Albert Oh (Cho Han Gyeol) in Undercover Miss Hong was initially portrayed as just one of the Hanmin heirs with no significant role. For Hong Geum Bo (Park Shin Hye), he was just an insignificant variable. However, in episode 11, it is revealed that Albert is the Yeouido Pirate, a well-known financial community website in Yeouido. Almost all rumors, gossip, and the latest financial news can be found in this community. But what is the reason Albert Oh, the Hanmin heir, started this community? Let’s take a look at the three reasons he became the Captain of the Yeouido Pirate below!
Yeouido Pirate was born out of Albert Oh’s identity crisis
Albert, often called Big Al, was formerly a film student in New York, United States. However, his father, Oh Deok Kyu, Hanmin’s son-in-law, did not approve of Al’s career choice. He was dragged to South Korea and given the position of Head of Risk Management, which was not his passion at all. There, he felt he had no identity of his own. Moreover, at home, he was often looked down upon by his step-grandmother. In the midst of this emptiness, he saw the genius and sharpness of Lee Yong Gi (Jang Dong Ha) as an engineer, a member of his team, as something interesting.
Lee Yong Gi helped Albert Oh create the Yeouido Pirates community
Amidst a risk management division that had almost no real work to do, Lee Yong Gi happened to have expertise as a genius engineer. Big Al finally asked Yong Gi to try making the Yeouido Pirate website. The result? It was a complete success! Yong Gi also shared Big Al’s vision of becoming pirates in a sea of information. For Al, Yeouido Pirates was also a platform where anyone in Yeouido could freely express their opinions.
Yeouido Pirates became a form of liberation for Albert Oh
Even though he was forced to follow his father’s plan, Albert was not the type of child to fight back head-on. That is precisely why Yeouido Pirates felt important because of its silent resistance, which had a huge impact on Yeouido’s financial sector. By becoming a “pirate on the sea of information,” Albert challenged the Yeouido system, which had monopolized access to financial information. He created a democratic space where rumors, gossip, and facts could be freely discussed by anyone. Through this community, he not only gave a voice to the citizens of Yeouido, but also found his own voice.
Ultimately, the Yeouido Pirates in Undercover Miss Hong became a reflection of his inner journey as an heir who had lost his way. By becoming the Captain of the Yeouido Pirates, Albert finally found the anchor he had been searching for all along.
