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Why Why Love


Why Why Love (Chinese: 換換愛; pinyin: Huan Huan Ai) is a 2007 Taiwanese Drama starring Rainie Yang, Mike He and Kingone Wang. Since all 3 starred in the 2005 China Television drama Devil Beside You, this was originally thought to be the sequel. However, Why Why Love is not the sequel and has a distinctly different story line. It was originally titled Exchange Love. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production (可米瑞智國際藝能有限公司) and directed by Lin He Long (林合隆).
The series was boardcasted on free-to-air Chinese Television System (CTS) (華視) from 3 June 2007 to 9 September 2007, every Sunday at 21:30 and cable TV Gala Television (GTV) Variety Show/CH 28 (八大綜合台) from 9 June 2007 to 15 September 2007, every Saturday at 21:00.
In 2008, Rainie Yang was nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Television Series and Lin He Long was nominated for Best Directing for a Television Series at the 43rd Golden Bell Awards, Taiwan.

SYNOPSIS

Tong Jia Di (Rainie Yang) led a normal life. Non-stop working and outstanding debts can so called, her uniqueness. Her best friend, Jiang Xiao Nan (Michelle Chen) wants Jia Di to fall in love and she tries to set Jia Di up. Xiao Nan carried out her first plan at a carnival by selling exchange coupons that she wrote on. There, Jia Di meets the two sons of the owner of the company, Huo Yan (Kingone Wang) and Huo Da (Mike He), who buy exchange coupons from Jia Di.
Then, on her 20th birthday, Xiao Nan wishes that Jia Di will ask the tenth guy who passes by for his phone number. Huo Da and Huo Yan had a bet and are in an accident on motor bikes they ended up with broken arms (Huo Yan) or broken legs (Huo Da) This resulted in the trio meeting again. During this meeting, Jia Di asks for Huo Yan's phone number which he obliged, however his phone number was accidentally mentioned in their class that it was used online for a bad site which made Huo Yan mistrust Jia Di but they were able to patch things up.
Huo Da's dislike for Jia Di soon changes after Jia Di fulfills her roles in accordance to the "angel-owner" service coupon that Huo Da bought. Huo Da soon found out that he had fallen in love with Jia Di. Eventually, Huo Yan and Huo Da both fall in love with Jia Di, and try to win her over in their own ways and Jia Di is soon caught in a love triangle. The drama details the struggle between the half-brothers over Jia Di.
Later on, Huo Da is diagnosed with Wilson's Disease and is dying. He chose not to reveal his illness to anyone except Yan Shu , Jia Di eventually found out what happened. She encourages Huo Da to live on for love.
Meanwhile, Huo Yan tries to find ways to cure his younger brother's sickness. He soon finds out that his brother will need a liver donation and the former is the only suitable donor. Huo Yan agrees to undergo the transplant despite his heart problems. Viewers are led to believe that the operation ended badly for Huo Da, but it was eventually shown that he happily survived.

CAST

ActorCharacterRelationships
Rainie YangTong Jia Di (童嘉蒂)
Mike HeHuo Da (霍達)Huo Yan's younger half brother
Kingone WangHuo Yan (霍彥)Huo Da's older half brother
Judy QiuYang Yan Shu (楊妍書)Huo Yan's assistant
Michelle ChenJiang Xiao Nan (江小南)Jia Di's best friend
Xu Shi HaoWu Bo Zi (波子)Huo Da's best friend
Ge Wei RuLiao Cai Juan (廖彩娟)Jia Di's mother
Sun Qin YueTong Jia Hui (童嘉輝)Jia Di's brother
Ye Min ZhiTong Bao San (童寶山)Jia Di's uncle
Wang DaoHuo Zhen Hao (霍振浩)Huo Yan and Huo Da's father
Jin Yu LanQin Yu Hua (秦玉華)Huo Yan's mother
Eric TuSai Lang
Carolyn Chengroup leader
Fu Pei CiTong Jia Di's cousin
Xiang Bo Taochildhood Huo Yan
Xu Qiong Yunchildhood Yang Yan Shu

REFERENCE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Why_Love