The King of Romance

The King of Romance
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如朕親臨
Genre	Romance
Created by	Eastern Television
Written by	He Shu Ting (Screenwriter coordinator) Li Deng Ya Chen Xuan Fang Jie
Directed by	Chen Jia Hong
Starring	Lego Lee Cindy Lien Gabriel Lan Serena Fang
Opening theme	"It’s You" by Elvis Tian
Ending theme	"Broken Heart 不要再見面" by Elvis Tian
Country of origin	Taiwan
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	17
Production
Producer	Liao Jian Xing
Production location	Taiwan
Running time	90 minutes (Episode 1-16) 110 minutes (Episode 17)
Original release
Network	TTV EBC Variety
Release	3 December 2016 (2016-12-03) – 8 April 2017 (2017-04-08)
Related
Love By Design Love, Timeless

The King of Romance (Chinese: 如朕親臨; pinyin: rú zhèn qīn lín) is a 2016 Taiwanese television series created and produced by Eastern Television. It stars Lego Li, Cindy Lien, Gabriel Lan and Serena Fang.[1] First original broadcast began on December 3, 2016 on TTV airing every Saturday night at 10:00-11:30 pm.

Synopsis

A popular Chinese folklore tells of how the Jade Emperor, the king of gods, expelled the angels Golden Boy and Jade Girl from heaven to the human world. There, they are cursed to a romance that spans seven lives, during which they could never be together. Gao Bing Bing (Cindy Lien) is a modern-day woman who believes she is the reincarnated Jade Girl. When she is reunited with two childhood friends, Wang Zhen (Lego Lee) and Li Ru Long (Gabriel Lan), can she determine which is her Golden Boy and break the ancient curse?

Cast

Main cast

• Lego Lee as Wang Nuo / Wang Zhen
  • Roy Tu as young Wang Nuo / young Wang Zhen
  • Li Bin s young Wang Nuo / young Wang Zhen (stand-in)
• Cindy Lien as Gao Bing Bing
  • Wang Cai Han as young Bing Bing
• Gabriel Lan as Li Ru Long （Bruce Li）
• Serena Fang as Shen Yi Le
• Ricie Fun as Ren Ai Zhen

Supporting cast

• Yankee Yang as Fang Wen Qing (Xiao Fang)
• Una Lu as Wu Bai He
• Angel Ho as Ah Meng
• Titan Huang as Ding Xiao Qiang
• Fang Yu Xin as Qin Ai Bao
• Wu Fan as Wang Nuo and Wang Zhen’s father
• Tang Chih-wei as Ai Zhen’s father
• Lin Shi En as Bing Bing’s father
• Peace Yang as Wang Min
• High Ka as Ah Hong
• Liao Hai Cheng as Ah Qi
• Money Chien as Gui Lian

Cameo

• Hsiao-Lao Lin as Zhou Xiu Qin
• Cai Cheng Yi as plumber
• Yang Sheng Da as Da Pang
• Liu Guo Shao as Lu Rui Yang (Xiao Lu)
• Lin Rou Jun as Ah Xing
• Lai Pei En as nursing staff
• Lin Shu Han (Ah Tui) as nursing staff
• Jin Mei Man as Grandma Wu
• Lin Mo Xi as Pei Pei

Soundtrack

• It’s You by Elvis Tian
• Broken Heart 不要再見面 by Elvis Tian
• Pinky Swear 打勾勾 by Elvis Tian
• The One 唯一 by Lego Lee
• Fade Out 句點 by Wang Yan Wei
• Goodbye 忙著說再見 by Yan Li Fei
• Girls Can Too by Tyler Van Den Berg
• One by Greg Nicholoson

Broadcast

Network	Country	Airing Date	Timeslot
TTV	Taiwan	December 3, 2016	Saturday 10:00-11:30 pm
EBC Variety		December 4, 2016	Sunday 10:00-11:30 pm
Astro Shuang Xing	Malaysia	June 9, 2017	Monday to Friday 4:00-5:00 pm

Episode ratings

Competing shows on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:

• CTS - Genius Go Go Go
• FTV - Just Dance
• CTV - Mr. Player
• TVBS Entertainment Channel - Stand by Me, Family Time
• PTS - Family Time

Air Date	Episode	Average Ratings	Rank
Dec 3, 2016	1	0.74	4
Dec 10, 2016	2	1.02	3
Dec 17, 2016	3	0.84	4
Dec 24, 2016	4	0.86	4
Dec 31, 2016: No episode was aired due to TTV airing of New Year’s Eve Special Program
Jan 7, 2017	5	1.05	4
Jan 14, 2017	6	1.04	4
Jan 21, 2017	7	1.02	4
Jan 28, 2017: No episode was aired due to TTV airing of Chinese New Year Special Program
Feb 4, 2017	8	1.56	2
Feb 11, 2017	9	1.39	3
Feb 18, 2017	10	1.44	2
Feb 25, 2017	11	1.27	3
Mar 4, 2017	12	1.29	3
Mar 11, 2017	13	1.43	3
Mar 18, 2017	14	1.16	4
Mar 25, 2017	15	1.27	4
Apr 1, 2017	16	1.01	4
Apr 8, 2017	17	1.77	2
Average ratings		1.19	-

References

1. 不再藍瘦香菇！！！台、陸、韓「古今穿梭Style」新劇即將報到啦～ (in Chinese) Retrieved December 21, 2016

External links

• The King of Romance TTV Website (in Chinese)
• The King of Romance EBC Website (in Chinese)
• 2016TheKingOfRomance on Facebook (in Chinese)
• The King of Romance at IMDb