2016 Taiwanese TV series or program
V-Focus Promo poster
獨家保鑣 Genre Romance , Comedy , Mystery Created by Sanlih E-Television Written by Lin Pei Yu 林珮瑜 (Screenwriter coordinator) Chen Wen Zi 陳文梓 Liu Cun Ru 劉存茹 Wu Xiang Ying 吳香穎 Zhang Yi Ting 張貽婷 Directed by Eri Hao 郝心翔Starring Melvin Sia 謝佳見Ling Hung 洪小鈴Huang Wei Ting 黃薇渟 Yorke Sun 孫沁岳Opening theme Roll Your Eyes 翻白眼 by 831 八三夭 Ending theme Passing Smile 微笑帶過 by Shi Shi 孫盛希 Country of origin Republic of China (Taiwan) Original language Mandarin No. of seasons1 No. of episodes65 Producers Fang Xiao Ren 方孝仁 Rong Jun Yi 戎俊義 Production location Taiwan Camera setup Multi camera Running time 60 minutes Production companies 金牌合作影像製作股份有限公司Sanlih E-Television 三立電視股份有限公司 Network SET Metro EBC Variety Release 26 October 2016 (2016-10-26 ) – 24 January 2017 (2017-01-24 )
V-Focus (Chinese : 獨家保鑣 ; pinyin : dú jiā bǎo biāo ) is a 2016 Taiwanese television series starring Melvin Sia , Ling Hung , Huang Wei Ting and Yorke Sun.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Filming began on September 21, 2016, and is filmed as it airs. The original broadcast began on October 26, 2016, on SET Metro, airing weekdays (Monday through Friday) at 8:00 pm.
Synopsis
They are enemies in their professional lives. Chiang Chih Heng (Melvin Sia) is a former mercenary who now is known as “The Bodyguard.” He is the owner of Krisis, a security consultancy company that protects public figures who are chased by the paparazzi. Ting Ruo Chin (Huang Wei Ting) is nicknamed the “Variety Queen” for her dogged ability to chase down celebrity gossip exclusives as a tabloid journalist for “V-Focus.” On their way to a news event, Chih Heng and Ruo Chin become stranded on a desert island together. What will become of these professional enemies?
Cast
Main cast
Melvin Sia 謝佳見 as Jiang Zhi Heng 姜至衡
Ling Hung 洪小鈴 as Zhou Xin Yi 周心儀
Huang Wei Ting 黃薇渟 as Ding Ruo Qin 丁若芹
Yorke Sun 孫沁岳 as Ke Guo Long 柯國隆
Qiu Chen En 邱辰恩 as young Guo Long
Supporting cast
Cameos
Jerry Huang 黃志瑋 as Wu Jian Ye 吳建業
Amanda Liu [zh ] as reporter
Pei Pei 佩佩 as Yang Fen Fen 楊芬芬
Stephenie Lim 林美貞 as Bai Jia Qi 白佳琪
Jacko Chiang 蔣偉文 as He Cheng Zhang 賀成章
Chang Han 張翰 as Wang Qing Hua 王清華
Alina Fang Ting Alina 芳婷 as Xiao Jie 小潔
Hank Wu [zh ] as Li Bing Huang 李秉皇
Brian Pien 邊權 as Daniel
Michael Tao 陶傳正 as Wen Li’s father
David Chiu 邱昊奇 as Li Pin Yi 李品逸
Yang Yu Qi 楊煜奇 as priest
Wei Yi 惟毅 as Wang Chong Guang 王崇光
Fu Lei 傅雷 as Zhou Tie Xiong 周鐵雄
Lin Xiu Jun 林秀君 as Zhou Chen Xin 周陳心蘭
Bruce Chen 陳為民 as Pin Yi’s manager
Yi Tian 竩恬 as Yang Ke Xin 楊可欣
Ti-Men Kan 乾德門 as noodle stand owner
Zhang Yu Ci 張淯詞 as Ci Ci 慈慈
Wu Jing Lin 吳京麟 as skater boy
