Sweet Office Romace Drama
Well, you can’t say this is a whole office romance between CEO and his staff, yet BaiLu and Wang HeDi's chemistry is fantastic and sweet!!! I can’t keep trying not to scream and feel slightly cringe, yet I still want to keep watching this drama. Every romance and sweet scene successfully made my stomach full of butterflies.Even though maybe the first encounter with ShuYi is work-related and a little revenge on her ex, she slowly realises her feelings and finally tries to be better and support Shisomewhat
ShiYan is also kinda green flag CEO who looks so cold on the outside yet he’s kinda a caring man and ready to take whatever ShuYi’s reason to approach him.
Ahhhh I love this duo so much!!! After DiDi and Esther on Love Between Fairy and Devil, now this.
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PERFECT EXAMPLE OF ''A BOOK SHOULDNT BE JUDGED BY ITS COVER''
WHAT DID I JUST WATCH!?!?!?The drama should be renamed to ''Only for shit'' at this rate.I have got to ep 36 bareeely and completed bearing all this shit just for the sake of COMPLETING it cuz i had already come as far as to ep 29. & now i am here to vent my frustrations. The mffing phone is one of the main problems of this drama. Might as well keep it as a main lead cast. The disturbance is acceptable for one or two times,.. but when the phone KEEPS ON disturbing when the ml fl are having there ''moment'' It gets ffing annoying. It was annoying to the point i felt like throwing away my own phone down the road. The disturbance from third party was VERY frustrating.
like WHAT.THE.HELL.IS.GOING.ON!?!?! I kept watching and continuing hoping it would get better but it KEEEPS going downhill MORE & More & MoOoOre. I cant even defend for Bai Lu or Dylan here. The script was shit and thats a fact. All the people defending this drama, must stop. This drama doesn't deserve the defence at all. I understand if you admit you are biased but else, like NAH, you are OBVIOUSLY lying if you rate this anything above 7.0. (even that is high for this shit T-T)
about the acting, there was a lot of potential but with characters like ZSH and SY. Its always been like this in these CEO themed dramas. The cast is no doubt lit but the script makes everything else look shit & im not even kidding. This drama is a definition of ''worst scriptwriting''.
Plus the fact that this drama being almost 40 eps is like wtf to me!?!?! for what reason is this drama THAAT long??? for showing the most unnecessary sUspEnCe reveal?? for showing the most dragged out misunderstandings?? for showing the most abnormal side couples ever in a ffing drama? for showing the most uninteresting bussiness talks of all time which don't even connect to the story & have no connection to the development of plot??? what plot bro?? this drama seemed as if it was made by a psychotic person. The scriptwriter should be honored with the ''worst script writer of the year'' award for sure.
The side couples are so ffing messed up like dont even get me started on that. The ''player'' couple - Mr Guan Ji & Miss Bi Ruo Shan started off interesting but then their unstarted-relationship got dragged and dragged and dragged like the Shi Yan and Shu Yi's misunderstanding.
Also, Why did they make the ''uncle neice'' reveal such a BIG SuSpEnCe in this drama??Why? That was totally unnecessary imo. What was BRS's intention being so hot & cold with GJ when she ffing loved him. just WHY!?!WHATS YALLS PROBLEM!!! I felt on one go that they had SIZZLING chemistry but why did the scriptwriter did them so bad???
like AHhhhhh T-T I often felt like slapping BRS . like gworl??? focus on YOUR relationship and not your friends when you cant even put together with your own shit. You don't deserve to advise her. & also how dumb of our FL to ask HER for advises. She should have been the last person you should have asked for a relationship advice sis. Theres not even one normal couple here. I only found Guan Xiang & Tang Yi decent. For others, one word- shit.
