Operation Proposal
Episode 15
If I stay away from Yi Seul like this, will I someday eventually move on?
Ready... begin!
I want nobody nobody but you.
Up till now, I was the person closest to Yi Seul.
Although I got hurt because of you,
the happy moments outweighed painful ones.
I really hope that you'll be happy, even more so than I wish for my sister.
That's clearly my ring.
I want to listen closely to Yi Seul's heart.
Hey, Ham Yi Seul!
Hurry and come out here.
This is no time for jokes! It's against the rules!
Hurry and come out. I'm telling you to come out quick!
Kang Baek Ho from ten years later,
you idiot!
Could you still not have realized my feelings even now?
You should have looked after her on my behalf!
Yi Seul!
Mr. Jonson, Contact
Feb 3, Hong Eun Dong's Mother
Feb 6, Kudun Station, Explore
Feb 7, Mr. Jonson, Meeting, Busan Hotel 12 o'clock
Feb 8, Baek Ho, Kudun Station
Mr. Jonson?
As I mentioned, here's the video of Baek Ho Kang.
The pitcher of Bastards where you can see the talent of this pitcher.
It's pretty impressive.
He has great strength in his arm and he throws the ball extremely fast.
He has average speeds of 92 mph and what a curve he has.
I have no doubt that he will challenge the batters
with his magic and speed.
Nice to meet you.
I heard a lot about you from Miss Ham but I'd like to learn more.
Could you tell me a little bit more about yourself?
He said he heard a lot about you from Miss Ham.
I'm very interested in seeing you in action.
I'd really like to see you while I'm in Busan.
He says he'd like to find an opportunity to see you in Busan.
I'd like to take him to the Triple A.
I'm very interested in learning more about him.
As far as I see from the video,
I'd love to take him to Triple A right away.
I haven't seen this strength and speed in ages.
Would it be possible for you to arrange a meeting while I'm in Busan?
I would also love to see his talent in action.
Could we set up a schedule with him after our meeting?
Let's see for ourselves how far he can throw.
Ham Yi Seul, you lousy brat!
You think you're the best till the end, don't you?
Who asked you to do all that?
Why?
Why would you do that for me?!
Everything was my fault.
Yi Seul really did die because of me.
Baek Ho.
How could such a thing happen?
Drink slowly.
I know how you feel.
I won't stop you from drinking.
You can drink all the alcohol here if you choose, but do it slowly.
During this time, have you been eating?
Yi Seul
came here, didn't she?
Yes, she did.
When? Why did she come?
What did you do to Yi Seul this time?!
That's not how it was.
Yi Seul came by unexpectedly.
Since that incident, it was the first time Yi Seul came by.
Honestly.
Why did she come here then?
She had some questions.
About what?
About your dad...
My dad?
Yes.
Your dad.
What kind of person was he?
When and how did he die?
She stopped by unexpectedly, asked those questions, and left.
I'm sorry.
Thank you.
Hey, Player Kang, break time is over.
Start running again.
Quick. Quick. Quick.
Jin Ho.
After we go to the bathhouse together,
I'll buy you strawberry milk.
How about it? Sounds great, right?
- Yes. - Okay, let's go.
Hey, do you want to go to the bathhouse too?
You smell.
Never mind.
But, you're getting married the day after tomorrow,
don't you have anything to do?
What?
Brides are usually busy shopping and getting massages before the wedding.
You're standing under sun and wind.
Your skin isn't even good, where does this self-confidence come from?
Hey, what's wrong with my skin?
I'm a natural beauty with jade white skin.
If you're not naturally blessed, you should work to make up for it.
Coach is stuck with a bride like you;
and as a man,
I feel sorry for him.
Hey...
Are you asking for a beating?
I don't say anything to you because you're all grown up now,
but you're asking for a beating.
Kang Baek Ho, you better stop right there.
Hey, that's my bike!
Kang Baek Ho, quick quick.
