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The plot centers on a wealthy septuagenarian who takes as his bride a woman half his age, triggering bitter protests from her young suitor and exposing complex family calculations. As motives are probed, alliances shift and private bargains surface: wealth functions as influence, affection competes with self-interest, and pride and duty reshape relations across generations. Episodes alternate social encounters, confrontations, and revelations that test loyalties and ambitions. The tone blends romance and light satire while charting how money, reputation, and personal desire determine choices and consequences for the characters involved.
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