The actress was actually 11 at the time of filming. She was needed for her height as she was suppose to represent…
yup, coz viewers know they will be a couple in the future. It really doesnt matter there was no love interest when SZ was 14 years old and both of them were green flags. Viewers project the couple vibes on chars ignoring the story, chars writing, plot and whatever. In fact, it's not drama's problem, it's viewers problem :)
I read lots of comments on this page about how good the first part is and how unexpected the second part is (and not in a positive way) Int viewers forget that cdramas are made for chinese audience mainly, cnets have different taste in matter of tropes, story, subplots, char writing.
Love's Ambition had a very good viewership starting with day 1 of streaming, but it exploded when the second part of the drama started, social media platforms were full of countless parodies of certain scenes from the second part of drama, some lines became famous. How was seen drama on chinese platforms
TOP10 Most Popular Drama series on XiaoHongshu (rednote)-chinese Instagram- Annual Report 2025
1.Love's Ambition 2.Legend of Zanghai 3.The Prisoners of Beauty
Love's Ambition won 4 awards on Douban
2025 Douban TV Series Year-End Awards: 🏆Best Drama of the Year 🏆The Dark Horse of the Year 🏆Famous Scenes of the Year "Yan Yan answers the phone" 🏆Both 2025 Double Cloud Collections have over 5000 views
Love's Ambition is 2025 No.1 Drama on Douyin
🏆 Top Breakout Drama of 2025 🏆 Most Viral Drama of 2025 with 86 viral videos at peak popularity 🏆 Annual Main Topic Champion with 34.7 billion total views in 2025 🏆 Top Female Drama Character of 2025 (Xu Yan) #ZhaoLusi 🏆 Character Topic Champion (Xu Yan) with 15.3 billion views 🏆 First Female Character (Xu Yan) in five years to exceed 10 billion views 🏆 No.1 Drama for million-like videos with 15.3 billion total views 🏆 Highest Drama Popularity Peak of 2025: 833 million peak popularity 🏆 Drama with Most Iconic Viral Line of 2025: “Yan Yan, pick up the phone”
Drama topped Yunhe charts, Kuyun charts, every single chart that isnt related to weibo data Drama made history as the Urban drama with the best data in history of Cent. There is no urban drama with a market share of 41,7%. Just remember, the director got the Director of the Year Award , producer was awarded as the Producer of the year, Best styling team. Every "Best drama" of 2025 award was swept by Love's Ambition.
Love's Ambition is 2025 top 1 drama for WeTV (globally) and Viki as viewership /sells
Love's Ambition success is huge, Zhao Lusi's success as Xu Yan is also huge. The entire cast and crew did well. For actors, the success is translated in new business (endorsements), new level/salary for the next projects.
Saying this drama is bad (coz it isnt our cup of tea or you support other actors not the ones in this drama) next to all these awards/recognitions looks shady. But definitely, it's your right to be shady, also is your right to love x or y trash drama more than Love's Ambition only for the fact your faves star in them, and is your right to look shady no matter what other think about your opinions This drama already did amazingly good, this cant be changed no matter the shady opinions....that's why I found many of those shady opinions useless.
New projects come for the entire cast, I'm ready for all of them. Hopefully, see you on other dramas pages!
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Congratulations to Rosy Zhao for winning Top Ten Singles Of The Year on the Star Chart for "Black Veil Bride"!
Visit [ http://t.cn/AX4QyLGJlink ] to see the full list of winners, and you can also win autographed photos of Rosy Zhao and limited edition Kugou cards! 🎁
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Viki -Top 10 cdramas of 2025 The stats are in – these were our most popular C-dramas of 2025! 1.Love's Ambition 2.Legend Of The Female General, 3.Our Generation, 4.Ea tRun Love, 5.The Prisoner Of Beauty 6. When Destiny brings The Demon
Love's Ambition Annual Urban Drama Effective Viewership Ranking Champion
According to Maoyan Professional Edition data, the web drama "Love's Ambition," starring Zhao Lusi , William Chan , accumulated 1.619 billion effective views in 2025, with an average of 50.6 million effective plays per episode, becoming the champion of both the effective cumulative views and average effective views charts for urban dramas in 2025! Key achievements include: 🏆2025 Urban Drama Effective Play Ranking Champion 🏆1 Monthly Champion of Effective Play Plays for Maoyan Web Dramas 🏆3 Weekly Champions of Effective Play Plays for Maoyan Web Dramas 🏆16 Daily Champions of Effective Play Plays for Maoyan Web Dramas Data statistics range: January 1, 2025 - December 29, 2025
There are rumors Almost Lover will be airdropped today (or soon)
Zhao Lusi has previously made her stance towards that drama and its production team clear "To begin with, the drama (Almost Lover) didn't complete its filming, so of course it shouldn't air. they want to cut down the episodes and air the drama. but when it airs, and when the scenes don't flow well or if there are issues with the drama, won't the actors be blamed again? won't I be criticised again?
