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I don't really think I'll be adding anything new from what other's have said about this drama. I'm a fan of Lee Junho and have loved his other Kdramas, but I just couldn't watch this to the end. When you have a slow burn main plot, you need a lot of good sub plots to carry the story and the viewer forward. I thought this would have some really good subplots, but it didn't. It's basically the story of the IMF crisis in South Korea and the tragedy that hit one family who owned Typhoon Trading. The CEO died and the employees could not hold the business together and left one by one until there was only one left. Enter the CEO's son who knows nothing about the business, has massive guilt over his father's death, and decides he can resurrect the business. The one employee left is a smart, pretty female who wants to grow in her work and is the bread winner for her family, so she commits to helping the son. There is also a spark of attraction between the two. As they put the business back together, this is where the storyline comes off the rails. This was an especially difficult time in SK's history. Businesses and banks went under, people scammed each other to get ahead, and corruption grew. All this had to be navigated to put Typhoon Trading back to gather. Stupidity and poor decisions ruled the day which always got the business into a mess which they had to dig out from under. This happened over and over and over and over again. The same plot played out in 10 different ways. The acting got clownish, it was downright boring, and although I tried....I really did.....I gave up in episode 8.

This had a good cast of actors. It really was a poorly developed storyline so there was no character development. The subplots were either poorly developed or fizzled after barely being introduced. As a viewer, I just couldn't connect to the characters and finally said, "enough." The only enjoyment was the retro vibe it gave in the clothes and the sets of this by-gone era.

Sorry to say, I can't really recommend this.