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Why do women worldwide go wild over designer labels?
French women calculate the value and customs and buy brand-name products.
Japanese women buy it because of a sense of belonging.
When everyone has it, but me, I would stand out.
Then...
How about the women of our country'?
Korean women buy brand-name products to distinguish oneself from others. Episode 1
These days, everyone carries a brand-name bag, so how do they distinguish themselves?
Then,
what kind of distinction are Korean women looking for?
Wouldn't that mean they value the rarity which is the basis of brand-name products?
The basis of a brand-name product is rarity.
That's correct.
But our women are not interested in a pitiful thing such as that.
If the value of a brand-name product is based on rarity, then our Artemis products cannot be considered brand-name.
College students, mothers, grandmothers, and everyone else owns Artemis bags. Then, what kind of brand-name product is that? It's just an expensive bag and a luxurious item.
The discrimination that I'm talking is only about the price.
The price!
The most expensive bag, shoes, the most expensive brand.
Therefore, to the need of looking better than others, to look more successful,
that's the only way to satisfy those pathetic breed of people! Such are our country's women!
That's why they buy a bag that cost many more times than their monthly salary.
They go into debt to buy. They get two or three jobs. To buy it.
They force their men to buy.
However,
these types of women are how Artemis was created.
Therefore, Branch Managers,
raise the price further.
Without. Any. Limit.
But, there's already many complaints that the prices are too high.
Don't worry.
The truth is what we're selling is not just luxury goods.
What we are selling,
is fear.
As the prices go higher and higher, the fear that they don't have the newest Artemis bag;
that they will look cheap and unfashionable without it.
It's that fear.
Artemis must be a brand that is more expensive tomorrow than today.
I have worked hard to be a better person tomorrow than today.
Due to my circumstances, I couldn't go abroad to study
and couldn't even attend a language school that everyone else does.
However, with my high grades, I graduated 2nd in class from Eungwha Women's University, majoring in Fashion Design.
In order to have a qualification so I won't be behind others,
I have studied on my own and acquired Level 1 qualification in French language.
And I have won awards in various design contests.
But, what is your major principle of life, miss?
What is your credo? Please answer in French.
Effort is my strength. That's my credo.
And, what is the source of that?
My father owned a bakery business and worked for 30 years in our neighborhood.
My father, always said:
"Life is like a recipe book."
"If you follow the recipe, and faithfully follow the instructions for combining ingredients,
[Kor: If you live your life faithfully, not missing even one gram from the recipe,]
"you will surely succeed." [Kor: You will never fail."]
It's the same in life.
You should always be ready to put in effort. [Kor: The results of effort will not betray you.]
L'effort est ma force.
Why?
She hasn't changed at all.
It's someone you know?
I'm sure deep inside of me
that my success will be the result of my ultimate effort.
Thank you!
I will really do my best!
I will put my trust in you.
Does this make sense?
She got the score! But she is accepted?
It was an order from the President.
To hire her as a one-year contractor...
Oppa did?
Just like a fox.
I got accepted!
Yeah, Mom!
Yes, I finally got a job, after 3 years.
I know, I bet I'm the first girl they accepted who hasn't gone abroad
I know, right?
Yeah, Oppa. I...
got accepted! To GN Fashion.
Wait and see. I'm going to open a store in Cheongdam-dong and be successful.
Also, I'm going to live here! Definitely!
Cheongdam-dong Alice
My job is to run Madame's errands?
Yes.
Weren't you recruiting a designer though?
Yes, yes.
Then...how come I'm not working as a designer?
You came in last place.
Pardon?
Miss Han Se Kyung, you placed last during the recruitment process.
I'm really sorry but,
you say I came in last place.
But, then... why was I hired?
That's.. the mystery.
Last place.
Or, to say properly, to have been given the lowest place
I went to a good college and my grades were good.
I also won many contests.
But I came in last. It's a mystery.
Yet I was hired?
Wow, it's a total mystery.
Excuse me.
You are Team Leader Shin in Hwa, right?
The one who just launched the new brand Club A?
Hello, I was recently hired,
Miss Han Se Kyung.
Yes, you know me.
There's something I'm wondering about.
