Empire of Gold
Tae Joo...
let's go together...
to the golden empire.
Even after losing hundreds of billions...
a scolding from the father is the end of it.
The empire of gold.
There are 42 affiliates of Sung Jin Group.
I'll pick a few good ones
and make them separate entities.
Eighteen mountain ranges and seventeen rivers were crossed...
in The Long March of the Communist Party of China.
Mao Zedong seized China... and Lin Biao became Vice Chairman.
- Peng Dehuai... - Became the Defense Minister.
As I said earlier, it will be a long fight... like the Long March.
I'll give you funds to get Eden back to its normal operations.
I'd like you to take care of my business from there.
I made a suggestion
but I don't believe I've heard your answer yet.
Why don't we have dinner together? There is a good fish stew place around here.
I'll change Eden to a stock corporation.
Take your stake for the investment you make or become co-presidents...
It's bothersome.
Let's trust each other.
Eden is your company, Tae Joo.
There was a personnel appointment from Vice Chairman this morning.
What would you like me to do?
Yeah, summon the executive meeting.
Tell the ones traveling abroad to come back by tomorrow.
Of course I should return to the President of Construction. Yeah.
Just one sugar.
If you still want to get paid next month, do what I tell you.
Seo Yoon, your makeup is really nice today. You must have slept well.
I remember...
After Mom died from the accident...
I was the only one who didn't know until the funeral.
They probably didn't want to hurt the feelings of a five-year-old...
but I was really upset.
I thought about it all night.
You must have been really upset, too...
to find out about Father's illness late.
I'm sorry. I was going to tell you as soon as urgent matters were resolved.
It's fine. The firstborn son just needs to know Father's funeral date.
Let's not do this. Won Jae, I'm in the process of reorganizing the Group.
I'm getting rid of weak companies and focusing on the ones making profit.
After the reorganization, I'll take care of it for a little while...
then I'll hand it over to Myung Hoon.
You know that... I'm not interested in the company.
I was also the one who brought you back from Europe.
Problems will occur with the reorganization. And muddy water will splatter, too.
I'll take the responsibility.
You'll do the laundry and the dishes...
and I'll just watch?
And my son Myung Hoon will eat a feast in a new suit later?
It's Dad's wish.
- So, appointing Min Jae... - Sure, we should follow Father's wish.
Won Jae...
Among the 42 affiliates of Sung Jin Group...
the rest of you split up 5...
and I take charge of 37 of them.
That's what Father told me when I came back to Korea two years ago.
Won Jae.
Father's wish that I remember is...
that I, Choi Won Jae, become the Chairman of the Group.
That's right.
If you didn't embezzle cash from Sung Jin Equipment and file bankruptcy on purpose...
Dad would still want you to...
Hey. That was from investing in futures...
Only if you didn't gamble in Europe with the slushy fund from illegal currency exchange...
sure, you'd have the Group.
I just went to Switzerland to get some air and only six million dollars...
Dad... is different from morning to evening.
It'll be hard for him to even walk in the future.
Even after you found out about Dad's illness, you still drink every night.
- You came home this morning again. - What am I supposed to do?
Father doesn't want to see me...
I'm a worm to my wife and my little sister!
Seo Yoon, just help me this once.
I'll do my best.
I know... I know I'm a fool, Seo Yoon...
I want to show Father before he leaves...
Father's firstborn son Choi Won Jae...
can grow the company and increase revenue...
It's too late...
Won Jae.
I want to hear compliments from Father just once, Seo Yoon.
I'm sorry.
All of your stake in the company is tied up.
I'm bringing back your shares deposited in Daehan Bank.
What to do...
Those shares... are already gone, Seo Yoon.
He said he'd make me the Chairman before Father leaves.
He's a major shareholder who owns 7 percent of Sung Jin Construction...
so he should also participate in management, too.
- Seo Yoon. - Min Jae.
Seo Yoon... I want to grow Sung Jin Group and show Father while he's still around.
But Min Jae is the only one who understands me right now.
Leave, Min Jae.
I'm going to cancel the appointment of the director at Sung Jin Construction.
A major shareholder with at least 5 percent of the shares...
has the right to request an appointment of an executive position.
