(dramacool-sub) The Golden Spoon (2022) Episode 1 -

Lee Seung-cheon was done being a dirt spoon. He was going to steal a life of gold.

"That spoon is special," the old woman had cackled, her eyes twinkling with an otherworldly knowing. "Buy it for three dollars, and you can change your parents. Eat three meals with it at the house of a child your age, and you will swap lives with them. Their parents will become your parents." (Dramacool-SUB) The Golden Spoon (2022) Episode 1

Just then, his phone buzzed. It was a message from Park Jang-goon. He had sent a video of Seung-cheon’s father being humiliated at a convenience store, begging for a loan. Jang-goon’s mocking caption read: Like father, like son. Dirt spoons forever. Lee Seung-cheon was done being a dirt spoon

At school, he was the punching bag for Park Jang-goon, a sadistic rich kid who tormented Seung-cheon for sport. Seung-cheon took the beatings and the humiliation, even doing Jang-goon's homework for meager scraps of cash. He needed that money. He needed to survive. But today, something had snapped. "Buy it for three dollars, and you can change your parents

During dinner, surrounded by a feast that cost more than Seung-cheon’s family made in a month, he had nervously pulled out the golden spoon. He was shaking so violently that he dropped it. Tae-yong's terrifyingly cold father, Chairman Hwang Hyeon-do, had looked at him with pure disdain. Seung-cheon was kicked out before he could take a single bite with the spoon. He was exposed, humiliated, and reminded once again of his place at the bottom of the food chain.

We can to see if Seung-cheon succeeds, or we can explore a specific character's backstory in more detail!

Tae-yong was the ultimate gold spoon. He was the heir to the massive Doshin Group, living in a sprawling mansion with a cold, all-powerful father who commanded the respect of the entire nation. Tae-yong had everything Seung-cheon lacked: wealth, power, and absolute immunity from the cruelty of the world.