In various Korean drama titles, especially with the romantic genre, many carry the concept of office romance or describe romance in the office. One of the portraits that is widely used is the love story between a man who works as a CEO and a woman who works as an employee or his subordinate.
Here are 5 popular dramas with the male main character as a smart and charming CEO, you must watch it if you are a romantic drama lover!
She Was Pretty
The romantic comedy drama She Was Pretty is one of the dramas that depicts the male lead as a smart and charming CEO. Tells the story of Kim Hye Jin (Hwang Jung Eum), an office employee who has the first love of a childhood best friend, Ji Sung Joon (Park Seo Joon).
They separated when they were young, and wanted to meet again when they grew up. Unfortunately, Hye Jin feels insecure to meet Sung Joon because of his 'unattractive' appearance like he used to be when he was little.
Trying to avoid Sung Joon, Hye Jin had no idea that Sung Joon would become the new director at the company where she worked. Because Hye Jin's appearance is very different from her childhood, Sung Joon didn't even recognize the figure of his best friend.
Despite being cold at first, Sung Joon realized that Hye Jin, who was his employee, was his childhood friend who he had been waiting for a long time for.
What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
Still played by Park Seo Joon, the drama What's Wrong with Secretary Kim has become one of the romantic dramas that has succeeded in making the audience excited until now. Tells the story of Kim Mi So (Park Min Young), a private secretary who has worked for the director, Lee Young Joon (Park Seo Joon) for 9 years.
Suddenly, Mi So decides to resign, but is opposed by the director. Although Young Joon is a good boss, charming, and has stunning intelligence, Mi So doesn't like his 'narcissistic' attitude.
In an effort to prevent Mi So from resigning, Young Joon even tries to propose to Mi So so that she will always be by his side.
Her Private Life
Another drama from Park Min Young, this time he competes acting with Kim Jae Wook. Her Private Life tells the story of Suk Deok Mi (Park Min Young) who works as a curator at an art gallery. Secretly, Deok Mi is an 'acute' fangirl who even joins a fansite to support her idol.
He also meets Ryan Gold (Kim Jae Wook), the director and new boss of the art gallery. Unintentionally, Ryan finds out the 'secret' of Deok Mi who is secretly a fangirl. Due to an incident, they pretend to be dating until one of them starts to feel real love.
Ryan Gold's character who looks cold but is actually caring has succeeded in making the audience melt with his various gentleman actions!
Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
This Korean drama with various interesting and exciting scenes also depicts the love story between a CEO and a simple woman, just like the story of Cinderella in the real world. Do Bong Soon (Park Bo Young), is a woman who is gifted with a unique talent in the form of extraordinary body strength.
He is told to fall in love with a charming game company CEO named Ahn Min Hyuk (Park Hyung Sik). It didn't take long for the CEO to have the same feelings for Bong Soon.
Min Hyuk himself is known as a man who is very passionate about his work, but he also doesn't hesitate to show his love and concern for Bong Soon when he begins to fall in love with this woman.
Business Proposal
Recently, there is the Korean drama Business Proposal, which just aired its first episode on Monday, (28/2) on Netflix. Tells the story of Shin Ha Ri (Kim Se Jeong), an ordinary office worker who is forced to go on a blind date to replace his best friend, Jin Yeong Seo (Seol In Ah).
Unexpectedly, the partner on the blind date is Kang Tae Mu (Ahn Hyo Seop), a director at the company where Ha Ri works. Even though Ha Ri pretends to be someone else on a blind date, she worries if Tae Mu finds out her true identity.
Moreover, the director is known as a competent and charming person, but firm and often 'cold'. Surprisingly, on the blind date, Tae Mu actually intends to marry Ha Ri! Even though it has only aired two episodes, Business Proposal has succeeded in achieving a fairly high rating at the beginning of its broadcast.
So, which of these dramas have you watched?