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My Heroic Entrepreneur Husband
My Heroic Husband I would say is a spin-off story from Joy of Life (JoL) in a different universe with Guo Qi Lin/Ning Yi and Song Yi/Su Tan Er as the main leads as they were so loved in JoL. (Many casts from JoL are also in this drama!) The story has a fresh take on the MC/ML teleported into ancient society/story where he brings with him the wealth of knowledge from modern society. The drama is half RomCom/ half Polictical where both sides are weaved together very nicely to fulfil the ML's ambition, to be the Greatest Businessman and Richest Person! The first half of the drama is mostly comedy and business empire building through the ML's modern knowledge and quick wits, while the second half is more political and relationship with the 2nd FL.
Quick Story/Plot
There wasn't much explanation/reason how the story begins and not needed honestly, but it starts with the ML writing a modern novel/story where he decided to start afresh and write a brand new story set in Chinese historical times. The ML (or other story's character) conscience is teleported to his new character set in ancient times. The ML starts to adapt to his new world and the first task is to survive his upcoming marriage! Being married into the FL's family as a Matrilocal husband, the ML helps run the FL's family business from an operations side and uses his wits to resolve impending problems. Using modern techniques like franchising, batch processing and lottery prizes, the first half the drama is the battle of businesses/merchants. The second half of the story begins with the ML/FL going on a honeymoon and is then kidnapped by bandits during a civil unrest where the ML meets the 2nd FL.
Quick Acting/Cast/Characters
- Ning Yi (ML) has a modern conscience transferred into him where he utilises modern techniques and commericial strategies with the sole goal to become the wealthiest businessman. He uses his expanded knowledge and quick wits to get around obstacles and recruit people to his cause. It is also due to this that he is acknowledged by powerful people in the political sphere and wish to recruit him. Relationship wise, the ML is the inferior one and would also do everything in his power to support and assist his wife.
- Su Tan Er (FL) is a daughter from a well-respected fabric/clothes family business which she is currently managing. Under her management, she frequently gets hit with multiple problems due to people trying to sabotage and take advantage of her business. Relationship wise, She is the boss where the ML would always listen to the FL.
- Liu Xi Gua (2nd FL) comes in 2nd half of the story as the captain of a band of bandits. I am going to say it... Liu Xi Gua is the definitely the 2nd wife and the ending with the ML was very emotional...Being the brute and tomboy character, she does her best to get on the good side of the ML and was really entertaining to watch. Olivia Jiang played her character very well and made me an instant fan of hers.
- Special shoutout to Lu Hong Ti, the 3rd wife/ship :P
Music/OSTs
The Music and OSTs are excellent and extrordinary. If you like Gu-Feng (古風) you will most definitely like the whole playlist and sound tracks. It weaves into the scenes very well and gives off the whole ancient chinese society vibe.
Rewatch Value
Would rewatch to experience the story all over again.
Why my rating (9.5)
I took half a point away from perfect 10 because there were a few times where the big reveal/explanation of the master plan took time to be explained much later, which may confuse the audience initially. Also the story was split into 2 different FLs with the wife as primary focus in the first half and then disappearing for most of the 2nd half of the drama making room for the 2nd FL story. One small dissappointment, there weren't any intimate scenes, maybe occassional hand holding and hugging. The story also does well incorporating the military/political aspect which mostly makes sense and the emotional scenes were really moving. Intense scenes and death of characters were really heart-wrenching and pulled on heart strings. This was a good one-time spin-off story to watch.
Quick Story/Plot
There wasn't much explanation/reason how the story begins and not needed honestly, but it starts with the ML writing a modern novel/story where he decided to start afresh and write a brand new story set in Chinese historical times. The ML (or other story's character) conscience is teleported to his new character set in ancient times. The ML starts to adapt to his new world and the first task is to survive his upcoming marriage! Being married into the FL's family as a Matrilocal husband, the ML helps run the FL's family business from an operations side and uses his wits to resolve impending problems. Using modern techniques like franchising, batch processing and lottery prizes, the first half the drama is the battle of businesses/merchants. The second half of the story begins with the ML/FL going on a honeymoon and is then kidnapped by bandits during a civil unrest where the ML meets the 2nd FL.
Quick Acting/Cast/Characters
- Ning Yi (ML) has a modern conscience transferred into him where he utilises modern techniques and commericial strategies with the sole goal to become the wealthiest businessman. He uses his expanded knowledge and quick wits to get around obstacles and recruit people to his cause. It is also due to this that he is acknowledged by powerful people in the political sphere and wish to recruit him. Relationship wise, the ML is the inferior one and would also do everything in his power to support and assist his wife.
- Su Tan Er (FL) is a daughter from a well-respected fabric/clothes family business which she is currently managing. Under her management, she frequently gets hit with multiple problems due to people trying to sabotage and take advantage of her business. Relationship wise, She is the boss where the ML would always listen to the FL.
- Liu Xi Gua (2nd FL) comes in 2nd half of the story as the captain of a band of bandits. I am going to say it... Liu Xi Gua is the definitely the 2nd wife and the ending with the ML was very emotional...Being the brute and tomboy character, she does her best to get on the good side of the ML and was really entertaining to watch. Olivia Jiang played her character very well and made me an instant fan of hers.
- Special shoutout to Lu Hong Ti, the 3rd wife/ship :P
Music/OSTs
The Music and OSTs are excellent and extrordinary. If you like Gu-Feng (古風) you will most definitely like the whole playlist and sound tracks. It weaves into the scenes very well and gives off the whole ancient chinese society vibe.
Rewatch Value
Would rewatch to experience the story all over again.
Why my rating (9.5)
I took half a point away from perfect 10 because there were a few times where the big reveal/explanation of the master plan took time to be explained much later, which may confuse the audience initially. Also the story was split into 2 different FLs with the wife as primary focus in the first half and then disappearing for most of the 2nd half of the drama making room for the 2nd FL story. One small dissappointment, there weren't any intimate scenes, maybe occassional hand holding and hugging. The story also does well incorporating the military/political aspect which mostly makes sense and the emotional scenes were really moving. Intense scenes and death of characters were really heart-wrenching and pulled on heart strings. This was a good one-time spin-off story to watch.
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