I'm going to move the Group's assets in Daehan Bank.
It'll be tough until loans are paid off.
The office of President Kim of Oil was moved to the annex building...
so your office is right in front.
Min Jae will oversee the reconstruction starting today.
No, the strategic planning division will take care of the reconstruction...
I heard about Chairman's illness.
I'm thinking of asking a few doctors to treat him...
but I'm concerned that a rumor could spread.
What should I do, Seo Yoon?
I'll take charge of the reconstruction business from today.
I was conflicted about whether
I should go to your wedding
or go to Yoon's funeral.
Congratulations on your marriage.
With the 7 percent of shares I own...
regarding the appointment of executives and request for amendments...
I can be very helpful.
Tell me if you're having a tough time, Seo Yoon.
- Min Jae, let's have lunch together later. - Okay, Won Jae.
I'll try to talk to Won Jae.
He must have been tricked by Min Jae...
Sit down.
He invited a tiger to keep his seat.
He just brushed off decades of your discipline.
He found out about your illness, so he's upset and hurt. That's why.
I'll try to...
He's pushing me off the cliff now that he knows about my illness.
He doesn't even ask about how I'm doing.
Won Jae played with illegal currency exchange when he was in Europe.
Meet with Chief Prosecutor Kim.
He's your first son and Myung Hoon's father.
Don't let the company get hurt...
just lock up Won Jae for a few months for the foreign exchange control act.
And wrap things up when he's away.
Won Jae was very worried.
If there was a way to cure you, if there was a way to help you live longer...
We just need to remove Min Jae, Dad.
Min Jae owns 7 percent of Sung Jin Construction shares
and if Won Jae supports him...
Seo Yoon, Min Jae could take Construction...
I have a plan, Dad.
I'm going to recapitalize Sung Jin Construction.
The 10 percent of Construction shares you gave me...
3 percent from Jung Yoon, 3 percent from Dong Hui...
Mom, your 8 percent in the scholarship foundation...
and 4 percent in Sung Jun Academy that Sung Jae owns.
All together, we have 28 percent.
If Mom, Sung Jae, Jung Yoon and Dong Hui don't pay for the stocks in recapitalization...
and transfer the pre-emptive rights to me...
Dad, I can own more than half of the stake in Sung Jin Construction.
Min Jae will end up just collecting dividends.
Don't you hate Won Jae?
Let me keep the promise I made with you.
I'll save Won Jae's reputation.
I'll strengthen our Group...
and when I hand it Myung Hoon, things like this won't happen again.
Please hold a family meeting, Dad.
When is Myung Hoon's break?
I told him not to come. I told him to stay in Rome.
If he sees his dad fighting even after finding out about Grandfather’s illness...
I'm worried Myung Hoon might learn from you.
Hey!
She'll recapitalize. I need funds.
Meet with Lord Kim of Myeong-dong today.
Get the bonds and CD’s back and exchange them with cash.
If you pay for the stocks in the recapitalization...
the fact that you're aiming for the management rights will be exposed.
There is 8 percent in the scholarship foundation, and 4 percent in Sung Jin Academy.
If I exercise the pre-emptive rights in the recapitalization
and pay for the stocks, then it'll become 24 percent.
And if I secure friendly equity, maybe...
You could become the owner of Sung Jin Group.
Ma'am, which way should I make Director Choi Min Jae move?
Help him, as you have been. Who knows? He may be on our team.
Dad, please have some.
Maybe... he could see hell while he's still alive.
Let go!
Hey!
What to do... it's already hell... in this family.
He's been waiting.
Of the 5,000 households for reconstruction, 2,000 are for ordinary sale.
Apartments in a residential development zone were left unsold last month.
The apartment market is not doing well these days...
All the shopping lots in Zone C were left unsold last year...
but only Tae Joo's area had the competition of 7:1, or was it 8:1?
I'll gather 60 underground brokers.
And I'll emphasize the new floor plan of the apartment.
I'm going to leak the information on the plan of a specialized high school nearby...
and an extension of the subway line from Gangnam.
The proxy selling fee is 2 percent of reconstruction cost.
