Lee Bo-young, who 'didn't like commercials in the second financial sector', came back alive

It rages until the end.

JTBC's 'Agency' Lee Bo-young dramatically escaped the crisis of resignation with the help of CEO Park Ji-il. Her major counterattack was predicted, raising expectations for the final battle to its peak. The viewership rating was 13.8% in the metropolitan area and 13.1% nationwide. (Nielsen Korea, based on paid households)

In the 15th episode of JTBC's Saturday-Sunday drama 'Agency' (written by Song Soo-han, directed by Lee Chang-min), which aired on the 25th, the process of Go Ah-in (Lee Bo-young), who was on the verge of quitting her job, overcame it and laid the foundation for a turnaround was depicted.

The reason she rejected an advertisement for a second-tier financial company that could increase sales by 50% within 6 months and gave up her position as managing director was because the advertisement was “a case where you should not say anything because it is what you do best.” Goa-in, who knows better than anyone else how terrible it is to experience being tormented by debt collectors because of her parents' unbearable debt, decided to maintain her conscience as a person and her pride as an advertiser.

The person who reached out to her to save her was Cho Moon-ho (Park Ji-il), the CEO of VC Planning. After accepting Go Ah-in's resignation letter, he immediately went to Chairman Wang (Jeon Guk-hwan), the most powerful figure in the VC Group, and asked him to run the suspended advertisement. The reason was that he wanted to see how far a person named Go Ah-in would go and what he could accomplish, saying, “Why would you just watch a rapidly growing company go bankrupt?” The terms of this deal were that he would withdraw from the front line, withdraw his plan to spend his time leisurely and freely until retirement age, and return to the 'battlefield' again.

Go Ah-in, who received another opportunity thanks to Representative Cho's sacrifice, was the first to grant his request, "Please help Kang Han-na (Son Na-eun)." Kang Han-na, the youngest daughter of VC Group Chairman Kang (Song Young-chang), had a genius sense of how to read poetry, but was also an immature child who had just started her corporate career.

Accordingly, she is not even a sparring partner for her older brother Kang Han-soo (Cho Bok-rae), who is scheduled to be appointed as the next vice president of VC Group. In order for her to gain the upper hand in the VC Group succession battle, she needed practical experience and skill in fighting moves, and Go Ah-in was the right person to teach her that. She promised Kang Han-na, “From now on, I will teach you everything I can without deceiving or taking advantage of her,” and she taught her how to bring back Deputy Manager Park (Han Jun-woo), who was the first to leave the company.

Kang Han-na followed Go A-in’s advice and said as calmly as possible, “Chief Park is not my weakness. I admit I made a mistake. A company without Deputy Director Park is scary. “Please just stay by my side,” he said sincerely. It was a moment when Kang Han-na, whose emotions took precedence over reason, grew a step further thanks to Go Ah-in.

Here, Goan also came out and said, “Now that we have a public enemy, we have something to do. “Let’s return what we received,” he persuaded Deputy Director Park. The 'win-win' synergy between Go Ah-in and Kang Han-na, who "think strategically and act like a crazy bitch," and Deputy Director Park, who returned to the two with the poison of "now let's get to know each other," was expected.

Meanwhile, there was also an unexpected twist. The betrayal of Yoo Jeong-seok (Jang Hyun-seong), who was Goa-in's mentor but joined hands with his rival Choi Chang-soo (Cho Seong-ha), was actually a bait to find his weaknesses and destroy him from within. He participated in the advertising competition PT for Woosung Milk company under Choi Chang-soo's instructions, and learned that Choi Chang-soo's sure-win strategy was a proposal to "provide Woosung Milk in the cafeterias of all affiliates of the VC Group."

It was an unfair method for large corporations to trample on small advertising agencies with their capital. Yoo Jeong-seok appeared on a live news broadcast and exposed the true face of advertising agencies. In addition, he said that he and Choi Chang-soo had ordered the incident, and by mentioning his real name, he inflicted a fatal blow on Choi Chang-soo. However, he could not avoid responsibility either, and it was a 'non-gae operation' for Goans.

In this way, another good news came to the orphans who gained the upper hand in the war thanks to the sacrifices of Representative Cho and Yoo Jeong-seok. “You make a mistake when you think you have won and everything is over,” she said, waiting for the right time. She then heard the news at the VC Group headquarters that an actor who was contemplating drunk driving had signed a contract as a model and notified VC Construction. Goain, who sensed that there was some sort of deal, smiled in remorse and said, “I guess I’ll have to let the prince fall off his horse soon.”

The final episode of 'Agency', in which Go A-in's final great counterattack is expected, airs at 10:30 pm today (26th).

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr