How to Buy a Friend
Title: 계약우정 / How to Buy a Friend
Also known as: Friendship Contract / Friend Contract
Genre: School, Youth, Romance
Episodes: 8
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2020-Apr-06 to 2020-Apr-14
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00 (2 episodes back-to-back)
Synopsis
This drama is based on a webtoon by Kwon Laad (권라드) which was first published in 2018-April-17 via Daum Webtoon Company.
It’s about the “contract friendship” between an ordinary high school student and a young man known for using excessive force.
Park Chan Hong (Lee Shin Young) is an ordinary high school student. He has talent for writing and he gets pressured by his parents about his studies. Park Chan Hong doesn’t have any specific dreams. He is friends with Uhm Se Yoon (Kim So Hye), who attends the same high school. She is popular at school. Meanwhile, Heo Don Hyuk (Shin Seung Ho) is classmates with Park Chan Hong. Heo Don Hyuk is not interested in studying and he works to pay for his living expenses. One day, Heo Don Hyuk saves Park Chan Hong from a school bully. To pay for his rent, Heo Don Hyuk asks to borrow 300,000 won ($270 USD) from Park Chan Hong. Park Chan Hong lends him the money, but that money was supposed to pay for his private institute tuition fee. After school, Park Chan Hong now doesn’t have a place to go. He begins to spend time with Heo Don Hyuk.
Cast
Main Cast
Lee Shin Young as Park Chan Hong
Shin Seung Ho as Heo Dong Hyuk
Kim So Hye as Uhm Se Yoon
Min Do Hee as Choi Mi Ra
Oh Hee Joon as Oh Kyung Pyo
Jo Yi Hyun as Shin Seo Jung
Chan Hong’s family
Kim Won Hae as Park Choong Jae (Chan Hong’s father)
Baek Ji Won as Oh Jung Hee (Chan Hong’s mother)
Others
Jang Hye Jin as Jo Pyung Sub
Kim Do Wan as Kwak Sang Pil
Kim In Kwon as Woo Tae Jung (literature teacher)
Kim So Ra as Choi Jung Won (art teacher)
Lee Jung Hyun (이정현) as Kim Dae Yong
Yoo Yeo Woon (유여운) as Ahn Sung Do
Park Won Sang
Cameo
Production Credits
Production Company: Mega Monster
Executive Producers: Kim Yong Jin, Son Jae Sung
Chief Producer: Moon Joon Ha
Director: Yoo Young Eun
Screenwriter: Kim Joo Man
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2020-04-06 | 1 | - | - | 2.3 | - |
| 2020-04-06 | 2 | - | - | 2.7 | - |
| 2020-04-07 | 3 | - | - | 1.4 | - |
| 2020-04-07 | 4 | - | - | 1.6 | - |
| 2020-04-13 | 5 | - | - | 2.6 | - |
| 2020-04-13 | 6 | - | - | 2.4 | - |
| 2020-04-14 | 7 | - | - | 1.4 | - |
| 2020-04-14 | 8 | - | - | 1.8 | - |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
Poster
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Trailer:-
– Official Trailer
– Trailer I
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March 21st, 2020 at 3:10 pm
Waiting for something new from Lee Shin Young’s Character in “How to Buy a Friend”.
March 22nd, 2020 at 6:59 pm
The other guy is from At Eighteen! I wonder what he will be like in this drama😅