If things go well, I'll leave you with the proxy right of the reconstruction, too.
I heard 80 percent of the profit will go to your slush fund.
How would you walk around with a heavy account book?
She's funny.
Let's just have the two of us meet next time.
Since it's our first contract, we should have a drink.
Director Kang.
Meet with Lord Kim of Myeong-dong today.
I have things to take care of at home today... I'm sorry.
What drink do you like?
I like celebratory drinks.
Once I finish the sale and the account book gets heavy, let's have a drink then.
To 72 senior centers in the district...
I donated air conditioners and fixtures under your name.
And I'm going to donate rice and snacks to orphanages in the district next week.
Tell me the date. I'll need to take pictures.
The first set of 120,000-pyung land in Saeman River...
that had a failed bidding in the public auction last week...
I'd like to sign a private contract on that.
It's too big for you to touch.
I'll prepare the purchase price of 100 billion... in cash soon.
This guy...
Oh, I don't see that girl today.
It'll be just the two of us from now on, Congressman Kim.
Of the 5,000 households, ordinary sale is for 2,000 households.
Once the lot is sold, a down payment will come in right away.
Fifty million per household.
Just the down payment alone is 100 billion.
We have to pay for the construction cost.
Delayed payments for design and supervision...
Make up an excuse and postpone it for just a month.
Tae Joo, let's just work on the job that Choi Min Jae gave us.
He refused the stake and the title of co-president.
It means he'll make us work, but he won't take responsibility.
'The winner takes it all.'
One man will eat everything.
After this job, you'll separate from Choi Min Jae?
I won't live my life taking a tiny cut of someone else's card play.
We have to complete the sale by the end of the month. The down payment, too.
I'll purchase the land in Saeman River with the down payment of 100 billion...
then I just need to succeed in the split-sale.
Then, even after paying for the supervision, construction, and design, our profit will...
If we fail, we won't see each other for at least 10 years for embezzling the down payment.
Since there are separate prisons for women and men.
If we're successful, we can make over 50 billion.
Tae Joo...
this is fraud.
[Successful coup de'tat is not coup de'tat]
Seol Hee, successful fraud is not fraud.
Bae Yong Chul is coming, too.
The three of us, with Kim Gap Soo, will get on the plane to Switzerland tomorrow morning...
see some snow in the middle of summer and hit some balls...
They've been bumming around for a few years, so I got them on first class and they...
In the cabinet reshuffle at the end of the year...
Bae Yong Chul is a strong candidate for the director of the industrial complex...
and Kim Gap Soo will be appointed as chief engineer.
If the shares from institutional investors add to your 7 percent...
what will we do about my brother's headache?
What can I do when I come back?
I'll just do what you tell me to do.
If you just listened to me, Father...
Yoon... would probably still be my wife.
I'm sorry... about before.
It's fine.
A man becomes a real man when he challenges his father.
I had a tough life.
I'll leave crying over a son's rebellion to women...
What can I do when I come back?
Please meet with Minister Yoo Myung Soo.
Sung Jin Construction shares are in the Ministry of Finance-affiliated organization, too.
Bring those shares to us...
Dong Sung raised Minister Yoo Myung Soo since he was a general manager.
He'll be on our side. Chairman cannot meet with everyone.
I heard hedgehog mushrooms are good for your illness.
I talked to a farm in Jeju Island, so in a few days...
I have no intention of delaying my departure.
I called you here to not leave any loose ends after I'm gone.
Dong Hui.
Yes, Father.
Don't look at the company...
and continue with your path.
Father, I'd like to grow Sung Jin Auto.
I'll try to make it to the Top Five global markets within 10 years...
A law scholar shouldn't count money.
If I needed a hand, I wouldn't have tied Jung Yoon with a prosecutor.
I submitted my resignation yesterday, Father.
The chief prosecutor will give your resignation letter back.
I cleared your path to become chancellor...
so if you want to be minister or prime minister...
create your own path to get there.
Yes, sir.
Jung Yoon...
Yes, Dad.
The golf courses in Ichoen, Gwangju, and Busan are yours.
Dad, I want to take care of the department stores.
You know I majored in marketing.
