How Will Yona Outsmart Gi Soo Jong? Tension Builds in ‘How to Become a Property Owner in Korea’ Episode 3

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In tvN’s drama How to Become a Building Owner in Korea, Shim Eun-kyung shoots a telling look at Ha Jung-woo — but what is she really thinking?

Episode 3, airing March 21, raises the stakes as Gi Su-jong (Ha Jung-woo) thwarts a plan by Real Capital operative Yona (Shim Eun-kyung), setting up a tense showdown.

In episodes 1 and 2, Real Capital pressed Gi Su-jong as it pushed the Sejeong-ro redevelopment project forward. After getting notice that the Se-yoon Building would be auctioned off if he defaulted, Gi Su-jong found himself in urgent trouble. While investigating Real Capital, his brother-in-law Kim Gyun (Kim Nam-gil) was involved in a suspicious car accident; when Gi Su-jong learns that Yona was behind it, a deep feud is set in motion.

Why did Gi Su-jong go back to see Yona?

The preview for episode 3 shows Gi Su-jong returning to Yona. He arrives at dawn with a large hiking pack slung over his shoulder and stands before her with grim resolve. Yona replies with a cool, dismissive air, which only fuels his stubbornness and anger. Every encounter between them crackles with an odd, charged tension.

Yona’s clean, just-washed look amplifies the uneasy mix of innocence and menace in her character. With headquarters pushing her to drive the redevelopment, she studies Gi Su-jong with a calculating, meaningful expression as she considers how to remove this obstacle.

Shim Eun-kyung — what legal maneuver will she pull under pressure?

Her boss Morgan (Miyabi) has already ordered her to use any means necessary — but to stay within the law. That directive raises the stakes and leaves viewers wondering what tactic Yona will deploy to secure the Se-yoon Building.

How to Become a Building Owner in Korea Episode 3 airs March 21 at 9:10 p.m. KST.

By Ji-won Kim, TenAsia (bella@tenasia.co.kr)