Chinese Drama
Unhappy Paris (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)
Unhappy Paris poster
- AKA as If Paris Downcast
- Genre: Romance, Melodrama,
- Release Date: September 2018
- Origin: China
- CDrama: 48 Episodes
Cast:
- Zhang Hans as Tong Zhuo Yao
- Adi Kan as Ruan Man Jun
- Lin Yu Shen as Dai Jing Jie
- Zhang Ya Mei as Ye Jie Bai
- Liu Chang De as Yuan Zheng Min
- Liu Ye as Lu Dou Dou
Quick Precis:
The story will revolve around Ruan Man Jun, who abandon her career and future for the love of Feng Bo Wen, who in the end betrays her.
Ruan Man Jun was a lawyer, who fabricated evidence for her boyfriend to prevent him from going bankrupt. The said incident resulted in death from heart attack of Mr. Fu.
Episode 1
It looked so exciting that I watched the first episode in its raw form, thus, hardly understand what was going on except that she was in court and the fairly old man on the witness bench had a heart attack while Tong Zhou Yao looked on worriedly with an elderly woman beside him. It looks like Ruan Man Jun had given her false testimony.
Fast forward, Ruan Man Jun with lovely shorter hair walked into a wedding celebration and found her boyfriend married to someone else. He gave her his credit card to keep her quiet but she was incandescent with rage and threw the card at him. This scene was witnessed by Tong Zhou Yao, who is one of the guests.
Ruan Man Jun left the party and followed by Tong Zhou Yao, who gave her a lift in his car. But as soon as they got to a busy motorway, he asked her to get out of the car, left her and drove off.
It so happened that Dai Jing Jie was passing in his chauffeur-driven car. Noticed how dangerous her situation was, he asked her to get in and brought her to her hotel, where she was staying with her friend.
She was telephoned by her ex, Feng Bo Wen to meet up with him. He told her to forget the past and build a new life by going after her dreams. He also told her that nothing had to change, she might not get the title of being his mrs but he will look after her.
It seems she was a village girl who met Feng Bo Wen. She began to study law and was working for him. They were lovers and he used her to cover for him and persuaded her to implicate Mr Chen in some fraudulent transaction.
He then sent her away to France to study but promised her that they will marry once she comes back.
She told Feng Bo Wen that she was going to investigate what really happened in the case against Mr Fu.
She then decided to leave the place the next day. She was waiting at the airport/bus lounge rather distracted despite the incessant ringing of her mobile phone, which was noticed by Dai Jing Jie, who was also at the airport and noticed her.
The next thing he saw was that she had fainted, He took her to the hospital. Her friend Dou Dou came to look after her and convinced her to stay with her and find a job.
The next time she encountered Tong Zhou Yao was in a bar. She was being accosted by a man, who Tong Zhou Yao secretly cajoled into picking Man Ju up and therefore, would not take no for an answer when Man Ju told him to push off.
Tong Zhou Yao seemingly helpful but humiliated her further by putting his black INFINITE credit card in her belt like as if she was someone for the highest bidder.
Ruan Man Jun had had enough. She took the card and put it in a glass of water and then pour the lot all over Tong Zhou Yao’s head.
Episode 2
Ruan Man Ju was finding it hard to look for a job in the legal department because of a defaming online post made by Feng Bo Wen. Unfortunately, she can’t do anything about it as she has no evidence of defamation against her. He paid for her plane ticket to France and her law studies.
She was called for an in an interview at Yifeng but it was an exercise to humiliate her further, which was witnessed and exacerbated by the presence of Tong Zhou Yao.
But in the end, Tong Zhou Yao ordered to hire her in his company.
Episode 3
Tong Zhou Yao dragged Man Ju to the cemetery to show her the grave of Uncle Fu who died at the witness box because of her. Auntie Fu followed soon afterwards from a broken heart.
Tong Zhou Yao told Man Ju that he hated her and left her crying by the graveside.
She did not go back to work but instead got herself hired by a pizza parlour as a delivery woman.
Tong Zhou Yao had a chance of heart, he wanted her back working for him but Man Ju is not interested.
