Start-Up Korean Drama
Network: tvN
Episode: 16
Genre: Business, Comedy, Romance, Youth, Drama
Airing Date: October 17 – December 6, 2020
Airing Day: Saturday & Sunday
Grade: A+
Start-Up Korean drama is about starting a business, the hardships they face while doing it, with the flavor of romance and Comedy. Start-Up Korean drama one of those dramas which will give you second lead syndrome.
Main Characters:
Nam Joo Hyuk as Nam Do San
He was a genius kid who was the youngest person to win the math Olympiad and the founder of Samsan Tech. He is so good at coding.
Bae Suzy as Seo Dal Mi
She is a girl with big dreams after the death of her father, she drops out of school and started doing different part-time jobs to help her grandmother.
Kim Seon Ho as Han Ji Pyeong
He is a venture capitalist and has a sharp tongue. He is very confident with his decisions and seems rude, but soft inside.
Kang Han Na as Won In Jae/ Seo In Jae
She is the elder sister of Seo Dal Mi. She is bold, confident, and able to do things on her own that’s why she leaves her stepfather’s company and opens her own.
Highlights of Start-Up Korean Drama
Choice Between Father and Mother:
Seo Dal-mi and Seo-In jae are real sisters. Their father wants to quit his job and start his own business but their mother was against it. She gave him the option to either choose business or her and they got divorced. The second choice she gave to her daughters to choose between her and their father. Seo-In jae chooses her mother for her bright future whereas Seo Dal-mi chooses her father. Her father promises her that in one year he will become successful and bring her sister and mother back home.
A Good Boy:
Seo Dal-mi’s granny saw a boy (Han Ji-pyeong) fully soaked in the rain she offer him to stay at her shop. He helped her in opening a bank account and with that account he invest in shares. He converts 10 million won into 80 million won. Seo Dal-mi feels lonely because her only friend was her sister so her granny decided to write letters for her on the behalf of a boy and asked Han Ji-pyeong for help. He writes letters to her but the name he used for writing letters was Nam Do-san. Granny gave him the nickname “Good boy”. Later he cut all the ties from her and appear after years.
After One Year:
After one year Seo-In jae’s mother got married to a rich man and shifted to the U.S. Seo-In jae is now Won In-jae. Seo Dal-mi was upset with the fact that her mother and sister are going to the U.S. Her father put a proposal of the Sand box (business idea) and investors are ready to invest but unfortunately he got into an accident and died. After that Seo Dal-mi lives with her grandmother.
Regrets Or Not:
Finally, after years Seo Dal-mi met his sister Won In-jae. She looks perfect and taken over her step father’s business on the other side Seo Dal-mi was wearing old shoes. Seo Dal-mi asked her sister if she regrets her choice she replied: “I had doubts about my decision but after seeing you I do not have those doubts anymore”. Seo Dal-mi replied to the same question was that she has never regretted.
In Search:
Won In-jae asked Seo Dal-mi about her first love Nam Do-san and asked her to join a party with him. Seo Dal-mi babbled about Nam Do-san that he doing great with his business and now her job was to find him. She even asked her granny about him. Han Ji-pyeong helped granny to find him and also convince him to act like a boy in letters for once. Nam Do-san needs investment for his company so he agreed but later found himself fallen in love with Seo Dal-mi. Seo Dal-mi thinks that Nam Do-san is the CEO of a company.
Entry in Sand Box:
After meeting, Nam Do-san Seo Dal-mi decided to start her own business so she decided to enter into SandBox. Nam Do-san doesn’t want to disappoint her so he also decided to enter into the SandBox along with his two friends. Won In-jae’s father used her to grow the business and handed over his business to his incompetent son. That is why she also decided to enter into the Sandbox. After getting them Seo Dal-mi came to know about Nam Do-san that he is a struggling businessman. Later she teams up with them and all of them got selected. It’s not easy to start a business and if somehow you started one then it is hard to maintain it for a longer period that’s where you need efficient CEO. Nam Do-san chooses Seo Dal-mi as their CEO.
Business Idea:
Seo Dal-mi’s Granny is going to blind soon and Nam Do-san was the first person who came to know about it. So, he decided to make an application to assist visually impaired people. In between this Seo Dal-mi came to know that the Nam Do-san and the person who wrote her letter 15 years back are different persons.
Disband:
Nam Do-san application works and the seventh-largest company in the world wants to acquire their company. They promise to employ for three years to all group members but later they go back on words. After signing a contract with them they decided to take three engineers from the group. Han Ji-pyeong tried to stop them from signing the contract but failed.
After 3 years:
Back For Good:
Nam Do-san and his two other friends were back in South Korea on holiday but decided to stay there for good. They decided to start-up a new business but ends up working with Seo Dal-mi. Three years ago when the group got disbanded Seo Dal-mi joins Won In-jae’s s company and recently they opened a new company and she is a CEO now.
Reunite:
On one hand, Nam Do-san and Seo Dal-mi reunite, and on the other hand, Han Ji-pyeong was heartbroken. Later they became very successful with their new start-up.
Overall Thoughts About Start-Up Korean Drama:
I will start with Han Ji-pyeong, I wish Seo Dal-mi chose him. He is the savior of her and she chose someone else. I like the relationship between him and granny.
Granny is super cool when she saved her ex-daughter-in-law and when she asked Han Ji-pyeong don’t visit her when he has everything instead visits her when he has nothing or he was depressed. I almost cried when Han Ji-pyeong cried hugging granny when he came to know about her blindness disease.
Start-Up Korean drama has everything emotions, family drama, romance and comedy. Highly recommended drama. You can also watch Start-Up Korean drama on KissAsian.
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