On July 30, the TV series "Love is Troublesome, But Sweet" was launched on iQiyi in multiple episodes, officially starting the premiere mode. This TV series stars He Nan, Ji Lingchen , and tells the story of the male and female protagonists falling in love in the workplace. The main story of the drama itself does not have many surprises, and the main focus is the sweet pet model in the workplace. Among the performances of the male and female protagonists, Crane Man obviously aroused the audience's expectations more.
Workplace sweet dramas basically focus on one distortion. This "Love is Troublesome, But Sweet" is similar. The male protagonist is a best-selling author. He is obviously worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions. He is a typical boss. And this best-selling book tycoon has reached his creative bottleneck and cannot write more interesting content. So his agent arranged for him to come to a law firm to experience life.
The heroine happens to work in this firm. This heroine has a money-obsessed side, and at the same time, she also has the simplicity and kindness of a girl of the right age. In this firm, the heroine is forced to become the hero's assistant. At first, she looked down upon the boss, but with more contact, she began to like him. Later, the boss also liked the heroine, and the two entered an ambiguous state.
At the beginning, I didn’t deal with it. Later, as the contact increased, I started to adopt the pattern of “you like me and I also like you”. This is the usual narrative idea of workplace sweetheart dramas. Therefore, in terms of story, this TV series did not give the audience any surprises. The design of the law firm does not seem to have any effect. It stands to reason that in such offices, various interesting stories can appear, thereby increasing the interest of the TV series. However, the screenwriter of the play did not make good use of this attraction.
For example, the first task assigned by this firm was to find a dog. This is ridiculous. Obviously, looking for a dog will not happen in any law firm. Therefore, letting the male and female protagonists establish emotions in their daily work is obviously a creative principle that this TV series does not follow. The emotions between the male and female protagonists are rather sudden and not solid enough. Therefore, viewers who have basic requirements for narrative logic may not like this drama.
One of the more unusual aspects of this drama is that it is hard and sweet. Many sweet pet dramas nowadays are soft and sweet, and they prove that they are sweet pet dramas in terms of soft power. The screenwriter of this TV series seems not very knowledgeable and doesn't know what a sweet pet is. Therefore, the scenes he created contain a lot of sweet content, and some of the content is quite embarrassing. For example, the male protagonist turns on the lights in the amusement park, trying to create the effect of a playground tyrant booking the entire venue. However, this effect is uncomfortable and not sweet anymore. It's more like having money to burn.
In terms of acting, Ji Lingchen seems not suitable for sweet pet dramas. He is still useful in controlling the temperament of the domineering boss. However, after the beginning, after the male protagonist entered the warm-boy mode, it was difficult to convince everyone. When Ji Lingchen is performing, he gives people a very domineering feeling, rather than the sweetness of a warm man. This kind of acting method may be more suitable for starring in some martial arts movies. In this drama, my intuitive feeling is that the male protagonist may domestically abuse the female protagonist at any time.
Henan plays such a sweet and warm girl, which is already a matter of hand. She is good at performing the role of a teacher and has achieved very good results. Seeing her, everyone will think that this is what a good teacher should look like. This time, in "Love is Troublesome, But Sweet", she no longer plays a teacher, but a young working woman. Sweet, indeed it is still sweet, but it is soft. The sweet content between her and the male protagonist is more like He Nan coaxing a child.
To sum up, this TV series should be a sweet drama for fans. The quality of its script is relatively average, and the acting skills of the actors are also average.(Text/Ma Qingyun)
