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How to be RICH
Vertical short drama 2026 50 episodes · ~1–2 min each Completed ★ 9.9 on DramaBox Revenge
Broke valet Connor Walsh struggles to save his dying sister while enduring humiliation from his gold-digging fiancée and her wealthy lover. When a mysterious app called MIDAS grants him billions for completing missions,… — official synopsis, DramaBox
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Origin & tropes
Remixes the Chinese tropes 真假千金 (Real vs Fake Heiress) + 打脸 (Face-Slap) + 追妻火葬场 (Regret & Chase).
Chinese tropes it remixes
- 真假千金 zhēnjiǎ qiānjīn — Real vs Fake HeiressA girl raised poor discovers she is the real daughter of a rich family — and the impostor who took her place fights to keep it. Family melodrama with revenge beats.
- 打脸 dǎliǎn — Face-SlapThe hero is mocked, cheated or dumped, then returns with wealth, power or the truth and watches every tormentor eat their words. Chinese audiences call the satisfying moment 爽 (shuǎng, 'release'). Western verticals borrowed the structure wholesale.
- 追妻火葬场 zhuīqī huǒzàngchǎng — Regret & ChaseLiterally 'chase the wife into the crematorium': a cold husband realises what he had only after losing her, then grovels. Peak angst; comment sections rate how much he suffers.
Platform tags
Data: DramaBox public catalog.
