Aurorab

Seowon is not into Minju romantically. Anyone can see that if you compare the dates and interactions he has had with both Gyuri and Minju. He didn't even try a quarter as much with Minju as he does with Gyuri. He cares about Minju but as a good friend who shares a similar plight.

I think you're jumping the gun on a lot of things and putting too much stock in a crying scene in the trailer that is probably meant to confuse viewers. Gyuri will not necessarily suffer because of Wooyeol. A lot of things are up in the air. With the way things are going now, I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised with how things turn out eventually. Lol.

The problem with Minju is that she has friendzoned everyone but Seungmin. She is not trying and does not seem open to trying with anyone else.

Ah, that's true. Or they might just tell an extra lie.

I foresee Kijun exposing his relationship with I-na to protect her from the upcoming scandal. After all, the man's face wasn't visible in that picture.

So I was wrong. It was Jae-Yeol who had the issue at Haemu Pharma and I-na was covering up for him. Probably has something to do with his mother. It is definitely going to come back and bite him in the ass soon especially since the brother is already fishing for information.

Still, I don't doubt his half brother has bigger skeletons in his closet. I-na and Ki-jun will probably find something out in the future that Jaeyeol can use to take him down. After all, we can't have the SML lose the girl and his company too.

Me too. I kept waiting for him to spill the beans but he surprisingly didn't say anything.

So it seems the case Ki-Jun was working on is connected to Jae-Yeol's brother since he was interested in finding out who was previously in charge of the investigation of the pharmaceuticals subsidiary.

I guess I-na knew from being there for a while that Jaeyeol's father wouldn't let them expose his favourite son's misdeeds so she took him off the case to probably protect him and maybe Jaeyeol. The chairman would probably give Jaeyeol a hard time about it as well.

We'll probably find out more next episode as we move into the other main conflict of the show.

🤣 Lol, I'd love for that to happen. It would be incredibly foolish but would give me a good laugh. And then I-na would do what she does best, knock him down when he is going too far.😄

Ki- Jun and Jae-Yeol both seem to be easily ragebaited by each other😂. I was waiting to see how much longer Ki-Jun could get away with being sassy since Jae-Yeol seemed to be letting it go.

But it's interesting how Ah-Jeong praising Ki-Jun might have been what tipped him over the edge.

I actually don't mind since from the 1st episode, they weren't exactly trying to be very realiatic about all the dynamics and situations. It was just me finding his current impulsive nature funny after how passionate he was about his career in the initial eps.

Like he went from doing his very best to climb the corporate ladder to completely throwing caution to the wind in the current eps. It's giving me whiplash.

The guy was nice enough to try and send him to the US at the 3rd confrontation. Those silly short dramas would have had him stuck in some remote branch in the middle of nowhere🤣🤣. And he still hasn't learnt, he is antagonizing Ina in the office next episode😏. At least, he knows she has his back anyway.

Ki- Jun fell in love with I-na and lost all sense of self-preservation. Why is he openly antagonizing his boss because they like the same person🤣🤣? If this was one of those short dramas, he would have been fired or shipped off to a remote branch😅.

I don't think you should put much stock in the trailers because what could look crazily romantic could end up being nothing. It has happened a lot with kdating shows. The trailer is, after all, there to hype things up without giving too much away. I think people are overthinking the situation when nothing has happened yet.

Not really the exact same type of scandal as most of their cases involve adultery and indecent behaviour in the office space. I don't think the company is actually bothered about people in the office dating as long as those involved are both single, consenting adults and it doesn't affect their work. And they don't have private sessions in the office parking lot.

Yeah, the superior surbodinate relationship is a tricky subject because of the power imbalance and issues it might bring up at work and I wonder if they will address it or just sidestep it as most other dramas. But I doubt it is something they would get sanctioned for or Ki Jun would be more conflicted (unless that is to come up in the next episode). It would be funny for him to be willing to get into what the company considers an inappropriate relationship with her while investigating her for being in an inappropriate relationship.

I think the most that would happen if they are found out is for one of them to change departments or something.

I didn't miss it but you just didn't bother to explain. You were obviously too excited to get into your tirade against me that you skipped that step. You probably think I'm clairvoyant.

