East of Eden
Song Seung Hun, Yun Jung Hoon, Park Hae Jin, Han Ji Hye, Lee Da Hae
Episode 14
Or...
Should we turn back?
You will want to see him, right?
You would insist to see him.
To see him for the last time, that should be your wish.
Let's...
Go back.
You should go, otherwise you will regret it for the rest of your life.
For Lee Dong Wook's sake, you had to overcome a huge conflict to come here.
This is a news report on the disintegration of the New World group.
Hanil Bank which provided funding,
to the New World group and its more than 20 subsidiaries,
While the bank announced New World group's disintegration,
they also announced they'll take over the management
of capital at its 20 plus subsidiaries,
and they have full management power over the subsidiaries too.
The next report,
After the government-run International hotel was privatized, the highly watched
casino rights have been given to Asia Casino's Chief President Guk Dae Hwa.
Today's weather report follows after this.
Ji Hyun.
No matter whose child you're pregnant with,
I will love that baby like it was mine.
I'm really sincere about this, you should know.
Ji Hyun.
It's still not too late.
Tell me.
Ask me to hold onto you.
Let's do this.
Maybe I'm the same,
Hoping you'd say something like this.
That's why I came here against all advice.
Say it, Ji Hyun, before it gets too late.
But...
It's unfair to the new life that is within me now.
I don't exist anymore, Dong Wook.
The new life in me is watching you now.
Just take it as that.
At the crossroad of life and death,
My heart made a decision.
It told me I did it right.
Although the days ahead might be extremely sinister for me,
but please give me your blessings, Dong Wook.
Are you like me, too?
Someone who gives you everything without regret
When you hurt, someone who's willing to take over the hurts
Do you feel the same as me?
Don't cry, Dong Wook.
Someone who gives his life without regret
If you ever call me, no matter where, I'll run to you
Someone like that, is he here?
Even if your heart hurts, it's already enough
I gave you my heart, without you I'm suffering even more
Please promise me one thing, if you're just like me
I'd even die for you
Forgive me, Ji Hyun.
For not being able to hold onto you.
That you had to be caught at the crossroad of life and death.
The pain you bear, it's all my fault.
I was stupid, I was the fool.
I was foolish and stupid.
Useless.
My first love...
Forgive me...
Thank you, have a good day.
Director, we don't know how the reporters found out but a group has gathered outside.
Maybe they have suspected earlier while they were in U.S.
They want to know why the two of them have returned to Korea together.
What shall we do?
Since they're getting engaged anyway, what's there to hide?
Before the marriage is announced, they wanted full secrecy.
Because he is Seoul's most elite prince.
Is that why there are so many conditions?
Change the route, Secretary Park.
Wow! That was so close.
The car's too small, you must be uncomfortable?
No, it's alright.
Mom, I'm happy to see you.
And I'm very happy to see my sister.
Hye Rin, are you with me?
Yes, I'm listening.
Hye Rin, you couldn't fight against Mom,
so you came to the airport unwillingly, right?
Yeah.
Hye Rin!
Although we're inside a car right now, how about you say your greetings properly?
I heard you are a genius to enter Seoul law school in second place, right?
It seems our mother tongue is all forgotten now.
What do you mean I'm a genius?
I wasn't even first in my class, I was only second...
And how can you compare me to a Harvard MBA?
Please take care of my sister.
Please take care of me too.
Our Hye Rin takes studying as her interest.
She complains that my piano playing disturbs her,
She often studies in the greenhouse.
Greenhouse? Do you like flowers?
No.
Hye Rin, I heard you're dating a movement leader?
Who's dating whom? They're just faculty mates.
Mom, you were so worried, right?
Parents always worry for their children.
[International Casino Entrance]
Please allow me to express my sincere thanks to everyone here tonight.
I have received the honor to acquire the International Casino.
The largest hotel in our country.
I couldn't help but rush from the hospital to share this honor with all of you,
The very best customers of Asia Casino.
This is surely an amazing day, it only comes a few in our lifetime.
Please join me in expressing great pleasure of ringing the golden bell.
You jerk.
Just like rolling a snowball on a hill which becomes bigger and bigger,
If only money could generate more money, wouldn't that be great?
