Bel Ami
Episode 14
That... why do you...
Did she say that
you were MG's illegitimate child?
Dokgo Ma Te.
You aren't MG's illegitimate child.
You...
are my son.
What do you mean by that?
I'm...
I'm whose son?
You...
are the son,
that I abandoned.
Now I've seen it all.
Are you making up birth secrets now?
Isn't this kind of joke going too far?
I was wishing it was a joke
all night long.
I didn't sleep a wink.
Don't you think I'd feel just as shocked and disturbed as you?
The reason I got myself together and came here
was that I was concerned that you
might be expecting something.
Now that the situation is reversed and you are my son,
if you are expecting any sort of warm welcome from me,
you are greatly mistaken.
I don't have any intention to do that.
A person's life has just
been turned upside down right now.
What you just said,
is it all true?
It would be a relief if you were a lost son,
or a son I had to give up under dire circumstances.
To say I'm sorry would be fitting.
However, neither of those were the case for me.
I don't have any regrets,
nor do I have any lingering attachment.
I'm merely put into an uncomfortable position.
Hong Yu Ra came to me and gave me an ultimatum regarding you.
If I step down from MG,
she would cover up your birth secret.
Hong Yu Ra also
knows this fact?
I had warned you.
That your fate was to be abandoned.
She tried to shake me up with a blog novel, but it was useless.
No matter how hard Hong Yu Ra tries,
the both of you should never forget
that I am MG.
Then, is that everything?
Because I don't have anything but clothes.
Let's hurry up and load the car, I'll take you.
No, I was going to call a moving truck.
Hey, why call a truck for two bags?
That.
We can just try loading it somehow.
No, I'll just take it somehow myself.
Let's try loading it and if it doesn't work, then you can call someone.
You should give me some explanation.
If you were going to tremble in hatred like this...
Why you gave birth to me.
Why you abandoned me.
He was someone just like you.
He was exactly like you.
He had an attractive face.
The smile of an angel.
He came into my life like that and shredded my life into pieces.
He knew I was the daughter of a chaebol household and planned it.
To me,
he ripped me to pieces and disappeared.
The reason why I don't welcome you,
does this explain everything?
So my whole existence
is explained like that.
I'll give you two choices.
One.
Leave this country.
You can choose which country
and I'll prepare everything you need to survive.
You can't live here, because it will be hell.
I will make it a living hell for you.
You won't be able to do anything.
So if the first choice
is unacceptable to you...
Two.
Instead of a living hell,
how about disappearing from me forever?
Living in this country
will be painful for you, is what I'm saying.
Is there anything that you don't understand?
I wonder if we could increase our speed a tad?
Then this will fly away.
That's why I said I was going to call a truck.
Are you dissing my kindness now?
No, no, no.
Take your time, and go slowly.
If he drives like that, he'll get in an accident.
Get out.
Since we were going the same direction anyway,
no need to give me thanks.
If you still feel bad, you can just pay me as a substitute driver.
Where should I park?
Omo! Wow!
Mom!
No need to thank me,
Dae Sik wanted to make his sister's room pretty.
so he's going to sleep on the floor here.
Dae Sik doesn't even have a bed.
Hey, Kim Dae Sik!
What are you...making me all touched!
Just hurry up and get married!
Then I can take over this room.
I like that!
-Aigoo -No...
What is this, Team Leader?
Wait...
Why did you pack and bring that here?!
I couldn't leave it in Team Leader's room.
You rascal!
Mom, Mom, Mom...
Aigoo!
I'm sorry, Team Leader!
She's making you do all sorts of stuff.
It's fine. It wasn't even heavy or anything.
I wonder how you loaded this thing?
Because I'm older than you.
-Aigoo. -No, no, no.
Mom. Mom.
Team Leader, it must feel so empty now.
Usually you don't notice the place when someone is living there,
but once it becomes empty, the space seems abnormally big.
I lived alone before that anyway.
We're close by so visit often.
Come and eat with us, too.
Yes, Mother.
Or you could come and live in Dae Sik's room with him, too.
You took in our Bo Tong, too,
it would only be like having another son for me.
What do you mean I took her in?
