Bachelor's Vegetable Store

Bachelor's Vegetable Store
Promotional poster
GenreMelodrama
Comedy
Romance
Based onBachelor's Vegetable Store
by Kim Young-han and Lee Young-seok
Written byYoon Sung-hee
Directed byLee Joon-hyung
StarringJi Chang-wook
Wang Ji-hye
Kim Young-kwang
Park Soo-jin
Hwang Shin-hye
Music byLee Pil-ho
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producersCho Sung-won
Park In-taek
ProducerSong Byung-soo
Production locationKorea
Production companyTouch Sky Production
Original release
NetworkChannel A
ReleaseDecember 21, 2011 (2011-12-21) –
March 8, 2012 (2012-03-08)

Bachelor's Vegetable Store (Korean: 총각네 야채가게; RR: Chonggagne Yachaegage) is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Ji Chang-wook, Wang Ji-hye, Kim Young-kwang, Park Soo-jin and Hwang Shin-hye. It aired on Channel A from December 21, 2011 to March 8, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:20 (KST) for 24 episodes.

It is based on the same-titled book published in 2003 that chronicles the real-life success story of how a young man named Lee Young-seok turned a small 350-square-feet vegetable store in 1998 into a nationwide franchise with 33 branches.[1][2][3]

Synopsis

Han Tae-yang (Ji Chang-wook) is a hardworking, talented young man who will do anything to make his tiny vegetable stand a success. He hires a couple of "lost boys" who become his employees and friends: Nam Yoo-bong (Lee Kwang-soo), a successful yet lonely farmer with zero love life; Lee Chan-sol (Shin Won-ho), an idol trainee whose talent agency throws him out after nine years due to a hushed scandal, so he ends up working in a host club; Yoon Ho-jae (Song Ji-hyuk), a certifiable genius with a lack of social skills that makes him unhireable to big companies; and Jung Ki-young (Noh Sung-ha), a homeless man who doesn't talk much.

Tae-yang also falls in love with Mok Ga-on (Wang Ji-hye), but she is hiding a huge secret. She is actually Jin Jin-shim, an orphaned girl. When her friend, the real Mok Ga-on, died when they were teenagers, Ga-on's ambitious mother Choi Kang-sun took Jin-shim in and told her to pretend to be her daughter, since Ga-on is the illegitimate daughter of a chaebol businessman. Desperate for a family, Jin-shim agreed, and now named Ga-on, she has a devoted but toxic relationship with Kang-sun. Ga-on also has feelings for Tae-yang, but she is torn between him and a wealthy heir, Lee Seul-woo (Kim Young-kwang).

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References

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  2. ^ "CEO와 특별한 하루: 이영석 총각네야채가게 대표". 10Asia (in Korean). 27 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
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  5. ^ Choi, Eun-hwa (15 December 2011). "Hwang Shin Hye on Acting as a Mother". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  6. ^ Choi, Eun-hwa (9 March 2012). "Lee Kwang Soo on the End of Bachelor's Vegetable Store". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
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