The second half of “Numbers” begins with a bang as masks begin to fall, antagonists begin getting cornered, and villains resort to more and more harmful strategies of retaining individuals quiet. Jang Ho Woo (Kim Myung Soo), Han Seung Jo (Choi Jin Hyuk), and Jin Yeon Ah (Yeonwoo) know they’ve allies in one another, however they’re going through the equal of a dynasty and a villain who is aware of no bounds in Han Je Gyun (Choi Min Soo). As his noose round them begins to slim, everybody’s masks begin to slip. Here are 4 illusions that absolutely shattered this week!

Warning: spoilers for episodes 7-8 under.

1. Han Je Gyun is the mysterious An that Ho Woo was trying to find

At first, Ho Woo is satisfied that Ahn Seung Yeon (Bae Hae Sun) is the mysterious determine named An who manages HK Equity. As a personal fund, the fund operator is well-shielded. Trouble is, An can be the one that wired the funds into HK Equity that allowed it to buy the patents owned by Ho Woo’s foster father’s firm Haebit Construction. In impact, whoever it was purposefully had Haebit Construction liquidated in order that HK Equity might swoop in, take all of Haebit Construction’s belongings, and stroll off with a tidy set of golden eggs to promote to wealthy politicians.

Yeon Ah and Seung Jo clarify how this works to Ho Woo. Passing on shares and cash to their kids leaves information. However, giving their kids an asset like a patent permits chaebols and politicians to dangle strategies of manufacturing over numerous firms’ heads, which, in flip, implies that the youngsters of those chaebols and politicians will obtain revenue from these firms for utilizing “their” patents. It’s simply plain unethical, particularly since these patents had been obtained by forcing completely worthwhile firms out of business so {that a} wealthy individual might give his child a shiny, money-producing money cow.

Ho Woo finds that Seung Yeon helped create a slush fund for Chairman Lee Chang Joo (Jung Hae Kyun) of Sang Ah Group, which is held by HK Equity. He confronts her about being An, however she denies saying that even she doesn’t know who it’s. But it takes Ho Woo and Seung Jo solely an opportunity second to search out out. There’s no monetary path. There’s nothing in the way in which of proof. But there’s just one individual diabolical sufficient to tug this off. Han Je Gyun. The mysterious “An” was really Seung Jo’s father all alongside. And Je Gyun is holding some harmful playing cards as he prepares to wage a struggle of domination.

2. Jang Ji Soo is a mother

Jang Ji Soo (Kim Yoo Ri) has offered herself as ice-cold and keen to do something to work her method up HK Equity, such that she will resolve the mysterious An who was after her father’s proprietary expertise and ruined him to take action. Her relationship with Seung Jo remains to be fairly strained, together with her having resented him for years and him having finished nothing to clear his identify when he wasn’t the one who wrote the report that doomed Haebit Construction. Rather, Shim Hyung Woo (Sungyeol) did.

After studying the reality from Ho Woo, Ji Soo approaches Hyung Woo to demand that he present her with info that might destabilize Je Gyun. She sees it because the least he can do. The bother is that Je Gyun has much more harmful info on her. Ji Soo is a mom to a 5 or six-year-old son, very possible Seung Jo’s son. Je Gyun holds the photographs of her little one over Ji Soo’s head to get her, as HK Equity’s consultant, to vote the way in which he desires at a shareholder assembly.

Seung Jo finds out in regards to the photos and is beside himself. He is aware of that he’s the kid’s father but in addition is aware of that Ji Soo received’t take something he gives her right now. He nonetheless hasn’t avenged her father’s loss of life and has overwhelmed himself up for years over that. He units out to foil Je Gyun’s deliberate shareholder assembly. Je Gyun tried to tug a quick one over Chairman Lee Chang Joo by supporting his wealthier youthful brother Lee Sung Joo (Jung Woong In). He satisfied Chang Joo that he was on his aspect whereas secretly working to undermine him by having Sung Joo purchase up Sang Ah Group’s shares. By the time Chang Joo came upon, Je Gyun was sure that he wouldn’t be capable to halt possession of Sang Ah Group going over to his brother. But Seung Jo doesn’t enable that. He and Ho Woo canvass sufficient votes to win over shareholders to Lee Chang Joo and safe his place as Chairman. In doing so, they achieve a useful ally in Lee Chang Joo and a harmful enemy in Lee Sung Joo. And Je Gyun loses large.