If only you had learnt that ambition doesn't generate money,
You should have just prostrated yourself and bought President Guk's shares, you jerk.
I can tell you're a born jerk.
Your face looks even worse than when you left Jae Hee back then.
What did I tell you?
If you want to make big money,
A big failure is even stronger than a small success.
Now you know where you die then you can live, right?
Where will I die, Mother?
You blockhead!
I'm telling you if you know that's a dead end,
avoid it and look for another route, you jerk.
Then... it's the number 2, right?
Yes, jerk!
This matter was sealed by number 1 in the end.
Although I'm not clear about the details,
I'm sure they must have shipped over lots of bribes.
About money,
at a time when you think it's all over and you don't reenergize,
that's unforgivable.
Don't want to see you, get out.
Damn you. You deserted Jae Hee yet you are still so arrogant!
I'm going, Mother.
Jerk! Isn't number 2 very interested in slot machines?
You've lost the casino deal but the slot machines suit you just fine.
I understand.
Your name is Wang Gun, right?
Yes, Director.
You let President Guk get away,
at least you should have given Lee Dong Chul a good punch on the nose, right?
I'm sorry.
Very soon, there's a plan which will make you happy.
Director, where are you headed?
To the office.
President is waiting for you at the hotel.
Office!
Why are you here? Did Grandfather send you?
Yes.
What did he say?
He just left Cheong Wa Dae* (*Korea's presidential office/residence)
What is it about?
Amongst the tire, electrical and steel businesses,
of the newly disintegrated New World group,
he's asked to take over one of them.
Is that so?
Grandfather says it's unethical to do so,
since we're competitors so he wants to reject it.
But my view is different, so I came to see you urgently.
Your view is different?
To take over a bankrupt business,
doesn't that come with some favorable conditions?
Repayment of the loan principal and interest, profits,
initial tax relief's and special policies for taxation etc.
How can we give up all this?
You punk.
I had a quick browse of New World's subsidiaries and stocks too.
What do you think of taking over that, Father?
Isn't that a goose that lays golden eggs?
This fella.
All my years of painstaking cultivation is not wasted on you.
I thought you were engulfed in love, I didn't expect you to work this hard.
That's why the bloodline will not lie.
If the marriage date has been set, then focus on making arrangements.
Myung Hun's lessons have been held up anyway since the school's on demonstrations.
It's better for them to marry soon and go overseas for studies.
What do you specialize in?
It's Buddhist literature.
Is that so?
Do you know what is the foremost factor for a successful business?
The correct choice for marriage gives the biggest wealth.
Do you have confidence?
Father, you're asking that too early.
Since Myung Hun's going to be Tae Sung group's successor one day,
that's why I ask that.
I think,
if you let Ji Hyun run the hotel, she should do well there, Father.
That's a great idea.
See! I told you. You'll tire yourself out.
Speak up.
What is it?
It's his mother's birthday, he says he has to go over there.
My gang brothers will guard you like a fortress,
I'll be right back.
From today onwards,
You should pick up about stocks and accounting.
What?
You should know by now,
a big business is actually somewhat like gambling.
Whoever can place the smallest bet to win over the other party,
and can bear the risk, that's what's crucial.
You can read the cards very well.
Dad. He knows that himself too.
He's a complete liar's poker.
Young Ran, you help to pick out some books.
Dad, only the boss needs to know about accounting.
Must we train up his courage too?
He suits better as a fighter for a loan shark.
The credit bank, it's best you give that to him.
Just go.
You're here.
He's waiting for you.
Show him the way.
Sorry to trouble you, Hyungnim.
You're the winner, after all.
No one can resist your golden handcuff.
How can you say Dad gave you the golden handcuff?
I think he sent you a golden parachute instead.
In front of this wench, I have to be careful what I say.
Yes, sometimes she's even more ruthless than her father.
Oftentimes, I'm shocked by her, sir.
That's what I wanted to say too.
That was number 1's words, don't blame me all the time.
Hye Ryung's back. She's waiting for me at home.
Is she giving a performance back here?
Yes, amongst other things too.
Let's find time to have a meal together.
You should go back early. Maybe you shouldn't have made a trip here, sir.
