Tuesday 24 December 2019

Love Me & Convince Me

Drama: Love Me & Convince Me
Chinese Title: 你这么爱我我可要当真 / Ni Zhe Me Ai Wo Wo Ke Yao Dang Zhen

Broadcast Date: TBA

Genre: Light Comedy, Modern, Romance
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 40
Director: Pyo Min-Soo
Production Date: 2016
Executive Producer: Liu Maomao, Guo Hongbo
Origin: China
Source: Adapted from a novel of the same name by Wu Xiaobai
Watch Episodes On: Youtube

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

A love story between an older woman and a younger man follows Yang Wujin, a writer with a poisonous tongue and Ding Zhonghao, a charismatic man with face of an angel and an ulterior motive.

Ding Zhonghao (Jiang Jinfu) accepts the conditions of Qi Liu Hai'er (Jiang Yan) offer to approach novelist Yang Wujin (Li Xiaolu). Meanwhile, Yang Wujin has her own set of problems. She has not had the chance to reconnect with her mother who appeared out of nowhere, yet starts a new challenge as she begins working at a magazine publishing company.

To her surprise, she runs into Wang Yijun (Pang Hanchen), her boyfriend in college who has become an illustrator, and Jiang Kaner (Cao Bingkun), her ex and former teacher who is now the editor-in-chief of the magazine. Although embarrassed at first at the thought of having to reunite with her old lovers, Ding Zhonghao swoops in as her knight in shining armor, thus starting a game of love.

Fun Facts

Filming lasted four months from April 2016 to August 2016.
Filming took place in Suzhou.
Li Xiaolu is 9 years older than Jiang Jinfu.
It is directed by Pyo Min-Soo whose works include the 2004 hit Korean drama Full House.
It is part of the dramas that were affected by the Hallyu Ban, an unofficial ban that was in effect in China to restrict all forms of Hallyu aka Korean Wave due to the political disagreement between China and Korea over THAAD. On October 31, 2017, there were reports that both sides were making a move to mend diplomatic ties and news that the virtual ban has been lifted came days later. (Source: Sohu)
Both of the leads got into a scandal. Li Xiaolu was caught in a cheating scandal with PG One in 2017. Jiang Jinfu was caught in a scandal in 2018 after being accused by his then Japanese girlfriend of domestic abuse. He was accused again in 2019 by his then Uruguayan girlfriend though Jiang Jinfu denied the allegations.

Cast

	Jacqueline Li Xiaolu as Yang Wujin
	Jiang Jinfu as Ding Zhonghao
	Cao Bingkun as Jiang Kanren
	Jiang Yan as Qi Liu Hai Ren
	Pang Hanchen as Wang Yijun
	Cao Mengge as Jian Dandan