Lee Joomyeong, Lee Seohyun Join Succession War

In the JTBC weekend drama 'The Young Chairman,' the succession war for the chairmanship of Choi Sung Group is intensifying, with much attention focused on which side Hwang Jun-hyeon, played by Lee Jun-young, will take. The drama depicts a situation where Chairman Kang Yong-ho of Choi Sung Group (Son Hyun-ju) has his soul inhabiting the body of new employee Hwang Jun-hyeon (Lee Jun-young), making his return to the chairmanship difficult. Meanwhile, his eldest daughter Kang Jae-kyung (Jeon Hye-jin) and eldest son Kang Jae-seong (Jin Goo) are engaged in a fierce battle for the chairman's seat. Adding to this, Kang Yong-ho's youngest daughter Kang Bang-geul (Lee Joo-myung) has emerged as a new succession candidate, and Na Eun-se (Lee Seo-an), Kang Jae-seong's wife and a member of the rival Taeha Group family, has also begun to reveal her ambitions.

Kang Jae-kyung and Kang Jae-seong kept each other in check and pushed forward their own businesses to secure the chairman's position. Kang Jae-seong involved his in-laws, Taeha Group, in Choi Sung Trading's port business plan, which angered Kang Yong-ho upon learning of it. Kang Yong-ho decided it would be better for Kang Jae-kyung to take over the business rights than to share Choi Sung Group's achievements with outsiders. He supported Kang Jae-kyung in seizing the business rights, thus granting her victory in the first round of the succession war.

In the second round, Hwang Jun-hyeon created a difficult situation for the twin siblings. When Kang Jae-kyung and Kang Jae-seong competed to acquire GF Solution, Hwang Jun-hyeon stimulated their competitive spirits. As a result, Kang Jae-kyung succeeded in the acquisition but suffered significant financial losses, and Kang Jae-seong, who had participated in the bidding with the backing of Taeha Group's funds, also failed to achieve his desired outcome.

Following this, Kang Bang-geul, who had been hiding her ambitions for Choi Sung Group, was appointed as the head of the Strategic Planning Team directly under the Chairman's office. Furthermore, with the presence of Na Eun-se, Kang Jae-seong's wife and a member of the Taeha Group's top family, as the executive director of Choi Sung Trading, the Choi Sung Group succession war became even more intense. Attention is focused on what decision Kang Yong-ho will make amidst this complicated situation.

In the recently aired 6th episode, Hwang Jun-hyeon, Kang Bang-geul, and Park Bong-gi successfully concluded an overseas operation, marking Kang Bang-geul's official entry into the Choi family's succession war. They set out to thwart the lithium mining contract that Taeha Group was discussing with the Bolivian government. Using the private equity fund Smile Investment, they presented more favorable terms than Taeha Group and meticulously planned by acquiring an American mining company.