Numbers Don't Lie, People Do
Numbers Don't Lie, People Do is a 51-episode ShortMax short drama. After a market crash destroys her life, Kang Yoo-na is abandoned by the husband she trusted most. At rock bottom, she enters a secret VIP investment club and meets Park Tae-hoon, a mysterious advisor known as the “Ghost of the Market,” who offers her a chance to start over. With a newfound instinct for trading, Yoo-na rises from a ruined housewife to a market force—reclaiming wealth, power, and respect. But as the stakes climb, so does the cost. In a world where everything has a price, Yoo-na must decide: is she chasing revenge… or losing herself?
About Numbers Don't Lie, People Do
After a market crash destroys her life, Kang Yoo-na is abandoned by the husband she trusted most. At rock bottom, she enters a secret VIP investment club and meets Park Tae-hoon, a mysterious advisor known as the “Ghost of the Market,” who offers her a chance to start over. With a newfound instinct for trading, Yoo-na rises from a ruined housewife to a market force—reclaiming wealth, power, and respect. But as the stakes climb, so does the cost. In a world where everything has a price, Yoo-na must decide: is she chasing revenge… or losing herself?
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