Aim High (TV series)

Four friends at the end of their junior year of college dreams of success and landing that perfect job. Each one has a detailed perception of what they want to be, however once they graduate from college reality sets in when they enter the work force. All four are struggling by in dead end jobs. Only Xu Yi Fen is still holding on and chasing her dream of being an app developer and creating her own app. Soon hotshot app developer Yu Qi Feng sees potential in her and gets her hired at his company.[2]

After listening to a lecture speech at her University by hotshot app developer Yu Qi Feng (Chris Wang), junior year student Xu Yi Fen (Summer Meng) is taken to heart by his closing statement to "Live for nothing or die for something". This drives her to become an app developer like Qi Feng. Yi Fen recruits her three best friends Yan Mao Tang nicknamed Mao Mao (Guo Shu Yao), Tian Ming Xian (Lyan Cheng) and Hao Mei (Huang Wei Ting) to help her develop her app "Dream Life" when she decides to enter the Capcom app developer contest.

Each one of her friends have dreams of their own. Stubborn Mao Mao wants to be a flight attendant, free spirit Ming Xian wants to be a poet and righteous Mei wants to be an economist to help the poor. However one year later when all four graduate from college, reality sets in when they enter the work force. Yi Fen is still holding onto her dreams to make her app "Dream Life" happen while struggling to make a living as a beverage delivery person and working as a receptionist at a driving school. Mao Mao is a life insurance salesman who faces pressure from her boss each day to meet her monthly sales quota and fend off perverted clients who sexually harasses while leading her on that they will buy life insurance from her. Ming Xian is a taxi driver but tells her riders that she's really a poet who is a part-time taxi driver. Mei is a teaching assistant for her former professor whom she has a crush on, at the university.

Yi Fen and Qi Feng meet again when he is at the driving school for lessons while she uses the student driver car to chase after her former roommate who swindled her and lied about helping her develop the "Dream Life" app. With encouraging words from Qi Feng at the scene, Yi Fen gains confidence and continues developing her app on her own. The three other friends reunite at their former professor's wedding. They reminisce about how happy they were in college. After realizing Yi Fen not attending the wedding because she has to hand in her app contest presentation, the three are touched that Yi Fen is still following her dreams and decide to go to the contest venue to support her.

Qi Feng who is head of research and development at Capcom Taiwan, has problems of his own when his boss refuses to green light the development of his phone game app while stringing him along that he will reassess the project. Qi Feng spills his frustration about the situation to his friend Ren Dao Yuan (Lego Lee), who is head of the customer service department at Capcom Taiwan. The next day Qi Feng encounters Yi Fen during a beverage delivery run and feels talent being wasted in a menial job, he refers her to Dao Yuan since there is an opening in his department.

Dao Yuan works long hours in a demanding job and lives a lonely life, moved to Taipei from Kaohsiung after graduating from college to search for his former girlfriend Mao Mao, that he lost touch with for six years. The two had tried to maintain a long-distance relationship before losing touch. He was in Kaohsiung during college and she moved to Taipei after her father died. The two had a petty fight about putting time aside for each other and both didn't bother to contact the other back. Thinking Dao Yuan doesn't care, Mao Mao moved and changed her contacts. When Dao Yuan went to Taipei to look for her it was already too late.[3]

Aim High Original TV Soundtrack (OST) (22K夢想高飛 電視原聲帶) was released on January 30, 2015 by various artists under Avex Taiwan Inc. record label. It contains 16 tracks total, in which 8 songs are various instrumental versions of the songs. The opening theme is track 1 "Dazzling Dreams 閃亮的夢想" by Vianz and Shan, while the closing theme is track 8 "You're Most Welcome 別客氣" by Soo Wincci.

