tvN 'Typhoon Family' Lee Jun-ho woke up.
On the 12th, the 2nd episode of the tvN Saturday-Sunday drama 'Typhoon Family' (directed by Na Jeong Lee and Dong-hwi Kim, written by Hyun Jang, planned by Studio Dragon, produced by Imaginus·Studio PIC·Tris Studio) aired, and the story thrillingly unfolded as the young man Kang Taepung (Lee Jun-ho), who liked flowers, entered Typhoon Family as a new employee cultivated with care for 26 years by his father Kang Jin-young (Sung Dong-il) amid the stormy season called the IMF. That day's ratings rose from the previous episode, with a nationwide household average of 6.8% and a peak of 7.5%, and a Seoul metropolitan area household average of 6.3% and a peak of 7.2%, proving its full-fledged popularity by ranking first in its time slot among cable and general programming channels. (Based on paid platforms combining cable, IPTV and satellite / provided by Nielsen Korea)
The impact of the IMF was clearly shown starting at Jin-young's funeral. Choi, the president of Sapdari Logistics, a client of Typhoon Family, caused a disturbance trying to seize the condolence box, claiming an outstanding payment. The bitter reality that money came first even in the face of death was blocked by accountant Oh Mi-seon (Kim Min-ha). She remembered without a single error the contract clause, the invoice issue date and the postmark date, and notified them that the payment deadline had not yet passed.
It wasn't over. Mi-seon's younger sister Oh Mi-ho (Kwon Han-sol), who had been finally accepted to Korean Air, received an unprecedented notice of canceled hire, and Mi-seon had to give up her dream of attending college. Wang Nam-mo (Kim Min-seok), Taepung's close friend, had a mother, Eul-nyeo (Park Sung-yeon), who was reassigned to standby from the bank where she had worked as deputy branch manager. The reality of being pushed out to a desk and forced to endure a cold hallway showed how hard that time was for everyone. Except for Mi-seon, Go Ma-jin (Lee Chang-hoon), Cha Seon-taek (Kim Jae-hwa), Gu Myung-gwan (Kim Song-il) and Baesong Jung (Lee Sang-jin), the employees of Typhoon Family submitted resignations and left the company.
Taepung went to Typhoon Family to sort out his father's belongings. In the office stained by many years, traces of what his father had built over the past 26 years remained intact. All the ledgers and journals in the office testified to his intense life. At that moment, Choi, the president of Sapdari Logistics, stormed in again and pressured for a successor by demanding joint guaranty over outstanding payments. Unable to just watch, Taepung stepped forward saying he would take responsibility. To the president demanding qualifications, he said, "From today you're an employee," and even filled out the application forms Mi-seon handed him.
Until then, Taepung planned to return to the flower shop and live caring for flowers once he finished settling everything. But he found a secret safe in his father's office. As Mi-seon had hinted that the boss dreamed of a "century-long plan," when Taepung entered '2072'—the year Typhoon Family would be 100 years old—as the password, bankbooks in the names of himself and the employees emerged. Only then did Taepung realize what 'Typhoon Family' meant to his father: his father's heart that cherished each person who worked with him as more than employees but like family.
There was also a letter from his father in Kang Taepung's bankbook. It was the so-called "bankbook letter," deposited monthly with 300,000 won and left in the sender field limited to four characters. Inside, messages accumulated reading, "Father supports your dream. You are always the person I love most. People are more important than results. We are more fragrant than flowers and more valuable than money."
So Taepung asked Mi-seon for help, saying, "I want to learn the work." It was his will to become a "real employee" of Typhoon Family. Mi-seon, holding his hand desperately, relayed the boss's final wish left behind: "Taepung will do well. Please take care of him." And she made a business card for "Employee Kang Taepung." Taepung, who had held back tears even at the funeral, burst into tears and reflected again on his father's wishes.
The next day, Taepung came to work looking completely different. He had erased his flashy style and hair highlights and appeared in a proper suit carrying a briefcase. Seeking to learn the job as a "real employee," Taepung followed Mi-seon and Ma-jin to a delivery site for Daebang Textile. But the company's atmosphere felt off. The office was excessively clean, the filing cabinets were empty and the phone lines were unplugged. The "stains of time" that should naturally exist in a company over 30 years, like those he saw in his father's office, were nowhere to be found.
Sensing something was wrong, Taepung urged Mi-seon not to trust him and not to stamp the seal, and ran at full speed toward the freight truck carrying the fabric. If the delivery proceeded, it could become an outstanding payment. When Ma-jin still refused to back down, Taepung eventually lay down on the asphalt in front of the truck. Flower petals scattered over Taepung's face. His father had once told young Taepung, "It's not that the flowers fall; they are doing their best to win in order to bear fruit." Whether Taepung can bear fruit for the Typhoon Family facing bankruptcy remained tense, but hope blossomed in the explosive, make-or-break situation, raising anticipation for the next episode. 'Typhoon Family' airs every Saturday and Sunday at 9:10 p.m. on tvN. <
[Photo] provided
[OSEN]