Baek Ho, scrub my back for me today.
Father, out of the blue...
He's embarrassed to say
he doesn't go to bathhouses because he doesn't have a son.
You can fulfill his wish today.
That's right.
Kang Baek Ho, see you in an hour.
- Okay. - Let's go.
Let's go in.
Okay... Aigoo.
This tastes delicious.
I don't know why this tastes so good.
Are you tired from scrubbing Dad's back?
No, not at all.
Father is probably tired from scrubbing my back though.
He scrubbed so hard I thought my back would fall off.
Really?
Let me see. Do you need medicine ointment?
No, no. I'm fine.
It felt great. I'm in good spirits now.
Kang Baek Ho.
Yeah?
Why have you never once mentioned your dad?
I'd need to know to say anything.
There's really nothing? You can't remember?
I was very young.
Plus, Mom refused to tell me.
He must have been a bad person, she didn't keep a single photo of him.
Don't you miss him?
I'd need a reason to miss him.
It's not so much missing him or not,
but his absence sometimes makes me feel empty.
When, for example?
Like when I see fathers come watch their sons play baseball,
or when they teach their sons how to drink at tent restaurants.
Also, like today, when they take their sons to bathhouses.
Thanks to Ham Yi Seul, I got to fulfill one of my wishes today.
So...
what kind of person was my dad?
A bad man,
a bad husband,
and a bad father.
Was he that bad?
Did that man hit you, throw things, and steal your money every day?
He'd tiptoe so as not to wake up the family.
After work, he'd stay up all night washing your diapers.
He'd cover a sick colleague's shift.
He was the kind of man who could live righteously even without laws.
That's what everyone said.
Then why?
Why did you hate him? Why did you live such a messed up life?
Because he died.
A man like that
unexpectedly left us behind and died one day.
I couldn't forgive him.
People say to love too much is a disease.
A man like that died unexpectedly.
I couldn't live the way I used to after that.
Thinking about Baek Ho,
I shouldn't have done that as his mother.
Mother.
But my Baek Ho...
Every time I look at him,
he resembles him.
He resembles his father so much.
Do you think that place is still there?
I don't know.
We didn't go back to visit after we left.
My Baek Ho doesn't even know what kind of man his dad was.
Where is that place?
Baek Ho.
Where is that place?!
What is it all of a sudden?
Do you have any plans for the day after tomorrow?
No, but why?
Go somewhere with me then.
Where?
You'll know when you get there.
Make time for it.
Seriously.
You came in the middle of the night just to tell me this?
Where's your phone?
Did you use it to make soup?
That's because it's really important.
Be sure not to make plans for the day after tomorrow, got it?
It's a promise.
I got it.
I'll pick you up in the morning the day after tomorrow.
- I'll take you home. Let's go. - It's all right.
Okay, go in and sleep.
Goodnight, Kang Baek Ho.
That was the last time
I ever saw Yi Seul alive.
That was her last smile,
her last goodbye.
It seemed she was investigating something or going to see someone.
I asked and she said it was a secret and wouldn't tell.
Kudun Station?
Kudun Station.
Famous producer Mr. H
admits to dating newcomer singer JJ Jin Joo.
Is Jin Joo involved in a scandal?
Looks like it.
If it's famous producer Mr. H,
then it must be H Entertainment's Han something or other.
Right, Chan Wook?
Jin Joo is really something.
If she plays her cards right, she could become a Hallyu star.
I don't know if this is a good thing.
Why isn't it?
As a singer and as a woman, she hopped on the express elevator.
Hey, is that good?
She'll just get motion sickness.
Plus, have you considered that this doesn't suit her?
Why do you always have to rain on my parade?
Joo Tae Nam, do you like Jin Joo or something?
Hearing about her scandal with another man
unwittingly ignites the fires of jealousy buried in your heart.
I don't.
Chan Wook, you're not eating?
What's the matter with him?
Yu Chae Ri.
