...Hallyu began roughly 12 years ago when the rest of Asia discovered Korean soap operas. One of the breakthrough dramas was a series 'Winter Sonata' starring Choi Ji-woo & Bae Young-Joon. After that, more Korean dramas saw their way to foreign shores and Korean films and music started to follow suit. Korean marketing people started to see a Korea-centric trend. They dubbed this flow "The Korean Wave" or Hallyu....
21.12.11
[Photo & News] Ariel Lin and Sunny Wang Reunite for the Blackberry Phone Launch in Taipei.
[Photo & News] Ariel Lin and Sunny Wang Reunite for the Blackberry Phone Launch in Taipei.
Cr. - ockoala
RIM just announced lower than expected forecast for next quarter, and the slew of bad news has been dogging the company for the past year since it’s unable to keep up with the smart phone market. One of the digs against RIM is that it just doesn’t “get it”, doesn’t understand cultural shifts, get onboard with the correct trends so to speak.
So the fact that RIM hired Ariel Lin and Sunny Wang to unveil it’s latest phone in Taiwan is hilariously spot on with the criticism of the company. Yes, Ariel and Sunny are insanely popular right now (with good reason), but putting Chen You Qing and Ding Li Wei together is just so narratively laughable considering how In Time With You Ended.
Apparently Sunny was adorable during the launch event and reenacted his proposal scene from the drama, where Ariel promptly turned him down. Speaking of ITWY, the writer for the drama has revealed that in real life Bolin Chen is much more similar in personality to Ding Li Wei than his own character of Li Da Ren.
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