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'''Skip Beat!''' (Chinese: (Mandarin: 華麗的挑戰, literally ''Glamorous Challenge'') is a Taiwanese television series based on the [[Manga/SkipBeat manga of the same name.]] The series is a joint production between Taiwan and Japan, and is produced by Gala Television under executive producer Doze Niu. The series was first developed in 2008, where Ariel Lin and Jerry Yan were casted as the main roles, but production was postponed due to several financial setbacks and script re-writes, causing actors to drop out and the project was stuck in DevelopmentHell. It was brought back into production following the signing of Music/SuperJunior members [[PrettyBoy Siwon and Donghae]] in 2010 and Ivy Chen in 2011.
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Shang feels this towards Lian, while Gong Xi feels this towards Shang.
* UnfortunateNames: Gong Xi Fa Cai is a New Year's greeting, and Gong Xi is usually ridiculed because of this.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: [[spoiler:Lian runs into a problem when he cannot portray the emotions of love, since he hasn't experienced it before.]]
* UnfortunateNames: Gong Xi Fa Cai is a New Year's greeting, and Gong Xi is usually ridiculed because of this.
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* WhatIsThisFeeling: [[spoiler:Lian runs into a problem when he cannot portray the emotions of love, since he hasn't experienced it before.]]
* UnfortunateNames: Gong Xi Fa Cai is a New Year's greeting, and Gong Xi is usually ridiculed because of this.
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'''Skip Beat!''' (Chinese: 華麗的挑戰, literally ''Glamorous Challenge'') is a Taiwanese television series based on the [[Manga/SkipBeat manga of the same name.]] The series is a joint production between Taiwan and Japan, and is produced by Gala Television under executive producer Doze Niu. The series was first developed in 2008, where Ariel Lin and Jerry Yan were casted as the main roles, but production was postponed due to several financial setbacks and script re-writes, causing actors to drop out and the project was stuck in DevelopmentHell. It was brought back into production following the signing of Music/SuperJunior members [[PrettyBoy Siwon and Donghae]] in 2010 and Ivy Chen in 2011.
Although it is an AdaptationDistillation, the series follows the same plot as the original: upon graduating from high school, Gong Xi gives up her chances for university to support her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friend]], Bu Po Shang, in his pop idol career. Moving from Taitung to Taipei and debuting as an idol, Bu Po Shang's popularity quickly rises, eventually becoming one of the top idols in Taiwan. Gong Xi starts working on multiple jobs day after day to support him and his lifestyle, but finds out that he only used her so she can help him with his living expenses. Feeling heartbroken, Gong Xi vows to get revenge by becoming more famous than him.
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!!Provides Examples Of:
* AbusiveParents:
** Gong Xi's mother ignored her and left her at a young age.
** Shang's father slaps him in the face after Shang tells him that he wants to be an idol.
* AdaptationNameChange: Since the drama is set in Taiwan instead of Japan, the names were changed.
** Mogami Kyouko - Gong Xi
** Tsuruga Ren - Dun Helian
** Fuwa Shou / Fuwa Shoutarou - Bu Po Shang / Shang Jie Yong
** Kotomaki Kanae - Jiang Nan Qin
** Takenori Sawara - Shen De Yuan
** Yashiro Yukihito - Du Jin
** Takarada Lory - Luo Li
** Takarada Maria - Mary
* AdaptationalVillainy: Just like in the original series, Gong Xi plays one of the villains in a remake of drama titled "Dark Moon". Her interpretation of Wei Xu has countless differences from the original, which causes conflict but is later accepted as the better interpretation.
* BadJobWorseUniform: The "Love Me" uniform is a glaringly pink jumpsuit which makes Gong Xi and Qin the laughingstocks of the company.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Gong Xi was an ExtremeDoormat but when she snapped, she became a creepy girl.
* BishieSparkle: Happens around Shang.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Bu Po Shang, who puts on a nice guy act in front of the cameras, but is actually a selfish person.
* BreakTheCutie: Gong Xi.
