Chinese Drama: Office Girls (小資女孩向前衝)

Rating: 7/10

This drama is about a normal, working class girl who bumps into this obnoxious guy at the department store she works at. He was trying to get her to help him give his phone number to this hot chick when their tempers clash. She refuses to help him, saying it isn't in her job description, while he argues that she is supposed to service the customers of the department store. They start off on the wrong foot and soon, we find that this obnoxious man is actually the son of the CEO of that department store. The CEO has a plan - force his son to start at the bottom to learn the ins and outs of the business without the help of others. The guy has to sign a one year contract with 3 main points to consider: 1) Live on his own salary - No using the family money (that includes using the credit cards) 2) Move out and live on his own 3) Confidentiality clause: NOBODY is allowed to know who he is or about the deal. If in the event he is fired or he breaks any of those 3 rules, he must forfeit his right to succeed the family business. While he is stewing over his new circumstances, he is introduced to his co-workers.. and guess what? The co-worker who is going to personally train him is the girl who he just argued with! This drama circles around their budding relationship and the trials they face whether its personal or business related.

I'd say this drama was not too bad, but not that great either. I gave it a rating of 7/10.

Pros: Some parts were hilarious. I loved the best friend character. The main girl's manager was quite funny too but be warned that there are some parts where they speak Taiwanese and Korean - very brief though. Oh and of course, the main guy is so darn cute. I looked up what other dramas he was in and apparently, Roy Chiu was cast in a supporting role in Easy Fortune Happy Life (福氣又安康), which I am considering re-watching because I don't remember much about it.

Cons: I felt the story was a bit choppy. Keeping in mind to try and not put too many spoilers in, there are parts that were missing within the story flow. For example, why did the brother end up confessing about the fire alarm escapade? Did he know that was one of the conditions that forced his sister to marry guy #2? Did he even battle this with his conscious? It just jumped to him turning himself in which I thought was odd. There are other parts that seemed choppy as well, but I suppose it could be because I watched this series from a VCD disk (which I consider a fake DVD since its quality is usually a bit worse and the files are squished together that they may miss an episode or a few minutes of the film here and there). I assumed with 25 episodes, they would be able to make this drama without "holes", but I suppose the director made the story plot a bit slow in the beginning. I was also a bit disappointed the rival manager did not make an appearance back for revenge.

Main Cast (courtesy of DramaWiki):

• Alice Ke as as Shen Xing Ren 沈杏仁
• Roy Qiu as Qin Zi Qi 秦子奇
• Tia Li as Zheng Kai Er 鄭凱兒
• Wen Sheng Hao as Xu Cheng Feng 余承風
• Janel Tsai as Wei Min Na 衛敏娜
• Guo Shu Yao as Liu Yu Le 劉語樂
• Patrick Li (李沛旭) as Shi Te Long 史特龍

All in all, I thought this drama was ok and worth a try. Feel free to leave me any comments.