Happy 300 Days


Happy 300 Days is a 2013 Taiwanese romantic-comedy television drama created and produced by TTV, starring Tammy Chen and Kingone Wang as the main leads with KunDa Hsieh, Kaiser Chuang and Grace Ko in supporting roles. The title is in reference to the main characters anticipation in meeting their unborn child which they nickname "Happiness". The drama began filming on January 4, 2013 and finished on April 19, 2013, it was filmed while it aired. Original first broadcast began on March 8, 2013 during TTV's standard and HD channels 10:00-11:30 p.m. timeslot airing every Friday night and final episode airing on June 21, 2013 with 15 episodes total.

Synopsis

A single woman decides to quit her job and leave her big city life behind to return to her childhood home when she suddenly finds out she is pregnant with her ex-boyfriend's child. Back in her hometown she encounters three men that she had recently cross path with that has also just arrived from the big city, but trouble ensues when each of these men falls in love with her and wants to be the father of her unborn child.

Plot summary

Chen Ya Ting suddenly finds out she is pregnant with her cheating ex-boyfriend's child. After deciding that she will keep her baby and raise it on her own, she quits her job as a hotel customer representative at a fancy hotel in Taipei in order to move back to her hometown of Kenting, a seaside vacationing town, to live with her mother Gigi who owns and manages a run down vacationing inn call "Spring Breeze". There she meets three men she had recently encountered in Taipei.
Talented interior designer Qi Tian is recently out of a job when his arrogant and uncompromising attitude causes his boss to lose an important client. Bored at home, he is excited when he receives a phone call from Gigi who sounds like a promising client. She lies to him that she owns a grand hotel and is looking for a famous interior designer to give it a total makeover. Once Qi Tian arrives in Kenting he wants to leave immediately when he sees Gigi's "Spring Breeze" inn, but is unable to because he is stuck there when his car got damaged during the journey. At the inn he meets Ya Ting who he is instantly attracted to, but later finds out that they were former high school classmates who he was in love with, because of his over 50 self-centered love confession letters to her she rejected his love back than. After finding out that his idol was a designer of "Spring Breeze", he agrees to stay and take on the project to redesign it.
Small time triad gangster Zhang Yao Yang is on the run from the authorities when he thinks he has killed someone. He arrives in Kenting by accident when he gets nervous after seeing a policeman headed his way on the train and decides to get off at the next stop. He meets Ya Ting at the local market while trying to get away from police and falls in love with her at first sight. Not wanting to let her get away, he follows her all the way to the "Spring Breeze" inn where he takes up residency and later becomes the chef when Gigi discovers his talent for cooking.
Ding Hao Quan was a respected doctor and surgeon in pediatrics, but due to the death of a patient during surgery he is traumatized and loses his confidence. Turning to alcohol to cope with his inner pain he tries to commit suicide on the roof deck of the hotel that Ya Ting works at in Taipei. After Ya Ting talks him out of suicide he talks her out of aborting her child. He arrives in Kenting to visit the grave site and pay his respect to his patient. While trying to commit suicide again by jumping off a boat, Qi Tian saves his life and brings him back to the "Spring Breeze" inn.
When the three men find out that Ya Ting is pregnant and unwed, they think of a plan to help her since she is afraid of letting her mother Gigi know because Gigi was also an unwed mother and made her daughter Ya Ting promised not to follow the same path as her. Yao Yang, who is the first to fall in love with Ya Ting, plans to pretend to be the father of her unborn child, but his idea is announced first to Gigi by Qi Tian.
Soon Ya Ting and Qi Tian marry to follow through with the lie. With the two pretending to be a married couple, each day they begin to fall more in love with each other, but both with their stubborn personalities refuse to admit their feelings to one another. Their relationship is also complicated by Yao Yang and Hao Quan being in love with Ya Ting and wanting to take Qi Tian's place as the pretend father. Also Qi Tian having an ex-girlfriend that won't let go and accept that he is married to someone else.

Cast

Main cast

Happy 300 Days TV Drama Soundtrack was released on May 31, 2013 by various artists under Warner Music Taiwan. It contains 10 tracks total, in which 3 tracks are various instrumental versions of the songs. The opening theme is track 1 "Happy 300 Days 遇見幸福三百天" performed by Kingone Wang, while the closing theme is track 2 "Happy Person 幸福者" by Jie Wei Ling.

Track listing

Filming locations

Happy 300 Days was filmed entirely on location in Taiwan. Majority of filming took place in Kenting located in Pingtung County and Taipei. The hostel depicted and where all the main characters lives is actually a fully functional vacationing hotel called "The Light Inn" located in Kenting Township.

''Taipei, Taiwan''

Episode ratings

Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:
: Episode 1 was re-broadcast a week after the drama began airing on March 8, 2013 due to the 2013 World Baseball Classic games airing at the same time.