Mr. Bong.
--Episode 22--
What is going on?
Here he is.
This is Chun Bong-Sam.
This bastard is the one who sent out the circular letter.
Let's get them. Get them!
This is all because of you guys.
We came all the way here.
It seems like I have to leave with empty hands.
What are you going to do now?
Let this go!
What are you going to do now?
Do you know how much we spent on road?
We have to go back because we have chosen wrong goods.
When winter comes, I am gonna starve and
my family is going to freeze to death.
Look, let this go.
Please calm down.
Calm down.
You bastards!
Gom-bae!
You guys were happy that we get to walk through Poongdeungryeong.
Are you all men or what?
Did someone ask you to open up Poongdeungryeong?
You can't do this.
To open up Poongdeungryeong, we lost two of our members.
Did we ever ask you to open it up?
All we want to do is buy the goods and sell them.
This is all because of you guys.
We are going bankrupt because of you guys.
Alright.
Everyone, calm down.
Let's go back in.
Let's put our heads together,
and come up with a way to get the goods.
Let's go back in!
Let's go.
Let's go in.
I don't want anything!
Just bring me the goods.
Either bring me a dried pollack or a spool of silk thread...
Bring the goods!
Bring them now!
What are we supposed to do?
Those people over there...
They are our fellows who saw our circular letter and passed Poongdeungryeong?
More people will probably come.
People will come from Kyeongsang Province and Jeolla Province like bees.
I wonder what would happen after 10 days.
And after 1 month.
Oh, my. Bong-Sam.
You didn't think about the consequences.
You were busy celebrating that you passed Poongdeungryeong.
Do you finally get what situation you are in now?
Oh, no. Oh, no.
How are we going to open the doors of Wonsan gaekju warehouse?
Bong-Sam.
You won't be able to obtain the goods.
Gaekju owners are not going to open their warehouses because of Shin Suk-ju.
What would happen if they don't have any goods and money?
They will explode like this.
Isn't it a matter of time to see a mob of rioters?
Chun Bong-Sam.
I wonder how you are going to take care of those people.
So-gae.
Give me some goods.
What?
Are you serious?
They say a whale shouldn't let an innocent shrimp get hurt in a fight.
It's a fight between Sir Head Merchant and I.
Those innocent merchants over there...
They can't get hurt.
You're not a whale.
You're a shrimp.
You're a baby shrimp!
So-gae.
So-gae!
Do you think he'll give you the goods?
He's a person who tried to kill you.
Honorable Mama, over here.
According to my wife, she said she has gestosis.
Her legs are swollen, and she can't eat or sleep well.
The sign of pregnancy isn't harmonious, which makes the mother and the baby suffer.
Then, what should we do?
A human's sickness can be cured by the person's power of thought.
I will take care of this. You all can leave.
How would you do this?
Sir Head Merchant, you should leave, too.
Please do me a favor.
The baby inside is a priceless successor of mine.
I know.
Don't worry. Just trust me.
Okay.
Alright. Let's go.
You can stop.
I don't feel comfortable.
Honorable Mama.
Do I irritate you?
Honorable Mama.
Just because I'm a Guksadang Shrine shaman,
it doesn't mean I don't have emotions.
Of all, why am I showing you this side of me?
I know how you feel.
That sad feeling.
You know how I feel?
Don't sit there as if you know how I really feel.
Don't look at me like that as if you feel bad for me.
Both of us loved the same man,
and we're both women.
How wouldn't I know how you feel?
Women like you have everything, and they underestimate what they have.
They say that they never wanted any money.
They say that they only wanted to live happily with one man.
Do you know everything about me?
Happiness is something that comes from accepting your current situation.
You should know your limits and have the ability to stop your desire.
You need to be thankful for being Sir Head Merchant's wife.
Honorable Mama.
Your heart is precious, but is my heart a sin?
Yes!
It's a sin.
I can't accept my current situation, too.
However, my heart doesn't kill anyone.
But your heart can kill Chun Bong-Sam...
and also Sir Head Merchant and me!
It can ultimately kill you and your baby, too.
How...
How could you say something so spiteful like that?
It's bearable right now.
But I wish
I don't have to end up hating you.
Take care of yourself for your baby.
What happened?
Sir Head Cattle Broker!
Sir Head Cattle Broker.
Gom-bae...
Gom-bae and others have gone crazy!
What do you mean?
They are out of their senses.
Let's go.
Let's go together.
This way.
It's urgent!
Sorry, everyone!
