This drama has a little bit of everything. It’s got great romance, hilarious comedy, office politics, great fight scenes, and intriguing side characters. It’s not super light and fluffy but it’s not a real angst ridden melodrama either. It’s somewhere in between.

Storyline:
This drama has the most original first meeting of the main leads I’ve ever seen. The male lead is performing a military operation in the middle of the jungle and ends up risking his life and his teams whole operation to save the female lead from her kidnappers. He quickly disappears after saving her and she can’t identify him since he had his face covered the whole time. It’s the sweetest moment when she finally realizes, after being thrown together in the business world for some time, that he’s the one who saved her. The main plot revolves around the rivalry between businesses in the fashion world. It’s very interesting but the constant sabotaging, stealing ideas, and ruthlessness in the business world is overdone and gets a bit irritating. But the great romance between the main leads and the second leads along with some great side characters saves this drama. The male leads friendship with his military buddies was touching as they were obviously closer to each other than even family members would be. I also adored the female leads sweet protective older brother and wished I could have seen more of his story.

Acting:
The female lead is the same one from “The Story Of Minglan” which is one of my favorite dramas so I knew she would rock this drama and she did. Her acting was amazing. I was pleasantly surprised by the male leads acting, he’s really good and his fight scenes were awesome. I usually have at least one or two actors whose acting I’m not impressed with, but not with this drama. They’re all really good.

Romance:
The main couple have an amazing romance. I like that they take their time getting to know each other and gradually fall in love because it made it seem more realistic. It was a nice touch having them workout together which was really cute with her sitting on him while he did sit-ups and push-ups. There’s princess carrying, piggyback rides, and lots of cute romantic moments. My only complaint is that the kissing scenes weren’t very realistic with the just touching lips and staring into each other’s eyes type of kissing. There are several other couples in this drama that are fun to watch too. The romance is done right and really shines in this drama.

Cinematography & Set Design:
This was obviously a big budget production because the sets were very elaborate. The scenes in the jungle with all of the fighting, bombs going off, vehicles blowing up, and guns blasting away looked like something out of a big blockbuster movie. And the wardrobe worn by the actors were all very elaborate and quite fashionable. The editing was smooth and seamless with no choppy or confusing scenes. Even though there were some timeline jumps I was never confused or lost at any time. So I would say that the cinematography and set design were top notch.

My overall thoughts:
This is a big budget high end production with a superb cast of great actors and a good storyline. What detracts points for me would be the great length of the drama and how the backstabbing and rivalry of the businesses is taken too far. If the drama were shorter and if the business rivalry hadn’t gotten so nasty and hadn’t been drawn out for so long, then the drama would have been perfect. But I do like how everyone came together in the end to defeat an outsider that wanted to monopolize China’s designer clothing industry. It was a nice twist to what could have been a boring and predictable ending. This is a good drama worth watching. I don’t rewatch dramas very often but surprisingly this one drew me back and made me watch it again.