My goddess Chae Ri, you look like a love guru,
but sometimes you're clueless about men's hearts.
Director Song.
It's out of control.
It's a huge scandal.
People are saying PD Han likes Jin Joo and it looks to be true.
Our Jin Joo has turned into Cinderella.
Oh, I feel quite embarrassed.
I'm merely a man expressing interest in a woman,
but everyone is taking notice.
At present, it's mostly just one-sided on my part,
so I hope you will all wish me luck.
Starting today,
I hope everyone will pay close attention to our Jin Joo's concert.
Can I go in?
Yes, you can go in. This way.
Are you
Jin Woo's son by any chance?
What?
Isn't your father's name Kang Jin Woo?
Yes, that's right.
How did you know it was me?
It's you.
A young lady said she'd bring you here and here you are.
Wow, you really resemble him.
One look and I could tell that you were Jin Woo's son.
Oh, right. Your name is Baek Ho, right?
Yes.
But a young lady...
Could it be...?
Yes, she said she's your friend.
A really pretty girl came to find me.
When she came, she asked many questions about your father.
Over there, she cried there for a while before leaving.
She said she'd bring you here very soon,
but I didn't hear from her again for a long time.
I was just getting worried, but you came.
You're finally here.
I'm sorry.
I think (Train) Conductor Kim has a terrible cold.
He said he'll come in the afternoon if he feels better.
I'll be covering his shift until then.
Is Baek Ho having fun playing?
Please come out.
Come out.
Aigoo.
I trouble you every time, thank you.
It's always so heavy, Grandmother.
You'll hurt your back.
I have to sell all these to pay this boy's school fees.
What's wrong, Boy?
Why are you crying?
Aigoo, this boy thinks of his mom every time he sees a train.
What kind of mother abandons her son and leaves?
Okay.
I'll play something with you, so please don't cry.
My child! Child!
Baek Ho, let's go in.
I have something to show you.
Yes, okay.
That young lady asked me to show this to you.
Oh, that wretched woman.
Jin Woo was so good to her.
Here it is.
How could she not save one picture for you to know what your father looks like?
Here. This was the news report from the incident.
I feel sorry for you about it,
but it's something to be proud of.
Look.
Don't you think you look just like your father?
Exactly the same, exactly the same.
- Jun Soo. - Let go!
Move.
1982 Professional Baseball League MVP,
a miraculous 22 straight wins...
This all took place before you were born. Where did you get all these?
These are rare items.
Oh, those were left to me by my father.
Is this really possible?
Going back to the past?
You're such a skeptical guy.
Hey!
What would you lose by allowing yourself to believe?
Nothing.
If it doesn't work, then you'll be confronted with bitter reality.
If it does,
you get the one more chance you're wishing for.
Who did you get your indecisiveness from?
But,
why are you giving me this chance?
That...
Let's just say it's because I'm a baseball fan.
Conductor!
Come out! I'm telling you to come out!
I have something to say to you.
Please come out.
There's something I must tell you and something I need to hear from you.
Just this once.
Please, just once is enough. Come out one last time!
I'm begging you. Please...
Father!
Father.
Are you really...
my father?
So I once...
had a father.
Do you know how much I resented you?
I know.
Do you know how much I missed you?
I know.
Do you know how...
lonely I was?
How could I not know?
Why didn't you tell me all this time?
It's a conductor's rules.
If I hadn't figured it out myself, I wouldn't have found out; is that it?
That's what would have happened.
This is something that should have been impossible.
If it hadn't been for Yi Seul, this wouldn't have happened.
Yi Seul helped me find my father.
I'm really sorry.
I didn't know Yi Seul would end up like that.
If I had known that would happen, I wouldn't have appeared before you from the start.
Is...
Yi Seul there too?
No, not yet.
We have to find her and bring her back.
You can't.
Send me back.
What?
Send me back in time and then I'll bring Yi Seul back again.
- You can't do that. - Why not?
