The Sound of Happiness (Drama)

**The Sound of Happiness** (炮仔聲, ***The Sound of Happiness***) was a Taiwanese Drama produced by SanLi TV for year 2019-2020, after the finale of 100% Wife on 26/12/2018.

## Viewing Details

The drama was broadcasted on **SanLi Tv** (三立台灣台, ***SanLi Tv***) during weekdays. With the exception of the first and finale episodes having shorter running times, every episode of the drama is 2h30mins (15 minutes shorter on Fridays) due to inclusion of advertisements. After the original broadcast ended, the drama remains available at Vidol TV and SanLi's Youtube channel but are regional exclusive. The drama's opening theme and ending theme changes every month of broadcast, several insert themes are used. The most notable insert song was *Moonlight In The City* (城裡的夜光, **Moonlight In The City**), sung by **Mavis Hee** (許美靜, ***Mavis Hee***).

## Plot

The inspiration behind the story "The Sound of Happiness", comes from the saying, "Stealing an onion, marry a good husband", where the female protagonist remained unmarried lately, which made her parents worried. As such, her mother seeks advice from the temple, where an old man mentioned "Marrying a good husband, requires the plucking of onions." and the female protagonist followed the advice, she stole the onion. Due to her timid personality, her encounter with the protagonist will result in a series of interesting events.

## Characters and Cast

### Protagonists

* Lin Zhi Ming (林至明, *Lin Zhi Ming*): **Norman Chen** (陳冠霖, ***Norman Chen***)
* Wu Jia Wen (吳家雯, *Wu Jia Wen*)/**Yan Ke Ke (Coco)** (颜可可, ***Yan Ke Ke (Coco)***): **Cocco Wu** (吳婉君, ***Cocco Wu***)
* Wu Jia Yun (吳家芸, *Wu Jia Yun*): **Athena Lee Yen** (李燕, ***Athena Lee Yen***)
* He Xin Di (何辛帝, *He Xin Di*): **Vicky Tseng** (曾婉婷, ***Vicky Tseng***)
* Wu Jia Xiu (吳家琇, *Wu Jia Xiu*): **Grace Lin** (林玟誼, ***Grace Lin***)
* Zhan Wei Kai (詹威凱, *Zhan Wei Kai*): **Lance Yu** (余秉諺, ***Lance Yu***)
* Zhang Zheng Hao (張正浩, *Zhang Zheng Hao*)/**Mo Hao Tian** (莫昊天, ***Mo Hao Tian***): **John Chen** (陳志強, ***John Chen***)/**ShuWei Zhang** (張書偉, ***ShuWei Zhang***)

### Antagonists

* Ye Li Mei (葉麗美, *Ye Li Mei*): **Liu Hsiao-yi** (劉曉憶, ***Liu Hsiao-yi***)
* Jiang Hong Jie (江宏傑, *Jiang Hong Jie*): **Nic Chiang** (江宏恩, ***Nic Chiang***)
* Zhao Tian Yu (趙天宇, *Zhao Tian Yu*): **Eric Huang** (黃少棋, ***Eric Huang***)
* Li Jian Hua (李建華, *Li Jian Hua*): **Johnny Liu** (劉至翰, ***Johnny Liu***)

* **Fan Zhu Sheng** (范竹昇, ***Fan Zhu Sheng***)/**Robert**: The expertise in engineering and the initial lover of LuoShi, whose affluent background enabled him to become a university lecturer. After separating from the latter, he resumed his affairs with XinYu and LiLin. He cooperated with HongJie's ultimatum against LinFamily and was charged for his crimes. He is portrayed by **Richard Shen** (沈世朋, ***Richard Shen***).

* **Li Rong Guang** (李榮光, ***Li Rong Guang***): The affiliate of HongJie and prior to the series, he was romantically involved with FangZi. As an attempt to gain financial aid from her, he confined their daughter until the former rescue her. After escaping death from ZhengHao's hands, he was arrested for his crimes. He is portrayed by **Star Lin** (林佑星, ***Star Lin***).

* **Ni Xiao Xin** (倪曉馨, ***Ni Xiao Xin***): The mother of JiaMai and in her attempts to claim ZhouFamily's assets, she affected JiaXuan's relationship with YongCheng and even collaborated with LiMei, HuanHuan and YunRu. She later married an affluent family, her miscarriage was used by XinYu as an attempt to blackmail LuoShi. She is portrayed by **Bella Zhang** (張懷媗, ***Bella Zhang***).

