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 May 4, 2010 | –
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.
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. [2] [3]
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% |
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 on Thailand on Workpoint TV from March 10, 2014, to April 4, 2014. [8]