East of Eden
Song Seung Hun, Yun Jung Hoon, Park Hae Jin, Han Ji Hye, Lee Da Hae
Yes.
Anyway, I'm in your hands.
Yes, thank you.
Yes.
I think now we've managed to avoid bankruptcy.
Episode 46
More than anything, we should have checked out the competition and analyzed more closely.
But we missed that.
Right.
Particularly watch out for Chairman Guk's electronics factory.
Our sales channels overlap quite a bit.
I understand.
Yes?
Hyungnim.
The union has made trouble.
Hmm?
The new union leader has already begun movements toward a strike.
In his words,
there is at least an 80% chance for a strike.
I thought we might face this at some point, I guess it's now.
And there is a rumor that someone is footing some money behind all of this... a widespread rumor.
I can just tell who it is... Shin Tae Hwan!
No.
I'm afraid it's Chairman Guk.
Chairman Guk...
is the type of person that will hunt you down to the bitter end if you turn your back on him.
Dong Chul... you should not expect to overcome this easily.
I understand.
Hello?
Ah, Dong Chul?
Father?
Myung Hun disappeared in the night.
What?
There is someone who saw a bunch of men drag him into a car.
I don't have a good feeling about this.
What do you mean?
Oh, and there is another bit of bad news.
I was debating whether or not to go up and tell you in person.
Someone has jumped in and is hindering our efforts in the resort project.
What did you say?
There's some power swaying the area we're transforming.
We're running into walls everywhere.
I think we're really going to have to be careful.
Get help from Dong Wook and find out who it is.
I understand.
Yes.
Dong Chul. What's wrong?
Myung Hun was dragged off.
What?
Is it Shin Tae Hwan or Chairman Guk?
I don't really know.
Just a minute.
Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook's office.
I'm sorry, but who is this?
Oh, it's Mother.
Hello.
Yes, but I'm sorry... the prosecutor's not at his desk now.
He went to meet someone at a nearby cafe.
If it's urgent, shall I give you the number?
I see. Then, when he comes in, I'll have him give you a call.
Yes. Goodbye.
It's no use to butter up the prosecutor's mother.
It seems like Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook
is getting along pretty smoothly with reporter Kim So Jung these days.
- Are you jealous? - What?
Hey, hey, hey. We got a ton of work. Huh?
Yes.
Ji Hyun.
This material can destroy Tae Sung Group overnight.
That's why I came to see you.
Who is leaking this information?
It looks like there's a whistle-blower on the inside.
They really did one heck of a detailed job.
Who put the documents together?
It's Myung Hun, isn't it?
That's right.
He wanted to change Tae Sung Group.
Chairman Shin Tae Hwan believes that because Myung Hun put together the documents,
it was also Myung Hun who leaked the information.
But I... don't want to believe that.
It could be the truth.
It could be a pledge of loyalty by someone who's seeking out his bloodline.
He could also be trying to avenge... his newly found father.
You're speaking as if about a stranger.
I'm not trying to force your bloodline on you,
but in any case...
you are a Tae Sung Group person.
Shin Tae Hwan is asking you to block this major crisis for Tae Sung.
Block this how?
Rebecca.
That woman...
is holding this information as blackmail.
What does she want?
All of Tae Sung's stock, in entirety.
She says stock now, but there will be more next.
There's no time, Dong Wook.
Ji Hyun.
I hope you take this without misunderstanding.
I will explain the reason why I can't manage this issue.
First, unlike Shin Myung Hun, I don't feel any compassion or attachment for my bloodline.
Chairman Shin Tae Hwan?
The fact that he is my father... is indisputable.
But my deep-rooted hatred for that man,
I still can't erase.
Secondly, if I take care of this matter as a prosecutor,
I'd have to investigate the irregularities at Tae Sung Group first.
If these documents are accurate in the extent of irregularities,
and I cover them up knowing this,
my life as a prosecutor is over.
I'm sorry, Ji Hyun.
I understand.
