Monday 29 October 2018

The Family

Drama: The Family
Chinese Title: 因为是家人 / Yin Wei Shi Jia Ren / 幸福一家人 / Xing Fu Yi Jia Ren
Broadcast Network: Beijing TV
Broadcast Website: Youku, iQIYI

Broadcast Period: November 11, 2018 - December 8, 2018

Air Time: Daily Primetime Drama 19:30 (two episodes), episodes online 24:00, VIP watch 2 episodes in advance
Genre: Family, Modern, Romance, Workplace
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin
Episodes: 52
Director: Fung Kai
Production Company: Shanghai Enjoy Media Ltd.
Origin: China
Source: A Chinese remake of the 2014 Korean drama What Happens To My Family

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

A story revolving around a problematic family and each of their experiences. The chairman's son crosses paths with his father's secretary and the eldest daughter of the Fang Family.

Fang Xintian (Dong Jie) has a stable and successful career as the secretary for the chairman of a big corporation. Things take a turn for the worse when Wang Shuo (Zhai Tianlin), the son of the chairman suspects that she is romantically involved with his father. Wang Shuo arranges to work with her for the purposes of spying on her. It immediately puts her on her guard, yet their antagonistic relationship unexpectedly blossoms into a romance.

At the same time, Fang Tianyi (Roy Chiu) and Fang Xiaolong (Ren Yunjie), the two sons of the Fang Family, also face challenges in their love life. As the three were getting bruised and battered by circumstances, they receive a unique gift from their father. As the head of the household, Fang Yongfu (Li-Chun Lee) raised his children as a single father. He blames himself for how they have turned out and thinks that they have become cold and selfish due to a failure in his part to educate them. In the last journey of his life, he decides to part with his three kids by giving their final lesson, an ultimate lesson of love.

Cast

	Dong Jie as Fang Tianxin
	Ronald Zhai Tianlin as Wang Shuo
	Li-Chun Lee as Fang Yongfu
	Roy Chiu as Fang Tianyi
	He Meixuan as Bai Xue
	Ren Yunjie as Fang Xiaolong

Supporting Cast

Hong Jianing as Li Yueyue
Yu Wentao as Fu Xiaolong
Luo Gang as Wang Jiangong
Grace Ge Lei as Wu Yingmei
Liu Ruiqi as Fan Meixiu

Episode Ratings

Beijing TV
Date	Episode	CSM52 Cities (%)			CSM Nationwide (%)
Date	Episode	Ratings	Audience Share	Ranking	Ratings	Audience Share	Ranking
2018-11-11	1-2	1.073	3.885	1	0.610	2.190	2
2018-11-12	3-4	1.023	3.763	1	0.470	1.720	5
2018-11-13	5-6	1.048	3.859		0.570	2.080	3
2018-11-14	7-8	1.075	3.913	1	0.530	1.940	3
2018-11-15	9-10	1.100	3.990	1	0.610	2.240	4
2018-11-16	11-12	1.208	4.198	1	0.680	2.370	3
2018-11-17	13-14	1.114	3.858	1	0.720	2.430	2
2018-11-18	15-16	1.178	4.072	1	0.660	2.300	2
2018-11-19	17-18	1.161	4.229	2	0.640	2.360	4
2018-11-20	19-20	1.227	4.439	1	0.720	2.580	5
2018-11-21	21-22	1.215	4.334	1	0.760	2.740	3
2018-11-22	23-24	1.171	4.323	1	0.780	2.850	3
2018-11-23	25-26	1.207	4.346	1	0.700	2.440	4
2018-11-24	27-28	1.302	4.693	1	0.770	2.720	2
2018-11-25	29-30	1.257	4.365	1	0.770	2.760	2
2018-11-26	31-32	1.316	4.742	1	0.780	2.850	2
2018-11-27	33-34	1.321	4.770	1	0.780	2.860	3
2018-11-28	35-36	1.326	4.774	1	0.850	3.090	3
2018-11-29	37-38	1.387	5.025	1	0.850	3.210	3
2018-11-30	39-40	1.451	5.122	1	0.820	2.850	2
2018-12-01	41-42	1.448	5.065	1	1.000	3.380	2
2018-12-02	43-44	1.407	4.919	1	0.900	3.120	1
2018-12-03	45-46	1.448	5.166	1	1.030	3.740	1
2018-12-04	47-48	1.463	5.211	1	0.910	3.320	1
2018-12-05	49	1.500	5.291	1	1.050	3.740	1
2018-12-06	50	1.459	5.105	1	0.960	3.400	3
2018-12-07	51	1.475	4.981	1	0.940	3.170	1
2018-12-08	52	1.477	5.003	1	0.940	3.020	2
Average	1 - 52	1.280	4.551		0.779	2.767