Great Inheritance

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Great Inheritance (also Great Expectation) is a Korean telenovela starring Korean thespians Kim Jae Won (100 Days With Mr. Arrogant, Wonderful Life) as gangster turned kindergarten teacher, Jiang Xianshi (also Kang Hyun Se). Han Ji-Min (Resurrection, Wolf) co-stars as Liu Meilai (also Yoo Mi Rae), a dedicated and seemingly child-like kindergarten teacher.

The show airs May 3rd, 2006 - Wednesdays/Thursdays replacing Goodbye Solo on KBS2.

This TV series was written by screenwriters Lee Sook-Jin (Sweet Buns), and Kim Tae-Hee.

[edit] Plot

Jiang Xianshi, a gangster of the Han Ban Do group inherits a kindergarten after his estranged mother dies from a heart attack. With an intention to sell the Mt. Malu Kindergarten he comes to terrorize the staff only to learn that he has to work as kindergarten teacher for a span of 100 days to gain legal ownership.

Meanwhile, a development firm called NK plans to buy off the kindergarten's property and begin construction on a project named Rainbow Park, an amusement park for children. Rainbow Park is a dream project of one manager named Zheng Ritao, who mentors a young graduate from America, Manager Cui who incidentally shares a past with Liu Meilai.

The Han Ban Do group, headed by one named Su Dongpu, however, convinces Jiang Xianshi to complete his mother's conditions, and after the 100-day period, turn over the kindergarten to the gang's control. This would force NK into giving Su Dongpu a seat into its executive board.

Jiang Xianshi reluctantly endures teaching at the kindergarten, inevitably falling for Meilai and the loveable children.