Hotel King
You knew…
…that Lee Jung Ku was his real father right?
I’m sure that you know this too...
…but Lee Jung Ku is an evil man.
In college Jae Wan was sick overnight on the day he went to meet his sponsor.
He was beaten severely when his grades fell.
I asked him to stop getting sponsorship so he wouldn't get beaten...
...but he just said it didn't hurt anymore.
He's been tamed like that since he was young.
He stopped feeling humiliation or contempt even when he was beaten.
He took it like it was natural.
Jae Wan only started to feel humiliation and contempt...
...after he met you.
He stood up to Lee Jung Ku for the first time.
That's why I stopped worrying about him...
…but I can’t believe that Lee Jung Ku is his father.
Lee Jung Ku will never let Jae Wan go.
He has to escape from him and you're the only one who can make him do that.
Ah Mo Ne.
I know your goal is to get the hotel back.
I'll help you with that.
Please...
...let Jae Wan go.
You’re even rude to the chairman in front of other employees.
The staff is watching.
Stop here both of you.
Jae Wan.
Why are you being so rude to the chairman?
I’m sorry.
My son…
…hasn’t matured yet.
Son?
Let's talk privately Mr. Lee Jung Ku.
There’s no need.
Excuse me Mr. Lee Jung Ku.
Are you crazy?
It doesn't seem like you knew...
…that Cha Jae Wan…
…is my own son.
I couldn’t reveal it earlier because of personal issues.
The chairman doesn’t seem to believe me.
Why don’t you tell her yourself?
Is this true?
This isn't what's important right now...
...Ms. Chairman.
Why aren’t you calling your father as father Jae Wan?
Tell her now.
Stop it.
Please.
Why am I looking at a criminal in the lobby of our hotel?
Get rid of him.
How dare you be so rude to the general manager's father?
I'll see myself out.
Get out of my way!
Lee Jung Ku will never let Jae Wan go.
He has to escape from him and you're the only one who can make him do that.
Oh there he is.
Get out of my way.
I need to talk to my son.
No go back…
…and don’t ever show yourself to Cha Jae Wan again.
Even as a maid in this uniform...
…you still like my Jae Wan?
If you want him that badly you should've tried harder to impress me.
With your bad temper...
...you'd never be a good daughter-in-law to me.
You don't even have any money now.
As his father I don't want you to be with my son...
...so you're the one who should stay away from him.
I'll think about it...
...after I remove you before Ciel and Cha Jae Wan.
You know I've gotten good at cleaning recently.
Hey.
Let him go to Ms. Chae Kyung.
Don’t you think that Jae Wan deserves to live comfortably from now on?
Make him comfortable and happy.
That’s what love is.
Even words of love sound disgusting coming from you.
What an incredible skill.
Get out of my sight.
Don’t ever show yourself to Cha Jae Wan again.
I understand.
This is all you can do right now.
If I see you with my son again…
…you’ll be in trouble.
Mr. General Manager.
It's been an unlucky day for you.
You've even gotten wet now.
I cleaned it up so you look fine now.
I want to clean up all of this…
…so I can be clean too.
I don’t know what to do…
…or how to look at the staff.
What's the problem?
My father committed a crime…
...and his son sent him to jail for it.
Will the staff respect me as their superior from now on?
Of course they will.
You’re the hotel monster Cha Jae Wan.
What are you doing Mr. General Manager?
If you're done with your break you should get back to work.
Your staff is waiting.
I gotta go back first.
He totally shocked me…
…and broke my heart.
He did it to all of Ciel.
It’s like a triple combo attack with an uppercut and then left and right hooks.
I’m groggy now.
Don’t you agree with me?
I do.
That the general manager is the son of Vice Chairman Lee Jung Ku...
…is shocking to me too.
Why did he hide it until now?
Did he really hide it intentionally...
...to take over the hotel like the chairman said?
You shouldn’t say that.
We don’t know everything about the general manager but…
...we do know how much he loves this hotel.
Don't try to take his side...
...because you hid who your father was too.
This is clearly different from your situation.
