Lee Deok-hwa appeared as Chairman Kang Pil-beom of Hanmin Securities in the new tvN weekend drama 'Undercover Miss Hong', which aired on January 31 and February 1. Kang Pil-beom's fury over an internal whistleblower and his orders to root them out captured viewers' attention.
Through Kang Pil-beom, Lee Deok-hwa portrays an authoritative villain. The whistleblower, along with President Kang Myung-hwi (played by Choi Won-young), was preparing to report Hanmin Securities' slush fund details and stock manipulation documents to the Financial Supervisory Service. However, the whistleblower disappeared following President Kang Myung-hwi's death.
Upon hearing about the whistleblower from Executive Director Oh Deok-kyu (played by Kim Hyung-mook), Kang Pil-beom chillingly remarked, "We must uproot and burn the weeds completely." When the internal audit failed to reveal the whistleblower, he pressured Executive Director Oh, saying, "Corner them. The guilty will reveal themselves."
Lee Deok-hwa's cold-blooded charisma and intense villainous performance leave a chilling impression. As 'Undercover Miss Hong' unfolds, viewers are eager to see how Lee Deok-hwa's character, Kang Pil-beom, plans to eliminate the whistleblower and create new slush funds.
Set in the late 1990s, 'Undercover Miss Hong' is a comedic office drama about elite securities supervisor Hong Geum-bo, who goes undercover as a 20-year-old entry-level employee at a suspicious securities firm. The show airs every Saturday and Sunday at 9:10 PM on tvN.
Lee So-jung, TenAsia Reporter forusojung@tenasia.co.kr