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A Passion Rollercoaster
The starting was cliché. Shang Zi Tao, a naive small town girl dragging a suitcase arrives to make it big in the city. She somehow joins a sleek, top tiered organisation where the bosses are epitomes of modern living, always suitably dressed for the fashion runway, despite her mundane credentials. In this utopian workplace, everyone calls each other by anglicized names and she attains the identity of "Flora". She was told to quit on Day 1 by her ruthless maverick boss, Luke, who happens to be single, good looking and rich.
In this competitive environment, she is adopted by her mentor, Lumi, who helps Flora to navigate the politics and intricacies of surviving in one of Beijing's top tier ad agency. Flora also end up sharing a place with flatmates who becomes her second family.
Then a sizzling weekends only affair happens. A highly compartmentalized relationship that has seemingly strict boundaries that keeps getting redefined. Two very different persons from different worlds that are mutually attracted but has minimal shared interests. This is their story of discovering each other, and in the process themselves.
Sun Qian was brilliant morphing from the role of a fresh faced new girl in town persona at the mercy of others to be her own confident self where she calls the shot. She came across as personable, likeable and well liked on screen. And off screen. She may not be the prettiest but she is immensely attractive. She is alluring, and eminently desirable not because of her dressing but in how she carries herself and her mannerism. Her innocence and insecurity, and subsequent maturity, was brilliantly portrayed.
Jing BR as Luke started off as a poseur. Am not sure why the CDrama MLs tends to come off strongly more as models than actors and JBR was no different. To his credit, the take down from a self centered, ruthless, spoiled brat to an emotionally vulnerable man was well done, He was much better in the latter episodes and definitely more relatable. The chemistry shared between both the ML and FL were more fiery than passionate leaving one to wonder if it were more real than acting.
Zhang YZ as the tough on the outside but soft on the inside mentor Lumi and Qi TZ as highly loyal and protective friend Sun Yu were both spot on.
Gaps and plot holes are aplenty but the overall acting by the entire cast was absolutely great. The opening episodes were cliché after cliché, and the only rationale to continue watching was the superb acting. The acceptance of their close circle of friends and both set of parents to their relationship is an eye opener on how Chinese society deals with relationships today. The evolution of Flora to Tao and Lu-ker to Lu Nian was satisfying. There was so much maturity dealing with the overall theme of this CDrama compare to recent series like Hidden Love. SQ was a total class act.
The acting by the other "Luke" was enthralling and will obviously melt the hearts of many. He was such a key part of the entire plot and its amazing how he was either trained or discovered.
In this competitive environment, she is adopted by her mentor, Lumi, who helps Flora to navigate the politics and intricacies of surviving in one of Beijing's top tier ad agency. Flora also end up sharing a place with flatmates who becomes her second family.
Then a sizzling weekends only affair happens. A highly compartmentalized relationship that has seemingly strict boundaries that keeps getting redefined. Two very different persons from different worlds that are mutually attracted but has minimal shared interests. This is their story of discovering each other, and in the process themselves.
Sun Qian was brilliant morphing from the role of a fresh faced new girl in town persona at the mercy of others to be her own confident self where she calls the shot. She came across as personable, likeable and well liked on screen. And off screen. She may not be the prettiest but she is immensely attractive. She is alluring, and eminently desirable not because of her dressing but in how she carries herself and her mannerism. Her innocence and insecurity, and subsequent maturity, was brilliantly portrayed.
Jing BR as Luke started off as a poseur. Am not sure why the CDrama MLs tends to come off strongly more as models than actors and JBR was no different. To his credit, the take down from a self centered, ruthless, spoiled brat to an emotionally vulnerable man was well done, He was much better in the latter episodes and definitely more relatable. The chemistry shared between both the ML and FL were more fiery than passionate leaving one to wonder if it were more real than acting.
Zhang YZ as the tough on the outside but soft on the inside mentor Lumi and Qi TZ as highly loyal and protective friend Sun Yu were both spot on.
Gaps and plot holes are aplenty but the overall acting by the entire cast was absolutely great. The opening episodes were cliché after cliché, and the only rationale to continue watching was the superb acting. The acceptance of their close circle of friends and both set of parents to their relationship is an eye opener on how Chinese society deals with relationships today. The evolution of Flora to Tao and Lu-ker to Lu Nian was satisfying. There was so much maturity dealing with the overall theme of this CDrama compare to recent series like Hidden Love. SQ was a total class act.
The acting by the other "Luke" was enthralling and will obviously melt the hearts of many. He was such a key part of the entire plot and its amazing how he was either trained or discovered.
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