Revealing your father earned you favor...
...but the general manager isn't so lucky.
Why are you here?
This is our place.
Did you know about this already?
We didn’t know either.
It’s a shock to us too.
What’s the big deal?
It’s ridiculous to me that Koreans care so much about other people's families.
Don't concern yourselves with this too much.
Regardless who the GM's father is...
...it's his private matter.
Besides our boss isn't Lee Jung Ku.
It's General Manager Cha Jae Wan.
But...
...Vice Chairman Lee Jung Ku did too much bad stuff to this hotel.
That’s what Lee Jung Ku did.
It has nothing to do with the general manager.
Hey partner.
You look scared...
...that you might lose your mother...
…if her real son appears.
Tsk tsk tsk...
You aren’t any different than me.
You've hidden the fact that Jae Wan is Hyun Woo.
It was for your potential inheritance from your mother right?
I'd think she’d want to give everything she has to her real son…
...since she's missed him for so long.
She wouldn't take care of her stepson then.
Poor you.
She won't forgive you if she finds out what you've been hiding from her.
Here.
Don’t worry.
If you ask me to shut my mouth...
...I won't tell her anything...
...ever.
Trust me my partner.
Hey.
What the hell are you trying to do in broad daylight?
You know what.
I’m not Cha Jae Wan. I'm not as patient as he is...
...so you better be careful.
Yeah you’re so scary.
It can’t be him.
I even checked his death certificate.
Mr. General Manager.
Why did you hide that your father is Lee Jung Ku?
As you already know…
…he isn’t a proud father.
Does the fact that I’m Lee Jung Ku’s son surprise you that much?
When were you adopted?
No actually…
Do you know who your biological mother is?
Yes I do.
Are you sure that…
…the person you know is your mother?
I don’t think we’re close enough for me to tell you about my privacy.
If you're that curious why don't you find out for yourself?
Mother.
Yes.
What did you do to her?
She looked at me and questioned me with curiosity…
…so I answered her back.
I heard that you called a board meeting.
I’ll see you there.
Loman.
Yes mother?
Nevermind.
Please say it.
Did you…
Did you actually see Hyun Woo die?
What…
...are you thinking mother?
You might not remember it correctly...
…because you were so young at the time.
- By any chance… - I saw it.
He was shot... right in front of me.
I even went to his funeral.
Yes.
Yes that’s right.
Cha Yeon Hee.
She's Cha Jae Wan’s mother.
She died twenty years ago…
…when Lee Jung Ku started to sponsor Cha Jae Wan.
I hoped my memory was wrong too.
I investigated his background to make sure but...
You’re right.
I don’t know what I was thinking.
I’m sorry son.
Let's finish here quickly so we can leave together mother.
Sure.
Let’s leave.
As you can see we've done our best but...
…even non-monetary institutions rejected our loan applications.
In these circumstances it's impossible to normalize Ciel’s financial situation.
Consequently I’d like to propose the sale of the water park...
...which can be liquidated most easily.
What have you done so far to overcome this situation Mr. General Manager?
I admit my responsibility in this situation...
...as I was unable to plan countermeasures to boost sales.
However I’d like to question the chairman’s timing of this decision...
...as it liquidates part of the hotel...
…before she made decisions on...
...guest room renovations and room rate increase.
I have a considerable doubt about this.
Excuse me Mr. General Manager.
What are you talking about?
I heard about what happened this morning…
...and I don't think you're in much position to talk.
How could you cause such an incident in the lobby?
Let me ask you a question too.
Are you the general manager who's concerned about this hotel...
…or are you the son of former Vice Chairman Lee Jung Ku...
...who ruined this hotel?
That's getting off topic Ms. Chairman.
No.
I’m talking about trust here.
I do not own Ciel...
...so I won't decide this matter alone.
I will hold a general meeting...
...for fair agreement procedures.
My father committed a crime…
...and his son sent him to jail for it.
Will the staff respect me as their superior from now on?
[Minority Shareholders of Ciel]
Yes.
I just received it.
Are they all clean?
No.
We should be more careful with major shareholders.