The department store that got cut in half from you handling it
was revived by Seo Yoon.
Not all the children of a merchant are good at sales.
Golf courses don't need much money over time.
It'll make enough for you to spend.
Dad...
Later... when Min Ho, Jae Ho and Sang Ho finish college...
give them one each.
Dad, our children want to work at the department store, too.
When Min Ho finishes his studies in the U.S., he'll train as a manager there...
Enough.
The department stores are Eun Jung's.
Father.
I'm sorry, dear.
I liked seeing the smile of the only daughter of Director Park...
so I asked you to tutor Sung Jae when he was in elementary school.
When you were coming by my house, I wanted you as my family...
so I didn't think about the shadow of my child.
Father...
If you have six department stores in your arms, Won Jae won't be able to mistreat you, either.
After a few years, if you think Won Jae has matured...
then try giving him one to work on.
Please stay with Won Jae.
If you leave, who's going to take Won Jae's tantrums?
Please.
Dear...
Yes, Father.
Honey, you run the scholarship foundation and feed the hungry kids...
and my Sung Jae, do a good job of teaching kids in college.
Yes, Father.
Dad, then who's taking the rest...
Begin.
We're going to recapitalize Sung Jin Construction.
Mom, Sung Jae, Jung Yoon and Dong Hui have Construction shares.
You can keep the current shares...
and you can just transfer...
the pre-emptive rights to me.
I'll exercise the pre-emptive rights in recapitalization...
and pay for the stocks, then it'll be 24 percent.
If I secure friendly shares, maybe...
Maybe you can even become the owner of Sung Jin Group.
To double the capital stock of Sung Jin Construction...
we're executing recapitalization with major shareholders.
Your pre-emptive rights will be transferred to Managing Director Choi Seo Yoon.
After the recapitalization...
Managing Director Choi's shares alone will be enough to secure ownership of the Group.
Seo Yoon.
Father, but Seo Yoon will be part of another family when she gets married later...
About half of us here are part of another family.
If you want to leave even the golf courses to your children...
do what Seo Yoon tells you to do.
As soon as the transfer of the pre-emptive rights is signed, it's legally binding.
Seo Yoon will do well.
You're probably thinking it's too much...
but Seo Yoon took care of the Group when Won Jae was in Europe.
I have a request.
The scholarship foundation you gave me...
please give it to Won Jae.
He's your first son.
If you leave him empty-handed just because you're upset now...
you'll be more upset later.
It's fine.
Even though his wife has the department stores...
if a man is empty-handed, he can't keep his shoulders up.
If he can't earn his keep, what's the use of keeping his shoulders up?
Please, make it his.
It's fine, Mother.
Jung Yoon, Dong Hui...
Don't sign the transfer form.
Jung Yoon, I'll give you the department stores.
Dong Hui, you have the Auto.
Won Jae!
With Min Jae's shares...
and the shares from Jung Yoon and Dong Hui...
if we recapitalize and secure friendly shares...
Jung Yoon, I'll become the Chairman of the Group.
Do you mean to stand against me?
Yes, Father.
For the 20 years I've worked in the company...
I have never once heard compliments from you.
But I need to do my duty as a son now.
I'm going to own Sung Jin Group.
I will double it while you're still around.
Won Jae!
'My son Choi Won Jae, my firstborn Choi Won Jae...
he's great, he's amazing.' That's what I'd like to hear.
Then you'll change your mind, too.
'I'm glad I didn't hand it to Seo Yoon.'
That's what I think is my duty as a son, Father.
Hurry up and sign it.
Don't sign it.
Brother! I'm here.
I wanted to see you, so I came.
It's sweet potato from Hampyeong Farm.
It's hot with no rain... so sweet potatoes grew well this year.
I'll give you the ownership of Hampyeong Farm.
I plan to give Oil to Min Jae.
If he travels to this and that country to buy oil...
he'll feel better, too.
I was worried for nothing, Dong Sung.
Min Jae said your memory was wilting.
At first, I thought it was well-deserved.
But then, I wondered, 'What's going to happen to my brother?'
'What if he doesn't recognize me?'
Then I felt rushed.
I cooked the sweet potatoes in a hurry, so I'm not sure how it'll taste...
