A man and a woman are frozen in time during an experiment
in this drama. They get up 20 years after the fact rather than 24 hours
after the fact and should keep their internal heat level beneath 33°C to get
by.
Ma Dong Chan is referred to as a "hit maker" in the entertainment
industry. Dong Chan is regarded as "a manly specimen of manhood, with
perfect physical and handsome features who is coldly cool in work and hot in
love." He is a very successful producer of variety programs when each
project he attaches himself to turns into a ratings juggernaut. Go Mi Ran, a
part-time employee at the broadcast station where PD Ma's productions are
filmed, finds herself in a bind when debt collectors try to get her family
to pay their debts.
Mi Ran eventually gets involved with PD Ma's new
variety show, "24-Hour Frozen Human Project," which is about an experiment
in which a man and a woman are chosen at random to be "frozen human
specimens" and must return within 24 hours of entering the freezing
chambers. Mi Ran accepts an offer of 5 million won (approximately) to pay
off her family's debts. $4,200 USD) in exchange for a 24-hour freeze. They
are frozen for 20 years rather than 24 hours as a result of a baffling
conspiracy. When they thaw 20 years later, they face personal issues that
existed before they entered the freezing chamber and must be resolved before
they can resume their normal lives.