Becoming a Billionaire
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Also known as | Birth of the Rich Birth of a Rich Man |
Genre | Comedy Romance |
Written by | Choi Min-ki |
Directed by | Lee Jin-seo |
Starring | Ji Hyun-woo Lee Bo-young Lee Si-young Namkoong Min |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Producer | Lee Han-ho |
Production locations | Seoul, South Korea |
Running time | 60 minutes Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) |
Production company | Da.da Creative Group |
Original release | |
Network | KBS2 |
Release | March 1 (2010-03-01) – May 4, 2010 (2010-05-04) |
Becoming a Billionaire (Korean: 부자의 탄생; Hanja: 富者의 誕生; RR: Bujaeui Tansaeng; lit. "Birth of the Rich") 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.
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]
Cast
Main characters
- Ji Hyun-woo as Choi Seok-bong
- Park Gun-woo as teenage Choi Seok-bong
- A bell boy at Ohsung Hotel in the first few episodes.
- Lee Bo-young as Lee Shin-mi
- Kim So-hyun as young Lee Shin-mi
- The heiress of Ohsung Group, and a strict and frugal person. Ohsung Hotel director in the first few episodes.
- Namkoong Min as Chu Woon-seok
- 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.
- Lee Si-young as Bu Tae-hee
- 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
- Yoon Joo-sang as Lee Jung-hyun
- CEO of Ohsung Group, father of Shin-mi
- Kim Eung-soo as Bu Gwi-ho
- 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 Da-eun as Han So-jung
- 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
- Kim Ki-bang as Park Kang-woo
- Seok-bong's best friend
- Park Min-ji as Park Kang-sook
- Kang-woo's sister
- Ok Ji-young as Bang Soo-jin
- Weekly magazine reporter
- Sung Ji-ru as Woo Byung-doo
- 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.
- Kim Mi-kyung as Kang-woo's mother
- Jung Han-yong as Kang-woo's father
- Min Wook as Ha Joon-tae
- Son Ho-young as young adult Ha Joon-tae
- The ailing owner of the license to the mining rights of a molybdenum mine.
- Park Chul-min as Kim Dal-soo
- Hotel captain at Ohsung Hotel, and later Lee Jung-hyun's butler
- Cameos
- Son Ho-young as Seok-bong's father
- Lee Won-jong as Seok-bong's middle school math teacher
- Choi Song-hyun as Seok-bong's mother when she met Ha Joon-tae
- Jang Tae-sung as Ohsung Hotel bellman
- Lee Han-wi as Teriah Park
Ratings
Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
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TNmS Ratings[4] | AGB Nielsen[5] | ||||
Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | ||
1 | 1 March 2010 | 12.1% | 11.9% | 12.2% | 12.8% |
2 | 2 March 2010 | 11.8% | 11.6% | 11.6% | 12.3% |
3 | 8 March 2010 | 11.4% | 11.0% | 12.2% | 11.1% |
4 | 9 March 2010 | 13.1% | 12.8% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
5 | 15 March 2010 | 16.2% | 16.1% | 15.0% | 14.5% |
6 | 16 March 2010 | 17.7% | 18.0% | 17.0% | 17.9% |
7 | 22 March 2010 | 15.5% | 15.7% | 14.9% | 15.5% |
8 | 23 March 2010 | 15.2% | 14.9% | 15.7% | 16.2% |
9 | 29 March 2010 | 15.6% | 15.2% | 15.6% | 16.6% |
10 | 30 March 2010 | 16.0% | 16.2% | 15.9% | 16.8% |
11 | 5 April 2010 | 16.2% | 15.8% | 15.1% | 15.1% |
12 | 6 April 2010 | 17.7% | 17.8% | 16.2% | 16.6% |
13 | 12 April 2010 | 16.5% | 16.2% | 13.5% | 13.3% |
14 | 13 April 2010 | 16.7% | 16.9% | 14.4% | 14.5% |
15 | 19 April 2010 | 16.6% | 16.6% | 14.8% | 15.1% |
16 | 20 April 2010 | 14.9% | 14.6% | 14.2% | 14.2% |
17 | 26 April 2010 | 14.2% | 14.0% | 14.3% | 14.0% |
18 | 27 April 2010 | 13.1% | 13.0% | 13.0% | 12.7% |
19 | 3 May 2010 | 14.2% | 14.3% | 13.3% | 13.0% |
20 | 4 May 2010 | 16.6% | 17.0% | 15.5% | 15.3% |
Average | 15.1% | 15.0% | 14.3% | 14.5% |
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]
References
- ^ Oh, Jean (1 March 2010). "Post-Olympian line-up ushers in spring". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
- ^ Wee, Geun-woo (24 February 2010). "PREVIEW: KBS TV series The Birth of the Rich". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
- ^ Yoon, Hee-seong (5 March 2010). "REVIEW: KBS TV series The Birth of the Rich". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
- ^ "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2013-11-28. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
- ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
- ^ Cho, Bum-ja (14 April 2010). "Dramas Merchant, Rich sold to Japan for USD 3 mln". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ^ "Programme Detail" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. (in Japanese) kntv.co.jp
- ^ "เรื่องย่อ Becoming a Billionaire". luvasianseries (in Thai). 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- Becoming a Billionaire on KBS World
- Becoming a Billionaire at HanCinema