Hurry up, everyone.
Yes, sir.
What are you guys doing?
At dawn tomorrow,
we decided to break into Wonsan gaekju warehouses and empty them out.
What kind of nonsense is that?
Are you all robbers?
Or, do you all want to become gangs again?
Sir!
I am so angry. I can't stand it any longer.
I am a merchant with a peddler's license, too.
The merchants out in the field are my fellows, too.
We need to take care of them.
We need to get them the goods.
Gom-bae.
Even if you're angry, this isn't the way to do it.
The merchants out there are talking about how to break into Wonsan warehouses.
Within two to three days, something big is going to happen.
We need to take care of it within those days.
Act as if you don't know about it.
Gom-bae.
Sir.
We are okay.
We were once gangs, but treated us like human beings.
You gave us peddler's license and accepted us as your members.
Even if things go wrong,
I, this Gom-bae, will take care of everything.
Ease your heart.
Stop. I'm embarrassed.
Gom-bae.
I will go and get them.
Oh goodness.
We went to all 27 Wonsan gaekjus, even in the northern area.
We visited all the towns that sell silk.
How are we going to get the goods now?
I will go and get them.
Alright.
Listen carefully.
This Chun Bong-Sam will bring the goods no matter what.
If I don't bring any goods,
I will stand in front of you guys,
and we will go together.
Got it?
Yes, sir.
Hey, So-gae. What is this?
Huh?
How?
Should I get on my knees like this?
I didn't stand in awe of the great Sir Head Merchant.
So I became pathetic like this.
I'm asking you to save me.
Should I bow down to you and beg?
It's too late.
You should've held Shin Suk-ju's hand when he reached out to you.
What should I do now?
How can I have those Wonsan gaekjus to open up their warehouses?
Why are you asking me?
I came here to get you.
To step on you.
So-gae.
I used to live like a bum in rags at Chun's Gaekju once.
For 10 years, I resented my father, my sister, and you...
Let's not talk about the past.
It gets miserable.
But there was one person who made me live properly.
Cho Sung-jun.
Yeah, our Sir Head Cattle Broker.
I told myself, "Let's live well."
"Let's live a good life, you idiot."
"Let's live well enough to be able to help others."
To help others...
that what I had in mind.
So-gae.
Out there in the field, there are over 300 compatriots.
Like you said, it's about to explode.
They passed Poongdeungryeong because they trusted me.
Kill them?
Too late.
No matter what you say, you can't change my mind.
So-gae, you're a big brother that I respected and liked...
I should get going now.
Ow, my head.
Oh, I...
I have to go to the field.
Chun Bong-Sam.
Are you trying to sleep there or what?
So-gae.
How can a person only have one thought?
Things you hate, you hate.
Things you like, you like.
How could you forget all of that?
How could you erase them?
Gil So-gae.
It's because of you.
Chun Soh-leh died.
Because of the tax grain ship.
What a damned life.
But you know what?
I can't hate everything about you.
Damn it.
Hey!
Wait a second!
Wait just for a second!
You walk really fast!
Wait, you're from Shin's Major Gaekju...
Goodness, they're like goblins.
What is this?
"Sang-chon."
Mulberry village?
Did you guys hear the rumor?
Crickets ate all our Sang-chon village silk!
Why did you come to a mulberry village?
Your trip was in vain.
For three years, Sang-chon has never sold silk to Yook-ei-jeon.
How big is a cricket's stomach to eat all of those silk thread?
Hey, ma'am. Bring that out here.
Here, look.
Here it is. Our village silk threads.
Oh, what? There isn't a single spool of thread.
Sir.
Don't do illegal trading.
Sell the silk threads to us.
What is what?
Illegal trading?
This bastard is out of his mind!
Look what this man is saying!
Don't you see this?
Leave!
Leave, you bastards!
Sir.
If we don't take silk threads with us,
peddlers out in the field will all die.
I beg you.
Please help us.
Please help us, sir.
For how long are you going to do illegal trading?
For how long are you going to do this dangerous business
that affects the future of this village?
Then, are you saying that you guys will be able to buy
our village goods continuously in the future?
Yes.
We can.
To my fellow peddlers who pass Poongdeungryeong,
I will tell them to make direct dealing with Sang-chon Village.
Then, this village can receive proper market price for silk threads.
Haven't you read the circular letter that stated Poongdeungryeong has opened up?
Oh.
That Poongdeungryeong news, is that true?
The one who sent that circular letter out is over here.
