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Boy & Girl

Boy & Girl (Chinese: 男才女貌; pinyin: Nán Cái Nǚ Mào), also known as Love in the City, is a Chinese youth drama, premiered on China Central Television (CCTV) on April 25, 2003. It dominated over all other series with an average of 80 million audience each night. The story introduces the lives of the young generation, from real-life obstacles to seeking a lover in the modern society. The series stars Ruby Lin and Lu Yi, playing the roles of Su La and Qiu Shi, respectively. It was ranked 2nd place of the highest view rating in China during its run.

Su La (Ruby Lin) and Yan Ru Yu (Zheng Li) (Su La's best friend), have graduated from college, Shanghai University. The two are hopelessly in love with their careers. With the face of double stress, two good friends encourage each other and swear to go explore the world out of Shanghai. As they promise, the two came to work at the same travel agency. By chance, Su La gets to meet the young successful CEO, Qiu Shi (Lu Yi). Qiu Shi is deeply attracted to Su La and starts to pursue her love. One pursue after another. However, because of her strong self-esteem and the fact that she is still recovering from the last relationship, Su La is unwilling to accept Qiu Shi. She is determined to concentrate on helping her boss, Liu Hao Dong (Yu Jin Wei), to advance the first step into Shanghai Tourism Enterprise.

In the tense society and the work competition, Su La and Yan Ru Yu is struggling to make their ways, so the two choose two different paths. Yan Ru Yu violates the work ethics, betrays the travel agency and puts the blame on Su La, who then loses her job. Because of this, their friendship is broken and they separate from each other.

However, this does not discourage Su La. Not only does she recover from the setback but she unites with her former-colleague from the travel agency. With the two of them together, they manage and own a bar for women. However, she has to go through several difficulties to get where she is. Qiu Shi, having such strong feelings for Su La. He then has forgotten about his CEO superior and is there for Su La repeatedly. The two go through bumpy roads as a couple and eventually become like family members at last. As for Yan Ru Yu, she marries her boss, Liu Hao Dong, but the result was not what she expected. After reconsidering, she chooses the correct path, and makes a fresh start in Shanghai.

This series has tried hard to unfold modern metropolis’ life with different life experience, different personality, and different experience of the youth exactly how young people's life.

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