Love or Spend (Chinese: 戀愛鄰距離; pinyin: liàn'ài lín jù lí; literally "Love the Neighbor Distance") is a 2015 Taiwanese television series starring Kingone Wang, Ling Hung [zh], Jolin Chien, Dayuan Lin [zh] and Li Jing Tian. Shooting began on October 23, 2015, and wrapped up on February 22, 2016. The original broadcast began on November 4, 2015, on SETTV, airing weekdays (Monday through Friday) at 8:00 pm.

Premise

Pei Zheng Xi (Kingone Wang) and Mo Cheng Zhen (Jennifer Hong) have been close friends since childhood. Their mothers are best friends and have always hoped that their kids would fall in love and marry each other, but the two share no romantic feelings. Ultimately, their mothers convince them to explore their individual love lives and find their soul mates by their 32nd birthdays. If they fail to find their matches, they have to marry each other.

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast

  • David Chiu [zh] as Xu Wei Ming 徐維銘（Victor）
  • Lawrence Liu [zh] as He Li Yang 何立揚
  • Fu Lei (傅雷) as Pei Yong Jin 裴勇進
  • Tan Ai-chen as Chen Cai Ling 陳采靈
  • Elten Ting [zh] as Huang Ji Xia 黃季霞
  • Chen Bor-jeng [zh] as Xu Zhi Hui 徐志輝（Stanley）
  • Lin Xiu Jun (林秀君) as Gong Pei Rong 鞏佩蓉（Wendy）
  • Deyn Li [zh] as Wu Ren Yan 吳仁彥
  • Christina Mok [zh] as Lu Wei Xuan 陸蔚萱
  • Hsieh Chi-wen [zh] as Zheng Jia Zheng 鄭嘉政
  • Yang Chieh-mei as Chen Yu Hua 陳郁華
  • Vince Kao [zh] as Hong Xing Yuan 洪行遠
  • Yan Yi Ping (顏怡平) as Yan Man Man 顏蔓蔓
  • Bebe Chang [zh] as Qian Xiao Wei 錢曉薇
  • Lin Jia Wei (林家磑) as Gao Yi Dian 高一點
  • Yang Li-yin as Xu Hua Hua 許花花
  • Zhang Yu Ci (張淯詞) as Feng Xia Sheng 馮夏生
  • Esther Huang as Hong Qian Hui 洪千慧 (Vivian)

Cameo

Soundtrack

Title (English) Title (Chinese) Performer
(Chinese name
in parentheses)
"Can't Lose You Now" 保護你 Patrick Brasca (派偉俊)
"Don't Say Goodbye" 我不要 Popu Lady
"Love Addiction" 信愛成癮 Ella Chen
"Age of 30" 30啊 Ella Chen
"The Nearness of Distance" 親密的疏離 Celeste Syn (冼佩瑾)
"Jessika" Celeste Syn (冼佩瑾)
"Throw You in the River" 把你丟進淡水河裡 Celeste Syn (冼佩瑾)
"My Time" 我的時代 Patrick Brasca (派偉俊)
"I Like You" 我喜歡你 Patrick Brasca (派偉俊)
"Wooden Man" 木頭人 Aaron Yan
"Love Against the Flow" 逆流愛情 Power Station
"Rainbows" Andrew Yeh (葉懷佩)

Broadcast

Network Country Airing Date Timeslot
SETTV  Taiwan November 4, 2015 Monday to Friday 8:00-9:00 pm
ETTV Monday to Friday 9:00-10:00 pm
Astro Shuang Xing  Malaysia November 5, 2015 Monday to Friday 6:00-7:00 pm
VV Drama  Singapore December 7, 2015 Monday to Friday 7:00-8:00 pm

Episode ratings

Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:
Air Date Episodes Weekly Average Ratings Rank
Nov 4–6, 2015 1–3 1.55 4
Nov 9–13, 2015 4–8 1.33 4
Nov 16–20, 2015 9–13 1.41 3
Nov 23–27, 2015 14–18 1.40 3
Nov 30–Dec 4, 2015 19–23 1.27 4
Dec 7–11, 2015 24–28 1.42 3
Dec 14–18, 2015 29–33 1.54 3
Dec 21–25, 2015 34–38 1.66 3
Dec 28, 2015 – Jan 1, 20161 39–42 1.53 3
Jan 4–8, 2016 43–47 1.72 3
Jan 11–15, 2016 48–52 1.53 3
Jan 18–22, 2016 53–57 1.52 3
Jan 25–29, 2016 58–62 1.72 3
Feb 1–5, 2016 63–67 1.80 3
Feb 8–12, 2016 Special Ep 1–2 1.25 3
68–70
Feb 15–19, 2016 71–75 1.75 3
Feb 22–23, 2016 76–77 1.73 3
Average ratings 1.54 –

^Note 1 : No episode was aired on December 31, 2015 due to SETTV airing New Year's Eve countdown special show.

Awards and nominations

Ceremony Category Nominee Result
2015 Sanlih Drama Awards Best Actor Award Kingone Wang Nominated
Best Actress Award Ling Hung Nominated
Best Potential Award Dayuan Lin Nominated
China Wave Award Kingone Wang Won
Viewers Choice Drama Award Love or Spend Nominated

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_or_Spend
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