I made sure to collect rent on time.
Hey, what $50?
This little brat.
To be honest, I pretended like I didn't notice, but..
Was that even rent?
You saw our Bo Tong's situation,
so you were generous to us.
Team Leader, you're truly
such a genuine person.
It's my pleasure.
Then I will come here everyday and you have to give me a lot of food!
Is putting another spoon on the table even work?
Gosh, really!
Why isn't Kim Bo Tong coming out?
That's strange.
I can't get in touch with President Oppa all day; it gets me worried.
What are you doing!
Team Leader is leaving.
Oh, I'm coming.
I met with Vice President Na Hong Ran today.
She said something strange.
I am... that woman's son.
It seems that absurdity is the truth.
Did you know that?
I did find out.
Since when?
From when you first met me?
No...
Not long ago, I saw a watch on Bo Tong's desk and found out.
But why didn't you tell me?
Why did you go and make a deal with her over me?
Ma Te... - Team Leader Choi
Is it because even compared to Na Hong Ran,
I became useless?
I didn't want you to find out.
Because it would break your heart.
Or was it
because I wasn't Chairman Park Ki Seok's son?
It's not an excuse.
I thought you would be another Illegitimate son at the time.
What happens next?
Are you going to turn that knife
towards me now?
I'm only running
after my goal.
I don't have the luxury to play nice.
What the heck is everyone doing?
Is my life
everyone's toy?
Why are you asking that to the wrong person?
Your mother...
No.
Shouldn't you be asking that to Kim Mi Sook, the woman who raised you?
She must have known who you were.
She must have raised you knowing who Dokgo Ma Te is.
Why did she create a password for you?
And why she hinted that you were Chairman Park's son.
Shouldn't you ask your mother?
I wonder if Bo Tong's sleeping.
Without my chatterbox Bo Tong around,
it sure is quiet.
Bo Tong!
You haven't put up your tent piece by piece, have you?
I'm going to inspect.
Ah, what do I do. I'm getting inspected by Bo Tong.
I was sleeping.
You're so lame, so lame.
Do you sleep without changing your clothes? Ha!
Where is my oppa and what is he doing?
Face to face meeting with blood relation.
The revelation of...
Dokgo Ma Te's demise...
You...
are the son,
that I abandoned.
Now that Na Hong Ran came clean, I have no one to sell my secrets to.
You took all the fun away.
Why does this bother me?
Another little soul abandoned.
Just live.
You'll see that eventually
it'll get buried.
Did you meet
that child?
Yes.
I met him.
Honey, I think that everything that's happening right now is because of how we forced things to happen in the past.
Let's now put everything back in place.
What are you saying?
This is the start.
All this
was created by you and Sool Ri's mother.
-Honey. -How can you do this to me?
That child.
You let Kim Mi Sook raise him.
What's the reason for bringing him to me?
I was trying to understand why you couldn't tell me,
and why you had to send him overseas for adoption.
I was going to bring him back
later when you thought of and missed him too much.
But, that time took this long.
You should've told me in the beginning.
If I had, would you have protected that child?
Look into your heart that always rewinds the clock.
Now, don't be in pain
and let's live looking forward.
I don't want to.
My teeth chatter just by thinking of that Ma Te kid.
After seeing him, I'm beginning to remember everything.
How my own siblings fooled me,
though I gave my all,
the child's father who abandoned me.
I remember everything.
The past is a thing of the past.
Of course, it's the same with you, too.
Since we were just a merger and acquisition.
Isn't it time we ended anyway?
He didn't come to work and his cellphone is off.
Where did you go, Oppa?
I can't reach him.
I think I have to go to Oppa's house.
It's cold out, I'll take you.
You have a lot to do today, I'll be right back.
Oppa.
Oppa?
Oppa, are you home?
Where'd he go?
Bo Tong.
Did you get in contact with the President?
No. He's not even at home.
Bo Tong, what about lunch, did you eat yet?
Well yes, I ate already.
Team Leader, hurry up and ea...
Bo Tong.
Team Leader, I'll call you later.
I think I know where Oppa is.
Oh, Team Leader, why aren't you eating?
