Lee Je-hoon will stand before Sung Dong-il‘s judgment seat.

In episode 7 of JTBC’s Saturday-Sunday drama ‘The Art of Negotiation’ (directed by Ahn Pan-seok, written by Lee Seung-young), which will air on the 29th, Yoon Joo-no (played by Lee Je-hoon) will confront Ha Tae-soo (played by Jang Hyun-sung), the company‘s number two man, in order to resolve the debt after finding out about the 50 billion won loan from Chairman Song Jae-sik (played by Sung Dong-il).

According to the production team, Yoon Joo-no previously averted a crisis by breathlessly completing the sale of Sanin Construction, the acquisition of ChaCha Games, and his entry into e-commerce, as well as the procurement of Japanese parts for the listing of bicycle manufacturer Wind. However, when it was revealed that Song Jae-sik had independently received a loan of 50 billion won using Sanin stocks as collateral, another red light was turned on.

In particular, if the current Sanin stock price support level collapses, there is a high possibility that the company will be swallowed up by a private equity fund, so the M&A team was desperately hanging on to the contract with Wind and Japan’s Shimizu. If Song Jae-sik cannot repay the 50 billion won he received using stocks as collateral, the company will inevitably be taken over by a private equity fund.


Yoon Joo-no, along with Ha Tae-soo, the number two man in charge of the company‘s finances, begins to devise a method at Song Jae-sik’s order. Up until now, Song Jae-sik has maintained an ambiguous position on Yoon Joo-no‘s aggressive M&A methods, neither completely supporting nor opposing them. In addition, Yoon Joo-no is showing signs of not being able to shake off his suspicions about him to the point of confirming that he is not related to the Jumbo Pharmaceutical stock manipulation incident, which foreshadows even more difficulties.

In addition, Executive Director Ha Tae-soo, who has been constantly checking and criticizing Yoon Joo-no since he returned to the company, is also showing signs of hanging on to Song Jae-sik’s instructions even more desperately. The tension rises as Yoon Joo-no struggles between Song Jae-sik‘s dubious trust and his competitor Ha Tae-soo, who is hard to expect fair play from.

The show airs at 10:30 p.m. on the 29th.

Reporter Hong Se-young, projecthong@donga.com

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