Refresh Man (2016)
Grade:
B+
28
episodes, 40 minutes each
Viewing Platform: Netflix
Viewing Platform: Netflix
In
high school, Zhong Yu-tang was the top of her class, and everyone
thought she would go far. Ten years later, and she's slated to become
the company's next head secretary. Then the new CEO shows up – the
kid with the lowest grades in school she used to be friends with –
and he quickly demotes her to sales. Yu-tang is determined to prove
to the new CEO, Ji Wen Kai, that she has what it takes to prove her
worth in the work world, despite being relegated to the “garbage
disposal” sales team 3. Will Yu-tang prove Wen Kai wrong, or will
the “refresh man” coast along with the other slackers? How will
Wen Kai react once the head secretary from the company they are
collaborating with starts making moves on Yu-tang?
*Aaron
Yan is a super cute actor. This series has a lot of fun flashbacks,
slowly filling in the pieces to their connections in the past. I also
really enjoyed the chemistry between Wen Kai and Yu-tang – there
was plenty of buildup without feeling too slow. Near the last few
episodes I started getting bored, but that's typical with these
longer dramas. I also appreciated how Wen Kai and Yu-tang treated
each other like adults – at least *spoiler alert* once they
confessed their feelings. It's still a little sad that the two had to
spend ten years apart because Wen Kai needed to “improve” himself
– why couldn't he have done that with Yu-tang by his side? They
would have had that much more time to love each other. The antagonist
was written in an interesting way – not evil, just ambitious, but
with enough conflict to keep the story (mostly) interesting. I'd
watch this again.*