3. Shim Hyung Woo has a conscience

Shim Hyung Woo is a captivating character in that he epitomizes what it means to must promote your self to get to the highest. He rose exhausting and quick above his superiors like Kang Hyun (Kim Young Jae). And he’s beginning to really feel the squeeze. He spends all day sucking as much as these rich individuals, spying on others as per Je Gyun’s requests, and manipulating everybody in sight, taking part in with their lives. And it’s beginning to actually put on on him. Hyung Woo is aware of Je Gyun higher than anybody at this level, even perhaps higher than Seung Jo. And he’s rising weary of getting to promote his conscience and harm individuals to be able to get a number of phrases of reward from Je Gyun, plus a promise of a promotion that by no means appears to be coming.

So, when Je Gyun asks him to do away with a bunch of proof, monetary studies that Je Gyun had different individuals manipulate to cover slush funds, unlawful transactions, and the works, Hyung Woo can barely take it anymore. He goes to Ji Soo with info on Je Gyun. But Je Gyun has his spies and discovers that Hyung Woo could also be about to show tail. The aforementioned incriminating paperwork had been set to be burned at a warehouse tucked away within the mountains. It’s a spot that even the fireplace division doesn’t present up at for some time as a result of they understand it’s getting used to get rid of proof, they usually’re being paid to not care. In a take a look at of loyalty, Je Gyun asks Hyung Woo to do extra than simply do away with the proof on the warehouse. He wants him to do away with an accountant at Taeil who is aware of an excessive amount of, who dared blackmail Je Gyun with proof of Je Gyun forcing others to govern studies and the like. Hyung Woo is shaken when Je Gyun asks him to do away with, aka kill, the accountant. And when the time comes, he can’t do it. But Je Gyun has a plan for even that.

4. Han Je Gyun is a killer

We’ve seen the numerous, many faces of Han Je Gyun. He’s a superb tactician, a whiz with numbers, a coldhearted father who cares for nothing however cash and status, and a manipulator. He is just one man so he could be outsmarted as Ho Woo and Seung Jo have finished up to now. But he has a lot energy and spies in every single place that it’s tough to outsmart him. Yet, for all Je Gyun’s flaws, he’s solely come off as a money-hungry sociopath. He’s been an amazing depiction of a villain who doesn’t must kill to be pure evil, and the present has rigorously proven how Je Gyun’s model of greed doesn’t have to spill blood to be morally bankrupt.

So, it comes as an actual shock when Je Gyun has his males lock Hyung Woo and the opposite accountant within the warehouse and light-weight it on fireplace. As standard, he doesn’t get his palms soiled —the lads do it for him. But to see him so casually resort to violence is a shock and an amazing little bit of escalation by the present, proving that Je Gyun will dive to any depth to protect his wealth and standing. It could be good to know why he’s so obsessive about cash and energy. But maybe “Numbers” is attempting to inform us that there isn’t essentially a purpose. People like Je Gyun will all the time need extra.

Hyung Woo and the accountant are locked within the burning warehouse with no method of escape. But Hyung Woo referred to as Ho Woo previous to this complete mess happening, and Ho Woo referred to as Seung Jo. Both arrive on the location in time to pressure open the warehouse. Hyung Woo directs them to rescue the opposite accountant first. But when Seung Jo goes again to get him, the warehouse blows up, taking Hyung Woo with it. Seung Jo and Ho Woo watch in shock, realizing that they only witnessed Je Gyun kill one other man.

We go away off on that explosive word. Now that it’s clear that Je Gyun is keen to homicide, the stakes simply went sky excessive. It’s one factor to battle numbers with numbers, however when blood and cash get entangled, nobody’s protected. With 4 episodes left to go, this battle guarantees to get ugly. Next week exhibits Seung Jo and Ho Woo getting ready for struggle in opposition to a person who has by no means appeared extra highly effective. Can they win? Next week will inform!

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Shalini_A is a very long time Asian-drama addict. When not watching dramas, she fangirls over Ji Sung, and spins thrillers set in more and more unbelievable worlds. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram, and be at liberty to ask her something!

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