# Rookie Agent Rouge

Rookie Agent Rouge (Chinese: 胭脂) is 2016 Chinese television series directed by Xu Zizhou, starring Zhao Liying and Lu Yi. The series aired on Dragon TV and Zhejiang TV from 27 September to 21 October 2016. The drama is currently licensed by Netflix.

## Synopsis

Lan Yanzhi (Rouge) is a privileged banker's daughter in Shanghai and a student activist who mistakenly comes into possession of a letter from the Japanese Army in 1937. Song Mian, an undercover agent for the Kuomintang, mistakes her for a spy. To prove her innocence, Yan Zhi agrees to infiltrate the home of her best friend, Feng Man'na, and help Song Mian track down a mysterious traitor. Finding the spy turns Yan Zhi and Man'na from friends to bitter enemies, as both get involved in the confused fighting in late 1930s Shanghai featuring Japanese, Nationalists and Communists. Unusually, the chief Japanese agent, Aoki, is very sympathetically portrayed.

## Cast
### Main

* Zhao Liying as Lan Yanzhi
* Lu Yi as Zhou Yuhao
* Tao Xinran as Feng Man'na
* Mickey Yuan as Song Mian

### Supporting

* Shu Yaoxuan as Lan Changming, Yan Zhi's father
* Ma Cancan as Lin Tianmu
* Zhao Shuting
* Wang Zichen as Zhang Guosheng
* Gao Xin as Ying Zi / Zhou Hanguang

## Ratings

| Air date | Episode | Dragon TV CSM52 City ratings | Dragon TV CSM52 City ratings | Dragon TV CSM52 City ratings | Air date | Episode | Zhejiang TV CSM52 City ratings | Zhejiang TV CSM52 City ratings | Zhejiang TV CSM52 City ratings |
| Air date | Episode | Ratings | Audience share | Rank | Air date | Episode | Ratings | Audience share | Rank |
| 2016.9.27 | 1 | 0.648 | 2.16 | 5 | 2016.9.27 | 1 | 0.365 | 1.15 | 13 |
| 2016.9.28 | 2-3 | 0.613 | 1.86 | 5 | 2016.9.29 | 2-3 | 0.468 | 1.43 | 8 |
| 2016.9.29 | 4-5 | 0.697 | 2.1 | 3 | 2016.9.29 | 4-5 | 0.567 | 1.71 | 5 |
| 2016.9.30 | 6-7 | 0.867 | 2.588 | 2 | 2016.9.30 | 6-7 | 0.695 | 2.081 | 3 |
| 2016.10.1 | 8 | 0.570 | 1.905 | 4 | 201610.1 | 8 | 0.495 | 1.647 | 7 |
| 2016.10.2 | 9-10 | 0.679 | 2.168 | 3 | 2016.10.2 | 9-10 | 0.597 | 1.896 | 5 |
| 2016.10.3 | 11-12 | 0.727 | 2.306 | 2 | 2016.10.3 | 11-12 | 0.543 | 1.723 | 6 |
| 2016.10.4 | 13-14 | 0.780 | 2.384 | 2 | 2016.10.4 | 13-14 | 0.601 | 1.833 | 5 |
| 2016.10.5 | 15-16 | 0.815 | 2.48 | 3 | 2016.10.5 | 15-16 | 0.749 | 2.3 | 4 |
| 2016.10.6 | 17-18 | 0.775 | 2.17 | 3 | 2016.10.6 | 17-18 | 0.749 | 2.13 | 4 |
| 2016.10.7 | 19-20 | 0.802 | 2.243 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2016.10.8 | 21 | 0.818 | 2.42 | 3 | 2016.10.8 | 21 | 0.554 | 1.64 | 7 |
| 2016.10.9 | 22-23 | 0.898 | 2.61 | 2 | 2016.10.9 | 22-23 | 0.697 | 2.03 | 5 |
| 2016.10.10 | 24-25 | 0.914 | 2.7 | 2 | 2013.10.10 | 24-25 | 0.7 | 2.08 | 5 |
| 2016.10.11 | 26-27 | 0.85 | 2.52 | 2 | 2016.10.11 | 26-27 | 0.722 | 2.14 | 5 |
| 2016.10.12 | 28-29 | 0.977 | 2.91 | 2 | 2016.10.12 | 28-29 | 0.841 | 2.52 | 3 |
| 2016.10.13 | 30-31 | 0.928 | 2.75 | 2 | 2016.10.13 | 30-31 | 0.726 | 2.17 | 4 |
| 2016.10.14 | 32-33 | 1.159 | 3.33 | 1 | 2016.10.14 | 32-33 | 1.009 | 2.9 | 2 |
| 2016.10.15 | 34 | 1.023 | 3.03 | 1 | 2016.10.15 | 34 | 0.9 | 2.66 | 2 |
| 2016.10.16 | 35-36 | 1.096 | 3.17 | 1 | 2016.10.16 | 35-36 | 0.876 | 2.54 | 3 |
| 2016.10.17 | 37-38 | 1.001 | 3.00 | 2 | 2016.10.17 | 37-38 | 0.778 | 2.34 | 5 |
| 2016.10.18 | 39-40 | 1.034 | 3.06 | 2 | 2016.10.18 | 39-40 | 0.715 | 2.15 | 6 |
| 2016.10.19 | 41-42 | 1.068 | 3.12 | 2 | 2016.10.19 | 41-42 | 0.816 | 2.39 | 6 |
| 2016.10.20 | 43-44 | 1.271 | 3.65 | 2 | 2016.10.20 | 43-44 | 0.92 | 2.66 | 5 |
| 2016.10.21 | 45 | 1.241 | 3.53 | 2 | 2016.10.21 | 45 | 0.977 | 2.77 | 3 |
* Highest ratings are marked in red, lowest ratings are marked in blue

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | 2nd Chinese TV Drama Quality Awards | Most Talented Actress | Zhao Liying | Won | |
| 2017 | 22nd Huading Awards | Best Actor (Revolutionary-Era Drama) | Lu Yi | Won | |