And you're proving my point about you being prejudiced. Probably your limited social interactions contributed to your misguided viewpoints but there's no point in arguing over another thing with someone set in their faulty ways.
Also, mine is logical but yours isn't is not 3rd world posturing (how is that even a thing in the 1st place). You keep pulling these views out of your proverbial magician's hat and pretending like they make sense. You truly, really just be saying anything. (sigh)

You keep forgetring why we are here. You said your whatever and I commented in disagreement. You ranted at me for telling you to stop watching the show with the ML who you consider mid and whose presence is equivalent to a torture device. I responded. Basically, if you keep responding to me with nonsense I disagree with, I keep feeling the need to reply till I get tired. That is coming up soon or even now.

Also, it's funny how you are essentially giving me the same advice that I gave to you, asking you to avoid what you consider unpleasant but somehow that isn't registering to you. The only difference is that Gong Myung isn't engaging with you in anyway. You're going to watch his drama all on your own and be miserable about it while I keep getting replies from you as we are engaged in an argument.

Also, dear, I know that it apalls you to find yourself on the receiving end of well thought out comebacks but you don't need to equate it to a Chat GPT draft to make yourself feel better about being too tired and ill-equipped to properly respond. Please don't ascribe my incredible wit to AI.

I don't think anyone is trying to make me agree with them either nor am I of the belief that we can ever be in agreement. Nor do I think it is about me (why you think I think that is truly beyond me). I'm just making my opinions and disagreeing voice heard whether you like it or not.

You still haven't shown or explained the correlation between a 3rd world country and my opinion. You just went on a rant and are pretty much just saying anything at this point. Logic is definitely not your strong suit because how are you trying to disguise your shoddy, prejudiced and watery claim as a valid argument?

I'm glad you know that you put the nasty, asinine thinkpiece on an open public forum for other people to read because you didn't want to be miserable alone. As it is a public forum, when you post something here then you should be ready for other people to comment how they want on whatever nonsense drivel you thought up. If you didn't want that, you could have just written yourself a note.

And who am I? Someone who doesn't want my eyes to be accosted by your childish nonsense. I was appealing to your sensible side so you could quit while ahead and not subject yourself to Gong Myung's torture device but like I said, you're a glutton for punishment. I honestly didn't even expect you to stop watching. People like you are too stubborn for that. I mean, how else will you post about how miserable you are while glazing your fave actor.

Also, I never claimed the opinion was for or about me so why do you keep repeating that? Is arguing with someone based on your dislike of their views and manner of expression such a foreign concept to you? Let me make it simple for you. You gave your opinion and I gave my opinion on your opinion as well as some added advice to save you from bitterness and me from having to read unnecessary hogwash. But I guess I might be stuck at this point😂.

Now, onto those groundless assumptions, as you say. First, you go, I can't believe someone thought Gong Myung was male lead material and then insert tirade on how much his presence or lack thereof in the drama has practically tortured you and then some LJU praise, of course. Then, you go GM is the most suitable for this clownish male lead role.

Contradictory much. Do you perhaps regularly suffer from cognitive dissonance? A pity all that evolution couldn't fix it.

Anyway, let me tell you what this tells me. Before the drama aired, you were most likely one of the camp who was dissatisfied that Gong Myung was the male lead and not Kim Jaeuck. You probably thought that GM would be overshadowed by KJU's magnetic presence and Hae Sun's versatility when the drama aired which would then exacerbate people's initial dissatisfaction with the casting.

Of course, that didn't happen (though according to you it did). Gong Myung is doing well. He is getting a ton of praise and people like his chemistry with Hae Sun. Everyone is now talking about how great each cast is for their selected role and how the people who were upset before were being silly and overreacting.

And that has gotten to you for whatever reason. Add on to that, the person you probably looked forward to watching the most has limited screentime and is not exactly a major focus of the story when you had expected something more that would make him stand out and overshadow the ML, you can't help but feel upset.

You see one too many comments praising GM and not enough for LJU so you decided to go on an exaggerated petty rant to prop up your fave.

