According to Nexflix Wiki (2021), The Rational Life (Chinese: 理智派生活) is a
Chinese romantic drama series. The series is adapted from the comic novel “Alpha Code” (“阿尔
法守则”). Officially released in Suzhou on September 28, 2020 and completed on January 8,
2021. The series aired in the Youth Progress Theater of Hunan Satellite TV on March 31, 2021
and broadcasted exclusively on Mango TV. The first season was released on June 18, 2021, on
Netflix. The series is about “A career-driven” single woman around 30 years who “must contend
with a cutthroat workplace, a love triangle and her nagging mom.”
Watch the first episode
Conflict
Summarize the conflict by describing the situation, the sources of the conflict, the actions
and their results.
Then, Analyze the conflict:
1. First, describe the assumed Motivational Value System (MVS) of the people involved:
2. List three strengths of their MVS and provide some examples in the episode. Then list
three overdone strengths and provide evidence from the episode.
3. What could they have done to:
• Anticipate the conflict
• Prevent the conflict
• Identify the conflict
• Manage conflict
• Resolve the conflict
