''I'm a Boss'' is a 2009 Chinese television

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by

Zheng Xiaolong Zheng Xiaolong (; born November 30, 1953) is a Chinese TV and film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography *''Stories from the Editorial Board'' (1991)—China's first sitcom *''A Native of Beijing in New York'' (1992)—first Chinese TV ...

, starring

Jiang Wu Jiang Wu (born 4 November 1967) is a Chinese actor. He starred in Zhang Yimou's '' To Live'' (1994), and Zhang Yang's ''Shower'' (1999). He is the younger brother of Jiang Wen and is or was a member of the Beijing Experimental Theatre Troupe. ...

as an idiosyncratic and Quixotic mid-aged Ma Yiming who, forced to leave his government career, enters the business world as an entrepreneur. Ma Yiming is a likeable character who is selfless, dependable, diligent, upstanding, and full of righteousness, but who is also utterly unsuccessful; his frequently amusing misfortunes highlight the contrast between the ideal that the Communist-Party propagates and the capitalistic reality in contemporary Chinese society.

Broadcast

The show was first broadcast in May 2009 on

Beijing Television Beijing Radio and Television Station (BRTV), formerly Beijing Media Network (BMN), is a government-owned television network in China. It broadcasts from Beijing. The channel is available only in Chinese. Beijing Media Network was founded on ...

. In Taiwan, it was shown on Videoland Max-TV in March 2010.

Cast and characters

as Ma Yiming, the protagonist *Zhang Heng as Shi Hong, a nurse and Ma Yiming's wife *Wang Lei as Shi Jun, Shi Hong's jobless brother, though he claims he owns a million-dollar company *Wang Jingsong as Ma Yiping, a taxicab driver and Ma Yiming's brother *Wang Yajie as Li Qinqin, a landlady *Niu Piao as Feng Zhiyuan, a businessman * Xu Zheng as Xu Tianlai, a businessman *Li Jingjing as Bai Lihua, a businesswoman *Fu Miao as Chen Xi, a gold-digging secretary *Li Xiaomeng as Ranran, a young bartender *Liu Yiwei as a businessman *Fang Zige as Ma Yiming's superior

Awards and nominations

Xu Zheng was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 4th

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References

{{reflist 2009 Chinese television series debuts 2009 Chinese television series endings Mandarin-language television shows Television shows filmed in Beijing Chinese comedy-drama television series Television shows filmed in Tianjin