* **Huang Li Lin** (黃麗玲, ***Huang Li Lin***): The childhood friend of YanXi, she initially supported JiaWen before assisting the former as well as HuiLin against the antagonistic acts of ZhengHao and TianYu. Due to her past relationship with Tony, she took advantage of YanXi's absence and attempted to engaged romantically with TianDing. After having affairs with ZhuSheng, she was killed by XinYu. Her actress is **Miao Zhen** (苗真, ***Miao Zhen***).

* **Ren Yu Tang** (任雨堂, ***Ren Yu Tang***): The bestie of XinYu and former colleague of XiaoKe and JiaYun in the earlier arc. As an attempt to reconcile with her initial lover WeiKai, she took advantage of an amnesiac BaLa to chase away JiaXiu. After almost costing KunMao's life, she was arrested for her crimes. Her actress is **Michell Lin** (林可唯, ***Michell Lin***).

### Lin Family

* Yang Ah Mei (楊阿梅, *Yang Ah Mei*): **Zhang Qin** (張琴, ***Zhang Qin***)
* Lin Qing Long (林清隆, *Lin Qing Long*): **Huang Jian Qun** (黃建群, ***Huang Jian Qun***)
* Yao Ming Zhu (姚明珠, *Yao Ming Zhu*): **Michelle Ho** (何如芸, ***Michelle Ho***)
* Liu Tian Ding (劉添丁, *Liu Tian Ding*): **Norman Chen** (陳冠霖, ***Norman Chen***)
* Wang Yan Xi (王妍熙, *Wang Yan Xi*): **Margeret Wong** (王宇婕, ***Margeret Wong***)
* Lin Zhi Wen (林至文, *Lin Zhi Wen*): **James Chen** (陳宇風, ***James Chen***)

### Wu Family

* Wu Guo Hui (吳國輝, *Wu Guo Hui*): **Lin Zai Pei** (林在培, ***Lin Zai Pei***)
* Ceng Mei Ru (曾美茹, *Ceng Mei Ru*): **Liu Mei Ling** (劉美鈴, ***Liu Mei Ling***)
* Wu Jia Xuan (吳家旋, *Wu Jia Xuan*): **Sunny Li** (李亮瑾, ***Sunny Li***)
* Wu Jia Long (吳家龍, *Wu Jia Long*): **Josh Wu** (吳東諺, ***Josh Wu***)
* Ceng Huan Huan (甄環環, *Ceng Huan Huan*): **Peilin Tsai** (蔡裴琳, ***Peilin Tsai***)

### Jin Family

* Xie Bao Xiu (謝寶秀, *Xie Bao Xiu*): **Hsieh Chiung-hsuan** (謝瓊煖, ***Hsieh Chiung-hsuan***)
* Jin Yong Jian (金詠健, *Jin Yong Jian*): **Huang Yu Rong** (黃玉榮, ***Huang Yu Rong***)
* Lin Shan Shan (林姍姍, *Lin Shan Shan*):**Ruby Lin** (林筳諭, ***Ruby Lin***)

### Cai (Zhan) Family

* **Ah Shui Po** (阿水婆, ***Ah Shui Po***): The mother of YueXia and YunRu's maternal grandmother, she is capable of predicting future events. Her actress is **Wang Mian Jiao** (王滿嬌, ***Wang Mian Jiao***).
* Cai Fu Gui (蔡富貴, *Cai Fu Gui*): **He Guan Ying** (何冠穎, ***He Guan Ying***)
* Chen Yue Xia (陳月霞, *Chen Yue Xia*): **Su Yi Qing** (蘇意菁, ***Su Yi Qing***)
* Zhan Kun Mao (詹坤茂, *Zhan Kun Mao*): **Chen Ting** (陳霆, ***Chen Ting***)
* Cai Yun Ru (蔡韻如, *Cai Yun Ru*): **Vivi Chen** (陳小菁, ***Vivi Chen***)
* Yin Jun Nan (殷駿南, *Yin Jun Nan*): **Li Rui Shen** (李睿伸, ***Li Rui Shen***)
* Li Bao Na (李寶娜, *Li Bao Na*): **Elissa Liao** (璟宣, ***Elissa Liao***)