I came in last place in the recent job recruitment?
Yes.
Could it be.. because I didn't study abroad?
You're half right and and half wrong.
Congratulations! Sincerely, congratulations!
Congratulations!
When we all backed out, you persisted and said you'd be a designer
You finally made it!
Yeah, I did. As a last place.
But, doesn't GN Fashion usually hire people who studied abroad?
It's not that I didn't study abroad that I came in last place.
Even though she didn't go abroad, she was accepted because her grades were good and she won many contests.
That's right! So, why did I come in last place?
Now, the bride and groom will exchange rings
That's 1.5 carats?
3.5 carats.
I heard the wedding jewelry she received is from our store, Artemis.
Not only that, her father-in-law will open up a brand-name store for her. In Cheongdam-dong!
Geesh!
Da Eun is the smart one.
She said when would she become a regular employee and how many years it would take for her to be successful to launch her own brand.
Amongst us, the last place was her.
Hey, Han Se!
Hey, I told you not to call me that.
Am I in high school?
How can you leave when the highlight is coming up soon?
What highlight?
Da Eun's husband's friends are coming and I hear their profiles (background) are no joke!
In a marriage agency, they would be labeled grade Top A. Their parents' assets are over $5 million dollars.
Why do you think Ji Hye came dressed so well? So they can each grab one!
That's right. They would never give up fishing for men.
You come back to your senses, too, girl!
Come on. Let's go.
You are not unemployeed anymore. You are a GN Fashion's designer.
No need to be intimidated.
You're going? You do want to go, right?
I have go and meet In Chan.
Are you still going out with him?
I heard he got more loan from his company.
At least to retain my sanity, I should stop talking to those girls.
So annoying.
Every time we meet, all they talk about are designer brands.
Or how they can become a Cheongdam-dong wife.
Anyway.
Se Kyung.
Yes?
I'm at the hospital. Mother's check-up is today.
Is that so?
Then, should I go to the hospital?
It's ok. Let's see each other next time.
Ok.
[My Chan]
It was my first day, but he didn't even ask anything,
After 3 years, I finally got a job.
I'm feeling depressed.
That's why I said not to buy this house.
But they were going up by tens of thousands of dollars every night.
Who's the one who told me to go look into apartments?
You threw a fuss!
$2,000 a month to the bank for interest only.
And now they're telling us to pay the principal. What are you going to do about it?
Where are you going in the middle of talking?
Hey. What now?
This place might go into foreclosure.
Where are you going in the middle of this?
House prices were leap-fogging in a matter of a day, so how could we not buy it?
How could I not buy, I mean, when I felt like we could never buy it if we didn't buy it now?
Back then, it's not even a loan.
I had to buy my house even if I had to steal.
Why are you blaming me?
Fine! It's my fault! My fault!
Yeah.
What matters isn't that I was last place.
It's that I passed despite being last.
Though I don't know why I was last,
somehow they saw a possibility in me.
This Han Se Kyung's potential.
Yup.
When I become a regular employee, I can officially get a loan too.
First . . .
Miss Se Kyung.
We were wrong about you.
When you're such a valuable person.
It's alright.
Here you go.
Next year, I will become a regular employee.
Shall I buy a round?
And seven years at the company, and I'm the designer team manager.
Is this your best?
Huh. Then I'd be handing in my resignation letter, right?
Oh no.
Miss Se Kyung!
A designer who once worked at GN Fashion.
Launching her brand!
And the fashion world explodes in havoc.
It's a beautiful night.
You can get an interest-free 3K loan.
That Manager Kim.
Yeah, what matters is that I made it through.
No matter how, I will become a regular employee within a year.
Definitely.
I'm Han Se Kyung who's here as a part-time contractor.
I will learn from you diligently.
I put myself in your hands.
She'll be assisting us in various tasks.
We have a meeting,. So Mr. Kim, you finish it, please.
Yes, I understand.
Han Se Kyung?
Yes, Team Manager.
You've got something smeared on your shoe.
Starting today, preparations for collaboration with Artemis . .
we're going to start on it officially.
Collaboration?
Um, are we doing a collaboration with Artemis?
Working on it.
It's nothing difficult.