Should I order something for you?
No, that's okay. I'm not hungry yet.
Mom...
No one is explaining anything for me.
You turned my life upside down,
and there's no explanation.
Let me just ask one thing.
I, am I not your son?
Then who am I?
Mom, who are you?
Oppa.
What are you saying?
Bo Tong...
you know,
My mom isn't my mom.
Have you heard anything so ridiculous?
If Mom isn't my mom,
then who am I?
What becomes of us?
Isn't this an absurd situation?
Oppa...
What do you mean?
Vice President Na Hong Ran
is the one who gave birth to me.
I'm saying that my mother
is Na Hong Ran.
Let's eat, Oppa. Let's eat and cry.
In times like this, you have to keep hold of your senses.
It seems like it's all an act.
You know... what movie was it?
The male lead went to work,
dated, and even had a family.
He lived really diligently.
But later he found out
that it was all an act.
Everyone saw it
and cried and laughed.
I thought it was such a cruel situation.
But now I feel like that's me.
What is real in my life?
Ahjumma's son, Dokgo Ma Te. That's real.
Ahjumma loved you the most and cherished you.
That is true, I am a witness to that.
Shouldn't she apologize?
If she was the one who abandoned me,
shouldn't she be saying that she's sorry, that she didn't know, that I grew up well?
Aren't there so many things she could say?
She told me to leave far away. Not to appear before her again.
If it's not that,
that living would be hell.
That she would make it like that.
I should be comforting you right now,
but I have nothing to say.
To Oppa, why did this kind of thing happen?
The only thing that doesn't change for me is you alone.
That's a relief.
You must have been very worried.
This is the beginning, Sool Ri's dad.
Mother-in-law
won't give up doing whatever it takes to push you out.
I'm also going to do whatever it takes to withstand her.
Don't worry.
Bring in that person who protected you, Choi Joon Ha.
It isn't time for him to be at Bo Tong Company.
We have to bring him in.
In this war, I don't really want to drag him into it.
Mother-in-law has a son.
Dokgo Ma Te.
That person is mother-in-law's son.
What?
Since she found her son, she'll try to get him to her side.
Then your position becomes more unsteady.
Do you know what I mean?
Choi Joon Ha
must be brought to us first.
How pretty.
Hello?
I brought my car, you see.
Ah, is that so?
I had asked if I could speak less formally when we met again.
Be at ease.
I heard that things have become quite complicated.
You should start resolving things.
I'll help you to resolve things.
Let me be frank.
I have no interest towards MG Group.
If you worry that I will maybe become dangerous for you later,
be at ease.
I don't have any desire for those things.
Dad,
let's protect him.
I'm...
a weak son.
From a young age I was like that.
I wished tomorrow would come already,
and if tomorrow came, then I'd wish for tomorrow again.
That's how I lived, spending my life.
Watching me be like that,
I know how hard it must have been for Father.
I wonder if his poor health is because of me,
and I feel really guilty about it.
I...
don't know what a father's love is.
I don't want to know now either.
It seems there's nothing I can help with.
If there's need for my stock, you can have it whenever you'd like.
There was never a time when MG Group's stock made me happy.
You were able to protect the girl you love with it.
You shouldn't stay in Bo Tong Company.
Right now,
you should take advantage of being MG's heir.
And that advantage can also protect your love.
So, did you protect her?
Just because you were Father's son,
you couldn't protect the woman you loved.
Also,
the girl I love has no interest in those kind of advantages.
Right now as Choi David, Bo Tong's Team Leader, I am happy.
It's not just because she's there.
Though it is a growing company,
it's a much healthier company than MG.
At least it's not the kind of company that closes down stores,
or pushes out the subcontractors unethically, in a one-sided manner based on personal feeling.
What do you mean?
MG is that sort of a company.
That's why I hate MG.
I'll take you home.
That's alright, you are tired.
I can take a taxi.
I'm going there anyway.
I moved.
My mom sold the Osan house and found a house near the restaurant.
My room is really huge.
I'll have a housewarming pretty soon.
That's good.
Oppa.
I...
wish you would quickly brush things off
and return to being the prickly, Pretty Oppa again.
