Business Proposal

✒♥️Double Blind Taste Test♨️ °Good for romance junkies°

In the final analysis, BP is a typical Golden Corral spread in which a great chef snuck in and put out a few tasty small plates. Watch to be treated to some of the most romantic words a woman can hear: "What do this credit card & my love for you have in common? They both have no limit." Swoon away, ladies!

I'm irritated. This show is horribly cliche, yet I continued to watch it and like it, for the most part. They gave just enough to keep me going, while at the same time, they revealed how pathetically low my standards are. It really p!$$e$ me off. Going into ep4 I was almost embarrassed for myself. Basically, if you're not a romance junkie, don't watch this. It is not for you. For you romance fans, failings aside, this pair releases dopamine. That's what us junkies crave, and it's the only reason to stick with this formulaic, inconsistent show.

BP might be off-the-rack, but the leads are special. Let's meet them. Ahn Hyo Seop (A Time Called You, Dr. Romantic) is ML, Kang “Tae” Mu. His grandfather is the CEO. Grandpa feels responsible for his orphaned grandson. He wants him 💒married💍. He wants grandkids 👶🚼👶 GREAT-grandkids. Their due-dates are overdue. But Tae is very much an Iceman. He's cold and he doesn't know how to treat a lady. Kim Se Jeong (Uncanny counter S1-8.4 S2-4) is Sin Hari. She's like the girl next door, but she can put on a show, both IRL and also on the dining room table. She sings, she acts, and she cooks like a master. She has a spark and her voice has a throaty resonance that's pleasant to the ears.

Hari is, otherwise, a common girl from a common family. Her job is coming up with new recipes & food ideas as well as packaging innovations ~~> at Tae’s grandfather's company! She's excellent at what she does. What isn't so common about Hari is how she's 1-degree of separation from Kcountry's 1% by way of her rich BFF. Seol In Ah from Twinkling Watermelon & the fabulous Mr. Queen-9, in which she plays a demure lady of the court, portrays Jin Yeong “Seo”. Hari met this heiress-with-a-heart-of-gold at performing arts HS, which is plausible. Seo’s father wants her hitched, and he's been trying to fix her up in a business arranged 🤵👰. She ain't interested. Grandpa's got blind dates lined up for Tae. Dad has blind dates lined up for Seo. What dad don't know is that Seo NEVER goes on her own blind dates! Hari goes as Seo, because Hari is a superb actress, and she knows how to send those rich dweebs running for the hills.

Inevitability comes knocking. When Seo’s dad and Tae’s granddad arrange a date for the two of them, Hari only asks: “Who is it this time?” ‘Oh I don't know; just some schlep from some rich family. Just go take care of him for me, please!’ Seo's answer is something like that. When Hari's date… eh, I mean Seo's date, walks into the restaurant, Hari realizes it's the president of her company😳! Yes, she wore a wig and she looks outrageous, but he's likely to recognize her if he sees her at work. She'll have to make this one quick!💨 Sorry, Hari. This one's for life.

It isn't so much a Pride and Prejudice romance; it's a straight power flip. He's the all-cold, all-business dude with all the power. Her job is to repulse him when she poses as his blind date. After a short night out with her, he's /supposed/ to jump in his hot car and take off without a look back. Instead, though his reasons are murky and clearly driven by his subconscious, he latches onto Hari. For the date, she played a classless harpy with big hair, big jewelry, and big lungs. He was supposed to be horrified. He goes home thinking maybe she's the one! He wants to see her again. There's always a reason to use (see) her again. All she wants is escape. Step by step, he begins pursuit and she plots escape routes. She doesn't realize that he's already ceded power to her. He wants to date her so he can stop all the blind dates, he tells himself. When he learns she isn't Seo, she cops to being an actress and provides a fake name. Alright. Fine. She's an actress, not an heiress. We've all heard of play-dates: He offers to PAY her to DATE him. Her parents happen to need buckets of duckets, so she agrees.