The rating the drama currently is on i.e 7.8/10 is also high for this imo. People yall are way to generous. & Its prolly cuz of the cast, i understand but.. if you look at the big picture, this drama should be lower than that. Like what did i even sign up for & what did i get?? a full on piece of shit. The wait was for naught. Only thing that managed to kinda save it is the cast. If not for them, who would have bothered to watch this garbage??? 100% not recommended. If you rllyyyy wanna watch, then just watch the fmv guys...pls dont bother and get invested as it will only result to overwhelming frustrations. The only lil bit of satisfaction i got was from the pathetic romance from the latter part of the drama..from ep 30 onwards. Otherwise, The whole thing.. I wished i never watched this in the first place. Dont judge this drama by its looks, ladies and gents, for you will only end up with disappointment & more disappointment.
End of ranting
Signing off
Yours, Angel
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Good products don't always make good meals
I liked :He Di Wang is gorgeous in this series! What an actor!
The supporting actors are very good
The sets, costumes and locations are very nice.
Episode 31 to 36 are awesome
A great happy ending (see the 36th special on youtube)
I didn't like :
This series is definitely too long! 16-20 episodes would have been enough. It's incredibly slow. I skipped from episode 17 to the start of episode 31 and missed almost nothing.
The main female character is unbearable, poor Bai Lu forced to play a role like this.
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Constant lack of communication
The premise of this sounded really interesting and I got through all of it. But there were some things that were pretty confusing and not good.Main issues for me:
- Constant lack of communication mainly on the FL side. Some is to be expected, it’s a drama but she made bad decisions one after the other to the point I questioned if she was 12 years old.
- this could’ve been 16 episodes without losing much. There were too many repetitions, boring business conversations and dramas no one cares about.
- the damn phones always interrupting everything. Could have been a paid actor by the way they were constantly interrupting almost every relevant scene and development and it seems no caracter ever heard of silent mode or simply not picking up the phone.
- the SFL. This character is just completely atrocious. Always giving bad love advice when she has a terrible love life herself and when it all goes wrong “well, nothing we can do now, it’s the way it is, focus on a different guy”. No redeeming qualities. No growth.
- The Second Love Interest. Where did this sudden love interest even come from?? Why was he so fixated on her? Why climb a tree?
- Continuity issues. At the start she doesn’t know what he looks like because there’s no photos online and he is so illusive there’s only a picture of half his face, in the middle suddenly everyone knows what he looks like, even her mom because he’s so famous?? Also in his house she sees he likes The singer and has her albums, then later is talking to him like she never hears he likes her??
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OVERRATED - TIRESOME - MAIN LEADS HAS REALLY LOW SIGNFICANCE ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING
Emotional rollercoaster is okay but when this is driven by a third person it becomes annoying. Why I say that will be revealed in a moment. Continue reading if you want...I will start with the good things.
Acting & Cast: I rated it 7. Though it deserves more. They are good. But I think I am a bit disappointed that's why I rated 7. They are really good actors. Casting was also good.
Music. Quite good. But it didn't really hooked me into them for long.
Now then.....
Story: Typical rich kid CEO & a random girl but really famous being pursued by almost everyone in this universe. Just because of how this develops forward i rated it 3.5 or else maybe it would get 4.5-5.
What I hate most about this Drama:
I absolutely hated Bi Ruo Shan aka Shan Shan. The support role is in the driving seat how the relationship develops between the ML's. She is absolutely a B*tCh. At first she gives the FL idea on how to pursue Shi Yan in a negative way. Well there is nothing wrong about. Almost all the typical dramas have same story. But when our female lead is feeling sorry for her action, shan shan the B*tch is trying to stop her. Why? because it will ruin the scholarship. Well, girl you gave her Idea. WTF. This happens countless times. Now after the ML Shi Yan gets to know why the FL Shu Yi pursues her, he becomes upset. Well, obviously anyone will be, right? Weather it's male or female. If anyone bonds up with someone with some intention not because of own gain anyone will be upset & depressed. Now when the ML leaves the FL, she decides not to explain . Well it's too late but at least try. What is wrong with you? FL decides to write an email. AN EMAIL, guys!! Seriously. Okay let's say Email is okay but she writes an email regarding work not about clearing things between them. On the top of that she allows the other side characters like Yi Yang gets close to her acting like she doesn't know what goes through the male lead is going through. Well, let's say she is an absolute immature character & doesn't know about these things. Let's forgive her. Now, Shan Shan again becomes a bi*ch & ask the female lead to be involved with Yi Yang this time. Again controlling the leads love life,. Our female lead still didn't apologize & explain things to the male lead. The male lead is not also taking any action. But according the situation, in my opinion the male lead owes her nothing. He loved her from start to finish. Some might disagree but It's just my opinion. Then the b*tch shan shan hears about Shi Yan from the female lead that he is not doing anything, she becomes upset with Shi Yan for this. The b*tch things Shi Yan is the problem. WTF. Girl, you were doing everything from the beginning. Putting ideas on female leads mind, doesn't let her clear things before disaster came, then asks the female lead to hook up with others, becoming angry at Shi Yan for nothing. Everything is about you. What funny is she couldn't even handle her own love life at the beginning while she was sharing tips about love with FL. That makes me more furious.
