Sung Dong-il, Jang Hyun-sung, and Oh Man-seok are transforming into big names who dominate the Korean corporate world.

Sung Dong-il, Jang Hyun-sung, and Oh Man-seok are expected to have a tense acting battle as core members of the Sanin Group, which wrote the history of the Korean corporate world, in JTBC‘s new Saturday-Sunday drama ‘The Art of Negotiation’ (directed by Ahn Pan-seok, written by Lee Seung-young).

According to the production team, Song Jae-sik (played by Sung Dong-il), the chairman of the Sanin Group in the drama, is a man of great ability who started out with Sanin Construction and built one of the leading conglomerates in the Republic of Korea with his outstanding business acumen. Song Jae-sik, a living legend who rewrote the history of the Korean corporate world, brings in M&A expert Yoon Joo-no (played by Lee Je-hoon) to bring a new storm to the Sanin Group when the Sanin Group he had built with his own hands is in crisis.

The person who is most perplexed by Song Jae-sik’s actions is none other than CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Ha Tae-soo (played by Jang Hyun-sung). This is because his plan to expand his influence and rise to the position of the next chairman as the second-in-command of Sanin Group, which controls the group‘s finances and accounting, is now being disrupted. Whether Ha Tae-soo will be able to rise to the top of Sanin Group as he wants and why Song Jae-sik suddenly brought in Yoon Joo-no are drawing attention.


With the appearance of Yoon Joo-no, the power structure within Sanin Group is undergoing a major upheaval, and the actions of Lee Dong-joon (played by Oh Man-seok), the head of Sanin Group’s external cooperation department, are also drawing attention. Despite having the enormous title of Song Jae-sik‘s best friend, he actively supports Yoon Joo-no without looking at power.

In this way, Song Jae-sik, Ha Tae-soo, and Lee Dong-joon will form a complex relationship of interest centered around Sanin Group and Yoon Joo-no, adding tension to the negotiation table where the life or death of the company is at stake. Attention is focused on how their presence will affect the future of the M&A team and the future of Sanin Group, which is not going well.

In addition, the acting synergy of Sung Dong-il, Jang Hyun-sung, and Oh Man-seok, who will portray the fierce power struggle between key figures, is also anticipated. The three actors who have shown a solid presence regardless of genre are drawing attention to how they will perform in ‘The Art of Negotiation’.

‘The Art of Negotiation’ will first air on March 8th at 10:30 PM.

Reporter Hong Se-young, Donga.com projecthong@donga.com

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