Lee Bo-young returned as the top female lead in JTBC's 'Agency'. ‘Agency’ was organized as a follow-up to JTBC’s ‘Chaebol Family’s Youngest Son’ starring Song Joong-ki. Will Lee Bo-young, who started the first episode well, lead ‘Agency’ with strength?
'Agency', which first aired on the 7th, depicted the process of Go Ah-in (played by Lee Bo-young), CD (Creative Director) of VC Planning and Production Team 2, who conquered the advertising world with her skills alone, becoming the first female executive in a conservative VC group.
People gossiped about Goan, calling him a “success-crazed don theopath,” but Goan was more fierce than anyone else. I came to work first, stayed up all night until I came up with a good idea, and edited and edited the copy until just before the bidding. I gave up on pleasure and just worked like a war. But there was a dark shadow behind that, where I suffered from anxiety disorder, panic, and insomnia without medication and alcohol. It looked as elegant as a swan on the water, but underneath the water, it was struggling desperately to survive.
Go Go-in was given the opportunity to be promoted to executive officer. Choi Chang-soo (played by Cho Seong-ha), head of the planning division, even put up an executive position and proposed an internal bid for an advertisement for the telecommunications company with the largest budget in the company. Since there have been no cases of women being promoted to executives within conservative VC groups, it has been an implicit custom for them to leave the company when a male colleague or junior becomes an executive. There was a high possibility that this bid was also a 'justification' attempt to promote Choi Sang-moo's direct line of academic ties, Kwon Woo-cheol (played by Kim Dae-gon).
Goain also took the risk, knowing full well that this PT could be his last. Because I was confident of winning with my skills. On the day of the showdown, Go A-in did a great PT. Go Ah-in even revealed that Kwon Woo-cheol copied the copy.
Finally, an announcement was made on the company's intranet announcing Go Ah-in's promotion to managing director. Goain was happy, but there was a plan to get Goain into the position of managing director in the first place. It was some kind of transaction with Chief of Staff Kim Tae-wan (Jung Seung-gil) under the instructions of VC Group Chairman Kang (Song Young-chang). VC Group needed a 'face' to show to the public and media.
The viewership rating for this day's broadcast was 4.8% (Nielsen Korea, national standard). We did not see the glory of ‘The youngest son of a chaebol family’, which ended with 26.9%. However, the viewer rating for the first episode of ‘The Youngest Son of a Chaebol Family’ was 6.1%. It is at a similar level to ‘agency’.
In future broadcasts, Go Ah-in will show that he will not be taken lightly. On this day, Lee Bo-young added to her persuasiveness by highlighting the cruelty of a person who does not hesitate to use harsh words and harsh words to get to the top, but who is fiercer than anyone else on the inside. With her flowing bob hair and unwavering eyes, she showed off her strong side as an orphan. This is why we are looking forward to whether Lee Bo-young will break through the 'glass ceiling' and rise to the top, just like Go A-in in 'Agency', which is full of venom.
Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr