Master of My Own (2022)

Not a rom-com, but a woman empowerment drama

I think if I didn’t have high rom-com expectations, I wouldn’t have been so disappointed. I went into this drama for the actors. I have seen almost everything Tan Song is in because she is just that good. I love her short stature, her bubbly personality and her smiles. She’s never lead me wrong. I’ve seen Ling Geng Xin in Princess Agents where I liked him more in that role.

My main issue with this drama was the tone and pacing. The first 10 episode was the ML being a horrible person to the FL. He was not supportive, he didn’t do anything adorable or cute that made you think he had best intensions. Not only did he say she wasn’t good at anything, but she wouldn’t amount to anything, he didn’t really care that she struggled. He treated her so harshly for 30% of the drama, I was basically against him from that point forward.

I started to look at the drama in a new light, as in, this is a woman empowerment drama and I was simply rooting for the FL to get her awesome power back. I was so happy to watch her figuring out issues (with little to no help from the ML) and kind of letting all the people that doubted her that she is just as good as them.

There was hardly any romantic interactions between the ML and FL. I found them to be bickering people that are just friends. The ML is only two years older than the FL and he acts and looks beyond the years. I was very shocked by this.

I felt like a lot of entertaining and moving moments happened when the FL was speaking to secondary characters, like the second ML or her best friend or my favorite person in the drama, her second boss. I really liked the relationship between the FL and her second boss because, well that is how the ML should have acted.

Husband liked the financial side of the show since he is in finance and could understand all of that language. It was easier for me to understand when he explained everything about “margin calls”, “bonds” “liquidated stocks”, so just note, it’s very financial heavy in the dialogue.

I’m happy the drama is only 32 episodes and costume and sets were decent to look at. I would watch it for the actors if you are super fans, but don’t expect your typical rom-com or heavy romance drama.

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slice of life & intellectual women are nice

It's really really nice as a journey through life, with a lot of slow-paced events and ordinary things that add to the realistic picture, but it somehow became boring when nothing really happened... It was so so slow that it became unrealistic for some intellectual educated successful people like our protagonists!
The ML is doing an incredible job with performing someone who is unable to accept and express his feelings and establish the human relationships he is craving for. Also hard to believe that a smart woman - the FL - could miss the signals of a man's obvious interest in her... The SML and SFL are nice and funny in their own way, but still lacking as characters. Actors are always top notch!!
Too bad the writer and director didnt make more of the excellent script and cast and chose to drag and drag and reach an incredible 30 episodes - or so - over... nothing!
I truly enjoyed the first half of this series! It conveys a lot of meaning. So much that it made the other half useless for me.

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Male leads like this should be illegal!

OVERALL
This drama is cliché, and not the good kind. Watch it if 1) You're really, REALLY a fan of the actors, 2) You're a masochist in love with jerks, 3) You love seeing women debased by men. If you're not, then do yourself a favor and skip.

THE STORY
I gave this drama a try because of Seven Tan, who I liked in The Sword & the Brocade. Unfortunately, this drama turns out to be one of her many projects I simply can't get behind. The only positive thing I can say about this drama is that it starts well. I like how Female lead is introduced, as a total boss who knows her stuff and is in control of the situation. That lasts about...five minutes. Then we move on to Male Lead being a jerk, and more Male Lead being a jerk, and (yes, you got it right) more Male Lead being a jerk, while Female Lead just takes it all. By episode 7, he's still a total jerk and Female Lead is...somewhat into him? Like what? There's ABSOLUTELY nothing to be attracted to! This type of drama drives me mad because under the pretense of a "male growth" drama it sells the idea that guys can do and say whatever they want to girls and girls are just supposed to put up with it. Male Lead is really HORRID, as bad as the king in Yanxi Palace (if you know, you know!), if not worse, and this is a modern drama. It's TOTALLY unacceptable!

To be fair, the problem is not only Male Lead. Female Lead's submissive behavior bothers, her inability to see things coming (when she was so good at it in the first 5 minutes) too, and then you have the overused, triggering cliches like the glasses removal (oh, now that she has no glasses, she's SO pretty! *eyeroll*). I came, I saw, and I gave it up. Save yourself the trouble, skip.

THE ACTING
Ok, but not mind-blowing. I saw some people in another platform say main leads had chemistry. I must be blind, because I didn't see any.

THE MUSIC
No comment.

REWATCH VALUE
Nonexistent.

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Story of Ning Meng

Ning Meng's Character analysis:
come from loving family, hard worker, cheerful.

Childhood:
wanna be investor because her father business went bad.

College era:
took finance major, a clever student, confessed love to classmate but got rejected, never date anyone ever since.

Graduated:
applied at Joint investment division but ended up as secretary of investment owner/director. Learn a lot from this perfectionist/bossy/arrogant boss about investment, found out this company was not her place to got what she want.

3 Years after working at Joint co, got job at Eaglestone co, got a very kind boss, join a project with her former boss company as representative, the love feelings started develop as she found out her boss is actually good to her:
- start to realize her feelings to her ex boss

- broken hearted seeing her boss already got someone he loved (her ex boss later realized his feelings are actually for Ning Meng but kinda too late)

- accepted her previously rejected her classmate, date this classmate, rejected love confession from her soon-to-bankrupt ex-boss, realized her classmate is psycho but try to go on, kept contact with her now-bankrupt ex-boss (nothing happen between this two 'professional' people), but being hardly slapped by this psycho thought she was cheating and break up.

- her career rocketed since she got out from Joint co to Eaglestone co, because she is smart, got learn many things from ex boss, got good new boss to give her opportunities, she is also hard worker, also kind to everyone and willing to help them.