This is Song-pa Stable Head Cattle Broker, Chun Bong-Sam.
Everyone.
Just once...
Trust us for once.
And take courage.
If you don't decide right now,
this village will have to do illegal trading continuously.
You will have to do illegal dealings with that Wonsan gaekju.
Sir.
Please make a decision right now.
I'm telling you.
Song-pa guys bought 20,000 silk threads at a mulberry village.
He is saying that he saw it with his own eyes.
Merchant Gil!
The peddlers that were out in the field are leaving with goods.
What happened?
How am I supposed to know that?
Mr. Bong, is this the one that's good for men?
Of course. They said it will make you stronger.
Sir Head Cattle Broker.
Thank you, Sir Head Cattle Broker.
Thank you.
Sorry about last time.
Go and earn a lot of money, okay?
Thank you.
Make lots of money!
Good-bye!
They look so happy now.
Very happy.
Mr. Bong, can I buy something, too?
Of course. Let's go and buy something.
Buy something for Bang-geum and Ddok-jol.
I think Ddok-jol likes me.
I'm the one with money.
Sun-dol!
What's inside of this beautiful glass?
There's candy inside.
These are really valuable.
Wonsan Open Market is indeed one of a kind.
They have all sorts of things because there are a lot of business deals.
You're not even a kid, and you still want candy?
Who said I wanted to eat these candy?
Bong-Sam.
Are you here to look around?
Why does the damned brother Gil keep following our Bong-Sam?
Buy me some drinks.
I'll be back.
Here.
Thank you.
I'm telling you.
I didn't do anything for you.
Don't say anything that will make others misunderstand us.
Okay.
I promise you.
In future, when you ask me a favor,
for that one time, I will do your favor.
Look at you in high spirits.
Ultimately, you won't be able to win powerful gaekju owners.
You think so?
You don't have the connections and money to win against them.
Unless you got power, you won't be able to make big money.
You will find out soon.
Those peddlers that you bought the silk for,
they will come to Wonsan gaekju crying and bowing their heads down
as they beg for goods.
You know our peddlers' business have endured for a thousand years.
Do you think they didn't have such gaekju owners back then?
Don't underestimate them.
They were around for one thousand years!
We shall see.
Wait...
Alright.
We shall see.
Is that true?
He said he is sure.
Gil So-gae allowed Chun Bong-Sam to do silk thread dealing.
He said he is sure.
Where did it go?
Seolhwa paper 20,500 nyang.
With this money, we bought 20,000 spools of silk threads.
There are Dakrakwon, Euijungbu, and silk stores in northern Kyeonggi area.
If we distribute a spool of threads for 2 nyang per peddler,
how much is that?
I don't know.
It's 40,000 nyang. Can't you calculate it in your head?
Out of that 40,000 nyang, 20,000 nyang will go to Merchant Hwang,
so calculate it so. Okay?
Okay.
On our first walking of Pyeonggang Wonsan, we earned 10,000 nyang
from Seolhwa paper and 10,000 nyang from silk thread.
That is a lot of money, but it's not enough.
How can we earn 890,000 nyang?
Here.
This is the tax for peddlers association.
Gaekju tax for this fall is 300 nyang.
What does the association do for us?
Why are they demanding so much money?
When it's around July or August, there's a lot of pressure because of tax.
But we're still working hard, so we need to pay it on time.
Okay. Here.
Gom-bae, hand me the ledger.
Excuse us. Excuse us.
What is it?
("Kyeonggi Province Association Notice")
Choi Bang-gu is running for association president again?
Look how this is going.
Shouldn't 12 years of 4 terms be enough? He's running again?
He is not satisfied with what he has.
Isn't everything all planned out anyway?
Shin Suk-ju probably paid money for this announcement,
and the president will do cleaning work for Yook-ei-jeon.
What's so surprising about his consecutive terms?
Let's go.
Now.
Go.
The only way to survive is to have a new association president.
Because Kyeonggi Province Peddlers Association is like this,
everywhere else is a mess, too.
After you passed Poongdeungryeong, you're up in the east and the west, eh?
So, isn't that Bukgwan Road?
That connects the east and the west of Chosun.
Alright.
What is up today?
Do you want to celebrate about the announcement?
I'm here to pay the gaekju tax, that I don't want to...
Wait.
You got it right.
Our Head Cattle Broker Chun is here to apply for the position.
What is he talking about?
What do you mean?
What are you talking about?
Chun Bong-Sam is here to apply as a candidate for the association president.