Pretty much just getting merchandise.
Yes.
Madame was a designer too.
So she is fickle about what she sees.
You can't just accept the merchandise any old way. You have to check everything meticulously.
Yes, I got it.
Use this when you're out on errands.
You said you had your license, right?
Yes.
Then, what do I start with today?
This.
Time is until 12:00.
12:00?
Then, I'll be back.
♪ Run with sunshine in full.
♪ All your dreams,
♪ that they are not futile.
♪ Even if you're sunk in old thoughts at times,
♪ swallow your tears,
♪ and fly higher.
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The detail is done with black stitching,
mixed in with white, for this blouse.
This is a product that was created in a pure and simple style.
And the price is $5,270.
$5,270?
Why would anyone buy it for that much money?
Texture that incorporates a softness . . .
a product that elongates your legs.
And the price is $270.
Crazy.
$270 for stockings?
When you can buy them for $3 at the market.
Because it has quality unique to a name-brand.
One drop of sweat at a time. As you know.
Yeah, yeah.
One sweat at a time to count up the price, I bet.
Accordingly, creating class to the legs
of the one wearing them.
Create it?
Class? Do the stockings go around wearing a human?
Why those frauds!
Seriously!
Oh!
What am I going to do?
Are you alright?
Are you hurt anywhere?
No . . .
How can you just spring out like that suddenly?
I'm sorry.
Seriously.
She's a soypaste woman.
This is the company car, you see.
And today's my first day on the job.
So? You think you struck some luck, right?
Right?
What am I going to do?
Ack.
Oh no.
It's a relief that you don't seem injured.
Let's each take care of our own.
Since both were at fault.
How are we both at fault?
You jumped out suddenly.
Whether I jumped out suddenly or whatever, I didn't hit you from behind.
Since it's not a rear-end collision, you were at fault for failing to drive forward attentively.
7 to 3 or 8 to 2, if generous . . .
if we each run it through the insurance,
that.
How much do you think it will rack up?
Probably 10 times more than this car.
That car's no joke, you must be thinking.
Are you thinking you might like to go lie in the hospital bed?
Pluck out a fat sum and go shopping again?
Are you thinking you won't mind having to be hospitalized on your first day of work?
What did you say?
Your first day, so you're a new-hire and you should be really busy working on the collaboration PT with Artemis.
But seeing how you're out of the office, you're not a full-time designer, but a contractor.
Then you must make some $13 or $14K a year.
You're about to see your entire yearly earning gone from a day of shopping.
How much you'd like to pluck out from me, I wonder.
Hey, look here.
But, unfortunately, that car isn't mine.
And I'm just a poor assistant that serves our Chairman.
Morever, the Chairman I work for . . .
is precisely, who your side, GN Fashion, is bending over backwards to try to colloborate with.
Merely that Chairman of Artemis.
If you still want to file an insurance claim,
that you ran your company car into the Artemis Chairman's car, make that report, then call me, if you'd like.
Han Se Kyung, where are you?
Yes, Assistant Manager.
I'm here already.
Of course. Sure.
Yup, I'm going in right now.
Yes, please don't worry.
Yes, yes, I understand.
Um, I'm from GN Fashion.
Yes, you've worked hard.
Goodbye.
Kim Woo Yong.
You drew this, right?
Don't I know your drawing?
This was the first time.
For real.
You breaking up with me and seeing Seo Yoon Joo,
it doesn't matter to me.
Meet her all you want.
But the drawing matters.
Don't make drawings for her. Not Seo Yoon Joo.
Han Se Kyung.
Why not?
You're right. Woo Yong drew it for me.
Last time at the combined competition and at the drawing contest too.
But you still got 2nd place, didn't you?
Aren't you even ashamed?
You stole the boyfriend and had him draw for you, but you still lost to me.
Don't worry.
I'll ask him to keep drawing until I beat you.
Hey, Seo Yoon Joo!
That's you winning?
You put your name on Kim Woo Yong's drawing and that skill becomes yours too?
Yup, that is my skill.
Putting out his drawing with my name on it?
That's my skill.
Seo Yoon Joo.
Do you know what you look like right now?
Like what?
Never mind.
Hey, Han Se!
