The Queen of SOP

The Queen of SOP
Genre	Romantic comedy
Directed by	Zhang Boyu
Starring	Joe Chen Hans Zhang Godfrey Gao
Opening theme	I Like Loneliness by Joe Chen
Ending theme	Your Beloved Friend by Hans Zhang
Country of origin	China Taiwan
Original language	Mandarin
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	33
Production
Production locations	Taiwan, London, Shanghai
Running time	90/105 minutes
Original release
Network	Hunan Television FTV GTV
Release	14 October 2012 (2012-10-14)

The Queen of SOP (Chinese: 胜女的てき代だい价) is a 2012 Chinese-Taiwanese television series produced by GTV and directed by Zhang Boyu. It stars Joe Chen, Hans Zhang and Godfrey Gao. The show first premiered on Hunan TV on 14 October 2012 before airing on FTV. The series was the highest rated drama in its time slot for the year, and also received positive reviews from the audience.

Synopsis

Lin Xiao Jie (Joe Chen) is a low rung employee at a large Taiwanese departmental store. Dreaming of furthering her studies in England so that she can rise up the ranks in her company, Xiao Jie jumps at the opportunity to be an assistant at a company photo shoot in London. On her final day there, she gets mugged and flags down Tang Jun (Hans Zhang) for help, who successfully catches the thief and returns her belongings.

After flying back to Taiwan, Xiao Jie decides to take a leap of faith and study abroad. She sees an apartment listing online that she immediately takes a liking to, and messages the owner, 'Tom', who happens to be Tang Jun. 'Tom' agrees to rent the apartment out to her, and makes preparations for her arrival. Xiao Jie and 'Tom' begin an online friendship, with Xiao Jie seeking Tom's advice. Eventually, Tang Jun begins to fall for Xiao Jie.

However, before Xiao Jie makes her final plans to leave, she is offered a better position at the company by the CEO, and decides not to leave for London. Tang Jun, upon hearing the news, is disappointed. Shortly after, Tang Jun is arm-twisted to go to Taiwan by his mother, who wants his help in a business deal. Although he is reluctant, Tang Jun agrees, but becomes enthusiastic when he realizes that Xiao Jie works for the company his mother is engaging in a deal with. However, upon arriving in Taiwan, Tang Jun finds out that Xiao Jie has started a relationship with the son of her company's CEO, Gao Zi Qi (Godfrey Gao), after he expressed interest in her at a press conference.

Xiao Jie and Zi Qi gets engaged eventually, but the day before the wedding, Zi Qi's ex-girlfriend and supermodel Bai Ji Qing (Coco Jiang) shows up and reveals that she is the one Zi Qi really loves. The heartbroken Xiao Jie leaves and decides to focus on her career. Under the support and encouragement of 'Tom', Xiao Jie becomes a successful businesswoman. Unbeknownst to her, Tang Jun is really her online friend 'Tom' and the heir to a supermarket chain. Not wishing to give up on a chance at love with Xiao Jie, he hides his identity to pursue her. But the road to this is paved with misunderstandings and missed chances.

Cast

Main

Actor	Character	Introduction	Appearance
Joe Chen	Lin Xiao Jie (林はやし曉あきら潔きよし) The Queen of Gold	I'm Lin Xiao Jie... Rule of The Queen of SOP. Are you willing to comply with? 29 years old, Scorpio, Hai Yue's Sales Division, Marketing Public Relations Staff, and later Huang Hai's Marketing Planning Manager.	All episodes
Hans Zhang	Tang Jun / Tom (湯ゆ駿しゅん)	I'm Tang Jun... Please let me love you now! 27 years old, Virgo, the heir of Huang Hai Group.	All episodes
Godfrey Gao	Gao Zi Qi (高子たかこ齊ひとし)	I'm Gao Zi Qi... I said, I want you to come back!! 30 years old, Scorpio, second son of Hai Yue Group, in charge of Supermarket Chains.	1-9, 11-15
Coco Jiang (蒋怡)	Bai Ji Qing (白しろ季き晴はれ) The Queen of Calculation	I'm Bai Ji Qing... Please remember, I will never compromise 28 years old, Aries, popular female star.	1-8,11,12
Zhang Meng	Zeng Chu Chu (曾楚楚すわえ) The Queen of Love	I'm Zeng Chu Chu... I won't give up! 26 years old, Pisces, PR Manager of Huang Hai Group, Tang Jun's childhood friend.	5-15
Bai Xue (白はく雪ゆき)	Tang Lan 湯ゆ蘭らん	CEO of Huang Hai, Tang Jun's mother, Tang Min's step mother.	2-8,10-12,14-15
Du Ruo Xi (杜若かきつばた溪けい)	Tang Min 湯ゆ敏さと The Queen of Imperial	30 years old, Leo. Huang Hai's Marketing Director of Planning Department. Tang Jun's half sister.	5,6,8-15

