Son Hyun-joo is alive.. Shocking 'New Employee Kang (Chairman)' hits record-high viewership of 12.1% [Comprehensive]

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As the tangled fate of Lee Jun-young and Son Hyun-joo began to unravel, the drama shattered its own viewership records.

According to Nielsen Korea, the ratings survey company, on the 29th, the 10th episode of the JTBC Saturday-Sunday drama "New Employee Kang (Chairman)" (Creator Kim Soon-ok / Screenplay by Hyun Jimin / Directed by Ko Hye-jin / Produced by SLL, Copers Korea / Original work by San-gyeong), which aired on the 28th, achieved a paid household viewership of 11.1% in the Seoul metropolitan area and 11.1% nationwide, setting a new record for the series. The peak viewership per minute reached as high as 12.1% in the Seoul metropolitan area. Additionally, the target demographic of men and women aged 20 to 49 nationwide accounted for 4.0%, ranking first among all programs broadcast on Sunday.

On this day, as Hwang Jun-hyun (played by Lee Jun-young), possessed by the soul of Kang Yong-ho (played by Son Hyun-joo), discovered the identity of the person who harmed Kang Yong-ho, the late confirmation of Kang Yong-ho's survival, which everyone believed to be dead, delivered a shock.

Hwang Jun-hyun pretended to be Kang Jae-kyung's (played by Jeon Hye-jin) trusted aide while focusing on finding definitive evidence that Kang Jae-kyung killed Kang Yong-ho. Hwang Jun-hyun learned that the hospital CCTV on the day of the incident was coincidentally under maintenance, tracked down the person in charge, and confirmed that Kang Jae-kyung was also pursuing the same individual, leading him to believe that the person in charge held the key to the case.

Hwang Jun-hyun quickly located the person in charge and, after a natural struggle, obtained his phone. He then sent the time, location, and amount to a contact named "Money Line" to identify the person who had contacted the individual in charge. However, the person who appeared at the meeting place was none other than the secretary of Chairman Na Byung-mo (played by Jung Jae-seong). Na Byung-mo had bribed a hospital security employee to obtain the CCTV footage in order to hold leverage over Kang Jae-kyung.

As Hwang Jun-hyun confirmed, Na Byung-mo immediately revealed his true colors toward Kang Jae-kyung. He sent a tip to a media outlet containing footage of Kang Jae-kyung from the hospital CCTV, making her anxious, and then personally confronted her, aggressively demanding that she hand over the hydrogen business technology, for which the contract was still being fulfilled, without even paying the final installment. To top it off, when Kang Jae-kyung confessed that she did not kill Kang Yong-ho, he told her that she only needed to make him believe she did, sending chills down everyone's spine.

If things continued as they were, even if she kept her position at Kang Jae-gyeong-eun (Chairman), she would have no choice but to live as Na Byung-mo's puppet. Cornered, Kang Jae-kyung confessed to Hwang Jun-hyun that Na Byung-mo was behind it all, and Hwang Jun-hyun, gritting his teeth, replied that he would handle it himself. Afterward, he staged a scenario where he appeared to abandon Kang Jae-kyung and side with Na Byung-mo, accelerating his efforts to find definitive evidence to prove Na Byung-mo's crimes.

Meanwhile, the full details of the day Kang Yong-ho (Chairman) suddenly passed away gradually came to light. Piecing together clues like a puzzle—Na Eun-se (played by Lee Seo-an), Na Byung-mo's daughter and his own daughter-in-law, had a injured ankle, and a nurse testified that Kang Jae-kyung used the emergency stairs on the day of the incident—Hwang Jun-hyun arrived at the truth: Na Eun-se, who had long harbored deep inferiority toward Kang Jae-kyung, impersonated her to frame Kang Jae-kyung and killed Kang Yong-ho.

As the list of suspects shifted from Kang Jae-kyung to Na Byung-mo and then to Na Eun-se, confusion reached its peak. However, at the end of the broadcast, an unexpected twist unfolded. Kang Jae-kyung's husband, Min Seok-do (played by Kwon Hae-seong), had secretly visited a villa where Kang Yong-ho, whom everyone believed to be dead, was being lovingly cared for by Kang Jae-seong (played by Jin Goo). As a result, anticipation for the full truth of the case has intensified, wondering what exactly has been happening to Kang Yong-ho's body all this time.

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