Top 15 Rich Man Poor Woman Chinese Dramas It’s a plot as old as time, a rich man sees a poor
woman and for some incomprehensible reason, falls in love with her and simply must be with her at
all costs. It may sound super cliche, but yet, for some reason we cannot get enough of these stories.
Thankfully for us, Chinese dramas have many dramas with plots like this, each one with
their own individual obstacles to overcome, and twists and turns that make them absolutely unique.
Now without further adeu, let’s get started on our 15 favorite rich man poor woman Chinese Dramas!
15. My Dear Lady
My Dear Lady talks about a story of unexpected attraction and new beginnings. Six years after
saying, “I do”, our female lead finds herself filing for divorce. After being free again,
she wants to celebrate that freedom, but her joy is cut short when she finds herself mixed
up in a small collision. While our female lead hopes to make up for her mistake, she quickly
becomes appalled when the driver of the other car demands an astronomical amount as compensation.
Things get complicated when she realizes that her new boss is the owner of the car she hit.
Even though he bothers her childishly, our heroine does her best to ignore him. Despite everything,
her determination to keep going sparks an unexpected interest in her boss. After being
awed by her hard work and dedication, our male lead falls in love with her pretty quickly. Yet
she won't accept him, declaring that her status as a divorced mother and their gap
in age make them an unsuitable match. Is our female lead right, or will our male lead prove
that love can indeed conquer all? My Dear Lady teaches us that love
can occur between any two people, regardless of their age and past.
14. Hello, Mr. Gu Hello, Mr. Gu tells the story
of a CEO with an aversion to crowds entering a contractual marriage with an impoverished heiress.
Our female lead was raised like a princess but unfortunately, her family falls on hard times,
and so her fairytale life comes crashing down around her. There she enters into contractual
marriage to a CEO of a successful company. With opposing personalities, they initially butt
heads, only to become one another’s confidants over time. After such a rocky start, could this
unlikely couple eventually find their way to love? A lighthearted love story, “Hello Mr. Gu” is
a much-watch if you are into youthful romance dramas, as long as you don’t mind some cliches.
13. Use for My Talent Moving on to the next spot is the drama “Use for
My Talent” by actors Jasper Liu and Shen Yue, who had absolutely perfect chemistry in this drama!
Our female lead used to have a happy life but losing her mother in a car accident,
leads to her starting to work at a cleaning company without much happiness.
Our male lead is the owner of this cleaning company, and more strangely enough, he suffers
from being germaphobic! That’s right, the owner of a cleaning company cannot stand being dirty
or having germs on him. These two with opposing personalities start off frustrating one another,
but eventually start to help each other heal their wounds. How wholesome!
If you are also a Korean drama fan, this drama may sound familiar to you!
Let us know which Korean drama it’s based off in the comment section down below!
12. Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams features a kind-hearted girl who has a long standing crush on a renowned florist
and is determined to get closer to him by applying to work at his company. One day, they both come
across bracelets designed to promote better sleep by controlling brain waves. When they try them on,
the devices malfunction and merge our female lead’s brain waves with the male lead. Thus,
she is transported into all of his dreams. Can our female lead find the courage to act on her
true feelings for our male lead in his dreams? Here's to a drama that tells us about finding
courage in your dreams when you can't muster it up in your real life.
The two stars of this drama are the famous stars Deng Lun and Dilraba, so expect a powerful
combination of visuals and perfect acting! 11. Love Unexpected
In this drama, the male lead is still recovering from the shock of losing his mother in a sudden
accident even though three years have passed since. Ever since the accident, he has been
living with a severe affective disorder, where he has lost all connection with his emotions.
When the need for a bodyguard becomes apparent, our male lead begins the
arduous task of recruiting. Among the many applicants vying for the job is our female
lead who is an economics major who secretly dreams of becoming a professional fighter. With
incredibly honed senses and lightning-fast reflexes, our female lead easily lands
the job. Though our male lead is glad to have the extra protection, there’s something about
our female lead’s easy use of violence that makes him feel uneasy. However, when our female lead
throws herself in harm’s way on his behalf, he begins to feel something else, though he isn’t
quite sure what that something might be. As the relationship between protector and
protected grows, our male lead’s long-lost emotions gradually begin
to return, and with them, a whole new world of possibilities begins to present itself. But within
this emotional new world, our male lead must ask himself, is he able to accept the feelings he
seems to have developed for our female lead? Here’s to a drama that’s refreshing to watch
where romance and comedy are mixed really well.
10. About is Love About is Love tells the love story between
the president of a company who develops a severe case of OCD that prohibits him from interacting
with women and the one person he is immune to. An incident from when he was eighteen years old
gravely affected the life of our male lead. Even though he has become a high-ranking corporate
executive, he is unable to interact with the opposite sex, which is why
he has been searching for years for a 'princess' that can save him. Ten years later, because of a
drunken encounter with an eighteen-year-old art student, our male lead discovers that he feels
completely fine after meeting her. An agreement is formed between the two, and a romance ensues.
