A Tale of 2 Cities

A Tale of 2 Cities (Chinese: 乐在双城; pinyin: Lè Zài Shuāng Chéng) is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was co-produced by Media Prima Berhad and MediaCorp TV. It was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air terrestrial television channel form MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It stars Rui En, Joanne Peh, Pierre Png, Zhang Yaodong, Mimi Chu, Zhang Zhenhuan, Kate Pang, Yao Wenlong & Julie Tan as the casts of the series. Live it made its debut on 14 February to 11 March 2011. This drama serial consists of 21-episodes and was screened on every weekday nightlife at 21:00 until 22:00 SST and rerun it made from 19 to 30 December 2011 at every weekday night at 21:00 until 22:00 SST.

A Tale of 2 Cities
乐在双城
GenreIdol drama
Romance
Written byTang Yeow 陈耀 / Paul Yuen
Directed byLoo Yin Kam 卢燕金
StarringRui En
Joanne Peh
Pierre Png
Zhang Yaodong
Mimi Chu
Zhang Zhenhuan
Kate Pang
Yao Wenlong
Julie Tan
Theme music composerJohann Strauss
Opening theme"Springtime Voices Waltz" by Masahiro Kawasaki
Ending theme"Himitsu no Akko-chan" by Satoko Shimonari
ComposerJohann Strauss
Country of originSingapore
Malaysia
Original languagesChinese
Subtitles
English (Singapore)
Malay (Malaysia)
No. of episodes21 episodes
Production
Executive producerPaul Yuen 袁树伟
Production locationsSingapore
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Running time45 minutes
Production companiesMediaCorp
Media Prima Berhad
DistributorMediaCorp Studios
STMB
Release
Original networkMediaCorp TV Channel 8 (Singapore)
NTV7 (Malaysia)
Picture formatSDTV (480i 4:3)
PAL (576i 4:3)
HDTV (1080i 16:9)
Audio formatDolby Digital 5.1
Datasat Digital Sound 5.1
Sony Dynamic Digital Sound 5.1
First shown in14 February 2011
Original release14 February (2011-02-14) 
11 March 2011 (2011-03-11)
Chronology
Preceded byProsperity
Followed byBe Happy
External links
Website

It was telecasted on Malaysia's free-to-air terrestrial television channel form NTV7 channel it was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air terrestrial television channel form MediaCorp TV Channel 8.

In Malaysia, it will be broadcast on the NTV7 primetime drama slot at every weekday evening at 18:00 until 19:00 MST it was filming locations is done in Singapore (a national capital of Singapore) and Kuala Lumpur (a national capital of Malaysia).

This drama has four main couples, namely, Rui En with Pierre Png, Joanne Peh with Zhang Yaodong, Julie Tan with Zhang Zhenhuan, and Kate Pang with Yao Wenlong. Due to a number of famous artistes acting in this drama it attracted 904,000 viewers. All episodes can be viewed in xinmsn catchup.

Episodes 6, 12, 13, 16 to 20 were rated PG in the encore version.

Synopsis

This drama tells a tale of four women, whom all has the character "乐 (lè)", meaning "happiness", in their names, namely Zhang Yale (Rui En), Pan Leyao (Joanne Peh), Lin Le (Kate Pang) and Pan Lexuan (Julie Tan). They go through many ups and downs in their respective lives, and eventually learns that happiness lies in simple living, in knowing what one wants in life and undauntedly daring to pursue it.

Yale was born into a wealthy family. When her parents pass away, she inherits their wealth. Yale leads a carefree and indulgent life, nonchalant about the running of the family bridal business and the investments she holds, and leaves these to her employees. Reality bites one day and Ya Le realizes that the bridal business is in the red, the investments have largely reaped no returns and the banks are hounding for repayment of the loans. She tries to seek help from her friends, but she is hurt to find out that they were only interested in her friendship because of her wealth and the lifestyle she could afford to share with them. Yale is now down and out, and her "friends" have all deserted her.

