The Coolest World (2021)

A Drama for Working People :) Has its good and bad points

Well, at first it was hard to understand, especially since I'm not familiar with the internal happenings in the "entertainment" or "content production" and "IT" industry. So it was a bit of a challenge to relate to them specifically in that aspect. But putting the specifics aside, the working environment was relatable as an office worker myself. The struggles of proving yourself, adapting to several people, the politics, the betrayals and also the friendship, teamwork and mentoring among colleagues. Also, they touched the aspect of traditional Chinese families which I am also part of - protective parents, parents who obviously care for your sibling more than you, parents who have planned your life for you. The growth of the leads' romance was also nice - they were not too cheesy, and the relationship was somehow serious and more stable, compared to other romance dramas. There's also the realistic insecurity among couples, which I see in person among my friends, and also one of the reasons I find personal commitments like this challenging. I love how they still loved each other even after breaking up.

Just a few things that I didn't appreciate much was some characters disappeared like bubbles without proper closure to their story. XiaoWen disappeared early on and came back at the last ep. The previous people from Yo - CEO, Qin, Yin, Hui, Wu - disappeared after the fraud case and changing CEOs. The roommates, Shen Ying and husband were MIA and only appeared at the last ep also. I understand that they were not shown since they're not spending time with XiaoXiao anymore, but would have appreciated more proper "closures" or ending scenes for them. Also, why was the storyline of the sick kid at the latter part, felt like it was not the right timing for that plot, when you're 4eps away from the ending.

Note: I was heartbroken for a minute when I thought that DuanChong had a new family in the end. But turns out, he didn't and he lived happily ever after with Xiao! Yey! Also I loved the part when XiaoXiao had period cramps and she was barely surviving in the office, because that's me every month LOL!

Conclusion: this is not a drama for people who want romance only. it's about 75% work and 25% romance, so viewers who are exposed to the working environment would better understand the drama.

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Bundle of negativity and failure with no big story or entertainment !!

The drama is full of negativity and failures which will make you wonder why you really need this drama when you reach the end. The female lead is an workaholic character who doesn’t need family or love. Or should I say she was trained that way by her lead Lu Mang who himself had to divorce his family and live a lonely life for his workaholic nature to put work ahead of everything else.

There is no big story and it’s all about how everyone make others suffer with their motive to succeed and live their dream to be a great entrepreneur. The drama starts with FL being ditched by her ex for his own selfish motive to succeed and we see her doing the same to others .

By the end, to compensate all the mess they had created, they done a documentary about Internet abuse for one whole episode. That’s the only good outcome out of otherwise meaningless 40 episodes. Just by using the child sentiment , a good documentary and a happy ending they tried their best to cover up everything else, then I wondered if a few happy episodes can really tally the misery we all faced in the rest of episodes ?

Finally, Even after FL hurting and leaving ML in pain during his tough times, there is a happy ending with our ML as usual like her puppy accepting her anytime she wants and thrown away anytime she doesn’t want. Interestingly even when the Ml asked her out for dinner for the last time she prioritised her lead and spent time with him including a dinner outing lol. So much for her love !!! So much for character growth !!!

To keep the review spoiler free, I shall stop myself from elaborating the characters here. My advice for you is to look elsewhere if you are looking for a good office / romance / any genre drama.

Writer of this drama should seriously reconsider his profession and save people from wasting their time with his useless creations.

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