At some point his greatest fear is how he's going to develop a real relationship with her. At the same time, her biggest fear is getting fired. Needless to say, they have a side dish of disconnect to go with their stew of fascination. The show is about taste, and Tae looks like he tastes good 🙄. Actually, they objectify him to the point where it is uncomfortable. It's almost a parody. As beautiful as Mr. Ahn is, the women steal the show. Their personalities and friendship are highlights. Seo is adorable.

The 2ndary couple get off to a front-and-center start, and their romance doesn't feel like an afterthought. Seo meets Tae’s secretary, Cha Seong Hun (Kim Min Gue from Queen: Love and War. He plays a lady killer in Because This is My First Life-7.7). She falls for him instantly and realizes who he is when she meets him again later. These 2 could have stood for more screen time, actually. There were some missed opportunities, and they actually had the groundwork for more episodes if they had let it breathe more.

The actors are not the reason BP has problems. They did fine. It's the dialogue, the directing, and half of the plot that suffers. True, Hari's spastic attempts to cover up her identity are annoying. Fortunately, it doesn't go on for even half of the show. Viewers might be able to relax more knowing this. Besides the boilerplate CEO-involved-with-the-girl-next-door, the show also tosses in other common-as-kimchi plot points. We see MSP (Missing or separated parent(s) and MSS, or mandatory separation syndrome, which is when a couple, once they get together, must separate. ('I love you! Finally, we're together! Now I'll catch you later...' Huh? It's overused). BP isn't bad, it should just be better. It's marshmallow frosting without cake. Plenty of worse shows have more substance, but shows like BP have their place, particularly if one needs to escape anxiety, not add to it.

Part of the story involves illegal taping of women via surreptitiously planted cameras. The penalties don't even rise to the level where they can put the perpetrator in jail! The women suffer trauma, not feeling easy anywhere they are for fear of being watched, yet the law does nothing to protect them. Women's rights are a hot-button topic in Asia because they are decades behind the West in those traditionally heavily patriarchal societies.

BP has its taste sensations. There's clever foreshadowing, foreboding statements that are true in a way other than expected, and other crafty connections. It's not devoid of quality elements. Somewhere around ep5&6, when he decides on his objective, it does get amusing. In ep9 we see some legendary drink making. After their first kiss, which is not in the usual context, there's shots of them lying in their respective beds, split-screen, touching their lips thinking about it. Together, their heads form a heart. It's nicely done. There are several comments about how their relationship mirrors one from a current TV drama about the daughter of chicken joint owners and her own boss. Perhaps the cutest bit is when he starts to resent her boss and the policies of the company she works for (her job is messing up his dating plans!). He never puts together that it's HIM and HIS company that's impeding on his love life.

If they really had wanted to have fun with it, he would have mischievously asked her to put that big-hair wig on again…


〰🖍 IMHO

🎬7 🖊〰6 🎭7.5 💓7.4 🦋7.8 🌞 7 🎨6.7 🎵/🔊7 😅6 😯3 😭3 🤔3 💤2.5 🔚7.6

Age + Language: @$$h0!e, f💣s. She plays the floozy who has names for some of her body parts. Cheating and promiscuity and getting a motel room / one night stands
are alluded to.

Re-📺? This one's in the good-to-pass-the-time category, but I may never pass this way again….

The screenwriters are Han Sul Hee (Ugly Miss Young Ae) & Hong Bo Hee (High Kick! The Revenge of the Short Legged) and the director is Park Seon Ho (Suspicious Partner).

Romance junkies only -
My Secret Romance-7 (if you ff thru overdone flashbacks),
A Witch's Love-7.9,
Boys Over Flowers-8 ~ melodrama to the max,
The Bride of Habaek-7,
Heirs-7.3,
That Winter, The Wind Blows-7,
Something in them Rain-9,
C🇨🇳: Well-Intended Love-7.5 Rom-porn - extra points for the dopamine,
When I Fly Towards You-7.8,
Wait, My Youth-8.4,
A Little Thing Called First Love-8.5,
Find Yourself-8.9,
Hidden Love-7.8
J🇯🇵: 7th Time Loop-7.9,
True Beauty-7.5
Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion-8.4,

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A breathe of fresh air honestly

If you are tired of too many tropes that stay for WAY to long, watch this.