I don't know how this drama rates 8. It has absolute downfall. You can disagree but I don't care. I watch drama to relieve myself from stress not to gain more.
And never have friends like shan shan. They ruin love life. Talking from personal experience.
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Edit: (After watching the remaining eps)
Still shi*t. childish ending.
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Actually terrible
I know this show is not meant to be deep, intellectual, or groundbreaking. However, even as just romantic fluff it does a really poor job.What's wrong:
1. Female characters with few redeeming qualities. I really hate how the writing was slanted to give mostly the women the negative traits. FL falls into a web of lies and stupid misunderstandings all while being a terrible girlfriend who has a low EQ. SFL basically only has obsession and stalking going for her for more than half the drama. 3FL...the worst probably. Her strength was the stink eye and non-communication and giving bad advice to her friend. Annoying co-worker who sabotages and steals FL's work - it is astonishing that they kept her around that long.
2. Boring company drama. The least compelling part of this show was the business aspect. Bunch of dudes in suits yammering about investments. People you don't care about - why should I care about this emo Le An guy?? Couple of old dudes complaining about ML's leadership.
I'm one of those people that usually finishes what I start, so I stuck it through to watch all 36 episodes and to watch Dylan eat Bai Lu's face. I actually enjoyed maybe the first third, but somewhere after the halfway mark I started to view this show as literal trash. This is the kind of the show that you literally throw your hands up in the air and ask, "WHY?"
There was just so much stupidity and mundaneness sprinkled throughout this show. Let's give the FL bad cramps from her period during some big shot conference JUST BECAUSE. ??? Really now. Let's have the FL show up to another company as a respected professional WHILE LOOKING LIKE SHE HAS NO PANTS ON. Let's have FL fail to convince her mother she has a boyfriend when she actually does and still go out on an arranged date with a mutual friend and then lie to her boyfriend about it. Let's have the 3FL just storm off and give some stank attitude when 3ML tries to open up, and also have 3ML think she's about to marry her cousin. Let's introduce a dark horse second love interest out of nowhere around 2/3 of the way through the show and then have him climb up a tree.
This show is definitely in the bottom tier of dramas I have watched. I think if they cut this show in half and all the unnecessary crap, it would've been much better. There were some fun moments, but I don't think it's worth it on the whole. I would not recommend watching unless you have nothing better to do or if you really really need to see Bai Lu and Dylan together.
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Waste of time
Story is slow. Not recommended to watch. Very dissapointing Drama from Bailu & Dylan. People will only watch it because of the hype of popular lead actors.Boring drama. You need to pay just to watch the wedding scene of Dylan & Bailu. A very dissapointing drama.
Story is slow. Not recommended to watch. Very dissapointing Drama from Bailu & Dylan. People will only watch it because of the hype of popular lead actors.
Boring drama. You need to pay just to watch the wedding scene of Dylan & Bailu. A very dissapointing drama.
Story is slow. Not recommended to watch. Very dissapointing Drama from Bailu & Dylan. People will only watch it because of the hype of popular lead actors.
