When we first meet Chairman Jang, he’s in his pajamas.
He looks frail and he appears to spend much of his time in the hospital. He’s childless and a widower, which tugs at our heartstrings. CEO Do Joon Young is after his money and his attention, but so are all the other directors. Honestly, we seem to drop in on the Chairman’s life at a low point: what could this sick and weak Chairman do in this story, and how are things going to go for him?
By the end, we see that contrary to first impressions Chairman Jang is a very strong man – a paragon of internal strength – and that he has always shown the Saman E and C crowd the way to be: humble, competent, and principled.
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