### Related to YongXin-hospital

* Wang Shi Chang (王世昌, *Wang Shi Chang*): **Zhu Yong De** (朱永德, ***Zhu Yong De***)
* Chen Yu Yan (陳玉燕, *Chen Yu Yan*): **Liu Xiu Wen** (劉秀雯, ***Liu Xiu Wen***)
* Fang Mei Yun (方美雲, *Fang Mei Yun*): **Xu Jun Jun** (許鈞鈞, ***Xu Jun Jun***)
* Xu Ming Qiang (徐明強, *Xu Ming Qiang*): **Hsu Heng** (徐亨, ***Hsu Heng***)
* Lin Xiao Ke (林小可, *Lin Xiao Ke*): **Mong Ning** (許孟甯, ***Mong Ning***)
* Cai Chong Ren (蔡崇仁, *Cai Chong Ren*): **Rex Wu** (吳懷中, ***Rex Wu***)

### ZhouFamily

* Zhou Rui Yuan (周瑞淵, *Zhou Rui Yuan*): **Franco Chiang** (江國賓, ***Franco Chiang***)
* Shen Xiu Chun (沈秀春, *Shen Xiu Chun*): **Kelly Ko** (柯素雲, ***Kelly Ko***)
* Zhou Yong Cheng (周永誠, *Zhou Yong Cheng*): **Ling-shan Wu** (吳鈴山, ***Ling-shan Wu***)
* Zhou Jia Mai (周家邁, *Zhou Jia Mai*): **Mai Hai Lin** (麥海淇, ***Mai Hai Lin***)
* Zhou Yong Qi (周永琪, *Zhou Yong Qi*): **Kiki Lin** (林萱瑜, ***Kiki Lin***)
* Xu Pei Qi (徐佩琪, *Xu Pei Qi*)/**Nai Cha** (奶茶, ***Nai Cha***): **Lara Chen** (陳子玄, ***Lara Chen***)

### ShenFamily

* Shen Fang Zi (沈芳姿, *Shen Fang Zi*): **Josie Leung** (梁家榕, ***Josie Leung***)
* Ceng Guo Hao (曾國豪, *Ceng Guo Hao*): **Danny Chen** (亮哲, ***Danny Chen***)

### LuoFamily

* Luo Guan Ting (羅冠霆, *Luo Guan Ting*): **On Xue Bin** (淡学斌, ***On Xue Bin***)
* Luo Hui Lin (羅慧琳, *Luo Hui Lin*): **Lee Chia-Yi** (李佳豫, ***Lee Chia-Yi***)
* Zhao Dora (趙朵拉, *Zhao Dora*): **Wu Yi Han** (吳以涵, ***Wu Yi Han***)

### ChenFamily

* **Chen Li Min** (陳麗敏, ***Chen Li Min***)/**Chen Dong** (陳董, ***Chen Dong***): The bestie of LuoShi and BaLa, she was also XiuChun's old friend. She is portrayed by **Huang Chong Lan** (黃崇蘭, ***Huang Chong Lan***), her real-life husband had portrayed YongCheng.
* **Andrew**: The younger brother of LiMin and as a musician, he was close friends of XinDa. He returned overseas after ShanShan rejected his affection and reconciled with YongJian. He is portrayed by **Kai Hsu** (徐愷, ***Kai Hsu***).
* Chen Tian En (陳添恩, *Chen Tian En*): **Liu Yi Fang** (林義芳, ***Liu Yi Fang***)
* Chen Jian Hong (陳建弘, *Chen Jian Hong*): **Junior Han** (韓宜邦, ***Junior Han***)

* **Chen Wei Xin** (陳唯欣, ***Chen Wei Xin***)/**Chloe**: The youngest daughter of TianEn and after her initial lover's death, she was responsible for ending JianHua's relationship with JiaWen and helped to resolve ShenFamily's debt. Her extreme hostility towards the latter was used by JianHua as an attempt to claim her father's assets until she redeemed from her wrongdoings. Her actress is **Ho Yi Pei** (何依霈, ***Ho Yi Pei***).

