Operation Proposal
Episode 12
You can't take it all.
I need to pay the rent at least to run the business.
Didn't I tell you to prepare 2 million won?
All these don't make up that amount.
I'll give it to you. I'll run the business and earn it for you.
Let me pay the rent first.
Go get that money elsewhere then.
Didn't I tell you I need the money urgently?
Jun Tae...
Ahjumma.
If you want to continue seeing me,
bring me money.
You always find the money you need. Stop complaining.
Jun Tae. Jun Tae.
Let go of me!
Dammit!
[Kang Baek Ho]
Aigoo, it's freezing!
Aigoo, too cold!
- Hello. - Yes, welcome.
Ahjumma, please give us a bowl of chicken soup.
Okay.
Don't they sell fried chicken here? They serve chicken soup too?
The chicken soup here is really delicious. Try it.
Is that so?
My husband...
My late husband liked it very much, so I tried making it in the shop.
He really liked the taste.
But you're so beautiful.
Why did you suffer such misfortune?
Such a waste for a beautiful lady to live alone.
Live alone?
Do you know how popular she is?
- Men won't leave her alone. - I bet.
Stop saying that, it's embarrassing.
Well, it's true that I've been quite unlucky.
It has started raining all of a sudden.
This is the best time for alcohol.
Ahjumma, please sing something.
There's this song you're really good at, right?
With the rain falling like that...
and my heart feeling like this...
I guess the song will suit the atmosphere.
All right! Applause!
Sorrow is still within me
Lingering around not knowing where to go
If I were to recall that very day
The clouds above would darken without my knowing
The heart that came towards my empty heart
Get lost.
You can live off this for a few days, right?
If anything happens, call the shop.
Lock the door and be careful with the gas valve.
Got it?
You have to come back again.
You'll definitely return, right?
Ji Won! Let's go!
Ji Won!
Yi Seul!
Mom!
Baek Ho!
Baek Ho, come along and join us for lunch.
Let's go.
- Let's go and eat. - Yes.
Boss, please head upstairs first.
I have some matters to see to.
Auntie.
It's been a while since we met!
- Are you doing well?
- Oh you're here. - Are you doing well?
Let's go.
Please enjoy the meal.
Thanks.
Yi Seul, you're growing more beautiful by the day.
You've found a great job too.
You're doing well too, right?
Why didn't you contact me all this while?
You've already done so much for me.
How can I keep inconveniencing you?
Have you met up with Baek Ho?
He's doing well.
Please don't worry about him.
Please have the meal while it's still warm.
It's only one day before Yi Seul's birthday.
I don't even have the capability to buy her a ring.
So, who was that person?
Oh.
That was Baek Ho's mother.
Kang Baek Ho's mother?
That's surprising.
Why?
She looks too nice for someone who abandoned her child.
She looks too considerate.
You're right about her being considerate.
But a mother shouldn't ever do that to her child.
It's a miracle Baek Ho got this far,
having grown up under such circumstances.
I think you probably deserve 80 percent of the credit.
However, Yi Seul, you're not Baek Ho's mom.
I can understand why you've taken over that role;
but, shouldn't you stop playing his mother?
[Second-hand vehicle market]
What is this?
Can't you tell?
It's a car!
I know, but what is the car doing here?
And it's such a lousy car.
Lousy car?
Did you just call Kang Baek Ho's beloved car lousy?
Kang Baek Ho's beloved car?
What?
Did you pay for this?
Can it even move?
Of course I paid for it!
Although it doesn't seem so,
its engine is as good as a new car's!
Anyway.
Get in.
What?
You've got to go on a test drive.
I'll give you the honor of being the first to ride in it.
Get on in.
Test drive? Yeah right.
Let's just give it a good wash first.
- Wash it first! - Hurry.
Kang Baek Ho.
Don't!
Kid!
Oh, the big sister and uncle from that day!
Grandfather always gets angry at you.
Why do you still come everyday?
Because we want to see him get angry.
Grandfather is not around.
Where did he go?
"I want to play a game of baseball. "
Are you still harping on that matter?
Why did you come again?
No matter how much you insist otherwise,
I know how much you want to play baseball.
What do you know?
Your wife, son, and daughter-in-law all passed away early.
"If it weren't for baseball, my life would have ended long ago. "
That was what you said when you retired.
Yes, I retired.
You know what that means?
It means that I've quit baseball.
They said that a man with my temper should quit baseball.
So I quit.
And, let me warn you once more.
Baseball is not charity.
What you are trying to do right now is crazy.
I need you precisely because it is crazy.
Also, I'm not doing it for charity.
We don't just take in young and talented players.
