From the 70 billion storm of "Little Woman" volume, "Thousand Yuan Lawyer" only charges one thousand yuan attorney fees, to the recently praised comic-adapted drama "Life Victory Group", it uses a "gold spoon" to flip a poor life - many plots seem to be inseparable from "money"! Not only that, the editor has compiled 8 Korean dramas "Money First" and quickly see which ones you haven't watched!
"Money First" Korean drama recommendation 1: "Little Woman"
"Little Woman" starring Kim Go-eun , Nam Ji-hyun , Park Ji-hoo , and Wei Lijun. It tells the story of the three sisters who live in poverty accidentally obtained a huge amount of 70 billion yuan in property, but at the same time they also fell into the power and interests of the chaebol family. In the mystery surrounded by "money", can the three sisters escape unscathed?
At the beginning of "Little Girl", you can see that the three sisters Injo, Inkyung and Inhye are living in poverty. Injo, who has tasted the taste of poverty since childhood, is determined to make the whole family live a good life, buy a house, use the best painting tools for the little girl, etc., and exudes a strong sense of powerlessness towards "money". But one day, it unexpectedly earned a huge amount of 70 billion - the surprise from the sky was also the beginning of the storm.
From the beginning, this drama has been constantly comparing the poverty of the three sisters and the wealth of the political family. In-joo does not want her younger sister to be looked down upon, sympathized with, and is called beggars. She is involved in the 70 billion risk and wants to seize the opportunity to turn over, revealing the dark side of society where "money" is supreme. Among them, lines such as "Everything in the world is sacred than money", "There is only one way to let us live a different life, that is, get rid of poverty", all make the audience feel sad.
"Money First" Korean drama recommendation 2: "Attorney Thousand Yuan"
"Attorney Thousand Yuan" is starring Namong Min , Kim Ji-eun , Choi Dai-hoon, Lee De-hwa , and Park Jin-woo . It tells the story of a lawyer named Chih Ji-hon (Attorney Thousand Yuan) who has a commission fee of only "one thousand won" but is very powerful. It is an easy legal drama that confronts rich illegal men and worthy lawyers.
In "Attorney Thousand Yuan", the super exaggerated setting of only 1,000 won of the commission fee, attracted a lot of discussion from the beginning. But why are you surprised? In "The Thousand Yuan Lawyer", Qian Zhixun, who claims to be a legal hero and a people's lawyer, in order to achieve justice and confront other consortium lawyers with high fees, is actually satirizing the various disadvantages of today's society.
Picture source: "Secretary Lawyer"
Everyone should have heard of the saying "Money is not guilty, but money is guilty". Many lawless clients spend a lot of money to hire lawyers to sue innocent people who cannot afford lawyers, resulting in many regrettable things happening in society. Chih-hoon "does only the right things" and "only charges thousands of yuan", just aiming at these crux of points to fight back, like the social bad habit of "money first".
"Money First" Korean drama recommendation 3: "Life Victory Group"
"Life Victory Group" is adapted from HD3's online comic "Golden Spoon". It is starring Lu Xingcai , Lee Jong-yuan, Zheng Caijuan, and Yan Yu . It tells the story of Lee Seung-Tian (played by Lu Xing-Cai), who was born in the "earth spoon", accidentally bought a "golden spoon" that could exchange parents from a mysterious old lady who set up a stall on the roadside. She used it to eat three times at the home of Huang Tai-yong (played by Lee Jong-yuan), a second-generation chaebol who was the same age as him. She exchanged her identities and became a life adventure story of Golden Spoon acquired.
"Life Victory Group" was praised as it was premiered. In addition to Lu Xingcai's acting skills being amazing, the plot setting is also one of the reasons why this drama has attracted attention. In "Life Victory Group", the comparison of "gold spoon" and "earth spoon" shows all kinds of chaos and injustice in the social class. The poor have no background resistance, and the rich are even more lawless. Li Chengtian's sentence in the play: "I won't hit you because I don't have money, but if I hit you, you will have to spend money." It really makes people feel sad.
After using a golden spoon to eat at Huang Taiyong's house three times, Li Chengtian successfully turned over his original poor life. The slander at the beginning of the second episode made everyone feel goosebumps - Lu Xingcai really acted so well! After only two episodes of broadcast, everyone has high praise for the adaptation of the drama "Life Victory Group". They believe that it follows the original plot, but the protagonist is not annoying. Instead, they will be powerless and resist "poverty". Compared with the wealthy life, they will be very thorough, allowing everyone to quickly bring into the plot.
"Money First" Korean drama recommendation 4: "Anna"
"Anna" is adapted from the novel "Intimate Foreigners" by the writer Zheng Hanya. It is starring Bae Soo-ji , Jung Eun-chae , Kim Jun-han, and Park Yi-young. It tells the story of Lee Yu-mi (Su-ji ) who grew up in a harsh environment often asks his family to satisfy his vanity. After college, he began to lie, and later stole the identity of Lee Hyun-joo (Jung Eun-chae) who was born in a wealthy family, changing his original fate of having nothing.
The drama "Anna" really shows the two levels of "rich and poor gap" and "social class". Although Yumi was originally vain, she still believed that as long as she worked hard, she would change her family's situation one day. However, in this society where "money" power is paramount, Yumi was deceived, looked down upon, and trampled on. The poverty of her original family is like a label, and she can't tear it down no matter what. So he began to use lies to fabricate another brand new identity.