About Is Love gives us a good mix of friends, family, romance, aside
from an interesting storyline, impressive acting, and interesting characterizations.
9. Girlfriend Girlfriend is about an actress who
has only ever achieved minor roles in movies and other productions. Our female lead has been trying
to make ends meet to support her late parents’ Opera trope. Resorting to acting gigs to earn
money, she books an unusual job where she must pretend to be the girlfriend of our male lead,
who just happens to be a handsome CEO. Like every drama character, our male lead
has some emotional baggage that hasn’t been dealt with! Following his breakup with his ex,
who happens to be a famous actress, our male lead hasn’t been able to get over her and so has been
in a rut. His mother tries to help him overcome this by sending beautiful girl after beautiful
girl for him to go out with, although to no avail. After an earlier meeting, their fates cross
paths again when the secretary of our male lead's mother negotiates with her
to pretend to be his girlfriend that she is his girlfriend with a monetary
reward. Our female lead was picked because she looks similar to our male lead’s ex-girlfriend.
Our female lead is hesitant at first, but realizes that she needs every penny she can muster to keep
her late parents’ opera trope going. Will their contractual relationship turn into something
real as they continue to spend time together? Girlfriend is a great choice for those seeking an
fluffy and light hearted drama that doesn’t delve too deep. It’s full of moments that’ll have you
laughing hard, as well as other wholesome moments. 8. You Are So Sweet
You Are So Sweet follows a love story of a rookie voice actress and her toxic boss.
Meet our female rookie voice actress who is an average girl. She's not exceptionally pretty
nor is she highly educated, but she lands a job as a CEO’s assistant. Our male lead is a toxic boss
who has a secret nobody knows. He's actually one of the best in the voice dubbing industry.
Because our leads are in different social hiearchies , their interactions are full
of shenanigans. Just as our female lead tries to gain a foothold in the workplace,
she crosses paths with another male character, after helping him chase away a dog.
Soon after, he also begins to pursue our female lead causing a love triangle to happen.
With two attractive suitors both falling head over heels for her, who will she choose? This
drama is full of cliches but it’s still a fun watch, especially if you’re going through some
struggles in real life. 7. Meteor Garden
An ordinary girl is admitted to the most prestigious school in the country where she
encounters F4, an exclusive group comprised of the four wealthiest and handsomest boys in the school
- Dao Ming Si, Hua Ze Lei, Xi Men, and Mei Zuo. Our female lead is an 18-year-old girl from a
family that can barely make ends meet. Due to a turn of events, she gets accepted into a school
that only accepts the upper-class elites. She immediately clashes with her classmates,
especially Dao Ming Si, who is spoiled, arrogant, and a bully. She remains defiant
even after becoming a target of a series of pranks intended to torment her, and just
when she's about to give up, Hua Ze Lei always seems to show up to lend her a helping hand.
Eventually, the four boys begin to acknowledge Shan Cai's unyielding personality, like her
namesake, which is that of a weed that can never be brought down. She also begins to
see the good in the boys, which paves the way for friendship and an eventual romance.
6. Please Feel At Ease Mr. Ling A spunky young woman, doing her best
to make her dreams come true, our female lead never expected her life to be anything other
than ordinary. Working as a delivery woman, she spent her days zipping around the city, completely
unaware that her life was about to take an unusual turn. But turn it did, the day she ran, quite
literally, into a man by the name of Ling Yue. The heir of a major corporation, our male lead
was poised to take over the family business until an unfortunate accident nearly cost him his life.
Severely injured and left for dead, things for him couldn’t get much worse.
Or so he thought. Dragging himself onto the road, in search of help, our male lead ran directly into
our female lead, or rather she ran into him. Terrified of what she’d just done, our female
lead rushed him to the hospital, only to find that not only was he badly injured,
but also suffering from a case of amnesia. Unable to leave a memory-less stranded, our female lead
invites him into her home, promising to do her best to nurse him back to health.
Polar opposites, they both find living together to be difficult, at best; but time and patience
bring about an unexpected change. Drawing ever closer, the two realize their feelings for each
other have taken an unexpected turn, at least until our male lead’s memories return. Remembering
who he is, will our main lead really be able
to find a way to live happily ever after? If you like “Put Your Head on My Shoulder,”
then you’ll definitely like this drama too. The typically cute-height-difference
is evident here and the storyline does have some unexpected turning points. Be ready to
be intrigued at how each episode will turn out. Although the story is a little plain and basic,
the relationship develops rapidly and is not drawn out. The characters are likable and suit
their role very well, too. 5. Boss and Me
Big conglomerate president Feng Teng has a younger sister with a very rare blood type
who needs a transfusion. He finds an employee at his company named Xue Shan Shan and asks her for
a blood donation. Afterward, the siblings become indebted to Shan Shan, but rather than using Feng
Teng's typical method of paying her off, his sister suggests sending her nutritious packed
lunches so Shan Shan can recover from the blood loss and making the thank you more personal.
