MBC's new Friday-Saturday drama 'The Contract Marriage of Virtuous Woman Park', starring actors Lee Se-young and Bae In-hyuk, has been unveiled. ‘Veolnyeo Park’s Contract Marriage’ recorded the highest rating of 7%.
According to Nielsen Korea, a viewership rating research company, on the 25th, the viewership rating for the first episode of 'Veign Woman Park's Contract Marriage', which aired the previous day, recorded 5.6% nationwide, 5.3% in the metropolitan area, and 1.3% in the 2049 viewership rating. In particular, the scene in the play where Kang Tae-ha (played by Bae In-hyuk) dies from chest pain on his first night with Park Yeon-woo (played by Lee Se-young) soared up to 7% per minute, ranking first among Friday-Saturday dramas in the same time slot, and getting off to a good start.
This day's broadcast included the repeated fateful encounters of Park Yeon-woo (played by Lee Se-young) and Kang Tae-ha (played by Bae In-hyuk) during the Joseon Dynasty, as well as the story of Park Yeon-woo, who lost her husband on the first night, falling into a well by someone and transcending time and space. Park Yeon-woo, the only daughter of Daegam Park, the most prominent woman in Hanyang, led a dangerous double life by secretly working as a teacher who made and sold clothes.
Park Yeon-woo's parents felt sorry for their daughter who did not marry even after she reached the age of marriage, but Park Yeon-woo only focused on her dream of making clothes. Meanwhile, as his reputation as a hojeop teacher declined, Park Yeon-woo went undercover with the ambition to marry Chunam, Jinsagol, a famous miner (old bachelor), by dressing him in his clothes, and encountered Kang Tae-ha (played by Bae In-hyuk) of the Joseon Dynasty for the first time. . However, the princess's mother was discovered by the king after wearing clothes made by Park Yeon-woo, and due to the king's order to catch the person who made the hideous clothes, Park Yeon-woo was in danger of being forced to marry.
In a frustrating situation, Park Yeon-woo ran away at night and encountered Kang Tae-ha once again, and was drawn to Kang Tae-ha's kindness, which warmly touched her sad heart. Park Yeon-woo got married to Chu-nam, the daughter of Jin-sa Kang, and on the first night, she was delighted to learn that the identity of Chu-nam was her beloved Kang Tae-ha. The happy moment was short-lived, and Kang Tae-ha cut off a piece of Park Yeon-woo's clothes to say goodbye to the couple, and confessed the story of not being able to get married due to a chest condition.
Park Yeon-woo tried to become a couple with Kang Tae-ha, but on the first night, Kang Tae-ha collapsed and vomited blood and died. Park Yeon-woo was immersed in deep sorrow over losing her husband, but at that moment, an unknown person appeared and kidnapped Park Yeon-woo and tried to throw her into a well, and at that moment, all time and space stopped. As soon as the pause was lifted, Park Yeon-woo fell deep into the whirlpool inside the well, and in the water, he encountered a man who looked exactly like Kang Tae-ha, a Joseon monk.
Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr