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Every time I think of my childhood
the first thing that comes to mind is the streets of Europe.
As if the air was embracing classical music
classical melody lingered at every turn and street corner.
I saw numerous concerts in Europe with my pianist father
but the best performance I saw was in Korea.
Sebastian Viera...
the moment he waved his baton...
I knew.
That this man would become my lifelong teacher.
That violin is off-tune!
Who are you?
He's the son of the pianist Cha Dong Woo.
- What's your name? - Yoo Jin. Cha Yoo Jin.
'Eugene?' Oh.
Maestro....
If I continue, you'll take me as your student?
Of course. You are already my student, Yoo Jin.
When you come to Europe, please look for me.
Teacher Viera... what am I doing here right now?
[Lesson 1]
Yoo Jin is so good-looking.
I can't go on a date because of Cha Yoo Jin.
All the other guys look like squids to me now.
Her bowing is a mess.
Wrong! It's a half-step flat!
Noise disturbance! They're all awful.
All of them!
[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]
[University News: Conducting Major Han Seung Oh to study overseas in Berlin.]
Even that guy gets to go study abroad in Germany.
Did you see the news about me?
Call me if you get to study abroad in Germany, too.
I'll even help you meet Teacher Viera in person.
You see, I could become Teacher Viera's pupil.
Teacher Viera.
What choice should I make?
I feel like I've lost my way.
How long will you keep playing however you like?
You think creative interpretation is to get excited and play it your own way, don't you?
How much time do we have before the concert that you'd play it your own way!
What's this?
It's a full score.
Why does a piano major have a full score?
You sure made detailed notes.
What? Thinking of quitting the piano...
and switching your major to conducting?
I knew it... You weren't even listening to your teacher about your upcoming concerto.
'No competitions, no awards.'
You don't care about preparing for your concerto!
Then you complete ignore your professor!
I thought it was odd...
And it turns out you were plotting to switch majors to conducting?
Don't disregard it just because I have a different interpretation.
I've never been lazy in front of the piano.
What's that, you scoundrel?
'A great performance starts from an accurate performance'?
Your lessons are only to win awards in competitions.
Same lessons, same methods for all students!
You only enforce practice to make them earn titles!
It's all for you!
Go out in the world! Each title becomes power!
Not for your own benefit?
Your student need to have lots of titles
so that your own status rises as well.
- Are you done talking, you scoundrel? - No, I have a lot more to say!
Enough!
Get out.
You're the worst!
A horrible scoundrel to his teacher has no reason to be in school!
[Withdrawal Application]
What's with this one?
It does have a subtle charm.
It's not bad.
I wonder who's playing?
Cha Yoo Jin!
Yes.
Is that school withdrawal form again?
I'm getting sick of this.
It's so great!
Seol Nae Il, didn't you say you were heading out to your part-time job today?
Part-time job?
Part-time job!
I have to go to work!
Grandpa said...
'A scary wolf will appear if you go into the forest.'
'It's okay.'
'I'm a brave girl, so I'm not scared of any old wolf! Yay!'
What are you talking about?
Of course you should go and apologize to him.
In any case, the greatest number of award winners come from Do Kang Jae's students.
And he's going to become the next dean.
If you really hate piano that much, switch your major to conducting.
My teacher is Sebastian Viera.
The professors here... they're no match for him.
I'd rather study by myself.
Just go study abroad then. I won't hold you back anymore.
Viera, Viera, you're always singing praises about him.
So why didn't you think of going to Europe and tracking him down then?
Do Kyung...
Do you want to stay with me tonight?
- I don't want to be alone. - Cha Yoo Jin...
When did you become so boring?
What?
I can't do this anymore.
Let's stop seeing each other starting now.
Do Kyung.
Mom, don't worry about anything! Of course.
I work part-time playing piano at a kindergarten once a week.
Huh?
Of course, of course!
I always lock the door and am wary of strangers.
Good night, Mom!
I'm sorry, Mom. I ended up eating chocolate again.
So good.
Yoo Jin. Yoo Jin!
Yoo Jin, you shouldn't sleep here.
You'll catch a cold. Yoo Jin, wake up.
This won't do. I'm sorry!
One more time!
Is he awake?
Wow, he's really good-looking.
What kind of a guy smells this good...
It's the piano sound I heard at school.
Hi Yoo Jin! Good morning!
Yoo Jin, did you sleep well?
Where am I? Is this a dumpster?
It's not a dumpster. It's my house.
How can this be a house?
But why am I shirtless?