Tong Zhou Yao also saw the confrontation between Man Ju and Feng Bo Wen where once again he handed her a credit card but as what became a habit with her, she threw the card back at the giver.
As some sort of a test, Tong Zhou Yao after taking her to the hospital for an earlier accident forced her to go to Feng Bo Wen house where she saw him from his kitchen window being loving and considerate towards his wife. The duplicitous Feng Bo Wen was confessing to Man Ju that he still likes her and wanted to continue his relationship with her just a few hours ago.
Episode 4
Tong Zhou You wanted Manju to go in and confront Feng Bo Wen but Man Ju can’t be cajoled into doing it. Tong Zhou You asked how can she be so forgiving.
Man Ju said because she does not regret having loved. Her love was true, unfortunately, she loved the wrong man. Ahhh
Tong Zhou You ordered Pizza for his workforce from where Man Ju works as a delivery girl. For days he treated his workers to pizza until just the sight of pizza made them sick.
The last time she delivered the pizza, she was accompanied by Dai Jing Jie, who surreptitiously photographed important documents on the absent Tong Zhou You’s desk while Man Ju was not looking.
Episode 5
Tong Zhou You was getting fed up with his mother trying to pair him and marry him off.
This did not stop him toying with Man Ju though. He ordered pizza again and was delivered at his apartment.
He invited her in and turned off the lights then he appeared with a birthday cake for her. He begged her to have a drink with him.
ManJu woke up in the same bed with him and then heard him calling to her “Oi Fei”
She got upset saying “the wrong woman.”
Dou Dou arranged for ManJu to have a birthday blind date, who happened to be Dai Jing Jie but, of course, she did not show up.
Episode 6
Dai Jing Jie bought a puzzle portrait that he saw Manju was staring at as she quietly cried. He decided to buy it. Then Tong Zhou You also went into the shop to buy the puzzle but was told that it was a one-off and it had been sold.
Tong Zhou You tried to buy the puzzle from Dai Jing Jie at double the price but Dai JIng Jie won’t sell. Tong Zhou You was annoyed and they almost ended up having a brawl in the street at broad daylight. Luckily Tong Zhou You’s mother appeared out of nowhere.
Episode 7
Tong Zhou You had been testing Man Ju materialistic tendencies. Man Ju passed with flying colours. Tong Zhou You also realised that she likes him. There is a coldness and loneliness inside of her. So he thought that perhaps two lonely people such as they are, they might create warmth in each other.
Unfortunately, ManJu is still playing hard to get as she is scared of getting hurt once again.
Tong Zhou You’s mother is pushing him to his childhood friend Jie Bai. So far he is resisting.
Episode 8
In this episode, Paris is not the only one unhappy. Everyone was miserable.
I have to ask, Manju is not really that stunning and she is always wretchedly downcast, I can’t make out why she is such a boy magnet. She was like Helen of Troy but I can’t really see her attraction.
ManJu and Tong Zhou You have yet to show some chemistry because they together just leave me cold.
So, Tong Zhou You brought Manju with him to a party where all the powerful businessmen were in attendance.
But it ended up with Tong Zhou You being mightily upset with ManJu. In the party, Dai Jing Jie was also present. He was rather upset that Manju had paired up with Tong Zhou You.
But Tong Zhou You and Manju pairing did not last long because Tong Zhouyou drove her in his car again and left her on the road throwing at her his Infinity card.
The gallant Dai Jing Jie had arranged for her to get a job in his company. These two actually have better chemistry.
Episode 9
Man Ju is now working at the front desk, which rather boring. Dai Jing saw her potential and helped her to transfer to the marketing department. It was not an easy move as needed to prove herself. Her task was to negotiate a very complicated Malaysian deal, which has been in the back burner because of its complexities.
Tong Zhou is left stalking her.
I have to say I can leave and pick up this drama again. I don’t find it as exciting as Here to Heart which has the same feel to it. Probably because the lead girl is the most depressing character ever. She kept harping that she had forgiven her ex-boyfriend for marrying someone else after using her. She does not regret loving him because her love was true.
So WTF, is she so miserable about?!!!