When it comes to Thai dramas, many people's first reaction has always been that they are melodramatic, dramatic, and absurd.
But the new drama "Crazy Unicorn" recommended today will completely refresh your perception...
Produced by Netflix, it breaks away from the usual routines of Thai dramas. The plot is exciting and satisfying, with only 7 episodes, and the pace is so fast that you can't stop watching.
Currently, it has an 8.5 rating on Douban.
The story is set in Thailand in 2015.
The male lead, "Santi," is a young Chinese-Thai man. Since his mother is Chinese, he has learned two languages since childhood.
As an adult, Santi works in a mine, doing the most tiring work, and also works part-time as a translator for a Chinese boss. His life is hard and oppressive, and he has to be very careful with his money even when sending a box of biscuits to his mother...
Once, he was forced to attend a business lecture given by the founder of the Kanin Group.
That lecture made him realize: If you want to control the market, the best way is to make all the sources of goods your own.
This sentence instantly sparked an idea in his mind...
After returning to the mine, he began to use all means to acquire the surrounding sand mines, turning the weapons that others used to lower prices into his own bargaining chips.
This clever move successfully saved the mine. The boss was shocked by his ambition and immediately promoted him to manager, with a monthly salary of 50,000 baht...
But this is far from enough. Santi wants to earn more money, enough to reach 100 kilograms in cash!
While working at the mine, he also used his bilingual advantage to work as a tour guide, receiving Chinese tourists.
Gradually, he exerted his sales skills, and even ordinary pillows could be sold by him to everyone...
To expand his business, Santi took the initiative to find a real estate agent and bought the sales quota for 40 houses, preparing to sell these houses to the wealthy tourists.
For this reason, he even sacrificed himself to act as a translator for the wealthy and beauties at the nightclub, enduring the "whole process of carnival"...
As a result, the wealthy told him that these houses had a bad location, adjacent to a garbage dump, and no one who had conducted an on-site inspection would buy them.
However, he still gave Santi a chance, inviting him to his birthday party in Shanghai on Saturday, where many bosses would gather, and many of them liked to invest in real estate, so maybe the houses could be sold there.
Although not a single house was sold at the party, and he almost got into trouble by stubbornly drinking too much...
But it was at this birthday party in Shanghai that he unexpectedly met the founder of the Kanin Group again. With his persistent and aggressive attitude, he won the other's favor...
Later, he cooperated with the Kanin Group to launch a "new courier project," becoming the chief CEO, and even invested all his wealth, holding 19% of the shares.
However, just when Santi thought he was about to reach the peak of his life and truly become a rich man, bad news came...
Kanin quietly increased capital and expanded shares on the grounds of "adding ten times the investment." Since Santi couldn't follow the investment, his shares were forcibly diluted by 10 times, dropping sharply from 19% to 1.9%.
At the same time, Kanin's son, Paisan, replaced Santi as the new CEO.
It was equivalent to Santi working hard for nothing, not only losing his idea but also paving the way for a rich second-generation...
Angry, Santi decided to set up his own business, build his own team, and create a courier company "Santi Rui Company" that is stronger than the Kanin Group.
Thus, an extremely exciting and inspiring business war drama unfolded...
After watching "Crazy Unicorn," you will find that the most powerful thing about this drama is not the exciting points and reversals, but that it lays bare the cruelest and most real aspects of the entrepreneurial world in front of the audience.
Many people watching the drama will think "it's so exaggerated," but reality is even more brutal.
In a world that focuses on efficiency, cost, and competition, if you want to stand in the center of the stage, you not only need to have drive but also the resilience to stand up again after being knocked down countless times.
Otherwise, you will be a tool for others, harvested at any time, without even a chance to struggle...
Because on the road of entrepreneurship, failure is daily, and being betrayed is a compulsory course.
But even if there is only a 1% chance, there are still people who will choose to fight until the last second, never retreating even if they are covered in bruises...
So when Santi chose to start again, even if he lost all his savings, even if he was laughed at by the whole world, he still gritted his teeth and moved forward.
At that moment, it was more passionate and admirable than any gorgeous success...
