A Tale of 2 Cities

This article is about the Singaporean TV series. For other uses, see A Tale of Two Cities (disambiguation).

A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城
Genre	Idol drama Romance
Starring	Rui En Joanne Peh Pierre Png Zhang Yaodong Mimi Chu Zhang Zhenhuan Kate Pang Yao Wenlong Julie Tan
Theme music composer	Johann Strauss
Opening theme	"Springtime Voices Waltz" by Masahiro Kawasaki
Ending theme	"Himitsu no Akko-chan" by Satoko Shimonari
Composer(s)	Johann Strauss
Country of origin	Singapore Malaysia
Original language(s)	Chinese Subtitles English (Singapore) Malay (Malaysia)
No. of episodes	21 episodes
Production
Location(s)	Singapore Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Running time	45 minutes
Production company(s)	MediaCorp Media Prima Berhad
Distributor	MediaCorp Studios STMB
Release
Original network	MediaCorp TV Channel 8 (Singapore) NTV7 (Malaysia)
Picture format	SDTV (480i 4:3) PAL (576i 4:3) HDTV (1080i 16:9)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1 Datasat Digital Sound 5.1 Sony Dynamic Digital Sound 5.1
First shown in	14 February 2011
Original release	14 February – 11 March 2011
Chronology
Preceded by	Prosperity
Followed by	Be Happy
External links
Website

A Tale of 2 Cities (Chinese: 樂在雙城; pinyin: Lè Zài Shuāng Chéng is a Singaporean Chinese drama which a co-produced by Media Prima Berhad and MediaCorp TV it was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air terrestrial television channel form MediaCorp TV Channel 8. Live it made its debut on 14 February to 11 March 2011. This drama serial consists of 21-episodes and was screened on every weekday nightlife at 21:00 until 22:00 SST and rerun it made from 19 to 30 December 2011 at every weekday nightlife at 21:00 until 22:00 SST.

It was telecasted on Malaysia's free-to-air terrestrial television channel form NTV7 channel it was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air terrestrial television channel form MediaCorp TV Channel 8.

In Malaysia, it will be broadcast on the NTV7 primetime drama slot at every weekday evening at 18:00 until 19:00 MST it was filming locations is done in Singapore (a national capital of Singapore) and Kuala Lumpur (a national capital of Malaysia).

This drama has four main couples, namely, Rui En with Pierre Png, Joanne Peh with Zhang Yao Dong, Julie Tan with Zhang Zhenhuan and Kate Pang with Yao Wen Long. Due to a number of famous artistes acting in this drama it attracted 904,000 viewers. All episodes can be viewed in xinmsn catchup.

Episodes 6, 12, 13, 16 to 20 were rated PG in the encore version.

Synopsis

This drama tells a tale of four women, whom all has the character "乐 (lè, happiness)" in their names, namely, Zhang Yale (portrayed by Rui En), Pan Leyao (portrayed by Joanne Peh), Lin Le (portrayed by Kate Pang) and Pan Lexuan (portrayed by Julie Tan). They go through many ups and downs in their respective lives, and eventually learns that happiness lies in simple living, in knowing what one wants in life and undauntingly daring to pursue it.

Yale was born into a wealthy family. When her parents pass away, she inherits their wealth. Yale leads a carefree and indulgent life, nonchalant about the running of the family bridal business and the investments she holds, and leaves these to her employees. Reality bites one day and Ya Le realizes that the bridal business is in the red, the investments have largely reaped no returns and the banks are hounding for repayment of the loans. She tries to seek help from her friends, but she is hurt to find out that they were only interested in her friendship because of her wealth and the lifestyle she could afford to share with them. Yale is now down and out, and her "friends" have all deserted her.

Just when Yale is at her wit's end, she finds out that her late mother had invested in a bridal business "Blissful Times" with her aunt, Jinfeng, who is running the business. Yale tries to sell her late mother's shares in "Blissful Times" to Jinfeng to raise cash to repay the banks. However, Jinfeng has other plans. She refuses to buy over le's share in the business and insists that Ya Le works in "Blissful Times" with her. Yale agrees.

