In order to deal with its troublemaking artists and misfits, YG Entertainment forms a new department called the future strategy office, with Seungri as head of the department. The show follows him and his co-workers struggling to regain the company's reputation in the midst of a crisis. The black comedy series was based loosely on YG Entertainment artists' real-life drug and sex scandals.
Development and production
The show was first announced on February 22, 2018 through a press release published by Netflix. Producer Park Joon-soo declared to have been inspired by Samsung's former Future Strategy Office, which used to be an important department of the company before it was disbanded. He went on saying that he has "been producing a series of shows that make fun of the dark sides of Korea's entertainment industry" and he thought of YG because it was "going through a dark patch" at the time. During filming, the crew and cast were given different versions of the script in order "to make the show as realistic as possible." However, Seungri mentioned during a press conference — which took place in Seoul on October 1, 2018 — that he seldom read the scripts, wanting "to show the real " as much as he could.
Cast
Main
YG FSO team
Seungri as the head and consultant of YG FSO
Yoo Byung-jae as a staff member who runs errands for the department
Lee Jai-jin as an employee who rarely goes to work
Son Se-bin is an assistant of the department with calm air
Kim Ga-eun is the financial manager of the department with a direct personality that is always "challenging" Seungri
Each episode features a quote by Yang Hyun-suk, YG's chairman, which relates to the episode's story. The quotes are shown after the opening credits.
Reception
At the show's press conference, Seungri announced, "YG is literally in crisis", which was later compared to YG's current real-life predicament by The Korea Times reporter, Jung Hae-myoung, at the onset of the Burning Sun scandal. It received viewer complaints about scenes of sexual harassment and racism, including one where Seungri chides a male model for not complying with a female foreign investor's request for him to get naked on a webcam with her; although others were happy with the celebrity cast.
