This had a good premise and the potential is big, but they didn't execute it right.
Love the actors playing the main leads, I have watched many dramas of Yang Mi and Xu Kai and this wasn't one of their best work, but I think I have to blame their characters.
Hers was good on paper and better written than his. She is a strong and independent woman, fighting for equality and for make things right and fair for all employees in her company. I love how such fierce character was challenging stereotypical gender roles in society and winning at it.
I also loved her sismance with Li Dai ( Tang Jing Mei) was very refreshing seeing women supporting women and developing a real true friendship.
Our male lead's character was way less appealing. He was written as strong minded and stubborn, quite the idealistic and loyal. The problem with that is that as far as I could see he didn't really have anything interesting happening to him. He gave up in his career and social life in general but fell in love and changes his ways to help the FM and accommodate everything for her life and interest. I think his character deserved more but it was just bland for me.
Couldn't notice any chemistry between them whatsoever and it was quite lacking in the romance side. Very heavy on legal cases and boring conversations that would allow me to play on my phone at the same time as I was watching the drama....
I think this drama would have been needed more passion, emotions and comedy so we could feel closer to the characters. They felt cold and unnatural...
The final episodes ( specially the last one) are ridiculously rushed and they gave good closure to everyone ignoring their previous decisions and subplots, felt like they just wanted a happy ending for everyone eve if that meant change their personalities.
I give it a 7 because despite all the negatives, I still found it interesting and It's a non typical cdrama where there's more than the stereotypical romance between an overbearing CEO and the doormat secretary... i hope they continue trying to make different dramas like this one.
Love the actors playing the main leads, I have watched many dramas of Yang Mi and Xu Kai and this wasn't one of their best work, but I think I have to blame their characters.
Hers was good on paper and better written than his. She is a strong and independent woman, fighting for equality and for make things right and fair for all employees in her company. I love how such fierce character was challenging stereotypical gender roles in society and winning at it.
I also loved her sismance with Li Dai ( Tang Jing Mei) was very refreshing seeing women supporting women and developing a real true friendship.
Our male lead's character was way less appealing. He was written as strong minded and stubborn, quite the idealistic and loyal. The problem with that is that as far as I could see he didn't really have anything interesting happening to him. He gave up in his career and social life in general but fell in love and changes his ways to help the FM and accommodate everything for her life and interest. I think his character deserved more but it was just bland for me.
Couldn't notice any chemistry between them whatsoever and it was quite lacking in the romance side. Very heavy on legal cases and boring conversations that would allow me to play on my phone at the same time as I was watching the drama....
I think this drama would have been needed more passion, emotions and comedy so we could feel closer to the characters. They felt cold and unnatural...
The final episodes ( specially the last one) are ridiculously rushed and they gave good closure to everyone ignoring their previous decisions and subplots, felt like they just wanted a happy ending for everyone eve if that meant change their personalities.
I give it a 7 because despite all the negatives, I still found it interesting and It's a non typical cdrama where there's more than the stereotypical romance between an overbearing CEO and the doormat secretary... i hope they continue trying to make different dramas like this one.