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The Year of Happiness and Love (2009)
Jiang Chen-bo is a loser without prospects for success, until a surprise promotion becomes the catalyst for his entire family's upturn in fortune.
Writing:
Release Date:
Fri, Aug 07, 2009
Country: TW
Language: Zh
Runtime:
Country: TW
Language: Zh
Runtime:
James Wen
Jiang Chen Bo
Amber Kuo
Chen Su Xin
Weber Yang
Lin Ying Jie
Sonia Sui
Huang Guo Fen
Adriene Lin
Bi Er
Kay Huang
Jiang Li Mei
Wu Nien-jen
Chen Ding He
Lin Mei-shiu
Xiu Yu
Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen
Lin Ying Hao
Tsai Chen-Nan
A Sheng
Ko I-chen
Lin Chang Shou
Season 1:
Chen-bo is promoted to Executive VP and invites Su-xin to Taipei for the summer. Su-xin forgets about her promise with Guo-zhi and disappoints him.
Ying-jie satisfies Chen-bo's every need for his loyalty to the company and discusses Chen-bo's work with Su-xin, knowing they are siblings.
Chen-bo is infatuated with Maggie despite her outrageous credit card bills. He stumbles on a set of confidential documents and quits in a fury.
Bi-er invites Ying-jie and Su-xin to a night club party. Ying-jie gets into a fight and makes cover news. He's suspended and has time for love.
Chen-bo rethinks his resignation. The psychiatrist's diagnosis of Su-xin surprises Ying-jie. Guo-zhi's passionate overtures worry his parents.
Ying-jie visits the Chen family to save Ding-he's face. Everyone congratulates Chen-bo on his promotion. Ying-jie makes a full confession of his love.
Chen-bo tells Ying-jie about their difference in social status. Maggie wants to seduce her way up. Will Su-xin say yes to Guo-zhi's proposal?
Chen-bo, disheartened, is arrested for peddling on the street. Chen-bo deliberately avoids Guo-zhi. Ding-he learns the truth and has a stroke.
Ding-he's illness pains the family. Chen-bo and Su-xin stage fake weddings to make him feel better, but it hurts and confuses Ying-jie.
Ding-he stops Chen-bo from returning to his trade in Taipei. Ying-jie misunderstands Su-xin, who is also heartbroken over her love for him.
Ding-he is disappointed by Chen-bo over the computer incident. The jobless Chen-bo still makes Guo-fen happy and she falls deeper in love with him.
Su-xin learns to live independently in Taipei. Ying-jie saves Su-xin from an accident and the two meet by chance at a wedding. They finally make up.
The elders support Guo-fen and Chen-bo's relationship. Chen-bo thinks Guo-fen is not serious about marriage. Ying-jie plans a future with Su-xin.
Bi-er interrupts a video call between Ying-jie and Su-xin. The coffee shop manager is heartbroken to discover that Su-xin has a boyfriend.
Bi-er makes excuses to stay at Ying-jie's place and acts as the lady of the house. Ying-jie moves in with Su-xin and gives her a grand gift.
Guo-fen tells Chen-bo her feelings on their business trip. Ying-hao beats Manager Gao with an ashtray but blames it on Chen-bo.
Ying-jie suppresses his shock over the changes in succession. Su-xin delivers lunch to her lover. Chen-bo helps Guo-fen overcome her kabourophobia.
Mr. Zhao, the lawyer, finds out about the CEO's secret. Guo-fen starts her crab farming plan. Chen-bo feels threatened by Yi-ping.
Su-xin gently accompanies the unemployed Ying-jie. The crafty Zhao tempts Ying-jie with power and Chen-bo decides to give up on Guo-fen.
Ying-jie does not want to give up the development project. He chooses his career over Su-xin and leaves her. Chen-bo decides to go into shipping.
Guo-fen and Chen-bo make up. Ying-jie marries Bi-er. He unveils Chang-shou's scandal and demands to succeed his position as CEO.
Ying-jie finally gains complete control over the Group. Chang-shou and Ying-hao move to Canada. Su-xin goes missing. Guo-zhi beats Ying-jie up.
Ding-he doesn't want Su-xin to accept treatment. Ying-jie is preoccupied with the resort plan and ignores Bi-er. Guo-zhi is still in love with Su-xin.
Su-xin, who has amnesia, is frightened by Ying-jie. Plans for the resort are blockaded. Guo-zhi finds out about Su-xin's pregnancy and flees.
Mr. Zhao the lawyer replaces Ying-jie as CEO. The crab farm is completely destroyed. Angered, Guo-fen blames Chen-bo and they fight continuously.
Zhao blocks plans for the resort. Ying-jie starts a new company. Bi-er discovers Su-xin's mental illness and Ying-jie feels guilty after he finds out.
Ding-he objects to Chen-bo's plans to invest in a B&B. Ding-he's family rejects Guo-zhi's marriage proposal. Ying-jie's singing video hurts Su-xin.
Ying-jie discovers by accident that Su-xin is pregnant and sends her to the U.S. to give birth. Zhao turns local representatives against Ying-jie.
Ying-jie promises to look after Su-xin's child. Bi-er is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Zhao gives up control of the Group for his daughter.
Ding-he and Ahsheng worry about Chen-bo and Guo-fen. Both refuse to give in but both give each other gifts of love. Will there be a happy ending?
Chen-bo thanks his father for advertising the B&B and finds pleasure in hard work. Ying-jie and Su-xin meet and their lives are changed.
Ying-jie refuses surgery for his cerebral hemorrhage. He meets his father and they lament their lives. Su-xin becomes a mother and regains her memory.
Ying-jie bids Su-xin farewell. Guo-zhi proposes to Su-xin for the third time but fails. Chen-bo tries his best to propose to Guo-fen.
