‘Typhoon Family’ Shows Lee Jun-ho Risking It All for Love
Nov 17, 2025
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tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama 『Taepung Corporation" (directed by Jang Hyun, Lee Na-jung, and Kim Dong-hwi), which aired on the 16th, depicted the people of Typhoon Corporation bidding for the national project.
The subtitle of the broadcast on this day, which began with the narration of Kang Tae-pung (Lee Joon-ho), asking "the most precious thing", was "Why I live". This once-too-easy question became a very difficult issue after the IMF cold wave. His monologue, "'If anyone asks me now, what should I answer?' foreshadowed the narrative of the day when he would eventually face the 'most precious' he had to keep in the face of the grave matter of bidding for state projects.
The U.S. company, which monopolized surgical gloves, a bidding item, insisted on the list price regardless of the quantity or condition. Since the cost was the same, it was a game that was 100% favorable to Pyo Sang-seon, who owned both ships and containers. In addition, there was little left if the bid price was excessively lowered. No solution was found no matter how much we dug in, and the weight of the boss, who was responsible for the five employees and their families, weighed down the typhoon.
In the meantime, I got a hint of wholesale price from my friend Wang Nam-mo (Kim Min-seok), who has experience in business. I came up with a way to get things cheaper than the wholesale price, i.e. a direct transaction with a Malaysian factory that didn't go through the U.S. headquarters. Typhoon dispatched delivery (Lee Sang-jin) to Malaysia two days before the bidding. However, Songjung, who went to the country, learned that the factory was turned into pillow production after the contract with the U.S. headquarters was terminated, and the production site of surgical gloves was moved somewhere on the Malaysian island of more than 800 units.
In an uneasy situation where the progress of the local progress cannot be understood due to poor overseas calls, Typhoon Corporation waited for an unprecedented call and met the day of bidding for ' grasslands of hope'. However, three minutes before the deadline for bidding, Song Joong's telegram arrived narrowly. The typhoon instantly grasped the meaning of the confusing message "5111, 40, ok". The bidding calculator was quickly turned around, and the result submitted just seconds before the deadline was a dramatic victory for Typhoon.
The secret of 3 million surgical gloves coming into his hands was that Songjung secured a 40% discount on the entire factory inventory. With the termination of the contract with the U.S. headquarters, Oh Mi-sun (Kim Min-ha) predicted that inventory would not have been processed, the typhoon's winning move to bring all supplies, and Song Joong's negotiating power to make it a reality were completely matched.
Pyo Sang-seon, who lost the bid, was infested with anger. President Pyo Park-ho (Kim Sang-ho) was shocked by the loss of more than 200 million won caused by the remaining unmade orange juice in stock, and pushed his son, Expression Jun (Mujinseong), to the fact that he missed the national project due to misjudgment. However, he confronted his father by shouting that he would not back down due to his distorted desire to win. In addition, while cleverly looking at Cha Seon-taek (Kim Jae-hwa), he even found out about the existence of an IOU in 1989.
Surgical gloves were worn amid the tension surrounding Typhoon Sangsa and Pyoseon, and another ordeal was faced for Typhoon and Miseon. Mi-sun, who was left alone in the warehouse to check the volume, collapsed after struggling to protect the goods when she was engulfed in a fire of unknown cause. The day before, when the typhoon asked "What is the most precious?" while looking at the night view together after the bidding victory, Miseon replied "Tomorrow". When tomorrow comes, learn a little more and think, I think I can become a better self than today It was out of hope.
At this time, the typhoon's answer, which declined to say "Secret", was revealed in the crisis. Finding the warehouse fire, he did not hesitate to remove the hot metal and jump into the flames. The question he asked at the beginning of the broadcast was answered by a typhoon rushing toward Miseon, saying, `The most precious thing is you.' In the midst of the harsh reality of the IMF, the struggles of typhoons and Miseon to protect each other's 'Tomorrow' deeply penetrate the subtitle 'Why I Live', and the changes in emotions the two will face in the future are becoming more curious.
The 12th episode of 「Taepung Corporation」, which aired on the same day, broke its own record with an average of 9.9% for households nationwide, up to 11%, an average of 10% for households in the metropolitan area, and up to 11.1%, maintaining the top spot in all channels, including terrestrial broadcasters. The 2049 target audience rating also rose to an average of 2.8% for households nationwide, up to 3.3%, an average of 2.6% for households in the metropolitan area, and up to 3.1%, breaking its own record and ranking first in all channels, including terrestrial broadcasting. (Based on paid platforms integrating cable, IPTV, and satellite / provided by Nielsen Korea)
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