Boring drama. You need to pay just to watch the wedding scene of Dylan & Bailu. A very dissapointing drama.
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Screenwriters totally messed this one up.
This is not a classic cold-CEO and bubbly-reporter story. It's a revenge-plot gone wrong. And the people who messed this up were the screenwriters.Some reviews say that the actors (Dylan Wang or Bai Lu) get the chemistry wrong. That's because they assume it's a cold-CEO and bubbly-reporter. If instead you realize that she's trying to get revenge on the ex-boyfriend, suddenly the chemistry is about right (especially from Bai Lu).
We do get an early notification of the revenge-plot in episode 1... about 10 seconds long at most. Then about 20 episodes before it finally gets to exploding in her face. ML a nice guy, who acts cold to the FL because he knows she has ulterior motives. He fell for her a long time ago, and is trying to figure out why she's approaching him. So he's nice-guy-acting-cold, and she's not-interested-acting-interested.
It's the screenwriters who made a mess here. The audience literally has NO IDEA that he's deliberately faking being cold and uninterested, and is (a) trying to figure out why she's approaching him (he assumes it's money, but that doesn't make sense to him), and (b) trying to hide that he's interested.
Other points:
* The amount of self-conversation / thinking aloud is ridiculous. It's boring for the audience, and *worse* we don't even hear what matters -- i.e. him trying to figure it all out, and her plotting the scheme. There's a remarkable amount of dead-space that drives the audience to some serious boredom.
* The costume designers went way overboard on the currently-popular oversize clothing. Dylan Wang in an oversize suit looks like he's wearing his older brother's hand-me-down outfit. We simply can not take him seriously. He looks young to start with, but in that oversize suit, looks like he's 12. In Rationale Life, he looks like an Adult when he wears a suit.
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This is a joke
I keep on thinking to myself this drama might get better but no, it keeps getting worst and worst. Is this a joke? It’s like suddenly Bailu and Dylan are noobs and this is their first drama. Dylan looks like a little boy looking hard and Bailu tries to act cute but it’s just cringy. She can’t be playing these roles anymore. What a mess. The story is a mess, there is no chemistry, the FL has no common sense, her best friend makes no sense and at this point the FL and ML should just forget about each other. Oh, and show keep reminding us how she’s focused on her career but I’ve never seen someone as unprofessional as her.Was this review helpful to you?
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Frustrating and Draggy
This storyline had potential, but there are so many things that dragged this series down that made it so frustrating to watch. I skipped through a lot of it. The cast and acting wasn't the problem - it's the script writing that is ridiculous and insulting to the viewer's intelligence.Positives (not many):
- ML (Dylan Wang), I watched it just for him. But his voice did not fit the character (they should have used a voice actor to dub him)
- 3rd FL (the niece Qin Shi Yue) - she started out super annoying acting like a toddler w/ the constant whining, tattling and stomping her feet, but that eventually subsided and she becomes quite endearing
Negatives:
- Main couple's chemistry wasn't great. He's supposed to be the older, successful, idolized one and she as the young bubbly one just starting her career. But she appeared older than him so it seemed awkward, like a big sister and little brother dynamic.
- ML's wardrobe was just terrible - nothing fit him properly! As another reviewer commented, it looked like he was borrowing his older brother's clothes
- FL character was so damn annoying - it's not bad acting on the actress's part, it's the scrip writing that made no sense. One minute she's smart, aggressive and outright daring and flirtatious w/ the ML; then the next minute she's a shrinking violet, overly dense/naïve when it comes to love
- The phone ringing interrupting every pivotal moment was so ridiculous! Literally almost every build up to a kiss scene or a confession, their phone rings and they answer it!!!
- 2nd FL (ShanShan) the FL's BFF was so annoying, giving out relationship advice when her love life is a complete mess
- The toxic male dominance was intolerable - how many times did the ML Shi Yan drag the FL around by the arm like a rag doll - in public, in their home, at work places, etc. Some scenes were meant to be cute and some were meant to be anger-based. Either way, there is no way in hell a woman would allow that so it should not be done to that extent in a modern drama. And that scene where Shu Yi's ex BF shows up drunk and obnoxious at her door - Shi Yan leaves a work event...somehow gets there in time to shove past the ex, slam the door, make out w/ the Shu Yi, comes back out and to send a message to the ex that he kissed her and that she belongs to him so get lost. That was just so gross.
