The story has a similar foundation.
1. Both leads share a long servant-master relationship
2. the "servant" seems like he has feelings for his "master" but keeping it a secret
3. the "master" doesn't even realise how much he is in love with the "servant" until he gets jealous and feels like he is losing the other
The characters are similar on the level of Shu Nian is quiet like Kang Gook and the master bratty and keeps touching the other frequently just like Han Tae Joo. But Han Tae Joo is waaay nicer than Xie Yan
1. Both leads share a long servant-master relationship
2. the "servant" seems like he has feelings for his "master" but keeping it a secret
3. the "master" doesn't even realise how much he is in love with the "servant" until he gets jealous and feels like he is losing the other
The characters are similar on the level of Shu Nian is quiet like Kang Gook and the master bratty and keeps touching the other frequently just like Han Tae Joo. But Han Tae Joo is waaay nicer than Xie Yan
Both Chinese BL films where two guys work together and share a pretty toxic/complicated relationship. One is the boss of the other. He takes a girlfriend, and this makes his subordinate jealous and deeply hurts his feelings. In both films, the boss character can be extremely possessive and unreasonable at times, while the subordinate is more mild and tries to hide the depth of his feelings for his boss.
Mess With The World is focused on the relationship between the CEO of a company and one of his employees. It has both the beautiful and ugly side of society (strength, pride, jealousy). These human aspects are shown very well in this movie, very realistic in terms of how things turn out. A movie that gets you thinking.
In Irresistible Love, Meng Rui plays a gay man who falls in love with the orphan his family adopts (though he is deeply in denial at first due to internalized homophobia). In Our Glamorous Time, Meng Rui plays a supporting character who is conspiring with another supporting character against the lead. They give each other a lot of meaningful looks that are supposed to indicate they are co-conspirators, but they overdo it and end up seeming like a couple for anyone who ever watches BL.
Content warning for Irresistible Love: homophobia, sexual assault, violence, jealousy portrayed as romantic
Content warning for Irresistible Love: homophobia, sexual assault, violence, jealousy portrayed as romantic