Jun Hyun-moo made a meaningful expression at Hong Joo-yeon‘s words, “Love quietly and secretly.”

Episode 293 of KBS 2TV’s ‘The Boss‘s Ears Are Donkey Ears’ (abbreviated as ‘Sadangwi’), which aired on the 16th, recorded a nationwide viewership rating of 5.2%, and a peak viewership rating of 7.4%. (Based on Nielsen Korea)

On that day, ‘KBS Annaz’ Hong Joo-yeon, Heo Yoo-won, Jung Eun-hye, and Boss Um Ji-in were seen inhaling convenience store food, saying, “The best midnight snack is cup ramen.” Hong Joo-yeon, in particular, surprised everyone with her unrivaled mukbang. When Uhm Ji-in asked where she lived, Jeon Hyun-moo stuck out his tongue and said, “If the company is close to home, they make you do all kinds of chores,” and when Uhm Ji-in said that they would visit her house, Hong Joo-yeon responded, “The house is small, so even my mom can’t come,” putting up an ironclad defense. When Uhm Ji-in worried about her juniors‘ love lives, Hong Joo-yeon declared, “It’s burdensome. I‘ll date quietly and secretly,” but Uhm Ji-in went one step further and nagged her, saying, “When are you going to get married? Have you saved up any money?” Uhm Ji-in led her juniors who wanted to leave work to the rooftop. She looked down at the night view of Yeouido and reminisced about her days as a new employee, but she encouraged her juniors, who were full of sleepiness, to make New Year’s resolutions. Hong Joo-yeon and Uhm Ji-in revealed their ambitions for the 2025 Entertainment Awards Best Icon Award and Entertainment Awards Excellence Award, respectively, and came down from the rooftop shouting “fighting” in one voice.

Uhm Ji-in‘s on-duty training continued until dawn. Uhm Ji-in, who appeared wearing matching pink heart pajamas with her juniors, confessed an anecdote about a drunken stalker visiting her when she was a self-proclaimed “sports goddess.” Heo Yoo-won said, “I got a call in the dressing room after the 4 o’clock news ended,” Jung Eun-hye said, “He said he would come to the location after seeing the pictures I posted on SNS,” and Hong Joo-yeon surprised everyone by confessing her experience with a stalker, saying, “There was someone waiting at the bus stop.” Then, Uhm Ji-in, who couldn‘t sleep even while lying in bed, finished her long on-duty training by teaching KBS Saga.


Boss Lee Soon-sil, wearing shoes on her bare feet, climbed a snow-covered mountain. Lee Soon-sil, who said she would show her employees what ‘self-reliance’ is, climbed the mountain path pulling a cart and met Nam Sa-chin, a nature person living in the mountains. Lee Soon-sil, who took the lead carrying a load of firewood, organized the ‘Soon-sil Expedition’ with her employees and climbed the mountain path, saying that they should build strong mental and physical strength like Nam Sa-chin, who is not shaken even in sub-zero weather wearing a sleeveless shirt. The expedition team, which arrived at the ginseng field, becomes obsessed with finding ginseng, which is said to be worth 300,000 to 1 million won. However, it is not easy to find ginseng on a snow-covered mountain, and Lee Soon-sil, who was thirsty, stole attention with her nature-loving side by gathering snow and drinking it instead of water, and even tasting raw acorns in the ground. Lee Soon-sil, who was furiously digging the frozen ground, eventually found ginseng roots, but they were burnt by a forest fire, and eventually dug up pine mushrooms, which are also used as medicine, and went down the mountain. Lee Soon-sil, who lit a fire to cook food for her employees, increased interest by continuing her unfamiliar nature-loving experiences such as cleaning a rusty cauldron with snow, digging the frozen ground to store dongchimi jars, and breaking ice at a stream to bring water.

Boss Shin Jong-chul exploded because of food ingredients that were not delivered on the day of the hotel VIP gourmet dinner. At the order not to change the main menu, the chefs moved in unison, and Shin Jong-cheol, who immediately started checking the table settings, carefully checked the replacement of chair covers, the 1.5cm gap between cutlery, and the cleanliness of the glasses before checking the leaflet. When the employee who saw Shin Jong-cheol’s photo in the center of the leaflet said, “You look in your 40s,” he smiled for the first time only then, and after getting Jeong Ji-seon‘s agreement by saying, “Isn’t he better than Choi Hyun-suk?”, he smiled with satisfaction. The first menu served to some 40 celebrities, including Nam Dae-hyun, a cooking meditation expert, PD Lee Wook-jung, and Noh Hee-young, a restaurant brand consultant, as VIP evaluators, received favorable reviews, and Noh Hee-young, who tasted the bread made by Shin Jong-cheol‘s recipe, made everyone laugh by controlling her own pace, saying, “It’s so delicious that I‘m in trouble if I eat it all.” In particular, regarding the inevitably changed Merojjim, he caught the detail that “the oily Mero was steamed and then baked to make it light”, and he was the only one to point out the overcooking of the lamb steak. Shin Jong-cheol, who confirmed this, personally set up the Jin Galbi steak to make up for it, emphasizing the best beef and special sauce full of sincerity, and even won the hearts of the judges. Shin Jong-cheol’s VIP gourmet event ended successfully with the judges who tasted the dessert all shouting in unison, “the God of Dining”.

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

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