if the drama doesn't air, you guys will definitely have to pay up but I think that's what you deserve. everything was caused by you guys in the first place. if that's the case, I think you guys deserve to pay for the loss. whatever loss you have incurred will definitely be way less than whatever loss I have suffered this year
they simply want to edit the scenes, cut down the episodes and still air the show, then they won't have to pay for any loss and can settle this issue, once and for all" video at link: https://x.com/wonwoncity/status/2004872024062394542
Official Fanclub position: " No matter what the recent trend of the drama is, we all advocate adopting the strategy of "complete separation": not participating in data maintenance, not organizing to watch the drama and its subsequent results has nothing to do with us We also urge our fans to not to carry negative emotions across platforms to avoid interfering with the choice of non-fans audience We firmly oppose to the dissemination of pirated resources, and there is no need to focus too much on this drama- our career has a long way to go, this is by no means to end and there is no need to be overly emotional If the crew, director or partners publish any press releases targeting us during the broadcast, we will immediately launch comprehensive counterattack actions across all platforms with strong legal actions and we'll never give in"
International Fandom position: We will follow Official Fanclub position, adopting "complete separation" strategy /"no participation" approach. We will let drama runs its course. no hype, no boycott, silently watching on legal platforms
There are rumors Almost Lover will be airdropped today (or soon)
Zhao Lusi has previously made her stance towards that drama and its production team clear "To begin with, the drama (Almost Lover) didn't complete its filming, so of course it shouldn't air. they want to cut down the episodes and air the drama. but when it airs, and when the scenes don't flow well or if there are issues with the drama, won't the actors be blamed again? won't I be criticised again?
if the drama doesn't air, you guys will definitely have to pay up but I think that's what you deserve. everything was caused by you guys in the first place. if that's the case, I think you guys deserve to pay for the loss. whatever loss you have incurred will definitely be way less than whatever loss I have suffered this year
they simply want to edit the scenes, cut down the episodes and still air the show, then they won't have to pay for any loss and can settle this issue, once and for all" video at link: https://x.com/wonwoncity/status/2004872024062394542
Official Fanclub position: " No matter what the recent trend of the drama is, we all advocate adopting the strategy of "complete separation": not participating in data maintenance, not organizing to watch the drama and its subsequent results has nothing to do with us Please also expose the people not to carry negative emotions across platforms to avoid interfering with the choice of non-fans audience We are firmly opposed to the dissemination of pirated resources, and there is no need to focus too much on this drama- our career has a long way to go, this is by no means to end and there is no need to be overly emotional If the crew, director or partners publish any press releases targeting us during the broadcast, we will immediately launch comprehensive counterattack actions across all platforms with strong legal actions and we'll never give in"
International Fandom position: We will follow Official Fanclub position, adopting "complete separation" strategy /"no participation" approach. We will let drama runs its course
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Int viewers forget that cdramas are made for chinese audience mainly, cnets have different taste in matter of tropes, story, subplots, char writing.
Love's Ambition had a very good viewership starting with day 1 of streaming, but it exploded when the second part of the drama started, social media platforms were full of countless parodies of certain scenes from the second part of drama, some lines became famous.
How was seen drama on chinese platforms
TOP10 Most Popular Drama series on XiaoHongshu (rednote)-chinese Instagram- Annual Report 2025
1.Love's Ambition
2.Legend of Zanghai
3.The Prisoners of Beauty
Love's Ambition won 4 awards on Douban
2025 Douban TV Series Year-End Awards:
🏆Best Drama of the Year
🏆The Dark Horse of the Year
🏆Famous Scenes of the Year
"Yan Yan answers the phone"
🏆Both 2025 Double Cloud Collections have over 5000 views
Love's Ambition is 2025 No.1 Drama on Douyin
🏆 Top Breakout Drama of 2025
🏆 Most Viral Drama of 2025 with 86 viral videos at peak popularity
🏆 Annual Main Topic Champion with 34.7 billion total views in 2025
🏆 Top Female Drama Character of 2025 (Xu Yan) #ZhaoLusi
🏆 Character Topic Champion (Xu Yan) with 15.3 billion views
🏆 First Female Character (Xu Yan) in five years to exceed 10 billion views
🏆 No.1 Drama for million-like videos with 15.3 billion total views
🏆 Highest Drama Popularity Peak of 2025: 833 million peak popularity
🏆 Drama with Most Iconic Viral Line of 2025: “Yan Yan, pick up the phone”
Drama topped Yunhe charts, Kuyun charts, every single chart that isnt related to weibo data
Drama made history as the Urban drama with the best data in history of Cent. There is no urban drama with a market share of 41,7%.
