Office Girls (2011)

GENRE: Romance, Comedy

SYNOPSIS: Qin Zi Qi, the spoiled heir of shopping giant Jingshi Department Store, is given an ultimatum by his father in an attempt to prepare Zi Qi for succession of the company as CEO. Zi Qi, being immature and irresponsible, is forced to sign a contract with his father to work for Jingshi at an entry level position while living on his own and making his own money. After one year his father will decide whether or not he is eligible to become the company’s new CEO, provided he reveal to no one what his true identity is. While working for Jingshi, Zi Qi meets Shen Xing Ren who is his boss and also his upstairs neighbor. The two fall in love and Zi Qi learns from Xing Ren and also from other co-workers what life is like in the real world when things aren’t handed to him on a silver platter.

STARRING: Roy Qiu (Qin Zi Qi), Alice Ke (Shen Xing Ren), Wen Sheng Hao (Xu Cheng Feng), Tia Li (Zheng Kai Er), Wu Yi Zhen (Child Kai Er), Janel Tsai (Wei Min Na), Guo Shu Yao (Liu Yu Le), Patrick Lee (Shi Te Long), Shen Meng Sheng (Qin Mu Bai), Lin Xiu Jun (Ye Hua), Lang Zu Yun (Feng Ren Yue), Zhao Zheng Ping (Hu Jian Zhong), Lin Jun Yong (Lu Ca), Stephanie Chang (Man Di), Luo Ping (Mike), Yang Li Yin (Zhang Shu Fang), Paul Hsu (Paul), Xie Qi Wen (Xiao Cai), Roxanne Yang (Qi Fen), Liu Yu Jing (Xiao Qiao), Lu Yi Long (Tu Jin Quan), Michael Zhang (Jack), Rong Xiang (Aniki), Li Liang Jin (Swindler), Guan Jin Zhong (Chairman Wang), Yang Qi (Zhou Gui Ping), Xue Zhi Zheng (Zheng Chang Han), Frankie Huang (Gui Jie’s Husband)

EPISODES: 40

VIEWING SOURCE: Netflix; August/September 2016

Miss Rose (2012)

GENRE: Romance, Comedy

SYNOPSIS: After a five year old broken engagement promise, Luo Si Yi makes a bold million dollar wager with a fortune teller that within a year she can prove her marriage prediction wrong and marry. Gaining a new boss in Gao Cheng Kuan, Si Yi teaches him that being brash and cold-hearted isn’t all there is to life and the two begin to fall in love. Cheng Kuan, however is engaged to be married to spoiled rich girl Vivian but neither of the two love one another. When Cheng Kuan fianlly manages to convince Vivian that their engagement should come to an end and they part ways, Si Yi’s ex-boyfriend deicides to dip his toe into the situation while Vivian connives and schemes to find a way to steal back Cheng Kuan’s attentions.

STARRING: Megan Lai (Luo Si Yi), Roy Qiu (Gao Cheng Kuan), Zhao Jun Ya (Tang Yi Chun), Tia Li (Zhong Xiao Ke), Paul Hsu (Guan Sheng Jun), Guo Xue Fu (Vivian Jiang), Zhao Zheng Ping (Wu Jian Shu), Na Wei Xun (Kang You Wei), Yvonne Yao (Song Ting Ai), Yin Fu (Chen Maio Jin), Akio Chen (Luo Yun Biao), Yang Li Yin (Zeng Mei Nu), Stephanie Chang (Luo Si Qi), Ying Wei Min (Tang Mu), Ai Wei (Jiang Chu Lian), Lang Zu Yun (Lily), Chen Ya Lin (Herself), Guan Jin Zong (Mr. Chen), Gao Ting Yu (Wen Bin), Lu Yi Long (Xie Zheng Tang), Chris Lee (A Ze), Pan Li Li (Yue Xiang), Zhu De Gang (Chen Yi Jun), Xie Qiong Nuan (Magazine Editor), Luo Bei An (Mr. Wang), Bonnie Yu (Xiang Xiang), Luo Xuan Ming (Pre-school Student)

EPISODES: 35

VIEWING SOURCE: Netflix; August 2016

Absolute Boyfriend (2012)

GENRE: Romance

SYNOPSIS: Based on the Japanese Manga. Guan Xiao Fei, a woman who has had bad luck in the dating circle, bumps into an extremely odd salesman who claims to sell “love figures”. On impulse, she visits his company’s website and custom orders one of their top of the line models for the free three day trail. When she forgets to return him within the three days, she is forced to work out a payment plan with the salesman to pay back the one million dollars she owes without others around her discovering her error or that her new boyfriend is actually a robot.

STARRING: Jiro Wang (Wan Ni Te), Koo Hye Sun (Guan Xiao Fei), Chen Shi Ying (Young Xiao Fei), Kun Da (Yan Zong Shi), Xiao Xiao Bin (Young Zong Shi), Cherry Hsia (Luo Mei Jia), Na Wei Xun (Lei Wu Wu),
Emily Tsai (Fang Zhi Xi), Bi Xiao Hai (Bai Qi), Xiu Jie Kai (Jun Shu), Wei Shi Shen (Yan Qing Shi), Lin Jun Yong (SKY), Phoebe Yuan (Yi Ren), Ikeya Chen (Yi Jun), Stephanie Chang (Yun Fei), Xie Qi Wen (Supervisor), David Chen (Shi Guan), Luo Bei An (Manager Liu), Wang Yi Wen (Salesperson), George Zhang (Adam), Jessica Song (Victoria), Jin Qin (Jin Qin Qin)

EPISODES: 20

VIEWING SOURCE: November-December 2015; DramaFever on Roku