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What Is Love (Chinese: 花是愛) is a 2012 Taiwanese romantic-comedy television series. The television drama was produced by Bethel Video Productions Ltd, starring Wu Kang-jen and Jade Chou. The shooting began on April 9, 2012, and first aired on July 20, 2012 on TTV.[1][2]

What Is Love
Promotional poster
花是愛
Genre	Romance Comedy
Written by	Jane Qi Xinhui Lin
Directed by	Huang Tian Ren
Starring	Wu Kang-jen Jade Chou
Opening theme	"單身美好" (Shining Single Life) by Claire Kuo
Ending theme	"再痛也沒關係" (It Can Hurt More) by Andrew Tan
Country of origin	Taiwan
Original language	Mandarin
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producer	Huang Wan Bo
Production location	Taiwan
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Bethel Production Company
Release
Original network	TTV
Original release	20 July (2012-07-20) – 9 November 2012 (2012-11-09)
Chronology
Preceded by	In Between
Followed by	An Innocent Mistake

Plot

Thirty-two-year-old Li Yi Hua (Jade Chou) is longing for a romantic relationship and wants to marry a good man. Along comes Bai Zong You (Chris Wu), who breaks women's hearts with one-night stands. Bai Zong You sets his sights on wooing Li Yi Hua next. What she doesn't know is that she might have true feels for him.[3]

Cast

The following are the cast of What Is Love series:[4]

Main

• Wu Kang-jen as Bai Zong You
• Jade Chou as Li Yi Hua
• Duncan Lai as Zhang Shao Qian
• Kimi Hsia as Wu Xiao Lu

Supporting

• Jin Qin as Wu Xiao Gui
• Luo Ping as Ai Lei Di
• Gina Lin as Lan Jun
• Andrew Tan as Yan Zu Li
• Luo Bei An as Li Yuan
• Tsai Chen-nan as Wu San Bao
• Albee Hwang as Wang Xue Fu
• Cherry Hsia as Chen Yi Jing
• Xu Gui Ying as Bai Mei Gui
• Riva Chang as wedding hostess

Cameos

• Johnny Lu as Meng Ke Huai (ep1)
• Janel Tsai as Li Xiao Yang (ep1)
• Nylon Chen as Albert (ep5)
• Tender Huang as A Xiu (ep5)
• Kelly Huang as Dancing instructor (eps7-8)

Broadcast

Network	Country/Location	Airing Date	Timeslot
Taiwan Television[5]	Taiwan	July 20, 2012	Fridays, 10pm
TVB[6]	Hong Kong	October 19, 2013	Saturdays, 8pm

Replays

Network	Country/Location	Airing Date	Timeslot (GMT+8)
TTV	Taiwan	July 21, 2012	Saturdays, 12:30pm
		July 22, 2012	Sundays, 11:45pm
		July 26, 2012	Thursdays, 10pm
STAR Chinese Channel		March 25, 2013	Fridays, 9pm

Production

Kenting Beach was used as a background scene for the opening theme of the program as well as the location of the montages used during the last episodes of the series. Various areas around Miramar Entertainment Park were used when the characters walk to and from their workplaces. Other filming locations include: Taipei City Hall, 三星張 Bed and Breakfast Meihua Lake, Cingjing Farm, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Diamond Tony's Italian Bistro, The Villa Herbs Restaurant, Cingjing National Hotel, and Yue Ying Landscape Holiday Villas.[7][8]

The director once had Chris Wu do a scene, in which he carries Jade Chou to the hospital, fifteen times.[9][10] As a result, Wu's arms eventually got sore and his legs became so weak that Chou was accidentally hit by a wheelchair. Chou did not sustain serious injuries.[11] During the shooting of the last scene of the last episode, Wu accidentally pulled Chou's miniskirt upwards while kissing her, causing her underwear to show up in the midst of the city.[7][12]

The plush sheep doll seen in the later episodes was made specially by the production team, as it was inconvenient for them to shoot the real sheep, seen during the first episodes, on set.[13]

Background

In an interview, Jade Chou was asked about her comparison with the character that she was playing. Then around thirty and still single, her similarity with character Li Yi Hua, who is longing for love and wanting to get married, was noted.[14] She answered, "I am also at the stage where people would often ask me about marriage. However, I want to enjoy my life, every single bit of it, no matter if I'm already 35 years old already. Since I was too busy during my twenties, I think that I'm still missing a lot of things. I want to learn even more".[Note 1][15]

Soundtrack

What Is Love
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	August 14, 2012
Genre	Mandopop
Language	Mandarin
Label	Linfair Records

The What Is Love Original Soundtrack (花是愛 電視原聲帶) was released digitally on August 3, 2012, and the CD was released on August 14, 2012 by various artists under Linfair Records. It contains twelve songs; six original songs and six instrumental versions of those songs. The opening theme song is "單身美好" or "Shining Single Life" by Claire Kuo, while the ending theme song, "再痛也沒關係" or "It Can Hurt More", is by co-actor Andrew Tan.[16]

Track listing

Episode ratings

What Is Love ranked fourth in its pilot episode and stayed at the same spot, with the exception of its third episode, until it reached the third spot on its last episode, with a total average of 0.54. Its drama competitors were CTV's Confucius, FTV's Independent Heroes, and SETTV's Rainy Night Flower and Father's Wish. The viewers' survey was conducted by AGB Nielsen.[17]

Air Date	Episode	Episode Title	Average Ratings	Rank	Remarks
July 20, 2012	01	Only Love That Comes Naturally Is True Love	0.52	4
July 27, 2012	02	Let's Talk About A Low-Calorie, Burden-Free Love	0.61	4
August 3, 2014	Taiwan Television broadcast the 2012 Summer Olympic special program
August 10, 2012	03	Love Is A War; The First To Fall In Love, Loses	0.62	3
August 17, 2012	04	Love, Sometimes Makes Your Heart Ache	0.54	4
August 24, 2012	05	If You Don't Intend To Love Me For A Long Time, Then Don't Say 'I Love You'	0.58	4
August 31, 2012	06	Give Us A Chance To Fall In Love With Each Other	0.47	4
September 7, 2012	07	What To Do... I Think I've Fallen In Love With You	0.62	4
September 14, 2012	08	This Time, Let's Love Each Other With Forever As A Premise	0.57	4
September 21, 2012	09	Wanting To Become A Better Person For Him, Maybe That's What Love Is	0.50	4
September 28, 2012	10	Is There Really No Chance For Us?	0.63	4
October 5, 2012	11	I Just Want To Be By Your Side, Even If Only As A Friend	0.55	4
October 12, 2012	12	Do You Really Not Know That The Person He Wants To Spend His Life With Is You?	0.53	4
October 19, 2012	13	I'll Give Him The Happiness He Deserves	0.49	4
October 26, 2012	14	Sometimes Love Can Be Very Simple	0.33	4
November 2, 2012	15	No Matter What Happens Later, I Won't Regret Having Loved This Much	0.53	4
November 9, 2012	16	Will You Still Want To Spend The Rest Of Your Life With Me?	0.61	3	Last episode
Average rating			0.54

Notes

References

External links

• What Is Love on TTV
• What Is Love on STAR Chinese Channel
• What Is Love on Facebook

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