How to Buy a Friend / 계약우정 (2020) [Ep 1

Profile

Drama: How to Buy a Friend (English title) / Friend Contract (literal title)
Revised romanization: Gyeyakwoojung
Hangul: 계약우정

Director: Yoo Young-Eun
Writer: Kwon Laad (webcomic), Kim Joo-Man
Network: KBS2
Episodes: 4
Release Date: April 6 – 14, 2020
Runtime: Mon & Tue 22:00
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Synopsis

Park Chan-Hong (Lee Sin-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 Eom Se-Yoon (Kim So-Hye), who attends the same high school. She is popular at school. Meanwhile, Heo Don-Hyeok (Shin Seung-Ho) is classmates with Park Chan-Hong. Heo Don-Hyeok is not interested in studying and he works to pay for his living expenses. One day, Heo Don-Hyeok saves Park Chan-Hong from a school bully. To pay for his rent, Heo Don-Hyeok 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-Hyeok.