50 Days of Flirting

«50 Days of Flirting» (literal title) is a JTBC drama in which a mysterious drink allows the heroine to win the hearts of her coworkers… but only for 50 days.

If the casting is confirmed, Jang Da-ah will play the role of Go Dok-hee, a 29-year-old intern working as a sales clerk at the Hongdae branch of Shinsegi Digital. Far from being the particularly self-assured heroine, Dok-hee is portrayed as a true «icon of bad luck». Always worried that another problem will come her way, she is going through a particularly difficult time in her life. Until one evening, when an encounter completely turns her daily life upside down.

After drinking heavily to cope with her frustrations, Dok-hee finds herself on a bridge over the Han River. It is there that a mysterious old man approaches her and hands her a strange drink.

Her promise seems almost too good to be true: whoever drinks it will fall in love with her for exactly 50 days. For Dok-hee, this marks the beginning of a period in which her previously rather uneventful life takes a much more eventful turn. Thanks to this potion, she suddenly captures the hearts of her coworkers.

Opposite Jang Da-ah, Cha Woo-min is said to have been cast to play Choi Geon-guk, an assistant manager at the same company. The character seems to be almost the exact opposite of Dok-hee.

Handsome, intelligent, competent, and brimming with self-confidence, Geon-guk is particularly cold and demanding in his daily life. He even gives the impression of being so impassive that it would be impossible to draw a single drop of blood from him. His behavior, however, changes completely as soon as a client appears.

He then becomes much more expressive and doesn’t hesitate to go over the top to get what he wants. It’s a clearly effective strategy, since he’s considered the «king of sales,» capable of landing one contract after another. It remains to be seen how this particularly self-assured man will find himself entangled in Dok-hee’s famous 50 days and, above all, whether the feelings that develop during this time will survive once the effects of the mysterious drink wear off.