Why Why Love ~ 換換愛

[tiramisuu]

* Title: 換換愛 / Huan Huan Ai
* English title: Why Why Love
* Formerly known as: Exchange Love
* Genre: Comedy / Romance
* Episodes:14
* Broadcast network: CTS / GTV
* Broadcast period: 2007-Jun-03 to 2007-Sept-09
* Air time: 21:30 - 23:00 Sundays
* Opening theme song: Wo Yao De Shi Jie (我要的世界) by Kingone
* Ending theme song: Que Yang (缺氧) by Rainie Yang

Synopsis
Tong Jia Di needs a life besides work, paying down family debt, and more work. So her best friend Jiang Xiao Nan sneaks in a “Love” coupon in Jia Di’s raffle box praying that the lucky guy who draws it will sweep Jia Di off her feet. As it so happens, Huo Yan, the compassionate manager Jia Di has secret crush on, is the lucky guy. But, tho' the prince can exchange the coupon for Cinderella’s love, it doesn’t mean he will, especially when his devilish younger brother is determined to exchange his “Master/Angel” coupon for her servitude.

The Characters

Tong Jia Di (Rainie Yang): "Romance. Please don't joke with me. I have got no time for that. My motivation in life is to make more money $$."
Romance is never in her agenda. Jia Di's dreams shattered when her father passed away when she was young, leaving her behind with her grumpy mother, a spendthrift and good for nothing brother and a uncle who gives her nothing but trouble. Jia Di's concern is to think of all means and ways to make more money to improve their living condition. Jia Di works as a part-time in a mega mart to satisfy her small girl fantasy of being surrounded by pretty dresses and stuff. Heaven has played a joke on Jia Di, giving her two men, Huo Da (Mike) and Huo Yan (KingOne), a devil and a prince charming. But no matter who she chooses, a poor girl can never match up to a prince living in different worlds.


Huo Da (Mike He): "This is how I am. If you can't stand it, shut your eyes and go to sleep."
22 years old. The second son of the Huo's empire. In the eyes of the outsiders, he is wilful, bad tempered and self-centred, an extreme from his half brother, Huo Yan. Don't be too happy if he smiles at you, he is definitely up to no good. However, he does have his soft spots - a childhood friend Yan Shu, who he has been liking since young. Yan Shu however has eyes only for Huo Yan and never really pays attention to him. Huo Da has developed hard feelings when his mother had to bring the mistress' son Huo Yan back to the Huo family and felt his father had betrayed them. His mother passed away shortly suffering from depression. Huo Da doesn't know what sympathy and caring is until Jia Di comes along.


Huo Yan (KingOne Wang): "I am not giving in. I just don't fight for things that don't belong to me."
24 years old. The eldest son of the Huo's empire. Charming, polite and capable is what others view of him, especially so in comparison to his devilish half-brother. Eveyone thinks that he should naturally be the successor to the Huo empire and he has everything he wants. But he knows very well in his heart where he stands, that he is just the mistress' son, he is brought to the Huo after Hua Da's mother has paid a handsome sum to his mother in exchange for him.
He works harder to gain recognition so that people don't look down on him. He has never wanted anything for himself in his life, all he asks for is to play his part well, until he meets Jia Di. For the very first time, he has something he wishes to fight for.

Cast
* Rainie Yang as Tong Jia Di 童嘉蒂
* Mike He as Huo Da 霍達
* Kingone as Huo Yan 霍彥
* Judy Qiu (裘蒂) as Yang Yan Shu 楊妍書
* Chen Yan Xi as Jiang Xiao Nan 江小南
* Wang Dao as Huo Zhen Hao 霍振浩
* Ge Wei Ru as Liao Cai Juan 廫彩娟
* Jin Yu Lan (金玉嵐) as Qin Yu Hua 秦玉華
* Sun Qin Yue (孫沁岳) as Tong Jia Hui 童嘉輝
* Ye Min Zhi (葉民志) as Tong Bao San 童寶山
* Xu Shi Hao (許時豪) as Po Zi 波子
* Eric Tu (涂百峰) as Sai Lang 賽郎
* Carolyn Chen as group leader
* Fu Pei Ci (傅佩慈) as Tong Jia Di's cousin

Production Credits
* Producer: Chai Zhi Ping
* Director: Lin He Long
* Screenwriter: Mao Xun Rong 毛訓容, Yang Bi Feng 楊碧鳳, Lai Yi Rong 賴怡蓉

Official Websites
* Comic Ritz
* GTV
* CTS

Credits to: DramaWiki, WWL thread @ AsianFanatics

i`m absolutely addicted to WWL <3

[shindigbuster]

is this a sequel to Devil Beside You?
it has the same cast,, and the characterisation of all the main people are the same as in DBY

reviews for it are good though

[tiramisuu]

^ it`s not really the sequel.. the storyline is separate

i stopped watching it =X
and according to my friend, it started to get boring, so she just skipped to the ending..
but it was really addictive in the beginning!!

[shindigbuster]

i finished watching it recently!
it's really really good!
better than dby in some factors (eg, no never-ending plot, no incest)
jia di's philosophy is really cool =)

makes you cry

[tiramisuu]

^ yes, it does make you cry!! ;___;
LOL yea, i love jia di`s philosophy too!! xD
i think it was better than dby in.. like, every aspect
perhaps that`s because i don`t remember dby all that much ^^;

[shindigbuster]

i liked it better cos dby was more serious compared to this one
but even though it wasn't completely serious, it managed to bring out the tension ^___^