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Stand or Fall

2023 · 1 season

A glossy, talky workplace drama that mixes boardroom scheming with friendship and rekindled romance, easy to follow but emotionally earnest.

Genres
Drama
Starring
Qin Lan, Wang Yang, Zhang Meng
Overview
After being framed and losing her corporate position, Guan Wen takes a job at a new mall, where she encounters her ambitious ex-boyfriend Ding Ning, reigniting tension and complicated feelings. Together with her friends—a retired athlete and a former actress—she faces life’s personal and professional challenges, discovering that resilience and self-reliance are the keys to overcoming adversity.

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Genres
Drama
Starring
Qin Lan, Wang Yang, Zhang Meng
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • friendship
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Starring
Qin Lan, Wang Yang, Zhang Meng, Liu Yun, Shawn Wei, Lawrence Wong, Wang Yizhe, Zhang Duo
Length
1 seasons, 32 episodes, 45 min each
Network
Tencent Video
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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