Birth of the Rich TV Series, The  (2010)
何磊狼 藕积

Also Known As: Birth of a Rich Man, Becoming a Billionaire
Starring: Ji Hyun-Woo, Lee Bo-Young, Lee Si-Young
Director:Lee Jin-Seo(a)
Genre:TV, Drama
Production:Dada
Distribution:KBS
Language:Korean
Country:South Korea

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About Birth of the Rich TV Series, The
Broadcast: March 1, 2010 ~ May 4, 2010
Episodes: 20

The drama follows the story of a man, Choi Suk Bong, who believes that he is actually the son of a rich father and heir to a chaebol group. He meets Lee Shin Mi, who is actually a chaebol heir but acts nothing like one, with her scrimping and frugal ways. Although they get off to a rocky start, with her help, he struggles towards his goal of attaining wealth.
"Becoming a Billionaire" introduces ways to become rich and through the process contains about 80 big and small secrets to success...

Oh Tae-Bong (played by Ji Hyun Woo : Merry, Marry, My Sweet City, Over The Rainbow) lives in a small room on the roof and studies by himself to become the successor of a chaebol (business conglomerate). He believes that he is the heir to a chaebol and his rich father hid him away in his small room. Tae-Bong turned down an offer to work at a big company, while he got a job as a houseman in a hotel.

Lee Sin-Me (played by Lee Bo Young : Queen of the game, MR. Goodbye, Shu Tong Folk Song) is a real successor to a chaebol, but still uses sample cosmetics and drinks cheap coffee from vending machines. She is driven to receive recognition from her father, who thinks woman should stay at home. She then meets Tae-Bong.

Meanwhile, Bu Tae-Hee (played by Lee Si Young) has the perfect body and face and is a successor to a chaebol family. Chu Woon-Seok (Nam Goong Min) is the perfect prince of the high class.

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Seok-bong believes he is the son of a billionaire. The problem is, his father doesn't know the existence of his son, nor does he know who his father is. Working as a bellboy at a luxury hotel, Seok-bong practices himself to be qualified as a billionaire's heir. All these efforts are for the day he meets his birth father. However, one day Seok-bong's doctor tells him that he is diagnosed with testicular cancer, which only has 50 percent survival rate. Seok-bong, who obviously doesn’t have enough money to cure the illness, feels tight. It's absolutely ridiculous that a billionaire's heir dies because he has no money! Seok-bong lays his hope on Lee Sun-mi, the heiress of O-sung hotel and the notorious penny-pincher. Now, finding the biological father is Seok-bong's fate and the only hope.