* BridalCarry: When Gong Xi breaks her ankle, Lian [[EmbarrassingRescue finds her]] and despite their bad relationship, he carries her up to the nearby film shoot.
* BrokenHero: Gong Xi.
* BrokenAce: Lian during the filming for "Dark Moon".
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Luo Li, the president of LME, always seems like he's playing around, but he actually sent Gong Xi to a film shoot knowing that she might fix Liu Li Er's attitude and he was on point with Lian's problems in acting. [[spoiler:He also found out who Lian's father is.]]
* ButNotTooForeign: Though it wasn't explicitly stated in the series, [[spoiler:Dun He Lian might still be a foreigner, since he has blond hair in his flashback scenes.]]
* CelebrityResemblance: Shang thinks that the girl in the popular commercial looks like Gong Xi, leading him to hire her as the actress for his music video.
* CloudCuckooLander: Gong Xi.
* CoolBigSis: Gong Xi to Mary.
* CrashIntoHello: Happens in Gong Xi and Lian's first meeting.
* {{Determinator}}: Gong Xi.
* EnjoKosai: [[spoiler: Qin works by role playing ReplacementGoldfish with men, so they could discourage a persistent ex-girlfriend and reconnect with a man's daughter.]]
* FairyTaleMotifs: Shang's MV. He later notes that Gong Xi is a fan of fairy tales.
* FluffyFashionFeathers: Shang's outfit for his music video.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Gong Xi even [[spoiler:slaps Qin, when she's all but given up upon the appearance of her old enemy Fei Li Hua]].
* GoodAngelBadAngel: Gong Xi has bad "angels".
* GratuitousEnglish: The "Love Me" department. English words sometimes appear in the dialogue as well.
* GreenEyedMonster:
** Gong Xi had no friends beside Shang when they were children because all the girls were jealous of her and Shang's relationship.
** Upon imagining that Qin has a boyfriend, Gong Xi gets jealous.
** Shang really dislikes the idea of [[spoiler:Gong Xi and Lian together.]]
* GroupieBrigade: Gong Xi has to get Lian through one of these during her stint as his substitute manager.
* GyaruGirl: Unlike the original where Kyoko pretends to be a kogal by using distinctive slang and an airheaded persona so that Sho doesn't figure out that it is her, in the series, Gong Xi pretends to be a girl from Hong Kong with a really excited personality.
* HeroStoleMyBike: Gong Xi does this when she's assistant-managing for Lian and needs to get him to his next gig on time.
* HeroicBSOD: The series starts out with one: Gong Xi temporarily shuts down when Shang reveals his betrayal and she reboots as the Voodoo Doll-toting WomanScorned.
* HollywoodVoodoo: Gong Xi makes a voodoo doll of Shang.
* HostilityOnTheSet: Initially between Gong Xi and Liu Li Er, which was one-sided on the latter's part.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Gong Xi and Lian.
* IdolSinger: Shang, both in series and in real life.
* IllGirl: Upon hearing that Liu Li Er doesn't like going out in the sunlight, Gong Xi assumes that she is allergic to UV rays.
* ImagineSpot: The characters are prone to this.
* InspirationalInsult: Shang calls Gong Xi a plain, boring, and uncultured girl, and that the only method of revenge she could use against him would be beat him in the entertainment world, which for a girl like her would be impossible, therefore setting the plot of the series.
* {{Jerkass}}: Shang towards Gong Xi, [[spoiler:but flashbacks show that even though he brought Gong Xi to Taipei to be his servant, they initially enjoyed their time together.]]
* LargeHam: The president of LME.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Gong Xi and Shang.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: What drives Director Xu Fang to remake Dark Moon is so that people will distinguish him from his father, who directed the original. [[spoiler:What drives Lian to be the lead actor is so that he can surpass his father, who played the original role.]]
* LittleGirlsKickShins: Instead of kicking the shin like in the original, Gong Xi kicks Shang's leg when they reunited.
* LoveHurts: The whole reason Gong Xi swore off love in the first place.