Even if it's hard.
What Oppa's done recently
are really awesome things.
It'd be good if you knew that.
In a quiet neighborhood where nothing ever happened,
one day,
a gorgeous man that can shame even the ultimate man "Terius" (main male character in cartoon Candy),
Dokgo Ma Te appeared.
Although he called himself a vegetarian,
Ma Te, who ate more meat than grains,
ate galbi everyday and became more and more pretty.
Because being good-looking can be a sin,
in his life, there was not a single day where women left him alone.
But, what could he do?
That was his lot in life.
The amazing thing is, he had some business sense.
The business he started with a warehouse full of socks began to grow and grow.
Well, some of it had to do with his beautiful face, too.
One day,
something extremely sad turned our Ma Te into a crybaby.
The Ma Te who always pretended to be rough
and prideful was actually a little kid who cried, on the inside.
However, our Ma Te will recover immediately.
How much galbi did I feed him after all?
He has no choice but to conquer this.
Let's all cheer on our crybaby, kid-like Dokgo Ma Te.
I thought long and hard, all day, everyday for several days.
I cannot do either of the choices for you.
Having done nothing wrong, I have no reason to be exiled to a foreign land.
And I will pretend not to have heard the second option.
I'll take that as the severity of your hatred towards my existence,
and with that, I'm returning this watch.
Although I hesitate to because it's a keepsake from my mother who raised me.
But more than that, I think it would be more important to cleanly cut our ties,
so I'm sending it to you.
With this, I wish to end our sudden deep relation.
I'm sure this is what you would want also.
We've already exchanged contracts on these brands,
and ironed out all the details, so all that's left is to sign.
These haven't been launched here yet,
so as soon as it airs, I think we'll see some good reaction.
Also,
we're still in the process of contacting the brand you've suggested.
You're quite different from me.
Huh?
If I were you, I would've just roughly done things.
But you've prepared everything so thoroughly.
Thank you.
Oh, also, for our outdoor wear, we need a new image for advertisement.
We need to pick a new model as Myo Mi was a one-time contract.
Don't you think we need to use someone even more upscale in order to upgrade the brand image?
You should do it yourself. Modeling.
Is business some joke?
Isn't there any other mod- -I'm not joking.
Do you know
that President Dokgo has higher recognition than the average celebrity?
You were dumped right after the scandal broke with Myo Mi.
And Kang Kwi Ji wallpapered her SNS saying that you were her doll or something.
Won't you get to the point?
Youth.
By supplementing the "youngest President/CEO of SS Home SHopping" image along with celebrity level recognition,
let's make the ad campaign with the "drive of hot-blooded youth".
I have a good feeling about this.
If we're after a high end, luxury designer image, then it fits me well.
Really.
In any case, I'm not joking and am going to proceed this way.
I hope the pictures turn out well.
Team Leader Choi.
I haven't yet asked you this.
What motivated you to join our company?
I don't know because I was scouted for my abilities,
I guess you could say, I liked the President.
What in particular?
The cute visual,
unlike that, you're unexpectedly strong.
You're qualified to be Team Leader.
As you know, I'll be CEO for a year.
Within this year, I've been ordered to make SS Home Shopping the best.
If I don't succeed, I will efficiently be done.
Because I look like a punk with pretty face, it somehow makes you feel antagonistic, doesn't it?
Please take a listen to this pretty face's business plan.
Business Direction SS Home Shopping
The goods the next guy is selling; If we sell the same things we don't have any point of difference.
We need that one more thing we can claim and rise.
That is, Luxury Home Shopping.
Luxury Home Shopping, does that make sense?
The contract has been signed and done with.
The first sale of [luxury goods] in Korea will be done here at SS.
As the new year special, we'll launch the 3 brands you see here.
Have you ever thought that a home shopping network would sell travel items?
MG started it first.
Have you ever thought that a home shopping network could sell insurance items?
MG started it first, so SS did its best to follow behind in its trail.
I believe this is the very reason why we cannot become the number one company in the industry.
Point of difference.
That is the most necessary item.
You're stuck with me for a year whether you like it or not,
couldn't you trust me once?