### JiangFamily

* Jiang Can Tang (江燦堂, *Jiang Can Tang*)/**KDong** (K董, ***KDong***): **Vins Zheng** (伊正, ***Vins Zheng***)
* Jiang Yong Qi (江詠綺, *Jiang Yong Qi*) (Angela): **Yuki Hsu** (許瀞蔆, ***Yuki Hsu***)

### FangFamily

* Fang Bi Lian (方碧蓮, *Fang Bi Lian*): **Lin Pei Jun** (林珮君, ***Lin Pei Jun***)
* Qian Jin (錢進, *Qian Jin*): **Gao Shan Feng** (高山峰, ***Gao Shan Feng***)
* Lin Luo Shi (林洛詩, *Lin Luo Shi*): **Elsie Yeh** (葉全真, ***Elsie Yeh***)

* **Fang Xin Yu** (方心語, ***Fang Xin Yu***): The youngest daughter of BiLian, she was responsible for ending LuoShi and her initial lover ZhuSheng's relationship and having targeted the former's closed ones. After knowing LiLin's affairs with ZhuSheng, she perished together with her and entrusted her family to LuoShi. She is portrayed by **Li Xin** (李新, ***Li Xin***), her real-life husband portrayed ZhuSheng.

### Other Characters

* Liu Ah Yi (劉阿義, *Liu Ah Yi*): **Akkio Chen** (陳慕義, ***Akkio Chen***)
* Liu Da Wei (劉大為, *Liu Da Wei*): **Patrick Lee** (李沛旭, ***Patrick Lee***)
* Zhang Hui Xin (張惠心, *Zhang Hui Xin*): **Ding Ning** (丁寧, ***Ding Ning***)
* Ceng Kai Xin (甄凱欣, *Ceng Kai Xin*): **Joyce Yu** (游詩璟, ***Joyce Yu***)
* Gu Wen Yan (顧文彥, *Gu Wen Yan*): **Ah Loong** (阿龎, ***Ah Loong***)
* Ye Qing Gong (葉青松, *Ye Qing Gong*): **Cheng Peng Gao** (高振鵬, ***Cheng Peng Gao***)
* Jia Man Yi (賈曼玉, *Jia Man Yi*): **Carolyn Chen** (陳珮騏, ***Carolyn Chen***)
* Du Ba La (杜芭拉, *Du Ba La*): **Li Fang Wen** (李芳雯, ***Li Fang Wen***)
* Hu Li Hai (胡立海, *Hu Li Hai*): **John Chen** (陳志強, ***John Chen***)
* **Ah V** (阿V, ***Ah V***): The personal assistant of his aunt BaLa, when she worked as a conciliator. He is portrayed by **Chen Bo Han** (陳柏翰, ***Chen Bo Han***).
* **Ye Qiu Kou** (葉秋蔻, ***Ye Qiu Kou***): The mother of JunNan, she remarried after separating from KunMao. As an attempt to take revenge against ZhanFamily, she sided with HongJie but took residence overseas afterwards. She is portrayed by **Pan Li Li** (潘麗麗, ***Pan Li Li***).

* **Xia Ying Ying** (夏盈盈, ***Xia Ying Ying***): The childhood friend of YanXi and an affluent daughter. As a result of TianYu, she saved an amnesiac ZhiMing and infiltrated his relationship with JiaYun. She even cooperated with HongJie but decided to return overseas subsequently. Her actress is **Ricie Fun** (范宸菲, ***Ricie Fun***).