Let's start with the minority shareholders who can sell their shares to us.
Okay.
I'm almost finished taking care of business here.
I plan on coming back tomorrow.
Thank you.
Bye.
You look pretty drunk…
...and you aren't at your house.
What do you feel when you see me?
You don’t feel anything special when you see me?
You really don’t recognize me?
People didn't think I was dead like you.
Why didn't you ever look for me?
I don’t care about your preferences but…
...let me make it clear I'm not interested in you.
It isn’t my fault.
It's your fault for not recognizing...
...me and mother.
It's your fault. You weren't supposed to be alive.
I didn’t expect us to have business together again.
Thank you.
I haven’t decided anything yet.
I heard that you have a very firm and stubborn character…
…so I was wondering what you would ask me.
I got that. Let's go inside.
I've had complaints from some employees...
...who work here for a living.
They're worried they'll lose their jobs for opposing the chairman.
If the hotel is gone there won't be any jobs or severance pay.
That’s what we're telling them…
…so don’t worry too much.
Su Wan!
I’m back Mr. General Manager.
Hey.
I heard you had family business in Las Vegas.
Was it something bad?
It was little complicated...
...but I took care of it all.
I’m sorry that I asked you to do this kind of work.
I’m not just your employee anymore.
I work for Ciel now too.
How's work been going here?
I started to working on it as soon as I got your call.
We have to hurry before they find out about it.
We don’t have much time.
Ah by the way…
…I found out something unusual.
I had a background check on Loman’s representative.
I know it sounds unbelievable but...
…he has a connection to a gang in New York.
His illegal funds mostly come through them.
Are all of Loman's companies in the States related to them?
No.
His holding company is legally the same as his investment company...
...but it only makes illegal transactions.
I saw that murderous look…
…in your eyes…
…gestures and the way your hands moved.
This isn't bad news for us.
I need to know more about Loman Lee’s secret.
Mr. General Manager I think you need to see this.
[Notice]
[GM Cha Jae Wan and maid Ah Bok Soon ordered 6 months' pay cut for disgraceful conduct]
Are you really the man in the picture?
You always act as I expect Mr. General Manager.
Are you trying to cover up the truth with false rumors?
People are simpler than you think.
They only recognize what they see…
…and they only trust what they want to.
I'm sure the staff has already forgotten about John Howard.
Now all they can think about is the dirty and promiscuous GM...
...and that housekeeper.
You seem pretty desperate playing this cheaply.
You don’t know...
...how fatal a sex scandal is for a female employee.
The target of this scandal isn’t you.
It's Ah Mo Ne. She's my target.
What’s wrong with you?
Do I look weird today?
Haven't you... seen the board yet?
The board?
I’m not sure I should ask you this but…
...are you still in a relationship with the general manager?
The kind of relationship you'd go into a guest room for?
Do you know that you've ruined your reputation as a maid?
Because of it...
...people will misunderstand us too.
Be careful with your behavior in the workplace.
The chairman...
...took disciplinary measures against you and the general manager.
Why?
Bad conduct...
...as described by Article 18 of Chapter 6 in Ciel’s employee handbook.
That's why.
On what grounds?
You secretly entered the guest room with your superior while on the clock.
Don't you think that qualifies as poor conduct?
I don’t know what you saw but…
...it's not what you think.
I'll explain it to the chairman myself.
It's my job to straighten out poorly behaved employees like you.
Then I'll explain myself to you.
I didn't do anything that could damage Ciel's reputation.
We have ten minutes before the staff meeting.
The chairman will be speaking today.
I don't think you should come Miss Ah Bok Soon.
This is a call from my company.
I have to take this first.
Sure.
Yes this is Loman.
Mr. CEO we're in trouble.
What’s going on Mr. Lim?
I thought that project was in the development stage.
Did you just say they went bankrupt?
First of all…
…find out the CEO of the company.
Hurry.
Why is an employee who's being disciplined attending this meeting?
I’m sorry.
Miss Ah Bok Soon leave now.
No.
I haven't done anything that deserves disciplinary measures being taken.