I guess I should feel lucky...
that at least Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook didn't unsheathe his knife.
It seems that again... I've made a mistake in approaching you.
Mother.
What are you doing here?
Why is she here?
Ji Hyun unnie.
I asked why.
Why is a Shin family member meeting with you?
Mother.
Because you found out your bloodline was swapped,
has your thinking changed?
Whose thinking changed first?
Dong Wook is my son.
Then what about Shin Myung Hun?
If Lee Dong Wook is your son,
then what's the reason you were waiting outside of the school to see Shin Myung Hun's son?
You should know...
this life doesn't roll every way your greed points.
Those are the words I'd like to say to you.
I'll be leaving.
Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook.
Your birth mother is feeling very sick.
Please sit, Mother.
Jageun oppa.
When you got angry and left the house, your mother was worried to death.
Why do you think we came looking for you?
- But you... - That's right.
You didn't listen to your mother cry.
Didn't listen to your brother plead.
But kicked down the door,
and then went out...
To meet a Shin?
Is it like Ok Hee says?
Are you drawn to your bloodline, and resolute in cutting your ties with us?
Mother.
If you had told me to cut our ties right now,
it would have hurt less than what you're asking.
Oppa.
Why are you seeing me differently?
I'm your son.
And hyung's brother.
Then why...
were you sitting with Ji Hyun?
Did she come looking for you as Shin Tae Hwan's son, or as Lee Ki Chul's son?
Mother.
Now I know what she's scheming.
She has her eyes set on Tae Sung,
and her eyes set on you.
Mother!
That's right.
How can I block you... from being drawn to your bloodline?
It's natural.
Just because I raised you, I can't block you.
Mother, I'm Dong Wook.
Don't you know my true feelings?
Don't you know how I feel?
If I did, would I have come looking for you like this?
Jageun oppa, please understand her.
After you left, she hasn't stopped crying for a moment.
Why do you think that is?
Please come home tonight, Oppa.
I never wanted to see you set foot here again,
but ultimately, you had to return.
Neither did I.
Ultimately... you're Lee Ki Chul's blood.
And like Lee Dong Chul, you want to pay back your father's enemy.
By exposing Tae Sung's irregularities to the outside...
you completely disregard my raising you.
And you release documents to Rebecca!
Not because of who raised me,
but because of Lee Ki Chul's blood, I couldn't do something that dirty.
You...
Even when you were my son, every chance you got, you went on and on about changing Tae Sung.
Tae Sung...
crumbling from Shin Tae Hwan's sleazy antics,
I suppose that was hard to stand by and watch.
Just as Grandfather felt.
As late as it is, I'm so grateful to return to my rightful place.
You lived well, lacking nothing, as successor to the Tae Sung throne,
and suddenly find yourself a poor miner's son with nothing.
Isn't it so?
How much did you get from Rebecca for those documents?
I am Lee Ki Chul's blood.
That kind of deal... only Shin Tae Hwan's blood could make.
Be careful what you say, you punk!
Cheong Gyeong Tae.
In all your time with Shin Tae Hwan,
I bet you did all sorts of dirty work.
You little punk!
What the hell are you doing?!
Stop immediately!
Who the hell are you to dare attack him?
Are you crazy?!
As Lee Ki Chul's blood,
he's become intent on destroying our Tae Sung Group,
and exposed internal documents!
Shut up!
He's the father of my son.
Myung Hun, are you okay?
Myung Hun's actions are outrageous!
That one isn't qualified to be Tae Ho's father!
You're right.
This punk got paid off by Rebecca and sold out our Tae Sung!
You may do crap like that, but not me.
Those were secret documents that could not have gotten out except through you!
The truth will be revealed when we meet with Rebecca.
Drag him out to the car.
We're going to Rebecca's.
- Drag him out! - No, you can't!
No, you can't! Myung Hun!
No, you can't, no, you can't! Myung Hun!
Father, you can't do this.
You can't do this, Father!
Let it be.
