Jinmyung Group

**Jinmyung Group** is one of the largest conglomerates in Korea, second only to the Daehan Group and followed by the Taewang Group.

## Background

Hojin Won founded the Jinmyung Group after he was pushed out of management in the Daehan Group.

## Subsidiaries and Divisions

Structured much like any corporation with a Chairman and business hierarchy.

* *Jinmyung Tower* (Terror Man) - It is a skyscraper and twin towers where the final battle in Terror Man Season 1 occurs. Located in Jamsil, Seoul
* *Jinmyung Bank* (Terror Man) - there was an explosion caused by a wire short-circuiting. Jungwoo Min enters the bank, pretending to rob it in order to save the people there. It is later implied from Hayeon Yeon that she may have been involved in causing the explosion, just like the case with the department store and the bridge.
* *Jinmyung Hospital (*MNSBTYD) - the doctor that Miwoo visited got his master's in the Jinmyung Hospital and later worked in the Outpatient department as a professor.
* *Jinmyung Scholarship Foundation* (MNSBTYD) - It is said to be the largest foundation in Korea with a scale of 4 trillion won. A foundation that provides scholarship to high school students for higher education, but in reality it is a platform where they select and groom women to become hostesses for high-ranking people. Miwoo Ha was one of those students who was tricked into this scholarship and eventually ended up in the entertainment business. Miwoo Ha is one of those recipients.
	+ Jinmyung Gifted and Talented Scholarship Fund - a project that the foundation gifted a contribution of 600 billion to in order to support students with excellent grades, although secretly being the platform to recruit potential hostesses. Among the schools listed, there was Jewoo Girl’s High School, which is where Miwoo attended.

## Members

Most members of the Jinmyung Group appear only in My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days (Webtoon) with the exception of Hojin Won who appeared in Terror Man as well.

## Power and Reach

It is one of the top conglomerates in Korea.

## History

* Hojin Won splits from the Daehan Group and establishes the Jinmyung Group, taking with him Seungpyo Jeong's father.
* Jinmyung Group establishes the Jinmyung Foundation 3 years after it's incorporation.
* Jinmyung Foundation contributes to create the “Jinmyung Gifted and Talented Scholarship Fund” to support students with excellent grades. Among the schools listed, there was Miwoo's school.
* Hojin's daughter, Seungyeon Won, marries Sungjin Kim and is disowned. She is ousted by other higher-ups in the Jinmyung Group, resulting in her sickness and eventual death.
* Jinmyung Group invests in Dasom and through it increases it's reach, using the ladies in Dasom to service both Jinmyung Group members and related people.
* Jinmyung Tower incident occurs.
* Higher-ups in the Jinmyung Group who were involved in the death of Sungjin's wife, Seungyeon Won, begin to taken down one by one through Miwoo.
* In order to protect the Jinmyung Group, Hojin arranges the death of Miwoo and removes Dasom.
* Jinmyung Group's collapse after the confession of both Sungjin Kim and Seungpyo Jeong

## Plot Overview

### Terror Man Season 1

Hayeon Yeon summons the leaders of all conglomerates in Korea and gathers them in the Jinmyung Tower. Chairman Hojin Won mocks the fact that Taehan Won, the Daehan Group's Chairman, didn't show up. However, in a turn of events, Hayeon takes them hostage with a bomb around their neck to force them to cooperate. During the commotion caused by the Terrorist, they eventually escape reaching a bridge that gets demolished by Hyunseong Lee. In the process, one of the Chairman, Chairman Son falls off the bridge.

Arriving on the other side, they encounter Sejeong Oh and Bongchun Kim who just defeated Junwoo Han. Though Bongchun wants to save them, Sejeong Oh attempts to kill them under orders of Suho Jin. However, Lilia interferes with her axe and saves him from death. The Chairmen are escorted to the rooftop where they escape on a helicopter, only for the helicopter to get destroyed by Hyunseong Lee. Chairman Hojin is the only survivor as he jumps off the helicopter before it explodes.

### My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days

The main antagonist in this work. When Hojin founded Jinmyung, in order to grow it, he established a foundation to recruit young women, providing them scholarships in exchange for them become hostesses. Using Salons and other sexual services to the higher ups, Hojin was able to grow his company quickly. One of the recipients of the scholarship was Miwoo, Siwoo's sister.

Jinmyung Group led the investment for Dasom. For that reason, higher ups in the political and financial circles would go to Dasom with confidence, knowing that it had Jinmyung Group’s backing. They took care of the ladies in order to use them, knowing most people want money and women. Thus, Jinmyung Group would pick a few notable ladies to service the people in the group, Miwoo included.

When Miwoo decided to get out of the game, she ended up blackmailing Hojin using the baby in her wound, which resulted in her death. When Siwoo became aware of Jinmyung Group being responsible for her sister's death, she exposes their corruption. The Jinmyung Group basically collapses following the investigation, causing the group to split.

## Affiliates/Associates

* Dasom - the Salon that Jinmyung Group invested in and later shut down because of Miwoo Ha.
* Kallas - the Jinmyung Group has invested stocks in Kallas.

## References

1. ↑ Reawakened Man, Season 0, Ep. 32
2. ↑ Terror Man, Season 1, Ep. 24
3. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep. 23
4. ↑ YLAB Universe Encyclopedia, p.88
5. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.24
6. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep. 16
7. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep. 13
8. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep. 23
9. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.1
10. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.24
11. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.24
12. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.25
13. ↑ Terror Man, Season 1, Ep. 68
14. ↑ Terror Man, Season 1, Ep. 69
15. ↑ Terror Man, Season 1, Ep. 92
16. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.25