Working six days a week, 10 hours a day, of course...Lee Jun-ho summoned the daily life of the X generation office workers (Taepung Corporation)
Oct 03, 2025
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tvN's new Saturday-Sunday drama 『Taepung Corporation』 (directed by Lee Na-jung and Kim Dong-hwi) depicts the struggle of Kang Tae-pung (Lee Joon-ho), a novice boss who became the president of a trading company with no IMF, no employees, no money, or nothing to sell in 1997. In it, pre-MZ generation, generation X's 'Newborn' will be summoned.
When it was natural to work six days a week, 10 hours a day. There were South Korean office workers in the 90s who went to work by taking full buses, subway pushmen, and shared taxis. In an era when there were no smartphones or e-mails, the days when people struggled with phones, calculators, and facsimiles are deeply sympathetic to today's office workers. Against the backdrop of this hot and fierce daily life, "Taepung Corporation" depicts the heart-wrenching survival of ordinary people who face the huge crisis of the IMF head on.
The still released this time draws attention as it gives a glimpse of the life of Kang Tae-pung and Oh Mi-sun (Kim Min-ha). Kang Tae-pung, who came to Typhoon Sangsa overnight, does not know what the attempt is, and is a clumsy first-timer who receives faxes like a phone call, but his passion to learn work is hotter than anyone else. That's the way he writes down his eyes in a notebook in the conference room. In addition to this, it surprises the surroundings with unexpected and flashy ideas stemming from instinctive sensations, heralding her appearance as a 'activist bossman'.
Next to him is Oh Mi-sun, a strong ace. She is a person who does not know the word roughly by memorizing all the exchange rates with natural meticulousness and carefully grasping even the inconspicuous parts. It teaches Kang Tae-pung what the essence of boss man is and shows how fun and valuable this job is.
I'm looking forward to the first-time president, ace Kyung-ri, and the extreme two people meet and spend 'God's life as boss man. Kang Tae-pung's intuitive drive and Oh Mi-sun's meticulous sense of reality fill each other's gaps and achieve unexpected harmony. In the released still, the two people sitting side by side and immersed in their work show similar breathing like Tiki-taka, making us look forward to the synergy of boss man life in the future.
tvN's new Saturday drama 『Taepung Corporation" will premiere at 9:10 p.m. on the 11th, stimulating the curiosity of what kind of fun typhoons Lee Joon-ho and Kim Min-ha's newborn boss-man life will bring.
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