Just when Yale is at her wit's end, she finds out that her late mother had invested in a bridal business "Blissful Times" in Singapore with her aunt, Jinfeng (Mimi Chu), who is running the business. Yale tries to sell her late mother's shares in "Blissful Times" to Jinfeng to raise cash to repay the banks. However, Jinfeng has other plans. She refuses to buy over Yale's share in the business and insists that Yale works in "Blissful Times" with her. Left without a choice, Yale agrees.

Cast

Main cast

CastRoleDescription
Rui En
瑞恩
Zhang Yale
章雅乐
Mei Jinfeng's niece
Designer for "Blissful Times"
Lin Wentao's girlfriend and later wife
Joanne Peh
白薇秀
Pan Leyao
潘乐瑶
Pan Jiaxiang and Wang Cuilan's daughter
Ouyang Ming's girlfriend and later wife
Pierre Png
方展发
Lin Wentao
林文涛
"Blissful Times" photographer
Adopted son of Mei Jinfeng
Student of Induk Taekwondo Academy
Four-time champion (National Taekwondo Championships)
Zhang Yale's boyfriend and later husband
Guan Yiting's ex-boyfriend
Mimi Chu
朱咪咪
Mei Jinfeng
梅金凤
"Blissful Times" lady boss
Instructor of Induk Taekwondo Academy
Zhang Yaodong
张耀栋
Ouyang Ming
欧阳明
Ouyang Feng's son
Leyao's constant companion
Pan Leyao's boyfriend and later husband
Zhang Zhenhuan
张振寰
Yin Zhengkai
殷正凯
CEO of Mika Group
Pan Lexuan's boyfriend and later husband
Yin Zhengwen's younger brother
Kate Pang
庞蕾馨
Lin Le
林乐
Daughter of Mei Jinfeng
Pan Weisong's girlfriend and later wife
Yao Wenlong
姚彣隆
Pan Weisong
潘伟松
Pan Jiaxiang and Wang Cuilan's son
Lin Le's boyfriend and later husband
Used to be in love with Zhang Yale
Student of Induk Taekwondo
Julie Tan
陈欣淇
Pan Lexuan
潘乐萱
Pan Jiaxiang and Fengping's daughter
Yin Zhengkai's girlfriend and later wife
Ho Kwai Lam
何貴林
Ouyang Feng
欧阳风
Mei Jinfeng's ex-enemy
Father of Ouyang Ming
Ex-boss of "I Do I Do"
Instructor of Jinshan Taekwondo Academy
Later Mei Jinfeng's suitor

Other cast

CastRoleDescription
Huang WenyongPan JiaxiangWang Cuilan's husband
Pan Weisong, Pan Leyao and Pan Lexuan's father
Xiang YunWang CuilanPan Jiaxiang's wife
Pan Weisong and Pan Leyao's mother
Constance SongYin ZhengwenYin Zhengkai's elder sister
Chairman of Mika Group
Ya HuiGuan YitingLin Wentao's ex-girlfriend
Darren LimLi ZhenbangEx-student of Jinshan Taekwondo Academy
Student of Red Sun Taekwondo Academy
Two-time champion (National Taekwondo Championships)
Jerry YeoStarSinger at a bar
Cross-dresses
Lin Le's ex-boyfriend
Joshua AngQian WenlongPan Lexuan's ex-boyfriend

Trivia

2012 Accolades

Show 1

Nominee Award Results
Loo Yin Kam 卢燕金Best Director 最佳导演Nominated
Paul Yuen and Tang Yeow 陈耀Best Screenplay 最佳剧本Nominated
Soh Kok LeongBest Cameraman Award 最佳戏剧摄影Nominated
Rui En 瑞恩Star Awards for Favourite Female Character 最喜爱女角色Won

Show 2

Award Nominee Results
Best Actress
最佳女主角
Rui En 瑞恩Nominated
Joanne Peh 白薇秀Won
Best Newcomer
最佳新人奖
Kate Pang 龐蕾馨Won

International broadcast

Country/Region Original network Original channel Daily Start timeslot End timeslot Time zone Episode premiere Episode finale Dubbed Subtitle
 Malaysia Media Prima Berhad NTV7 Weekday 18:00 19:00 MST 2 January 2012 present Chinese Malay
 Singapore MediaCorp TV Channel 8 21:00 22:00 SST 14 February 2011 11 March 2011 English

See also

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