![]() ![]() Never let it be said that Taiwanese television doesn’t know how to incentivize fans: The series has occupied the number 1 ratings slot for 15 straight episodes, and ratings hit 10.93% during an episode aired in June.īut if “Fated to Love You” is winning hearts and minds in Taiwan, its reception in mainland China is more varied. ![]() “Fated to Love You,” has been breaking ratings records, thanks not only to its charm, but also to a public promise by male lead actor Ethan Ruan (who plays Ji Cunxi) that he’ll swim naked in an episode if the ratings exceeded 10%. Under pressure from Ji Cunxi’s spunky grandmother (first seen playing video ping pong in Episode 2), Chen Xinyi and Ji Cunxi get married. The ensuing, much-remarked-upon love scene doesn’t show much skin by Western standards, but the outcome is pregnancy for Chen Xinyi. The premise, set forth in the first episode, is that Chen Xinyi-while trying to win the heart of her two-timing boyfriend on a cruise, and dizzy from having taken cold medicine-wanders into the wrong room on the ship and accidentally falls into bed with the handsome scion of a wealthy family, named Ji Cunxi, who himself has been drugged by business rivals. ![]() ![]() Like “Strictly Ballroom” and “Ugly Betty,” “Fated to Love You” champions a bespectacled, good-hearted, but undervalued girl, named Chen Xinyi, who has a chance at transformation. ![]()
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