- Why? You really don't know? - I don't know. Am I supposed to?
I guess you don't remember what happened last night.
Or... are you pretending that you don't?
I have no reason to.
Because nothing happened.
You really don't remember?
What happened last night...
- With me last night... - Get away from me, Trash Girl!
Wow, cockroaches! Hello!
She's next door? Seriously...
Yoo Jin! You shouldn't leave yet!
Where did he go?
Yoo Jin!
Disgusting!
What an idiot...
Hello, Yoo Jin!
It's a dream. It isn't real.
I had a lot to drink and dreamt of waking up in a dumpster.
A dirty and nasty dream!
Yoo Jin, I guess you don't remember what happened last night.
Or... are you pretending that you don't?
Don't think about it. I don't remember.
I don't recall, okay? I'm telling you not to remember!
Yes, I don't remember anything.
Of course. Because I have nothing to remember.
Yoo Jin.
Yoo Jin?
She's a student from my school?
A double espresso... No, three shots.
Something that will make me alert. And make it bitter.
Yes, sir.
He should be expelled!
Expulsion is the only way to deal with Cha Yoo Jin!
You want to expel Cha Dong Woo's son?
Do you go easy on Cha Dong Woo's son if he breaks the rules?
Is this some class society? It's mutiny!
Mutiny deserves punishment without trial in the military and in school!
Of course.
If you tolerate Cha Yoo Jin's actions...
it could collapse the hierarchy between professors and students.
I completely understand how you must feel, Professor Do.
I momentarily wondered if I caused this trouble on my way here.
'Music school is not the military.' 'Musicians should feel free anywhere.'
I wondered if my liberal principles made Cha Yoo Jin arrogant...
That's not possible.
Cha Yoo Jin was born rude.
It has nothing to do with your principles, Madam Dean.
Thank you for saying that.
But if it's a matter of innate personality...
Shouldn't we take a reformation approach rather than punishment?
- Madam Dean. - Of course we should also discipline him.
Let's start with banning him from taking your lessons
since you produce the highest number of award winners in competition.
Ma'am, that's not enough...
I'm sorry to bring up someone who is not present...
But how about we leave it up to Professor Ahn?
By banning him from being the best teacher's pupil
and assigning him to be Professor Ahn's pupil...
That will be a big blow to Cha Yoo Jin's pride.
I'm sorry.
I got the time wrong.
You arrived just in time.
We have a favor to ask of you, Professor Ahn.
A favor?
He looks amazing.
Did you commit a crime? Why are you so nervous?
That's right. Nothing happened.
I'm not even sure if she's a student from this school.
Yoo Jin!
How could you just leave first thing in the morning?
I was disappointed.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Are you embarrassed?
Yoo Jin!
Tada!
I washed your shirt, and used a fan to make sure it was dry.
What do you think? Not a speck of dirt!
Look, look!
Hand-washing is the best for laundry!
You don't know what this is?
It's your shirt that I took off of you last night.
- You had a dream, didn't you? - It's not a dream.
It's a dream.
I had a dream about rolling around in a dumpster last night.
That's my house!
I didn't clean up enough yesterday.
Is your house a dumpster?
Now you remember!
- It's a dream... - Of course it is...
Yoo Jin, Yoo Jin. You know it was real, right?
No, I don't know.
What a coward! You're running away?
Take your shirt, Yoo Jin!
Professor Do... Hold on a minute.
Are you really handing Cha Joo Jin over to me?
He's the best student in our school.
What's the point of being the best? He's got a rotten personality.
He'll never take a lesson from you, Professor Ahn.
I guess not. Such pressure.
Yoo Jin, take your shirt with you!
I have a really unique student.
Should I get them together, and make them play a duet?
A duet for someone who doesn't even want a concerto?
Don't waste your efforts, and just give up.
- Don't follow me! - Take your shirt!
Professor Do, would you like to make a bet with me?
- Don't follow me! - Take your shirt with you!
Yoo Jin!
Seriously...
You don't look good at all.
It must be a big shock to be dropped by Professor Do
and take lessons from Professor Ahn.
Who's Professor Ahn?
You don't know Professor Ahn Geon Sung?
He specializes in leftovers.
Huh?
You start with pianissimo? I thought it was forte.
Neither of them.
It's 'a piacere' right here, whatever way you want it.
Flatulence doesn't come out at will.
It's different every time.
If you cut it off with staccato, I think it'll become more lively.
You're right.
In the beginning, the movement should be small.
Like the feeling of a fart crawling up slowly...