- "chased" her now-"poverty stricken"-ex boss, resigned from her position as director company, helped him rebuild new company again, sent all criminals that ever "bully" her ex-boss to jail, succeeded, then got proposed by her ex boss.

Conclusion:
1. Hard work and stick on your dream will definitely come true.
2. Be kind, there are many people out there still understand kindness and repaying kindness.
3. To have loved ones support you, cheer you up, when you're down is important.
4. Career or love? Both can!

The End.

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Be a master of our fate, not a victim

Master Of My Own is a C-drama that covers romance, comedy and tragedy.

It tells a story about a young personal assistant, Ning Meng, to a venture capitalist, Lu Ji Ming, who was given the job at her job interview out of urgency and was guaranteed a role with the investment team in the company.

When she realises that she is not going to achieve her dream by constant sabotage by her colleagues, NM quits her job and joins another investment company to pursue her dream.

From then onwards, she experiences the ups and downs of her role as an investment analyst while bumping into her former boss regularly and dealing with his tantrums.

This C-drama is entertaining for those who work in the corporate world.

Watch it.

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Another masterpiece of Tan song yun.again proves her versatility ?

Its the one of the best office Romance for me in 2022...Rather than focusing on Romance mainly they focus on career development of a Girl from secretary to director.. it'll surely motivate you in many ways...Again i must say "Ning Meng" played by Tan song yun is a remarkable character..There is no doubt Seven is always do justice to her character.. she is really a hardworking nd versatile actress.. The ML somehow may irritate you in d beginning. but u'll b convinced by the character development later... But "Tan song yun" definitely steals the show...

Love the ending also....so well managed ❤️

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Tinha tudo para ser ótimo mas não foi

Fiquei bem empolgada quando encontrei esse drama pois adoro a atriz que faz a protagonista e o resumo também era muito interessante.
Adoro tramas que trazem mulheres forte e decididas e isso foi muito forte aqui. A protagonista é linda e mesmo diante de todas as dificuldades permaneceu firme em seus objetivos.
O que me irritou profundamente foi o plot dos romances. Queria entender pq forçam tanto que protagonistas tenham alguém, parece que não é possível ser feliz sozinho e isso nesse drama foi muito chato e cansativo.
Do meio para o final estava assistindo sem vontade mas não queria dropar pois queria saber como a trama da prota terminava.
Achei chato e cansativo.

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O enredo é focado no mundo empresarial, nas relações familiares e na amizade. Apesar, de inicialmente, parecer muito lento o desenrolar da história, as atuações chamam a atenção. Os personagens tem personalidades bastante distintas e os atores conseguiram enfatizar as diversas nuances de cada um deles. A atriz Tan Song Yun brilha do início ao fim do drama com sua atuação natural e convincente. O romance não é a tônica do drama, mas a construção da relação do casal protagonista é bastante interessante e os atores conseguiram passar a emoção necessária aos personagens em cada fase do drama.
A direção foi equilibrada e não há erros de edição que comprometam o trabalho.
A trilha sonora é agradável e foi muito bem colocada nas cenas.

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Sự chuyển hình của Đàm Tùng Vận

Tôi thích nhân vật Ninh Mông do Đàm Tùng Vận đóng, một cô gái cá tính, dám nghĩ, dám làm và với sự mạnh mẽ đã đạt được ước mơ trở thành nhà đầu tư có chỗ đứng. Với vai diễn này, Đàm Tùng Vận đã thể hiện sự cương nghị, sự nỗ lực không ngừng vươn lên của một cô gái tỉnh lẻ ra chốn thành thị để đạt thành công. Trải qua các giai đoạn từ một thư ký chu đáo đến một tổng giám đốc đầu tư giỏi, Đàm Tùng Vận đã diễn rất tròn vai và có sự bùng nổ cảm xúc khi chia tay với tình đầu là một đàn anh học cùng trường và bây giờ là làm cùng ngành. Chúc mừng Đàm Tùng Vận!

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Ricordati qual'è il tuo sogno e lotta per esso.

Credo fermamente che questo drama sia eccessivamente sottovalutato e penso anche di saperne il perchè: per la maggiore, ci si avvicina a quest'opera pensando sia un romance/office solito ma questo segue uno schema completamente diverso rispetto agli altri. Più che sull'amore, cmq presente, questo drama si focalizza su FL e sul suo perseguire il proprio sogno, anche a costo di continue pressioni e mobbing. Seguiamo la protagonista dall'inizio alla fine, in tutto il suo percorso di crescita e maturità all'intero di un mondo difficile come può essere quello degli investimenti. Cosa che ho amato veramente tanto è che questo fattore non va alle ortiche man mano che il drama avanza per focalizzarsi sulla parte romantica, tutt'altro. Rimane l'unico chiodo fisso di tutto il drama e ho adorato come è stato trattato l'argomento. Ho apprezzato che le storie romantiche siano mature, ma veramente mature, senza momenti pucci pucci simil ragazzini delle superiori (momenti che solitamente amo nei drama) o scleri improvvisi, incidenti strani, e chi più ne ha più ne metta (qualcosa c'è, ma è ben ponderata). Sembra una storia vera. Non si avverte per nulla la finzione.
Io non l'ho mai trovato noioso nonostante la lunghezza perchè ogni singola clip è studiata davvero bene e nonostante i tempi "molli" ci siano non danno fastidio, anzi nell'insieme creano personaggi sempre più tridimensionali.
Davvero davvero consigliato, soprattutto a chi si trova in un momento lavorativo particolarmente duro. Mi ha dato le stesse sensazioni (per quanto riguarda inseguire i propri sogni e battersi per loro) del kdrama Start Up: entrambe è come se mi avessero aiutato in tal senso.

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