Yes, considering that you took over the International Casino,
It'll be hard to meet up so I came right over.
So why did you ask me here?
Sir.
When you look at me like that, my heart skips a beat.
What is it now?
Disintegration of New World group.
The New World shares, I want to take over.
- Shares? - Yes.
Actually, I've been conceptualizing it since a long time ago.
Honestly speaking, the stock market is becoming like gambling, isn't it?
I don't want to hear people say I make my money from loan sharking.
You moneymaking machine,
not just Korea, you have enough to buy up Asia and more.
Chun Teuk Bo.
Arrange for us to meet, Hyungnim.
Dong Chul.
When did you get here?
I just arrived.
But why is it so quiet at home? Isn't it Mother's birthday today?
Who says it isn't?
It's today.
But the main character is still at the work site, she's not back yet.
Oh! Kun-oppa!
Hey, Ki Sun.
Will Madam Yang Chun Hee ever change her temper?
She said it's too troublesome to celebrate her birthday,
She said until Dong Wook returns from the army,
we have to live with our belts tightened.
She went to the work site and she's not back yet.
As you instructed, we bought a ring as her birthday present.
And we bought clothes too.
Perhaps she's afraid I'd show up so she's purposely staying away.
Dong Chul, How could that be?
Why not? Of course.
That temper of hers, it's not the usual ones.
When she says no, it'll be no till she dies.
Stubborn to death.
No, nothing like that. Go inside and wait, Dong Chul.
You have time, right?
Yes.
Where is Mother's work site?
At the apartment's construction site.
She's the woman leader of the casual workers on the site.
Now she has about twenty workers under her.
You jerks!
Don't you understand words like "don't take away our rice bowls"?
Earnings for the day is food for the day, living a day means a day's wages.
If you hold our wages for a month, what are we going to eat?
Ahjumnim, can humans tell lies? It's money that lies.
Money tells lies? You are the one who lies!
When you give it out, you keep delaying. When you take it in, you want it fast.
That's how you get to be an employee here.
Get your boss here!
We all have to settle this with the boss today!
Ahjumnim! If you continue like this,
you won't be a work site leader for too long.
Is that what your boss wanted you to convey?
Do you want to see how the columns in your boss' house comes down?
Who do you think you are?
If you don't pay out the salaries immediately,
then go to the boss' house and smash his rice bowls right now.
Oh my!
You think you're some Hong Gil Dong who robs the rich to help the poor?
All that pretence.
Want to die?
They all survive from day to day,
please pay out the wages that is owed to them.
I beg you.
All of you, go into the office.
We'll pay you your wages.
Let's go. Let's go.
Useless bum!
Is this what you mean by the power that replaces the law?
Yes.
Are you Lee Ki Chul's son?
Are you Lee Ki Chul's offspring?
If your father was still alive,
seeing how you live now, what would he say?
What else can I do?
Dong Wook and I went to the mining village.
The ground that soaked in Father's blood and sweat,
has become an abandoned mine, fast changing into a wasteland.
- So? - Nothing has changed!
You, who burned Father's compensation into ashes,
you're still up fighting for your wages.
So?
Your father's blood was wasted, is that what you're saying?
So?
You have to live as a servant to gamblers?
You live as human rubbish who uses his fists in place of the law?
That's why you have to display your power in front of your mother like that?
Your way of thinking, unconsciously,
shows your dissatisfaction with your father.
What else can I say?
Anyhow, I'll take it as I don't have you as a son.
Just do as you wish and go your own way, jerk.
But... keep your distance from Dong Wook.
We have set our eyes on Dong Wook alone.
Taking him as our lighthouse, abiding with him daily.
Don't be his stumbling block.
You mean, I...
I don't deserve to be Dong Wook's brother, is that it?
Don't you know what kind of path Dong Wook will take?
A path that will restrain those who ignore the law,
People who live lawlessly on their own strength.
So take is as you're a stranger. Understand?
To my mother, Dong Wook is God.
Yes, you jerk!
To me, Dong Wook is much, much more important than God!
So, don't ever appear in front of Dong Wook and me again.
Yes, I understand.
Mother, be healthy.
Happy birthday.
They all still doing well.
