Itaewon Class: Business Management with Mas Roy

Itaewon Class might not be everyone’s cup of tea but it is such a good spirit lifting drama to watch. This is not a typical romantic drama, but a heart warming drama that talks about the issues we are experiencing today: Power, Transgender and Age-gap. I like "Crash Landing on You" but I think "Itaewon Class" is still way better since I can learn many things from the drama. I learn economy, marketing, business and politic in Itaewon class. But the most important thing is  I learn how to have goal in life and determination to achieve them. Itaewon Class is adapted from popular webtoon in Korea. It's not everytime you see a drama that raises awareness on sensitive issues that are often neglected or forgotten. The whole story tells more about the reality of life that usually occurs around us (slice of life).

Mas Roy (aka Park Sae-Ro-Yi) who has ambition to establish a restaurant franchise called DanBam. He is assisted by several people, one of whom was Jo Yi Seo (Kim Da Mi) who served as DanBam's manager. Building a business based on revenge, of course it's not as easy as his thought. Despite having dreamed of building DanBam for seven years, in fact Mas Roy didn't really understand how to do business. This makes him often experience failure in his business. Mas Roy and his staff often faced many problems. However, they always respond to all problems positively. They are always looking for ways on how to solve the problem. Loyalty, friendship, trust, and mutual support are the keys to their success in running DanBam.

It's so damn good and very inspiring quotes of Itaewon Class: "Starting from now, my dream is to become a rich person". Why be rich? It's because money has strong influence in his (even our) life decisions. Mas Roy promised to become rich to pay for his father's death by building a restaurant that would later become a competitor of the Jangga Group. Jang Dae-hee, the CEO of Jangga is very rich and powerful. But, he uses his strength and wealth to achieve his goals in wrong way. No one dares to defy him, except Mas Roy. Another favorite character is Lee Ho Jin, a financial manager. He was helping Mas Roy to invested when Jangga's stock was falling. If  Mas Roy doesn't have him, Mas Roy doesn't own 1% of the stake (1.9 billion won) and buying a store to runs his business. 

My favorite scene in Itaewon Class

It's not a real-life story. But, this drama hits me a lot. Every character was so well written and seems they all taught us something. Itaewon class tells us how financial planning and managing is important. They give practical lessons to start a business and beat the big corporation instead of being a rat. I learn that business isn’t just about money, business is about people. Stick to your morals no matter what, even if you doing something that you don’t believe in might help you to get your goal. This is highly recommended drama that covers all the aspects of life.