Then crescendo! Poof!
- Let's start from the beginning again. - Okay.
Professor, just a little more. More, more.
Did I really... become a leftover?
My son! My son?
You should wake up. Hurry up.
Yes, yes. My good son...
Father! What time is it right now?
Stop!
Huh?
Yoo Il Rak.
Who told you that it was okay to play the electric violin for your exam?
Here. My heart gave me permission.
The meeting between the rock of freedom and classical music.
A crossover with it lively soul.
The rock of today is the future of classical music!
Obviously you forgot that responsibility comes with freedom.
You get zero points.
Professor, you can't do that. I'll have to stay another year then.
- Weren't you prepared for that? - Please, Professor.
My father will kill me if I get held back.
You know how my father is. You saw him!
If I have to stay another year...
my father who'd been looking forward to my graduation...
will have kill me and have me dried.
Professor...
Fine, I'll give you a chance to retake the test.
Prepare to perform with a pianist.
An accompanist?
Are you telling me...
to perform an oppressive, boring duet with a stuffy and snooty pianist?
That's the performance I want.
If not, just stay another year.
I'll do it, Professor!
I'll do the performance you want!
Who's the number one pianist in this school?
I'll give you a chance to play a duet with this Yoo Il Rak.
Who is it?
Your mind controls your body.
Your body can go anywhere.
Look out at the world with the eyes of your mind.
There is a ripe, red apple in front of you.
Now, repeat after me.
- 'This is an apple.' - This is an apple.
- 'This is a delicious apple.' - This is a delicious apple.
Slowly bite into the apple.
The aroma of the apple is delivered through the tip of your tongue.
Apple, my butt...
It's still an onion a hundred days later.
Human beings have unlimited power.
What hypnotherapy? They're all con artists.
The mind controls the universe.
Close your eyes, and return to the meditative state.
Jeez!
Hey! Open up, No. 302 Cockroach!
Open the door!
Yoo Jin, you've come to see me.
Isn't this my shirt?
I didn't have any clean clothes, so I put it on for a bit
but it's not dirty. You can wear it now...
Throw it out right now!
Oh no... No...
Dirty!
Yoo Jin, what are you doing?
I usually keep my place clean, but I forgot to buy trash bags...
If you see one, it means hundreds of them are hiding.
- What do you mean? - I'm talking about cockroaches!
They can survive for two weeks on water.
Even if the Earth is destroyed, they'll make it out alive!
Since you live like this, they're getting plumped up and crawling into my house!
Plumped up... that must be so cute.
I want to go to your house, and see the cockroaches.
Don't come near me, Cockroach Girl! You have plenty here!
Yes, this house is the problem.
Where is it? Why can't I find it?
Excuse me, what are you looking for?
A cleaner. A vacuum cleaner, robot vacuum, or even a broom will do.
So... where did I leave it? Did I put it in the bathroom?
Why is it in the bathroom?
Seriously!
Is it here?
I'll kill them all!
Move!
You can't!
- This is my precious treasure! - Let go!
- What's this? - This is leftover curry I was going to eat...
Are you crazy? You'll die if you eat this. Throw it out!
Stop!
Yoo Jin!
- A-cup? - I'm not an A-cup!
It's so clean.
- What's this? - It's from Kim Tak Goo's bakery...
- What? Kim Tak Goo? - It's more delicious than...
You can just clean up a little.
What's all this? You're making a mess in my house!
Mom...
- Yoo Jin, please! Please! - Get out!
Yoo Jin!
Why me? Why me?
Why me?
Why the heck did I come here?
My goodness, the sound of the piano changed completely.
Did it change because I'm with you?
The reverberation improved since there isn't any trash around.
What piece is that?
It's an overture of love.
It's our piece, Yoo Jin.
Shall I say it's an expression of our future together?
I'll kill you if you don't change the title.
I'm not ready for such a passionate expression.
Play that spontaneous piece again.
Okay!
Just like you played it earlier.
How did I play it earlier?
Like this.
- There you go again. - I don't think I got it wrong...
She's playing however she wants, but it's not bad.
That's right, flowing like that...
It's really fun.
But how can you remember what I played after hearing it once?
Everyone knows that.
Don't ever acknowledge me at school.
We're complete strangers, okay?
Okay, we don't know each other at all!
- Please. - Please.
Bye bye.
I'm going to tell you about the project I've been planning to launch.
Orchestra is a brand of a city and of a country.
Like the Vienna Boys Choir and the London Philharmonic.