Yes.
We transferred some staff from the hydroponics farm to help out here.
You haven't been here for so long, Miss.
Do you still remember?
You studied here when you were young, reading books.
The number of books you read here is quite a lot.
I remember the day I read "The Ugly Duckling" I cried.
How is it, Dad?
Very good.
I think you have to hold your concert real soon.
It seems...
Your world is launching out already.
Very good.
But Hye Rin remains so negative still,
she didn't even clap for me.
That sounds so forced.
If I cannot become the performer who can move Hye Rin,
then I cannot stir up the world.
Who says?
Your standard is good enough to win you an Oscar.
I have to go do part-time work now. May I leave now?
Yes, it's time for Seung Hyun to leave too.
It'll be great if Seung Hyun can be the chivalrous escort.
No need, thanks. I'll take the bus.
Don't reject. You'll soon realize how great a man your sister got.
- Seung Hyun, is that alright with you? - Yes. I'll be your escort.
Caught you right there.
What kind of place is this?
It's a factory zone.
And you call yourself Han Seung group's successor? What a pity!
In this factory zone, the biggest factory is Han Seung Electronics.
What kind of part-time work do you do here?
I'm teaching the kids at the factories here.
Factory kids?
Yes.
And kids who work at Han Seung group too.
Han Seung is the biggest conglomerate in our country,
but it doesn't seem concerned with the business of education.
Talked about boring stuff, sorry.
No.
Labor Rights Guild?
Yes.
This government agency catches ten or so labor activists a day.
Do you know how many labor activists die in the name of industrial crime?
How would the prince know any of this?
No matter how carefully I explain it, you will never understand it.
Please go.
Oh yes, to my family, this is top secret.
Thank you for being my escort.
Six!
Uncle?
Hyungnim, what are you thinking?
How could that fella...?
Why not? All this is because of Shin Tae Hwan that scumbag.
What kind of child is Dong Chul?
Definitely not a child who disappoints you.
Just wait and see.
Why did you tell him where the work site was?!
He wanted to look for his mother, what else could I do?
Oh dear, I think she must have said lots of bad things to Dong Chul again.
Then she finds that her own heart aches too.
- Ki Sun's mom. - Yes?
The relocation compensation we got for this house,
if we don't use it as a rental deposit,
but switch to monthly rental, what will we be left with?
Why?
In our situation, how can we afford monthly rental?
It'll be so tough.
- I want to buy land. - What?
We have carpenters, and workers too.
Even land that's just palm sized,
we'll just buy a few and build houses to sell,
it's much better than doing odd jobs, surviving day to day.
My sister is so clever.
You! Take out the rental deposit for the hair salon too.
What? How come the fireball is thrown at me now?
It's a long story.
I barely managed to escape the kidnapping to North Korea,
I worked in Russia, Geneva and other places.
Recently, I secretly returned with some lackeys of northern senior officials.
What?
Because of performance,
maybe I don't have to be a low level intelligence officer anymore.
How can we cover it all in one night?
You still recognize me, it's so unexpected.
I knew your whereabouts all along.
No matter what, I'm still an intelligence officer.
Excuse me.
Hello?
Your mother's birthday party seems to be rather grand.
From what I see, your family is as poor as church mice.
What do you want?
Why is your mood like this?
Did she call you unfilial and scold you?
Did you know?
Those with mothers, they mature later.
I'm busy.
There's something even more urgent over here. Come and get me.
Where?
We have to see the Public Prosecutor.
Who is that?
Must you ask all the details before you move? Hurry up!
I have someone important with me, you go yourself. I'm hanging up.
Hey, hey hunting dog!
He's starting to take it easy with me.
The hunting dog wants me to go alone. He said he's with someone important.
Grace.
Don't mistreat Lee Dong Chul.
Why?
You were attacked by Kim Tae Sun and you still want to trust in others?
It makes you reveal too much of your feelings.
That actually reveals all your inside secrets to your enemy.
- Enemy? - Of course.
Even though you're the one throwing the temper,
but from Lee Dong Chul's perspective,
it sounds more like you're throwing a tantrum.
So I have to take Lee Dong Chul as an enemy too?
Of course. So long as they are not family, they are all enemies.