Like what?
What you're thinking of right now.
That!
Why this . . . seriously!
Hey, wanna die?
Let go!
First day at work.
It feels really so lousy.
Today's luck is lousy too.
Artemis Korea Headquarters
Chairman, did you get into an accident?
Put Attorney Kim on it.
Is there trouble with the settlement?
No, insurance fraud.
What?
I don't like to be used for plucking money out.
So get ready for it beforehand.
Yes.
Chairman Cha Il Nam of Royal Group is here.
Really?
Yes.
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Omo, he's the Chairman?
His look from the rear is like art.
Yeah I know.
They say he's the youngest ever.
How old do you think he is?
But is he really Korean?
His name is Jean Thierry Cha ( " Sha " pronounced the French way )?
Except for his name, I know nothing.
Ah Jeong, do you know something? Share a little, huh?
I think you'll be more depressed if I did, so I won't.
You'll look into it, will you?
From Princess Se Kyung: Total wreck from day 1. (They're going to take it out of my paycheck.)
You'll console me, right?
This is Chairman Cha Il Nam of Royal Group.
Artemis Korea's Chairman . . .
Jean Thierry Cha.
We will not be entering Royal Department Store.
We, Artemis,
do not enter regressive (shabby) department stores.
I heard you are third in the industry.
Um, Chairman.
Secretary Moon, you may go out to tend to work.
The . . .
Tend to work, I said.
Even though we are third in the industry,
our debut sales expansion rate of last year,
is #1 in the industry.
The progress potential is . . .
Come back after you've progressed.
Then I'll reconsider.
We'll be putting our department store in Cheondamdong and Myeongong and . . .
Yes,
come back after all is built.
You little rascal!
Then why did you tell me to come?
Weren't you the one who insisted on coming?
What? You
Hey, punk,
are you giving me a chop right now?
I'm your dad, you rascal!
You chopped me first, as your son.
You even came and got me to sign a contract giving up claim to any inheritance.
For the reason of not studying business management in the U.S. and studying art in France instead.
For dumping the woman set up for me since I was 15 years old.
Because I said I would live with the woman I love.
So? Then this is your revenge right now?
Yes, it is my revenge.
You thought I couldn't do anything without you, Father, right?
Alright,
I see that you're hurt because I said to forgo the inheritance.
The inheritance . . . -Yes,
give me the inheritance.
I will donate the entire amount to society right away.
I joined the socialist party in France.
I'm not
the old Cha Seung Jo anymore.
I'm the Chairman of Artemis Korea, Jean Thierry Sscha. Sscha.
No matter what, you're an offspring of the Cha line.
Of Choongnam Buyeo. [Choongchung Nam-Do Province, City of Bueyo]
A millionaire household.
Choongnam style to the bone.
You fixed all your country dialect?
Huh?
What? Country dialect?
Me? This Jean Thiery Cha?
C-h-a. In French, c, h, a is "Ssha" you see.
You're still a small vessel as before.
Unmanly in your long grudge-bearing.
And emotional.
And petty.
You're a fool, punk!
Yes, that is precisely me.
And the one who will suffer the grudge-bearing petty punk's revenge
is you, Chairman.
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Not bad.
How's the new hire?
Miss Han Se Kyung?
To be honest, a mess.
She wasn't last place for no reason.
And she actually even asked how she got hired when she was last place.
But by chance, do you know her?
Of course not.
Complete looney and psycho.
Out of nowhere, saying I'm trying to pluck money out of him?
Saying I shot my yearly salary at shopping.
Guess he thought all that was mine?
What is this from the first day?
How can my luck be so messed up?
This . . .
for you.
You bought this?
This is $6,500 at the department store.
Around $4,750 if you buy it in Europe.
$5,000 after paying tax at the airport.
Tax on Europe-purchased leather goods have gone down a bit.
So you go and buy in Europe if it's cheaper to buy in Europe.
But the airfare to Europe is $1,000. Including lodging and food cost and it'll top $2-3,000 easily.
So the logic of being cheaper to buy in Europe isn't actually valid.
However they still go, my friends.
Do you know why?
This chain, you see.
This chain is like a piece of themselves that they lost.
