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| Zhao Lusi’s Love’s Ambition Smashes Records, Sparks Talk of Agency Reconciliation |
Without any trailers, teasers, or marketing blitz, the series stunned the industry by climbing straight to the top of Tencent Video’s popularity charts in under an hour.
On day one alone, it racked up more than 270,00 heat points, before sailing past 30,000 shortly after — making it the fastest drama to join Tencent’s coveted “hit club” since 2025. In short, it’s a record-breaker.
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Love’s Ambition was initially planned as a simple web drama but turned into an unexpected viral magnet.
It leans heavily on melodrama and razor-sharp pacing.
For the first time, Zhao Lusi ditches her familiar rom-com roles to play an anti-heroine: a cunning woman who fakes her identity as a rich family’s daughter to climb her way into another wealthy household.
The drama doesn’t hold back. By episode six, there’s already a grand wedding.
By episode eight, the cracks in her identity begin to show.
Viewers are equally captivated by William Chan’s male lead, who harbours his own schemes.
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Their battle of lies and emotions plays out like a high-stakes chess match, with Wen Zhengrong stealing the spotlight in the role of the sharp-tongued mother-in-law.
As one viewer put it online: “I can hardly breathe watching that first confrontation scene.”
As the drama rolled out to more platforms, the buzz only grew louder.
But the premiere also came with a curveball: netizens spotted that Galaxy Cool Entertainment, Zhao Lusi’s agency (with whom she’s had a complicated relationship), booked 10,000 seats in the online premiere theatre.
On top of that, the company’s website suddenly plastered her promotional stills across its homepage.
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Tech-savvy fans even traced the site’s IP address back to Sichuan — the very province where Rosy herself resides. The coincidence was too juicy for online chatter to ignore.
The move has triggered endless debates.
Some argue Galaxy Cool is trying to mend fences with Zhao Lusi to protect its long-term investment, especially as her contract runs until 2030.
Others believe it’s pure corporate PR: a bid to save face and ride the wave of Love’s Ambition’s unprecedented success.
Either way, the drama’s explosive run has re-ignited the spotlight on Zhao Lusi’s career and her agency’s next steps.
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Will Love’s Ambition open the door to reconciliation, or is this just the start of a new tug-of-war behind the scenes?
For now, the only thing clear is that Zhao Lusi’s star power is stronger than ever — even when the scripts are silent and the promotions non-existent.
Source: Weibo/MDN