Love by Design

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.^[1] 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.^[2][3][4]

Love by Design
Promotional poster
必勝練習生
Genre	Romance Comedy
Created by	Eastern Television
Written by	Zou Wei Gang (ep 1-9) Yu Yuan Yuan (Ep 10-11) Lai Shu Ya (Ep 10-16) Zhu Jian Qing (Ep 10-16) Zheng Ya Lan (Ep 12-16)
Directed by	Ker Choon Hooi Zhu Jian Qing Jiang Rui Zhi
Starring	Alan Ko Allison Lin Ahn Zhe Beatrice Fang
Opening theme	"Says You 你說妳說" by Angel Ho 何以奇
Ending theme	"Yearn 念想" by Fong Wonder
Country of origin	Taiwan
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	16+1
Production
Producer	Ma Jin Da
Production location	Taiwan
Running time	90 minutes (Ep 1-15) 120 minutes (Ep 16)
Original release
Network	TTV EBC Variety
Release	30 July (2016-07-30) – 19 November 2016 (2016-11-19)
Related
Love @ Seventeen The King of Romance

It is a remake of the South Korean drama Baby Faced Beauty, which first aired in 2011.^[5]

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 [zh] 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 [zh] as Jiang Na La
• Claire Lee as Sun Hui Ting
• Tseng Tzu-yu [zh] as Guo Min Ji
• Da Fei as Gao Ren Jie
• Chang Chien [zh] 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 [zh] as Zhao Xuan Nan
• Joseph Ma [zh] as Ceng Qian Shi
• Lin Chun-yung [zh] as Xu Chun Lei
• Jerry Sha [zh] 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 [zh] as Song Cheng Xian
• Hsieh Chi-wen [zh] 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

Broadcast

Network	Country	Airing Date	Timeslot
TTV	Taiwan	July 30, 2016	Saturday 10:00-11:30 pm
EBC Variety		July 31, 2016	Sunday 10:00-11:30 pm
Jia Le Channel	Singapore	January 31, 2017	Monday to Friday 10:50 pm

Episode ratings

Competing shows on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:

• CTS - Genius Go Go Go
• FTV - Just Dance
• CTV - Mr. Player

Air Date	Episode	Average Ratings	Rank
Jul 30, 2016	1	0.52	4
Aug 6, 2016	2	0.63	4
Aug 13, 2016	3	0.61	4
Aug 20, 2016	4	0.69	4
Aug 27, 2016	5	0.71	4
Sep 3, 2016	6	1.04	3
Sep 10, 2016	7	0.75	4
Sep 17, 2016	8	0.85	4
Sep 24, 2016	9	0.90	4
Oct 1, 2016	10	1.17	4
Oct 8, 2016	11	0.89	4
Oct 15, 2016	12	1.22	3
Oct 22, 2016	13	1.07	4
Oct 29, 2016	14	0.86	4
Nov 5, 2016	15	0.78	4
Nov 12, 2016	16	1.23	2
Nov 19, 2016	Special Episode	--	--
Average ratings		0.871	--

^Note 1 : The average rating calculation does not include special episode.

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
2017	52nd Golden Bell Awards	Best Leading Actress in a Television Series	Allison Lin	Nominated