I'm a buster who has a reason to grind down my molars and strive hard.
If you had given me some notice, I would've cleaned up.
Ah, let's look around.
Uh? The decisive evidence!
So you didn't move outside and are living well in this warm...
Huh?
Copycat!
The picture turned out well, didn't it?
Team Leader.
I... am just going to keep looking forward.
Is the photo strange?
Then, I have that picture of your face all marked up, too, should I change it to that one?
It's not that.
I know it's not that, too.
Team Leader, you are really a good person.
That I could accept someone like that,
it's really like a dream.
But no matter what, I don't think I can stop looking towards Ma Te Oppa.
Bo Tong.
My mom used to like this novel called "Tess."
I read it, too, wondering how good it was for her to read it over and over.
It wasn't that great, but...
The parts that my mom highlighted have stayed with me for a long time.
I didn't know it back then,
but I think I can understand now.
What did it say?
During a time worthy of loving,
to be able to meet someone worth loving is something extraordinary.
♫ You're gradually getting further away. ♫
♫ When I was still always by your side. ♫
Bo Tong... ♫ My love again couldn't reach you. ♫
Can I be someone worthy of loving? ♫ It seems you're only getting further away. ♫
♫ Maybe I'll have to let you go. ♫
♫ I'm saying that I love you. ♫
♫ From the first moment I saw you. ♫
♫ I'm saying that I love you. ♫
Because it isn't impossible. And this is extraordinary, I'm thinking of waiting.♫ Do you hear me?♫
♫ From the beginning, we were only looking at a love that wouldn't be. Maybe we won't be able to face each other. ♫
Is the picture too big? Should I make it smaller to a "regular" size?♫ Should I still take a step forward? ♫
Is it a pizza or something? What is "regular?"
You must have been very surprised that I suddenly asked to eat together.
Because I wouldn't meet you when you came to my house...
Did it make you feel upset?
No.
Actually, I still don't know what's what.
Ma Te,
why aren't you bringing me the password?
What good is that now?
You're not even my father.
Your mother, Kim Mi Sook, who raised you was like the sun.
She was a kind and deeply caring woman who only looked towards me.
Maybe that's why I left you with her.
A year after leaving you in her care, I couldn't continue to let her take care of you when she wasn't married herself yet.
So I was going to move you to somewhere else.
But at that time, your mother stopped me.
She said she couldn't send you away.
That you called her "Mom."
That if you were separated even briefly, you'd cry and fuss.
That you couldn't sleep without her.
She said that you, Ma Te, had become her son.
By keeping you, she cut ties with her family and everyone.
You were her precious son.
I asked her why she needed that kind of password.
She said that she had to have it for your happiness.
My happiness?
Even if we were poor, the time I lived with my mother was the happiest time.
I've never once thought of it as having misery.
She would probably want for you to be happy now even though she is not here, Ma Te.
Why she told me about that password, why I should
accept you as my son when you brought me the password,
and what that password means to you...
If you give up now, then her life spent entirely looking after you would go to waste.
I'm curious about something.
Why did you take care of someone Vice President Na Hong Ran abandoned without her knowing?
Because of love. I loved your mother, Na Hong Ran, so much that I wanted to take care of her.
Then what about my mother? What about my mother who raised me?
The woman who loved me.
Ma Te...
Ma Te,
I'd really like it if you would come back after finding that password.
I'll be waiting.
The closing of the outdoor department,
why did you make it into a clean slate?
I couldn't find a reason.
It was an outstanding department in terms of service and sales.
It's a report that I signed off.
How dare you turn it over.
As the CEO of MG, I couldn't let something that violated our business ethics pass through.
This company isn't a place where you let out your anger, right?
After finding your place again,
you are acting up without knowing what to fear.
Things are going to change now.
Because of my weakness, there are too many people getting injured.
The outdoor department will continue and so will the sale of Cleaning Socks on MG Home Shopping.
If there are any grounds for disqualification in the future, then I will take appropriate measures according to our rules.
Do you have anything more to say?
You must have forgotten that this company is my family's business.
How dare you act like the owner.
It is from your side of the family.
But during the 20 years after meeting Dad, MG Group has grown to this point.
