Meteor Garden (Taiwanese adaptation of Boys over Flowers) is based on the Japanese comic series Hana Yori Dango written by Yoko Kamio. Meteor Garden is the classic love story; rich boy (Dao Ming Si) falls for poor girl (Shan Cai). Rich boy Dao Ming Si attends an exclusive university and is the leader of the worshiped and feared group, the F4 (Flower Four). The F4 members Dao Ming Si, Hua Ze Lei, Mei Zuo and Xi Men are heirs to powerful Taiwanese businesses. At a perceived or real slight, the F4 will issue a red card giving the go-ahead for the student body to bully the red-carded person. Poor girl Shan Cai stands up for a bullied friend and receives the feared red card. Stunning the F4 and the student body, Shan Cai bends but does not break at the repeated bullying incidents. Instead she declares war on the F4 earning their respect and Dao Ming Si's affection.