They are crazy b*tches.
With what money did you buy this?
Now that you're employed you'll find out too. You'll need at least a bag like this.
Don't talk nonsense.
Se Jin and Ah Jeong are always singing about name-brands too.
But how is this a name-brand item? It's a luxury item.
What did you buy this with, I said!
Hurry and get a refund.
It's my last present.
Let's break up.
Don't contact me again.
He sure knows how to prick me.
I thought he's been too quiet for a while.
Why that again?
What's wrong?
It's hard on me too.
This bag.
Is it because I complained about the money for it?
It's not.
Then, because I said to get a refund?
When you tried to be magnanimous?
I told you, it's not like that.
Then what is it this time?
And what's this nonsense of a gift?
I did everything I could and it's too hard.
So what exactly
is that everything you could
and what's the too hard too?
Your mother . . .
She's gotten worse?
Just think of me as petty and foolish.
Want to die?
I'm about to go crazy as it is and you want to see me explode?
Because I'm a dreadful designer, they said I should just work as a contractor running the madame's errands.
And as a part-timer at that!
But what drives me crazier,
is that I'm thinking, why do I have to do this.
Why should I work there when they say I'm hopeless as a designer?
But the fact is that I can't quit.
Because if I quit now,
I don't know when I'll get employed again.
That's why we should break up.
Meet a wealthy guy, please.
Hey, So In Chan!
You agreed never to say that again.
Why are you dreadful?!
You like pretty stuff and you like nice stuff.
You were a woman who was proud of herself wearing name-brands.
Hey!
So why should you be told that?
That's because
of me.
Because you are dating a man like me.
When we first met, you were carrying a name-brand.
What about now?
You're carrying around a cheap bag and discounted goods.
Is that the fashion suitable to a GN designer? Even your dream's shrunk, trampled by me.
So what?
What are you trying to say?
Reality.
Once we marry, after taxes, our monthly earning is merely around $3,500 combined, at best.
You and me, our education loan principal and interest payments are $400 a month.
Food expense $500, transportation expense, communication and utility expenses are $500.
We can't afford a full lease so our monthly lease, with a deposit of
$15K is $450 a month. We have to get a loan for that $15K first, so the principal and interest is $500 a month.
My mom's doctor's fee, hospital fee, medication cost, $3,300 a month.
In one month, it's -$2,150 and that's -$25,800 a year.
There's no answer to it, right?
Let's stop dreaming hopeless dreams.
Hey, So In Chan!
Turn around now. I won't ask you a second time.
Fine! Go! Go!
When you can't even last a day like that!
Awesome!
So In Chan really gave you this bag?!
You should keep this bag and take this opportunity to really end the relationship.
Give it to me.
This time, when he calls in 3 days and says,
"I'm sorry. I was wrong", just ignore him. If he shows up with flowers in front of your work, just pretend you don't know him.
How can you tell me to break up with him so easily?
In Chan's family is not well off.
In Chan's mother is seriously ill.
He borrowed $40K from his company.
Not that your horizon is looking that great either.
Drop it, already.
Truthfully, you're sick of it too, right?
Always, with him saying "let's break up" can be tiresome. It's irritating, right?
I love him.
Heol!
If it weren't for In Chan oppa's encouragement and all,
I wouldn't have been able to go through 4 years of college.
Really.
I'm not joking.
I really love him.
He has a job and as a contractor, I'm working too.
If I work hard, I can succeed.
A girl who wants to succeed, caused an accident on her first day.
Hey, hey.
Today, I really...
In my whole life, this is the first time to be involved in this kind of mess. Really!
This is all due to that crazy guy.
Carzy guy?
He exists.
Crazy.
Wacko.
You're a fool, punk!
That's it.
Yes, that is precisely me.
That's it, that's the expression.
That, that, that's it.
Ahhh, I can feel it healing.
Petty way is the best way! Ahh, now I feel like I can live.
What is the best?
You came?
You were laughing so hard. What are you watching?
Whoa, you really did it?
To your father?
What father? I did it to Royal Group's chairman.
Psycho. A wacko with an IQ of 40.
Childish fool.
Did you really have to do it this way?
And when was it when you said I needed "healing"?