I plan to create such an orchestra at Han Eum as well.
I'm sorry. You're saying things that sound like a pipe dream.
We're falling behind Han Seo on competition winners and post graduate employment.
Realistic solutions for students are more important than dreams.
Isn't the Han Eum slogan, 'Make your dream into reality'?
If this dream becomes reality, Han Eum will become a global brand.
- Madam Dean... - As the first step to bring that to life...
we invited a visiting professor.
He is Maestro Franz von Stresemann.
Do you mean, Maestro von Stresemann?
The principal conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony
and the New York Philharmonic?
Yes. He agreed to come here.
Disappeared? What do you mean?
I told you to escort him straight to the school from the airport!
He doesn't even speak Korean. Where could he have gone?
Sir, where would you like to go?
Please. In Korea...
'A hot spot with nice water,' please.
A hotspot with nice water. A hotspot, please.
- A hotspot? - Yes, that's correct.
I saw it in Korean dramas.
People say, 'Wow, the water's nice!'
Drama? 'The water's nice'? (a hotspot with pretty women)
The water's nice there! Should I take you there?
'Danke schoen.' ('Thank you' in German.)
The water... is nice.
There will be big changes if Maestro von Stresemann really does come.
It'll be nice if he actually does come.
Wouldn't it? If one of the students became his pupil...
Aha!
Are you making any progress on Cha Yoo Jin's duet performance?
Oh right, we made a bet.
I should call him in today.
- Would you like to watch? - Besides that...
He isn't the type to come just because you called him over.
Hello, Yoo Jin.
So I have to call you so that you'll show up.
Say hello.
She's Seol Nae Il, my favorite student who lives next door to you.
Hello, my name is Seol Nae Il.
Seol Nae Il? Her name is odd, too.
How much did you say?
I told you that we don't know each other.
Oh, right.
Professor Ahn, I don't know Yoo Jin that well.
He lives next door to me...
but let's say we don't know each other.
You have to know each other.
You two have to perform a piano duet.
A piano duet with this thing?
- Yes! - Yes!
Me, me.
He came because he was told to?
He did have manners.
Although that just pisses me off more...
If this isn't about my lessons, I'll get going now.
The rumor that Professor Do dropped you has spread throughout campus.
Do you want to get dropped by me, too?
If you leave like this, I'll give up on giving you lessons.
Then rumors will spread, of course.
'Cha Yoo Jin was dumped by the professor who specializes in leftovers.'
The leftover of the leftovers. The king of the leftovers!
- Are you threatening me now? - Yes, it's a threat.
I don't want to.
If it's a threat, that's more reason for me not to do it.
You don't want to come to lessons, right? There is one way...
Just complete the duet performance.
Exempt from taking lessons. Your grade will be A plus!
A!
Such a cheap deal offer for the haughty Cha Yoo Jin...
We had a lot of fun that time.
Isn't that right, Yoo Jin?
Should we have fun like last time?
We happen to have a piano right there. Why don't we...
A duet is all it will take?
That's right.
How fun! Yoo Jin, let's have some fun together.
Goodness...
Wow, a duet! I love it!
This is a foul!
Anyone could handle him if you exempt him from lessons and give him a grade!
That's true, isn't it? Should we call off the bet?
Did I ask you to call it off?
Why are you making me into a coward?
I'll keep my promise. What are the stipulations?
I'll tell you next time.
Let's get this over with quickly, Professor Ahn!
Allegro in the beginning...
- A duet with Yoo Jin! - Let's get ready.
Yes!
Hey, how can you get it wrong from the beginning?
Did I get it wrong? Sorry, sorry.
- Again. - Sorry.
Why do you keep missing a note?
I don't think I got anything wrong that time...
Again!
Open your eyes and look at the music!
She doesn't even look at the score.
I usually can't look at the score. I memorize everything by ear...
Why don't you look at the score? Are you Stevie Wonder?
That's why it's all over the place.
You think a good performance can happen without looking at the score?
By the way, Yoo Jin, which one should I play?
This? Or this?
The one on top, Piano One.
- I see. - Straighten your back.
Again.
I'm hungry.
I'm hungry, too.
The second piano keeps...
I'm not playing anymore.
- You asked for it first. - I don't want to.
I really don't want to anymore. I'm not going to play.
Too late. Do you want to stay up all night?
- Yoo Jin... - It'll only extend your practice time.
- I'm not playing. - Again.
You haven't memorized it yet. Again!
- It hurts. Stop. - Again!
It hurts!
Again!