I just have to take that medicine.
Just send me back to before Yi Seul's accident.
No matter what, I have to prevent that accident from occurring.
Do you know what the most important rule in time travel is?
You cannot interfere in life and death and that's exactly what you want to do.
What happens if I interfere?
What happens if I break that rule?
The time traveler dies.
If by chance you survive,
you'll lose all your memories.
Lose all my memories?
Plus, there's no guarantee you can prevent the accident and Yi Seul will live.
Even if Yi Seul is lucky and she dodges death,
you won't remember who she is.
You'll forget the twenty years of memories you had together.
What's the point then?
Her name...
My memories...
I'll forget all of it?
You know from experience
that changing the past doesn't guarantee a better future.
There might be an even more tragic and painful situation awaiting you.
There's no other reality more painful than this one.
To me, the current situation is the absolute worst.
Please let me go back again.
One last time, just once.
I won't beg you again.
If I send you back again,
I won't be able to appear before you anymore.
What do you mean?
Even conductors get punished for breaking the rules.
Do you mean I'll never see you again?
You won't remember meeting me
and you'll lose all your memories of me.
Knowing that, do you still want to go back?
You'll die this time, Boy.
Who do you take after in being such a fool?
Fine.
We'll use this...
for the ticket fee.
[I�ll take you to the Major Leagues. - Kang Baek Ho]
Kang Baek Ho.
In your next life, I'll be a good father to you.
At that time,
I'm going to play catch a lot.
Okay.
At that time,
we'll go to the bathhouse together.
Okay.
At that time...
we'll always...
Dad.
Father!
Captive Kwong Jin Won waves a white flag in complete surrender.
I offer this ring as a symbol of everlasting love.
Please accept it.
I'll abide by the international laws for the humanitarian treatment of captives of war
and follow the Red Cross' philosophy.
Hey, why do you suddenly want the camera?
I need it for something.
It was supposed to be used to take wedding pictures for Yi Seul.
It will.
What?
Nothing.
I'll make good use of it and give it back to you.
Baek Ho, are you all right?
What about?
You seem uneasy to me.
Chan Wook.
What?
Thanks.
For what?
Because a guy like me was lucky enough to have a friend like you.
Hey, what's wrong with you?
The mood's already depressing enough.
I'm happy to meet everyone.
My name is Ham Yi Seul.
Hello.
What's the point of retaining memories in a world devoid of Yi Seul?
It would be 100 times better to remember Yi Seul and die.
It would be better if she married Coach.
Someone like me from a dysfunctional family, has never been good enough for you!
Just go to your Coach!
It would be better if we fought and went our separate ways.
It would be better if I died.
Yes, I'll go back in time.
I'll travel back and get you back.
Renovatio.
Yi Seul!
What? Where am I?
[7 hours before Yi Seul's accident] What? Where am I?
[7 hours before Yi Seul's accident] .
Oh, yeah.
The team had an MT the day of Yi Seul's accident.
What time is it now?
What? No!
I must stop her before she sets out for Busan.
Hold on a sec.
Hyung. Hyung.
Hyung. Hyung. Hyung...
What?
Hyung, can you lend me your car? It's urgent.
Premium gasoline.
Okay.
Thanks, Hyung.
I won't forget this favor.
You're annoying. Let me sleep.
I might not get this car back to you.
I'm sorry, Hyung.
Just because we're not together...
doesn't mean I don't love you.
But, I have to go to Coach now.
Before that,
I want to give you one last gift,
so I'll be back.
Also, go with me to see your father tomorrow.
Wish me luck, Baek Ho.
Who is it?
Yes, Mother, it's Baek Ho.
Is Yi Seul home?
Yi Seul just went out.
Oh, okay.
Your call cannot be connected.
At the tone, you will be connected to voicemail.
Stay calm, Kang Baek Ho.
Think, think. Just think about it!
The meeting is at Busan Hotel Coffee Shop at noon.