Have one, Dong Sung.
Tell Min Jae to leave the Sung Jin Construction business cards and...
Dong Sung...
I go to the cement plant once in a while.
When I was a sergeant in the transportation unit
from the sale of the military oil I pocketed, we bought the cement machinery.
Sung from Choi Dong Sung and Jin from Choi Dong Jin...
We even named it Sung Jin Cement.
We even made the signage with a sheet of tinplate I stole from the military.
We bought houses, lands and companies with the money we earned from selling cement...
I couldn't put my name up because I was in the military...
so we put them all under your name.
You promised me
you would break it in half. Even the brick.
I was going to do that...
if Min Jae didn't mention Won Jae's political funds in the hearing of the Fifth Republic.
I told him to say that.
I went to prison three times for you.
But to my child...
I couldn't tell him to go to prison instead of Won Jae.
Let's split the brick.
Break it in half, and give one to Min Jae and take care of your children with the other.
You and I can go to Hampyeong Farm...
Sure, I'll take care of you.
People used to call you a genius.
I won't let others see your brain deteriorate
and I'll take care of you until you take your last breath.
Stop meeting with people.
Bae Hong Chul and Kim Gap Soo...
They raised their children with my money...
and they got that far with my power.
Just because they played golf with you a few times, they won't become your men.
Dong Sung.
I'll pay a good price for the shares Min Jae has, so tell him to hand them over.
Take the Farm and Oil when I give them to you.
Don't be greedy anymore.
Dong Sung.
We started it to have enough sweet potatoes to eat.
When we were fleeing during the war, I picked up two sweet potatoes in the stream.
Mom, Dad, all 10 family members were waiting in the rice field...
but we were hungry so...
you and I, the two of us, ate sweet potatoes hiding behind a pine tree.
It had been a few days since we ate...
so I really didn't hear anything.
The sound of airplanes... the sound of bombs going off...
the sound of screams from Mom and Dad...
When I was done eating the sweet potato...
tears finally came out.
Mom... Dad...
That's why Dong Sung. We wanted to eat sweet potatoes to our heart's content.
That's why we started the cement plant.
Let's not do this anymore, Dong Sung.
I'm sorry, Dong Jin.
Sure...
let's go together.
Dong Sung.
Dong Jin...
Let's go to Mom. Dad's waiting.
Dong Sung!
Mom! Mom, here!
Father, have this.
Dong Joon, you too.
Dong Jae, Dong Sook.
Since you haven't eaten for three days, have one more.
Mom.
Dad.
Father...
We only had two sweet potatoes...
Dong Jin said we should share them with the family...
but I was so hungry... so I told him that just the two of us should eat them.
If I called you, no one from our family would've died...
I am sorry, Father!
I'm sorry, Mom...
Dong Sung...
Dad...
Let's go, Dad.
Recapitalization will happen at the end of this month.
Shares of major affiliates are being moved to Sung Jin Construction.
So the rumor of making Sung Jin Construction a holding company is correct.
What do we do, Min Jae?
Having Construction means owning the Group, so Seo Yoon is...
Don't worry.
If we just have the shares from Jung Yoon and Dong Hui...
then there will be your portrait bust right next to the Chairman's in the lobby.
Still, if people find out I'm standing against Father...
Seo Yoon might have an advantage...
Chairman's wish...
what could it be?
Yi Sung Gye hated Yi Bang Won.
He killed his brothers and kicked out his father in the First and Second Strife of Princes.
But Yi Bang Won set the foundation for the Joseon Dynasty that lasted 500 years.
Chairman's wish is...
Won Jae, it's to lay the foundation for 500 years of Sung Jin Group.
If Seo Yoon has the Group, the Choi Family will disappear from Sung Jin Group.
Seo Yoon's husband will become the owner of the Group.
Remember?
A long time ago, when Chairman had a clear mind...
what he said to you.
That's Chairman's wish.
I'll meet with Dong Hui. You take a break, you look tired.
Father had his exam today.
Aren't you curious? If he's gotten worse, how his condition is now...
I'm curious... how much you're planning on taking.
If you really mean to eat the entirety of Sung Jin Group.
