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The Magicians of Love (Chinese: 愛情魔髮師; pinyin: Ai Qing Mo Fa Shi) is a 2006 Taiwanese drama produced by Sanlih, starring Ming Dao, Jacky Zhu, Ehlo Huang from Taiwanese boyband 183 Club, and Joanne Tseng from the musical duo Sweety as the main leads. The series ran from February 12, 2006 to July 9, 2006 on Sanlih's TTV channel, with 22 episodes total.
The Magicians of Love | |
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Also known as | Love Magician, 爱情魔发师 |
愛情魔髮師 | |
Genre | Romance, Comedy |
Created by | Sanlih E-Television |
Written by | Liu Dian Run |
Directed by | Liu Jun Jie Chen Ming Zhang |
Starring | Ming Dao Joanne Tseng Sam Wang Jacky Zhu Ehlo Huang |
Opening theme | Perfect Lover 183 Club |
Ending theme | A Date So Sweet by 183 Club |
Country of origin | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Original language | Mandarin |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 22 |
Production | |
Producer | Chen Yu Shan |
Production location | Taiwan |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company | Sanlih E-Television 三立電視 |
Original release | |
Network | TTV |
Release | 12 February – 9 July 2006 |
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Three top hairstylists in town, Artz (Matt Lin, aka Ming Dao), Riche (Sam Wang), and Fernando (Jacky Chu), open the "Neo-Image Hair Salon" opposite the traditional barbershop run by Little Bei (Joanne Tseng) and her father. The new "Neo-Image Hair Salon" is also a big blow to Ming (Ehlo Huang), apprentice of Little Bei's father who always claims to be Little Bei's boyfriend. Worse still, Little Bei becomes attracted to the charismatic top hairstylists, especially Artz and Riche. What will be the future of Little Bei's shop and her love life?
The world-famous hair salon franchise, Neo-Image has opened and its top three hairstylists - Ya Si (Ming Dao), Er Qi (Sam Wang Shao Wei), and Fei Nan Du's (Jacky Zhu Fan Gang) - fashioning handsome hairstyles attract huge crowds. At this time, a foreign affairs government official rushes over and asks them for help. It turns out that a shampoo company is conducting an event called the "Asian Hairstyle Competition" and they have hired a part-time female hairstylist to compete against the top-notch French hairstylist. Their objective is to help advertise the French hair products. Since this event will seriously belittle the country's image, Ya Si and the guys decided to help out.
Ya Si and the guys replace the part-time female hairstylist to help gain some glory for their country. When the dazzling model comes out with the beautiful hairstyle, Ya Si and the guys received cheers fit for a hero. The female hairstylist that they chased off the stage is none other than Nuo Ruo Yi (Xiao Bei), a worker from "Zhong Nan Barbershop," Neo-Image's neighbor over the next alley. Even though Ya Si has chased Xiao Bei off the stage, but seeing her snip her first cut, he decided that she has quite the talent and secretly plots to win her over.
Neo-Image's grand opening is a serious blow to the family-run style "Zhong Nan Barbershop." Zhong Nan's owner is called Lao Bei (Zhao Shun) and he opened up this barbershop after retiring from the army. Now that there is a brand new and fashionable hair salon at the front of the alley, it is only natural that their customers are decreasing day by day. Even more importantly is that his daughter, Xiao Bei's heart, has already been deeply captivated by Neo-Image's glory.
Chou Mei (Qiu Shu Fang) followed Ya Si through 18 towns and finally got the chance to have him change her hairstyle. On Neo-Image's opening night, Chou Mei went into the store's "Magic Room" and didn't come back out. Through the darkness of the window, Xiao Bei saw Fei Nan Du wielding his knife and blood splashing out; Neo-Image's back door, Xiao Bei saw Er Qi handing over a large canvas bag to two guys. Xiao Bei believes that Chou Mei must have met with an accident and hence, decided to report it to the police. Ya Si and the guys were brought to the police station and Xiao Bei called for a press conference at Zhong Nan to account for the "murder" that she witnessed. Not long after that, Chou Mei returns home and put an end to this whole ridiculous matter. Unfortunately, when the truth comes out, it was already too late to stop the submission of the newspaper article.
