The Ice-Cold CEO Strikes Back

Jiang Mi is a fresh-faced office worker determined to make her mark in the big city of Shanghai. Full of hope, she steps into one of the industry’s top advertising firms. Her goal is simple: get promoted, earn more, reach the top, and then… keep getting promoted and earning more. Love? What’s that? Can you eat it, or will it help her work fewer late nights? Not a chance!‍♀️

But she never imagined that her “career mentor” and “workplace nemesis” would be the company’s legendary “Iceberg CEO,” Lu Yan. Known as “KPI on legs,” Mr. Lu has a sharp eye and an iron will. His only flaw, as far as Jiang Mi is concerned, is that he’s far too strict!

“Jiang Mi, redo this report. Your data analysis is inadequate.”

“Jiang Mi, this proposal lacks originality. Think it over again.”

“Jiang Mi, follow up on this project before you leave.”

Jiang Mi: “Your humble servant can’t do it! QAQ”

Every day, she teeters on the brink of being driven crazy by Mr. Lu. She rages inwardly over and over: Is this man a work machine? Does he have no feelings? Is he trying to work me to death so he can save one salary?!

The good news is that under Mr. Lu’s high-pressure regime, Jiang Mi’s skills improve at rocket speed. The bad news is that she seems to have… gotten used to having him around. In fact, on a rainy night when she’s working late, she discovers that this “iceberg” isn’t quite so cold after all. He orders her a piping-hot late-night meal, quietly takes care of unnecessary hassles for her, and even gives her the most precise guidance in that unruffled voice of his whenever she makes a mistake.