* LoveTriangle: Gong Xi is in love with Shang, but after his betrayal, she finds herself with Lian, [[spoiler:who also likes her back.]] Shang, on the other hand, does not have any romantic feelings for Gong Xi, [[spoiler:or so he says...]]
* MethodActing:[[invoked]] Gong Xi's main way of acting is getting LostInCharacter.
** During her first acting stint, she plays the daughter of the wealthy owner of a Japanese place. She sits in seiza despite having a heavily sprained ankle, but retains a pleasantly smiling face towards 'the customer' Lian, as per her being taught to act like that by Shang's mother years ago. Despite being in tremendous pain while putting weight on the ankle, she doesn't slip up once... until the director realize she's pale, sweating and yet still remains in character until she faints.
** Shang's music video in which she uses her own relationship with Qin to understand the sadness of killing a man her best friend loves and having her friend forever hate her, but also relishing in the joy of saving that same friend.
** Her portrayal of Wei Xu for Dark Moon, where she would stay in character until someone would say "Cut" or if someone claps the slate.
* [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours My Acting Is Stronger Than Yours]]: This is Gong Xi's motivation when it comes to even entering showbiz. Shang [[InspirationalInsult says she's too plain to ever beat him if she were to enter the business]], so she's intent on learning how to act and beat him. It's also one of her main motivations, initially, when it comes to Lian. She wants to be such an amazing actress that she'll out-act him and have him acknowledge this.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Liu Li Er is a mean girl but has to play a refined, wealthy young woman in a TV series.
* NoHeroToHisValet: Working in the Love Me section gives Gong Xi a close perspective on the private behavior of famous people, when they're not worrying about their images. A lot of them are jerks. Before that, she knew all Shang's private behaviors, although he ''was'' her hero then, despite not deserving it on any level.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Shang feels this towards Lian, while Gong Xi feels this towards Shang.
* UnfortunateNames: Gong Xi Fa Cai is a New Year's greeting, and Gong Xi is usually ridiculed because of this.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: [[spoiler:Lian runs into a problem when he cannot portray the emotions of love, since he hasn't experienced it before.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Gong Xi's mother left her in the care of Shang's family and never returned.
* ParentalSubstitute: The couple at the restaurant where Gong Xi stays at.
* PimpedOutDress: Shang's [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/16/18/d5/1618d5a7a80bae1de58f49330302f870.jpg costume]] for his music video.
* PowerBornOfMadness: Gong Xi is able to [[WillingChanneler control demons]].
* RagsToRoyalty: Had Gong Xi developed a relationship with Shang.
* RevengeBeforeReason: One of Gong Xi's struggles.
* RichBitch: Fei Li Hua, who uses her connections to get acting roles.
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Between Gong Xi and Qin. Both are each other's first friend.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Meta/Deconstructed. Gong Xi realizes that she was Shang’s SatelliteLoveInterest, causing a brief HeroicBSOD when she realizes that she has no identity of her own. A lot of the series deals with her working to rectify this.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Lian and Gong Xi.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Fei Li Hua is the daughter of the owner of a large company. Overlaps with ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney, as Erika is portrayed as a RichBitch who throws her father's money around to get what she wants. She used this power to keep Qin out of acting during elementary and middle school. She attempted to do so again during an audition for a role in a soda commercial that both she and Qin tried out for.
* SecretIdentity: Lian doesn't know that Gong Xi is the one inside the Rooster costume, and Gong Xi doesn't know that [[spoiler: Lian is her childhood friend, Corn.]]
* SecurityBlanket: "Corn," despite being a stone, manages to fall into this category.
* SeizaSquirm: During an audition, Gong Xi has to sit in seiza with a ''broken ankle.'' She pulls it off beautifully for several minutes... and then faints but [[{{Determinator}} not until the scene ends, though!]]
* SetBehindTheScenes: Most of the drama centers around this.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Gong Xi and Shang, upon their reunion.
** Qin doesn't like referring to Gong Xi as her friend and partner, despite her actions proving otherwise.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Gong Xi, who never used make up on herself, because she can't afford it and believed that she would be okay without using it. But when she does get made up she really surprises everyone around her, and she even refuses to remove her makeup because she knows she looks pretty with it.