Then it wasn't you...
...who secretly entered a guest room with the general manager Miss Ah Mo Ne?
That much is true.
- Wow. - I knew it!
There's also someone who's seen you at the GM's house every night.
Is that true too?
You a hotelier have caused a disgraceful scandal with a superior.
You look shameless.
Don’t you feel shame at all Miss Ah Mo Ne?
Let me explain.
I don’t think you have the right to defend her Mr. General Manager.
Miss Ah Mo Ne hasn't done anything wrong.
I brought her into a guest room against her will...
...as you can see plainly from the security cameras.
Miss Ah Mo Ne left the room right away.
So are you admitting this scandal is true?
There's been a lot of gossip about you recently Mr. General Manager.
You also surprised us yesterday with the fact...
...that you're the son of the criminal Lee Jung Ku.
You two…
What were your intentions coming back to this hotel?
You slandered me and my nephew.
Now you've started a filthy scandal...
...and let your staff to defy the chairman.
Do you intend to ruin Ciel...
...because you're holding a grudge about me becoming a chairman?
I don't know who would believe either of you from now on.
Can't you distinguish between a scandal and romance Ms. Chairman?
There aren't any restrictions on dating in the workplace are there?
The general manager and I...
...love each other.
Miss Ah Mo Ne.
Wow.
If I've done something wrong it was only entering a guest room without permission.
Even still I deny your accusations.
I think you're the one holding a grudge and condemning us with scandals...
...even though we're a young adorable couple...
...in love.
Neither of us are married or unethical.
Is the romance prohibited for hoteliers?
Mo Ne.
Let’s not talk about this yet.
There's something I need to do first.
What is it?
I’ll do it instead of you.
I have to do it.
Okay. I’ll wait for you.
Let’s meet up after this.
I just received it.
No. Including the water park…
...I'll purchase all the property Ciel has for sale...
…even if I have to pay premiums.
I'll call you back after I review it Mr. Jung.
I have something to tell you.
You look like a warrior going to the battle.
You look too serious.
Yes.
It's because I have something shameless and unconscientious to tell you.
Let’s sit and talk.
You won’t let Cha Jae Wan go? Is that your answer?
Yes.
I can't let him go to the States or to you.
Not anywhere.
What can you do for him then?
Whine more? Misunderstand him?
Song Chae Kyung.
I’m sorry but…
…I don’t buy that anymore.
Not everyone in love...
...is capable of doing anything for their lovers like you.
They rely on each other and might even hurt each other.
Sometimes they fight and break up or even get back together again.
I can't do anything for him like you can...
...but I still have to protect Cha Jae Wan.
Yes you can say that…
...because Cha Jae Wan still only loves you.
But then what about Lee Jung Ku?
You just said that there’s only me to Cha Jae Wan.
He just has to look at me…
…and he can hide behind my back.
It isn’t his fault…
…so I can’t make him give up on his love…
…just because of his father.
I have a card...
...that can save or destroy this hotel.
Are you still going to refuse my offer?
Yes.
Without him…
…neither Ciel nor I will make it.
I’ll hold Cha Jae Wan…
…and I’ll do whatever I can for him.
Okay.
Leave now.
If you hadn't given me this flight ticket...
…I wouldn’t have realized how I felt or how he really feels about me.
You made me realize all that.
Hey Mr. Sun.
Can’t you hear me?
Hey you!
Yes sir.
Your mother's wondering...
...why you suddenly showed up and are working so hard.
It's because I had a day off.
I told her...
...you'd been rejected by a maid at Ciel and didn't know what to do with yourself.
That isn't the reason.
Don’t deny it.
I heard that Ah Mo Ne is going out with the general manager.
Have you been spying on me?
Are you crazy?
I have no reason to spy you.
Mr. Yoon’s youngest daughter is a rookie at your hotel.
She said the whole hotel knows about it.
Why aren't you drinking any anyway?
It’s hot.
You’re so pathetic.
She isn’t the chairman anymore. She's just a maid.
How could you still fail to get her?
If you want to get a woman’s attention get her some gifts and...
