The Race of life begins for Lee Yeon-hee

by tccolb

The first teaser has arrived for Disney+’s upcoming Race, giving us a quick introduction to our office foursome, played by Lee Yeon-hee (Welcome to Wedding Hell), Hong Jong-hyun (Stock Struck), Moon Sori (Queenmaker), and Yunho (Meloholic).

In an underdog story about personal growth, the drama sets off with our heroine Park Yoon-jo (Lee Yeon-hee) starting a new corporate job. With no special credentials to her name, though, suspicion arises about her hiring circumstances. But Yoon-jo decides to take it on the chin and is determined to prove her worth.

On the plus side, Yoon-jo is now working at the same company as her good friend Ryu Jae-min (Hong Jong-hyun). She’s also about to meet her career role model Gu Yi-jung (Moon Sori) and the young CEO Seo Dong-hoon (Yunho) who is striving to be an understanding boss.

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The new teaser begins with what looks like company promo material about stretching, while a man remarks in voiceover that kids these days have a different mindset and that their jobs aren’t everything to them. The reality, of course, is not so simple and we cut to our two friends bantering over texts, while taking a quick break. Jae-min nags that, “Weekends are for resting,” and Yoon-jo retorts that he’s working too. But Jae-min wins the argument with his next reply: “I don’t have a choice and you do. That’s a big difference.”

Later in the evening, Jae-min asks why Yoon-jo works so hard and she explains, “I want to do well and be recognized. It’s what makes work more fun and exciting.” The appearing captions introduce her with the hashtags, “Zero Credentials” and “Boundless Passion.” Yoon-jo wistfully admits, though, that people should live like Jae-min does and the captions give him the hashtags of “Work Life Balance” and “Corporate Ace.”

Over dinner, Jae-min asks his colleague, “Hyung, why do you work in PR?” But Hyung gives the realistic answer that it pays the bills. We then cut to Yi-jung arriving at the office, who doesn’t shy from calling the PR team a mess. The captions label her as “Role Model” and “PR Specialist.” In contrast, Dong-hoon ponders how to make employees take pride in their work and his hashtags indicate “Communication Genius” and “Young CEO.”

As the sequence continues, we see Dong-hoon personally recruiting Yoon-jo for the job and the intermittent text screens announce that, “The Race of life is starting now.” We then return to our heroine on her first day of work and the teaser closes as she introduces herself to the team.

Directed by PD Lee Dong-yoon (Sunbae, Don’t Put on that Lipstick) with scripts by Kim Ru-ri (Hyena), Disney+’s Race will be launching on May 10.