B- grade players no one knows...
A- grade players who have gotten old...
C- grade players who have never been properly trained...
All of them are welcome on our team.
It would be good if two such players joined us.
It's okay even if only one joined.
But if you could join us as well, more might come.
What is there to expect from recycled trash?
Flowers.
Flowers which survive on trash are more precious.
How amusing.
Our team will have their first training session here tomorrow.
If you're curious about how much potential trash can have,
please come and take a look.
Grandfather, let's play baseball!
How is it?
Amazing, right?
What is that?
A solar powered lamp.
How do you find it?
Really bright, right?
This is as good as the lighting in the baseball field.
Where did you steal that from?
Steal?
It's a new product my father's company has imported!
I brought it out to test it.
So you did steal it.
I've told you not to practice pitching here in the dark every night.
But you're just not listening.
What else can I do?
You're unstoppable.
I'm a manager who will bring you light if you need it.
Even I find myself really amazing.
But will Uncle scold me over this if he sees me,
when he can't find it tomorrow morning?
That's why we have to hide this well.
Geez...
Have you heard from your mother recently?
I'm not interested.
Why do you ask?
Nothing, I was just asking.
Your mother is getting old, so...
So what?
Does becoming old make her my mother?
Are you asking me to be a filial son to her now?
Because she is your family.
She is your only family in this world.
Don't you know?
I don't have any family.
I've never had this thing called "Mother. "
Baek Ho.
If I ever had a family,
that would only be you.
You, your mother, and your father.
I'll get going.
Are you at your office?
I'll go over right now.
Oh, it's Ms. Yi Seul.
I thought I wouldn't get to see you before I leave.
It's great that you came in time.
Are you doing well, Chairman?
Not too well, because of your boss.
Have you considered my proposal?
I don't think a small company like this needs so much effort from your boss.
Our company will soon show results good enough for his attention.
Is that so?
Since you've said so, I'll wait and see.
Oh my, really...
That boss you're speaking of is standing right here.
Don't make me look like a fool.
You're only the boss in name.
I know that the brain behind Sports K is really Ms. Yi Seul.
Why?
Are you trying to poach her?
Our Team Leader Ham isn't such a woman.
But, Boss, I am that kind of woman!
See?
Ms. Yi Seul is many levels above you.
Goodbye, Chairman.
Yes, Auntie.
Where are you?
Okay.
Auntie?
Auntie.
Did you wait very long?
No.
I didn't manage to get the amount you mentioned.
This is half of that.
My fixed deposit is expiring at the end of the month.
I will give you the rest then.
Please bear with it till then.
I'm sorry.
Don't say that.
I shouldn't be asking this of you.
I don't know how I can ever repay you all the money.
Yet I am still borrowing from you.
You can return it slowly, as your situation improves.
Don't feel apologetic towards me.
Please take good care of your health.
Don't fall sick.
I think he sent you to Baek Ho,
because he didn't have a mother.
Baek Ho's father did...
I already owe you so much, but,
this is really the last time.
Baek Ho.
Kang Baek Ho.
You...
are not even human.
Hey, Kang Baek Ho!
Baek Ho.
When did it start?
Actually...
When?
How much have you been helping that woman?
Auntie seems to be having a hard time.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have asked me...
A hard time?
As much as I've had?
I'd rather she be dead like Father!
What's the point of living like that?
Kang Baek Ho.
And how could she have asked you for money?!
What are you?
What are you to that person?
How can she ask you for money?
I'm sorry.
It was me who kept it from you.
Ham Yi Seul.
You must be rich.
Rich enough to lend money to someone who will never return it.
I guess someone marrying into a rich family view things from a different perspective.
Stop it, Kang Baek Ho.
Are you my mom?
Are you helping me because you feel sorry for a kid,
who was abandoned by his own mother?
That's right.
As a child you even felt sorry for abandoned dogs.
Stop it!
Please just stop poking your nose into other people's family matters.
Stop showing me sympathy and charity.
Please just go walk your own path.
Someone like me from a dysfunctional family,
has never been good enough for you!
Just go to Coach!
I guess someone marrying into a rich family views things from a different perspective.
Please just stop poking your nose into other people's family matters.
Stop showing me sympathy and charity.
Please just go walk your own path.
Someone like me from a dysfunctional family,
has never been good enough for you!
Just go to your Coach!
Hello?
What?
Boss?
You actually found me.
I've found myself a capable staff.
Are you hiding?
I made a bet with myself, I wouldn't go back if no one could find me.
The Coach I know...
Yes, he's not this kind of person.
But...
I'm feeling afraid, for the first time.
I'm afraid that I'm the only one working for this dream.
