Lee Je-hoon’s ‘The Art of Negotiation’ Gears Up for Premiere Amid High Expectations

Mar 06, 2025

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Will Lee Je-hoon, who returned to 'Baeksa', be able to win the confrontation with 'I was completely deceived'.

JTBC held a production presentation for the new Saturday drama 『The Art of Negotiation』 (written by Lee Seung-young, directed by Ahn Pan-seok) at the Sindorim Hotel in Seoul, Guro-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 6th. Director Ahn Pan-seok, Lee Je-hoon, Kim Dae-myung, Sung Dong-il, Jang Hyun-sung, Oh Man-seok, Ahn Hyun-ho and Cha Kang-yoon attended the event.

The Art of Negotiation is a work that depicts the performance of an M&A expert of a large company called the legendary negotiator and his team. Lee Je-hoon played Yoon Jun-no, a legendary negotiator, and Kim Dae-myung played Oh Soon-young, a lawyer for the M&A team. In addition, expectations are high that Sung Dong-il, Jang Hyun-sung, Oh Man-seok, Ahn Hyun-ho and Cha Kang-yoon will complete the ensemble in their respective places.

Director Ahn Pan-seok, who showed delicate directing with 'White Tower', 'Pretty Sister Who Bought Me Well' and 'Graduation', was in charge of directing, and as Lee Je-hoon added strength, interest in transforming his unconventional image continues.

Lee Je-hoon, who plays the main character, is full of nervousness and expectations for the work and questions about how he will see it, but strangely, this work seems to be very proud. I was so happy to be able to do this work with the director, who I respected all my life, and I was looking forward to it because it was an honor to be able to show viewers in an ensemble with the best actors in Korea, and I was encouraged to see such a drama in Korea. I want to confidently recommend this work to you."

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'The Art of Negotiation' is the first work to be 'selected' by director Ahn Pan-seok, who is famous for writing a script together from the planning stage. Director Ahn also fell in love with the charm of the completed script. Director Ahn Pan-seok said, `I didn't plan to talk about this from Zero Base, but SLL CEO Park Joon-seo came with the script one fall day. Please watch it. I saw it, and it said that (the main character's setting) 'White hair' Ever since it stuck in my head, I've read the script thinking about the gray-haired protagonist, and I've been so busy at the time. But I read it all while I was reading it. And I found the second part in a hurry and read it all. This is the first time I've ever done this. So I became an imprint on my head. I can't imagine anything but gray hair, and if you ask me to do gray hair, I have to come four hours before anyone else in the morning. Actor Lee Je-hoon always comes to the set for four hours first and dresses up, even though he filmed the most. I put up with it and completed it."

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Lee Je-hoon, who tried to transform into gray hair, said "As an actor, I always have a desire to show a new side, but honestly, wouldn't it be more difficult to act with gray hair?" It can be seen awkwardly, and I was worried when the director told me the white words of the character Yoon Jun-no's external appearance because he had his own question of whether he could understand the character's gray hair. Will I be able to pull it off well. When filming, I wondered if this could easily pull the screen, but I thought that the director's character Yoon Jun-no was unknown, and the reason why his nickname was 'Baeksa' meant thinking and acting a hundred times. It's a mystery when it's first shown to people, but it can be difficult because it feels like I want to show you a very deep side of me as a negotiator, but I think I took the courage to try the character. As a result, I liked it, and I'm so happy to introduce the technique of this negotiation through the character Yun Juno, and I think I've become an unforgettable character."

As director Ahn Pan-seok's directing ability was added to Lee Je-hoon's new challenge, it emerged as an expected work of March. It is even expected that Netflix will face off against the masterpiece 'I've been completely fooled' to be released on the 7th. Lee Je-hoon "Personally, it's a work I'm looking forward to as well. In a way, the release period can be compared rather than compared because of similar parts, but I think that viewers have a lot of things to see because the drama genre is different. If you enjoy it with me. I want you to watch the K-content Korean drama series with a lot of affection."

'The Art of Negotiation' will premiere at 10:30 p.m. on the 8th.

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Lee Je-hoon’s ‘The Art of Negotiation’ Gears Up for Premiere Amid High Expectations

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