Lee Je-hoon Faces Power Struggle in ‘The Art of Negotiation’
Apr 06, 2025
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In the 9th episode of JTBC's Saturday-Sunday drama 『The Art of Negotiation』 (written by Lee Seung-young, directed by Ahn Pan-seok), Yoon Jun-no (Lee Je-hoon) was shown performing the mission of Chairman Song Jae-sik (Sung Dong-il), which must go through to become an executive of the Kansin Group, causing exciting tension. As a result, the viewership for the 9th episode was 7.1 percent in the Seoul metropolitan area and 6.9 percent in the country.(Based on Nielsen Korea paid households)
Yun Juno surprised Song Jae-sik by readily accepting Song Jae-sik's proposal that he would become an executive of the industrial group. When Yoon Jun-no, who did not seem to have much meaning in power, gave an unexpected answer, Song Jae-sik gave a mission to sell Green View CC, a golf course in Chungcheongbuk-do.
As a result, Yun Juno began to prepare for the M&A of Green View CC as Song Jae-sik instructed, and at the same time implementing the plan he had been thinking about for a long time. He entered the board of directors of the industrial group and tried to re-investigate Jumbo Pharmaceutical's stock price manipulation.
As he must enter the board of directors to achieve his goal, Yun Juno negotiated with an anonymous buyer to sell Green View CC. The buyer, who wanted to run the golf course himself, made it a condition of replacing the representative and succeeding the staff, and Yoon Jun-no and the M&A team met with Lee Hyung-taek (Son Jong-hak), CEO of Green View CC, and delivered this fact. Lee Hyung-taek, who will step down from his position as CEO if negotiations proceed, also thought he would need time to think.
In particular, since Green View CC is a place where most of the local residents, including Oh Soon-young's hometown friends, work, it is also necessary to succeed to the staff. Yun Juno and M&A team accepted the buyer's offer and arranged a meeting to agree on specific terms.
However, the anonymous buyer who offered to buy Green View CC was found to be none other than Lee Hoon-min (Yoon Je-moon), former CEO of Sanin Construction, which embarrassed the M&A team. Lee Hoon-min, who was scouted by an overseas fund company after retiring as the representative changed at the time of the sale of Sanin Construction, pushed for the deal, and Ha Tae-soo (Jang Hyun-sung) was also next to Lee Hoon-min, suggesting that something was hidden in the deal.
Lee Hoon-min angered those who consistently showed a rude attitude toward Yoon Jun-ho and his team members. Angered by Lee Hoon-min's attitude, Yoon Jun-ho and his team members fought for due diligence without even forgetting to leave work, and succeeded in gaining the upper hand of the opponent with perfect work without any errors.
However, as Kwak Min-jeong (Ahn Hyun-ho) found suspicious withdrawals in the golf course's financial details document, a sense of crisis began to emerge. As much as 100 million won was withdrawn in cash two days ago, but the details of the use were not written, so the possibility of embezzlement was predicted.
While Oh Soon-young's friend Jung Bon-joo (Jang Ji-yeon), an employee with the authority to deposit and withdraw money along with CEO Lee Hyung-taek, is suspected, the authentic capitalism requesting a full withdrawal from the bank's bank account continued, amplifying suspicions. Even Oh Soon-young, who had a strange expression, appeared in front of Jeong Bon-ju, who had just come out of the bank, surprised everyone. Questions are growing over who will have withdrawn 100 million won and why Oh Soon-young visited Jeong Bon-ju.
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