* **Yuan Li Shan** (袁麗珊, ***Yuan Li Shan***): The close subordinate of WeiKai and a policewoman. Her actress is **Yuan Li Shan** (袁儷珊, ***Yuan Li Shan***).
* **Kai Wen** (凱文, ***Kai Wen***): The personal chauffeur for ZhiMing and the most trusted personal assistant of LinFamily and also a close friend of XinDi. His actor is **Troy Chu** (楚翔, ***Troy Chu***).
* **Zheng Ting** (鄭婷, ***Zheng Ting***): The personal reporter of YunRu, she later opposed JiangFamily after HongJie was expelled from WorldGroup. She was targeted by MingZhu for her affairs with QingLong, and left with persuasion from YanXi and becoming close friend of ZhengHao (HaiTian). Her actress is **Blair Chu** (朱紫緹, ***Blair Chu***).
* **Zhang Di Yuan** (張帝元, ***Zhang Di Yuan***): The former assaulter for JiangFamily and YunRu, he became affiliated with LinFamily after opposing TianYu and became ZhouFamily's personal assistant and furthered his studies to become a lawyer with persuasion from ZhengHao. His actor is **Chen Di Yuan** (陳帝言, ***Chen Di Yuan***).
* **Jiang Cheng En** (江晨恩, ***Jiang Cheng En***): The ex-doctor of YongXin-hospital. He retained his friendship with JiaWen and YuYan, and was disappointed with ZhengHao's affairs with YanXi. His actor is **James Chang** (張維錫, ***James Chang***).
* **Li Guan Jun** (李冠軍, ***Li Guan Jun***): The manager for WorldHotel and after receiving bribing from MingZhu, he was arrested after falling into LiMei's hands. His actor is **Hsieh Chi-Wen** (謝其文, ***Hsieh Chi-Wen***).
* **Wang Li Hong** (王麗紅, ***Wang Li Hong***): The mother of MingQiang, she is portrayed by **Mei Fang** (梅芳, ***Mei Fang***).
* **Zhao Chye** (招財, ***Zhao Chye***): The underling of MingQiang, he was also a follower of JianHua. He is portrayed by **Zhan Jia Lin** (詹佳儒, ***Zhan Jia Lin***).
* **Jia Bao Yu** (賈寶玉, ***Jia Bao Yu***): The younger brother of ManYi and gave JiaMai encouragement in ZhouFamily, before venturing overseas to further his studies. His actor is **Li Bo Xiang** (李博翔, ***Li Bo Xiang***).
* **Dian Dian** (田恬, ***Dian Dian***): The underling of LiMei and HongJie, she once worked as an undercover of TianYu. She is portrayed by **Lai Ping Xuan** (賴品璇, ***Lai Ping Xuan***).
* **Ding Shi Min** (丁世民, ***Ding Shi Min***): The underling of HongJie, in truth, ShiMin had followed CanTang's orders to take care of Angela and keep an eye of HongJie. He is portrayed by **Leo Ding** (丁力祺, ***Leo Ding***).
* **Tony Chen** (Tony陳, ***Tony Chen***): The personal assistant of LuoFamily, but was later forced to perform antagonistic acts per HongJie's orders and in the past, he was romantically involved with LiLin. After opposing the former, he became a personal assistant to ZhouFamily. He is portrayed by **Jimmy Chen** (陳熙之, ***Jimmy Chen***).

## Notes

* The drama's name comes from a Hokkien song with a similar name; **Sound of Firecrackers Banging** (炮仔聲, ***Sound of Firecrackers Banging***), sung by **Jody Chiang** (江蕙, ***Jody Chiang***) and the drama was initially named **Marry a Good Family** (嫁給一個好人家, ***Marry a Good Family***).
* **Angus Hiseh** (謝承均, ***Angus Hiseh***) was starred as an important character in the poster and opening themes, he later returned as an additional cast in *Proud of You*.
* The name of YanXi's mother is **Ma Shu Fen** (馬淑芬, ***Ma Shu Fen***), who died in the past from an illness.
* The name of ZhengHao's father is **Zhang Tian Yang** (張天賜, ***Zhang Tian Yang***), who died when ZhengHao was very young.
* **Ye Xiao Qian** (葉小倩, ***Ye Xiao Qian***): The deceased granddaughter of QingGong and ex-girlfriend of JunNan. 10 years ago, XiaoQian's life was selfishly sacrificed by YueXia and ShiChang after involving in a tragic accident for the purpose of prolonging the life of BaoNa, which completely cured the cardiac illness for the latter.
* **Fang Mei Zhen** (方美貞, ***Fang Mei Zhen***) is the deceased former lover of RuiYan and bestie of LiMei. MeiZhen was survived by her own daughter, PeiQi.
* **Ni Xiao Han** (倪曉涵, ***Ni Xiao Han***): The younger sister of XiaoXin, who passed away after her bestie YunRu had worked with MingZhu in the past and became ZhiWen's initial wife.
* The name of WeiXin's deceased husband is **Cai Qing Feng** (蔡清風, ***Cai Qing Feng***).
* **Bao Zhu** (寳珠, ***Bao Zhu***): Name of KunMao's deceased first wife and WeiKai's adoptive mother.

## References

1. ↑ https://star.setn.com/news/792216
2. ↑ https://star.setn.com/news/457931
3. ↑ https://www.settv.com.tw/#!/drama/2018/Thesoundofhappiness?t=synopsis
4. ↑ https://star.setn.com/news/791691
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X6CIvf67vg
6. ↑ https://star.ettoday.net/news/1779745

* [1]: Link to the official website.
* [2]: Link to the Chinese Wikipedia-website, check there for further information regarding the characters that have only made cameo or guest appearances in the drama.