The popular IP "Lotto winner still goes to work," which built a solid fandom through web novels and webtoons, will meet fans as a drama and webtoon season 3.
"Lotto winner still goes to work" will be first released on the OTT platform TVING on Sept. 10 and is scheduled to begin regular broadcasting on tvN from Sept. 14.
Following the drama broadcast news, the original webtoon's return for season 3 was also confirmed. On Aug. 29, Naver Saturday Webtoon "Lotto winner still goes to work" began its season 3 serialization, further raising expectations among original fans. With a new webtoon season launching just ahead of the drama release, interest in the IP is expected to grow even stronger.
"Lotto winner still goes to work" is a work that depicts the realistic workplace survival of an ordinary office worker who, despite winning the once-in-a-lifetime luck of a first-place lotto win, chose to "go to work" instead of quitting. It unpacks the once-imagined "life after winning the lottery" with its distinctive wit and realistic episodes, offering vicarious satisfaction as well as resonating with office workers.
The webtoon faithfully preserved the original webnovel's realistic dialogue and story structure that creates empathy, while adding direction that takes advantage of the webtoon medium and detailed character depiction, gaining readers' favorable responses.
As cases continue in which high-quality webtoon and webnovel IPs are adapted into dramas and the popularity of the video content leads back to a craze for rereading the original works, "Lotto winner still goes to work" is also expected to generate synergy across the IP through the meeting of webtoon season 3 and the drama.
Webtoon producer Jaedam Media said, "We are pleased that we can introduce the value of the IP 'Lotto winner still goes to work' to a wider audience through the webtoon season 3 released on Aug. 29 and the drama broadcast," adding, "Please look forward to the box-office synergy and the continued expansion of the IP that the new webtoon season and the drama will create."
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