Money Game — Season 1, Episode 8: Leverage
Drama • 70 min • 1 season, 16 episodes • ★ 8.7/10
Episode synopsis
Eugene Han suffers a tremendous loss with the exchange rate because of Lee Hye Joon. He confronts her but gets stopped by Chae Yi Hun. Later, with a recording in hand, she warns Na Joon Pyo not to put her up to any more scandalous tasks. Meanwhile, Heo Jae pursues to knock down Kim Ho Joong, the deputy prime minister, using his apartment and promotion expenses as leverage.
About Money Game
When Jeongin Bank faces bankruptcy, the Financial Services Commission aims to preempt Korea from another economic meltdown as it did in the 1997 financial crisis. With the Korean government having a substantial stake in the bank, things get serious. Chae Yi Hun is the chief of financial policy at the FSC. He hides the fact that renowned economist Chae Byung Hak is his father. Heo Jae is the chairman of the FSC and has ambitious intentions of fortifying the country's financial infrastructure. Lee Hye Joon is a girl who came from nothing. She works at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and wants to see the utopian economy with change. The money game begins now.