And the really childish stuff, hasn't even begun
Seo Yoon Joo?!
She became the wife of GN Fashion's President.
[Paris, Year 2006]
Yoon Joo, why are you doing this?!
I threw away everything, even my father and my father's money, all for you!
I love you.
Enough to give up everything.
Is that...
love?
Love is...
not giving up.
It's protecting.
Why did you give it up?
Now you know, right?
To me, you..
were just a business.
I am going to invite Artemis' Chairman to our vacation/guest house.
Is that right? He's coming to Korea?
Well, he hasn't confirmed yet,
But the executive assistant mentioned that they would like to meet at a discreet location.
so I said I'd hold it in our house.
Honey, this time..
can I prepare it without your sister's help?
This is an important event.
That's why I want to do it!
Couldn't you leave this to me, for once?
Do you... not believe in me?
It's not that I don't believe in you. We have no information yet.
We only know his name, Jean Thierry Sha
I thought you said he lived in France for a long time.
I lived in France, too.
I'll try it. Please?
Fine, you can do it.
But in return, you have to do well, okay?
Really?
Then, I'll do my very best so your sister would be pleased, okay?
But do we really have no information on the Chairman of Artemis?
Like his personal preferences, that kind of stuff?
That's what I'm saying. We have such little information, to the point where it's weird.
But, honey, you've been looking happier lately.
Me?
You look full of energy , and
in a better mood, too.
Do I really?
GN Design..
Then the collaboration your company is having, is it....?
This punk... You don't think I can separate work and revenge?
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity given by the heavens
You... You're still regularly taking your medication, right?
This punk! Looking at me as if I'm a crazy person..
Do you take it or not?
I'm taking it regularly, so don't worry.
But Seo Yoon Joo... Does she know you're Jean Thierry Sha?
I came here 2 days ago.
They don't know anything about my identity.
She needs another surgery?
Yes, but, because the previous bill hasn't been paid, we haven't been able to schedule a date.
Mr. So In Chan has said he will definitely pay for it in a couple days.
so we just have to wait and see.
Yes.
Idiot.
He couldn't tell me that and just wanted to break up...
Hey, Han Se Jin.
Bring my Artemis bag and come to the store near my work.
Do you want to die? Come quickly.
Hello, and good morning, everyone!
Good morning!
Today's order.
Um, Manager...
What kind of a person is the Madam?
Why do you ask?
No, I just...
Then again, there's a lot to be curious about, since you two are so different.
Ah, there's one similarity.
You two are the same age.
But, it seems that the Madam has taken a liking to you, Se Kyung
Seeing as how she's making you get these.
What is the item?
This is from the newest Josephine collection.
Coming from a renowned jeweler in France,
the diamond is 13 carats in total in the setting.
13 carats?
So.. how much is this?
It is $150,000.
How much?
It is $150,000, customer.
Ah... Yes.
If you've confirmed, shall I wrap it for you?
Yes.
This is the warranty. I will include them in the bag.
Then we will escort you and the Josephine collection.
Escort?
Goodbye.
Here, I will escort you, Josephine.
How great is
your luck compared to my luck, as if it is a whole different world, Josephine... How great is
your luck compared to my luck, as if it is a whole different world, Josephine...
That, if you handle it that roughly . . .
It's worth $150,000,000 won. (about $150k) (respectfully, wryly spoken).
I'm going to return it.
Are you crazy?
Do you have the receipt?
Think again.
Of course it's excessive for people like us to use bags like that.
But you have to consider the position of the gift-giver too, right?
This is not polite.
It'll take a day or two, would that be okay?
Yes, it does not matter.
Just a moment.
I heard that the procedure is complicated.
Can't you not give a refund?
Yes! Officer Kim!
Pardon?
The warranty is missing?
What on earth happened?
Why is the warranty for the diamonds missing?
I'm sorry, I'll go to the shop right away and . . .
The shop said you . . . !
The shop said you checked the warranty and took it.
What?
Isnt' it that you opened it?
Isn't it that you tried them on?
No, how would I dare . . .
Then, why would it disappear?
What is the matter?
I'm really sorry, Team Leader.
I will find the warranty no matter what.