…you have to appear in front of her and approach her actively.
You'll never get her...
…if you keep standing behind her like that.
I've been here for too long.
I gotta go now.
She looks a lot like your sister…
…when she smiles.
You didn’t know it but…
…you sister wanted you to meet a woman...
...who wasn't similar to her.
Stop drinking during the day.
Bye... father.
For the first time since I was born...
...I want to make a promise that I have to keep.
Cha Jae Wan you told me that you'd wait for me.
It’s time for you to come to me now.
Won’t you regret…
…what you said?
If I let you keep hesitating…
...you won't ever be able to date nor get married your whole life.
I’m here to save you.
I hated you...
...a lot.
Every moment of every day...
...I blamed you and did everything to get you out of my heart.
Now I'm taking you back...
...into my heart again.
You must be hurt.
It must've been like hell for you.
Mo Ne.
As I love you more and more...
...my sins will grow bigger.
Do I still...
Can I hold you?
We should do...
...lots of good things from now on.
What are you hiding behind your back?
Don’t be too surprised when you see it.
This is the first good thing I'm doing for you today.
I’m sorry but I already have this book.
No you don’t.
It's the only one like it in the world.
[Monet]
I wanted to get all of the diaries for you...
...but this is the last one that Baek Mi Nyeo doesn’t know about.
At the time...
...he seemed to realize that the medicine was making him lose his mind.
According to the staff in library...
...he stopped by three or four times a week to read this book.
He thought it was a safe place...
...and went whenever his mind was clear to write this.
That’s what happened.
This is a start.
I'll get back everything you've lost from now on.
I’ll do it for you.
Ciel’s stock trade volume has dramatically increased the last couple of days.
You don't need to worry too much about that.
If rumors about the disposal are spreading...
...it's an expected consequence.
There will be two groups.
One will see this as an opportunity and the other will give up.
These are buying offers for the water park.
One is from a property investor named Jin Kyung Soo.
The other is from... Song Chae Kyung.
Find out who John and Lee Jung Ku work with.
Ah yes.
What?
Are you afraid of going in because of what you said this afternoon?
No I'm not afraid.
Why are you looking at me like that?
Just because this is still unbelievable to me.
I've enough scandals with you Mr. General Manager.
Thank you.
Good night.
I know that you don’t like me.
It's true you aren't the kind of man I like.
At first you looked so great I couldn't even be jealous.
Then I found out your weaknesses...
...and you're even worse off than I am.
You couldn't be jealous of me because I looked too great?
I was really jealous of you at times.
When you’re in love…
…you express it freely.
When you think something is right…
…you put your thought into action.
Not everyone... is capable of doing so.
You have to be lucky to be able to.
Even though I’m a patient and calculating person…
…I didn’t like you much.
What if I keep waiting for you?
You can’t accept that can you?
Of course not.
Of course I'd hate you...
...but I want you to keep helping her.
If there's anyone in Ciel that Ah Mo Ne feels more comfortable with than me...
...it's you Sun Woo Hyun.
Feelings of comfort and love are different.
Needing someone and just appreciating them are completely different.
Don't run from her.
Protect her.
You’re just lucky...
...because she chose you.
[General Manager Cha Jae Wan]
Miss Bok Soon you're reading that diary too intensively.
Mr. Hyun Woo.
[Ah Mo Ne]
Having coffee at bed time aren't you?
Did you receive the letter too?
I think everyone in the residence got it.
Still I was touched.
I want to thank each one of you in Ciel.
I love you all.
We have a problem.
Because there was another potential buyer...
…they seem to know who Jin Kyung Soo really is.
What are you talking about?
Jin Kyung Soo is representing CEO Sun Myeong Jae of Woo Jin Farms.
I think this is the GM’s trick to raise the price and disrupt the disposal.
What an arrogant man.
So are you telling me it's impossible?
Someone named Jin Kyung Soo keeps raising his bid against us to win.
You know how this works.
If I ignore the highest bidder and sell it to you…
...I'll be run out of this business.
No.
