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Full of hilarious and romantic scenes, the Chinese drama ‘Please Feel at Ease Mr. Ling' gave a strong message: Lucky Gu An Xin, to have a dream lover like Ling Yue! Not only tall, handsome, rich, also loyal and very caring!Imagine Ling Yue willingly waiting for her boyfriend to work overtime until the wee hours of the morning! Even though it is said that Ling Yue is a CEO of an IT company who is certainly very busy.
Excellence of Chinese drama ‘Please Feel at Ease Mr. Ling' is indeed located in the love story of Ling Yue - Gu An Xin, who is like a colorful, fragrant flower, dominating the whole story.
Zhao Lu Si as Gu An Xin never fails to act as a sweet lover and makes his partner fall in love. Whoever the partner is, Zhao Lu Si has always succeeded in presenting acting with chemistry that makes you melt.
The rest, not really! Although made based on the web novel "I Accidentally Picked Up a President" (一不小心捡到个总裁) by Chun Feng Yi Du (纯风一度), the Chinese drama ‘Please Feel at Ease Mr. Ling' failed to present a story that is comfortable to watch.
Maybe he wants to make the audience curious, but instead it becomes annoying. Like the story of Gu An Xin who was blocked by water by Yu Guo while attending his father's birthday party. The audience was left with no explanation: Who the heck is Yu Guo? How can you freely enter a high-class party?
At the end of the drama, everything is revealed, but it's too bad, isn't it? The series of stories feels hollow, doesn't follow and makes you uncomfortable.
In addition to a series of perforated stories, details on player costumes are often overlooked. Like Gu Xin Er's clothes (complete with Chanel bag and earrings) that's all. Meanwhile, it is said that Gu Xin Er is the son of a wealthy man, the owner of the Gushi Group.
The lousy second lead acting adds a row of negative values. Luckily the Chinese drama ‘Please Feel at Ease Mr. Ling' is supported by music reminiscent of Jerry Yan's Taiwanese drama "Meteor Graden" (Dao Ming Shi).
And of course the brilliance of the couple Zhao Lu Si (Gu An Xin) and Liu Te (Yue / Xiao Ba) who give a warm light and cheerful hue throughout the drama. Make the audience stupefied until the final episode.
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Most importantly, the ending was very unique and not hanging. It really put me at "Ease" watching the ending in a peaceful/romantic/optimistic way. Thank you! Such a great drama!
P.S. LOOKING FORWARD FOR MORE DRAMAS LIKE THIS.
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Full of Zhao lusi cuteness and amazing romance
I really held back from watching this as I figured it would be the same story arc as most romance drama follow. I will say this when I first saw that FL stepmom, in an instant I knew she was sinister. I had a flashback of story of minglan where her dad's concubine kills her mother. The way the story started it was a DELIGHT i truly felt engaged and could not stop SMILING, having each episode filled with romance with so many couples the ML' secretary and his best friend, FL's best friend and their work boss/partner were all great. The only thing I disliked was the lack of KARMA, the stepmom should have suffered more and why did the writer give the FL dad's memory loss (dementia) he should not be blessed with having no memories of how he treated his own daughter like garbage and killing his own wife indirectly ( first wife). I wanted to see him beg for forgiveness and repent for the rest of his life and also transfer the entire company to her as compensation.Was this review helpful to you?
Low budget filler drama
Not sure what I expected when i watched this but it was disappointing in every aspect. Liu Te does not have the acting skills to be a ML. Not sure what his background is, but he's basically a void in this drama. ZLS is also very cringy in this. Maybe its the character or maybe she knows this is not gonna be a good drama because she looks bored here. Also, ZLS looks so frumpy and its especially bad compared to the SFL. The plot is silly and nonsensical and the leads have zero chemistry. How is this even rated at 8 stars? Don't waste your time on this, its really a bad drama.Was this review helpful to you?
I fast forwarded the last half of the show, and even the plot twist seemed forced and came out of left field, inserted only for the sake of a last hurrah. The attempt failed as I didn't care much about the characters. The drama had a lot of unnecessary fillers and could have been finished in half the length.
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A good cliche romance, if that’s what you’re looking for!
ik everyone has different tastes, but this was rly not as bad as everyone made it out to be in the comments!pros:
- the chemistry between liu te and lusi was good! he has such a cute little face and him gazing at FL was so adorable!
- i enjoyed the relationship in the drama. it was a bit questionable at first since he lied to her about many things but his apology for it was one of the most genuine apologies i’ve seen in cdramas LOL and he did change after that and stopped doing the annoying ‘i know what’s best for you’ thing ML in dramas sometimes does. lots of trust by the end and didn’t let anything get between them. it was very cute and fluffy, loved their scenes!! :)
- strong FL. she was a bit all over the place in one or two episodes in the latter half, but overall, she stood up for herself and was charismatic.
- i enjoyed the first half the most, where the setting wasn’t mainly in the office so praises to that section. but still quite enjoyed the later business side of things too! it wasn’t amazing but it was interesting enough to keep me watching.
