After the well-received "Chou Nu Wu Di", Hunan TV's version of "Meteor Garden" is finally starting in February. On The State Reprentative of Radio Film and Television website, reporters saw that Hunan TV's "Meteor Garden" has officially been started, but the name has been changed to "Meteor Rain" (流星雨). From a reliable source, reporters found out that the in the new F4 there will be two "Superboys", including Yu Hao Ming and Wei Chen. As for the other two boys, they are newcomers. The female lead will be played by an 18 year old newcomer. The new F4 has been confirmed to be Yu Hao Ming, Wei Chen, Zhu Zi Xiao and Zhang Han. Yu Hao Ming will be playing the role of Hua Ze Lei (Rui), but in the new version, the character has been renamed to Duan Mu Lei. Wei Chen will be playing the character "Ye Shuo"; originally called "Mei Zuo" (Akira), Zhu Zi Xiao will be playing "Xi Men Rui Qian"; originally "Xi Men" (Sojirou) and Dao Ming Si (Domyoji) will be renamed to "Yun Hai", played by Zhang Han. Of the 4, Zhu Zi Xiao and Xi Men are newcomers with no experience on screen at all. As for the female lead (Shan Cai), the character will be renamed to Chu Yu Qian, played by an 18 year old newcomer. From the cast list report of the show, we can see that the series is estimated to be 35 episodes. The plot also has some changes. The relationship story of Xi Men and Xiao You will be omitted, and the setting will be in an aristocrat university. Yu Qian, who is from a poor background, was able to study at this university "Ai Li Si Dun Institute" (艾利斯顿学院) with the money her uncle borrowed. Yun Hai, Duan Mu Lei, Xi Men Rui Qian and Ye Shuo are the four noble brothers of the institute and are also the hot popular idols of the girls in the school. These four "young masters" were unhappy with their parents' arrangements for their lives, so they went to study at Ai Li Si Dun Institue under force. They wanted the principal to expell them, so they were always making trouble in school, causing headaches for the principal all the time. Because Yu Qian felt unfair for people, she became F4's target for pranking. From being competitive and admiring one another to becoming friends, F4 were also shocked by Yu Qian's strong independence and eventually became the school\'s 4 outstanding students as well. Yesterday, the reporters phoned "Tian Yu" company's Miss Wu, who was in charge of the project "Meteor Rain". She expressed that the "new F4" had the same standards as the "old F4", "Height must be at least 180 cm and have to be handsome as well". But she also stated that before the filming actually starts, there are possibilities of any changes. ource: Hunan Ent [02/02/2009] Translated by Chloe.C @ ***