Just remember, the director got the Director of the Year Award , producer was awarded as the Producer of the year, Best styling team. Every "Best drama" of 2025 award was swept by Love's Ambition.
Love's Ambition is 2025 top 1 drama for WeTV (globally) and Viki as viewership /sells
Love's Ambition success is huge, Zhao Lusi's success as Xu Yan is also huge. The entire cast and crew did well. For actors, the success is translated in new business (endorsements), new level/salary for the next projects.
Saying this drama is bad (coz it isnt our cup of tea or you support other actors not the ones in this drama) next to all these awards/recognitions looks shady. But definitely, it's your right to be shady, also is your right to love x or y trash drama more than Love's Ambition only for the fact your faves star in them, and is your right to look shady no matter what other think about your opinions
This drama already did amazingly good, this cant be changed no matter the shady opinions....that's why I found many of those shady opinions useless.
New projects come for the entire cast, I'm ready for all of them. Hopefully, see you on other dramas pages!
With an established platform like this, we can share updates faster, spotlight iconic moments and past projects, and bring Lusi fans worldwide together in one place, so even more people can discover and celebrate her work. ✨
Please follow http://instagram.com/zhaolusi_rosyzhao
We’re aiming for 1M followers! 💫
Help us get there, follow the account and share it with fellow Lusi fans. Let’s grow Zhao Lusi International together! 🤍🌟
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https://x.com/zhaolusi_intl/status/2015027870851383448
this is her third endorsement announcement in january 2026
https://x.com/wonwoncity/status/2010708025821090187
🏆 Top Breakout Drama of 2025
🏆 Most Viral Drama of 2025 with 86 viral videos at peak popularity
🏆 Annual Main Topic Champion with 34.7 billion total views in 2025
🏆 Top Female Drama Character of 2025 (Xu Yan) #ZhaoLusi
🏆 Character Topic Champion (Xu Yan) with 15.3 billion views
🏆 First Female Character (Xu Yan) in five years to exceed 10 billion views
🏆 No.1 Drama for million-like videos with 15.3 billion total views
🏆 Highest Drama Popularity Peak of 2025: 833 million peak popularity
🏆 Drama with Most Iconic Viral Line of 2025: “Yan Yan, pick up the phone”
https://x.com/wonwoncity/status/2010642259776344182
Congratulations to Rosy Zhao for winning Top Ten Singles Of The Year on the Star Chart for "Black Veil Bride"!
Visit [ http://t.cn/AX4QyLGJlink ] to see the full list of winners, and you can also win autographed photos of Rosy Zhao and limited edition Kugou cards! 🎁
Kugou Music Star Chart—
🥇 The nation's trendsetter for popular music, bringing you the hottest songs
🎶 Billions of plays, authoritative certification, 300 million listeners witness the birth of pop.
https://weibo.com/1665103091/5249657206999442
The stats are in – these were our most popular C-dramas of 2025!
1.Love's Ambition
2.Legend Of The Female General,
3.Our Generation,
4.Ea tRun Love,
5.The Prisoner Of Beauty
6. When Destiny brings The Demon
https://x.com/Viki/status/2002801497499713614
Yahoo Top 10 cdramas of 2025
1. Love's Ambition
2. The Prisoner of Beauty
LINE TODAY Spotlight Awards Taiwan
1. The First Frost
2. The Prisoner Of Beauty
3. Love' s Ambition
Awards in pic section
According to Maoyan Professional Edition data, the web drama "Love's Ambition," starring Zhao Lusi , William Chan , accumulated 1.619 billion effective views in 2025, with an average of 50.6 million effective plays per episode, becoming the champion of both the effective cumulative views and average effective views charts for urban dramas in 2025!