Shan Shan loves to eat and her enjoyment of the lunches, along with her general bright
and sunny personality, slowly starts melting the cold Feng Teng's heart.
Here’s to a drama where the relationship between the whole cast and the characters is so sweet.
Throughout the drama, you'll love how each character supports the other and how well
they work together—especially that sister! Watching Boss & Me teaches the viewer that
warm actions can melt a cold heart! 4. Miss Crow with Mr. Lizard
Miss Crow with Mr. Lizard tells the story of a passion-filled, vibrant young man with
his whole life ahead of him – until his life is turned upside down by a sudden traffic accident.
He suffers life-threatening injuries to his heart, and surgeons can save him by
giving him an emergency heart transplant. But when he recovers, he discovers that
he is no longer allowed to perform most forms of exercise. Worse still,
the doctors warn him that experiencing strong emotions could also end his life
prematurely. He tries to return to normal life, but the changes he must make to his
lifestyle take all the fizz out of his existence. He carefully avoids anything that could raise his
heart rate – even if doing so turns him into a shadow of his former self. However, things
take another turn when our female lead comes to work at the company he and his friend set up.
Our female lead’s own back story is also tinged with sadness: She was orphaned at an early age.
Regardless, she is a veritable font of positivity. Little by little, that positivity starts to rub
off on our male lead – but could this bond ever turn romantic, despite his condition?
3. Go Go Squid!
Go Go Squid! tells the story of a brilliant IT programming student who has the whole world
at her feet. Besides her stellar grades, she has a strong social media following based on
her covers of songs. She has no problem making friends and making new acquaintances. However,
everything changes the moment our male lead walks into her life.
One of the world's top professional gamers, our male lead is a genius in his own right.
A legendary player in the world of e-sports, he is used to living in the spotlight,
but he has never let the spotlight get in the way of his professional endeavors. With an intense
focus on winning, he has never been distracted by the people around him,
especially when it comes to women. Our female lead, however, tries to
find a way to approach her new crush but can never seem to find the words. Every
attempt she makes ends up failing miserably. Cold and uninterested,
our male lead barely even recognizes our female’s existence, or so it seems.
Could our female lead’s persistence catch the eye of a man who sees no one?
To our female lead, it may seem impossible, but everyone knows that anything’s possible for love.
2. Lucky’s First Love A story about first love and
romances from the perspective of three couples in the workplace, Lucky’s First Love follows an
independent young woman brimming with potential who crosses paths with a black-bellied boss.
Because of the prosperous meaning behind her name, our female lead was recruited by our male lead to
work at his gaming company. He is determined and headstrong, a son who refused to take over the
family business and chose to make one on his own. In her journey from a sketch artist to a gaming
designer, she experiences many extremes and jumps many hurdles in dealing with her black-bellied
boss. Their continuous bickering brings them closer, and the girl who has never been in
love before finds that the last hurdle is love. Here’s to a drama that will surely get you hooked.
Despite the endless bickering, you will enjoy the way our characters display their unique
personalities, which makes them likable. This drama shows viewers that opposites do attract!
And now, are you ready to hear the drama at the top of our list?
1. The Brightest Star in the Sky The Brightest Star in the Sky tops
our list! With the former member of EXO, Z. Tao, the drama was sure a hit.
This drama tells the story between a smart and passionate girl who gave up her dream of becoming
a singer, and a talented but temperamental singer, who gives his management a lot of headaches.
Our female lead gives up her dream of becoming a singer to join the entertainment company
Star Entertainment, first as a PR person, before being transferred to talent management, where she
reluctantly becomes the assistant of Zhen Boxu, Star Entertainment (and China’s)’s top star.
Our male lead is an idol whose bad attitude leads his assistants to always quit after a
few months, but whose passion for music runs very deep in his soul. He’s known for being
the handsome bad boy, always creating scandals and being inappropriate, not listening to his PR team
or agency’s requests. As a strong and fearless girl, our female lead becomes the one who dares
speak back to him and thus starts their journey. Their working relationship did not start well,
but will our main lead’s relationship see a turn of events as time goes by?
If you like music, this drama should not be missed. In a drama
where both male leads are singers, it would be a real pity for the soundtrack not to be up to
par. But it turns out that every single scene that features them singing has a great song!
Music, business, and love combination made the drama awesome. Although their love story
started a bit late, you’ll surely be able to get a feel of how our idols live.
— Our list is
now complete and we hope you were able to find one or two dramas that piqued your interest!
Which one of these rich man, poor woman dramas did you enjoy the most? Are there any other Rich
Man Poor Woman dramas that we missed? If so, please let us know in the comments down below!
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