Becoming a Billionaire

Becoming a Billionaire () is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Ji Hyun-woo, Lee Bo-young, Lee Si-young and Namkoong Min. 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.

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 shareTNmS RatingsAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul National Capital AreaNationwideSeoul National Capital Area 1 1 March 201012.1%11.9%12.2%12.8% 2 2 March 201011.8%11.6%11.6%12.3% 3 8 March 201011.4%11.0%12.2%11.1% 4 9 March 201013.1%12.8%12.6%12.2% 5 15 March 201016.2%16.1%15.0%14.5% 6 16 March 201017.7%18.0%17.0%17.9% 7 22 March 201015.5%15.7%14.9%15.5% 8 23 March 201015.2%14.9%15.7%16.2% 9 29 March 201015.6%15.2%15.6%16.6% 10 30 March 201016.0%16.2%15.9%16.8% 11 5 April 201016.2%15.8%15.1%15.1% 12 6 April 201017.7%17.8%16.2%16.6% 13 12 April 201016.5%16.2%13.5%13.3% 14 13 April 201016.7%16.9%14.4%14.5% 15 19 April 201016.6%16.6%14.8%15.1% 16 20 April 201014.9%14.6%14.2%14.2% 17 26 April 201014.2%14.0%14.3%14.0% 18 27 April 201013.1%13.0%13.0%12.7% 19 3 May 201014.2%14.3%13.3%13.0% 20 4 May 201016.6%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 . 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."Programme Detail" . (in Japanese) kntv.co.jp

It aired in Thailand on Workpoint TV from March 10, 2014, to April 4, 2014.

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