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| yna@yna.co.kr 2023-03-13 16:49:58
SEOUL March 13 (Yonhap) -- “I have followed the exact route of protagonist Jang Geu-rae from ‘Misaeng’ business trip throughout the series, from used car compounds of Jordan to Lebanon to Ghana. And later on we interviewed an CEO of the used car parts market at the capitol of Ghana.” writer Yoon Tae-ho known for his work comic “Misaeng” addressed throughout an interview held in celebration of releasing the follow up story of “Misaeng” in four years at the Super Comic Studio located in Mapo district of South Korea.
Webtoon “Misaeng” depicts a story of newly accepted worker to the company Jang Geu-rae.
It was first published in 2012 and was transformed into a drama featuring South Korean actor Yim Si-wan in 2014 by the provider tvN and received a lot of love.
The title “Misaeng” is a term used in GO when player struggles to make a territories, therefore once the title of the series was publically introduce it attracted a lot of love from potential viewers for using such relatable word to depict the hardship of young generation who struggles throughout the working environment.
Writer Yoon has suffered from his arm injury addressed the reason for coming up with the follow up story of “Misaeng” in four years and the background behind it.
Season one of the series “Misaeng” depicts a story of protagonist Jang Geu-rae and those surrounding him whereas in season two depicts a story of a company started by those who quit their jobs from the same company.
Writer Yoon addressed that “Throughout Season one I have interviewed people who are in the relative field in crewneck and casual clothes, however in season 2 since I am dealing with medium size company I had heard a lot of stories from those who have deal with various government branches.”
Moreover, as for the question regarding how the background of the upcoming season was picked artist addressed that “Medium size companies, seemed to be more fitting for the ‘Misaeng’ series.” adding “Medium sized companies are being used as a meme and some of the workers within such company brings such reputation upon themselves.”
Season 2 of “Misaeng” is divided into three various parts, The First part is settlement, second part is business trip and the last part of the series is about marriage.
Within the settlement segment of the series it depicts a story of newly built businesses and how they struggle to build the business
“Throughout the interview I felt like if the company is able to pay the workers every month, then it is a well built company,” adding “At the same time, I have learned that being responsible for other people’s payment is a living hell.” addressed writer Yoon.
In order to portray the protagonist who visits Jordan and Ghana artist visited those places for accurate depiction.
“I have participated in the meeting with a used car dealer in Jordan at 7 in the morning” adding “It was hard to find anything online so I got a lot of help from Kotra.” witter Yoon carefully addressed throughout the interview.
The unfortunate used car dealer in Jordan who was scammed by South Korean business man is a true story writer Yoon heard from his research in Jordan.
“Back when I visited Jordan in 2013, I have seen a backyard filled with scammed car parts, and the person who showed me those parts addressed that he was scammed by a South Korean seller,” adding “ I was so shy of such event so I decided to include a story of bringing the just to such bad people.” addressed writer Yoon throughout the interview.
After such thorough interview the writer addressed that he came up with the season 2 of Misaeng which took a different turns from his initial intention.
“Throughout various interviews I have came to my senses that protagonist Jang Geu-rae dose not need to visit Jordan to sell used cars,” adding “The Used car market is overly populated with foreign workers, and its very hard for anyone to budge into the scene due to firm grip they withhold.” writer Yoon addressed throughout his interview.
Therefore writer decided to switch courses from selling used cars to shipping car parts to foreign nations.
Since the season one of the series has been transformed into a drama series and received a lot of love by its audiences, the future of season 2 is receiving a lot of attention as well.
Writer Yoon addressed “When we were discussing about season 1 of the drama we talked about season 2 as well, however all of the casting members from the original series are such huge stars now so I am not sure whether everyone will be able to participate in the production once again,” adding “I am also very excited for the drama.”
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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