I think I've got ice in my bloodstream. You're giving me goose bumps now, Dad.
That's good.
This is actually good, just go by yourself.
And meet Chun Teuk Bo.
And this is,
only between the two of us.
That Lee Dong Chul,
he's extremely good at reading the cards, really a brilliant dealer.
He may not know that himself yet.
He doesn't just read the cards excellently,
he even has a photographic memory. I could tell right from the beginning.
So?
Lee Dong Chul, he might become a moneymaking machine for you.
Is that it?
Nothing more, nothing less.
You must act like you understand this perfectly.
A big piece of ice is flowing in my blood stream now.
And since we're on the topic,
you and Lee Dong Chul, should stop arguing.
You should get to your studies instead.
Choose somewhere nearby.
Japan.
This...
I'm hearing that you're sending me away because of Lee Dong Chul.
Yes.
No matter how well he carries out his tasks,
he's not good enough for you.
That is also, the agreement between him and me.
What if he doesn't keep his promise?
I think I asked the question with the obvious answer.
How did you know I was on leave?
Min Hye Rin, there's nothing she doesn't know.
Again?
Yes, through the back door.
Your expression seems to say you're not happy to see me at all.
You're walking fine.
I heard you got beaten up by the Security Unit.
There's no residual effects of that?
When I was questioned,
it's the first time I had such thoughts.
What thoughts?
Unacceptable and illegal detention.
Even if through civilian protests, we must get that changed.
A conscience not matched with action is no less than hypocrisy.
You must have been in great pain.
You might just become an activist.
But, you seem to be in greater pain now.
I know.
Dong Wook now...
Your mood is worse than when you were questioned.
I read the news of Kim Ji Hyun's wedding.
I'll let you be alone.
Mother!
Mother, I'll go up there.
Why did you come here to look for me?
We can meet back at home.
Don't think too much. Just rest and go back.
Don't you get swayed.
That wretched girl.
Why don't they report it after the wedding ceremony is over?
If you say this,
what if I get swayed?
I did everything as you instructed.
You wanted me to go apologize, I did apologize.
Forget it now.
What about Hyung?
I really long for it,
I long to receive love,
But it's not enough for you...
If I have sinned...
The sin is that I love you too much,
It's my fault...
Don't say goodbye...
Don't tell me to forget you...
Afraid it'll become the strength for me to turn and leave...
I couldn't even cry...
In our next life, can't you love me then?
Can't you just give me your heart?
How can I ever forget you?
'till I stop breathing...
I love you...
How much more must I hurt before you will return to me?
How much longer must I cry before you will return to me?
How am I supposed to wipe you away?
I will keep waiting for that day...
Forever...
What are you doing?
I just bet my money on the player.
Sir, I think you're making a mistake.
Gosh, you're making me insane.
Do I look like an idiot to you?
Where is your manager?
Excuse me. What's going on, sir?
Is there anything that I can do for you?
Who the hell are you? I want to see your manager right now!
Sir, I'm the manager here. First time you'd arrived here.
I have bet my money on the player and I won.
But the dealer took my money away.
Oh! I'm so sorry about that and I totally understand why you're upset.
There's nothing I can do for you here.
But why don't you follow him,
and we'll figure this matter out by looking at the CCTV together?
Bring him there.
I'm sorry for the trouble.
- Don't worry. - Please enjoy your games.
Thank you.
- Good luck. - Give me the cards.
You have to go over.
President's looking for you.
Change the dealer.
President, what is the matter?
Kim Tae Sun hasn't shown up,
so the police is looking for you.
I think you'd better run away,
I'll settle the other matters.
[Incheon lawyer goes missing, the suspect is...]
Three years later
How far did Tae Ho's airplane fly?
How far did it go?
Tae Ho's airplane.
Go, chase the airplane.
Oh, you're flying so well.
It's flying so far, our Tae Ho.
Boston
Tae Ho! Dad's home.
Tae Ho!
Dad...!
My Tae Ho!
Let me see.
Let me look at my Tae Ho.
Are you happy playing?
I'm flying a plane.
You're flying a plane?
Yes.
- I'm so late, right? - Yeah.
I heard it's an official party, you'd better hurry.
