Shin Ha-gyun and Lee Jung-ha's fantastic duo..Spotting on-site restaurant corruption → Up to 7.5% ('Thank you')
Jul 21, 2024
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In the fifth episode of tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama Thank You (played by Choi Min-ho, directed by Kwon Young-il and Ju Sang-gyu), Shin Cha-il (Shin Ha-kyun) set up a trap to catch the culprit of the threatening letter that flew into the audit team, giving viewers a thrill of sweating as they fought a fierce chase.
Accordingly, the viewership for the 5th episode of tvN" averaged 6.4% and 7.5% for households in the metropolitan area, 5.9% and 7.2% for households nationwide. Both the Seoul metropolitan area and the nationwide standard ranked first in general service and cable channels at the same time (based on paid platforms integrating cable, IPTV, and satellite/provided by Nielsen Korea).
Shin Cha-il immediately stopped eating at all construction sites and headquarters cafeteria under JU Construction after receiving a threat to terrorize all on-site restaurants unless they investigated irregularities in the right to operate on-site restaurants. It is difficult to continue the operation of the restaurant if the terrorist is not caught, and the work time is very delayed, so enormous damage is expected to the company.
Therefore, Shin Cha-il re-investigated the on-site restaurant selection process, while ordering Koo Jeong-soo (Lee Jung-ha) and Yoon Seo-jin (Cho A-ram) to investigate the construction site restaurant that the workers collapsed while eating. Except for the fact that Hwang Dae-woong (Jin-gu) and Yang Jae-seung (Baek Hyun-jin) came to the scene, Koo Ja-soo and Yoon Seo-jin could not find any special suspicious circumstances. The new car day, which interviewed Pyeon In-ho (Cho Han-chul), the head of the outsourced purchasing division, who is in charge of operating the on-site restaurant, also failed to find any evidence, which was expected to lead to difficulties in the audit.
In the midst of this, Koo Ja-soo raised the possibility of collusion between the two, capturing that Yang Jae-seung's in-laws and the name of the owner of the on-site restaurant are the same. In fact, Yang Jae-seung tipped off the fact to Pyeon In-ho after hearing that his in-laws applied for a bid for an on-site restaurant, and made him guess that the blackmailer's claim that there was a fraud in the selection process was true. Shin Cha-il immediately designated Yang Jae-seung and Pyeon In-ho as subjects of audit and continued the investigation thoroughly in front of Hwang Dae-woong, the vice president.
While Shin Cha-il was conducting an internal investigation, Koo Ja-soo and Yoon Seo-jin, who were rethinking the intent and purpose of the threat letter, even speculated that it was the work of a company that unfairly fell from the bid. After finding out that there was a restaurant that went through the closing process after failing to bid while living near a construction site, Koo Ja-soo and Yoon Seo-jin met with the owner and obtained testimony that an agency that had the right to operate an on-site restaurant in the past had received back money.
In particular, after a thorough audit of the new car, the on-site restaurant corruption investigation seemed to be progressing little by little as Pyeon In-ho found a picture taken with the head of the agency who received back money.
However, contrary to expectations, Yang Jae-seung and Pyeon In-ho submitted their resignations under the excuse that Shin Cha-il's unreasonable audit had undermined the trust of employees, and the investigation went back to square one as they pressured President Hwang Se-woong (Jeong Moon-sung) with Vice President Hwang Dae-woong.
In the end, Shin Cha-il apologized for conducting an unreasonable audit and ordered the on-site restaurant and cafeteria to resume operations. Shin Cha-il, who found out that the blackmailer was inside JU Construction early on, decided to reversely use it to set up a trap to catch the criminal. After noticing the plan of the new day, Koo Ja-soo took charge of the support, hiding all night in the cafeteria, adding to the confidence.
As expected by Shin Cha-il, the blackmailer reappeared for medicine at the JU Construction cafeteria, and a tense chase unfolded as Shin Cha-il and Koo Ja-soo, who did not miss the right time, jumped in to catch him. Shin Cha-il, who drove the criminal to the rooftop after a close confrontation as if he could be caught, was surprised to meet the president Hwang Se-woong there. With viewers also questioning the unexpected twist, questions are rising about why Hwang Se-woong is here and who the blackmailer is.
tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama 'Thank You', which provides a thrilling twist with unpredictable development, will air the sixth episode at 9:20 p.m. on the 21st.
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