Without fail, I'll take the responsibility and . . .
Ms. Han Se Kyung?
Se Kyung, why are you doing a job like this?
Pardon?
Your GPAs are good and your history of winning competitions is wonderful too.
You have many qualifications
So why run these errands?
Becoming a designer, isn't that your dream?
Yes.
Becoming a designer, that is my dream.
So, even though I'm a mere temporary help right now . . .
I'll work harder and if I make a full time employee in a year . . .
Whether it takes five or ten years, I'll work harder and
I'll become a successful designer at GN Fashion and . . .
Will that work out?
Pardon?
Ms. Han Se Kyung, you're a person who can never become a designer.
Because my resume without any study abroad experience is shoddy?
What is shoddy is not your resume,
not your resume . . .
Let's stop.
Please tell me!
Please let me know what I lack.
I have to know my shortcomings in order to change and become better . . .
Your eye ( fashion sense ).
Ms. Han Se Kyung, your eye is shoddy.
Those shoes . . .
Aren't they the domestic brand Candice sold for $50 at their season end sale 3 years ago?
And your jacket, is it a discounted import?
The pants . . .
Where on earth do you manage to buy those?
The problem is not so much having no study abroad experience.
But in the circumstances that didn't allow you to study abroad,
the best eye you can get is on that level.
Did you say you must know your shortcomings in order to get better?
Your eye won't change no matter how hard you try, Ms. Han Se Kyung.
Because an eye is
decided by what you see, hear and feel from the day you were born.
It is already decided.
Bring back the warranty.
Because that is what your job is, Ms. Han Se Kyung.
Yes.
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On the 1st basement floor is Artemis's high end jewelry brand, Eclaire's shop.
I am sorry.
Our brand doesn't issue separate warranties.
Moreover, when you received the product, you checked the warranty for sure.
I am aware of the fact,
but I'll be in big trouble if I don't have it.
I really need it. Can't you just issue another?
I'm sorry, but our brand won't allow that.
Please do me this favor.
What do you mean a mutual mistake?
Isn't that that Doenjang?
I will pay for the warranty.
Please, please do me this favor.
Secretary Moon!
I'm simply a poor secretary to my CEO.
Excuse me.
You said you are the CEO's secretary, right?
What?
This person is our . . . -What is it?
Oh, it is that . . .
So, you ran your company's errand and took a full set of diamonds,
but you lost the warranty.
Yes.
So please issue another one.
Please do me this favor.
Why do we have to do that?
The warranty you lost, by your mistake . . .
Why do we have to reissue it?
That is . . .
There is no reason, is there?
Moreover, according to the shop clerk, she even made sure that you took the warranty.
That is, the thing is . . .
You tried them, right?
Those diamonds . . . You tried them on, right?
These are . . . $150K?
Did you want to try them on so much?
Do you want to try on expensive things so much when they are not even yours?
What kind of cutting technique was used to make those diamonds,
what kind of history and story is in them,
so how much value they have, you have no interest at all in that.
The only important thing is the price of $150K.
So,
how did you feel when you had that $150K necklace on?
Did it look good on you?
With those clothes and that style?
Whether it looks good on me or not, without any regard to that,
whether your clothes cost $10 or $20,
if you just have a name brand product on any clothes, your fashion is complete.
When even a designer has that kind of mentality . . .
What taste you have . . .
Ms. Han Se Kyung, your eye is shoddy.
The problem is not so much having no study abroad experience.
But in circumstances that won't allow you to study abroad, the best eye you can get is of that level.
So . . .
What do you want me to do? [speaking in informal/rude way]
What did you say?
Like you said, the reason my taste looks shoddy is
because of these $10, $20 clothes, isn't it?
If I had on expensive clothes, bag and shoes from head to toe,
my taste wouldn't have been called shoddy.
Then, I could've become not a temporary help that runs the President's wife's errands
but a full time designer.
That's right.
So how can one afford not to buy it?
Even if a bag costs $5K, $6K or several times the monthly salary.
Even if you have to borrow money or spend your yearly salary on it,
how can one afford not to buy it?
I have to have an Artemis to appear as a successful woman,
a rich woman,
and a tasteful woman.