Aim High Original Novel
(22K夢想高飛電視原創小說)

Book cover image
Author	Sanlih E-Television 三立電視監製 Li Yan Cheng 李炎澄
Country	Taiwan
Genre	Fiction novel
Published	8 January 2015
Media type	Print paperback
Pages	296
ISBN	9789865922603

* 8 January 2015 : Aim High Original Novel (22K夢想高飛電視原創小說) - ISBN 9789865922603 - Author: Sanlih E-Television 三立電視監製 & Li Yan Cheng 李炎澄 - Publisher: Spring Press 春光出版社

A novel based on the drama was published detailing the entire story line of the drama and brief description of each main character. Spoilers are revealed in the novel before the drama finished airing.[7]

* 3 December 2014 : S-Pop Vol. 23 December 2014 (華流 12月號/2014) - barcode 4717095578630 - Author: Sanlih E-Television 三立電視監製

Both leading male of the drama, Chris Wang and Lego Lee are featured on the cover of the December 2014 issue of Sanlih's self published S-Pop magazine. The issue can be purchased in regular edition or special edition with a insert pictorial booklet with 77 different Taiwanese artists in flower themed images.[8]

* 28 November 2014 : Iwalker No.06 Dec 2014/Jan 2015 (愛玩客 第6期/2014-2015) - barcode 4717095572690 - Author: Sanlih E-Television 三立電視監製

The December 2014/January 2015 issue of Iwalker magazine features male leads Lego Lee and Chris Wang on separate covers. A total of three covers were published, with Lee on one cover and Wang on another.[9][10]

* 3 February 2015 : S-Pop Vol. 25 February 2015 (華流 2月號/2015) - barcode 4717095588332 - Author: Sanlih E-Television 三立電視監製

One out of five covers of the February 2015 issue of S-Pop magazine features second lead couple Lego Lee and Guo Shu Yao on the cover. The issue they are featured in is the special issue edition which comes with a gift of a DIY card broad stationary holder.[11]

* 8 May 2015 : Aim High (DVD) (Taiwan Version) - DVD Region 3 - Disc: 5 (Ep.1-20) - Publisher: Cai Chang International Multimedia Inc. (TW)

Official Taiwan version of the drama DVD set comes in original Mandarin language and Chinese subtitles only.[12]

* 4 May 2015 : Aim High (DVD) (Malaysia Version) - DVD All Region - Disc: 7 (Ep.1-20) - Publisher: Multimedia Entertainment SDN. BHD. (MLY)

Malaysia version of the drama DVD set comes in original Mandarin language with English and simplified Chinese subtitles.[13]

The opening sequence of the drama was filmed at the "White House Resort" located in Wanli District, New Taipei, Taiwan. The building and the lobby depicted in the drama as Capcom Taiwan headquarters is a newly built commercial building located at the corner of Minshan Street and Xinhu 1st Road in the Neihu District of Taipei, while the real headquarters of Capcom Taiwan is located at Sec.1, Dunhua South Road in Daan District, Taipei.[14]

• Original title of the drama during post-production was "22K Small Fortunately 22K的小確幸".
• Both Lego Lee and Chris Wang was announced on July 30, 2014 to be headlining an upcoming SETTV drama together.[23]
• Sanlih held a press conference on July 31, 2014 showcasing their four main in-house contractual lead actors (Lego Lee, Chris Wang, George Hu and Lin Yo Wei) and announcing the upcoming dramas for the later half of 2014 schedule lineup.[24]
• The four main actresses of the drama Summer Meng, Guo Shu Yao, Lyan Cheng and Huang Wei-Ting was introduced at a press conference on September 22, 2014 at Sanlih's headquarters rooftop garden.[25]
• The four main leads of the drama (Summer Meng, Chris Wang, Guo Shu Yao and Lego Lee) met with reporters at a press conference held at Sanlih's headquarters rooftop garden on October 7, 2014.[26]
• The opening lens and blessing ceremony was held at SETTV headquarters main entrance on October 13, 2014.
• On October 23, 2014 another press conference was held at SETTV headquarters auditorium introducing the extended cast of the drama.[27]

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

• TTV - Apple in Your Eye, Mr. Right Wanted, The New World
• SET - Our Mother, Life Of Pearl
• FTV - Independent Heroes

• Aim High SETTV Website (in Chinese)