Kapetria

HeHan and ZhanQiao succeed in their business partnership&romance, He's a web novelist, She's his editor, and together they achieved great recognition, his novels are always in first place. HeHan lives a carefree life, but after years together ZhanQiao wants to lives with him, but HeHan is just not ready. Distressed ZhanQiao makes harsh decisions, that affects not only their life together, but also her company and her other writers/authors/partners. We see the consequences of her decision not only now, but also their past decisions consequences.

ZhanQiao lives with her friend ZhouMei, Zhoumei lives a double life or should I say, triple life?.Cai ZhangZhu is HeHan number one fan. Bei Wen Qi is a reliable lawyer and something else. Newbie Lawyer YouSen is driven for bad and good. LanXin is pure ambitious & jealously, YiKai can flex both. Gu Yan shakes their world, Daishan profits, Mr. Fan dominates. Who is legend author Phantom Knight?

First I must say, it's a heavily business drama, majority of the plot are business rivalry, contract negotiations, scout of new writers, headhunting, negotiations of movies and games adaptations, new chapters schedule etc; very dynamic and upbeat for most part. The romance is slow and sprinkled in homeopathic doses, but highly engaging*. The drama is kinda melancholic, but the mood gets heavier in the second half, with lots of tears going on.

In the technical aspect, the acting was right on point for most of the actors, Tiffany screaming is a tad annoying, Mark was priceless with his laid back super star writer. Cai Yu such a fancy actress. He Lan Dou reminds me Rosy Zhou early career. Seniors did just okay, ShaoFeng, HongJie, LiuJun. OST was alike angst costume dramas, good enough. Photography, what can I say? Shanghai is one those cities that are pure glamour with old vibes buildings and neat streets, even in more poor neighborhood's.


*HeHan and ZhanQiao flashbacks are soo damn romantic I swear!