Lee Je-hoon succeeded in seizing the operational force.

In the final episode of JTBC Saturday-Sunday drama ‘The Art of Negotiation’ (directed by Ahn Pan-seok and written by Lee Seung-young)that aired on the 13th, Yoon Joo-no(played by Lee Je-hoon)revealed the truth behind the Jumbo Pharmaceutical stock manipulation scandal that drove his older brother to death.As a result, the final episode’s viewership ratings broke the double-digits at 11.3% in the metropolitan area and 10.3% nationwide, renewing its own highest viewership ratings.In addition, the 2049 target viewership ratings also recorded 3.5%.(Based on Nielsen Korea’s paid households)

On this day, Yoon Joo-no, with the help of Jang Sun-bae(Lee Sung-jae), one by one finds the members of the operation that manipulated Jumbo Pharmaceutical’s stock price in the past.When Go Byeong-su(Park Hyuk-kwon), the main gun who had encouraged him to invest in Jumbo Pharmaceutical, shows up, Yoon Joo-no starts to put into action the plan that he had been preparing for a long time.

Here, Jang Sunbae gets closer to the truth he has been searching for as he gets his hands on Ko Byungsoo’s laptop containing the records of the members who manipulated the stock price.Evidence that Ha Taesoo(played by Jang Hyunsung)was involved in the stock price manipulation was discovered in Ko Byungsoo’s laptop.Everyone was shocked when it was revealed that Ha Taesoo betrayed the members and withdrew from the operation after hearing Yoon Joo-no’s report that Jumbo Pharmaceuticals was a fraud.


In addition, Ha Tae-soo even asked Lee Dong-joon(played by Oh Man-seok)to write an article about the failure of the Jumbo Pharmaceutical investment in order to create an alibi to get away with the Jumbo Pharmaceutical stock manipulation operation.As a result, the stock price of Jumbo Pharmaceutical plummeted, and Yoon Joo-no’s older brother Yoon Joo-seok(played by Hong In), who had embezzled and bought all the stocks that Ha Tae-soo had thrown away, ended up taking his own life after suffering huge losses.

Yoon Joo-no, who thought that his brother’s death was his fault, inherited all the debts and stocks and struggled to reveal the truth by submitting a complaint to the audit office with his own hands.Yoon Joo-no’s meticulously planned revenge operation over a long period of time punished the stock price manipulation members who were blinded by money and committed unacceptable acts.

However, in the scene where Ha Tae-soo returns as a private equity fund director, evil always comes back to life.

‘The Art of Negotiation’ depicts the fierce battle of wits between negotiation experts, focusing on M &A, which deals with mergers and acquisitions between companies.In the process of coldly assessing the value of a company and calculating profits and losses, the delicate negotiations of M & A team, which respect the hearts and values of people who are not visible in the contract, caught the eye.Although it is close to unrealistic, wasn’t the directing and planning intention to show that such corporate acquisition negotiations exist?

And in this process, the actors ‘acting shone.Thanks to this,’ The Art of Negotiation’ also ended with high viewer ratings.

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

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