Chinese Drama 2024
Best Choice Ever (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)
Aka: Cheng Huan Ji, Story of Joy
Best Choice Ever poster
- Genre: Family, Life, Business, Hotel, Romance
- Release Date: 9 April 2024
- Origin: China
- Cdrama: 38 Episodes
Cast
- Yang Zi as Mai Cheng Huan
- Xu Kai as Yao Zhi Ming
- Niu Jun Feng as Xin Jia Liang
- Gala Zhang as Mai Cheng Zao
- Smile Hu as Xin Jia Li
- He Sai Fei as Liu Wan Yu
- Xu Ling Yue as Mao Yong Xin
- Yao An Lian as Mai Laitian
- Jeremy Qu as Fang Da
- Wang Zi Wei as Zhu Bao Xuan
- Bao Chen Xi as Qian Duo Duo
- Guo Yun Qi as He Dong
- Estelle Wu as Chen Shu Zhen
- Xu Ya Jun as Xin Zhi Shan
- He Feng Tian as Zou Nan
Quick Precis
Mai Cheng Huan lived with a very controlling mother. She got a chance to escape when helped by a step-grandmother who tasked her to manage a hotel.
Snippets
- 27 December 2023: Broadcasting licence was issued for 38 Episodes
- 2 April 2024: To broadcast from 9 April 2024.
Episode 1
It is a watchable drama but nothing special… yet. Yang Zi is so cute though.
Anyway, Mai Cheng Yuan works in a hotel. She is almost 30 but still treated like a little girl by her very controlling mother.
When her mother found out that she was dating, she bullied Chengyuan to find out if her boyfriend Xin Jia Ling is after marriage. She told her daughter not to indulge in premarital sex but at the same time, Mai Chengyuan is getting old and must start thinking about having children.
To keep her mother quiet and happy, she promised to sound out Jia Liang about marriage. She has been going out with Jia Ling for three years.
Her mother kept on at her, calling her at work all the time and barges to her bedroom at night to pressure her about the marriage.
Poor Chengyuan did not really need the hustle from her mother at the moment as there are a lot going on at work. There is a new guy at work; her new boss, Yao Zhi Ming who fired her almost immediately. It took her a lot of effort and persuasion to make him rescind his decision.
He told her to go to a bidding meeting on his behalf the next morning where she found out that her boyfriend Xin Jia Liang is the heir to Deshan Furnishing. She never knew that Jia Ling was from an affluent family.
Episode 2
Chengyuan was of course shocked. She did not expect that her boyfriend who she regularly lend money too was mega rich.
So when she got home and her mother who was expecting Jia Ling to come for dinner did not turn up, told Chengyuan to break up with JiaLiang.
But then she immediately changed her tune when she found out that Jia Liang was from a very rich family. Jia Liang suddenly turned to the best thing since sliced bread as far as her mother is concerned.
Episode 3
Xin Jia Liang told Liu Wanyu, Chengyuan’s mother that he wishes to come to dinner.
Liu Wangyu excitedly cleaned and cooked to impress Jia Liang who did not show up in time because he was dragged to a blinddate arranged by his parents.
It so happened that Chen Shu Zhen who knows both Xin Jia Liang and Chengyuan dearly was in the same restaurant where the blind date was happening.
Jia Liang quickly explained that it was a fake blind date. Chen Shu Zhen, however, called Chengyuan to inform her of seeing Jia Liang on a blinddate.
Of course Jia Liang got upset.
Episode 4
Mai Chengyuan was chosen to lead the project for the 520 Chinese Valentine’s Day gala where the theme focused on parental love.
It started well and her parents were given tickets to attend.
But then Jia Liang turned up in a cumbersome knight armour suit and then proceeded to propose to a very embarrassed Chengyuan.
Chengyuan was not impressed. But her mother pressured her into accepting the proposal.
Episode 5
Chengyuan’s mother wanted to know when the wedding was and when are they going to meet JIa Liang’s family.
Jia Liang informed his family that he had proposed to Chengyuan. His sister, Jia Li was very dismissive of Chengyuan but their mother said that Jia Liang seemed very happy and that was all that mattered to her.
Meeting the family was arranged. Jia Li said to pick the most exclusive and most expensive restaurant to show Chengyuan’s family that they belong to the upper crust.
Episode 6
The family dinner happened and it was the most patronising and humiliating the Mai family was put through.
Jia Liang tried his best to intervene but he was really not forceful enough while Jia Li run riot with her insult to the family.
Chengyuan could not take it anymore so she ask her family to leave with her. She then told Jia Liang that they should take a break for a while to calm down.
Chengyuan told her mother that she does not want to marry into Jia Laing’s family but her mother wanted a rich in-laws so she told Chengyuan not to be silly and marry the nice Jia Liang.