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Another poorly written story
Just another poorly written story... Snobbish CEO with a naive girl. Then the story just got boring with the 2 main characters going in circle and circle. Hate the phone ringing in critical time. It happens all the time to a point that it is just ridiculously stupid. The misunderstanding was so bloody childish and amateurish... What is wrong with C-drama writers? Seems that their only aim is to find opportunities to extend the drama to as many episodes as possible.Was this review helpful to you?
Wasted potential
First of all, what is this show about?It’s Zheng Shuyi, a journalist who comes to know Shi Yan, an entrepreneur, as the uncle of her ex-boyfriend’s mistress. She gets closer and closer to him and sparks form, yet she still hides the reason of their meeting. At the same time, there are the love stories of Shuyi’s best friend, Shi Yan’s assistant, Shuyi’s boss and Shi Yan’s niece.
What can be said that’s good about this drama?
- Amazing cast. This show reunited some of the most famous and most recognisable Chinese actors, with Dylan Wang (LBFAD) and Bailu (Arsenal Military Academy) at the helm, accompanied by Wei ZheMing (Unforgettable Love) Jiang Pei Yao (Go Go Squid! 1), Zeng Li (LLTG) and many more. These are indeed also great actors, with Dylan Wang having grown majorly from his questionable acting in Miss The Dragon, although nothing could beat his acting in Love Between Fairy and Devil.
- Additionally, there seems to be quite a lot of budget for this series, with nice camera work, lots of closeups and flattering light. There’s also some pretty decor, background and overall good composition.
Now this is where everything will turn as this is the end of the positive aspects of this series.
What is bad about this drama? Too many things honestly. But what are the most apparent things?
- Storyline and bad use of time:
In the first part of the drama, the romance is dragged way too much, and there is little time dedicated to the progression of the secondary couples. It’s only when we get to the middle that we see the secondary characters become important. Near the end, we are disappointed and annoyed at the amount of couples that they tried to fit in this story. Some seemed natural, while others were completely forced and added nothing to the already heavy storyline. There are at least 6 couples shown in this, with more than half having little to no real screen-time.
- Lack of continuity:
They give us situations, that have obviously been filmed out of order, but when information has already been given to us previously, they go back on it or don’t know this information exists, as if some later episodes were written and filmed before the earlier ones.
-Rushed ending:
Near the end, they struggled to tie up the loose ends created throughout the series, and most were still open. They introduced so many storylines but didn’t do anything more to meaningfully contribute to the story. We are left with so many questions.
-Useless Characters:
They added characters out of nowhere, only to be used for one or two situations and then never be seen again, like a disappearing act. They were also used to force the main leads to experience the famous clichés (Jealousy, cheating, miscommunication, Rich CEO boyfriend, fake rumours…etc). One character appears in the end of the story, we’ve never heard of her, we don’t know where she comes from or why she’s here, but she doesn’t serve any use other than making the FL jealous and looking innocent.
- Main Leads personalities.
The ML was pretty basic, cold CEO who doesn’t like to talk much, and Dylan’s acting makes it a tiny bit enjoyable. What’s bad is the FL’s personality. It makes no sense. She is shy, yet courageous at the same time. And immature all the time, despite being an accomplished journalist respected by many. She tries to fit the mould of the soft, submissive female lead but all of her attributes fail to build a harmonious personality.
-Useless problems/intrigue:
The whole problem with the relationship of the main leads is the total lack of communication. And that the problem is resolved immaturely from both sides, and then forgotten.
To conclude:
This story tries to be the perfect overbearing CEO with a cutesy FL series, partnered with every cliché known to the CDrama industry. With the amount of budget it had, it’s disappointing story wise and doesn’t give us a proper ending.
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