Key achievements include:
🏆2025 Urban Drama Effective Play Ranking Champion
🏆1 Monthly Champion of Effective Play Plays for Maoyan Web Dramas
🏆3 Weekly Champions of Effective Play Plays for Maoyan Web Dramas
🏆16 Daily Champions of Effective Play Plays for Maoyan Web Dramas
Data statistics range: January 1, 2025 - December 29, 2025
https://weibo.com/5585973943/5249513796146290
awards in pics section
NB: this is the Maoyan for "effective playbacks". Purely counting numbers of ▶️⏯️ on broadcasting platforms
Top1: Love's Ambition 830 mil
Top2: The First Frost 470 mil
Top3: This Thriving Land 440 mil
award pic in pics section
Love's Ambition has won the championship for both the 2025 romance drama and the 2025 urban drama viewership rankings
https://weibo.com/6858267513/5249169448503063
awards pics in pic section
Zhao Lusi has previously made her stance towards that drama and its production team clear
"To begin with, the drama (Almost Lover) didn't complete its filming, so of course it shouldn't air. they want to cut down the episodes and air the drama. but when it airs, and when the scenes don't flow well or if there are issues with the drama, won't the actors be blamed again? won't I be criticised again?
if the drama doesn't air, you guys will definitely have to pay up but I think that's what you deserve. everything was caused by you guys in the first place. if that's the case, I think you guys deserve to pay for the loss. whatever loss you have incurred will definitely be way less than whatever loss I have suffered this year
they simply want to edit the scenes, cut down the episodes and still air the show, then they won't have to pay for any loss and can settle this issue, once and for all"
video at link: https://x.com/wonwoncity/status/2004872024062394542
Official Fanclub position:
" No matter what the recent trend of the drama is, we all advocate adopting the strategy of "complete separation": not participating in data maintenance, not organizing to watch the drama and its subsequent results has nothing to do with us
We also urge our fans to not to carry negative emotions across platforms to avoid interfering with the choice of non-fans audience
We firmly oppose to the dissemination of pirated resources, and there is no need to focus too much on this drama- our career has a long way to go, this is by no means to end and there is no need to be overly emotional
If the crew, director or partners publish any press releases targeting us during the broadcast, we will immediately launch comprehensive counterattack actions across all platforms with strong legal actions and we'll never give in"
International Fandom position:
We will follow Official Fanclub position, adopting "complete separation" strategy /"no participation" approach.
We will let drama runs its course. no hype, no boycott, silently watching on legal platforms
Zhao Lusi has previously made her stance towards that drama and its production team clear
"To begin with, the drama (Almost Lover) didn't complete its filming, so of course it shouldn't air. they want to cut down the episodes and air the drama. but when it airs, and when the scenes don't flow well or if there are issues with the drama, won't the actors be blamed again? won't I be criticised again?
if the drama doesn't air, you guys will definitely have to pay up but I think that's what you deserve. everything was caused by you guys in the first place. if that's the case, I think you guys deserve to pay for the loss. whatever loss you have incurred will definitely be way less than whatever loss I have suffered this year
they simply want to edit the scenes, cut down the episodes and still air the show, then they won't have to pay for any loss and can settle this issue, once and for all"
video at link: https://x.com/wonwoncity/status/2004872024062394542
Official Fanclub position:
" No matter what the recent trend of the drama is, we all advocate adopting the strategy of "complete separation": not participating in data maintenance, not organizing to watch the drama and its subsequent results has nothing to do with us
Please also expose the people not to carry negative emotions across platforms to avoid interfering with the choice of non-fans audience
We are firmly opposed to the dissemination of pirated resources, and there is no need to focus too much on this drama- our career has a long way to go, this is by no means to end and there is no need to be overly emotional
If the crew, director or partners publish any press releases targeting us during the broadcast, we will immediately launch comprehensive counterattack actions across all platforms with strong legal actions and we'll never give in"
International Fandom position:
We will follow Official Fanclub position, adopting "complete separation" strategy /"no participation" approach.
We will let drama runs its course
Top Four TV Best Sellers Of The Year
👖 Xiao Zhan's *Legend of Zang Hai*
🐧 Zhao Lusi's *Love's Ambition*
🥝 Yang Mi's *This Thriving Land*
🥭 Luo Yunxi's *Whispers of Fate*
Congrats , Love's Ambition!
https://weibo.com/2653906910/5248389618077239
Congratulations toTV Series Love's Ambition for winning the "You Chart Annual TV Series OST Album" award!
https://weibo.com/6733257358/5248439035890052