Value?
What use is that crap?
When all I need are expensive things to be treated accordingly.
That way,
haven't you been conning us?
Conning?
We simply lightly touched
the bad doenjang side of women that wants to appear better than others.
If you want to blame something, then blame that doenjang streak of you women.
Or that inferiority complex, blaming others that they don't treat you well
because you have don't have a name brand product.
Or those circumstances of yours.
Circumstances?
That is...
something I can't help, aren't they?
Those circumstances are . . .
Those circumstances are
my parents,
and what my parents have given me according to their circumstances.
The neighborhood I was born into and raised in, and friends I've hung around with.
They refer to those things.
What taste you have . . .
Is that a fashion good enough for a GN Fashion designer?
[Mine Chan]
Hello?
Where are you?
Are you off work?
Today, I . . .
I said let's break up.
From now on, don't call or send me text messages.
Don't come to see my mother, either. Nothing will make any difference.
Why are you doing this?
Why is everyone telling me
nothing will change?
Besides working hard without complaining,
what other option do I have?
But why is everyone telling me
it won't work?
Are there really things
that won't work out even if I work hard for them?
I'm begging you, Se Kyung,
let's please stop talking about these things now.
Okay, I understand.
Let's stop.
If you want it so badly,
let's end it.
[King-sized bread, $2 per bag]
[Han Bakery]
How can this be . . .
You're home?
No,
how can a bag of this be only $2?
When it's so big and delicious!
Oh, seriously!
Did you have dinner?
Mom,
when was the last time you went to a hair salon?
Nothing.
I'll go in first.
L'effort est . . .
[Effort is my force.]
[Resignation]
[To resign as of December 1, I . . . ]
[. . . tender this resignation.]
I sincerely regret my mistake and apologize.
Actually, I thought everything was unfair.
Albeit inside Korea, I studied hard
and won awards in many competitions.
But why do I have to be the Madam's errand girl?
Still, I thought I would get a break if I worked hard.
Only if I can show you my skills
I dreamed that I could become a full time employee in 1 year.
But I have realized that I will not catch such a break.
I also understand now why I can only run errands.
Yes, of course, everyone has different circumstances.
Team Leader Shin In Hwa, your and my circumstances are different.
The Madam, I've been helping, her circumstances and mine are also different
because we were born with different circumstances.
And if you say life is determined by what we are born with . . .
I won't be able to change it with my will.
Still, I will work hard
because the only thing I can do in my circumstances is to work hard.
Did you find the warranty?
Oh, Officer!
This is . . .
Officer, the Madam is here!
Madam?!
Oh, Madam! Aigo . . .
Stiletto heels.
Silk lace dress.
Cashmere coat.
Python clutch bag.
Everything is different.
From the moment of birth,
from the very beginning,
everything is just different.
Hey.
Han Se.
Seo Yoon Joo?
Seo Yoon Joo, you are . . .
the Madam?
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Hey, by any chance, didn't Seo Yoon Bal pick you?
Why would she, when we have no good memories whatsoever?
Artemis is to raise prices 10%.
The classic line.
But you, are you the CEO or something?
You!
Hey, you!
So baffled . . .
Ah, that relieved my stress!
The name is Jean Thierry Cha.
The youngest CEO in the history of Artemis.
Omo, I must have been crazy!
Will you put the rest in my dressing room?
That must be it, from the way I feel . . . $30K . . .
I must earn money, right?
Not realizing someone is stealing bags, and allowing fakes on the market . . . !
Exchange this
with that one.
Oppa, come out!
Seo Yoon Bal! A smashing hit!
To live with a rich, capable husband, she must have dumped
her husband with the Cha last name.
Verify what the two's relationship is.
I said go!
Something
that is mature love!
Isn't it love?
I'm saying I need you.
I heard that you were known as Cha Yoon Joo in France.
Dying to [take] revenge . . .
What on earth are you . . .
What the hell!
Why is only yours pretty, Secretary Moon?
Why give you something like this when she's giving me only something like this?
Secretary Moon, you're only a secretary and I'm the CEO! (speaking in Choongnam dialect)
Is she crazy or what?
CEO!
And Han Se Kyung?