive person. Even though both of her parents have been separated for many years, her father still harasses and abuses her mother for money. With so many difficulties in her life, it has made her liked to be left alone. Kai Qi works as an assistant chef at "Figaro Cuisine", a fancy French restaurant owned by her mother's former employer. At Figaro's, it brings her pleasant memories of her childhood when both she and her mother had their most delicious meal there. Knowing how happy that meal made her mother feel, it drives her to become an accomplished chef hoping to provide a better life for her and her mother. Already struggling financially, she is forced to take in her young nephew when his father abandons him to get remarried.
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