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Becoming a Billionaire

2010 South Korean TV series or program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Becoming a Billionaire
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Becoming a Billionaire (Korean: 부자의 탄생; Hanja: 富者의 誕生; RR: Bujaui tansaeng; lit. 'Birth of a Rich Person') is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Ji Hyun-woo, Lee Bo-young, Lee Si-young and Namkoong Min.[1] It aired on KBS2 from March 1 to May 4, 2010, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.

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Plot

Choi Seok-bong believes he is the son of a billionaire that had a one-night stand with his mother. While working as a bellboy at a luxury hotel, Seok-bong practices the qualities he thinks a billionaire's heir would have; all these efforts are for the day he meets his birth father. But one day, Seok-bong is diagnosed with breast cancer, which only has a 50 percent survival rate. Seok-bong doesn't have enough money for treatments, and finds it absolutely ridiculous that a billionaire's heir would die because he has no money. Finding his biological father may be Seok-bong's only hope, so he turns to Lee Shin-mi, the heiress of Ohsung Group and a notorious penny-pincher, for help.[2][3]

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Cast

Main characters

A bell boy at Ohsung Hotel in the first few episodes.
The heiress of Ohsung Group, and a strict and frugal person. Ohsung Hotel director in the first few episodes.
An ambitious man whose goal is to revive his father's company, Frontier Group, and who is interested in Shin-mi. Near the end of the drama, he silently declares his love for Tae-hee when she visits him in prison.
A spoiled heiress of Buho Group who is interested in Woon-seok. / Bu Tae-hee's mother (ep. 11, cameo)

Supporting characters

The CEO's
CEO of Ohsung Group, father of Shin-mi
CEO of Buho Group, father of Tae-hee
  • Park Young-ji as Chu Young-dal
CEO of Frontier Group, father of Woon-seok
Extended cast
Shin-mi's secretary
  • Kim Dong-gyun as Mr. Yoo
Employee of Ohsung who works as a spy for Woon-seok.
  • Jung Joo-eun as Yoon Mal-ja
Tae-hee's secretary
Seok-bong's best friend
Kang-woo's sister
  • Ok Ji-young as Bang Soo-jin
Weekly magazine reporter
A homeless wanderer with an interest in molybdenum, Seok-bong's irksome acquaintance, uninvited roommate, and later, business partner.
  • Jang Yoo-joon as Woo Bung-eo
Byung-doo's son who is musically talented.
The ailing owner of the license to the mining rights of a molybdenum mine.
Hotel captain at Ohsung Hotel, and later Lee Jung-hyun's butler
Cameos
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Ratings

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International broadcast

Its Japanese broadcasting rights were sold to NHK (along with another KBS drama The Great Merchant) for US$3 million.[6] It also aired on Fuji TV as part of the network's "Hallyu Alpha Summer Festival," and on cable channel KNTV beginning July 2, 2014.[7]

It aired in Thailand on Workpoint TV from March 10, 2014, to April 4, 2014.[8][unreliable source?]

References

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