Miss No Good

Miss No Good
Promotional poster for Miss No Good
Also known as	不良笑花 Bù Liáng Xiào Huā
Genre	Romance, Comedy
Format	Television series
Directed by	Zhang Boyu (張博昱)
Starring	Rainie Yang Wilber Pan Chen Yan Xi Dean Fujioka
Opening theme	"夏日瘋" (Summer Craze) by Wilber Pan
Ending theme	"帶我走" (Take Me Away) by Rainie Yang
Country of origin	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Language(s)	Mandarin
No. of episodes	14
Production
Producer(s)	Chai Zhi Ping (柴智屏)
Location(s)	Taipei
Running time	90 mins (Sundays at 22:00 - 23:30)
Production company(s)	Comic Ritz International Production
Broadcast
Original channel	Chinese Television System (CTS)
Original run	7 September 2008 (2008-09-07) – 7 December 2008 (2008-12-07)
Chronology
Preceded by	Honey & Clover (蜂蜜幸運草)
Followed by	Prince+Princess2 (王子看見二公主)
External links
CTS Miss No Good homepage
Comic Ritz Production website

Miss No Good (Chinese: 不良笑花; pinyin: bù liáng xiào huā) is a 2008 Taiwanese drama starring Rainie Yang, Wilber Pan and Dean Fujioka. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production (可米瑞智國際藝能有限公司) with Chai Zhi Ping (柴智屏) as producer and directed by Zhang Boyu (張博昱).

The series was first boardcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Chinese Television System (CTS) (華視) from 7 September 2008 to 7 December 2008, every Sunday from 22:00 to 23:30 and cable TV Eastern Television (ETTV) (東森電視) from 13 September 2008 to 13 December 2008, every Saturday at 20:00 to 21:30.

Synopsis

Xiao Hua (Rainie Yang) is a bubbly girl with her own unique sense of style and has no intention of changing the way she looks and dresses until the return of her elementary school classmate, Jia Si Le (Dean Fujioka), convinces her otherwise. Jia Si Le is deeply in love with Xiao Hua, because of their past history. He then does whatever he can to get Xiao Hua to be his girlfriend, despite coming back to Taiwan for an arranged marriage with Jiang Mi (Chen Yan Yi).

One day, when her motorcycle breaks down, Xiao Hua meets Tang Men (Wilber Pan), the famous, poison-tongued stylist who happens to be Jia Si Le's best friend. The two share a taxi, only to argue over each other's sense of style which results in Tang Men angrily storming out, unwittingly leaving behind his set of expensive scissors.

Later, Jia Si Le holds an elementary school reunion party and invites both Tang Men and Xiao Hua. Tang Men meets Jiang Mi, who tells him that she and Si Le gave each other one year to find their true loves before submitting to his parents' will and marrying. After being pushed into a swimming pool and being told by her former classmates that she has no sense of style, Xiao Hua decides she will change her image so as not to embarrass Si Le.

The next day, when Tang Men's assistant comes to Xiao Hua's shop to look for the lost pair of scissors, Xiao Hua decides to use them to blackmail Tang Men and get him to teach her how to be an upper-class woman. As Tang Men and Xiao Hua spend more time together, they slowly begin to realize their feelings for one another, though they initially deny them. Meanwhile, Jiang Mi, who is dating Tang Men, asks him to get close to Xiao Hua so that she can get Si Le back. Tang Men, who found Xiao Hua annoying and loud, suddenly sees Xiao Hua's inner beauty and falls in love with Xiao Hua without even realizing it.

Eventually, Jia Si Le and Xiao Hua begin dating, much to the dislike of Jia Si Le's mother, Ye An. However, things take a turn when Jia Si Le finds out that Tang Men is in love with Xiao Hua. They then each try to get her to love them. It is also later discovered that Ye An is actually Xiao Hua's birth mother and therefore Xiao Hua is Jia Si Le's step-sister (as Ye An is his step-mother).

Tang Men is then offered a teaching position at a newly opened school in Germany and intends to ask Xiao Hua to join him. Jia Si Le, in his last attempt to win over Xiao Hua, is preparing to propose to her at dinner when he is involved in a car accident and falls into a coma. Tang Men, filled with guilt over Jia Si Le's current condition, decides that Jia Si Le needs Xiao Hua more than ever and decides to leave for Germany alone.

On the day of Tang Men's departure, Jia Si Le awakens and realizes that Xiao Hua and him are not suited for each other. He tells Xiao Hua to go after Tang Men. At the airport, Xiao Hua finally confesses her love for Tang Men and begs him to stay in Taiwan, even though Tang Men has already signed the contract to go to Germany. None the less, Xiao Hua promises to wait for him.

2 years pass and Xiao Hua has returned to her old ways, with her unique style and curly hair. Jia Si Le and Jiang Mi are now a happy couple and still stay in contact with Xiao Hua. One chilly night in December, Xiao Hua ends up sharing a cab with a stranger that actually turns out to be Tang Men. The story ends with Tang Men promising to return after another 3 years to marry Xiao Hua.

Cast

• Rainie Yang as Jiang Xiao Hua (蔣小花) a.k.a. Miss Christmas Tree
• Wilber Pan as Tang Men (唐門)
• Dean Fujioka as Jia Si Le (賈思樂)
• Michelle Chen as Jiang Mi (江蜜)
• Jian Chang as Jiang Da Shu (蔣大樹)
• Wen Ying as Grandma Jiang (蔣阿嬷)
• Shi Yuan Jie as Dou Zi (豆子)
• Xiao Call
• Denny Huang as Lai Rui Ke (賴瑞克)
• Evonne Hsu as the Goddess in Xiao Hua's dreams

Multimedia

Music

• Opening theme song: "夏日瘋" (Summer Craze) by Wilber Pan
• Ending theme song: "帶我走" (Take Me Away) by Rainie Yang

The track "夏日瘋" (Summer Craze) is listed at number 52 on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2008.^[1]

Insert song

• "同一個遺憾" (Same Regret) by Wilber Pan and Blue J (紀佳松)
• "太煩惱" (Too Much Trouble) by Rainie Yang

Instrumental - released on Will's Future (Trend Expert limited Edition)^[2]

• "夏日瘋-鋼琴配樂版" (Summer Craze-piano version)
• "夏日瘋-吉他配樂版" (Summer Craze-guitar version)
• "同一個遺憾-鋼琴配樂版" (Same Regret-piano version)
• "同一個遺憾-吉他配樂版" (Same Regret-guitar version)

Note: The songs by Rainie Yang were released on her 4th album Not Yet a Woman and by Wilber Pan on his compilation album Will's Future (Trend Expert limited Edition).

References

1. ^ (Chinese) HITO Radio Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart 2008 (#51-100) Retrieved 2011-02-12
2. ^ Yesasia.com Will's Future (Trend Expert limited Edition album info 24 October 2008. Retrieved 2011-02-12

External links

• (Chinese) Comic Ritz Miss No Good official homepage
• (Chinese) CTS Miss No Good official homepage