I’ll sell it to CEO Song Chae Kyung.
If I had known your plan we could have met at the hotel.
We didn't need to go this far.
Sell it to me.
I'm going to buy everything you've put up for sale anyway.
Ms. Chairman let me explain.
You were involved with the conspiracy on the Singapore World Tower M&A project…
...and manipulated stocks on the Jeju NK Resort M&A project…
...as well as the AS Group project.
Ms. Chairman.
They call you Hyena for a reason.
You work dirty but I called you in anyway.
Mr. John Howard.
Make this work without any problems.
I’ll get the approval from the shareholders at the general meeting.
You have to bare a high risk too…
…if you sell to me instead of the highest bidder Jin Kyung Soo.
What are your conditions?
Are you doing this because of Cha Jae Wan?
Leave both Cha Jae Wan and Lee Jung Ku.
Those are my conditions.
I heard.
There’s no reason for GL Group to have an interest in our water park.
Let me make myself clear.
It isn’t GL Group but Song Chae Kyung.
I just want to have it so I'm buying it.
Stop it.
I don’t want to fight with you.
I want to fight…
…until I can hate Cha Jae Wan.
[Cheer up]
Don’t worry about anything.
You found CEO Kim Byung Wook?
Hello my name is Loman.
Are you CEO Kim Byung Wook's representative?
Yes I’m his representative…
…Cha Jae Wan.
No you aren’t...
It isn’t me but former Chairman Ah Sung Won.
CEO Kim Byung Wook of BK Infra Funds that you invested since six months ago...
...was Chairman Ah Sung Won.
So you bankrupted them too?
Chairman Ah Sung Won knew that you were after Ciel…
…so he established a paper company.
Every project you've invested in has been fake.
How long have you known about this?
How do you know about this?
He appeared in my dreams and asked me to do this for him.
I'll announce the results of the voting now.
45% are in favor...
...and 27% are against.
I hereby announce...
...the sale of our water park to GL Group is approved.
[General meeting to seek approval for partial disposal of Hotel Ciel]
You’re rude.
Don't you know where you are?
I’m sorry that I’m late.
What are you doing out there?
Drag him out!
I’d like to exercise my vote with 20% of the share in Ciel...
...that I've taken over from five generous shareholders.
I hereby request that the motion to sell the water park to GL Group be denied...
...with 47% majority against it.
He did it.
You're protecting me even in heaven dad.
You look so confident...
...but the only things you can commit to...
...are women and crime.
You’re probably right.
I'm only cleaning up dirt...
…so a clean towel isn’t necessary.
You…
...have already showed me too much.
I’m sorry but…
…I have one more thing to show you.
For people like you...
...the rod is necessary.
What you do and how you talk…
…is just like that bastard Lee Jung Ku.
Protecting Ciel isn’t the last thing I'll do with these shares.
I'll drag you down to the bottom horribly with them...
...the same way you did to Chairman Ah and Mo Ne.
This...
...is my last warning...
...Ms. Chairman Baek Mi Nyeo.
Stop there!
Mother! Mother!
What happened?
Cha Jae Wan.
Cha Jae Wan!
Good work.
You did well too.
Where’s Mo Ne?
She is waiting for you in Mo Ne’s Garden.
She said she didn't want to cause another scandal coming to your office.
Oh.
That's the personal information you asked me to get on Loman Lee last time.
I've confirmed what we know...
...about his adoption and connection to the gang...
…are true.
He's a gangster after all.
What is this?
It was his name before he was adopted by Chairman Baek.
Ju… Ju Han?
Lee Ju Han.
Lee Ju Han... from New York?
Are you sure about this?
No.
I’m not afraid of anything when I’m with you.
You have wings on your shoulders.
You can fly now.
*Hyung!
[Hyung: an older brother]
Jaden!
Hyung!
Jaden!
Ju Han!
- Ju Han! - Hyung!
Ju Han!
Jaden!
Hyung!
Ju Han!
You…
I warned you to stay away from my mother.
As I warned you...
...I'd kill you.
Ju Han.
My brother.
Aren't you Ju Han?