''Meteor Garden'' () is a 2018 mainland Chinese television series starring

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. The series is based on the

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, and a remake of the 2001 Taiwanese series of the same name. The series is produced by the maker of the original Taiwanese series

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and directed by Lin Helong. It is set in

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. The series reboot was first broadcast in China on

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, then made available after its airing to VIP users of its streaming counterpart,

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. The stream was then made available to everyone the day after it aired. Two episodes were released per day on a Monday to Wednesday basis. It is also available globally via

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Plot

The story centers around an ordinary girl, Dong Shancai (

), who is accepted into the most prestigious university in the country, Ming De University. Shancai is a girl from a family that barely makes ends meet. Due to the nature of her personality, she immediately clashes with F4, an elite clique composed of the four most popular boys in the institution, especially its spoiled, rich and arrogant leader - Daoming Si (

). Gradually, Daoming Si falls deeply in love with Shancai, only to realize that she is in love with one of his best friends, Huaze Lei (

). Eventually, the four boys begin to acknowledge Shancai's unyielding personality that is like her namesake: a weed that can never be brought down. Shancai begins to see the good in the boys, paving the way for friendships and an eventual romance. However, Daoming Si's mother strongly disapproves of Shancai due to her social status and family background, thus the former doing all things in order to break Shancai and Daoming Si's relationship.

Cast

Main

Supporting

*Wang Lin 王琳 as Daoming Feng 道明枫 *

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as Daoming Zhuang 道明莊 * Li Jiaqi 厉嘉琪 as Jiang Xiaoyou 蒋小优 *Liu Yinhao 刘尹昊 as Chen Qinghe 陈青和 *Dong Xin 董馨 as Li Zhen 李真 *Sun Qian 孙千 as He Yuanzi 何原姿 (小姿） *Lin Peng 林鹏 as Dong Danian 董大年 - Shancai's father *Zhang Li 张莉 as Shancai's mother *Sun Yihan 孙伊涵 as Tengtang Jing 腾唐静 *Wang Runze 王润泽 as Tian Ye 田野 *Blake Abbie as Thomas 托马斯 *Wang Yunhua 王韵华 as Jiang Baihe 江百合 *An Ziyi 安紫依 as Li Xinhui 李心惠 *Yang Guang 杨光 as Yu Sao 玉嫂 *Liu Ye 刘烨 as Zhou Caina 周彩娜 *Wang Dong 王东 as Ye Mingchuan 叶明川 *Zhao Huaran 赵奂然 as Yan Shunping 颜舜平 *Jin Haochen 金澔辰 as Yan Zhibu 颜之步 *Dai Yaqi 戴雅琪 as Geng Yifen 耿怡芬 (小更) *Cai Huiquan 蔡慧泉 as Young Dong Shancai 董杉菜（童年） *Liu Huahua 刘画画 as Young Daoming Si 道明寺（童年） *Zhang Bowen 张博文 as Young HuaZe Lei 花泽类（童年） *Bei Jiaxin 裴佳欣 as Young Tengtang Jing 腾唐静（童年）

Cameo

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*Wang Yue 王月 as Sister Yue 月姐

Production

In April 2017, Angie Chai announced the remake of '' Meteor Garden'', which she produced in 2001. Prior to the announcement, Barbie Hsu hinted at the news on her Weibo account. Chai planned on making the remake a "fuller —and flashier— adaptation of the books". The drama was budgeted at 720 million New Taiwan dollars (about US$24 million) with 15 million per episode, thirty times higher than the original. A casting call was announced on social media on June 21, 2017 with a video and the topic, "#FindingF4". On November 7, 2017, the actors playing F4 were revealed, namely

(Daoming Si),

(Huaze Lei),

(Ximen Yan) and

(Feng Meizuo). Shen Yue's role as Dong Shancai was unveiled at a press conference in Shanghai on November 9.

auditioned for the role of Daoming Feng and was cast as Daoming Zhuang. The role of Daoming Feng was eventually portrayed by actress Wang Lin (Lilian Wang). In February 2018, it was announced that the director had been changed from Xu Fuxiang to Lin Helong.

Original soundtrack

Reception

Ratings

In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings. In China, ratings of at least 1.0% is considered high due to its large population and numerous TV share.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Meteor Garden 2018 2018 Chinese television series debuts Boys Over Flowers Chinese romantic comedy television series 2018 Chinese television series endings Television shows filmed in England Television shows filmed in Shanghai Television series reboots Television series about bullying