Monday, 3 September 2018

Girl in Blue

Drama: Girl in Blue
Chinese Title: 佳期如梦 / Jia Qi Ru Meng
Broadcast Network: Hunan TV
Broadcast Website: iQIYI, Tencent, Sohu

Broadcast Date: June 4, 2010

Genre: Modern, Romance
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 32
Director: Shen Yi, Song Yang
Production Company: New Image, Hunan Economic Television Station, Huace Film & TV
Producer: Liu Haiyan
Origin: China
Related: Tears in Heaven
Source: Adapted from the novel Cindrella's Dream by Fei Wo Si Cun
Watch Episodes On: Viki (eng subs), Youtube

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

It follows a university student and her complicated entanglements with the two men in her life.

You Jiaqi (Joe Chen) and Meng Heping (Feng Shaofeng) fell for each other after they met. But because Heping's mother was against their relationship, Jiaqi suggests that they breakup. Out of anger, Heping leaves the country. When Jiaqi visits her wealthy friend Ruan Zhengdong (Roy Chiu) at the hospital, she crosses paths again with Meng Heping and realizes that he and Zhengdong are childhood friends. In order to escape the pain of seeing Heping again, Jiaqi starts dating Zhengdong, thus starting a complicated relationship between the three people.

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Fun Facts

It is the second book to Fei Wo Si Cun's Cinderella's Dream.
Filming took place in Hangzhou, Fuyang, Liuxia and Linan.
The book Cinderella's Dream: Tears in Heaven (New Edition) tells a story about Du Xiaosus involvement with two excellent men. Due to her boyfriends disloyalty, driven by alcohol, Du Xiaosu has a wrongful night with Lei Yuzheng. Lei Yuzheng falls mad love with her, but her true love is Shao Zhengrong, a perfect neurosurgeon. What should she do? (Source: Amazon)
Joe Chen and Roy Chiu became a couple after the 2009 drama Easy Fortune Happy Life. However, they had broken up in early 2010. Joe Chen did not participate in promotions for The Girl in Blue though Joe Chen's agent stressed that it is not due to the breakup but a scheduling conflict.
There were only four months from the day filming completed until the series premiered which is quite fast for a drama.
Broadcast networks often edit out scenes to boost ratings. Hunan TV did not edit scenes for The Girl in Blue and broadcasted the entire series as it is.
Because of filming requirements, Feng Shaofeng and Joe Chen had to film a kissing scene when they weren't familiar with each other yet. To avoid the awkwardness, Feng Shaofeng walked up to Joe Chen to start a conversation.

Cast

	Joe Chen as You Jiaqi
	Roy Chiu as Ruan Zhengdong
	William Feng Shaofeng as Meng Heping
	Ji Jie as Xu Shifeng
	Lam Sau-kwan as Xiao Yun
	Lu Chen as Ruan Jiangxi
	Rebecca Wang Siya as Zhou Jingan
	Zanilia Zhao Liying as ANN