* ShipperOnDeck: Mr. Du ships Lian and Gong Xi.
* ShoutOut: Shang imagines that after defeating Lian, the latter would be on his knees, apologizing and worshiping Shang. Lian then sings [[Music/SuperJunior "Sorry, Sorry"]].
* ShowWithinAShow: Type 1, where "characters are involved in the production of the show." Most of the shows are the workplaces of the main characters.
* StealthMentor: Lian ends up as Gong Xi’s, frequently giving her advice on how to succeed in show business, in spite of their mutual dislike for one another.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Shang's hair is dyed in orange.
[[caption-width-right:350:, [[JerkAss Bu Po Shang]], [[WomanScorned Gong Xi]], and [[BrokenAce Dun He Lian]]]]
'''Skip Beat!''' (Chinese: 華麗的挑戰, literally ''Glamorous Challenge'') is a Taiwanese television series based on the [[Manga/SkipBeat manga of the same name.]] The series is a joint production between Taiwan and Japan, and is produced by Gala Television under executive producer Doze Niu. The series was first developed in 2008, where Ariel Lin and Jerry Yan were casted as the main roles, but production was postponed due to several financial setbacks and script re-writes, causing actors to drop out and the project was stuck in DevelopmentHell. It was brought back into production following the signing of Music/SuperJunior members [[PrettyBoy Siwon and Donghae]] in 2010 and Ivy Chen in 2011.
Although it is an AdaptationDistillation, the series follows the same plot as the original: upon graduating from high school, Gong Xi gives up her chances for university to support her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friend]], Bu Po Shang, in his pop idol career. Moving from Taitung to Taipei and debuting as an idol, Bu Po Shang's popularity quickly rises, eventually becoming one of the top idols in Taiwan. Gong Xi starts working on multiple jobs day after day to support him and his lifestyle, but finds out that he only used her so she can help him with his living expenses. Feeling heartbroken, Gong Xi vows to get revenge by becoming more famous than him.
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!!Provides Examples Of:
* AbusiveParents:
** Gong Xi's mother ignored her and left her at a young age.
** Shang's father slaps him in the face after Shang tells him that he wants to be an idol.
* AdaptationNameChange: Since the drama is set in Taiwan instead of Japan, the names were changed.
** Mogami Kyouko - Gong Xi
** Tsuruga Ren - Dun Helian
** Fuwa Shou / Fuwa Shoutarou - Bu Po Shang / Shang Jie Yong
** Kotomaki Kanae - Jiang Nan Qin
** Takenori Sawara - Shen De Yuan
** Yashiro Yukihito - Du Jin
** Takarada Lory - Luo Li
** Takarada Maria - Mary
* AdaptationalVillainy: Just like in the original series, Gong Xi plays one of the villains in a remake of drama titled "Dark Moon". Her interpretation of Wei Xu has countless differences from the original, which causes conflict but is later accepted as the better interpretation.
* BadJobWorseUniform: The "Love Me" uniform is a glaringly pink jumpsuit which makes Gong Xi and Qin the laughingstocks of the company.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Gong Xi was an ExtremeDoormat but when she snapped, she became a creepy girl.
* BishieSparkle: Happens around Shang.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Bu Po Shang, who puts on a nice guy act in front of the cameras, but is actually a selfish person.
* BreakTheCutie: Gong Xi.
* BridalCarry: When Gong Xi breaks her ankle, Lian [[EmbarrassingRescue finds her]] and despite their bad relationship, he carries her up to the nearby film shoot.
* BrokenHero: Gong Xi.
* BrokenAce: Lian during the filming for "Dark Moon".
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Luo Li, the president of LME, always seems like he's playing around, but he actually sent Gong Xi to a film shoot knowing that she might fix Liu Li Er's attitude and he was on point with Lian's problems in acting. [[spoiler:He also found out who Lian's father is.]]
* ButNotTooForeign: Though it wasn't explicitly stated in the series, [[spoiler:Dun He Lian might still be a foreigner, since he has blond hair in his flashback scenes.]]