It's progressing to glioblastoma.
It's progressing quickly.
His energy level has decreased, too.
So Won Jae, let's not make a fuss at home. Please.
The menu at the executive cafeteria is pretty good today.
It's the salmon cutlet that you like. I told them to save some for you.
I told them you might stop by late.
I decided on Shin Il Securities to lead the recapitalization.
Set up an appointment with the CEO and prepare a confidentiality agreement.
And contact a couple of law firms and go over legal issues ahead of time.
Yes, ma'am.
I'll have to discuss with my daughter...
but it'll be better to give the department stores to Jung Yoon.
The shares that Jung Yoon and Dong Hui have to be on your side, Managing Director.
I appreciate Chairman's consideration.
I also appreciate your consideration, Director Park.
The shares that Mom, Sung Jae and I have are more than enough.
But if Director Choi Min Jae participates in the recapitalization...
He can't... Min Jae.
If you participate in the recapitalization, your shares will increase from 7 percent to 14 percent.
Did King Jungjong reign for about two years?
I thought it would take at least a few years.
After kicking out the founder of Joseon, Yi Sung Gye...
and letting King Jungjong who wants to wear the royal robe sit on the throne for a while...
then laying out the foundation of Joseon...
I thought it would take a few years.
Maybe it could end this month.
The total stock price you have to pay is about 100 billion.
Currently, the shares are in Daehan Bank as collateral...
so an additional loan will be tough.
It's hard to find funds...
Could you make a reservation at a restaurant with a great view?
Oh, and my wife likes the view of Han River from the north side.
Find the number of Min Jae's wife.
I can block the loan.
How can you...
Jealousy.
And the subject already passed away so she can't even compete.
If Director Choi Min Jae can't get a loan from Daehan Bank...
then you will win on the recapitalization.
No. Min Jae has always been one step ahead of our thinking.
But where could he get 100 billion all of a sudden?
Block it... the sale of Sung Jin Suites.
Fourteen sales from yesterday, so it's 400 sales total so far.
You should be the one working hard, not me.
Of the 2,000 ordinary sales, 400 were subscribed.
It's 20 percent sales.
Since I got 20 points on my math test in high school
this is the first time I'm seeing this number.
Ask the Office of Education again about the plan of setting up a specialized high school...
It's already on the newspaper. Game over!
- [Specialized High School changed to Disabilities] - Change the use of the specialized high school.
We should be considerate of the weak in society.
Check if the location of the subway station can be changed, too.
The sales will go down if we don't move the station.
The location of the subway station changed, too.
You need to go through the back gate of the apartment and go through two crosswalks.
Tae Joo, what do we do?
What do you mean? Second, third, additional sale, discount sale of the unsold...
To sell all 2,000 households...
will it take about a year?
No, I'm going to complete the sale by the end of the month and get the down payment, too.
Do we have a few years left before the end of the month?
We have ten days left, Tae Joo.
[Golden Cabaret 7900 won, 3 beers + dry snacks]
Let's meet with Choi Min Jae. If he helps us...
Talking to the Office of Education and pressuring the Subway Transit...
it will take a few months.
The contract of the land in Saeman River happens at the end of the month.
If we don't have 100 billion by then...
we have to live like this next month, too.
- Why isn't the singer here yet? - She'll be here soon.
- Call her now. - Yes, sir.
Welcome!
Nice to meet you, ma'am. We're here to scout President Jo Pil Doo.
A monthly salary of 20 million... and additional incentives...
You should move into the villa in Bangbae-dong tomorrow.
We'll take over this place.
We'll pay the unpaid rent and the loan with missing payments...
Since the business is doing well... the prepayment is about 300 million?
- Execute it tomorrow. - Go play on the playground.
I'm in no mood to take your teasing.
Let's turn off the music. That'll change your mood.
What do you want?
There is a story in Arabian Nights.
If you rub a lamp...
Don't chatter, it's noisy.
I need to get rid of unsold apartments fast.
I want to release the supply to underground brokers and do some business
but your friends keep getting in the way.
Oh Sang Goo.
I'm Jo Pil Doo.
I might not be able to feed my little brothers
but I won't touch their rice bowls.
