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Well overall in general the drama is awesome whether it is the story or the casts. All i will say is that you are sure to watch it again and again.
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I watch this drama because related to love 020. But after watch it yeah not really, only because the name feng teng (FT) related. But still in the end a good drama to watch. ;)Is this a typical Cinderella story that poor employee fall in love with the boss and get the lucky because her boss also fall in love with her? Well... Not really... :)
I really like the story because it show the struggle of ordinary girl who fall in love and became couple with the big boss of a very big company. We can see Shan shan (SS) struggle when she think she too ordinary for FT & how in the end SS fix her issue. I also love that FT in the end really understand SS struggle and try to support her in his way.
We also can see SS having a really good parent who think how hard the future SS will be since she just ordinary girl from ordinary family. When we dream getting a prince for ourselves we often forget how hard it will be for us going into that level.
I really love when FT in a way happily say 'the debt make them equal...' Yeah uniquely in this drama the debt make SS became equal level with FT not make SS became lower level. :D
What makes this drama a little bit just dreamy is... FT not having any parent or elder who will against them together. Because you know SS just an ordinary girl from an ordinary family...
Overall: love the story. After watch several of Zanilia Zhao other drama, never i've watched her so pure & loveable as SS here. So yeah really worthed watched this. But finally getting a little bit bored after re-watch it for several times... :P
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Another drama based off of the popular web author Gu Man (Love O2O, My Sunshine). This one is definitely the middle road between the three books/tv shows. It has its cute light-hearted moments, but also has more serious and dramatic moments. Somewhat Cinderella feeling (lower class, young girl falls for the upper class male lead) but definitely has good character development in Xue Shan Shan (Zhao Li Ying). With so many TV shows out there, it's hard to have super ingenious new story lines, so this one is definitely just a good melodrama to watch and not expect any crazy twists and turns.
Features the main two (Zhao Li Ying and Zhang Han) exploring the relationship between two very different people and dealing with all of the issues that come standard with that type of relationship, while at the same time dealing with mixed emotions from other characters who want to find love as well. Definitely nothing mind-blowingly new or unheard of before, but still a good watch altogether. You get to see Shan Shan go through all of the normal relationship stages where she isn't sure what's going on at first (and somewhat dislikes the male), to realizing they have feelings for each other, and dealing with being together and what not.
ACTING:
I haven't made it a secret that ZLY is one of my favorite actresses so until I actually see a bad drama from her, she's gonna get good critiques from me. ZLY really is smart at choosing dramas to act in because it always seems like her character really changes and develops by the end of it and almost always for the better. She is really a great actress who is amazing at showing the different parts of a character and making it feel like she really IS that person (and not just playing the same characters all the time).
Zhang Han - another very popular Chinese actor. I haven't really seen a ton of his works. Even though he's not a bad actor, he just doesn't do it for me, so I never go out of my way to watch his shows/films. He does a good job as the rich/powerful guy with a soft side, but again, he's just not my cup of tea.
Huang Ming - I'd only ever seen him in Perfect Couple before this, but he really changed my mind with this drama. In Perfect Couple, he was the geeky sidekick who fell in love with someone way out of his league, so the first time I watched this, I couldn't take him seriously as the super suave, flirtatious playboy he was started out as. Eventually, watching him more, I really had a change of heart with him and really started rooting for him to find love.
REWATCH VALUE:
I'm a young female adult, so all of Gu Man's stories (and others like it) always attract me to watch over and over again. I've rewatched about 2-3 times in the past few years. The fact that her stories are fairly standard plots make them easy to watch because you're so used to that type of story, but at the same time, all three of the adaptations have had fairly good actors/actresses at the helm which makes it easy to watch again and again. (This would rank #2 for me after Love O2O)
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First of all im guessing that more than 75% of the story is about eating, and i love it. I love the way shan shan interact with lishu after lishu kiss feng teng, i can feel shan shan. I like how the story focused on the 3 couples. This is a really good drama tho... i can re watch this for more than 3 times. The gesture details is so legit, especially the part after shan shan move to feng teng's apartment. One thing that kinda dissapoint me is the resolution story for feng teng and shan shan, it is a little bit weak at the very end where she bought the ring using feng teng's card. Thats it overall i really love it. Was this review helpful to you?