A young guy who doesn't know the ways of the world,
dreaming an unrealistic dream...
You're not the only one working for this dream.
If there are many people working for a dream,
that dream might just come true.
The fear that resides in here...
I'll get rid of it for you.
Okay.
It's time to go, Boss.
Dad, fighting!
Son!
[Park Young Soo!! You can do it!!]
Yi Seul.
This is not a dream, is it?
This is the start of a dream, Teacher.
Look.
There are so many people dreaming that same dream.
Big sister!
Kid...
Gosh, I ended up joining this crazy plan.
Sir.
As a baseball man who survived on baseball for over 50 years,
I wanted to see for myself how poorly this bunch of rookies play.
Sir, are you going to train our team?
As I said, I'll have to see them play first.
Thank you, thank you!
I've never managed to tell you even once that I like you
Will the hesitation which fills my heart cause me to lose you once again?
I didn't realize your importance because you were always by my side
I must have caused you a lot of tears
We fought and made up, loving each other
Cliché story, cliché love
Yes, I have no one but you!
Oh, my goddess!
Please save me
Without her, even if it's for just one day, I, I, I...
Oh, my goddess!
I will make you smile
I will run to your side
I'm really grateful to all of you for coming here today.
Those who have a seed of passion for baseball, those whose passion has not burned up.
You came like this.
Because of that passion,
all of you are baseball players more amazing than anyone else.
Our team is not part of the Major League, be it the main team or the substitute team.
Nicely put, we are the "outside team. "
This is not the final stop for you all.
This is a pit stop for you to take a short break,
before you move on to something better.
It's an oasis for people with dreams.
This is what our team is all about.
Our team is called the Han River Bastards.
Although it sounds a little crude,
I don't think there is any name which suits our circumstances better.
We're benchwarmers and misfits.
I want to let them know that we'll make it big with such players.
We are not losers or trash.
We want to let those who only dream without taking action know this.
Baseball misfits...
Cheer for the Han River Bastards!
Cheers!
It's sweet!
What?
I know you must have hidden it somewhere.
Hand it over!
Baek Ho!
What's with you?
Get lost before I turn nasty.
Go. Leave right now!
Hurry up and leave, don't ever come again!
Watch out.
My son is all grown up.
When did you grow so fast?
I never took care of you so I don't have any memory of it.
Yi Seul...
When did you start meeting her?
Yi Seul didn't tell you anything?
The first time she came by the shop was when you enlisted.
Auntie. Hello.
Who are you?
I am Yi Seul.
Baek Ho's friend...
She came to tell me that you enlisted.
Auntie, a can of beer for that table!
After that day...
Okay!
She came to learn how to make chicken sticks for you.
And every year...
She would bring me presents on my birthday, saying that they were from you.
So you didn't know.
Well, I kind of guessed it.
Gosh, she really did everything for you.
She's a hundred times better than me.
She must love you very much...
Baek Ho!
- Wow! - Try it.
Did you really make this by yourself?
Of course, try it.
- How is it? - Tasty!
Tasty right? Tasty right?
- This is too big. - Hurry up and eat it!
Eat it.
Please just stop poking your nose into other people's family matters.
Stop showing me sympathy and charity.
Please just go walk your own path.
Someone with a lowly background like me,
doesn't suit you at all.
Just go to Coach!
You don't know anything.
Baek Ho, you really don't know anything.
I really don't know anything.
No matter how often I travel to the past,
just like a student who takes the same test twice,
although I have the chance to give the right answers,
I never manage to figure out anything.
Damn it! Damn it!
Kang Baek Ho, you're really hopeless!
Congrats, Boss.
This is a great day.
What's with that expression?
Because I'm afraid.
Haven't I gotten rid of that fear for you?
This is a fear many times heavier than that fear.
Those players who came today...
If the dreams of those players and their family had weight,
the weight of those dreams I saw today must have been tens of tons.
Will I be able to make them come true?
Will I be able to protect those dreams,
the way I promised to when I addressed them just now?
You will keep your promise to them.
You will definitely do it, Coach.
Those many tons of dreams don't just rest on your shoulders.
They rest on everyone's shoulders.
All right!
I can help you shoulder about five tons of dreams.
Thank you.
Teacher.
For staying by my side...
Without you by my side,
I don't think I could have achieved this.
Ham Yi Seul.
I am going to kiss you now.
Teacher...
I dislike myself and detest you
Why did you not tell me and just kept pacing?
That's why I didn't know
You foolish person
The things you hoped for and desired all this time,
how can you let it slip away like this
and stay awake all night pounding your heart?
The first ring I ever bought in my life.
