'Unexpected Business 2' to highlight rural town customers' vibe: producer

The poster for tvN's reality show, “Unexpected Business 2,” starring actors Cha Tae-hyun, left, and Zo In-sung / Courtesy of tvN

By Lee Gyu-lee

Ryu Ho-jin, the producer of tvN's reality show, “Unexpected Business,” was confident that its upcoming season 2 will be funnier, grander and more dynamic than the previous season.

Starring A-list actors Zo In-sung and Cha Tae-hyun, the reality show invites the two long-time friends to take over a small grocery store for 10 days in a rural town. It follows the two actors' mishaps of running a business while interacting with the town's close-knitted neighbors and sharing parts of their lives.

The first season, which premiered in February of last year, wrapped up with a 6.4-percent viewership rating, last May.

The new season will show Zo and Cha running a larger supermarket.

“This season will still capture stories about (local) people's lives, while the cast members will face more difficult missions. They wind up in more colorful misadventures as they try to run a bigger market for 10 days,” Ryu said through the network, Tuesday.

He added that the expansion in the business that the two owners run will offer viewers more dynamic stories around its customers.

“As it is set in a larger town, the customers are more diverse in age and personality (than those in the first season). There were quite a lot of people with a sense of reality show-quality humor,” the producer said. “The difference of this season is the general energetic and lighthearted vibe the locals have.”

The new season's preview garnered a buzz as it showed the guest appearances of famous actors, Kim Woo-bin, Kim Hye-soo and Han Hyo-joo.

The producer hinted that there will be a handful of guest stars joining Zo and Cha's challenge as part-timers throughout the season.

“Like the previous season, all of the guests were personally invited by the two owners. The stars who came to work part-time are shocked to see the workload at first, but each gets around in their own way. It should be interesting to see the differences between the guests,” he said.

“Unexpected Business 2” will air on tvN Thursday at 8:40 p.m.