Sheng Xi is a well-known writer whose romance plots are famously broken. People often complain that she puts her heart into the main story but writes the romance as if with her feet.
A reader's scathing review: Even my neighbor's dog is better at romance than the main characters!
As it happens, a friend is about to film a dating reality show, so Sheng Xi decides to observe other people's love and heartbreak up close and gather material for herself.
Xie Xingzhou is a famous director who's won so many awards he can barely hold them all. But his films contain too little romance, so jealous people from all sides say he can't make a good romance movie.
Xie Xingzhou laughs dismissively. "Is there any kind of movie I can't make?"
Then his bad friend goads him into joining a dating show to broaden his horizons. He looks into the latest shows being filmed and decides to check one out.
The newly launched dating show Do You Understand My Heart? has already become a hit before its premiere. Supposedly all the guests are gorgeous, and there's even a mysterious superstar!
Looks-obsessed netizens who love a bit of gossip can't miss it. They're all eagerly waiting for the show to air.
But when it finally does, they discover that the mysterious superstar is top-tier director Xie Xingzhou?!
The gossip-loving crowd: Weren't you the one who said love was a lowbrow pastime and your films didn't need it?!
Look at you now!
As everyone watches with great excitement, they realize that the beautiful female guest who keeps huddling in a corner with a certain director, secretly observing everyone, is none other than the famous Qian Su!
Watching the two of them clash as they compete for material, the gossip-loving crowd is delighted.
Amazing! Give us more. We love this!
Ever since joining the dating show, Sheng Xi has experienced what it's like to have material fall straight into her lap. There's so much, she can't collect it all!
But why does that director across from her seem to be secretly observing everyone, too?
After testing him several times, Sheng Xi realizes: Well, well. He's here to find material, too!
Can she put up with that??? Absolutely not!
And so their battle for material begins.
Also known as: "Finders Keepers. If I saw it, it's mine!" and "What do you mean, it's yours? Call its name and see if it answers!"
Theme: Love is a drink that gets everyone drunk!
