Ha Jung-woo, 500 Million Won Ransom for Wife's Kidnapping Cooperation

The story of Ha Jung-woo, who, unable to bear the life of a building owner buried in debt, gets caught up in a fake kidnapping plot, was depicted in the first episode of tvN's new Saturday-Sunday drama, 'How to Become a Building Owner in Korea.'

Yona (Shim Eun-kyung) threatens a man named Jeong Chang-soo, forcing him to sell his building at a low price, and eventually blows it up. This is for the redevelopment of Sejeong-ro, and citizens cheer, anticipating future housing price increases. Yona shouts, "You are all rich now."

Building owner Ki Soo-jong (Ha Jung-woo) is living a difficult life with nearly 1 billion won in loans and overdue interest. His bank balance is only 120,000 won, and he even has to buy his wife's birthday present secondhand. He even works as a delivery person to pay off the overdue interest.

Ki Soo-jong confides his situation to his brother-in-law, detective Kim Kyun (Kim Nam-gil), revealing the reality of a "fully leveraged building owner" waiting only for redevelopment. The two share their sorrows while singing at a coin karaoke.

Ki Soo-jong receives a loan repayment reminder text from an unidentified financial company, 'Real Capital,' meets Yona, the representative, and receives the Seyoon Building sales contract. He is offered 1.4 billion won at the time of the contract, but becomes suspicious after seeing bloodstains on the sleeve of the man next to Yona.