Excellent Cast Saved A Bad Arrangment

I watched this because of Wang Yibo and was impressed with his acting (he was only 19 then). The story was compelling at first (and original too), and not your typical ML sees beautiful FL and falls in love at first sight. It is an enchanting tale of three people (born in different millenium 70s, 80s and 90s) becoming best of friends through unusual (and hostile!) circumstances. The way Tong Da Wei, Joe Chen and Wang Yibo fleshed out their roles were hilarious and sweet. They make you want to cry and laugh at the same time. What a trio ! They had great chemistry together and it was totally unexpected and a pleasant surprise to me. I had always thought Wang Yibo to be that poker faced Lan Wangji, Didn't know he has comedic talents and he didn't look awkward amongst older colleagues like Chen and Tong. However, I didn't like the way the story was developing towards the latter half as everything seemed to be "rushed" and abrupt. Wang Yibo's character was deemphasized and even the support roles had more screen time than him. I felt that his father's character was killed too abruptly too in this story. It was as if the director deliberately wants to retire Zhai Ziwei (Wang's character) . Viewers were left wondering what happened to him in the end. Shouldn't he be the one ascending the ladder and take over the Zhai corporation or Tang Da Wei's new found software company since the villain's have been eliminated? Sadly, we were left with a cliffhanger and Wang's character remained an actor/celebrity. Mind you he is a software wizard and shouldn't he be the one to take over Ding Ren Jian's new software compeny rather than the FL's best friend who's in a totally different line (architect)? The plot just doesn't make sense at the end to me. Granted that this drama was before he shot to fame in The Untamed, I can quite understand why he didn't have a big part but at least give some thought to the plot development. It has to make sense. Overall, I loved the chemstry between Wang Yibo, Joe Chen and Tong Dawei. They were hilarious together especially when they spoofed Jolin Tsai's "Love". Rewatch? Nah!

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