Supporting

Actor	Character	Introduction	Appearance
Kimi Hsia	Li Jia Yi (李り佳けい宜むべ)	Hai Yue's sales staff. Lin Xiao Jie's best friend.	1-5,7-10,12-13
Lu Wen Xue (魯文學ぶんがく)	Gao Guo Cheng (高こう國こく誠まこと)	CEO of Hai Yue. Father of Gao Zi Hao & Gao Zi Qi.	1-5,7,11-12
Gino	Gao Zi Hao (高子たかこ豪ごう)	General Manager of Hai Yue, Gao Zi Qi's half brother.	1-5,7,11-12
Anthony	Tian Tian (天てん天てん)	Gao Zi Qi's assistant.	1-5,8,9,11
Han Dao Guang (韓かん道みち光こう)	Director Qiao (喬たかし總そう監かん)	Hai Yue's Director of Marketing Communications.	1-3,5,7,11-12
Nie Ya Liang (聶雅亮あきら)	Zeng Dong (曾董)	Director of Huang Hai. Zeng Chu Chu's father.	6,8-15
Joker Xue	Xue Shao Qian (薛少謙けん)	Staff of Huang Hai's Marketing Planning Department.	8-11
Tang Yixin	Su Li (蘇そ莉)	Staff of Huang Hai's Marketing Planning Department.	6,8-11,13-15
Zhou Zi Yin (周子かねこ茵しとね)	Zhou Su Su (周しゅう素もと素もと)	Staff of Huang Hai's Marketing Planning Department.	6,8-15
Zheng Fan (鄭てい凡)	Zheng Fan (鄭てい凡)	Staff of Huang Hai's Marketing Planning Department.	6,8-11,13-15
Huang Wei Ting (黃き薇ぜんまい渟)	Ai Lin (愛あい琳)	Staff of Hai Yue's Marketing Communications.	1-4,11,12
Cai Shun Jie (蔡順傑すぐる)	Paul (保ほ羅ら)	Staff of Hai Yue's Marketing Communications.	1-4,11,12
Han Ke Qi (韓かん可か棋)	Sarah (莎拉)	Staff of Hai Yue's Marketing Communications.	1-4,11,12
Chen Zhi Hao (陳ひね志こころざし豪ごう)	Daniel (丹たん尼に爾なんじ)	Staff of Hai Yue's Marketing Communications.	1-4,11,12
Mei Xian Zhi (梅うめ賢志けんじ)	Joy (喬たかし治ち)	Staff of Hai Yue's Marketing Communications.	1-4,11,12
Lu Xin Yan (呂りょ欣晏)	Anna (安やす娜)	Staff of Hai Yue's Marketing Communications.	1-4,11,12
Kitamura Toyoharu (北村きたむら豐ゆたか晴はれ)	Xiao Ma (小しょう馬うま)	Li Jia Yi's boyfriend.	3-5,7
Deng Jiu Yun (鄧九雲くも)	Amy (愛あい咪)	Bai Ji Qing's manager.	2-4,8
Zhou Xiao Hai (周しゅう曉あかつき海かい)	Zhou Wen (周しゅう文ぶん)	Housekeeper of Tang Family.	5,8,11,13-15

Special appearance

Actor	Character	Introduction	Appearance
Ming Dao	Adam Bell (亞あ當とう貝かい爾なんじ)	I'm Adam Bell... You... don't fall for me easily 30 years old, Sagittarius, Tang Jun's best friend	1,2,7,8,12

Soundtrack

-	Title	Singer	Lyrics	Composer
Opening theme song	I Like Loneliness (喜き歡孤獨こどく)	Joe Chen	Joe Chen	Jeremy Ji (紀きの佳けい松まつ)
Ending theme song	Your Beloved Friend (最愛さいあい你的朋友ほうゆう)	Hans Zhang	A Tong Mu (阿おもね童わらわ木き)	Jin Da Zhou (金きむ大洲おおす)
Insert song	Goldfish's Tears (金魚きんぎょ的てき眼め淚なみだ)	Jeremy Ji (紀きの佳けい松まつ)	Li Nian He (李り念ねん和わ)	Jeremy Ji (紀きの佳けい松まつ)
	Last Page (最後さいご一いち頁ぺーじ)	Jessie Chiang (江こう語ご晨)	Song Jian Zhang (宋そう健彰けんあき)	Zhan Yu Hao (詹宇豪ごう)
	A Few of You (幾いく個こ你)	Joker Xue (薛之謙けん)	Joker Xue (薛之謙けん)	Joker Xue (薛之謙けん)
	I Know You Know (我わが知道ともみち你都知道ともみち)	Joker Xue (薛之謙けん)	Luan Shi (亂世らんせい)	Joker Xue (薛之謙けん)

International broadcast

Country	Channel	Timeslot	Episode premiere	Episode finale	Avg rating
Taiwan	FTV	Sunday 22:00	14 October 2012	-	-
	GTV	Saturday 21:00	20 October 2012	-	-
Singapore	Channel U	Saturday 21:30	13 October 2012	-	-
China	Hunnan TV	Sunday - Wednesday 19:30	15 July 2012	-	-
United States	ICN China	Monday - Friday 20:00	29 August 2012	-	-

External links

• GTV The Queen of SOP official website