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he can't use any money borne from the company for his personal use. Basically anything earned can only be used for business, its a bit different from the novel/manhua since it had a system but for me the logic in this adaptation is that Mr. Sima gets all the profits and Pei is the only one making the decision on what to invest in

oh so you do understand, it really doesn't matter if you think she is a support character while watching the drama, since again a poster is just meant to promote a drama. Something you see BEFORE you even watch the drama, so if her being eye catching and being famous, it's inevitable that she will pull viewership from her fans. It doesn't need to have any meaning

So again how would you infer that I am agitated? Lol... Profiles? Only one (if it "doesn't matter", why bring it up? like what), I just don't bother making an account where ppl can see what I have watched/liked. Just doesn't matter to me + no one really cares whether other people like a certain drama or not. So you see no reason for somebody to be in the centre (won't it feel empty), but can't think where she would logically be placed? Mate, the MC is already in the centre and has the most emphasis as he is the only one who's completely different from the other. She is there because she's famous, she is there cuz she has a leading role, second only to the MC. Not everything has to have a deeper meaning that needs to be found. As I said, it's BASIC marketing practice (capslock since i don't think you caught that in my previous comment)

why would you infer that i am agitated??? is this because I tend to put a lot of "?", its just the way I type, so hypothetically since you find no reason or somebody to be in the centre, if you were the one making this poster, where would you position everybody.. I mean it's just basic marketing practice and psychology to put a character you want to emphasize on the focus to easily grab people's attention since unlike you, most ppl just look at the poster for a few seconds (even just a glance) and having the most eye-catching/appealing cast member in an area where it's easily recognizable is just logicial

Mate do you not know what a poster's purpose is?? its for marketing. Did you ignore the fact that she is the most famous out of the group???That's like asking why would they put the main cast as the focus of the poster. In the other version, its mainly Pei standing out while the other is almost doing the same actions, just in this instance what they were going for was Pei in the bottom while everybody else is in the explosion, somebody is inevitable going to be in the centre and Lin Wan just happens to be the 2nd most important in the character

Because she's the 2nd most important cast??? Just looking at the main group, she is the most famous (with the others in the main group typically playing mostly supporting characters). Why wouldn't they put her in the centre... Not to mention her role in the drama, clearly, she is the one who would contribute the most to Pei's failure to become rich. She made the unsalvageable game work, she gave huang si bo idea on how to make a profit on the novel company, she clearly is the one "leading" the cast on how to make money, while misunderstanding her actions as being guided by Pei's "words of wisdom".

i mean I think your more invested in this than me, seeing that you overthink details that doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things

I believe all your argument stems from the fact that Pei referred to himself as honorary chairman. Yes it does usually mean a retired CEO, but it can also be a nod to his actual role in the company. Even at the founding of the company, Pei can already be considered as an honorary chairman, for one, he does not have any responsibilities at all, he doesn't work, he doesn't manage anything. Not to mention that he doesn't even get paid properly (which is typical of the title). Furthermore, if we look at the context of an 8-year later timeline, the term "honorary" doesn't necessarily mean losing ownership of the company; it can just means that he doesn't involve himself in the overall decision-making of the company. The most lilely explanation is that it can just be a euphemism to make fun of his situation as the chairman while his employees are richer than him, looking at how he is still the head of the company based on the conversation with Ma Yang as well aas how he addresses Pei. Again why are you tring to make sense on why he is in shabby clothing.....Even in the present timeline, the logical situation is that Pei can easily just ask Ma Yang to allow him to live in Ma Yang's apartment (which he said he can easily buy), but they don't do it cuz its much more comical to see him in an unfinished apartment with only his tent, the same can be said with his clothes, simply put ITS JUST FUNNIER to see the contrast between the luxrious outfit of the employee and the beggar-like style of the boss.

