Han Suk-kyu Returns to Negotiation Frontlines in ‘Shin's Project’
Sep 21, 2025
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tvN's Monday-Tuesday drama 「New President Project" (played by Ban Ki-ri, directed by Shin Kyung-soo) is drawing attention by unfolding a thrilling world of negotiations through the brilliant performance of former negotiator and incumbent chicken restaurant president Shin (Han Seok-kyu).
In the following 3rd and 4th episodes, President Shin will step into the larger negotiation stage and the presence of helpers will be intense. As a result, I pointed out the points to watch in the 3rd and 4th episodes where you can immerse yourself deeper.
▶ President Shin, as a negotiating agent in conflict arbitration
Until now, Shin has been a veteran negotiator, mediating large and small cases, including minor disputes among local residents as well as legal disputes between broadcasting stations and market merchants. Whatever the topic of the dispute, President Shin's actions that bring out the best results have always been surprising.
In the meantime, this week's broadcast will show a different aspect as a negotiating agent for a specific person beyond the role of arbitration. In particular, President Shin predicted his activities as a negotiating agent for hostage-takers, not hostages. Expectations are high for the new presidential vote negotiation, which will be held next to the hostage-taker, along with the more spectacular negotiation board.
▶ waiting for helpers to help the new president
Attention is also being paid to the helpers of the new president, who will fight individually and horizontally. First of all, in the 3rd and 4th episodes, Cho Philip (Bae Hyun-sung) and Lee Si-on (Ire) exchange each other's natural strengths and become more perfect partners.
In addition, long-time supporters of President Shin, including Choi Chul (Kim Sung-oh), senior judge Kim Sang-geun (Kim Sang-ho), representative of Club Secret, Joo Ma-dam (Um-hwa), and Kim Soo-dong (Jung Eun-pyo), an official in charge of the Administrative Welfare Center, are also moving in earnest. I'm already curious about what kind of stories these unique helpers will write with President Shin in the future.
▶ Negotiator → Why is the president of a chicken restaurant and the former president Shin?
President Shin's personal history, which is still shrouded in mystery, is also a point to watch. Senior judge Kim Sang-geun added "There are many things to learn" as the reason for sending Cho Philip to a chicken restaurant, and a negotiator who accidentally encountered Shin also recognized him at once, who had been away from the field for a long time, foreshadowing his extraordinary experience as a negotiator.
However, the current CEO Shin is skillful in frying chicken in the kitchen and taking every order that came in, and he is also mingling with the residents of the neighborhood shopping mall, making it difficult to easily recall his past as a former veteran negotiator. Attention is focused on why President Shin, who was successful as a negotiator, ran a chicken restaurant in a small neighborhood.
The third episode of tvN's Monday-Tuesday drama 'New President Project', which will be a new negotiating edition of Han Seok-gyu, Bae Hyun-sung, and Lee Re, will air at 8:50 p.m. on the 22nd.
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