It's right to pull a foxtail weed.
We have to confirm what needs to be confirmed.
Father.
Tae Ho's father... is not the sort of man to ever do such a thing.
Can you stand by that statement?
Please.
Don't hurt Tae Ho's father.
You saw him draw up those papers too!
That one's changed into Lee Ki Chul's bloodline.
He's become someone who wants to see Tae Sung shredded to bits overnight.
Father. He's still... Tae Ho's father.
I tell you his actions are outrageous!
Hello?
This is Lee Dong Chul.
Hello?
Is this Myung Hun?
Myung Hun.
Myung Hun, where are you?
Rebecca's mountain villa.
Hello? Hello, Ji Hyun?
Ji Hyun!
Dong Chul, what is it?
I found out where Myung Hun has been dragged off to.
I drink and drink that wine, but I can't seem to get drunk.
Did I get it wrong?
I thought this Janice woman... was Shin Tae Hwan's Achilles' heel.
By now, he should be kneeling in front of me,
trembling, purging himself of his many sins.
Chairman Shin Tae Hwan is coming.
Yeah?
Janice!
Shin Tae Hwan and Janice...
It's the night they go together to the other world.
I'll give you whatever you want.
Just don't needlessly take a life, Rebecca.
What?!
The party that had no qualms about taking the life with his blood from my body,
is showing some impressive attachment for this woman, who doesn't share an ounce of his blood.
What exactly do you want?
Tell me what you want!
Shin Tae Hwan.
If it's a life that's that precious to you,
sign the stock surrender document.
What?
Why?
Shall I send your lover?
Janice.
You go and get it from him.
Janice. Are you okay?
Exactly how many people have you hurt?
As a victim of your ambition,
was I alone not enough?
Jae Hee.
The amount of vengeful hate towards you is sky high.
Whatever she wants, give it all to her.
Otherwise, you'll die.
That woman...
is not someone who can die until you've hit rock bottom.
The two of you make quite a nice picture.
Shin Tae Hwan. Hurry up and sign it, and send it with Janice.
Before my patience runs out.
Jae Hee,
I will get you out of here.
Rescue yourself first.
Rebecca.
Let me ask you one thing.
Those confidential documents you got your hands on...
How did you get those?
Did you get them from this punk?
That's why you need to control your people better.
Shin Tae Hwan.
He was once your son.
And now that he's Lee Ki Chul's son, Shin Myung Hun,
you're kneeling him down before me as the one who exposed your documents?
Rebecca.
You are someone I never want to see in my life again.
I don't want to run into you for any reason!
- Shin Tae Hwan, you either. - You punk!
Shin Tae Hwan is now a blind old man himself.
Hyung.
Myung Hun.
Hyung.
Shin Tae Hwan!
You're not even human.
He lived for 30 years as your son.
What are you doing?
Fine.
I don't forgive anyone who touches my family.
You know that, right?
Hyung.
Ahh.
Now I see. You incited Myung Hun...
to get him to expose the confidential documents, eh?
What?
Attack!
Shin Tae Hwan.
Hyung.
You can't. Enough. Enough.
Dong Chul.
A really brave man
can embrace good and bad people alike.
No more.
Okay. Let's hurry.
Let's go. This way.
Yes, this is Guk Young Ran.
Steve.
Yes. I heard you were sick.
I'm okay.
About 70 billion.
If you erect an impressive structure to the tune of about 70 billion,
then you won't need to worry about getting members.
I want to create Asia's premier golf course.
I already called Jack Nicklaus.
Eh? We're close.
We've knocked the ball around many times together. Hmm.
- President So - Yes.
Look at this.
While we are building this international casino hotel,
make sure you work with the Korea Tourist Service.
This is not going to be marketed for Koreans.
I understand.
Manager Guk. Come in.
See to your work.
Manager Guk.
Look at this. Jogamdo is here too.
What's the matter?
Why are you interfering with Lee Dong Chul again?
Why are you trampling his dream?
What dream am I trampling?
