‘Lee Jun-hyuk♥’ Han Ji-min, involved in investment fraud → eventually resigned from CEO position (Na Wan-bi)

SBS ‘My Perfect Secretary’ Han Ji-min made a decision to protect ‘My People’.

In episode 11 of SBS‘s Friday-Saturday drama ‘My Perfect Secretary’ (directed by Ham Jun-ho and Kim Jae-hong, written by Ji-eun, produced by Studio S and Io Contents Group) that aired on the 8th, ‘People’ faced a desperate crisis.

When ‘Iconic Bio’ CEO Young-min (Go Sang-ho) embezzled 20 billion won in investment funds and disappeared, ‘People’ Ji-yoon, who was in charge of the company’s recruitment, could not escape suspicion of investment fraud. More than anything, when ‘Iconic Bio’ attracted investment, it actively utilized ‘People’ and Jiyoon‘s name, and many people invested believing in the value of the name. With clients flooding in with inquiries about contract termination due to the search and seizure, ‘People’ seemed to have a hard time recovering its lost credibility. Jiyoon, who decided that she could no longer conduct normal business, notified all of her employees to work from home.

However, there was a problem for her personal safety as well. The ‘Iconic Bio’ investors came to Jiyoon’s house in the middle of the night and caused a commotion. This time, the perfect black knight Eunho appeared, blocked Jiyoon‘s door, mediated the commotion, and brought Jiyoon home. The ‘Superpower Vitamins’ that Byul (Ki So-yu) made herself and the lullaby she sang herself gave Jiyoon warm comfort.

However, the next day, there was another article about Jiyoon. It rekindled the controversy over the ‘Career Way’ investment fraud from 5 years ago. As Ji-yoon predicted, the only person who would do something like this is Hye-jin (Park Bo-kyung), and it turned out to be Hye-jin’s scheme to somehow bring down ‘People’. She caught sight of Young-min, who was struggling with financial difficulties, and she lured him with sweet talk, setting a trap for him when he couldn‘t even pay his employees’ salaries.

The reason Hye-jin did this was because of the truth from 5 years ago. Ji-yoon already knew that the internal employee who the former CEO covered up with his death during the ‘Career Way’ investment fraud case was Hye-jin. Hye-jin hated that Ji-yoon didn‘t use this as a weapon to threaten her, and she snapped, “You don’t see your employees as people. Do you think there will be people left by your side even after ‘People’ goes bankrupt? You know, we‘re all the same in the end.”

Ji-yoon, who thought she was alone, wasn’t alone. One day, while going to a bookstore, they found Eun-ho and Mi-ae (Lee Sang-hee) gathered there to come up with a plan, and ‘People’ Team 1 - Yeong-soo (Heo Dong-won), Gwang-hee (Go Geon-han), Gyeong-hwa (Seo Hye-won), and Gyu-rim (Yoon Ga-i). They suspected that ‘Iconic Bio’ might have hired real employees as a trap to show their connection with ‘People’, so they went out and investigated the whole story themselves. Ji-yoon was deeply moved when they dug up the connection between Yeong-min and Hye-jin and shouted, “‘People’, we will protect you’. And she thought that growing and protecting a company was something she did alone, but she realized firsthand that it wasn‘t.

In the midst of this, CEO Ui (Cho Seung-yeon), who had said that he would watch the ‘People’ situation and make a decision if it seemed like it would be a loss, encouraged Ji-yoon to resign from her position as CEO. Business is based on credit, not facts, and Ji-yoon’s company, which had already lost trust, judged that it no longer had value as a search firm. Here, Hye-jin of ‘Careerway’ declared her intention to acquire ‘People‘s’ for the permanent annihilation of the company, and made Ji-yoon’s resignation a condition. From the perspective of the CEO who thoroughly weighs the pros and cons, there was nothing bad about it. Ji-yoon was troubled by the indirect request to hand over shares and management rights while guaranteeing 100% employment succession for the employees.

After making a decision, Ji-yoon sent out a notice to come to work to her employees. However, the next day, in front of the excited employees, the first thing she said was a shocking declaration, “I am resigning from my position as CEO of ‘People‘s’ as of today.” Ji-yoon, who never gave people a chance, meets the warm Eun-ho and grows into a real adult. Her decision to step down from her position as the CEO of ‘People’, which she had passionately built to protect her people, left a deep impression on Saturday night and raised expectations for the final episode.

Meanwhile, the final episode of SBS ‘My Perfect Secretary’ will air on Friday the 14th at 10 p.m.

Jung Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com

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