Autumn Tale

가을동화 / Gaeul Donghwa / Endless Love 1 / Autumn in my Heart

Cast:

• Song Seung Hun as Yun Joon Suh
• Song Hye Kyo as Yun/Choi Eun Suh
• Won Bin as Han Tae Suhk
• Han Na Na as Shin Yu Mi
• Han Chae Young as Choi/Yun Shin Ae

Year: 2000

Episodes: 16 (60 minutes)

Ratings: 38.6%

Theme Song: Reason by Jung Il Young

Story/Synopsis:

Yoon Joon-suh and Yoon Eun-suh grew up as siblings but Eun-suh was in fact from a different family as there was a mixed up at the hospital where she was borned.The switch came to light when Eun-suh was involved in a car accident and it was discovered that her blood type was different from her parents. Eun-suh’s life took a complete turn when the 2 girls were returned to their respective families. Soon after, the Yoon family left for the States and Eun-suh was left living in sordid condition with her real family in Korea. Years after, Joon-suh returned to Korea and by chance the two former siblings were reunited.

Essbee’s Opinion – Sorry about the post ‘leak’ for my subscribers.

75%

Office Girls

小資女孩向前衝 / Xiao Zi Nu Hai Xiang Qian Chong

Cast:

• Alice Ke as as Shen Xing Ren
• Roy Qiu as Qin Zi Qi
• Tia Li as Zheng Kai Er
• Wen Sheng Hao as Xu Cheng Feng
• Janel Tsai as Wei Min Na

Year: 2011

Episodes: 25 (70 mins)

Ratings: 5.12

Opening: Bu Yao Bu Yao (不要不要) by Genie Chuo

Ending: Wei Jia Xing Fu (微加幸福) by Yisa Yu

Story/Synopsis:

Qin Zi Qi is a MBA graduate who has everything handed to him because he is the future successor of Jingshi Department Store. However, his father worries he will not make a good manager and decides to train him by having him work as an entry-level employee for a year. During the year he has to live on his own salary and never reveal his true identity, or he will have to renounce his succession right. Zi Qi could not have survived the year has it not been for Shen Xing Reng‘s office survival guide. Shen is a Jingshi marketing specialist who has just saved her first $100,000 for the down payment on a house. She works very hard to achieve her goal. Together, Xing Ren and Zi Qi  accomplish the impossible, which is to shine on the bottom of the office pyramid.

Essbee’s Opinion

64%

Material Queen

拜金女王 / Bai Jin Nu Wang

Cast:

• Lynn Hung as Lin Chu Man 林楚曼
• Van Ness Wu as Cai Jia Hao 蔡家豪
• Daniel Chan as Yan Kai Ming 嚴凱銘
• Jessie Chiang as Lu Yi Xian 路伊嫻

Year: 2011

Episodes: 22 (75 mins)

Ratings: 0.80

Opening: Is This All by Van Ness Wu and Ryan Tedder

Ending: A Million Types of Kisses by Rachel Liang

Other songs: Knockin’ by Van Ness Wu

Story/Synopsis:

Lin Chu Man is a fashion model who does not prejudice against a man for being short, fat, ugly and old, as long as he is rich. So when she discovers that her pefect man is only a hired body double for the real billionaire “Mr. Norman,” and his true identity is a penniless music student in Paris named Cai Jia Hao, she immediately dumps him. As karma would have it, she loses her job to a younger model, her rich lover kicks her to the curb and she finds out Cai Jia Hao will be her new roommate. Lin and Cai’s unexpected living arrangement forces them to reconcile and to really get to know each other. As Lin becomes closer to Cai, her goal of nabbing the real estate tycoon Yan Kai Ming becomes less of a priority. She starts to question whether being rich is what she truly desires.

Essbee’s Opinion

72%