The engagement ring I bought by selling my car, nearly all that I had to my name.
When they asked me for the ring size,
I was afraid that the ring might be too small,
so I asked for the biggest size they had.
because I'm a fool
It's so big it feels loose on my finger.
Just like me, who failed to give her the ring in the end,
it's such a cursed ring.
A pitiful ring...
Please forgive my foolish self
You foolish person
I knew that it wasn't going to work.
Indeed, it ended up a failure.
This is the end of it all.
The game has really ended.
Not realizing it's love,
I hate myself for losing you again
Even if I turn back time,
I can't hold onto you
because I'm a fool
I can touch you if I stretch out my hand
Did I realize it only now after letting you go from right under my nose?
I can say it now...
I love you
Oh, Coach! You two came together?
Today is a special day for him too, so I asked him to come along and celebrate.
Oh, yeah.
Coach, congratulations on the official launch of your baseball team.
Thanks.
Hey, Kang Baek Ho!
Where are you?
Why aren't you here?
You didn't forget about Yi Seul's birthday, did you?
Sorry, Chan Wook.
I don't think I can make it today.
Something has turned up.
What? You're missing Yi Seul's birthday celebration?
Send her my good wishes.
Tell Yi Seul... I wish her a happy birthday.
Hey, Baek Ho.
Kang Baek Ho!
Hey!
Here.
The cake is here.
Cake!
All right, happy birthday, Yi Seul.
And also, congratulations on the launch of the baseball team.
That's two things to celebrate. Double the celebration!
Happy birthday to you.
To our dear Yi Seul,
happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday, Yi Seul.
All right, we have to take a photo on this special occasion.
Come, come, get yourselves ready.
Okay, here it goes.
Ten seconds, ten seconds...
Okay.
Oh!
Yi Seul!
Are we lying on the same bed?
Aigoo.
This isn't a dream, is it?
How do you find this?
It's great.
It feels really great.
Yeah, I like it too.
I don't want to waver any longer.
Is this the miracle I've been dreaming of?
I've decided on this one!
Okay, it feels quite soft.
Look at Baek Ho.
He's already in sleeping mode.
It really seems you'll fall asleep the moment you lie on it.
How can they fall asleep so quickly on their wedding night?
Aigoo, that's so low!
Okay, we're done with the bed.
Next should be appliances? Electrical appliances, right?
They said it's on the fifth floor.
Let's hurry over.
Let's go.
You've made a really good choice, Bridegroom.
This is our bestselling model here.
Oh, right.
Unfortunately, as ever, I am not Yi Seul's bridegroom.
Pretending that nothing happened,
I went back to being her friend.
I even go along to shop for her dowry.
I'm just a loser who lost his love.
We'll buy you a fridge.
Chan Wook will do the video recording.
What about Baek Ho?
What are you giving Yi Seul as a wedding gift?
Tell me what you need.
Anything...
Really?
Kang Baek Ho, everyone heard what you just said.
You can't go back on your word.
Okay.
But, guys...
There is something else I hope to receive from you all.
What is it?
Let's go on a vacation trip,
just the five of us, before the wedding.
Well, since he bailed out,
our vacation plans fell apart.
So...
Shall we go on that sunrise vacation trip we missed on 31 December?
That's right.
1 January is not the only new beginning.
This can be a celebratory trip for Yi Seul's new beginning as a bride.
Let's go!
Yeah, let's go!
Thanks.
No need for thanks.
Thanks to you, we'll get to breathe some fresh air.
I hope granny's soup store is still open.
We have to check where the arcades and PC cafes are.
Yeah, it'll be a waste if we didn't drop by for games.
Let's go, let's go.
What is it?
Hmm?
What is it you want as my wedding gift?
Would you give it to me if I told you?
Well, that is if it's within my ability.
Join the team.
What?
I hope you can join our Bastards team.
Are you feeling sorry for my pitiful existence on the substitute team?
You know that's not true.
Got it.
I will think about it.
You have to.
Ham Yi Seul.
Do you feel regret?
About what?
Are you sure you won't regret this wedding?
What do you mean?
Never mind.
I'm leaving.
Don't leave.
I can't let you go.
No, I don't want to let you go.
I am the one who knows you best.
I know everything about you.
I'm the one who shares most of your memories.
The person who loves Ham Yi Seul most in this world,
isn't Coach. It's me!
Why are you acting like this?
Why are you acting like this now?
Didn't I tell you?
I can't let you go like this.
It's all too late.
No, it's not too late.
You just have to call off the wedding.
No.
Baek Ho, you don't know anything.
Be it in the past or the present,
you know nothing.