- cute side couples :)
- acting was good from the whole cast! i’ve seen liu te receive criticism for his acting in this but it really wasn’t terrible. it was a little stiff but it didn’t ruin the drama for me.
cons:
- an sheng was jarring as hell. he was the controlling and manipulative one if anything, getting FL to choose between him and ML at one point. it got so weird after like one or two episodes. also i am not a fan of the whole step siblings romance, regardless of whether they’re blood related or not. its just incest lol skipped majority of his scene.
- weaker and messier storyline in the second half. it was like they didn’t know where to take the story and develop characters. it was still watchable though.
- knocked some points off for the ending. could have wrapped up better. the number of episodes were enough to wrap things up nicely but they had directed their energy to characters that didn’t need it like xin er.
overall, 8.5/10. a very enjoyable, simple and cute watch. cliche done well! don’t go in thinking you’re getting a new cdrama storyline bc u defo won’t like it. if you’re looking for a typical chinese romance dreams with lots of fluff, then you’ll love this! :D
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This Drama Has a Common Plot.
For me, this drama has a very common plot. Actually, I don't really have a problem with the general plot, but the conflict that occurs between the male lead's competition for company ownership is very confusing. For the first few episodes, I had a hard time understanding how the family tree or what interests the players had. Not only that, it turns out that the female lead also unknowingly has a relation in the male lead's family. It was really confusing because lack of clips or short scenes explaining this in the early episodes.And for the love story between the conflicts, I can't feel the love between them. Maybe my taste is different from some people, but what I can see is not real love. They lack of chemistry. I think there needs to be more scenes where the love is shown with good attitudes or behaviors, not just focusing on scenes of hugging, kissing, or sleeping together.
After all, if there are those who disagree, maybe our tastes are different. It is possible that there are those who think that this drama is perfect enough. That's all, thank you
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Loved the main couple in this one!
I generally really enjoyed this show! I really liked the main couple and their relationship, and the cast and acting were great as well.I was sucked into the drama within the first couple episodes, but felt that the drama started dragging on after episode 10. I also felt that some of the characters' actions (I won't specify because of spoilers, but it's the character in the last big reveal/plot twist) seemed difficult to believe.
I can see myself rewatching specific moments of this show, but maybe not the entire thing. Although this may not be the most memorable of shows, it certainly was enjoyable.
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Good start and a good end. The middle was just okay.
I think I would have liked this drama more if I had binged it in one go.I loved the ML and FL, they had a cute romance as well as their own storylines. Their romance was not at all toxic in ANY way as a lot of Cdrama and Kdrama (especially Thai dramas) romances tend to be. It was nice seeing an FL who is realistically strong. The FL lives by herself, doesn't really have a good job but is pursuing her dream job. She doesn't NEED a man to help her. Anxin is one of the most feminist, but realistic FL characters I've seen in a Cdrama. An observation: usually, in a drama it would have really focused shots of a man doing handiwork, sweating and everything, but here, those shots were used for the FL, it was new to me for a Cdrama.
I also loved the ML, there was no toxic masculinity in this drama, other then that, he's like every other ML.
A huge focus of this drama was the families of the FL and ML. I LOVED the ML's family, couldn't hate any of them. His dad and older brother were definitely my favourites.
The FL's family was screwed up. Didn't really like any of her family members other than her brother. It was very obvious when it turned out that her brother was adopted and that she was close to him, that there will be something else going on, I don't need to explain, it's a Cdrama.
I don't actually remember what happened towards the middle-end of this drama. I skipped through most of it as the plot dragged, but it got better at around episode 20.
I liked the twists at the end and I preferred all the storylines focusing on the ML's family then I did the FL's family. The one thing I hated about this drama was that the FL never got an apology of any sort from her family. I NEEDED a father/daughter scene, a redemption of sorts.
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Definition of cliché
I would sell my soul for Zhao Lusi, no matter what drama she does. This time she did a good job as well, and all of the other actors were amazing. All that stands, but they put every single cliché and plot line known to man. After watching the first few episodes I already knew what was going to happen.The visual effects were actually very nice and realistic, from little cuts, to bruises and such.
I think they could have toned it down with the plots, but overall it's a good drama. Very cutesy and lovey-dovey, if that is your taste.
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If you want something quick and fun...
Yup. If you want something quick and fun, this is it. The best point of this drama is the excellent chemistry between the leads. The ML is pretty stiff but with the FL, who is the amazing zhao lusi, he was quite great. I enjoyed the kiss scenes immensely!The story is very early 2000s k-drama style. Rich CEO meets a hard working poor girl, falls in love, they have a childhood connection, love triangle, typical parent trope. But since the FL is pretty well developed character in the hand of a good actress, the ML is not a narcissist and is willing to admit his mistakes, the plot twists are okay, and the side couples are interesting thus the final product is decent and enjoyable. I must say after episode 13-14 it starts to drag badly. But it's a very light, refreshing, doesn't-take-itself-too-seriously, bubbly drama that you can binge when you want a palate cleanser.
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