* CelebrityResemblance: Shang thinks that the girl in the popular commercial looks like Gong Xi, leading him to hire her as the actress for his music video.
* CloudCuckooLander: Gong Xi.
* CoolBigSis: Gong Xi to Mary.
* CrashIntoHello: Happens in Gong Xi and Lian's first meeting.
* {{Determinator}}: Gong Xi.
* EnjoKosai: [[spoiler: Qin works by role playing ReplacementGoldfish with men, so they could discourage a persistent ex-girlfriend and reconnect with a man's daughter.]]
* FairyTaleMotifs: Shang's MV. He later notes that Gong Xi is a fan of fairy tales.
* FluffyFashionFeathers: Shang's outfit for his music video.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Gong Xi even [[spoiler:slaps Qin, when she's all but given up upon the appearance of her old enemy Fei Li Hua]].
* GoodAngelBadAngel: Gong Xi has bad "angels".
* GratuitousEnglish: The "Love Me" department. English words sometimes appear in the dialogue as well.
* GreenEyedMonster:
** Gong Xi had no friends beside Shang when they were children because all the girls were jealous of her and Shang's relationship.
** Upon imagining that Qin has a boyfriend, Gong Xi gets jealous.
** Shang really dislikes the idea of [[spoiler:Gong Xi and Lian together.]]
* GroupieBrigade: Gong Xi has to get Lian through one of these during her stint as his substitute manager.
* GyaruGirl: Unlike the original where Kyoko pretends to be a kogal by using distinctive slang and an airheaded persona so that Sho doesn't figure out that it is her, in the series, Gong Xi pretends to be a girl from Hong Kong with a really excited personality.
* HeroStoleMyBike: Gong Xi does this when she's assistant-managing for Lian and needs to get him to his next gig on time.
* HeroicBSOD: The series starts out with one: Gong Xi temporarily shuts down when Shang reveals his betrayal and she reboots as the Voodoo Doll-toting WomanScorned.
* HollywoodVoodoo: Gong Xi makes a voodoo doll of Shang.
* HostilityOnTheSet: Initially between Gong Xi and Liu Li Er, which was one-sided on the latter's part.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Gong Xi and Lian.
* IdolSinger: Shang, both in series and in real life.
* IllGirl: Upon hearing that Liu Li Er doesn't like going out in the sunlight, Gong Xi assumes that she is allergic to UV rays.
* ImagineSpot: The characters are prone to this.
* InspirationalInsult: Shang calls Gong Xi a plain, boring, and uncultured girl, and that the only method of revenge she could use against him would be beat him in the entertainment world, which for a girl like her would be impossible, therefore setting the plot of the series.
* {{Jerkass}}: Shang towards Gong Xi, [[spoiler:but flashbacks show that even though he brought Gong Xi to Taipei to be his servant, they initially enjoyed their time together.]]
* LargeHam: The president of LME.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Gong Xi and Shang.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: What drives Director Xu Fang to remake Dark Moon is so that people will distinguish him from his father, who directed the original. [[spoiler:What drives Lian to be the lead actor is so that he can surpass his father, who played the original role.]]
* LittleGirlsKickShins: Instead of kicking the shin like in the original, Gong Xi kicks Shang's leg when they reunited.
* LoveHurts: The whole reason Gong Xi swore off love in the first place.
* LoveTriangle: Gong Xi is in love with Shang, but after his betrayal, she finds herself with Lian, [[spoiler:who also likes her back.]] Shang, on the other hand, does not have any romantic feelings for Gong Xi, [[spoiler:or so he says...]]
* MethodActing:[[invoked]] Gong Xi's main way of acting is getting LostInCharacter.
** During her first acting stint, she plays the daughter of the wealthy owner of a Japanese place. She sits in seiza despite having a heavily sprained ankle, but retains a pleasantly smiling face towards 'the customer' Lian, as per her being taught to act like that by Shang's mother years ago. Despite being in tremendous pain while putting weight on the ankle, she doesn't slip up once... until the director realize she's pale, sweating and yet still remains in character until she faints.