Edit: I looked into your watchlist, since I thought you aren't into drama that doesn't take itself seriously, but I saw you rate Oh My Emperor! pretty high. If we equate your questioning for that drama, it like you asking why the prisons in that drama has huge ass cuffs that any prisoner can easily escape from and seeing if there's a deeper meaning to it. Likewise, a ton of scenes in that drama don't make sense logically if you just think for even a second, but they do it cuz its makes the scene funnier

sooooo does that answer your question why you don't "see" her when you see everybody else???? Also he look like a bum cuz he is business-rich, not personal bank-rich. In the novel its a sytem instead of Mr.Sima providing money, but the premise is still the same that he can only use the money (including the profit he earns) for his business. He is poor himself, he can never touch the wealth that his business accumulates

You do realize there was a woman in that scene, who they deliberately refused to show the face off right ??? The one with brown jacket and white shirt, when Ma Yang called Pei, everybody looked towards him beside her. Maybe it could be a production issue and they filmed that scene last and just so happens she was not available for it so they filmed with a double or it could be they just intentionally made use not see her face.

mate i am not saying your not allowed to, my point is your trying to make sense out of a series that is meant to not make sense. It's premise is absurb enough and the way the characters keeps succeeding with their ridiculous ideas, is enough to tell you that this drama isn't taking itself seriously and there isn't a "hidden meaning/foreshadowing" like other drama

Yeah that's one of the two kids that's was on Si Bo's car. Lin Wan is te center piece because everybody on that "explosion" are the ppl who is central to Pei not earning money, and she is most likely gonna be Pei's Love interest (in the novel there was no romance but seeing the adaptation, I think they are trying to make one between the two). why are you overanalyzing the poster???????? it's a comedy drama, not a drama "drama", why areyou expecting somebody to die lol

I don't think it's Pei's. You can see that the children rode the same car as Huang Si Bo and the woman in white, so it's most likely theirs.

HUH??? That's the whole point of the series. It's a comedy, not a Mary Sue type MC. Ppl like this series cuz its fun to watch, and the fun part is seeing the MC fail at failing. It's meant to not be taken seriously. Not to mention, Per doesn't necessarily have a "good heart"/conscience (not saying he is not a good person, but he didn't do those actions out of the goodness of his heart), his employees beleives that he is generous cuz he pay them a ton of money wit a ton of benefits, but at the end of the day, Pei hired them cuz he 100% believe that each and every single one of them are FAILURES of society which would help him lose money. His employees are just genuinely trying to repay his generosity by being the best they can, you can't fault them for that.

yep, i quit reading it about a few months ago since I wanted to wait till more chapter gets released and it only adapted around 200 chapter of the novel. The novel has around 550 chapter

The webtoon is pretty faithful to the novel. It's not a 1:1 adaptation as some details are omitted but I think its overall fine due to the nature of the medium, the difference is very very tiny that doesn't affect the overall thematic meaning of the scenes. It's also not yet complete though

"was made by the fans to the fans for the fans".... about that.... I think fans of the source material unanimously agree that none of the production team bothered to read the novel they were adapting, cuz the things they changed have major repercussions for future arcs and future character developments ( by that, i mean the changes they made basically erased the entire purpose of an arc or made a major character development scene later impossible to adapt especailly when it comes to the MC). I don't think people would be mad if the changes were justified; however, it felt as if every change was a change that was opposite to the theme of the story and characters that fans originally liked.

It's a combination of novel fans review bombing it from the beginning without seeing it (although some have actually seen it too), and the movie just generally not being that good, thus, not reaching enough audience for people to rate it "fairly". I would rate this 4 or 5/10 as an independent movie, but a 1/10 if it's an adaptation. It's a decent time-waster of a movie if u turn off your brain and just enjoy it as is, but once you try to make sense of the plot, it has too many problems

actor *fans*, just baffles some of us how they can defend this film while the director has insulted their faves in intreviews. No one is insulting actors here and novel fans frankly dont care about their acting. You literally see mostly ppl being angry towards the production team especially the director here. There was ONE dude who made a slur with LMH's name but he immedietely got shitted on by other commenters. There are literally some of comments here praising the actor's perfromances and no one is giving them shit/hating them for liking the acting. Hating the movie ≠ hating the actors (which some ppl think it is).

I mean, you asked for an objective review of the movie without it being compared to the webtoon, and I gave you one. Are you not satisfied with that cuz it doesn't conform to what your looking for that "the movie is decent as a stand-alone film"? It would have been fine if this was a good movie even if it didn't follow the novel 1:1, look at Rurouni Kenshin LA, that movie barely has anything matching the original plot, but it's still loved because they kept the core and message of the story. ORV, on the other hand, completely changes not only the plot but also what made each character unique and makes them typical shonen characters. Even as a movie, it fails in many aspects that don't justify the budget it had. I went in to watch it with the intent of not comparing it to the novel so that I can enjoy it, but there are things happening that just don't make sense and are just glossed over for some god forsaken reason. " Yeah, that happened, on to the next plot point," pretty much sums up the plot progression of this movie