You have to acknowledge that.
You must have forgotten that a lot of credit needs to be given to Dad's contribution to this company.
What is the reason for this sudden confidence? Oh.
It must be because of your brother, Choi Joon Ha, that you feel like you've earned the world.
No.
I thought that I've been hated and neglected by you because I was not your real son.
But now I see that
it's not entirely because of that reason. So I'm less sad.
Mother, you are someone who even abandons your own son.
That rebuilds my destroyed confidence.
Ah,
I'm thinking about getting back together with Sool Ri's mom.
Go ahead and try.
That worthless one. She won't have a place to stand.
Instead of a living hell, how about disappearing from me forever?
[Hong Yu Ra] For the last time, I really want to meet you.
If it's hard to make time, I'll come to your company.
What is it?
There is somewhere we have to go.
Why all of a sudden? Just go work.
Whenever Myo Mi or Kwi Ji asked you, you stood up immediately.
Are you in the position to say such a thing? You know it all too.
I know, that's why. Stand up, okay?
Stand up. Good job.
Let's go!
Quickly.
It's cold. Why'd you bring me here?
Let's skate.
In this attire?
Did you ever hear an athlete blame his uniform?
It's refreshing, just try it once. The stress just pops out instantly!
It's cold. Let's just go somewhere and drink something warm.
Awww...
Oppa, you used to come here often with me and Dae Sik when you were in high school.
It was really fun back then.
Let's just do it for thirty minutes, okay?
Let's go. Let's go! Let's go skate!
How is it possible that your skills are exactly the same now as when you were in middle school?
It's because after that time, it's my first time coming back.
I can practice.
Oppa, I will practice, so
you go around fast and enjoy.
Hold on. -Huh?
You won't?
Wow, it's fun!
Oppa, can't you go faster?
What do you say to resigning from Bo Tong Company?
Team Leader, there is no answer being with those two.
It will just be a painful hope.
Excuse me,
you were my brother's wife, so I was polite to you.
But you being like this, don't you think you're overstepping the line?
You must have endless amount of ambition.
Yes. I have ambition,
and I also feel bad for the three of your unrequited love.
Don't call me anymore.
If you call me again with such pointless business, I will not be polite anymore.
Love... it's very scary.
It makes a sensible man into a senseless man.
It makes a man in despair, laugh.
Choi Joon Ha.
This isn't the time to love, but with that youth,
shouldn't you become the leading role of MG Group's business?
Right now, I...
should love.
Omo...
Come up to here. You'll only get better if you practice.
Oppa, my calves are really tight.
I don't think I'll be able to stand up tomorrow.
It's not even fun, but why did you bring us here?
Oppa, you're having fun.
Oppa.
Right now, it's a little slippery and cold because we're on top of ice.
But you can't just stand here without a plan.
You have to get past it.
With shoes, it's even more slippery and we'll fall.
So let's put on some skates and zoom past them all.
I know that I can at least become your skates.
Here...
You. Work for me.
It might take forever.
So what should I do first?
Oppa, if you work just as much as how good you look, you'll earn so much money.
Why are you crying?
Because we might not sell enough socks.
Then it'll be so hard for Oppa.
Until I figure out
what love feels like...
Don't go anywhere.
Love...
What love feels like...
That love you talk about,
it will never be fulfilled.
Hong Yu Ra, on what grounds are you possibly saying something so heartbreaking
with so much carelessness?
Because Kim Bo Tong, who is like a sunflower that looks only towards Dokgo Ma Te,
is Dokgo Ma Te's password.
Does love
make a person smile?
Whenever I look at you, the smile on my face...
Is that love?
Stay still there.
No, I'll be there soon.
Wait a minute.
Stay there for a bit.
♫ I love you ♫
♫ There isn't a moment when I have forgotten about you. ♫
♫ For one day. ♫
♫ Just for today. ♫
From now, I'll come to you.
♫ I will wipe away your tears for you. ♫
♫ I love you ♫
♫ I love you. ♫
♫ I will always be by your side. ♫
♫ For you, I will live. ♫
♫ In my heart, ♫
♫ memories are filled. ♫