You're all ready waiting for me.
I'll get changed.
I brought the Korean newspapers, have a read.
Please take him.
[Incident of occupying the American Cultural Center]
Who is it?
It seems they still arrest innocent students.
When will it come to an end?
That's right.
Today's the day of your brother's final hearing.
When will you stop pretending you don't know?
You won't bother with your mother and your brother and just let them be?
The questioning can kill.
She viewed her eldest son as a son of darkness who took the evil path.
And the younger son as a lighthouse.
She held strongly to the belief that he will become the nation's pillar.
Are you really a son of darkness?
Am I not?
Dong Wook, I'll say it again.
As long as you're willing...
Yes.
As long as you're willing, no matter the method, I can get you out of here.
You're here to show me your strength, Hyung?
Your blood is flowing needlessly, are you a hero?
Hyung, I think you don't have the right to say that to me.
Like Mother, you think I...
That I'll become the stumbling block of your life.
Hyung.
Have you forgotten you're Mother's son?
Ki... Chul...
As Father's son, will you...
Forever give up?
Yes, how many times must I tell you before you'd understand?
Why does Mother want to take my name off the family register?
For the sake of your future, this elder son can just disappear from earth.
So the son whom Mother wants is you, Lee Dong Wook!
Shouldn't you fulfill Mother's wish?
Hyung!
I came because you're locked up in here, unable to take your second bar exam.
You can't take the law exam!
That is equivalent to killing Mother.
That's why I have to get you out of here right away.
Hyung.
Money is power.
This is the era where money is power.
I know that.
A dictatorship regime and violent organizations are closely linked.
I know that.
But Hyung.
Can't you put it like that to me?
Rather than rely on the strength of violent organizations,
I prefer to fight with the dictator right to the end.
The truth and justice you're yelling out for in your fight,
only the winner will have the rights to that.
The loser will neither get truth nor justice, only death will be waiting for you.
Do you want to die like Father, without any reason?
Hyung.
If you want to get me out,
you'll have to use the dirty money from the casino to redeem me, right?
The words I'm saying...
They cut like a knife into your heart, right?
Dong Wook...
Yes, Hyung!
Even if I have to push a knife into your heart,
I...
That's how much I love you.
Mother is the same too.
Her insistence for wanting you out of the family register,
that means she hasn't given up on you, Hyung.
It means till now she loves you more than me.
You should understand that.
Yes.
I understand what you mean.
I understand.
As you wish, keep fighting with the dictator to the very end.
But don't forget this one thing.
Your arrest this time, is also the interception of Shin Tae Hwan, that jerk.
And also, making me out to be a suspect and chasing me out of Korea, that's him too.
You understand?
I'm off.
Hyung!
Hyung, I beg you!
Please live according to what Mother wants!
Hyung!
Tokyo
Hope you had a good trip.
I'm the manager for International Casino's Kanto regional overseas office, I'm Kimura.
Nice to meet you, I'm Lee Dong Chul.
Hope to work well together.
It's my honor to be able to take on this important role.
I will try my best to be better than the other regional teams.
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai teams, the regional staff have all arrived.
Yes, you've worked hard.
No.
No matter what's the task, all of it is truly my honor.
As scheduled, let's make our way to Tokyo University first.
Young Ran, do you know why people are saying you're so hardworking that it's cruel?
Of course I know, because this is Japan.
Even if you forget Japan, you shouldn't forget about me.
What are you saying?
Ah! That's a prince charming!
So it's true, your prince charming is so handsome.
You still better not forget me, Young Ran.
You jerks, where are you taking my son to?
Mother, I'm fine. Don't worry!
Pull your feet out of that world.
A world where you won't know what you're facing,
isn't that the world you're in, you bad guy?
I'm going to have you removed from our family register.
So long as it's for the sake of Dong Wook's future, Mother, just do as you please.
- She stole Seung Hyun's heart from me! - Mother!
This is a fate that no one can change.
I've found the ultimate person for me.
Until now, you're still worried?
No.
Young Ran and Mike's engagement,
don't let any obstacles happen.
A person's heart cannot be controlled, don't you know that?
Just follow your heart!
The person you're looking for, is not here.