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> It is not a hard-hitting drama. Quite easy to watch. Endearingly warm and plays out very well. There’s some real sense of humour, a lot of adorable moments that would make you squeal, I sure have.> FL is filled with cuteness, but seriously dense at times. Shan Shan definitely had a hard time understanding ML introverted personality. Since she’s so naïve, naturally, it would be difficult for her to read an atmosphere. Let me just add: Shan Sha alcohol tolerance is off the chart.
> Love ML! I especially love the way he gets FL to summit by threating her with pay-cuts and bounce reductions, and Shan Shan ain’t having that (girl would agree with anything if it meant her money won’t get affected) Hahahaha!
Both Leads dialogues are good, and it was great to watch their interactions.
SUPPORTING CAST:
> Huang You Ming played Wu Tong in Love and Redemption, but he looked especially beautiful in this series. His acting isn’t bad either. I could easily see him fit into the ML role.
I missed Zheng Qi and Shan Shan interactions. As the story progress, it became less and less. What a shame! Both are the most relax when they’re interacting (I don’t mean that in a romantic kind of way) Perhaps that’s why their interactions looked natural and fun to watch.
> ML Secretary. Her name starts with “M”. I like her. Usually, they’re in love with ML, but not here. Secretary face is always pleasant when dealing with FL.
> ML Childhood Friend. What a snake! (Hahahah!) It's been what, 10-12 yrs? If he didn't show interest during that time, even without her confession, he will never be interested. So annoying!
> Shan Shan's Aunt is crazy asf! The writers should have made her mute! Seriously.
Never thought I would watch till the end —since I tend to get bored real fast when it comes to dramas like Boss & Me (Historical with & without romance… Martial Arts… Wuxia… Adventure—are my favourite) However, I binge watched this drama and it was totally worth it!
Though the story is nothing original, everyone / thing was enjoyable in Boss and Me.
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To be honest, i haven't listened to the music as i watch english subs but still reading the lyrics made me feel its nice. Actually i think all the chinese musics are light and soothing, especially the traditional instruments.
short and precise is best 'cause not many people have time to read all those lengthy reviews.
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Story: 8.0
With the overall story, I thought it was very well perceived. A young woman freshly out of college gets a job at a very famous company. She finds out she got in because of her blood type this “panda” blood. The CEO, the brother of the women she helped save, falls for her innocence and naive personality, while later stays in love when he realizes how strong she is underneath it all. They break up, or “on a break” get back together, happy ending. It's a typical romantic comedy. With some exceptions, in the end you are happy for the female rival, and happy that they become good friends. The male lead goes after her instead of the other way around. And the family dynamic that is present in a lot of rich boy, poor girl, is missing.
Though I enjoyed the journey and loved watching it, I found myself slightly disappointed that it gave into some of the typical cliches that dramas tend to do, such as the misunderstood because he hides things from her. The women being nice to her face, but secretly going behind her back on everything. The long drawn out story arc’s that could have been solved in relatively two episodes instead of five.
I liked the last little bump they had to go through in order to get together. I think it should have been a bigger story plot than it was, because it made you happy to see Shan Shan achieve the success she did.
I think what would have improved this for me, is if the cousin’s Liu Liu’s love story started earlier, instead of in the last two episodes. Everyone else's was so drawn out, that hers just seemed to be rushed and unplanned.
Overall the story is interesting and isn’t boring what’s so ever, just a few things I personally didn’t quite care for, but that doesn’t mean it was portrayed badly in any given circumstances.
Acting/Casting: 9.5
I think the thing that makes this story so well done, is the acting. The casting was perfect, though I might have gone for someone different to play Wang Pin Ruo, just because she didn’t really seem fit for me. But it was such a minor character, she served her purpose well that I didn’t think much of it until after the show ended.
The two leads chemistry is what kept me coming back towards the middle where the story started to slow down in pace. The breaking out of the stern rich man character was very well portrayed, while Shan Shan’s innocence was portrayed in a way that gave people hope instead of hating the character. You saw her happiness diminish as she struggled to go through the ups and downs of being connected to such a big power. Overall the acting and casting was very done, which I believe makes this one of the main reasons people recommend this drama.