** Shang's music video in which she uses her own relationship with Qin to understand the sadness of killing a man her best friend loves and having her friend forever hate her, but also relishing in the joy of saving that same friend.
** Her portrayal of Wei Xu for Dark Moon, where she would stay in character until someone would say "Cut" or if someone claps the slate.
* [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours My Acting Is Stronger Than Yours]]: This is Gong Xi's motivation when it comes to even entering showbiz. Shang [[InspirationalInsult says she's too plain to ever beat him if she were to enter the business]], so she's intent on learning how to act and beat him. It's also one of her main motivations, initially, when it comes to Lian. She wants to be such an amazing actress that she'll out-act him and have him acknowledge this.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Liu Li Er is a mean girl but has to play a refined, wealthy young woman in a TV series.
* NoHeroToHisValet: Working in the Love Me section gives Gong Xi a close perspective on the private behavior of famous people, when they're not worrying about their images. A lot of them are jerks. Before that, she knew all Shang's private behaviors, although he ''was'' her hero then, despite not deserving it on any level.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Shang feels this towards Lian, while Gong Xi feels this towards Shang.
* UnfortunateNames: Gong Xi Fa Cai is a New Year's greeting, and Gong Xi is usually ridiculed because of this.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: [[spoiler:Lian runs into a problem when he cannot portray the emotions of love, since he hasn't experienced it before.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Gong Xi's mother left her in the care of Shang's family and never returned.
* ParentalSubstitute: The couple at the restaurant where Gong Xi stays at.
* PimpedOutDress: Shang's [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/16/18/d5/1618d5a7a80bae1de58f49330302f870.jpg costume]] for his music video.
* PowerBornOfMadness: Gong Xi is able to [[WillingChanneler control demons]].
* RagsToRoyalty: Had Gong Xi developed a relationship with Shang.
* RevengeBeforeReason: One of Gong Xi's struggles.
* RichBitch: Fei Li Hua, who uses her connections to get acting roles.
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Between Gong Xi and Qin. Both are each other's first friend.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Meta/Deconstructed. Gong Xi realizes that she was Shang’s SatelliteLoveInterest, causing a brief HeroicBSOD when she realizes that she has no identity of her own. A lot of the series deals with her working to rectify this.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Lian and Gong Xi.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Fei Li Hua is the daughter of the owner of a large company. Overlaps with ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney, as Erika is portrayed as a RichBitch who throws her father's money around to get what she wants. She used this power to keep Qin out of acting during elementary and middle school. She attempted to do so again during an audition for a role in a soda commercial that both she and Qin tried out for.
* SecretIdentity: Lian doesn't know that Gong Xi is the one inside the Rooster costume, and Gong Xi doesn't know that [[spoiler: Lian is her childhood friend, Corn.]]
* SecurityBlanket: "Corn," despite being a stone, manages to fall into this category.
* SeizaSquirm: During an audition, Gong Xi has to sit in seiza with a ''broken ankle.'' She pulls it off beautifully for several minutes... and then faints but [[{{Determinator}} not until the scene ends, though!]]
* SetBehindTheScenes: Most of the drama centers around this.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Gong Xi and Shang, upon their reunion.
** Qin doesn't like referring to Gong Xi as her friend and partner, despite her actions proving otherwise.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Gong Xi, who never used make up on herself, because she can't afford it and believed that she would be okay without using it. But when she does get made up she really surprises everyone around her, and she even refuses to remove her makeup because she knows she looks pretty with it.
* ShipperOnDeck: Mr. Du ships Lian and Gong Xi.
* ShoutOut: Shang imagines that after defeating Lian, the latter would be on his knees, apologizing and worshiping Shang. Lian then sings [[Music/SuperJunior "Sorry, Sorry"]].
* ShowWithinAShow: Type 1, where "characters are involved in the production of the show." Most of the shows are the workplaces of the main characters.
* StealthMentor: Lian ends up as Gong Xi’s, frequently giving her advice on how to succeed in show business, in spite of their mutual dislike for one another.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Shang's hair is dyed in orange.