The next day, "Suspicious Murder Case" made the headline news and Fei Nan Du urgently called for a press conference in front of the store. In the middle of his explanation, the Chief of Defense Force arrived at Zhong Nan Barbershop. The reporters went crazy and starts asking about the army's military exercise practices. Ya Si and Xiao Bei bets on the headline news for the next day. Unfortunately, Ya Si lost to Xiao Bei and as a result, not only does he have to take wedding photos with Chou Mei but he also has to sleep overnight at the "haunted room" on Zhong Nan's top floor. A drunken Ya Si mistakes Xiao Bei to be Qing Kong and gives her a tender hug. Unfortunately, Zhe Ming (Ehlo Huang Yu Rong) unknowingly locks the door and Ya Si and Xiao Bie unexpectedly spends a night together...
Half a year ago, in a car accident in England, Ya Si lost both his mother and younger brother, but he didn't dare to tell this truth to his grandmother, Li Lian Nai Nai, who lives at Healthy Life Manor House. As a result, he pretends to be his younger twin brother, Ya Jun and goes to visit her. It just so happens that Xiao Bei is doing voluntary work by cutting hair there and Ya Si is forced to continue to go on with his "acting"...
Ya Si and Xiao Bei incidentally walked into the "Water Maze." Legend has it that if a couple can easily walk through the maze, then they are destined to be lovers for life. Years ago, Ya Si and Qing Kong did not manage to make it through the maze. On this day, Xiao Bei accidentally walked through it with one try and Ya Si was extremely shocked.
The wedding pictures that Ya Si and Chou Mei took were enlarged and placed outside the shop which made Ya Si vow for revenge. An opportunity arrives when Xiao Bei's assistant, Tong Tong, comes peeking into Neo-Image. Ya Si hopes that she would come to work and as a result, Ya Si and Xiao Bei makes a bet again. If Tong Tong comes to Neo-Image, then Xiao Bei must come to be a hair washer girl too. Tong Tong's betrayal caused Xiao Bei to lose the bet but when Xiao Bei thinks about leaving her father, her conscience would be troubled. Worried and not paying much attention caused Xiao Bei to get into a car accident. In her subconscious, she felt a guy saving her but she only remembers that the T-shirt that he was wearing had the number "23" on it...
On Xiao Bei's first day of work, there was a fight between famous model, Ke Lan and Emma over an advertising project. Top model, Ke Lan fell in love with Fei Nan Du at the height of her career but the flirty Fei Nan Du fell in love with Emma and they were caught kissing by the media. Through Er Qi and Ya Si's great efforts, Ke Lan finally won the right to be the advertisement's spokesperson.
Er Qi's god-father is one of Hong Kong's mafia bosses, Chen Ge. As a result of Er Qi's father losing Er Qi to Chen Ge over a bet, therefore, to Er Qi, Chen Ge is forever his master. Because Chen Ge's ninth wife, Bai He, likes Er Qi, it brought about Chen Ge's misunderstanding and forced Er Qi to escape from Hong Kong. Chen Ge, however, also sends people to "invite" Er Qi back to Hong Kong. Er Qi bumped into them a couple of times and Xiao Bei coincidentally happens to be by his side when it happens. As a result, Xiao Bei mistakes Er Qi to be "an undercover police officer." Er Qi doesn't deny it and his mysterious identity causes Xiao Bei to fall in love with him.
Qing Kong quietly comes back to the country but she didn't go see Ya Si as promised. On the contrary, she observes Ya Si from the side. Sure enough, she finds out that Ya Si treats Xiao Bei very well and couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed. Neo-Image is on the verge of carrying out its yearly evaluation for the assistants. The assistants can choose their friends as their model. Qing Kong hides her identity and deliberately gets close to Xiao Bei to become her good friend. Ya Si's younger twin brother, Ya Jun, has already died, but Ya Si continues to act as his brother to hide the fact from his grandmother. In order to make Nai Nai happy, Xiao Bei agrees to be Ya Jun's girlfriend for a day. It was on this day that Xiao Bei discovers many of Ya Si's good qualities and started having feelings for Ya Si.
The day of the yearly evaluation finally arrives. Mango, the one everyone acknowledges to be the most likely to be promoted to hairstylist, chooses to have Zhe Ming, who has had a huge fight with Xiao Bei, to be her model. Xiao Bei remains calm and was just about to leash out when Qing Kong comes to Neo-Image at that moment. When Xiao Bei finds out that Qing Kong is Ya Si's previous girlfriend, she was emotionally hurt and lost all her inspirations. As a result, she failed the evaluation. At this moment, Er Qi also realizes that the feelings that Xiao Bei have for Ya Si are out of the ordinary.