Hey, Young Ran.
Rather, he stole my dream.
Kangwondo is Lee Dong Chul's home, and his dream was his father's dream.
So Dong Chul's father's dream is precious.
And your father's dream... is some piece of a mat?
Please just leave Lee Dong Chul alone.
I am leaving him alone. Am I doing something to him?
And now, please stop bringing him up. Dong Chul isn't even with me anymore.
You got a call from Mike's father, Steve Packer, right?
He says he wants to give you at least half of the Macau inheritance.
I told him it wasn't necessary.
So, Mike wasn't enough?
You want to control Mike's child now?
What do you mean control? No one said control, you immature girl.
From Steve Packer's point of view, it's natural to want to take care of his flesh and blood.
Then, am I not your flesh and blood?
If not mine, than whose flesh and blood?!
If I am, then please just throw away some dream I don't even want.
Shheesh, that girl...
That, that...
Why aren't you eating much?
Mother.
What?
Like before.
Just act like you did before.
Yell at me.
If I displease you, scold me.
Why? Is it strange that I don't yell at you?
Yes.
Even if I kicked down the door.
If it were hyung, you would have opened the door and waited.
Because you had faith he would always return.
Why couldn't you believe in me?
Why did you have to come looking for me?
You're right.
I'm sorry.
Mother, even those words...
It's not like you.
You don't have faith in me, do you?
You can't believe in me, can you?
Because I'm not your birth son.
Dong Wook.
Yes, Mother.
I know your heart.
Even when you kicked down the door,
you probably found you had nowhere to go.
In those times, you should also look up the mother who bore you.
Mother.
Yes. I'm a selfish woman.
I've lived and survived selfishly holding on to my children.
Even if they give all of Heaven and Earth, I can't give up my children.
So, I know it must have been hard on you two.
No, Mother.
To me,
Yang-Chun-Hee, you're my one and only mother.
Now...
You both have grown up.
No longer babes in my arms.
I will let go of those chains that tie you.
Mother.
While I raised you,
I received all possible blessings.
You've given me so much happiness.
That's enough.
No, Mother.
There's still a long way to go.
It's only the beginning. Do you understand?
This way, this way.
Dong Wook.
Shin Tae Hwan kidnapped him, and your brother brought him here.
Shin Tae Hwan was convinced Myung Hun sold off Tae Sung's confidential documents.
Look what he did to him, that bastard!
I thought that bringing him here would be better than a hospital.
Please don't misunderstand.
Misunderstand?
You just went to fetch your brother and bring him home,
What's there to misunderstand?
Dong Wook.
Right.
I know your heart.
If it's for a younger brother,
even accepting death is not too much.
Lee Dong Wook.
Isn't he hurt. Let him rest comfortably.
Dong Wook.
Dong Wook!
Dong Wook.
- Dong Wook! - What happened?
First, let's get the patient inside. Then we can talk.
Okay, inside, let's get him inside.
Careful.
Aigoo.
Dong Wook!
Dong Wook.
Dong Wook!
It's better this way.
I'd like Tae Sung group to crumble, and that name to disappear.
Even though there's no way Myung Hun would have done it,
if he had, I would have said it was a good thing.
So don't cry.
Go take care of Tae Ho.
That little one has done nothing wrong.
He shouldn't suffer.
It's me.
I heard you were sick a while ago,
but I couldn't come earlier.
I'm sorry.
I didn't think it was right...
to hope you would come.
I don't have any right to see you.
And I thought it would be best... to act as if I didn't know.
Please speak informally.
I know very well.
How well she raised you...
how well you grew up.
So to claim to be your mother...
and claim you as my blood,
I felt it was a crime.
But...
you came to see me.
Thank you.
Since Myung Hun left...
it's been so painful.
I committed a grave crime, choosing the wrong person.
First, forgive me for that crime.
Who would have known?
That one person's crime would give so many people so much pain.
I know it sounds ridiculous.
But on the one hand, I'm almost grateful to that woman Rebecca.