Yi Seul's accident happened at 11:45, at Busan's Anrak intersection.
I have to catch up with Yi Seul before she gets to Busan.
Yi Seul, please.
Please answer your phone!
- Please enjoy. .
- Please enjoy. - Your vacation starts today, right?
- Who approved it?
- I approved it. - Who approved it?
That's not allowed.
I told you about it last week.
Even so, this director didn't approve it.
Are you doing whatever you want, Team Manager?
Should I start work again tomorrow?
Other employees get three weeks off to get married.
Other brides need time for skin treatments and whatnot,
but I have no idea what our team leader is up to.
Therefore, I'd rather keep her by my side and working instead.
That's unequal treatment of employees, Boss.
You really won't tell me what's going on?
Later, if it all goes smoothly I'll tell you about it then.
All right.
My bride's temperament makes her difficult to persuade.
Teacher.
I'm sorry.
About what?
Just... for everything.
Are you planning to leave me at the altar?
What?
A bride whose wedding is in two days is suddenly apologizing to her groom.
I'll be a better partner to you from now on.
I'll always be there for you.
Having you by my side is enough.
You don't have to tough it out on your own.
[Kang Baek Ho]
Yi Seul, where are you?!
Stop right now.
Don't go there.
Meet with me.
What the heck, Kang Baek Ho?
If you knew where I'm going now you wouldn't say that to me.
Player Kang,
you better pray for me and wish me luck.
In the next five minutes,
I have to reach the scene of the accident before Yi Seul does.
Because of you, I'm happy.
Although I got hurt because of you,
the happy moments outweighed painful ones.
Thanks, Baek Ho.
I love you.
The time traveler dies.
If by chance you survive,
you'll lose all your memories.
Please save Yi Seul.
Please.
Baek Ho.
Kang Baek Ho.
Baek Ho.
You won't remember meeting me
and you'll lose all your memories of me.
Knowing that, do you still want to go back?
You'll die this time, Boy.
Who do you take after in being such a fool?
Aigoo.
Throw it hard this time.
Daddy will too.
Baek Ho.
Kang Baek Ho.
Dad is really happy because of you...
because you're my son.
Seriously, what is this? Why here?
I really can't be late.
Yes, I'm Ham Yi Seul from Sports K.
I'm close by but there's traffic due to an accident.
I'm sorry.
Please wait a little while and I'll be there soon.
Yes.
[Ham Yi Seul]
Could you tell me more about the player Baek Ho Kang?
Yes.
Each season, he pitches over 160 innings.
It's the same as what we discussed last time.
Pitcher Kang Baek Ho pitches at a speed of 140km and above.
Each summer season, he plays over 160 games.
This video is of him pitching during last summer season.
Well amongst the Korean pitchers he has a wide skill range I guess.
I believe he could succeed in the Major League too.
I worry about Baek Ho Kang's age.
Here is additional data on that.
If you look at this data,
Kang Baek Ho's greatest asset is his natural shoulder strength and fitness.
[Kang Baek Ho]
Yes, hello?
Yes, I'm Kang Baek Ho's friend.
What?
- Change? - Yes.
Hello?
Baek Ho got into an accident.
What?!
- Let's go quickly. - Let's go.
- It was nice meeting you. - Nice meeting you too. Goodbye.
Your call cannot be connected.
Baek Ho. Kang Baek Ho.
Player Kang.
Do you know whom I met with just now?
They want to meet you.
They want you.
Kang Baek Ho,
we
are going to the Major League.
Baek Ho, are you listening?
Kang Baek Ho is going to be okay.
He can't die.
What do I do?
Yi Seul, do you want to postpone our wedding?
In both of your memories,
allow me to disappear.
I knew a really foolish guy.
He started time traveling in an attempt to change a past he deeply regretted.
He swore to try his best to change the past,
but in the end, the miracle he hoped for didn't occur.
Our lives are filled with missed opportunities.