My CEO Thinks He Pays for My Love
Vertical short drama 2026 43 episodes · ~1–2 min each Short Drama
One dollar short of rent, Ella kicks down her neighbor's door and saves him: a billionaire, unconscious, amnesia — so the butler says. Before she can leave, a contract lands in her lap. Pretend to be his girlfriend. Two… — official synopsis, NetShort
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Origin & tropes
Remixes the Chinese tropes 契约婚姻 (Contract Marriage) + 追妻火葬场 (Regret & Chase) + 总裁文 (CEO Romance) + 隐藏大佬 (Hidden Big Shot).
Chinese tropes it remixes
- 契约婚姻 qìyuē hūnyīn — Contract MarriageA marriage on paper with rules against falling in love — which both parties break. Usually a CEO and a woman saving her family's company.
- 追妻火葬场 zhuīqī huǒzàngchǎng — Regret & ChaseLiterally 'chase the wife into the crematorium': a cold husband realises what he had only after losing her, then grovels. Peak angst; comment sections rate how much he suffers.
- 总裁文 zǒngcái wén — CEO Romance'President fiction': the cold, obscenely rich CEO and the ordinary woman who thaws him. The ur-genre of Chinese romance webnovels since the 2000s and the default setting of English verticals.
- 隐藏大佬 yǐncáng dàlǎo — Hidden Big ShotSomeone treated as a nobody — a bodyguard, a delivery driver, a poor son-in-law — is secretly the richest or most powerful person in the room. The reveal is the payoff. The single most-produced premise on Douyin since 2021.
Platform tags
Contract LoversAmnesiaModern Romance
Data: NetShort public catalog.