Before We Get Married

Before We Get Married
我們不能是朋友
Before We Get Married; 我們不能是朋友
	Official Poster
Genre	Romance
Based on	Before We Get Married (我們不能是朋友) by Ayamei 阿亞梅
Written by	Li Xu Min 李旭敏 (Screenwriter coordinator); Xie Yu Xiu 謝育秀 (Screenwriter coordinator); Zhuang Xin Fu 莊心輔; Fei Gong Yi 費工怡; Li Song Lin 李松霖; Fang-Yun Tsai 蔡芳紜; Huang Guan Ting 黃莞婷; Lai Yu Xuan 賴瑀瑄; Li Ting Yu 李庭瑜; Cai Qiu Yi 蔡秋儀
Directed by	Feng Kai 馮凱
Starring	Jasper Liu; Puff Kuo
Opening theme	Giving In 退讓 by [zh]
Ending theme	I Miss You More 我比從前想你了 by Bii
Country of origin	Taiwan
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producers	Chen Cai Yu 陳財裕; Huang Ling Rong 黃琳容
Production location	Taiwan
Production companies	Jason's Entertainment Co.Ltd. 友松娛樂股份有限公司 ; Gala Television 八大電視股份有限公司
Release
Original network	TTV; GTV Drama; GTV Variety Show
Picture format	SDTV (480i); HDTV (1080i)
First shown in	Taiwan
Original release	31 May –; 23 August 2019
Chronology
Preceded by
Followed by
External links
	Official Instagram

Before We Get Married (Chinese: 我們不能是朋友; pinyin: wo men bu neng shi peng you; lit. We Cannot Be Friends) is a 2019 Taiwanese television series created and produced by Gala Television and Jason's Entertainment. The story is adapted from an original novel of the same title, penned by the screenwriter Fang-Yun Tsai 蔡芳紜, or also known by her pen name Ayamei 阿亞梅, who is also the screenwriter of popular Taiwanese series Love @ Seventeen and Boysitter. Directed by Feng Kai, it stars Jasper Liu and Puff Kuo as the main cast, both are reunited for the second time after Taiwanese series Pleasantly Surprised. Filming began in September 2018.^[1]

Synopsis[]

Zhou Weiwei is in a serious relationship with her earnest and average boyfriend Li Haoyi who works in the same company as her. Haoyi adheres to a strict planning of their lives and Weiwei faithfully follows it. On the other hand, Chu Kehuan is a capable and talented stock trader earmarked to be CEO of the securities company he is working for. He is in an unhappy 10 year long relationship with Gao Ziyuan, a beautiful woman who spends lavishly and devotes her life to him.

An unexpected meeting between Zhou Weiwei and Chu Kehuan leads to Kehuan being enamoured with her thrifty principles and strong personality. Kehuan sets out to woo her but Weiwei is committed to Haoyi and is turned off at his unfaithfulness. Weiwei is furthermore horrified when she discovers that he is actually the boyfriend of her college classmate. Despite this, Weiwei begins to doubt her relationship with Haoyi and finds herself drawn to Kehuan. When Haoyi insists on buying a house for them, they accidentally stumble onto Kehuan and Ziyuan's home. Because of its high price and Kehuan's flirty antics, Weiwei insists on turning down the offer. Kehuan approaches her and makes her an indecent proposal for her to spend a night with him in exchange for a discount. Though she agrees, Kehuan stops it. Despite their encounter failing to come to fruition, Kehuan still offers to give them the discount.

During a housewarming party, Haoyi invites Ziyuan and Kehuan to thank them. There, Kehuan kisses Weiwei while Ziyuan and Haoyi are gone. Weiwei reciprocates but quickly pulls away. He offers her a choice of staying and waiting for their significant others or running away together. Before she can answer, Ziyuan and Haoyi return. Haoyi proposes to Weiwei, and Kehuan is devastated when Weiwei accepts his proposal. Realizing that he can not spend the rest of his life with Ziyuan, Kehuan breaks up with her.

Haoyi is later offered a higher paying job and resigns, leaving Weiwei upset that he would not discuss such an important decision with her. Their relationship is further strained when he leaves for Shanghai for half a year, postponing their wedding. Kehuan comforts her while she battles loneliness and feeling unloved by Haoyi. Though Weiwei is determined to distance herself from Kehuan, a work related trip brings them together and their bond grows stronger. She almost sleeps with Kehuan but stops after receiving a phone call from Haoyi. She admits her feelings for Kehuan but because she cares for Haoyi, she is unwilling to break off the engagement. To mend her and Haoyi's relationship, she flies to Shanghai and realizes that he has never truly understood her or her plans for the future. She breaks off the engagement and travels back to Taipei, where Kehuan attempts to start a relationship with her. Their attempts at being together is complicated by Ziyuan and Haoyi's unwillingness to let them go, and their new roles in Kehuan and Weiwei's work project.

