Oh, shoot. It's not that it wasn't completely predictable that there was going to be a 2nd part. It's that I was really hoping that it was going to be 8 very tight, intense episodes. Now I have to decide whether to wait until all 16 episodes are in the can, or deal with a potential 1st part cliffhanger. Nuts.
And if he WAS suing only because of the money? So fucking what? The CEO and her agency cheated him of his earning for many years, and then tries to make him look small for wanting to get the money he's owed?
She is literally the worst.
When this is over, I hope she is put completely out of business and is so bankrupt and humiliated, the only thing she has left is a toothbrush and her underpants.
A bit boring and predictable, even as a light, fluffy watch. The boys are pretty, though. I think telling the stories sequentially instead of in the more usual integrated way wasn't a good idea, either.
What show has going for it is the chemistry between the main leads which is somewhat wasted, and an overall mood. If you watch, this would be why.
As a thriller, however, it wasn't very thrilling. The mystery part worked fairly well for me, but it's because I never really figured out what the heck was going on. The bad guys are obvious from the beginning, and they're bad because of financial shenanigans and a greediness that leads them to do bad things with money, but someone else will have to explain what those shenanigans exactly were.
This should have been a tightly plotted drama that fully exploited the chemistry between the leads, but it wasn't. Show is too long, too slow, and there are too many plot holes.
Madame CEO, if you and your agency owe this artist money, pay it. Now. Why you still owe him money is between you and the police, but pay your damn artists. If you don't owe your artists money, then stand your ground by showing your accounting (which is, of course, beyond reproach, yes?)
Secondly, dude, if you're going to liquidate property you own to pay the money you owe, NO ONE CARES. No one feels sorry for you that you have to sell stuff you bought with money you cheated your artists out of. Oh, poor you.
Thank you so much for this thoughtful reply. So impressive that you're at least tri-lingual!
I am terrible at both, but I've found Korean more difficult, principally because formal/informal speech differences make it sometimes seem like you're learning two languages instead of one. Either way, both languages are very difficult for English speakers.
One of my friends is very good at learning languages, and she has a lot of difficulty with German, which interests me, since German, for me, is easier than French, which she speaks fluently.
It doesn't really surprise me that his agency hasn't been giving him the breakdown of his earnings, to be honest.…
In the US, even if someone else does your taxes or you pay them to take care of financial matters for you, you're still on the hook for what the accountant prepares. If they make mistakes or lie about how much income you get vs how much tax you owe, you're in trouble. (Just ask Donald Trump :-)
SK entertainment business is rotten to the core, and it exploits the hell out of desperate kids who work so hard to be successful. But doesn't everyone in SK know that, too? I'm surprised that their entertainment industry isn't audited and regulated to the nth degree.
I have no idea how the income tax system in South Korea works, but it's probably not very much like the system in the US (or elsewhere, for that matter.)
Even so, without an annual statement of earnings from his agency, how can he pay his taxes? Assuming he receives one (but it's full of lies--not his fault), how does the agency hide their lies for 18 years?
Agency is headed for a forensic audit, and it won't survive it. People going to jail over this.
And if he WAS suing only because of the money? So fucking what? The CEO and her agency cheated him of his earning for many years, and then tries to make him look small for wanting to get the money he's owed?
She is literally the worst.
When this is over, I hope she is put completely out of business and is so bankrupt and humiliated, the only thing she has left is a toothbrush and her underpants.
As a thriller, however, it wasn't very thrilling. The mystery part worked fairly well for me, but it's because I never really figured out what the heck was going on. The bad guys are obvious from the beginning, and they're bad because of financial shenanigans and a greediness that leads them to do bad things with money, but someone else will have to explain what those shenanigans exactly were.
This should have been a tightly plotted drama that fully exploited the chemistry between the leads, but it wasn't. Show is too long, too slow, and there are too many plot holes.
Madame CEO, if you and your agency owe this artist money, pay it. Now. Why you still owe him money is between you and the police, but pay your damn artists. If you don't owe your artists money, then stand your ground by showing your accounting (which is, of course, beyond reproach, yes?)
Secondly, dude, if you're going to liquidate property you own to pay the money you owe, NO ONE CARES. No one feels sorry for you that you have to sell stuff you bought with money you cheated your artists out of. Oh, poor you.
Did you learn these languages when you were a child?
I am terrible at both, but I've found Korean more difficult, principally because formal/informal speech differences make it sometimes seem like you're learning two languages instead of one. Either way, both languages are very difficult for English speakers.
One of my friends is very good at learning languages, and she has a lot of difficulty with German, which interests me, since German, for me, is easier than French, which she speaks fluently.
SK entertainment business is rotten to the core, and it exploits the hell out of desperate kids who work so hard to be successful. But doesn't everyone in SK know that, too? I'm surprised that their entertainment industry isn't audited and regulated to the nth degree.
Even so, without an annual statement of earnings from his agency, how can he pay his taxes? Assuming he receives one (but it's full of lies--not his fault), how does the agency hide their lies for 18 years?
Agency is headed for a forensic audit, and it won't survive it. People going to jail over this.