If she hadn't switched the 2 babies...
I may have not been able to make you into what you are today, Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook.
Myung Hun grew up well too.
But he... has had so many heartbreaks,
he couldn't handle it...
and has probably already left me.
I will hold deep in my heart the child that's departed.
And my flesh and blood who came to see me,
I will also hold deep in my heart.
I am... I am okay.
That woman who raised you so admirably, your mother,
Yang Chun Hee...
That woman...
Stay by her side.
And with your whole heart...
as you have up to now,
take good care of her.
Grandfather asked you to take care of Tae Sung,
but forget what he said.
Forget it all.
Tae Sung.
Your bloodline.
All of it.
That is the best path for you, Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook.
I was just hit by Lee Dong Chul.
He came for his brother, Myung Hun.
He made some big noise about not letting anyone who touched his family get away with it.
Ultimately, you can't fool blood connections.
I have something to say to you.
Can you make some time?
It's just natural that he came here looking for us.
I'm worried about what Dong Wook is thinking.
But...
if he wants to find his flesh and blood,
he should.
Aigoo.
How could Dong Wook leave you and his brother and us?
That's like splitting a single body.
Even this child...
Do you think it was easy to break years-old ties?
Shin Tae Hwan's wife was different.
What she must have felt...
to come to my house and wail like that.
Dong Wook won't do that.
Unless his blood starts to quake, and cause some drastic change,
he won't.
Dong Chul. How is he?
Hyungnim.
The labor union is going to start a full force strike tomorrow morning.
From Factory 6 to Factory 3,
they're stirring up all the factory union groups,
and have already begun to interrupt night operations.
Even Factory 3?
Yes.
The total mood...
is swaying towards strike.
What do those yahoos take me for, the former union leader from Incheon?!
If the union members have voted for a strike,
then we can't do anything about it with force.
I'm telling you Shin Tae Hwan is moving the labor union.
Political funds.
I offered those till may arms were tired.
Creative accounting.
I did that.
Bank money.
I didn't concern myself with profitability, I just used it as much as I wanted.
Living in a turbulent politically changing world, what business doesn't and survives?
But, Tae Sung survived because
unlike other businesses, it didn't indiscriminately get into debt.
You'll have to admit that.
Form a cartel with a number of like companies,
raise the face value of your sales...
It also looked like you received a loan from other financial institutions.
To criticize heads of other businesses...
I don't think you're in a position to do that.
Since you're in special investigations, it sounds like you've seen too many dishonest companies.
The confidential documents that Shin Myung Hun put together...
I just briefly caught a glimpse of them.
If you can put an account book like that together, skill is skill...
but that careful attention to detail was quite impressive.
Right.
That one...
will never let go of Tae Sung.
Why...
Why did you kill him?
Why did you have to kill Union Leader Lee Ki Chul.
I just told them to bury him in the mine for a few days, not kill him.
He just had bad luck.
I also heard you killed Rebecca's child,
your flesh and blood.
Who knows if it was my flesh and blood?
That kind of woman, with money, even now can have one if she wanted.
Then why couldn't Chairman Oh trust you,
and instead asked me to take care of Tae Sung before he died?
Are you interrogating me as a prosecutor?
If that were so, I wouldn't have even come here.
Right.
That's right.
Chairman Oh never liked me, even from the beginning.
Because I was an orphan with no roots.
So, then you're saying...
you've done nothing wrong up to now.
So many people are in pain because of your evil actions.
And yet without a drop of remorse, without changing an inch,
you say "It's not me."
If I changed an inch,
what would be better?
How should I change?
If our Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook says to change, I must change.
What face do you want?
No matter what anyone says, I, Lee Dong Wook,
am not your flesh and blood.
Have you never thought I might become human,
precisely because you are my flesh and blood?
You mean even if it meant indictment?
That's right.
Even if it means going to prison,
if it's because of you, I would bear no grudge.
Why are you looking at me like that?
