The Bachelor

The Bachelor is a 2012 Chinese family television series produced by Yujia Shixing Pictures. The series stars Xu Zheng as a 35-year-old single man under parental pressure to get married, and detailed his romantic adventures. It is co-directed by Sun Hao, who in 2010 directed a similar series Will You Marry Me and My Family about an older woman looking for a mate. (The lead actress Song Jia also stars in The Bachelor, but as a different character.) Both series were co-written by Rao Hui, Li Xiao and Liu Shen. The Bachelor was first broadcast on Shanghai Television in the Shanghai area on August 8, 2012, before being broadcast nationally on Anhui Television, Zhejiang Television, Shenzhen Television and various websites on October 7, 2012. In Taiwan, it was broadcast on EyeTV in 2014. Cast Xu Zheng as Cao Xiaoqiang, a 35-year-old sales manager. He treats every relationship very sincerely, and women he dated all love him. Zhu Yin as Cao Xiaoqiang's worrisome and overprotective mother. Wang Yang as Cao Xiaoqiang's father. Guo Jingfei as Huang Weiye, Cao Xiaoqiang's 33-year-old best friend. Wang Maolei as Li Wenda, Cao Xiaoqiang's 32-year-old lazy uncle.