lol why is the majority of the manhua consisting of a CEO ML

I've been wondering that for a looooong ass time. If you go to webnovel which most of these manhua originate, you'll see ceo this and that 4 out of 5 times. Now I realize they're mostly likey inspired by good old Harlequin novels and soap operas. They simply missed that update into this century (￣∇￣") sh*t like suffering constantly for an abusive ML, kidnappings, and cartoonishly evil rivals don't fly anymore.