You don’t need to enter society. You can actually see some "class" atmosphere in the student group. The cognition and evaluation of "poor people" have gradually become Yumi’s pain point. Although Yumi has good academic performance and beautiful appearance, she is also praised and belittled by others because of her poor family. The drama "Anna" actually makes people feel complicated. Mei's behavior is wrong, but in addition to herself, the society's concept of money seems to have become a catalyst invisibly.
"Money First" Korean drama recommendation 5: "My Runaway Diary"
"My Runaway Diary" starring Lee Min-ki , Kim Ji-won , Sun Seok-gyu, and Lee Yi-. It tells the story of Lian Chang-hee (played by Lee Min-ki) who is in a long-distance relationship with his girlfriend, Lian Qi-jeong (played by Lee Yi) who is in a difficult life, and Lian Mi-jeong (played by Kim Ji-won) who receives a loan call, three sisters and sisters living in remote suburbs are eager to "liberate" from their depressed life.
"My Runaway Diary" From the "carpooling" of the three siblings, the accusation that Lian Changxi's girlfriend of cares about him, Lian Changxi's telling her father that she wanted to buy a car, and Mizhen's sentence "If we live in Seoul, will we be different?" can all feel their financial troubles and depression. Although the "theory of rich and kindness" mentioned by Qizhen during the chat sounds funny, it is very realistic and cruel.
If you have money, will the Lian family get along more harmoniously? If they have money, don’t they need to spend too much time and energy and worry about small things? When watching this drama, in addition to Mizaki's various understandings of "life", everyone was deeply touched by the pressure on "economics" seems to be one of the parts that this drama wants to discuss - because it is not capable and qualified and background, it is impossible to live as much as you want!
"Money First" Korean drama recommendation 6: " Squid Game "
"Squid Game" starring Lee Jung-jae , Park Hae-soo , Wu Yong-soo, Wei Juan, and Zheng Haojuan. It tells the story of 456 players with different backgrounds but are also heavily in debt and urgently needing money. In order to win a bonus of 45.6 billion won, they participate in a series of "fatal" "children's games". Through the unfolding of this game, they expose the dark side of human nature and the gap between the rich and the poor in society.
Everyone should be familiar with this little pig with money, right? The golden light fell from the sky, and the large amount of money increased with the death of the players. The surviving players went from resisting and retreating at the beginning to killing each other and framing each other in the end, just to win the final victory bonus, allowing the audience to see the sinisterness of human nature and the sadness of the rich and poor in society.
Wu Yinan (Wu Yongshu) came to participate because he felt his life was boring, while others had to win huge debt repayment and stood here. Their "purpose" of participating in the competition alone made many viewers have a great impact on the gap between the rich and the poor. In the play, people's desire and pursuit of money reveals the dark side of people's desires and greed in a society where money is supreme.
"Money First" Korean drama recommendation 7: "Sky Castle"
"Sky Castle" is starring Lian Jingya , Lee Tae-lan , Yoon Se-ya , Wu Nara , Kim Sir-hyung . It tells the story of noble ladies in the "SKY Castle" of the upper class in Korea. In order to help her husband's career and cultivate children to become second-generation nobles, they begin to intrigue and fall into power struggles.
Although "Sky Castle" focuses on the lives of "rich people", the painful and ugly life in the rich family is in contrast with the bright and beautiful appearance. But at the same time, he also compared the character environment of other rich second-generation children with the role of Kim Hye Na (played by Kim Bang Luo) to the screen, bringing the gap between the rich and the poor to the screen, so that the audience has a strong feeling.
Jin Huina comes from a family with financial difficulties. She has excellent academic performance. She uses her academic performance as a means of survival to help other wealthy classmates prepare for review materials to make money and bear the medical expenses of her seriously ill mother. Her living environment and family background are in sharp contrast with "Sky Castle". Everyone also sees the bad habits of today's society towards the "lowest ethnic group" from Jin Huina's various experiences, cold eyes, and her resistance.
"Money First" Korean drama recommendation 8: "Model Family"
"Model Family" starring Jung Woo , Park Hee-hoon, Yoon Zhenxu and Park Ji-yeon. It tells the story of the head of an ordinary family facing bankruptcy and divorce crisis - Park Dong-sha (played by Zheng Yu). As 5 billion won cash and two corpses appeared in front of him, Park Dong-sha, who was related to the criminal organization, also embarked on a roller coaster-like life.
The drama "Model Family" was discovered from the identity of an undercover policeman. On the way to deliver money, both died with the suspect. The car full of money hit Park Dong-sha who was parked on the side of the road. He wanted to call the police and took all the money away with greed after finding the money in the back seat. In fact, what makes people more confused is that Park Dong-sha, who was cheated of all money at that time, had nothing. In addition, he was facing a divorce crisis and was in financial difficulties. After seeing an unexpected amount of money, he felt greedy after seeing many viewers want to understand but at the same time felt conflicted.
Is "money" the root of all evil in this drama? In today's society, many things cannot be done without money, and Park Dong-sha also bows his head in front of money. Ma Guang-chul (played by Park Hee-sun) takes advantage of his weakness - his desire for money and his desire to push him into the bottomless abyss. "Money" seems to be a double-sided blade, which can make people live a comfortable life, but it can also make people bury them.