Music: 9.5
One thing I would change about the music is the use of English lyrics. It's only thing because I found myself slightly distracted by the english lyrics, I found that what they were saying fit with the tone that they were trying to do, but with them speaking over it, it was hard to concentrate. But everything was fantastic. They knew when to play music, when not. When to play dramatic instrumental, the happy moments, the cute moments. It was really a good example of what to do with background music, in my opinion.
Rewatch Value: 8.5
I found this drama not hard to watch and very easy to follow. This is one that you would rewatch while watching something that is overly sad. When you want to have a happy ending and watch someone’s personal growth through work, love, and self-esteem.
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Repeatative
I didn't like this drama tbh I thought it was way to long, they could of told the same exact story in much lesser episodes, I had to give it up as some of the story lines were same old same old. The female lead just got on my nerves the whole way through they say in the tags naive and childish ha those words are being kind, I wouldn't hire her to clean tables let alone as an assistant, wow she was something else lol it came to a stage I found myself muting whenever she came on the screen, male lead just seemed robotic with no emotions apart from the odd smile and acted like he can get whatever he wants though felt no way to string along his girl mate for years without the sense of just telling her as it is , absolutely loved his best mate found him thoroughly entertaining proper Jack the lad ? didn't like the sister or her girlfriend at all they were living in totally differ worlds so spaced out lol, husband seemed cool I guess he was just there, also loved her cousin, mum and dad couldn't stand the aunt she seemed like a beggar to be fair, didn't really like her house mate or the housemates bf they seemed fake to me.Work colleagues were just blah to chatty but I suppose that's office life eh, the girl on her course just seemed desperate as did the lady with the black hair who tried to seduce her bf.
All in all I thought it was just like any other love your boss drama, where they make the girl seem like a fool which is very often in Chinese love dramas I might add, would I watch it again, yeah that's a definite no.
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I want to give a shout-out to the writers for bringing awareness to transfusions in an emergency situation. Rare blood types are very rare but these days we have to be careful about donating blood if you are not healthy or you have a blood disorder that can't be seen by tests.
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Not one boring episode
I live in the Cayman Islands and started watching dramas from different countries.This is the best drama I have watched :) love love love it. Watched it about 20 times. love the music, the songs, but most of all the background music. Feng and Shan Shan acting is effortless, perfect , no mistakes. I hope they do another series. I have recommended this series to several friends and a few agree totally that this is the best drama series they have watched.
Actually have it on as I work, not 1 boring episode.
I hope they have season 2, even if it's just 4 or 5 episodes, just to see the wedding and they have a baby.
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Was a cute show but...
I liked the show but the FL kind of bugged me. I think it was the part she played. I really got tired of her not fully accepting him and that their lives could be good together. She also felt that she had to change who she was to be with him. She had to get a degree because she felt if she did not she was not good enough.Here are my hang ups... when the ML was kissed by the girl that liked him for all those years and the FL saw them. He just stood there and never tried to explain anything to her. Never really pushed the other girl away. Never made it clear to his love interest that he had no feelings for the other girl. He pretty much just let her go.? I get that she was like a “sister” but... even in my family when my brother was wrongly picking a fight with my hubby we all stood up to my brother and let him know he was in the wrong. The ML did that like one time! That was when he had to go over seas and the other “sister” showed up.
The FL... uggg I just had a bit of a hard time with her. She got annoying. The way she was always so reserved even when she “confessed” to the ML. She wanted to hide their relationship. I really really hate that!! If you are not willing to let people know you are together then you are not worth being with. And when she over heard that she might not have kids. I really hate shows that they leave the one they love because they either cannot have kids (or think they cannot) or they are ill and are not sure if they will live. And I do know that she was playing a very naïve girl. So naive that she dressed like a wanton woman because the other girl told her she needed to and actually showed up to work looking that way. She did play a good naive girl. I think that is what really bugged me about her character. I have a hard time watching naive, gullible people that don’t understand a situation until it is to late or that do not know how to stand up for themselves! ??♀️
Would I rewatch it? Ya I probably would. Just wish a lot was cut out and the show shortened. But over all I did like the story. For me I will watch again just not as often as some of my other favorites.
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