Do you think that there's any single soul left who is unaware of the sensational series of Netflix named "The Squid Game"? The Korean series 'the squid game' captured the Korean audience's minds and made a huge splash all around the globe. In its ten initial days, the squid game topped the global ranking based on the top most-watched shows on Netflix. It has been identified that on October 12th, 2021, Netflix, from their official account, tweeted that the squid game was till then watched through 111 million Netflix accounts within 17 days. The squid game successfully broke the record made by the Bridgerton series, which was viewed through 82 million accounts within 28 days. The struggle of Hwang Dong-hyuk The director and the writer of Squid Game, Hwang Dong-hyuk, witnessed several rejections from different Korean studios from the last ten years. Hwang Dong-hyuk wrote the story in 2009. The director's struggle started even before the script was fully completed, as Dong-hyuk had to stop the scriptwriting and was forced to sell his laptop for around $675 to overcome the financial issues. Profits earned by Netflix The expenditure which Netflix does for acquiring and distributing the Korean series is almost $21million. Additionally, this OTT platform spent a few more millions to dub the series for the global audience post-purchase. Finally, out of all the expenditures which Netflix does, according to the internal records saved by Bloomberg, this global sensation “The Squid Game” earned around $891 million. Dalgona Candy game The second challenge in the squid game with the Algona candy, a type of honeycomb toffee, has enormously inspired the Tiktokers to make their version. Most interestingly, the creator of the squid game did not invest much in the promotion of the series, but somehow, the web series did incredibly well all around the world. It showcases that all you require in today's market is the effective word of mouth hype. The well-known hashtag #Squidgame has already surpassed more than 32 billion views. Squid Game Sequel Post the release of this sensational Korean Drama, the audience all around the globe was disappointed after knowing that Director Dong-hyuk had no story left to create its sequel. However, with the staggering mass audience response, which the OTT platform received after the Squid Game was released, the global media houses have reported that Netflix is planning to hire writers to make a sequel happen. I have already started thinking about the games the sequel will have; what is your thought about this?