Qing Kong's appearance caused Xiao Bei to have competitions in both her career and love. Her and Ya Si's love for the future are filled with uncertainty. Neo-Image's England Marketing manager, Anna, was Ya Si's father's mistress. After Anna returns to the country, she was enticed by Fei Nan Du. On the front of operating Neo-Image, she and Ya Si were both fighting over the trend of the business and the art of hair-styling. Can Ya Si and Er Qi prove that if one persists on chasing one's dream then one day, it will come true? Stuck between Ya Si and Er Qi, who will be the one she ends up with in the end?[1]
The Magicians of Love Original Soundtrack | |
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Soundtrack album by Jungiery artistes | |
Released | 17 February 2006 |
Genre | Mandopop |
Language | Mandarin |
Label | Warner Music Taiwan |
The Magicians of Love Original Soundtrack (CD) (愛情魔髮師 電視原聲帶) was released on February 17, 2006 by Jungiery artistes under Warner Music Taiwan. It contains 13 songs, in which 6 songs are various instrumental versions of the songs. The opening theme is track 1 "Perfect Lover 完美情人" by 183 Club, while the closing theme is track 13 "A Date So Sweet 甜蜜約定" by 183 Club.
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Perfect Lover" (完美情人) | 183 Club | 4:33 |
2. | "Magic Room" | 183 Club | 3:17 |
3. | "Mis-take" (誤打誤撞) | Instrumental | 2:47 |
4. | "Bomba Bomba" | 183 Club | 3:05 |
5. | "Can't Fight the Fate" (不可抗拒的命運) | Instrumental | 1:58 |
6. | "Shattered Dream" (幻滅) | Instrumental | 3:03 |
7. | "Affective Line" (感情線) | Instrumental | 4:23 |
8. | "Nobody Knows That Secret" (沒人知道的秘密) | Instrumental | 3:38 |
9. | "2 Sweet" | Ehlo Huang & Joe Chen | 2:04 |
10. | "Maze" (迷宮) | 7 Flowers | 4:02 |
11. | "Gorgeous Revenge" (華麗的復仇) | Instrumental | 3:15 |
12. | "NEO Illusion" (霓虹幻影) | Instrumental | 3:16 |
13. | "A Date So Sweet" (甜蜜約定) | 183 Club | 4:03 |
The Magicians of Love Original Soundtrack HK ver. | |
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Soundtrack album by Jungiery artistes | |
Released | 18 July 2006 |
Genre | Mandopop |
Language | Mandarin |
Label | Warner Music Hong Kong |
A second version of the soundtrack was released for Hong Kong on July 18, 2006 under Warner Music Hong Kong. The CD features all 13 songs on the Taiwan version with a bonus VCD featuring 4 MV's and makings of the MV's.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "A Date So Sweet" (Makings of MV) | |
2. | "A Date So Sweet" (MV) | |
3. | "Perfect Lover" (Makings of MV) | |
4. | "Perfect Lover" (MV) | |
5. | "Magic Room" (Makings of MV) | |
6. | "Magic Room" (MV) | |
7. | "Bomba Bomba" (Makings of MV) | |
8. | "Bomba Bomba" (MV) |
It remade by Indonesia as Penyihir Cinta
Episode | Air Date | Average Ratings | Ranking |
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1 | February 12, 2006 | 3.60 | 1 |
2 | February 19, 2006 | 4.50 | 1 |
3 | February 26, 2006 | 4.05 | 1 |
4 | March 5, 2006 | 4.20 | 1 |
5 | March 12, 2006 | 4.15 | 1 |
6 | March 19, 2006 | 4.28 | 1 |
7 | March 26, 2006 | 4.48 | 1 |
8 | April 2, 2006 | 4.55 | 1 |
9 | April 9, 2006 | 4.84 | 1 |
10 | April 16, 2006 | 4.66 | 1 |
11 | April 23, 2006 | 4.89 | 1 |
12 | April 30, 2006 | 5.05 | 1 |
13 | March 7, 2006 | 5.20 | 1 |
14 | March 14, 2006 | 4.27 | 1 |
15 | March 21, 2006 | 5.02 | 1 |
16 | March 28, 2006 | 5.15 | 1 |
17 | June 4, 2006 | 4.29 | 1 |
18 | June 11, 2006 | 4.96 | 1 |
19 | June 18, 2006 | 4.63 | 1 |
20 | June 25, 2006 | 1 | |
21 | July 2, 2006 | 4.73 | 1 |
22 | July 9, 2006 | 5.44 | 1 |
Average ratings | 4.62 |
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