Thanks to your recommendation, I have been watching “The Art of Negotiation” and enjoying it so much! Normally I’d be a little skeptical of yet another show about Chaebols. But this is so intelligently written, and acted with such restraint and subtlety! As you pointed out, I like how the main character is always seeking for negotiated deals that benefit both sides, while dealing with a bunch of power-grabbing CEO’s and executives.
I just watched the eipsode and a half where the team goes to Japan to negotiate a deal for bicycle gears, of all things. These were absolutely lovely scenes. First of all, there were the way people negotiated using three languages, English, Korean, and Japanese. Then, we got to know the Japanese team very quickly from the inside, what motivated them and what the deal meant to them. I especially like the young woman who was the lowest ranked on the team, and how she bonded with the lowest ranked guy on the Korean team. Their after-dinner stroll through the streets of the city was so low key and yet pregnant with meaning.
And not to mention the scenes of the team sight-seeing Mt. Fuji and then getting a foot bath.
I will finish watching this show, but slowly, to savor it for as long as I can!
So glad that you're watching this. I thought it deserved a plug and wider audience.
The Japan arc was actually one of the highlights of the show. But what really struck me was the cultural differences that they had to bridge and the unspoken terms that had to be addressed for the negotiation to succeed.
Thanks to your recommendation, I have been watching “The Art of Negotiation” and enjoying it so much! Normally I’d be a little skeptical of yet another show about Chaebols. But this is so intelligently written, and acted with such restraint and subtlety! As you pointed out, I like how the main character is always seeking for negotiated deals that benefit both sides, while dealing with a bunch of power-grabbing CEO’s and executives.
I just watched the eipsode and a half where the team goes to Japan to negotiate a deal for bicycle gears, of all things. These were absolutely lovely scenes. First of all, there were the way people negotiated using three languages, English, Korean, and Japanese. Then, we got to know the Japanese team very quickly from the inside, what motivated them and what the deal meant to them. I especially like the young woman who was the lowest ranked on the team, and how she bonded with the lowest ranked guy on the Korean team. Their after-dinner stroll through the streets of the city was so low key and yet pregnant with meaning.
And not to mention the scenes of the team sight-seeing Mt. Fuji and then getting a foot bath.
I will finish watching this show, but slowly, to savor it for as long as I can!
So glad that you're watching this. I thought it deserved a plug and wider audience.
The Japan arc was actually one of the highlights of the show. But what really struck me was the cultural differences that they had to bridge and the unspoken terms that had to be addressed for the negotiation to succeed.