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Gardenia in His Arms

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Gardenia in His Arms

Stand-in brideTwin brothersMarried first, love laterWinning her back

Song Zhi takes the stand-in marriage as a way in, not a defeat. Inside the Gu family she digs into the runaway groom and the company books, and finds out Gu Chongming has loved her for years.

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Shots
13
Cast
4
Places
4
Runtime
60s
Aspect
9:16
Prompts written
39

The stand-in contract, after the runaway video

  1. 01OpeningThe night before the wedding, Song Zhi is sent a hidden-camera video of Gu Chongen leaving with Lin Manman.
  2. 02ConflictThe Gu family wants Gu Chongming to stand in and save face; Song Zhi refuses to be a bride they move around.
  3. 03TwistShe agrees to go through with it, and writes a joint audit of the books into the contract.
  4. 04HookHe knows her habits far too well, and she starts to wonder how sudden this really was.

Cast · 4

Every character, with the look that keeps their face the same in every shot.

  • 02-C01

    Song Zhi

    Female lead

    Locked

  • 02-C02

    Gu Chongming

    Twin brother, male lead

    Locked

  • 02-C03

    Gu Chong'en

    The fiance who ran from the wedding

    Locked

  • 02-C04

    Lin Manman

    His first love, the villain

    Locked

Places · 4

Every place, and how many of episode one's shots happen there.

  • 02-S01

    Backstage at the wedding

    13 of episode one's shots

  • 02-S02

    The wedding hall

    Used in later episodes

  • 02-S03

    The Gu family study

    Used in later episodes

  • 02-S04

    The company dinner

    Used in later episodes

The episode map · 3

What happens in each episode after the first.

EpOpeningConflictTwistHook
1Song Zhi gets a video of Gu Chong'en running from the wedding.The Gu family want her to marry Gu Chongming instead, so neither company's share price falls.She signs in front of everyone, after adding a clause that lets her audit the books with them.The groom lifts the veil and says he is not Gu Chong'en.
2After the wedding, Song Zhi finds Gu Chongming knows every one of her habits.Gu Chong'en comes home and demands they switch back.In the study she finds the gardenia Gu Chongming has kept for ten years.On the back of the photo is the name she went by in high school.
3Lin Manman releases a recording that makes Song Zhi sound like she forced the marriage.The board wants the marriage called off.Song Zhi produces the whole recording, and the records of the money moved.The last signature on the accounts is Gu Chongming's.

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