Wanna Be A Tough Guy (我要变成硬柿子)

Details

• Title: 我要變成硬柿子 (我要变成硬柿子) / Wo Yao Pien Cheng Ying Shih Tzu (Wo Yao Bian Cheng Ying Shi Zi)
• Also known as: I Want To Become A Hard Persimmon / Wanna Be A Tough Guy
• Genre: Romance, drama
• Episodes: 20
• Broadcast network: CTS
• Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-11 to 2007-Aug-10
• Air time: Mon-Thur 21:00-22:00
• Opening theme song: Ai Shang Ai (愛上愛) In Love with Love by Fei Tong Xiao Ke (非同小可)
• Ending theme song: Wo Men Shi Lian Ai De Ren (我們是戀愛的人) We are People in Love by Tian Xin (田欣)

Synopsis

Ever since little, Ruan Shi Zhi has always been on the receiving end of bullying. At 18, he decides to shed his pitiful past with a new beginning. Yet the moment he steps into his summer class, he is immediately confronted by a group of classmates whom he usually avoids like a plague. Just when he wants to run out of there, an angel-like girl walks in. He falls deeply in love with her. And for love, he tells himself he has to become tougher. He must find a way to survive in this dangerous place, transform himself, and defeat all his love rivals to win the girl's heart.

Cast

• Yang Ming Wei as Ruan Shi Zhi 阮適止
• Cynthia Wang as Du Qiao Qi 杜喬琪
• Chen De Lie as Wang Chao Meng 王超猛
• Ivy Chen as Sun Shi Shi 孫詩詩
• Godfrey Gao as Tiger 羅信虎
• Li Yi (李易) as An Shao 安少
• Ke Bi as Tai Yan Bing 太陽餅
• Angel Hong as Niu She Bing 牛舌餅
• Ge Wei Ru as Chai Li Rong 柴俐蓉
• Long Chen Han (隆宸翰) as Yan Li 嚴力
• Tuo Zong Hua as Du Ri Nian 杜日年
• Xiu Qin (秀琴) as Huang Yi Qing 黃儀清
• Xie Yi Ying as Xiao Ying 小穎 (Du Qiao Qi's ex-boyfriend)

Production Credits

• Screenwriters: Yu Yuan Yuan 禹元元 / Ye Jia Ling 葉家玲
• Producers: Che Qing Yu 車慶餘 / Wang Jun 王鈞
• Director: Yang Guan Yu 楊冠玉

Trivia

• The main character's name is a play on the Chinese word "軟柿子 (Ruan Shi Zi)" which literally means soft persimmon and figuratively means easy picking. The main character wants to become a "硬柿子 (Ying Shi Zi)", or a hard persimmon that no one would pick on.

Source: DramaWiki