Ally Chiu 邱偲琹 as Du Xiao Shu 杜曉書 (Tina)
?? as Jiang Yue Ru 姜月如
Wang Xiao Cheng 王孝程 as Wang Biao 王驫
Yvonne Yao 姚采穎 as Sister Ling 玲姐
?? as Xiao He 小何
Daniel Tsai 蔡力允 as Fu Shao Dong 傅紹東
Shen Meng-Sheng 沈孟生 as Liang Zhao Xiang 梁兆祥
Wu Tao 吳濤 as Li Bao Sheng 李寶生
Wang Qian 王謙 as Xin Yi's ex-boyfriend
?? as Wang Tai Shan 王泰山
Wei Wen Liang 魏文良 as Qian Jin Da 錢晉達
Fifi Wang 王偊菁 as news anchor
Jack Lee 李運慶 as He Hao Xuan 何浩軒
Anny Lin 林容安 as news anchor
Lo Pei-An 羅北安 as Ou Guo Liang 歐國良
Yuan Xiao Wan 苑曉琬 as news anchor
Wang De Sheng 王德生 as Li You De 李友德
Derek Chang 張軒睿 as Tiger
Soundtrack
V-Focus Original TV Soundtrack (OST) (獨家保鑣 原聲帶) was released on December 30, 2016 by various artists under Rock Records. It contains 10 tracks total, in which 8 songs are various instrumental versions of the songs. The opening theme is track 1 "Roll Your Eyes 翻白眼" by 831 八三夭, while the closing theme is track 2 "Passing Smile 微笑帶過" by Shi Shi 孫盛希.
Track listing
Title Singer(s) 1. "Roll Your Eyes" (翻白眼) 831 八三夭 3:15 2. "Passing Smile" (微笑帶過) Shi Shi 孫盛希 4:23 3. Untitled (獨家振奮) Instrumental 2:50 4. Untitled (獨家浪漫) Instrumental 2:39 5. Untitled (獨家夢幻) Instrumental 3:09 6. Untitled (獨家雀躍) Instrumental 3:04 7. Untitled (獨家擁抱) Instrumental 3:05 8. Untitled (獨家微笑) Instrumental 2:58 9. Untitled (獨家幽默) Instrumental 3:02 10. Untitled (獨家溫暖) Instrumental 3:02
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Songs not featured on the official soundtrack album.
Skater Kids Won't Be Bad 玩滑板的孩子不會變壞 by 831 八三夭
That Last Day 塌下來 by Shi Shi 孫盛希
Suspicion 嫌疑 by Shi Shi 孫盛希
Where Will You Go by Shi Shi 孫盛希
Disappeared 不見了 by Nine Chen 陳零九
Broadcast
Episode ratings
Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:
Air Date
Episodes
Weekly Average Ratings
Rank
Oct 26-28, 2016
1-3
0.80
4
Oct 31-Nov 4, 2016
4-8
0.98
3
Nov 7-11, 2016
9-13
0.96
3
Nov 14-18, 2016
14-18
1.04
3
Nov 21-25, 2016
19-23
1.18
3
Nov 28-Dec 2, 2016
24-28
1.22
3
Dec 5-9, 2016
29-33
1.20
3
Dec 12-16, 2016
34-38
1.22
3
Dec 19-23, 2016
39-43
1.08
3
Dec 26-30, 2016
44-48
1.30
3
Jan 2-6, 2017
49-53
1.33
3
Jan 9-13, 2017
54-58
1.33
3
Jan 16-20, 2017
59-63
1.31
3
Jan 23-24, 2017
64-65
1.50
3
Average ratings
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Awards and nominations
Year
Ceremony
Category
Nominee
Result
2016
2016 Sanlih Drama Awards
Viewers Choice Drama Award
V-Focus
Nominated
Best Actor Award
Melvin Sia
Nominated
Best Actress Award
Ling Hung
Nominated
Best Kiss Award
Melvin Sia & Huang Wei Ting
Nominated
Best Screen Couple Award
Melvin Sia & Huang Wei Ting
Nominated
China Wave Award
Melvin Sia
Won
References
External links
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