Female investment banking elite versus heir to a domestic automaker
She is a capital operator sent to break up the factory; he is the heir holding on to his late father's blueprints.
The female lead is 31, an investment bank executive director with a clear head and a career-first mindset. The male lead is 25, an automaker's heir, a shameless, lovestruck puppy who falls first. An older-woman-younger-man romance.
A story about starting with physical intimacy and developing feelings later, as a career-driven woman with a sense of contractual obligation gradually gets led astray by a lovestruck man. The career storyline follows a longstanding domestic automaker from the brink of collapse to a rebirth and a place at the top of the world. The romance follows an older female lead and a young heir on opposing sides, as they go from using each other to helping each other succeed.
The female lead has a first love who remains her unattainable ideal, but that is all in the past. The male lead gets jealous throughout, though he's never been with anyone else.
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With Junyue Motors' cash flow counting down to collapse, Jian Fangning meets Chen Jiashu for the first time.
As the banks, funds, and lawyers in the room calculate what the company is still worth, 25-year-old Chen Jiashu leans against the back row and asks her coldly, "Is waiting until someone is nearly dead, then coming in to pick out what's valuable, what investment banks do best?"
She closes the asset valuation proposal. "Mr. Chen, your father's factory has only 87 days of cash left. You can hate me, but before you're capable of saving it, first learn how to keep it alive through next month."
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Three months later, at two in the morning, on Junyue's test track.
Chen Jiashu tosses her the car keys. "You raised 3 billion for this car, but you don't even know how to drive it?"
She takes off her high heels and gets into the driver's seat.
At five in the morning, the argument ends. Neither of them will admit who kissed whom first.
The next morning, as she buttons her shirt, she says, "No romance, no interference in each other's personal lives, and no impact on work."
Leaning against the headboard, he replies lazily, "Deal."
Only later does Jian Fangning realize that the most ridiculous confidence adults have is believing every risk can be written into an agreement.
Theme: Stay true to your growth, stay true to yourself
