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(8:30AM, October 15, Friday)

I must be crazy.

Yes, I'm almost at the office.

You have outside duty today, too, right?

Sure, I'd love to.

Okay.

I should get going now.

Bye.

Good morning.

Good morning, Director Kim.

Woo-ri, did you work overtime last night?

What? Work overtime?

Huh? Is it because you're just wearing similar clothes?

Did you have breakfast yet?

No, I usually skip breakfast.

- Should we head in? - Yes.

Hello.

Good morning.

Great job on your presentations, everyone.

Next up, we have mentoring and interim mission.

Your interim mission scores will be added to the final evaluation scores.

So, I hope everyone will do their best.

Can you tell us what happens in the mentoring stage?

Two mentors will be giving you advice.

Your first mentor will be Chief Manager Choi Seok-woo

from Victory Investments.

He's currently proceeding with a promising startup investment.

So, you can expect him to give you practical advice concerning startups.

Your second mentor is Artist Lee Jin-nam, a key figure in modern art.

We invited him especially for the art industry business.

May I ask what the mission is?

Can you tell us beforehand?

You'll be conducting an interview for your competitor team's business idea.

You'll be analyzing the opposite team's strengths and weaknesses.

And submit the interview in the form of a report.

Based on that, we'll be giving you a mission on-site.

Why are we interviewing our competitor? Isn't it the norm to interview consumers?

By interviewing your competitor team,

you'll be able to learn what differentiation strategies it has.

Based on that, you can further enhance your company.

Does that mean we have to share our business strategy?

I understand you may feel uncomfortable about it,

but it's more beneficial to share each of your strengths and weaknesses

and think about them together rather than hide your business strategies.

That way, both teams will be able to produce good results in the end.

Can you tell us the order of mentoring sessions?

This afternoon, we'll have CEO Gong Ji-hoon

and CEO Oh Ha-min go first.

The mentoring will begin with the two.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Did something urgent come up? Why are you walking so fast?

I'm just very busy today.

Why did you leave first in the morning?

- We could have gone to work together. - What do you mean, together?

Next time, let's head out together.

What do you mean, next time?

(CONSTAR supports your dreams.)

There's only ten minutes left.

Don't you think lunch time is too short?

We can see each other again after work.

- Should we? - Yes.

Did you have a lot of work in the morning?

There's a lot of things I need to check since the mentoring mission began.

You're getting mentored today, right?

Yes. I'm kind of worried.

Oh, I'm sure you'll do fine.

Thanks.

Oh, wait a minute.

You've got something on your cheek.

There you go.

Yeah, I took care of it yesterday.

I'll look into it again.

I'm off.

Sorry for leaving so abruptly.

Good luck today.

As mentioned during the evaluation, I think the imitation screening solution

is a great idea.

However,

what do you think about expanding your market?

Since you're developing the solution anyway,

you can expand your profitability.

One idea would be making use of national and public art museums.

I absolutely agree.

Imitation screening solutions

are also necessary for individual artists like myself.

To be frank, rather than profitability,

the initial purpose was to help the customers

purchase artworks on our platform with more assurance and trust.

So, I haven't thought about it yet.

(Blueup)

Turning artworks into luxury brands, huh?

You said you're planning to increase the prices of artworks through funding.

There's a risk that you may make it look like speculative investment.

An artwork is not an industrial product. Nor does it have fixed pricing.

What I mean is

that the price of an artwork will naturally go up if it's valuable.

Instead, you're saying that you'll raise the price to increase the value.

I'm asking you if this is the right strategy.

I believe that it's up to the seller to decide the value of an artwork,

since there's only one original copy.

What do you think, Artist Lee?

The value of an artwork

will only increase only when someone recognizes it.

People won't buy an artwork

just for its high price if they don't acknowledge its value.

Don't you think the price will naturally be adjusted then?

That's right.

Alright. Let's wrap up now.

(Jung Woo-ri)

(CONSTAR Manager Jung Woo-ri)

Manager Jung, I have a question.

(Manager Jung, I have a question.)

If it's about yesterday, I won't take any questions.

It's about the presentation.

I had a great time that day.

Nothing happened that day.

I meant that I enjoyed giving my presentation.

She's so cute.

- What's so funny? - None of your business.

How should I do this?

It didn't sound that hard.

What do you think about my business idea?

