Love by Design (Chinese: 必勝練習生; pinyin: bì shèng liàn xí shēng; literally "Win Trainee") is a 2016 Taiwanese romantic comedy television series created and produced by Eastern Television. It stars Alan Ko, Allison Lin, Ahn Zhe and Beatrice Fang as the main cast. Filming began on May 12, 2016, and wrapped up on August 24, 2016. First original broadcast began on July 30, 2016, on TTV airing every Saturday night at 10:00-11:30 pm.
It is a remake of the South Korean drama Baby Faced Beauty, which first aired in 2011.
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Synopsis
What would you if you were 34 years old and laid off from your job? Li Shu Fen gets fired from her job despite giving it many years of loyal service. Unable to find another job, Shu Fen uses her baby face to her advantage when she ends up lying about her age and taking an entry-level job as a 25-years-old rookie for a major clothing company. There, she meets the company president, who may catch her in her web of lies. How long can Shu Fen keep up her ruse to try to chase her dream of becoming a fashion designer?
Cast
Main cast
Alan Ko as Song Chong Ji
Allison Lin as Li Shu Fen
Ahn Zhe as Chi Yu Hao
Beatrice Fang as Jiang Yi Shu
Supporting cast
Chang Chin-lan as Li Shu Zhen
Jason Hsu as Fu Zhu Ren
Jade Chang as Jiang Na La
Claire Lee as Sun Hui Ting
Tseng Tzu-yu as Guo Min Ji
Da Fei as Gao Ren Jie
Chang Chien as Xu Li Ping
Liu Si Di as Yu Mei Shun
Yang Li-yin as Chen Ting Yu
Ding Ning as Bai Cai Yun
Emily Hung as Chi Yuan Yuan
Angel Ho as Chi Ruo Yi
Cameos
Min Hsiung as Zhao Xuan Nan
Joseph Ma as Ceng Qian Shi
Lin Chun-yung as Xu Chun Lei
Jerry Sha as An Xin Ya
Zhuang Zhuang as Hao Qiang
Tu Kai Xiang as personnel manager of The Style
Amanda Chou as Zhou Xiao Han
Guan Jin Zong as Manager Huang
Joseph Hsia as Song Cheng Xian
Hsieh Chi-wen as Li Yi Wen
Yvonne Yao as Yao Cai Ying
Soundtrack
"Says You 你說妳說" by Angel Ho
"Yearn 念想" by Fong Wonder
"Last to Realize 後知後覺" by Fong Wonder
"Beautiful Day" by The Vanquish
"I'm Sorry, I Need You 對不起我需要你" by Audrey An
"Have You Ever 你是否" by Audrey An
"Goodbye Love 告別愛情" by Chen Yi Ting
"Test of Happiness 幸福的試卷" by You Hui Wen
Episode ratings
^Note 1: The average rating calculation does not include special episode.