The relationship between Lee Je-hoon, the white snake of the negotiation world, and the Big 3 of Sanin Group is drawing attention.

JTBC‘s new Saturday-Sunday drama ‘The Art of Negotiation’ (directed by Ahn Pan-seok, written by Lee Seung-young) is a work that depicts the activities of a M&A expert of a large corporation who is called a legendary negotiator and his team.

Amidst the struggle to resolve Sanin Group’s debt led by M&A team leader Yoon Joo-no (played by Lee Je-hoon), attention is also focused on the movements of the Big 3 of Sanin Group, who will add tension to the 11 trillion won procurement project.

According to the production team, the relationship between Chairman Song Jae-sik (played by Sung Dong-il), who brought Yoon Joo-no to Sanin Group, is attracting attention first. Song Jae-sik, who is called a living witness of the history of Korean corporations, brings back M&A expert Yoon Joo-no when the Sanin Group, which he built with his own hands, is in crisis due to a massive debt of 11 trillion won, and brings a new storm to the company.

In particular, after Song Jae-sik declared that he would not inherit Sanin Group, a close factional fight breaks out internally over the next chairmanship. Attention is being paid to why Song Jae-sik brought in Yoon Joo-no in the midst of all this and whether he will become an enemy or an ally to Yoon Joo-no.

In addition, the adversarial relationship between Yoon Joo-no and Sanin Group Executive Director Ha Tae-soo (played by Jang Hyun-sung) is also interesting. Ha Tae-soo is the CFO (chief financial officer) of Sanin Group, who expanded his influence by seizing the group‘s lifelines such as finance and accounting and rose to the position of number two in the group. As this position is closely connected to the M&A that Yoon Joo-no is trying to carry out, it foreshadows a subtle current between the two.


More than anything, Ha Tae-soo is always looking for a chance to succeed Song Jae-sik as CEO, so he is extremely wary of Yoon Joo-no, whom Song Jae-sik has brought in. Accordingly, curiosity is growing about what kind of influence Ha Tae-soo’s presence will have on Yoon Joo-no‘s 11 trillion won procurement project.

Unlike Ha Tae-soo, Lee Dong-joon (played by Oh Man-seok), an executive director of Sanin Group, is a strong supporter of Yoon Joo-no. Lee Dong-joon, who has worked with Song Jae-sik since Sanin was a small company, is the CCO of Sanin Group and serves as another axis of power within Sanin Group. With his kind and careful personality and his political prowess, he is considered Ha Tae-soo’s strongest rival within the company.

Therefore, Lee Dong-joon is expected to be the best mentor and supporter for Yoon Joo-no, who has only recently returned to the company. Attention is focused on whether Yoon Joo-no will be able to successfully lead the 11 trillion won procurement project with the help of his trustworthy senior, Lee Dong-joon.

In this way, Yoon Joo-no will engage in a tense psychological warfare within the company between various types of superiors, from Chairman Song Jae-sik, whose intentions are unpredictable, to Executive Director Ha Tae-soo, who takes an opposing stance, and Lee Dong-joon, who will become his assistant. ‘The Art of Negotiation’, which will provide unspeakable tension with a tense conflict of interests that will determine the fate of the company, is anticipated.

‘The Art of Negotiation’ will be first broadcast at 10:30 PM on the 8th.

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

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