Juelin_Q
United States
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Overall, the drama was entertaining, but, there was a visible disconnect between the first and second half.
The first half was a comedy telling a story of a modern man traveling back in time and helping his wife in ancient China succeed in business and navigate through family intrigue. Ning Yi reminded me of Forest Gump, a seemingly obscure individual full of great ideas. He used 21st century business techniques to grow the family business and undermine the competition, had an answer to everything, and helped a whole lot of people. It was clever, funny, and very entertaining. The uncle and cousin were funny caricatures and Wu Qihao was a great villain to root against.
The second half switched gears and became more of a political drama. I really did not care for the bandit arc. All the previous villains became irrelevant, and Wo Qihao was fully written out of the plot. The story wasn't as funny and interesting and it completely excluded FL from the plot for several episodes. The new villains were boring and had no real motivation. Certain decisions, like forcing ML to divorce his wife and marry the bandit's adoptive daughter, made no sense and looked like the writers had no concrete idea how to move the plot forward. The story meant to be darker with more violence and death, but the writing was clumsy and made serious scenes look more lighthearted. Also, some plotlines absolutely did not need to be repeated. Taner was almost raped twice and was saved twice by the heroic hubby. That plotline did not need to be written twice and it made the writers look like they were out of ideas.
Certain plotlines also had holes. At the very beginning, ML used boxing techniques to win a fight making it look like he was a skilled fighter. But that was not the case and it turned out that he couldn't actually fight. Then where did the boxing skills come from and how come he couldn't use them again? He also asked the assassin lady to teach him martial arts. She gave him one lesson and the story ended there. So, what was the point?
The romance plotline was a minor side story. ML and FL were cute together and had chemistry. But, if you are looking for a romantic melodrama full of passion and angst, this is not it.
The first half was a comedy telling a story of a modern man traveling back in time and helping his wife in ancient China succeed in business and navigate through family intrigue. Ning Yi reminded me of Forest Gump, a seemingly obscure individual full of great ideas. He used 21st century business techniques to grow the family business and undermine the competition, had an answer to everything, and helped a whole lot of people. It was clever, funny, and very entertaining. The uncle and cousin were funny caricatures and Wu Qihao was a great villain to root against.
The second half switched gears and became more of a political drama. I really did not care for the bandit arc. All the previous villains became irrelevant, and Wo Qihao was fully written out of the plot. The story wasn't as funny and interesting and it completely excluded FL from the plot for several episodes. The new villains were boring and had no real motivation. Certain decisions, like forcing ML to divorce his wife and marry the bandit's adoptive daughter, made no sense and looked like the writers had no concrete idea how to move the plot forward. The story meant to be darker with more violence and death, but the writing was clumsy and made serious scenes look more lighthearted. Also, some plotlines absolutely did not need to be repeated. Taner was almost raped twice and was saved twice by the heroic hubby. That plotline did not need to be written twice and it made the writers look like they were out of ideas.
Certain plotlines also had holes. At the very beginning, ML used boxing techniques to win a fight making it look like he was a skilled fighter. But that was not the case and it turned out that he couldn't actually fight. Then where did the boxing skills come from and how come he couldn't use them again? He also asked the assassin lady to teach him martial arts. She gave him one lesson and the story ended there. So, what was the point?
The romance plotline was a minor side story. ML and FL were cute together and had chemistry. But, if you are looking for a romantic melodrama full of passion and angst, this is not it.
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