Love Is Payable

{{Infobox television |image=loveispayable.jpg |caption=Vietnamese VHS cover |alt_name={{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none|t={{linktext|儂|本|多|情}}|s={{linktext|侬|本|多|情}}|p=Nóng Běn Duō Qíng|l=You Are Sentimental at Heart}} |writer=Bo Hua |starring={{Unbulleted list|Steve Ma|Carina Lau|Leanne Liu|Lee Li-chun|Song Chunli|Sun Xing|Angus Tung|Lawrence Ng|Lu Wen}} |producer=Young Pei-pei |director={{Unbulleted list|Raymond Lee|Lai Shui-ching|Lo Leun Seung}} |country={{Unbulleted list|Taiwan|China}} |network=Formosa Television |first_aired={{start date|1997|7|23}} |last_aired= |company={{Unbulleted list|Young Pei-pei Studio|Tianjin Television}} |num_episodes=40 |runtime=45 minutes |language=Mandarin |composer=Chen Ming-chang |opentheme="Duo Qing Ren" (多情人) performed by Mindy Quah |endtheme="Ditu" (地圖) performed by Chiang Yu-heng |cinematography={{Unbulleted list|Lin Ho-lung|Hsiao Bi-tsun}} |related=''Entangling Love in Shanghai'' (2010) }} '''''Love Is Payable''''' is a 1997 Chinese-language period romance television series produced by Young Pei-pei, set in the Shanghai International Settlement during the Second Sino-Japanese War (which was policed by British and Americans before 1941 even after Shanghai fell to the Japanese in 1937). The series was filmed in Tianjin and Shanghai and first broadcast on Taiwan's Formosa Television.

Originally, Anita Mui was the first choice to play Xiangxue'er, and Stephen Chow was the first choice for the role of Bai Lang. However, they were unavailable, so Carina Lau and Steven Ma were cast instead.

In 2010, Young Pei-pei produced a remake, titled ''Entangling Love in Shanghai'' in English (the Chinese title remains the same).

==Cast== *Carina Lau as Xiangxue'er *Steve Ma as Bai Lang *Leanne Liu as Bai Ping *Lee Li-chun as Qiao Xiannong *Lawrence Ng as Zhang Guiting *Sun Xing as Ma Xianliang *Angus Tung as Chen Congming *Song Chunli as Hu Ying *Lu Wen as Liao Wanzhen *Yue Yueli as Han Dong *Chen Zihan as Yang Ming *Doze Niu as Da Mi *Chu Zhong-heng as Rong San *Dong Xiaoyan

==Awards and nominations== {|class="wikitable" |- !# !Award !Category !Individual !Result |- |rowspan=4|34th<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bamid.gov.tw/ezfiles/0/1000/img/5/759306767.doc|title=88年電視金鐘獎入圍名單|trans-title=List of Nominees for 1999 Television Golden Bell Awards|website=Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development|language=zh}}</ref> |rowspan=4|Golden Bell Awards |Best Television Series |{{CNone}} |{{nom}} |- |Best Supporting Actor |Lee Li-chun |{{nom}} |- |Best Sound Effect |Hu Lianzhong, Huang Gaoping |{{nom}} |- |Best Lightning |Lin Helong, Chen Zelin |{{nom}} |}

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:1997 Taiwanese television series debuts Category:1997 Taiwanese television series endings Category:1997 Chinese television series debuts Category:1997 Chinese television series endings Category:Television shows filmed in Shanghai Category:Television shows filmed in Tianjin Category:Television shows set in Shanghai Category:Television series set in the 1930s Category:Television series set in the 1940s Category:Mandarin-language television shows