Is that all you can do?
Again. Again!
I told you to stop!
Ow!
He can't still be practicing...
Did he go home already?
I'm Yoo Il Rak, the number one violin major.
I hear you're the number one pianist?
Should we number ones play together?
How could she bite me...
Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5, Spring!
If you play with me, you'll experience shivers.
I cleaned her place, did her laundry, and even gave her lessons.
But she bit me?
Your face tells me that you're suspicious.
Is that right? If that's the case...
How am I supposed to play with her when she can't even read music?
It's not for my benefit!
It's all for you!
Go out in the world! Each title becomes power!
What do you think after listening to my soul?
Just wait and see!
I'll make sure to find a much better pianist than you!
Seol Nae Il!
Of course food works better than cleaning or doing laundry.
Hey, we're on the third floor!
I'll let you go after you finish eating.
I won't make you practice. You said you were hungry.
- Do you mean that? - I do.
It's really good.
Much better than what my mom makes.
And I really love tuna!
I'll make you calamari over rice for breakfast tomorrow.
It'll be better than tonight's dinner.
I totally love calamari over rice!
And I'll grill you a steak, too. It's better than one from a hotel restaurant.
Meat? Steak? Medium or well-done?
Oh yes, I get to eat meat! How long has it been?
- Yoo Jin, you're the best! - So let's play a duet together.
I won't get mad at you!
You said you couldn't wait for me until I finish memorizing the music.
I recorded your part, so memorize it by ear.
You said you memorize everything by ear.
I'm sorry.
A pianist's hand shouldn't get hurt...
I'm not completely without fault, either.
You really recorded it?
I memorize everything by ear.
- Weird. - Why? Is it broken?
Your hair smells!
- Rotten smell! How disgusting! - That can't be.
I washed it not too long ago.
What's wrong with this smell?
I shampoo it twice a week.
I'm cleaner than I look. Don't look at me that way.
I washed my hair!
Yoo Jin!
Please stop, Yoo Jin! I washed my hair three days ago.
- What's this dirty water? - What? Dirty water?
- Is that all you have to say? - Keep quiet!
I said, I didn't want to wash my hair!
Mom...
I hate you...
Yoo Jin, I love the smell of the shampoo.
Yoo Jin, I feel like I became a princess who is served by Abdula.
I feel like I'm drying off a wet dog.
Which kind? A Welsh Corgi? A Maltese?
Just... a dog.
Cha Yoo Jin, watch out!
Accurate intervals, please.
You're falling behind.
Min Hee, you're slow.
Softly.
Tempo!
It doesn't feel lively.
The performance is more accurate...
What's wrong with this?
She shone as brightly as her detailed, beautiful performance.
You were beautiful back then.. and still beautiful now.
Mi Na, you still make my heart beat.
- Seol Nae Il. - Yes? What?
Play it however you want this time.
What? Why, all of a sudden...
- You don't want to? - Yes, I do! I really want to!
But is it really okay?
You've studied the score enough...
So play it however you want now.
But you told me that harmony is the most important thing in a duet performance.
I'll follow you.
As long as it's you, I can follow your lead.
Play it however you want.
Are you ready now?
- Hello. - Hello.
Now... let's have some fun.
Okay.
I knew it from the start.
That her performance is special because it doesn't follow any rules.
Your habit has reasons.
So... I'll follow your lead.
Since I'm the only one who can do that.
There it is. That mouth!
She's fallen into it.
It flows here...
and it bounces here.
And... it flies.
Cantabile. 'As if to sing.'
Teacher Viera said that once...
when you play great music, your toes are first to follow the beat.
The toes will wiggle since they won't be able to contain the shivering emotion.
Nae Il.
As long as it's you, I can follow your lead.
Play it however you want.
Every time I think of my childhood
the first thing that comes to mind is the streets of Europe.
As if the air was embracing classical music
classical melody lingered at every turn and street corner.
I believed that the only real world of classical music was where my teacher was.
With the lack of terroir of the classical music here
I believed that I'd never be able to find the true meaning, joy, or value of music.
Teacher Viera, maybe I can find something to do here as well.
Something that makes my heart flutter.
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Goodness, my heart feels tight and it's thumping!
Then that means you've fallen in love with me.
My feet are wriggling because I want to jump into your arms.
Hold it.
A von Stresemann orchestra?
Classical music isn't boring.
It's your poor performance that's boring.
- Goodness! - Now I finally caught you!
I'll date you!
Make it your major. Do it well!
You want to conduct, don't you?