In the end, Weiwei and Kehuan resigns from their position. Weiwei decides that she must discover herself before starting a relationship with Kehuan, who vows to wait for her. They are finally reunited at a friend's wedding where Weiwei offers to take Kehuan out on a date.

Cast[]

Main cast[]

Jasper Liu as Chu Ke Huan
Puff Kuo as Zhou Wei Wei
^[zh] as Li Hao Yi
^[zh] as Gao Zi Yuan

Supporting cast[]

^[zh] as Han Ke Fei
Chen Mu as Yan Bai Yang
Leo Lee as Liu Da Wei
^[zh] as Gao Zi Ting
^[zh] as Wang Mei Ling
Wu Guang Jun as James
Cai Yun Xi as Ai Mi
Zhao Fan Xuan as Fan Fan
Song Cheng Xi as Cheng Xi
^[zh] as Bu Lan

Guest actors[]

^[zh] as Jessica
^[zh] as Wu Shu Ming
^[zh] as Jia En
Esther Liu as Mai Ruo Yun
^[zh] as Li Jin Hui
^[zh] as general manager's wife
^[zh] as Chairman Wang
Ming Dao as himself

Soundtrack[]

"Giving In 退讓" by
"I Miss You More 我比從前想你了" by Bii
"I'm Still Missing You 我還想念你" by Bii
"All You Did 都是你害的" by Bii
"What About You 那你呢" by
"I'd Like to Hear the Details 願聞其詳" by Fang Wu
"The End 句點" by Dino Lee
"Darling" by Mavis Fan
"Digital Love 數字戀愛" by Mavis Fan
"Have or Have Not 有沒有" by William Wei

Broadcast[]

Network	Country	Airing Date	Timeslot
TTV Main Channel	Taiwan	May 31, 2019	Friday 10:00-11:30 pm
iQiyi			Friday 11:30 pm
LINE TV
WeTV
GTV Drama		June 2, 2019	Sunday 8:00-9:30 pm
LiTV		June 2, 2019	Sunday 9:30 pm
GTV Variety Show		June 9, 2019	Sunday 9:30-11:00 pm
KKTV		June 9, 2019	Sunday 11:00 pm
Viki	Europe America India	May 31, 2019	Friday 24:00
iQiyi	China	June 28, 2019	Friday 10:00 pm
Tencent Video	China
Mango TV	Taiwan Hong Kong Macau
Astro Go VOD	Malaysia Brunei
Kapamilya Channel/A2Z	Philippines	2021	TBA

Ratings[]

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

FTV - ^[zh]
EBC Variety - ^[zh]
SET Metro - ^[zh], Yong-jiu Grocery Store^[zh]
SET Taiwan - ^[zh], ^[zh]
CTV - Moon Embracing the Sun, Empress Ki
CTS - Yong-jiu Grocery Store^[zh]

Air Date	Episode	Average Ratings	Rank
May 31, 2019	1	0.57	4
Jun 7, 2019	2	0.62	4
Jun 14, 2019	3	0.71	3
Jun 21, 2019	4	0.68	3
Jun 28, 2019	5	0.75	3
Jul 5, 2019	6	0.73	3
Jul 12, 2019	7	0.87	3
Jul 19, 2019	8	1.06	2
Jul 26, 2019	9	0.91	2
Aug 2, 2019	10	1.01	3
Aug 9, 2019	11	1.22	2
Aug 16, 2019	12	1.24	3
Aug 23, 2019	13	1.36	2
Average ratings		0.90

Awards and nominations[]

Year	Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
2020	55th Golden Bell Awards^[2]	Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series	Phoebe Yuan	Nominated

References[]

^ 劉以豪撇陽光型男　拿到「露骨劇本」驚呆喊媽, 2018.8.3 Nownews
^ "Golden Bell Awards". Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

External links[]

TTV Official Website(in Chinese)
GTV Official Website(in Chinese)
Ayamei's Official Website(in Chinese)
Before We Get Married on Instagram(in Chinese)
Before We Get Married on Facebook(in Chinese)

[1] 劉以豪撇陽光型男　拿到「露骨劇本」驚呆喊媽, 2018.8.3 Nownews

[goldenbell-2] "Golden Bell Awards". Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

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