Cast

Artiste	Character	Character (Chinese)	Description
Rui En	Zhang Yale	章雅乐	Mei Jinfeng's niece Designer for "Blissful Times" Lin Wentao's wife
Joanne Peh	Pan Leyao	潘乐瑶	Pan Jiaxiang and Wang Cuilan's daughter Ouyang Ming's wife
Pierre Png	Lin Wentao	林文涛	"Blissful Times" photographer Adopted son of Mei Jinfeng Student of Induk Taekwondo Four-time champion (National Taekwondo Championships) Zhang Yale's husband
Mimi Chu	Mei Jinfeng	梅金凤	"Blissful Times" lady boss Instructor of Induk Taekwondo Academy
Zhang Yaodong	Ouyang Ming	欧阳明	Ouyang Feng's son Leyao's constant companion Pan Leyao's husband
Zhang Zhenhuan	Yin Zhengkai	殷正凯	CEO of Mika Group Pan Lexuan's husband
Kate Pang	Lin Le	林乐	Daughter of Mei Jinfeng Pan Weisong's wife
Yao Wenlong	Pan Weisong	潘伟松	Pan Jiaxiang and Wang Cuilan's son Lin Le's husband Student of Induk Taekwondo
Julie Tan	Pan Lexuan	潘乐萱	Pan Jiaxiang and Fengping's daughter Yin Zhengkai's wife
Ho Kwai Lam	Ouyang Feng	欧阳风	Mei Jinfeng's ex-enemy Father of Ouyang Ming Ex-boss of "I Do I Do" Instructor of Jinshan Taekwondo academy Later Mei Jinfeng's suitor

Other cast

Artiste	Character	Description
Huang Wenyong	Pan Jiaxiang	Wang Cuilan's husband
Xiang Yun	Wang Cuilan	Pan Jiaxiang's wife
Constance Song	Yin Zhengwen	Yin Zhengkai's elder sister Chairman of Mika Group
Ya Hui	Guan Yiting	Lin Wentao's ex-lover
Darren Lim	Li Zhenbang	Ex-student of Jinshan Taekwondo Academy Student of Red Sun Taekwondo Academy
Jerry Yeo	Star	Singer at a bar Cross-dresses
Joshua Ang	Qian Wenlong	Pan Lexuan's ex-boyfriend

Trivia

This drama is the first MediaCorp TV drama in 2011 to have an instrumental music for the opening theme, the next three shows with music as the opening theme are C.L.I.F., On the Fringe and Bountiful Blessings.
Some scenes in this drama were shot in Kuala Lumpur. However, it is not a co-production with NTV7. Some Kuala Lumpur scenes were also shot in Singapore.
Originally this drama had intended to produce 21-episodes, but there would be an additional episode due to overruns in filming.
Zhu Mi Mi apparently plays two roles, as Mei Jinfeng and the "Fairy Godmother" in Yale's dreams (eps 1 & 21).
Joanne Peh and Zhang Yao Dong paired up again after The Greatest Love of All and Your Hand In Mine.
Huang Wenyong and Xiang Yun were paired up for many times. Their recent pair-up was The Score.
In Your Hand In Mine, Huang Wenyong and Yao Wenlong were brothers. In this drama, they are father and son.
In Joys of Life, Yao Wenlong and Kate Pang were father and daughter. In this drama, they are husband and wife
The show was originally called 'Love In Two Cities'

Star Awards 2012 nominations

Show 1

Loo Yin Kam was nominated for the Best Director award, but the award went to Chong Liung Man in C.L.I.F.
Paul Yuen and Tang Yeow were nominated for the Best Screenplay award, but the awards went to Chen Sew Khoon and Lau Chin Poon in The In-Laws and Ang Eng Tee in On the Fringe.
Soh Kok Leong was nominated for the Best Drama Cameraman award, but the award went to Tommy Lee in A Song to Remember.
Rui En clinched the Favourite Female Character award.

Show 2

Rui En and Joanne Peh were nominated for the Best Actress award, of which Joanne Peh clinched the award.
Kate Pang clinched the Best Newcomer Award.

International broadcast

Country/Region	Original network	Original channel	Daily	Start timeslot	End timeslot	Timezone	Episode premiere	Episode finale	Dubbed	Subtitle
Malaysia	Media Prima Berhad	NTV7	Weekday	18:00	19:00	MST	2 January 2012	present	Chinese	Malay
Singapore	MediaCorp TV	Channel 8	Weekday	21:00	22:00	SST	14 February 2001	11 March 2011	Chinese	English