Ray Of Sunshine (2024)

Just completed with lots of thoughts. First, you don’t necessarily need to know the nitty gritty of how business runs. You just have to understand people who make and run business. With good intentions to prosper following rules and guidelines, you dominate your intentions. Enemy of man though is greed. So as in this story, it’s revolving corporate survival and power. The good, the bad, schemes, backstabbing, etc. I would say it’s 90% business and rest sparse of little of anything else.

I think everyone did their parts. This drama is 90% veteran casts and I like it. I can appreciate their art. Though I started because of Lin Yu Shen, he actually doesn’t have a lot of screen time and didn’t really become involved til around episode ten or so. By then I was already invested as I wanted to see the development of the plot.

I’m not talking bad about this actress but it was so hard to adjust to the character JYiDi. Credits to the cameraman because in her parts it pans so long on her reactions it gets frustrating. It would have been tolerable if she had some great profound script after staring at her face that is pondering, looking like about to say something. Yes she does have some meaningful lines but in comparison to not, had to skip over. Maybe it’s because I’m not familiar with her and her acting but yeah, that character was pretty bland. In fact, very minor significant character though it may seem she has a major role.

Overall I enjoyed it. Definitely could have been done in ten less episodes because plot of same business schemes became repetitive. Lost its gist towards middle in parts. Lots of loose ends with characters of female leads sister, parents, etc. Would have wanted to see them again but they just disappeared. Too bad because I think this could have been so much better.

So, if you like a business story with a smart and honest female lead this is good. Romance is a fading hint but missing if that matters. Give it a shot for the veteran actors.

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Abandoning  principles for shortcut to success.

What attracted me into this drama was the 1st epi. of a reporter going undercover to expose a scamming housing estate .They did a market survey and founds victims made up of lonely and rich middle class retirees whose children lived/studied abroad.(kinda wish writers do market survey to find out whether viewers prefer their O/S Endings or not?!)

The plott is mostly focus on 5 main characters 2FL-XLH, chief editor of a financial magazine,and JYD, an investment capital manager, 3 males ZH, husband of XLH, YS,-JYD's boyfriend and ZD, director of a robotic ihealth company. Both ZH and YS were directors of investment capital firms.

When the two women were set up by their superiors and subordinates, they were initially enemies. For XLH it was for her position and JYD as scapegoat of her boss,Wu, who  had siphoned off money to set up a robotic ihealth company. Both women fought back to get back their positions,They eventually became friends when they realized they were set up and they had a mutual friend in ZD ,who both were trying to get funds for his firm.JYD', got back her post when her new boss,YS, found her capable and believed her evidence that Wu and his people set her up. He was also attracted to her.

Don't expect much romance as it will fizzle out for both ZH and YS out played ZD to get his company,legally but morally wrong.. ( ZD ,without funds , found himself facing police investigations for buying smuggled components parts,hence forcing shut down of his company, comitted suicide) They both did that to get rank up as partners in their respectives firms for their motto in business is being a wolf and not a sheep. The 2 women eventually found out and left them.
I enjoyed this drama for its women power as the 2 FL conducted themselves in cool and calmness when facing their enemies and doing business in principled ways ,not being sheep following low ethics and moral codes .

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