[Beautiful Man] Ep 13 Text Preview

WARNING: If you haven’t watched the previous episodes be aware of spoiler from reading this.
Credit: KBS
Chinese translation Credit to Ai-Yean-Cri weibo

Episode 13 preview in text: Ryu La learnt that the watch on Botong’s table was Mate’s and it looks the same as the one that Na Hong Ran has, this is confusing her. Na Hong Ran called Mate and said that she has an interesting proposal but Mate refused right away. One day Guae Gi holds a press conference as heiress and her speech surprised everyone. Botong is looking at the watch and wondering if this is related with the secret code.
13集文字预告:友拉知道了普通桌子上的表归马特和以前看到过的那红兰表一样而头脑混乱。那红兰给马特打电话建议有趣的提案但马特当场拒绝.后来某一天桂芝召开记者会关于自己继承的发言让所有人惊讶.另一边普通看着表突然想到这表会不会和暗号有什么关联..!
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[News] ‘Beautiful Man’ ranked 9th on CPI 2013 ranking despite only 4 episodes’ airing

Original source: http://news.nate.com/view/20131223n14807

2013 Contents Power Index (CPI) ranking (measurement period from January to November) was reported using the measurement jointly-developed by rating company Nielsen Korea and CJ E&M. CPI was developed to measure how much each TV program has an influence or a value, based on viewers’ behaviors in a changing media environment. CPI is calculated using newsworthiness rate (ranking of the news subscription), participation rate (direct searching ranking), enthusiasm rate (SNS) and so on. Even though only 4 episodes of ‘Beautiful Man (Bel Ami)’ was broadcast during the measurement period, it ranked No.9! How awesome, isn’t it!
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[article] Excuse for ‘Beautiful Man’ that has humiliating viewer ratings

Original source: http://www.entermedia.co.kr/news/news_view.html?idx=3006

English from Chinese translation: Wen Lee from ECI
Edited: tenshi_akuma
Chinese translation: JKSLand

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‘Beautiful Man’ – a different type of cute, sarcastic drama

In contrast to the poor ratings, KBS2TV’s BM is not such a boring drama. And it’s not childish as it may seem by its name BM. The drama’s leads Jang Keun Suk, IU or Lee Jang Woo, their acting is not unwatchable. No matter what, these young actors are incredible being able to act out the embarrassing roles so naturally.

Maybe in comparison to the recently ended The Heirs, BM has more storyline to it, more funny. But why are BM’s ratings insultingly the lowest amongst TV dramas this year? Was this result expected? For some viewers, BM is very funny, very nerve-racking. On the other hand, many viewers find it boring, childish, the lead actors’ acting a bit embarrassing, a drama completely without storyline.

For me, however, I was soon into BM that showed various designed lines and settings from the 1st episode.

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