"Under the Grand Dress" is not purely a drama about the fashion magazine industry, in fact, the concept of love and dreams was set before the script was even written.
From the beginning, the creation of this drama was to please the audience, especially since the main viewership is women.
The element of love has always had a great appeal to women, otherwise, sweet and pampering dramas wouldn't remain popular until today.
For the love in a drama, whether there is a CP (couple) feeling between the male and female lead is even more important. It's not about convincing the audience that these two are truly in love, but about a spark, an atmosphere.
Currently, Zhou Jianfeng just can't get into this atmosphere.
To put it in a cliché way, he can't express his "antagonism" with "this woman is different from the other flirtatious vixens," instead, in front of Zhou Yun, it's more about "this woman is really scary, I should keep my distance" which showcases a pretentious antagonism.