Not me, not my feelings...
You know nothing.
Yi Seul.
The person I love now... is Coach.
You don't know anything.
Baek Ho, you really don't know anything.
Baek Ho, you don't know anything.
Be it in the past or the present,
you know nothing.
Those words that I didn't want to hear from Yi Seul,
I heard them twice.
Kang Baek Ho.
You're really someone beyond hope.
You're beyond hope.
Beyond hope!
Everything has ended now.
It's all over.
Serves you right, Kang Baek Ho.
I think it's time for me to apologize.
I understand why you're not happy to see me.
I said this when we first met, right?
That you had nothing to lose, so why hesitate?
It would be great if it worked.
Even if it didn't, you had nothing to lose.
I admit that was a mistake.
It's not true that you've got nothing to lose.
With every chance you receive,
you have to pay a price for it.
Because of that, you're in no better shape right now,
than when we first met after the wedding ceremony.
You look even worse.
Can you... just shut up?
It's like opening up Pandora's Box.
Your desire has grown compared to when everything was still unclear.
The obsession is now stronger.
And your regret has grown deeper.
Please just leave me alone and get lost!
I'm here with another offer, as apology.
Another offer?
If it's a relationship you can't fix no matter how hard you try,
another way around it is to cut it loose.
What do you mean?
How about a trip bac to forget?
If you erase her from your heart,
and let the feelings fade with time,
would you not be better able to face Ms. Yi Seul's wedding tomorrow?
Is that possible?
I'm sure it will be easier than winning her back.
Because you just have to take care of your own feelings.
In the month of May one year,
a Korean baseball player,
first pitched in the Japanese and American Major League.
He joined the game in the 9th inning of a completely lost game, and took the loss.
The last words he said as he left the mound were,
"This is the end. "
And ten days later,
the 33 year old legendary player,
quit the remaining baseball season, ended his contract and retired.
Do you know what he did next?
He sang and played the guitar.
He grew his hair out the way he wanted.
Lee Sang Hoon.
Being persistent isn't always the best way to do things.
Sometimes it's knowing when to give up and back down.
Even if you lost the game...
I feel bad just watching you leave the game miserably like this.
How do you feel about this?
Leave your worries behind for once,
and just enjoy the trip.
Have a good trip.
I just have to let go of Yi Seul.
If I let go of her,
would it hurt less one year later, on this day?
Will I be able to face Yi Seul with greater ease?
Renovatio, renovatio, renovatio.
Yi Seul!
The last day of 2010...
- Our limited-time sale has started. - Hey, why didn't you bring your wallet?
In the 30 minutes that follow, everything...
- will be half-price! Start! - Half-price. He said it's half-price!
Tae Nam, quick, quick!
That one, that one. Go grab that one!
- Hurry, hurry! - Chan Wook, that one!
- Go queue up first! - Okay!
The cashier, the cashier!
Please be careful. Be careful. Don't push!
Guys...
I'm a lonely guy who is struggling with a failed relationship.
I just arrived here and now we're...
There's not much left! 20 minutes to go.
Hey, Kang Baek Ho.
Quick, quick! Quick.
Quick, quick!
Please wait a moment.
Great job, Kang Baek Ho.
Aigoo, Kang Baek Ho, you're such a loser.
Is this the occasion to smile along just because Yi Seul is smiling?
Okay, I'll join you all at the hangout after I'm done.
You've been getting a lot of music video shoots.
I don't know if that's a good thing.
Of course it's a good thing.
That means your talent is being acknowledged.
And the pay is quite good too.
Not as good as our popular CEO couple.
But of course!
Oh, look at that stuffed toy!
It's really cute.
It will surely feel great to hug it to sleep!
Do you like it that much?
Shall I buy you one?
Oh... Chairman Joo!
Get me one, get me one!
Are you a child?
You should be hugging a muscular man to sleep.
Why a stuffed toy?
Let's hurry up and go. Come on, go go.
Hey, but it's quite cute.
Why did you bring me here?
There is something I want to tell you.
You probably already know,
but I want to tell you this myself.
Kang Baek Ho.
I...
No.
I don't want to hear it.
Yi Seul, please.
I have decided... to accept Jin Won's heart.
Officially.
You don't have to say it's official!
For the next 22 hours and 17 minutes,
I'll be your manager, agent, driver and servant.
I love you.
Could you say that again?
Despite how far,
how long
and how exhausting it was to get here,
the pain of breaking a bone,
the pain of a flesh wound
nothing could compare to the pain of losing this girl.
The person who loves Ham Yi Seul most in this world,
isn't Coach. It's me!
I have decided... to accept Jin Won's heart.