How to Buy a Friend

How to Buy a Friend

Details

• Title: 계약우정 / Gyeyagujeong
• Also known as: Friendship Contract / Friend Contract
• Genre: School, youth, drama, 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)
• Original Soundtrack: How to Buy a Friend OST

Synopsis

Because of a poem he writes, an ordinary high school student makes a "contractual friendship" with the school's legendary tough guy.

User/Viewer Ratings

4.60

(5 votes)

Cast

Correlation chart

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 Sup
• 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 as Kim Dae Yong
• Yoo Yeo Woon (유여운) as Ahn Sung Do
• Park Won Sang

Special guest appearances

• Park Ji Il

Production Credits

• Production Company: Mega Monster
• Executive Producers: Kim Yong Jin (김용진), Son Jae Sung (손재성)
• Chief Producer: Moon Joon Ha
• Director: Yoo Young Eun
• Original Writing: Kwon Laad (권라드)
• Screenwriter: Kim Joo Man (김주만)

Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	TNmS (%)	Nielsen Korea (%)
		Nationwide	Nationwide	Seoul
2020-04-06	01	-	2.3	n/a?
2020-04-06	02	-	2.7	n/a?
2020-04-07	03	-	1.4	n/a?
2020-04-07	04	-	1.6	n/a?
2020-04-13	05	-	2.6	n/a?
2020-04-13	06	-	2.4	n/a?
2020-04-14	07	-	1.4	n/a?
2020-04-14	08	-	1.8	n/a?
Average		-	2.0%	-

Source: TNmS Media, Nielsen Korea

Notes

• It is based on a webtoon by Kwon Laad (권라드), published in 2018 via Daum Webtoon Company.

External Links

• Official site
• HanCinema
• Korean Wikipedia

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