You go from how was he even considered a ML material to he is definitely suited for the clownish male lead on the show. Since the role isn't LJU's anyway, you might as well disparage it a little. Your fave could do much better than that tacky ML role anyway. Add a little if only in to the mix for your own satisfaction.

My story is fun, isn't it and quite logical, if you think about it. Unlike you, I don't jump from 3rd world countries to me hating on your opinion with the power of teleportation and call it a correlation. Of course, there's room for error in my statement (not really 🤣) and I'm sure you're going to tell me again how wrong I am, ask where I got the audacity, make specious connections between my argument and 3rd world countries and add even more nonsense to bloat it up but I doubt you'd make as much sense.

No, I don't wake up in the morning thinking everyone is going to agree with me but I do find it crappy behaviour when someone is acting like a resentful jerk over a harmless actor in a TV show. All because you didn't want him to be the ML and were likely hoping he wouldn't be good at it.

Also, I'm not sure what the correlation is between finding your opinion unnecessarily nasty and obviously biased and coming from a third world country but I guess absurd leaps in logic are what is common where you're from.

Having an opinion is not a fault but having an asinine opinion that shows a lack of proper thought definitely is. You're not forced to watch Gong Myung but you went out of your way to do so for your petty rant. Unlike you, I definitely didn't go out of my way to find your silly whining. Here, only one of us is a glutton for punishment.

Evolve a little. People will have opinions, strong and soft and people will have strong and soft responses to said opinions and call out BS when they see it.

Also, all your supposed achieved evolution and you're here on MDL spewing spiteful rhetoric because your fave didn't get a lead role. Like how childish can you get.

The 2nd ML is not upstaging him at all. If he truly were, he would be all people were talking about.

However, Gong Myung and Hae Sun's dynamics and chemistry in the show is what most people care about at this point which goes to show he is playing his character well and he is a great actor. And you're just being bitter about that for no reason.

It's fine if you wish Kim Jaeuck gets another male lead role but why are you taking that out on Gong Myung. How is it that his fault? Did they tell you that it was Gong Myung blocking his way? I really don't get why people keep hating on the guy for no reason.

Also, no one is forcing you to be tortured by Gong Myung's presence on screen. You could stop watching if it's that painful for you and maybe rewatch Jaeuck's other dramas where he is the main lead and you can swoon over him properly. That would save us from being tortured by your pointless, bitter whining.

They each have their own charm.

Yeah, I agree we probably will not see eye to eye. Egotism, over confidence and entitlement might sometimes stem from the same source of an overinflated sense of importance but they still mean different things. Like I said, I don't think Ki Jun is entitled because he does deserve the promotion based on his past work and performance.
Also, you are simplifying the issue by making it about status and image. You mentioned ladder climbing but seem to forget the most significant aspect of that which is most employees will gun for positions that will give them a better shot at promotions, career advancement and better future financial benefits. By his description of Team 3, that wasn't ideal team for it.

The head of the team was passed over for promotions anumber of times and that doesn't exactly assure someone who has had multiple promotions since he joined the department that his career won't stagnate by staying in team 3.

It's understandable that you think he should act with more humility while not looking down at the new role. I felt the same way too but it's still quite understandable that he is upset that he is essentially being handed a role that will likely not do much for his future prospects. Also, one he considers less challenging or interesting though he might be continually proven wrong on that as he goes. If he even decided to quit and move to another job, I doubt he will get positive consideration for another audit role if his CV state d he was moved from investigating financial crimes to investigating public morals. The human belief would be that he had done something wrong to be taken off "bigger" cases.

Added to this is the fact that the boss had no good reason to put him in Team 3 apart from the fact that she saw him kissing someone. And it is also likely that she took him out of Team 1 to get him off the case he was investigating. It becomes an even more unfair role change.

He needs to learn humility but his grievances are understandable. He has every right to ask for his performance and efforts to be acknowledged despite having an egotisitical view of himself. After all, despite his boss' constant sarcasm and scathing replies, she has never once accused of incompetence in his previous role.

I expect that series might have him grow into and learn to appreciate his role while picking up useful knowledge as he goes.
But I hope they don't make the story out to be him becoming inexpicably satisfied with his new position with no thoughts for change as that wouldn't be in character

Anyway, long story short, we are agreeing to disagree.