I'm a Boss
{{For|the song by Meek Mill|I'm a Boss (song)}}
{{Infobox television
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|starring={{Unbulleted list|Jiang Wu|Zhang Heng|Wang Yajie|Wang Lei}}
|opentheme="Xiangxin Weilai" (相信未来) performed by Eric Moo
|endtheme="Nanren Sishi" (男人四十) performed by Kao Ming-chun
|creator={{Unbulleted list|Zheng Xiaolong|Li Xiaoming}}
|director=Zheng Xiaolong
|country=China
|language=Mandarin
|num_episodes=34
|runtime=45 minutes
|writer=Gong Xiangdong
|producer=Cao Ping
|cinematography=Wang Junbo
|composer=Meng Ke
|company={{Unbulleted list|Beijing TV Art Center|Flower Film & TV}}
|channel=Beijing Television
|first_aired={{Start date|2009|5|1}}
|last_aired={{End date|2009|5|12}}
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I'm a Boss is a 2009 Chinese television comedy-drama directed by Zheng Xiaolong, starring Jiang Wu 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.[http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/2009-04-27/ba2493591.shtml 郑晓龙再奉都市经典喜剧 《我是老板》北京首播] In Taiwan, it was shown on Videoland Max-TV in March 2010.[http://app.atmovies.com.tw/news/news.cfm?action=view&newsid=16413 《我是老闆》姜武演活小人物]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Cast and characters
- Jiang Wu 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 Huading Awards.[http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/2010-09-28/08433100045.shtml 华鼎中国百强电视剧榜揭晓 续集翻拍剧遭冷遇]