You know, this actually doesn’t look half-bad. The preview is out for Korean-Chinese collaboration web drama High End Crush, starring Jung Il Woo, Jin Se Yeon, and Bora of Sistar, which will premiere exclusively on Chinese web portal Sina starting in late October. The rom-com is the definition of short and sweet, airing for 20-episodes at just 15 minutes a pop. It basically has enough time for only the good stuff without needed to manufacture angst to fill the gap.

The story is the typical rich, tall, arrogant male lead falls for sincere and plucky female lead, this time the guy is a top entertainment producer who finds a non-artificial and manufactured beauty straight out of the countryside. He tries to turn the reluctant her into a star and ends up with the love of his life, or something like that. I wasn’t offended by the preview, and found Jung Il Woo nicely charming and Jin Se Yeon cute when doing the requisite rom-com overacting. Continue reading →