It's the first time you came up with a tech-business idea, right?

- Yeah. - That's exactly what I'm saying.

All new technologies look incredible when they're first developed.

You think it's easy to develop a solution after making a source technology?

You really think Jae-gwang can do that on his own?

Of course, I'm sure he can come up with a prototype.

But in your current condition, you'll never be able

to release it for business.

Are you saying that I should give up

since there's no way I can make it anyway?

That's up to you.

Do you think the artists will continue to stay with you in Artrium

if you continue to remain in the low to mid-range market?

What if Blueup offers to sell their artworks at high prices?

Who wouldn't come to Blueup?

In the end, money is what determines the value of art.

Of what use is

an imitation screening solution if the artists leave?

Don't you know you're racking your brain over something pathetic?

Get it together.

(Library Park)

Why didn't you reply to my text?

What are you doing here?

You left something behind that day.

I didn't.

You did. Think hard.

What could it be?

Just tell me what it is.

Should I bring it to you now?

Sure.

Then why don't we grab dinner together first? I'm hungry.

Let's go to your home first.

Should we?

I mean...

We're eating first.

Come on.

(Interim mission)

Hello, CEO Gong Ji-hoon.

A mission will be given to you based on the report you submitted.

Your mission is to come up

with a solution which will help supplement the weakness in Blueup's business.

You have five minutes.

Here's the problem with Blueup's business. Users invest in artworks through funding.

But when an artwork which was created through those funds fails to make sales,

there's no telling how long the users will have to guarantee its value.

To resolve that issue, CEO Oh Ha-min

utilizes block-chain technology to guarantee the value of each artwork

and the transactions of investors.

You cannot point out a problem which has already been resolved.

Rather than

merely guaranteeing ownership

by using block-chain technology,

I'd like to propose a solution that's irreplaceable yet also guarantees

ownership history. That is, the introduction of NFT.

If Blueup uses NFT technology,

the ownership of an artwork can easily be bought and sold,

just like how people do with stocks and Bitcoin.

These split ownerships of the artwork

will boost transactions in Blueup, thus strengthening its business.

Your presentation time is up.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Please come up with a solution which will help supplement

the weakness in CEO Gong's business. You have five minutes to present.

Those who use Artrium are those who purchase the artwork

of rookie or obscure artists in low to mid-ranged prices.

Hence, the authenticity of these artworks isn't so important.

The question of whether an artwork is genuine or not

matters only when the artist's value or popularity

surges up dramatically.

What's more, Artrium doesn't have

a single profitability strategy for the imitation screening solution.

Accordingly, I'd like to propose a monetization model

that utilizes the imitation screening solution

to distribute the profit made from imitations with the original creator

and charge them for this service.

Artrium's business model

not merely focuses on profitability.

Rather, one of its main goals is to realize social values.

How can social values be realized with the proposal you just made?

(Startup Support Center)

I believe that in capitalist societies,

a company's priority is to make a profit. Hence, social values can be realized

by creating profits and jobs.

Furthermore, the company can...

give back to society by taking part of the profit

to make donations.

The employees can also regularly do volunteer work.

Your presentation time is up.

Thank you.

I will now announce the interim mission scores.

Artrium, 85 points.

Blueup, 75 points.

(Kim Jae-hee, Lee Jin-nam, Kim Hyun-soo)

Great job today, CEO Gong.

You did much better than I thought.

What a relief. I was so worried.

Really? I wouldn't have guessed because you did so well.

Maybe you're born to shine on stage.

Maybe.

Oh, right. Do you have any plans after work?

I'm getting off work late because I still have things to take care of.

Why do you ask?

Umm... Would you like to come to my house and see my cat?

You have a cat?

Yes. Feel free to come and meet the cat.

Okay.

Welcome.

Yeah.

("My Rocket Ship")

(Post-credits scene)

I think it's amazing how you try to help your business grow

despite all these uncertainties.

CEOs are so cool.

That includes you, CEO Oh.

You seem to be impressed by just about anything.

Oh, that's so cool.

Tell me I'm cool again.

You're cool.

I bet I can impress you even more with how I drink.

Me, too.

I can drink more, too.

Really? In that case, why don't we go for a second round?

Let's go for a second round!

My house is loaded with vodka and whisky. Are you up for it?

Sure! Let's go!

Let's go! Where's your house?

- Which way is it? - That way.