‘Apartment’ Ji Sung makes a dramatic transformation into a ‘heating crusader’ who exposes corruption - 스포츠경향
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In the drama, actor Ji Sung investigates heating corruption in an apartment complex. His ‘flag-waving charisma’ that rattles the complex erupts.
JTBC Saturday-Sunday drama ‘Apartment’ (written by Kim Yoon-young, directed by Cho Yong-won, produced by SLL and Red Nine Pictures (Co., Ltd.)) has firmly secured first place among all weekend non-terrestrial programs amid a rising streak, breaking through peak ratings of 7.1% and 6.8% in succession. In addition, after entering the TOP 3 for drama TV-OTT search reactions for the third week of July announced by TV buzz analysis agency Good Data Corporation, Ha Yoon-kyung and Ji Sung ranked in the TOP 10 drama search issue keywords, proving its buzz.
In the previous episode, Park Hae-gang (Ji Sung) solved in succession the major apartment challenges of chronic illegal parking, delivery chaos, assault on a security guard, and relocation of a subway exit, emerging as the ‘True Value Hero’. Riding that momentum, Hae-gang ultimately won the residents representative council election after serving as a building representative, and, by seizing the council chair, a key foothold toward claiming 17.8 billion won, he set the board in earnest.
In Episodes 5 and 6, which will air on the 25th and 26th, Park Hae-gang creates a huge stir as he stages a grand flag procession in the very center of the apartment plaza and blows the whistle on the accumulated ‘heating corruption’. In the story, after Hae-gang detects shocking signs of preferential treatment in which some households in the complex had long been exempted from heating fees, he makes a surprise disclosure of the corruption in front of the residents. Appearing while swinging the flag with all his might to show his resolve, Hae-gang grips the megaphone and commands attention with a firm, impassioned speech.
As Hae-gang accelerates his 17.8 billion won hunt, attention centers on whether he can completely eradicate corruption in the complex and build absolute authority through this exposure of heating-fee wrongdoing, and whether his unstoppable advance can continue.
On set, Ji Sung flawlessly delivered everything from the tension at his fingertips clutching the massive flag to each line pouring out through the megaphone, instantly overwhelming the atmosphere of the shoot. Reportedly, his explosive, passionate performance, which in an instant filled the once-still apartment plaza with blazing heat, also drew admiration from the staff.
Episode 5 of JTBC Saturday-Sunday drama ‘Apartment’ airs at 10:40 p.m. on July 25, and Episode 6 airs at 10:30 p.m. on July 26.
