<Korean TV Series NOW> ”Taepoong Company” Episode 12 Lee Junho (2PM) risks his life to rescue Kim MinA = Viewership rating 9.9%, Synopsis and Spoilers

*Contains plot summary and spoilers. In the tvNTV series "Taepung Corporation," Lee Junho achieved a dramatic comeback victory in a competitive bidding against Kim Sang Ho.
Episode 12 of "Taepoong Business," which aired on the 16th, recorded a nationwide average of 9.9% and a peak of 11%, and an average of 10% and a peak of 11% in the metropolitan area, according to Nielsen Korea, a viewership rating research company.
The show recorded a viewership rating of 1.1%, a new record high. It maintained its number one position in the same time slot across all channels, including terrestrial broadcasting. The 2049 viewer ratings also recorded a national average of 2.8% and a peak of 3.3%, a new record high.
The subtitle of the day, which began with a narration by Kang Tae-poong (Lee Junho) asking, "What is the most important thing?", was "The reason I live." This question, which was previously easy to answer, became even more difficult after the IMF crisis.
Now that he has gone through this, it has become a heavy and difficult thing. His monologue, "If someone were to ask me now, what would I answer?", is a question that Taepoong is finally facing before the big challenge of bidding for a national project.
The American company that has a monopoly on surgical gloves, which are the bidding items, has a hard-line stance of "list price only" regardless of the quantity or conditions. The cost is the same, and they all own it.
For Pyo Sang-seong, it was a 100% advantageous game. If he forcedly lowered the bid price, his profit would be almost zero. He could not see a solution, and he was burdened with the burden of being the "president" who was responsible for the livelihood of five employees and their families.
The pressure crushed Taepoong. Meanwhile, he got a hint from his friend Kim MinSeok, who had business experience, about wholesale prices. He negotiated directly with the Malaysian factory without going through the US headquarters.
Two days before the bidding, Taepoong dispatched Bae Sungjun (Lee Sang Jin) to Malaysia.
However, when SungJun arrived there, he found out that the factory had signed a contract with the American headquarters.
The fact that the island has already switched to pillow production and that surgical glove production has been moved to one of the 800 or so islands.
It was difficult to get through to overseas phone lines, and the situation remained unclear. On the day of the bidding for "Meadow of Hope," Tae-poong and his friends
While waiting for a response, the deadline approached. Then, just three minutes before the deadline, a telegram arrived from SungJun. "5111, 40,
"ok" Taepun instantly understood the meaning of the ambiguous string of characters.
The bid price was calculated immediately and submitted just seconds before the deadline.
achieved a dramatic victory. The secret behind the success of the company in securing 3 million surgical gloves was that SungJun secured the entire factory inventory at a 40% discount. The company then terminated its contract with the US headquarters and dealt with the inventory.
Oh Mi-sung's (Kim MinA) intuition that the company must be in trouble, Tae-poong's gamble to buy the entire lot, and Sung-jun's negotiating skills that made it a reality -- these three elements come together perfectly in this satisfying story.
It was a dramatic reversal. The defeated Pyo Sang-sung team was in a frenzy. President Pyo Bak-ho (Kim Sang-ho) was worried about the loss of over 200 million won from the American orange juice that was left in stock.
Shocked by the loss, he severely scolds his son Pyo Hyun-jun (Mu Jin-sung) for losing the national project. However, Hyun-jun fights back, revealing his twisted competitive urge.
He skillfully shakes up Cha Seong-taek (Kim Jae-hwa) and even discovers the existence of the "IOU from 1989." As tensions rise between Taepoong Trading and Pyo Sang-seong, the arrival of surgical gloves
However, another challenge awaits Tae-poong and Mi-seon when, while remaining in the warehouse to check the quantities, Mi-seon is caught in a fire of unknown origin and collapses while desperately fighting to protect the goods.
The night before, after the successful bid, Tae-poong asked Mi-seon, "What is the most important thing?" while looking at the night view. Mi-seon answered, "Tomorrow." When tomorrow comes, she may be able to become a slightly more mature person than she was today.
It was for that hope. Tae-poong's answer, which he had been holding back on words, became clear in the midst of the crisis. When he noticed the fire in the warehouse, he brushed aside the hot metal without hesitation and jumped into the flames.
The answer to the question posed at the beginning of the broadcast was, "You are the most important person."