This was good, plan and simple the characters were so lovable and I really enjoyed it, Shin Ha Ri is definitely really cool, her character was very well written, wish I could get amnesia like some shows abuse and rewatch the show because I actually almost binged the whole thing in one go, plus the ML was just cool he knew what he wanted and knew when he took things to far or at least he was made aware of it, the thing I enjoyed the most is how real the characters felt at least for me I will definitely rewatch this in the future perhaps with my own special someone or just by myself haha, the secretary and the friend were just as cute together.

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Short, sweet and easy to watch. All the characters are likable here and so are the relationships. The male lead Tae Moo and female lead Ha Ri have this adorable chemistry and I like how both of them are not just foodies but also work in the food industry...the parts where they would come up with fusion recipes for Korean cuisine, from the brainstorming to the food tasting, were pretty entertaining. The sismance between Ha Ri and her best friend Young Seon, the second female lead, was also another highlight- they had a great friendship and a lot of hilarious* scenes together.

It’s funny how this show manages to be self-aware and poke fun at itself. The grandpa character actually watches a drama called Be Brave Shin Gumi which is filled with all these rom-com/kdrama cliches and tropes, and then later on a lot of the events in that drama would happen to the characters outside* the show…only that they would handle themselves a lot better than expected.

The characters and relationships aren’t perfect but they are very communicative and understanding of each other. Ha Ri starts off with a false identity in the beginning and Tae Moo is naturally very upset when he finds out, but she apologizes to him without any hesitation. Tae Moo unreasonably asks his assistant Seung Hoon (the second male lead) to go an a blind date when the latter is already dating Young Seon…but when realizing his mistake, Tae Moo not only apologizes to Seung Hoon, but to the both of them.

The only things I didn’t like were how the grandpa became antagonistic towards the main couple when he found out about them, because I was expecting him to go against the stereotype (given how he criticized Be Brave Shin Gumi!) but he disappointingly didn’t - at least, not until the very end. The second male lead Seung Hoon was also a bit weak willed and inconsistent, although his relationship with Young Seon works out later. A third party comes in between them in some of the episodes but refreshingly, she also turns out to be a likable and supportive character.

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Cliché romcom but worth watching as it's really good

The plot is about a chaebol and an ordinary person falling in love. Yeah, you probably have already watched two or more shows like that. However, "Business Proposal" does an amazing job at developing its characters and their relationships, so it's worth watching it!

I didn't know Kim Se-Jeong before, but completely fell in love with her. What terrific acting skills! Seol In-Ah already was one of my faves so it wasn't a surprise seeing a wonderful work here too. Ahn Hyo-Seop and Kim Min-Gue played their roles flawlessly. The chemistry between the couples and also the friends is so good that it's impossible to not sympathize with the chars.

About the clichés: as I said, it's a good use of them. Nevertheless there's one detail that bothers me; I can't take that everytime they write a company heir char, he's an orphan whose parents died at a car accident when he was little, and it's always on his birthday and he feels guilty because he hurried them to get home soon through a phone call...

Anyway, if you are searching a cute romance with good comedy, this drama is the perfect choice!

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A real KDRAMA.

It has everything and I just want to say that everyone should watch this masterpiece. Highly recommended. Can't say anything else loved everything about this KDRAMA. Especially for beginners you should watch it. And just watch it over and over again. Actors chemistry was fabulous and loved the couple. Second lead is also the best. For the writers I just want drama's like this which are perfect and it have a HAPPY ENDING ALSO. Want a 2nd season but let's see what happens . Loved this KDRAMA and if anyone reading this review just don't read go and watch the KDRAMA already.

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Business proposal

First I need to say how wrong I was, I thought this drama was overhyped and watching this would be waste of time - well my opinion was just wrong and I would regret if I did not give it a chance.
Second couple was perfect, cast had excellent chemistry and played really well (although I am not the biggest fan of Ahn Hyo Seop, he worked here well), Kim Sejeong - she was amazing, like it was even a question?
Yes this is typical rom-com but if you looking for something light, easy to watch and like this type of genre then this is one of the best to choose.
Why it is not 10/10, well I feel like the ending was a bit rushed or just needed one more episodes but still very good drama.

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A K-drama to enjoy if you wanna have fun and stay away from real world

As someone who needs to be in a mood to watch a rom-com (which is not really frequent of me) I can say I love this show! THIS is how you do a rom-com with well done cliches and not in a cringey way or full of second hand embarrasment moments! It´s a good recomendation for people who wants to get into K-dramaland.

I did laugh and fangirled with the romance happening (got me smiling at the cute moments), there´s good acting and chemistry with both couples, cute friendship between Ha Ri and Young Seo and the dynamic of Tae Moo and Sung Hoon was dope and funny.

As an extra detail in my opinion, I´m glad they did the rich male lead as a nice cute rich guy (or at least that´s what I felt watching him), because I think Kdramas usually makes the rich male leads as arrogant and kind of rude with people (and sometimes they are even rude with the female lead), I mean yes they show us Kang Tae Moo as a "cold heart" workaholic man who knows he´s good at a lot of things but this man is... I really don´t know how to explain it, also he´s the definition of "he fell HARD for her" WHICH I LOVE THAT TROPE.

I wanna let out two good things from my chest which propably I´m never moving on (fangirl mood on):
1. The way ep 11 end got me internally screaming , fangirling and shock, I didn´t think I could see something like that in a Kdrama rom-com :0 in general Tae Moo and Ha Ri had good kissing scenes, they did so good as their charcaters.
2. THAT KISS SCENE WITH THE HOT SECRETARY GUY TAKING OFF HIS GLASSSES?!?!?!?! THAT PART MADE ME FEEL THINGS *faints* seriously I fell hard for the actor who plays Sung Hoon in this show.

I mean in general the K-drama has a lot of good moments but I wanna mention some little details that did kind of frustrate but it doesn´t ruin my rating of the show:
1. The way they make the granpa being sick for real and they have to take him to the US for a year was a weird move.
2. Tae Moo´s accident was kind of weird too, I mean it wasn´t a huge accident but thank god they didn´t apply the amnesia trope but it was so sudden for me, I´m not sure if it was that necessary.
3. Ha Ri´s "friend" mentioning the possibility of coming back at her as a friend again (´cause he´s leaving the country) like dude really?! I mean being a jealous dude after knowing she has a bf (when he himself never told Ha Ri he cameback with his ex) and interfering with her relationship while he already has a gf! (and a really shitty one too) it just made me so mad all the mess he did and then at the final being like "I´m sorry for everything I did but when I comeback to Korea, can we see each other as friends again?" and of course Ha Ri forgives him (Ha Ri you´re so nice but you deserve a better friend!).

Sadly the OST didn´t catch my eye or didn´t leave with a "OMG I LOVE THIS SONG!" vibe, I mean it suit well with the situations happening but it wasn´t my taste to add it for a playlist.

In conclusion: I really like it, I could rewatch some scenes to have a good laugh and fangirl a times. If you want a story with plot twist with a huge plot, this show isn´t for you.

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Loved Loved this!!!

I have seen many clips of it on social media, but left it on my to watch list until a friend "forced" me to watch it. What a ride!!!!
I am not fond of comedy, but this was hilarious. The acting was natural and not over the top, there were no cringe moments. And the sound effects that came with it was brilliantly done.
At first I thought it would be your typical rich boy poor girl romance, I didn't expect to like it so much. This type of story has been done a million times, but it wasn't your typical melodramatic drama. There were no boring insignificant side stories that made the drama too long. Kdrama characters all have the same type of acting, but this was refreshing. They were actually relatable and natural. Even the quirky FML didn't put me off, because she wasn't over the top. I knew the grandfather would be the "bad guy" at some point, but even so I liked him so much. All the actors played their roles brilliantly. Even the character development wasn't slow and boring. This drama cut to the chase and didn't get dragged out. It was short and sweet. It's a must watch. A breath of fresh air

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