What a Boss Wants: Three Months, One Contract, and Two People Who Can’t Stand Each Other

Meta title: What a Boss Wants: 3-Month Contract Romance, Sung Hoon & Oh Se YoungMeta description: In MBN’s What a Boss Wants, a data-driven chaebol and a secret indie singer sign a 3-month relationship contract. Premieres Nov 11 on Viki.

He trusts data. She trusts her voice. Put them in a room, and they bicker. Put them under a contract, and things get interesting. MBN’s What a Boss Wants has just revealed how Sung Hoon and Oh Se Young end up in a three-month relationship contract.

What a Boss Wants : Overview

Meet the Perfectionist: Kwon Do Hyuk (Sung Hoon)

Do Hyuk is a chaebol boss who places absolute trust in data and logic. He judges every situation purely by reason and shows no interest in other people. Beneath the cool surface, he carries the pain of losing his mother and a deep loneliness.

• His relationship with his father, Kwon Tae Woong (Park Jung Hak), is strained.
• The conflict deepens when his father insists he run a struggling entertainment company.
• To show the wounds behind his indifference, Sung Hoon approached the role “from the perspective of a child who throws tantrums.” That’s a promising way to make a cold character relatable. For background on the actor, see Sung Hoon on Wikipedia.

Meet the Free Spirit: Lee Eun Chae (Oh Se Young)

Eun Chae brings positive energy to everyone around her. She presents herself as a job seeker but secretly leads a double life as Soo, vocalist of the indie band India Red.

• She told her family she got a job at a major corporation, which isn’t true.
• She’s happiest singing onstage every Wednesday night.
• Oh Se Young describes the character’s charms as “innocence” and “lovability,” and she rehearsed with the band and practiced singing for the role.

How the Contract Happens?

Do Hyuk and Eun Chae have opposite personalities and tastes, so they clash from their very first meeting. Then an unexpected turn of events leads them to sign a three-month relationship contract. As the weeks pass, they gradually change each other’s daily lives. Do Hyuk is also searching for the mysterious woman whose voice he heard on an album, and Eun Chae is secretly that voice, which is a delicious bit of irony.

Why It Looks Fun?

Contract relationships, double lives, and a boss who can’t read people are classic ingredients, but the music angle adds freshness. If you like opposites-attract romances with some emotional depth, it’s worth saving the date.

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