Your wife must be very happy
to have a husband who's loyal.
I can't get married
because I'm afraid I'll meet a husband like him.
Enjoy yourselves before you go. You don't need to pay.
Would Jo Pil Doo show up at the sales office tomorrow?
Want to bet?
No, I think I'll lose.
Landscape paintings are supposed to be good for Dad's treatment.
I'm going to change all the paintings at home.
Yoo Jin, please recommend about 10 items from one artist.
You're pretty.
Your face, your body... and how you use your brain.
I know it won't be good for you if Min Jae participates in the recapitalization.
And I know that you came here to stop me from that, too.
What to do... the loan is already approved.
I'll give you the paintings as a gift.
You're half right.
High school friends compare their husbands' salary when they're young...
then they compete on their children's colleges, and stop seeing each other.
Then after 60, they become close again and talk about the old days.
We'll be like that too, since we're family.
I want to be friends with you, Yoo Jin.
I believe half of it.
- Min Jae... - He's a good person.
He'll be a good husband to you.
I was worried... that he might not be able to forget Yoon.
On the day he came back from the honeymoon...
he went to Yoon on his way to work.
He was there for a few hours by himself.
He said goodbye to her like that, then he never went back.
Min Jae only looks at you now.
Me too...
I miss you.
This painting is nice. Who is the artist?
It's Yang Sang Ho.
I've known Yoon since college, but I didn't know what kind of person she was.
Quiet, kind... she was picky, so she only liked one of everything.
Min Jae for a man, the waffles that I made...
The only wine she drank was Chateau Lyonnat.
She only ate broccoli soup... and pepper steak.
The lumberjack probably believed that the fairy wouldn't leave him.
That's why he probably gave her dress with wings back.
Don't give him the wings too soon, Yoo Jin.
Min Jae will fly away.
I'll take this painting by Yang Sang Ho.
Don't give him the wings too soon, Yoo Jin.
Min Jae will fly away.
- For wine, I'll take Chateau Lyonnat... - I want Chateau Latour.
I want onion soup and for steak...
let's have T-bone, Min Jae.
Oh, and the loan for the recapitalization will be difficult.
The interior has changed here.
I liked it better before.
I'll talk to Father-in-law to discuss the loan...
- I made the decision. - Yoo Jin.
If I can't participate in this recapitalization...
Three years... maybe five years...
That's the time I estimated when I started this.
We'll have a child, and maybe we'll be in love, too.
Then you won't fly away even if I give you the wings. That's my calculation.
Min Jae, let's give and take... one each. Slowly.
Yoo Jin, if I lose this chance...
Sung Jin Group will be in the hands of Seo Yoon. Then I...
You know... that if you push me, I let go of everything.
Don't make me do that, Min Jae.
Let's have onion soup from now on, Min Jae.
Of the 2,000 ordinary sales, 400 are subscribed currently.
The unsold 1,600 households...
I'll get rid of them in a week.
Bring in 60 underground brokers.
What to do... all the brokers from Seoul went to Saeman River.
Bring the ones from other regions. It'll be a money feast of tens of billions.
Sang Goo...
How many years have we been eating together?
Twelve years.
Treat me like a big brother just once.
Next time, you'll get hurt if you're alone... Brother.
Let's go.
Of the 400 subscriptions, someone wants to cancel and another wants to sell at a loss.
Buy it from a underground broker...
at a premium of five million.
If the rumor spreads that a subscriber of Sung Jin Suites made money...
then more people will come.
Of the unsold 1,600 households, release 600 to the underground brokers at face value.
Whatever premium they add to it, it's theirs.
We just need the down payment deposited.
The broker's supply is gone.
The premium went up to 30 million.
People are lined up to buy, but there is no one selling.
Well... then let's set the table.
We have 1,000 households left. We'll start the second round of sales right away.
How high will the competition be?
Well done!
Director Jo Pil Doo.
Director Yoon, please make room for him.
[16:1 competition on sale of Sung Jin Suites] [Highest rate of sale in history]
The down payment of 100 billion has been deposited.
I got rejected on a loan from credit union and a private loan from Myeong-dong.
