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South Korean TV series or program
Becoming a Billionaire
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Also known as
| Birth of the Rich
Birth of a Rich Man
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Genre
| Comedy
Romance
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Written by
| Choi Min-ki
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Directed by
| Lee Jin-seo
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Starring
| Ji Hyun-woo
Lee Bo-young
Lee Si-young
Namkoong Min
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Country of origin
| South Korea
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Original language
| Korean
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No.
of episodes
| 20
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Producer
| Lee Han-ho
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Production locations
| Seoul
,
South Korea
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Running time
| 60 minutes
Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (
KST
)
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Production company
| Da.da Creative Group
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Network
| KBS2
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Release
| March 1
(
2010-03-01
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May 4, 2010
(
2010-05-04
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Becoming a Billionaire
(
Korean
:
富者의 誕生
;
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
.
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It aired on
KBS2
from March 1 to May 4, 2010, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
Plot
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Choi Seok-bong believes he is the son of a billionaire, from 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 for help to Lee Shin-mi, the heiress of Ohsung Group and a notorious penny-pincher.
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Cast
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Main characters
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- A bell boy at Ohsung Hotel in first few episodes.
- The heiress of Ohsung Group, and a strict and frugal person. Ohsung Hotel director in first few episodes.
- An ambitious man whose goal is to revive his father's company, Frontier Group and is interested in Shin-mi. But coming to the end of the drama, he silently declared his love for Tae-hee when she visited him in prison.
- A spoiled heiress of Buho Group and is interested in Woon-seok. / Bu Tae-hee's mother (ep. 11, cameo)
Supporting characters
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- 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
- Employee of Ohsung, working as 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 licence to the
mining
rights of a molybdenum mine
- Hotel captain at Ohsung Hotel, later Lee Jung-hyun's butler
- Cameos
Ratings
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Episode #
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Original broadcast date
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Average audience share
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TNmS Ratings
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AGB Nielsen
[5]
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Nationwide
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Seoul National Capital Area
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Nationwide
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Seoul National Capital Area
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1
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1 March 2010
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12.1%
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11.9%
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12.2%
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12.8%
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2
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2 March 2010
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11.8%
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11.6%
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11.6%
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12.3%
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3
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8 March 2010
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11.4%
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11.0%
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12.2%
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11.1%
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4
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9 March 2010
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13.1%
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12.8%
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12.6%
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12.2%
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5
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15 March 2010
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16.2%
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16.1%
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15.0%
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14.5%
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6
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16 March 2010
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17.7%
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18.0%
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17.0%
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17.9%
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7
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22 March 2010
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15.5%
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15.7%
|
14.9%
|
15.5%
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8
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23 March 2010
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15.2%
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14.9%
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15.7%
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16.2%
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9
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29 March 2010
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15.6%
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15.2%
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15.6%
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16.6%
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10
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30 March 2010
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16.0%
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16.2%
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15.9%
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16.8%
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11
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5 April 2010
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16.2%
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15.8%
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15.1%
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15.1%
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12
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6 April 2010
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17.7%
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17.8%
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16.2%
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16.6%
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13
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12 April 2010
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16.5%
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16.2%
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13.5%
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13.3%
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14
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13 April 2010
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16.7%
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16.9%
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14.4%
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14.5%
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15
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19 April 2010
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16.6%
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16.6%
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14.8%
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15.1%
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16
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20 April 2010
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14.9%
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14.6%
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14.2%
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14.2%
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17
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26 April 2010
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14.2%
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14.0%
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14.3%
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14.0%
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18
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27 April 2010
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13.1%
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13.0%
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13.0%
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12.7%
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19
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3 May 2010
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14.2%
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14.3%
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13.3%
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13.0%
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20
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4 May 2010
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16.6%
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17.0%
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15.5%
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15.3%
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Average
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15.1%
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15.0%
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14.3%
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14.5%
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International broadcast
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Its Japanese broadcasting rights were sold to
NHK
(along with another
KBS
drama
The Great Merchant
) for
US$3 million
.
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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.
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It aired on Thailand on
Workpoint TV
from March 10, 2014, to April 4, 2014.
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References
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