Ahn Hyoseop shows off his attractiveness in ‘Business Proposal.’

He’s not just beautiful and tall but also young, charming, knowledgeable, and hard-working in the currently running SBS Drama series “Business Proposal,” the character Kang Tae-moo plays the CEO of a large food company that is looking to get married to the first blind date which appears for his grandfather to cease hounding him.

He didn’t expect that he’d become obsessed with one woman who would turn into an employee of his.

Actor Ahn Hyo-people who can pull off the physical perfection of Kang Taemoo, had a lot of standards to meet. Based on the web novel and Webtoon published on Kakao, the description put in the first Webtoon depicted Tae-moo as a person “who looked like a celebrity” and was always in the spotlight, regardless of whether the person was consciously or not. But he’s got no need for his extraordinary attractiveness because he’s interested in managing his business until Shin Ha-ri (played by Kim Se-Jeong) Shin Ha-ri, one of his employees.

The Cinderella story of a handsome Prince Charming would take a fling with one woman was all women’s dream of love and became the core plot for each rom-com during the 2000s. The plot gradually changed into more realistic stories of love, but the concept is returning thanks to the popularity that is “Business Proposal.”

The viewership of the series is steadily growing as each episode progresses. Episode 8 was the highest-rated, bringing 10.8 percent. On Netflix, the series was ranked on the company’s Global Top 10 list of most-viewed non-English-language shows between March 14 and 20. The show had 23.4 million hours of streamed content throughout the week.

The show highlights the romance between Tae-moo and Ha-ri while playing up the humorous aspects of the characters’ interactions and the environment they live in.

The 26-year-old actor made his debut on the screen of small size in the MBC Drama series “Splash Splash Love” (2015) which follows a high school student who is transported back to the Joseon period (1392-1910) and is introduced to younger Sejong the Great to help in the reform of his nation. Ahn played Park Yeon, a real historical figure of the time who was an incredibly versatile official in the government and a scholar, writer, musician, and astronomer.

Ahn has steadily cultivated his reputation through playing several big, and small parts in the TV series “Happy Ending Once Again” (2016) and “All Goes Well” on MBC and “Entertainer” (2016) and “Thirty But Seventeen” (2017) on SBS.

He played his first lead role as a character in the show “Abyss” (2019) and starred along with Park Bo-young. Ahn plays the handsome character of Cha Min, the heir to a cosmetics company that was once ugly but has been transformed into a beautiful form by supernatural entities via the term “Abyss” following his death. Reincarnated bodies represent the person’s soul. Even though the series ended with low viewership, just 2.5%, Ahn’s character served as a way for Ahn to display his charisma and ability to be the main character.

Ahn continued to be a star in leads on the small screen, like the SBS Drama series “Lovers of the Red Sky” (2024), in which the actor gathered a huge base of admirers for his performance as blind astrologer Ha Ram. The show tells the story of an unplanned romance between Ha Ram and a female painter, Hong Cheon-gi (played by Kim Yoo-Jung) The story is set during the fictional Dan Dynasty when ghosts, gods, and demons were active in the realm of humankind.

“Business Proposal” airs on SBS on Tuesdays and Mondays between 10 and 11 p.m.