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    "description": "Frankly in Love meets Shark Tank in this feel-good romantic comedy about two entrepreneurial Korean American teens who butt heads\u2014and maybe fall in love\u2014while running competing Korean beauty businesses at their high school.\n\nThere\u2019s nothing Valerie Kwon loves more than making a good sale. Together with her cousin Charlie, they run V&C K-BEAUTY, their school\u2019s most successful student-run enterprise. With each sale, Valerie gets closer to taking her beloved and adventurous halmeoni to her dream city, Paris.\n\nEnter the new kid in class, Wes Jung, who is determined to pursue music after graduation despite his parents\u2019 major disapproval. When his classmates clamor to buy the K-pop branded beauty products his mom gave him to \u201cmake new friends,\u201d he sees an opportunity\u2014one that may be the key to help him pay for the music school tuition he knows his parents won\u2019t cover\u2026\n\nWhat he doesn\u2019t realize, though, is that he is now V&C K-BEAUTY\u2019s biggest competitor.\n\nStakes are high as Valerie and Wes try to outsell each other, make the most money, and take the throne for the best business in school\u2014all while trying to resist the undeniable spark that\u2019s crackling between them. From hiring spies to all-or-nothing bets, the competition is much more than either of them bargained for.\n\nBut one thing is clear: only one Korean business can come out on top.",
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    "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:46:15+00:00",
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