You read that right, Deng Jie, the "phoenix hottie" who has been dormant for many years, returned to the world at the age of 65.
She is not here to play a supporting role, but a real female second. The name of the show is "My Assistant is 60 Years Old", and it has now been renamed "My Assistant Is Not Simple", but just by looking at the name, you can tell that the focus of this drama is "My Assistant".
In the play, Deng Jie plays a 60-year-old assistant.
There are two heroines, one is a 60-year-old single woman who has returned to work, and the other is a 30-year-old professional woman who has been demoted back to her hometown of Suzhou.
As Deng Jie's comeback, the play firmly grasps the hot spot of "restarting life" and focuses on healing. At present, 3 episodes have been broadcast on two star channels, and the primetime rating is 0.2233. Although not high, it is generally on an upward trend.
There are two actresses, Deng Jie and Wang Ziwen, not to mention the passerby Pan Na.
Now, the first wave of word-of-mouth has come out, and audience reviews and ratings are all in one sentence - "not authentic enough, but light and fun, enough to make a meal".
Why are there these ratings?
Let's start with the plot. "My Assistant Is Not Simple" is an original script that focuses on two female protagonists.
First of all, it is the social beast represented by Wang Ziwen. Originally worked in Beijing head office, but was transferred to Suzhou branch due to work reasons. The main designer, because of his degraded status, is loved by all branch staff. Ignore...
Mrs. Wu Jingfang, played by Deng Jie, has been a housewife for decades. As a result, he even had to settle the money for the family's grocery shopping. Fed up with all this, he divorced and returned to his hometown of Suzhou.
How do these two people intersect? This is because Wang Ziwen's Suzhou house as Jiang Tian was rented to Wu Jingfang by his father Deng Jie.
Later, Deng Jie went to Wang Ziwen Company to woo assistants, and unexpectedly succeeded. The HR director felt he needed to use her to revive the company's KPIs.
The scene and drama are not new, especially since the 60-year-old woman may find an assistant again. Isn't that unrealistic, old intern? It's a little outrageous no matter how you look at it, but if you think about it, it's likely that the company just wants him to be a mascot and generate traffic...
The good thing about this drama is that, while outrageous, it still makes sense.
First of all, the personalities of the two heroines are interesting and real.
In "My Assistant Is Not Simple", Wu Jingfang, played by Deng Jie, is a sunny, positive and confident aunt who pays attention to "no stage fright" regardless of work experience.
While interviewing the assistant, the interviewer asked, "Do you have design experience?" He raised his hand to read. "I have been in charge of the renovation of two houses in my home, and I witnessed the whole process during the construction process..."
The other party asked again, and he calmly replied: "Communication, material selection, logistics, supervision, I have personally participated, am I not responsible?" ”
Auntie focuses on warmth and sunshine. He was not afraid of anything and was too confident.
After successfully joining the company (being treated as a mascot), he put on reading glasses and learned step by step. No matter who asked her to work, the aunt immediately took over.
When he found out he had a job offer, he and his eldest nephew danced happily to cheer themselves up.
Unlike him was Jiang Tian. He was a major figure in opposition to designers, but he was often very frustrated.
When the 60-year-old trainee was bullied by her colleagues, the first heroine Jiang Tian made a move. Wang Ziwen played this role. He and Wu Jingfang are roommates on the inside and their boss and assistant on the outside.
"He's my assistant and he has work to do."
It can only be said that the drama between Wu Jingfang and Jiang Tian is much better than "Urban Love".
When the two first met, Wu Jingfang and his wife divorced. He took out his deposit and picked up the car, driving it from Sichuan back to Suzhou. Apparently he does not have a driver's license. How did he get on the road?
As the camera rolls, the aunt sits in the car, and the red car is parked on the trailer. His happiness and joy are all self-indulgence. Deng Jie's performance was very natural, and she established the character of an old child as soon as she appeared.
When Jiang Tian returned to his hometown with his luggage, he bumped into his father and Wu Jingfang, only to know that his house was rented.
After the two talked in detail, Wu Jingfang said, although you don't know, your father rented it to me, "I won't leave." So the two became roommates and didn't like each other. He didn't feel very good to talk to. He felt he was all too familiar.
Deng Jie has no problem playing Wang Ziwen, and their scenes with each other are also interesting. You come and go, sparks are everywhere!
In addition to Deng Jie, Jiang Tian, played by Wang Ziwen, also met her first love boyfriend Zhou Yewen in his hometown of Suzhou. He is Wu Jingfang's eldest nephew. You call it a coincidence.
And it just so happened that Zhou Yewen opened his own stress reduction center near Jiang Tian's hometown.
When you meet your first love again, some stories happen naturally. The character is played by Baek Kyung-jeong. He and Wang Ziwen have a strong sense of CP and are happy to be enemies.
Although "My Assistant is Not Simple" has been stuck for more than a year, the service is not outdated, and it is indeed unrealistic to let the elderly return to work.
Luckily, the host did their best to make the details as realistic as possible and the characters clearly recognizable. Coupled with the actors' good acting skills, the appearance of the whole drama is unexpectedly good, and it can be regarded as a new attempt.
The "vitality" of older divorced women to restart their lives collides with the "grief" of young single women.
As long as you follow the rhythm of the first three episodes, "My Assistant is Not Simple" will at least explode, give three and a half stars first!