The First Frost with Bai Jing Ting and Zhang Ruo Nan Considered Bona Fide Success the First Legit C-drama Hit in 2025 So Far

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• how come it's a success? as soon as it aired it was bombarded with negative reviews and even yunhe topping the list it is still has low viewership. It even marketed heavily but still can't compare with hidden love. Are we following the same drama? Or you're just spouting nonsense?

  • https://www.huxiu.com/article/4064836.html

    打破多个纪录的《难哄》，是2025开年最火现偶.

    《难哄》在开播第三天，便成为2025年第一部跻身优酷热度破万俱乐部的剧集. 对比往年，三天热度破万，是《墨雨云间》这种年度大爆款才有的待遇.

    收视方面，《难哄》开播后在猫眼、灯塔、云合等多个平台热度位居第一，连续八天成为猫眼剧集热度日冠。据猫眼首周榜显示，《难哄》首周集均有效播放量达2400万+，以2024年数据而言，《难哄》已位居top10行列.

    https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20250224A07ADV00

    https://www.163.com/dy/article/JPBEB1GV0530WJTO.html

    https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20250221A05UB100

    There are so many articles on it, go enjoy the read.

  • It's based on viewerships, ads and online buzz. It's a solid hit. Every big IPs or high profile dramas have a lot of haters.

  • thats why dont believe on the reviewer.....they are only few of the actual viewer...China is huge...those who watch as people who looking for fun dont have time for writing review. Those who are have no job have plenty of time, thus doing negative review is their hobby. The media just picking the negative one as it make news.

    • I agree 👍

    • I really like this drama, i eagerly wait for the next episode. I like the actors, they are very good.

  • You are so rude. The drama even having haters has many views. The drama is good The plot and characters is good because at the same time as it seems fictional it's kinda realistic. Many people that watch other dramas started to like cdramas because they are watching first frost. The drama is perfect.

  • Bro take a break . Just because you didn't liked it, doesn't mean others will. You just don't have taste. The negativity was after airing. Not always. It's a spin off hidden love. Who wouldn't love this??

  • funny how you're the one spouting nonsense. They provided pics, statistics and all and you're just basing on your own observation. World is wide. Your POV or fyp doesn't mean it's the same with us. I've seen many ppl loving it from the beginning. I'm just going to start watching and only seen clips but this comment is rude af.

• I like the drama. It's kind of slow paced on their romance but it's been good. I also like The Best Thing. Sweet romances with male leads who really are in love. 😄

  • The Best Thing for me is a sleeper hit because it's solid. It doesn't have heavier themes than TFF but the vibes are chill. Recommending it for others.

• I didn't expect to like this drama. I usually find it difficult to adapt to new faces portraying "old" characters (I loved the bickering brother-sister chemistry in Hidden Love so so much), but once I started viewing this as a stand-alone, I really began to love it. My second fave drama in 2025. Both leads are absolutely fantastic.

  • I think, it's a huge hit. Even my friends who loves kdramas know TFF. Not to mention, the popularity on X and IG. Im not familiar with tiktok but i guess, it's also popular in that platform. Bai Jing Ting is popular right now. Many people are praising his visual. But well, for me, Sang Yan is moee handsome than BJT himself lol.

    And i really adore ZRN in this drama. She did better than her previous dramas.

  • Ups, sorry, my comment isnt supposed to be a reply 🙏

    • Don't worry about it, happened to me too :)

  • What's the first?

• I already read some news The First Frost a huge hit before it's even premiered. LOL

  Is any C-ent news about ratings and popularity credible? 🤨🤔

• Bai Jingting's only hit drama is Reset, the rest are super watery. Destined and New Life Begins claimed to be hits too, but how many people out there know or even remember the plots?

  • New Life Begins and Always on the Move (2024) were the hits in China but these 2 dramas are not as popular internationally. So, he has 3 hits dramas under his belt (on 3 different streaming platforms)

  • BJT has 3 hits dranas under his belt, New Life Begins and Always on the Move were solid hits in China.

    • BJT all the dramas he acted very nice to watch, new life begins, destined and etc, I like to watch his dramas, good actor. 🥰👍💐🇲🇾❤️

  • I really like grow to like him in You are my hero. He was great there.

• Speaking objectively as someone who doesn’t have an idol and just enjoy a drama for its quality, The First Frost is a better drama than Hidden Love. The depth of the story, the character development, and etc are so much better in TFF.

• I disagree. Hidden Love is miles better. The boring grandpa storyline and the second couples lack of chemistry is skippable. I didn't skip not one scene in Hidden Love.

  • I read HL novel but I couldn't even finished its drama lol coz for me it's so boring. TFF is much much better. I don't read the novel but I love it from beginning. My friend onced gave me the link to HL novel said TFF novel was better than Hl and also her favourite. And yess i agree with the story and casts, TFF has better quality

    • I agree. Honestly I loved Hidden Love but it was so boring up to when she was in university and when they started dating. I love Lusi but zhizhi wasn't her best role. I felt that she portrayed her highschool self to immature and cringey. Her chemistry with CZY was top notch tho. But TFF is different is more mature thus a slower drama that portrays heavier issues. It also has better quality as you said and the actirs have dine such a great job. Overall I do think it's better but people who like easy to watch dramas with a little bit of cring thrown in will prefer Hidden Love and drop TFF on the first episodes because its "slow".

  • I loved Hidden Love. Didn’t like First Frost so dropped it. Too slow for me.

• Is this drama any good ?

• It's a good drama.good story,acting editing all are good. hidden love is also good drama

• It didn't get me to chase it. When I started FF, I just dropped it.