Youth Power

Youth Power (Chinese: 哇！陳怡君; pinyin: Wa! Chen Yi Jun) is a 2015 Taiwanese political drama, comedy, romance television series created and produced by TVBS. It stars Tammy Chen, Yao Yuan Hao, Jason Tsou, and Nana Lee as the main cast.^[1] Filming began on January 8, 2015 and wrapped up on July 21, 2015. First original broadcast began on May 1, 2015 on TTV airing every Friday night at 10:10-11:40 pm.

Youth Power
Promotional poster
Also known as	I am Chen Yi Jun
哇！陳怡君
Genre	Political drama, Comedy, Romance
Created by	TVBS
Written by	Wu Luo Ying 吳洛纓
Directed by	Zero Chou 周美玲 Qu You Ning 瞿友寧
Starring	Tammy Chen 陳怡蓉 Yao Yuan Hao 姚元浩 Jason Tsou 鄒承恩 Nana Lee 李千娜
Opening theme	Light and Heat 含廣告 by Wu Bai 伍佰
Ending theme	Rose's Diary 玫瑰日記 by Wu Bai 伍佰 feat. Nana Lee 李千娜
Country of origin	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original languages	Mandarin Hokkien English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	21
Production
Executive producer	Dai Tian Yi 戴天易
Producers	Ke Ci Hui 柯慈輝 Wang Xian Bin 王顯彬
Production locations	Taiwan Sabah, Malaysia London and Jurassic Coast, United Kingdom
Running time	90 minutes
Production companies	Fantastic Production Co., Ltd. 豐采節目製作股份有限公司 TVBS 聯意製作股份有限公司
Original release
Network	TTV TVBS
Release	1 May (2015-05-01) – 18 September 2015 (2015-09-18)
Related
The New World 新世界 (TTV) Boysitter 俏摩女搶頭婚 (TVBS) Wake Up 麻醉風暴 Taste of Love 唯一繼承者

Synopsis

Can three young people choose their own futures even when life sends them in an unexpected direction? Chen Yi Jun (Tammy Chen) grows up in a political family but detests politics and is determined to pursue her passion for music. But after college graduation, she is forced to return home and is thrown into the midst of her family drama. She teams up with her childhood friend Jiang Ye Qing (Yao Yuan Hao), who also grew up in a political family and thrives in it, and the social activist Huang Zhao Yuan (Jason Tsou). Forced to grow up among the pressures of the real world, can Yi Jun, Zhao Yuan and Ye Qing make the world bend to their own desires in life?^[2]

Cast

Main cast

• Tammy Chen [zh] as Chen Yi Jun 陳怡君
• Yao Yuan-hao as Jiang Ye Qing 江也晴
• Jason Tsou [zh] as Huang Zhao Yuan 黃兆元
• Nana Lee 李千娜 as Sha Bing Na 沙冰娜

Supporting cast

• Lu Yi-ching as Lin Li Zi 林麗子
• Tsai Chen-nan as Chen Jing Sheng 陳敬昇
• Ke Shu-chin [zh] as Lian Bai He 連百合
• Da Wen [zh] as Pai Pai 拍拍
• Hank Wu [zh] as Ban Jie Ming 班傑明（Benjamin）
• Chu Lu-hao [zh] as Jiang Bian 江邊

Special guest actors

• Kenji Chen [zh] as Xia Zhi Jie 夏志傑
• Joseph Hsia [zh] as Du Shen 杜聲
• Ma Hui-chen [zh] as Zhao Yuan's mother
• Hero Tai [zh] as Chen Qi Long 陳其龍
• Akio Chen as Wan Tong 萬通
• Lung Tien-hsiang [zh] as Lin Xian Cai (Xian Zi) 林仙財（仙仔）
• Jian Chang [zh] as Liu Guang Ming 劉光明
• Wang Zi Qiang 王自強 as Ah Yong Bo 阿勇伯
• Liu Hsiao-yi [zh] as Ah Zhu 阿珠
• Cindy Yen 袁詠琳 as Su Fei 蘇菲（Sophie）
• Ke Ci Hui 柯慈輝 as Brother Mao
• Qu Xian Ping 曲獻平 as Leslie
• Wang Hong Dao 王鴻道 as Li Gan Shi 李幹事
• Chen Hui Wen 陳繪文 as Ah Hui 阿惠
• Danny Liang [zh] as Lou Ri Xin 樓日新
• Xu Zhi Wei 許志偉 as policemen
• Jiang Rui Zhi 姜瑞智 as demonstrator

Special performances

• You Xiao Bai 游小白 as store manager
• Joanne Lien [zh] as Amy
• Cheng Ping-chun [zh] as Li Tian Bao 李天寶
• Hu Jun 胡鈞 as mayor
• Hsieh Yu-wei [zh] as Yang Xian Jin 楊先進
• Chu You-ning [zh] as Zheng Zi Xiang 鄭子翔
• Tseng Hsien-chung [zh] as school principal

Soundtrack

• Light and Heat 含廣告 by Wu Bai 伍佰
• Rose's Diary 玫瑰日記 by Wu Bai 伍佰 feat. Nana Lee 李千娜
• It's All Good 一切安好 by Karen Mok 莫文蔚
• Even If 哪怕 by Karen Mok 莫文蔚
• Regardez 看看 by Karen Mok 莫文蔚
• Fight For Dream 強心臟 by Boxing Yue Tuan Boxing樂團
• Think of Home 思故鄉 by Boxing Yue Tuan Boxing樂團

Broadcast

Network	Country	Airing Date	Timeslot
TTV	Taiwan	May 1, 2015 (until July 7, 2015)	Friday 10:10-11:40 pm
		July 24, 2015 (until September 11, 2015)	Friday 10:15-11:45 pm
		September 18, 2015	Friday 10:00-11:30 pm
TVBS		May 2, 2015	Saturday 10:00-11:30 pm
Astro Shuang Xing	Malaysia	September 10, 2015 (until September 24, 2015)	Sunday to Thursday 4:00-5:00 pm
		September 25, 2015	Monday to Friday 4:00-5:00 pm

Episode ratings

Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:

• SET Taiwan - Life of Pearl, An Adopted Daughter
• FTV - Justice Heroes
• SETTV - Murphy's Law of Love, Love Cuisine
• CTV - Crime Scene Investigation Center, Doctor Stranger

Air Date	Episode	Average Ratings	Rank
May 1, 2015	1	0.49	4
May 8, 2015	2	--	--
May 15, 2015	3	--	--
May 22, 2015	4	--	--
May 29, 2015	5	--	--
Jun 5, 2015	6	0.50	4
Jun 12, 2015	7	--	--
Jun 19, 2015	8	--	--
Jun 26, 2015	9	--	--
Jul 3, 2015	10	--	--
Jul 10, 2015	11	--	--
Jul 17, 2015	12	--	--
Jul 24, 2015	13	--	--
Jul 31, 2015	14	--	--
Aug 7, 2015	15	--	--
Aug 14, 2015	16	0.82	4
Aug 21, 2015	17	--	--
Aug 28, 2015	18	--	--
Sep 4, 2015	19	--	--
Sep 11, 2015	20	0.92	4
Sep 18, 2015	21	--	--
Average ratings		0.68

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
2016	51st Golden Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series	Jason Tsou	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series	Ke Shu Qin	Nominated