I don't know about Tae Sung or whatever else, but
you are, no matter what anyone says,
the one thing in this life that the heavens allowed me.
My child, my flesh and blood.
Mine, no?
I don't have anything else to say to you.
That slush fund you are digging into...
Shall I drop another bomb?
Please, don't come near me.
It's a chance for a young prosecutor to guarantee a secure a future with glory and distinction.
You can't let that slip.
Please...
Please, don't come near me.
Dong Wook.
Even when you kicked down that door,
you probably found you had nowhere to go.
I really had nowhere to go, so I came here.
- Where's the Chief Prosecutor? - Not home yet.
I think he's having a lot of headaches because of you.
Because I'm getting too far ahead of myself.
Because he thinks I should temper my ambition.
You know that the prosecutor's office is in chaos because of me?
Didn't you say you had a scoop?
Can I stay with you?
What is this?
Now... are you bargaining with me?
That's right.
Fine.
Tae Sung Group's Tae Sung Securities.
Management of client orders to the tune of several million in fraudulent deals.
How's that?
It's big.
I'll give it to you.
With a 51% approval, we have decided to commence the strike on the 23rd.
Fine.
We will accept the union's decision.
However, even if you strike, please don't turn off the smelting furnace.
We've decided as part of the strike guidelines, we will also stop the operation of the furnace.
To turn off the smelting furnace is saying that you want to destroy the company, is it not?
Fine. Let me just ask you one thing.
What is the goal of this strike?
Is it a revision of salaries, hiring, and other benefits and compensation,
or is your real motive to shut down the company?
- Chief, you're going too far! - Real motive? This is about our right to live!
Our goal is to secure our right to live!
Our intentions are genuine!
Fine.
We'll accept all of the union's conditions.
Really? Applause, applause.
Now, I'll have to make a statement that'll make some of those on this side unhappy.
For the next year, all of the officers, including myself, will have a 50% reduction in salary.
Please understand and cooperate.
All right then, we will get back to you in a few days with the labor's official position.
I understand. Than today's negotiation will end here.
Aigoo, Cheng Hyung.
Were you listening from out there?
Chief Lee's bombshell announcement was truly impressive.
You completely shook up the union members.
But, it's a joke, right?
Are you going to reduce salaries?
Of course.
Ahh, I see.
Well, Ok Hee makes money.
You did a great job, Dong Chul.
It wasn't anything big.
Ahh, yes.
Ahh, yes, yes.
Chief Lee, telephone.
Yes, this is Lee Dong Chul.
Even the land we secured?
Who's the party?
That's improper.
That's completely improper, please relay that.
Now what?
Dong Chul.
They've discovered the Kangwando project.
Who is it?
Guk Dae Hwa?
There's not even one day of rest.
Chief Lee!
What on earth happened here?
[Dae Hwa Group Plans to Erect Premier Asia Resort in Kangwando]
So, Chairman Guk is cutting in and making the first move.
If you put oil ever so lightly on...
the texture will be perfectly crispy-chewy.
Oh my, the color is killer.
Totally different, totally different.
Hello?
Grace.
Yes, I know we are planning to meet at the welfare hall.
The Chairman's here.
Honey, it's Grace.
Right, is it Young Ran?
That story on my father's Kangwondo resort, when did you receive it?
Why, is there something wrong in it?
It's robbery. He stole someone else's project.
What?
It's a project Lee Dong Chul has been driving, that he is usurping.
I think you'll need to print a retraction.
I don't understand a word you're saying, so put your father on the line.
Please wait.
Take the phone.
There's no need.
Hyungnim, I'm super busy right now, so let's connect next week, okay?
What are you going on about, your dad stealing someone else's project?
Dad, are you my real father?
Hey, are you my real daughter?
What are you doing?
You don't need to know.
I have somewhere to take these.
- Wanna taste? - No thanks.
No thanks to you, too.
Geez, that one...
Around next week, we'll have an interim announcement.
Dong Wook.
Let's talk.