Cafe (2010)

Cafe 2010 / 苦咖啡 2010 / Bitter Coffee , Ku Ka Fei , My Ex's Ring

Depicts the struggles faced by young people leaving school for the killing field of society. Hu Ge and Michelle Bai reunite after the big-budget costume adventure series The Myth in the modern setting of the corporate world, which is quite a refreshing change for the popular leading man. Badly impacted by the credit crunch in America, Shanghai electronics giant Qi Ming needs to fight for survival, so the director and the CEO have no choice but to implement unpopular measures like firing the old staff and hiring fresh graduates to replace them. Mid-level employee Ye Xin will stop at nothing to protect her job at Qi Ming and that of her brother-in-law Chen Cong. Ye Xin conspires with colleagues to oppress the inexperienced new recruit Shen Li, who finds herself attracted to fellow newcomer Lin Li Chen but unaware of her secret admirer, Chen Cong... ~~ Adapted from the web novel ‟Sobered Up‟.