Jang Tae Joo is saving me.
Transfer the money today.
I told him that I'd manage the 100 billion for a few days...
but Jang Tae Joo refused.
I'll have Dr. Kang of Mapo work full-time starting tomorrow.
They're the best real estate consultants in the country.
Once I purchase the 120,000-pyung in Saeman River with the down payment today...
I'm going to divide the land into one hundred 1,200-pyung lots.
Okay! Pay Dr. Kang for his phone bill and Congressman Kim for gas...
We'll still have 50 billion left.
If we succeed.
Tae Joo.
It's a little early to have a celebratory drink.
Please get me coffee, an iced one.
Weren't we supposed to go together... for the Long March?
Lin Biao died from a plane crash as he was escaping to the Soviet Union.
And Peng Dehuai died during the Cultural Revolution.
They crossed 18 mountain ridges and 17 rivers together...
But in the end, the one who owned China was...
Mao Zedong.
There was only one person. The winner takes it all.
I believe Eden got back up with the money I gave you.
I'll give you back what I owe.
I thought... maybe we could become good friends.
It doesn't matter what you think of me.
This is how I decide...
what I think of you.
The man who cries after leaving his wife...
he'll leave me some day, too.
Why do you think that way?
Because you refused the stake and co-presidency.
A promise is not made in words.
The document is the promise and money is the guarantee.
If you want someone who'll follow your orders, go to a new hire interview.
If you need someone you'll throw away after use, go to a headhunter.
I got a call from Congressman Kim.
He just left with the officials who will sign the contract.
I'll return the down payment in a month.
And I'll give you the 80 percent of the profit that I promised at the same time.
Oh, I forgot.
I'll buy you a celebratory drink that day, too.
I'll give you half...
of Sung Jin Construction shares.
From the 7 percent that I own, I will give you half, 3.5 percent.
If we participate in the recapitalization, we'll each have 7 percent of the shares.
Maybe...
we can become the owners of Sung Jin Group.
You and me.
Tae Joo, Lee Chang Ho should play Go, if he tries chess...
I'm thinking...
if I can trust him...
The document is the promise.
I'll transfer the shares today.
Money is the guarantee.
Tae Joo, you hold onto that money.
Tae Joo... Congressman Kim is waiting.
If you put him in trouble, later...
A muddy loach can't follow me to the ocean.
Trillions of investments are determined with one signature...
Billions of cash are transferred with one word...
The owner of department stores could change in the middle of dinner...
Let's go together...
to the golden empire.
CEO of the Securities called.
Director Choi Min Jae just deposited 100 billion to participate in the recapitalization.
It's co-owned by President Jang Tae Joo of Eden.
It looks like they touched the down payment from the apartment sale.
File a lawsuit on embezzlement or...
A few months for investigation, a few years for trial... the law is always late.
We need the shares from Jung Yoon and her husband.
They have to side with you.
I'll try to set up a meeting...
Jung Yoon's not answering the phone.
I have to see her in person.
Seo Yoon, you never miss an occasion to eat.
Let's have lunch together. The menu at the cafeteria today is...
Jung Yoon, let's talk.
What would a woman with golf courses know?
I'm just doing what my husband tells me.
Dong Hui...
Everyone was against you when you were getting married.
- Dad was the only one... - Seo Yoon.
I'm going to submit a petition to have Father declared incompetent.
I have the doctor's diagnosis, his opinion and the test results from last week.
Once he's declared incompetent...
Father's legal guardian will be Won Jae.
Enjoy your lunch...
Won Jae... Jung Yoon... Dong Hui.
Find out about the assets, capital, and revenue of Sung Jin Group's affiliates.
I'll need about ten good ones.
Finance, heavy industry, distribution...
Organize the affiliates by industry.
In a few days...
the owner of Sung Jin Group will change.
Jung Yoon and Dong Hui are not answering the phone.
Seo Yoon...
let's stop the recapitalization.
- Let's reconsider the stake... - No.
I'll proceed with the recapitalization of Sung Jin Construction as planned.
Min Jae... Jang Tae Joo...
and everyone who participates in the recapitalization...
they will all sink.
I'll make that happen, Dad.