Here comes the president candidate!
Move out!
Here comes the president candidate!
He is running for president.
President my butt.
What a good news, huh?
What? President?
How awesome, huh?
Why would you run for president?
What president?
Why are you doing this?
Ow, my bones are about to crack.
Hey.
Do you know what elections are?
Do you think you do it with skills?
You do it with money!
Gaekju owners went bankrupt because of the elections!
I know it well! So stop criticizing me.
Do you remember when the association told Cho Sung-jun to run for president?
He said it doesn't make him earn money. He wouldn't waste spending money on it.
He rejected it, saying that he didn't want to run for president. I know it well.
Can you spend more money than Choi Bang-gu?
How are you going to win against a man sponsored by Shin Suk-ju?
Are you going to use that 20,000 nyang that you earned and become a bum again?
Man-chi.
I'm not saying that I'm trying to run for president.
But it's good to have an important title.
You rascal.
Look at you spoiled.
I'm just saying I got tempted for a short moment.
In order to protect Poongdeungryeong and Hamkyeong peddlers office,
I thought this would be the only way.
I thought doing business with Sang-chon Village won't last us long.
But you are right.
Song Man-chi is right 100 times.
You're right.
As long as you know it, that's fine.
Tear the recommendation letter apart.
Tell them you can't go.
Sir Head Cattle Broker.
Sir Head Cattle Broker, our stable creditors are here.
Okay.
Goblins, goblins.
The goblins are here again.
Hey, look.
The stable is a mess like this, but what presidential election?
I told you I am not doing it!
Hey, everyone.
Dear creditor people!
Are you hear to collect money?
How did you know we came back with money earned?
You guys are goblins.
Hold on.
No, we're not here to collect money.
We're here to ask you if you need any help.
Help with what?
That's right. I heard it on my way to pay taxes
at the peddlers association headquarters.
You made the right choice.
We were going to recommend you as the new president anyway.
You made the right choice!
See, Bong-Sam.
Everyone thinks the same.
About the stable debt, let's think slowly about it after the election.
We will give it to you as a credit for now.
Yeah, let's do that.
Go away!
I'm not running for president.
"A hunting dog cannot catch its prey that is running for its life."
That's what you told me.
Why did you give the goods to Chun Bong-Sam?
You have finally pulled up the fishing pod.
But you let him go?
You have put him into water again?
What are your true intentions?
What kind of secret are you hiding from me?
The fight doesn't end with 20,000 spools of silk threads.
Just like wars don't end at once,
isn't business like wars, too?
Did I ask you about the basis of business?
Why! Why! Why!
I asked you why you gave Chun Bong-Sam the goods.
I had an old debt owed to Chun Bong-Sam.
I thought I would be okay to bilk that debt.
Instead of feeling iffy about it,
I thought it would be better to pay it off at once like this.
It must have been a big debt, eh?
Sir Head Merchant.
President Choi is here.
Why are you keep visiting Yook-ei-jeon right before the election?
Do you want people to spread rumors about you?
Chun Bong-Sam, that Song-pa Stable Head Cattle Broker is...
running for president.
Chun Bong-Sam is running for president!
What?
Tell them that Sir Head Merchant called for an urgent meeting.
Yes, sir.
Let's go to Kyeonggi.
We need to meet the governor first.
Do you know what Gil So-gae's debt is?
Go and find out what he owes to Chun Bong-Sam.
I am very curious
about that debt.
You need to get a stamp from Song-pa Peddlers Office
and pay the fees to officially become the candidate.
First, let's get this submitted.
Hey.
A president for Kyeonggi Province Peddlers Association?
I'm just a merchant.
I buy and sell goods. I buy and sell cattle. I'm a merchant.
But what do you mean by president?
We all need to earn a lot of money.
Merchant Gil said we can't earn big money without power.
Unless we stop secret deals between Yook-ei-jeon
and Peddlers Headquarters Office, we can't earn big money.
We can't regain Song-pa Stable.
Bong-Sam.
Mr. Bong! Mr. Bong!
Come out for a second.
Why?
Well, just come out.
Head Cattle Broker Chun.
They gathered up to make donations for your election.
What the heck are you guys doing?
You walk endless miles to earn this money.
You want to use it like this?
Take this back.
I can't accept this. Take it back.
Hey.
Head Cattle Broker Chun!
Because we're affiliated with Choongcheong Province Office,
we can't vote.
So we want to support like this.
That's right.
Head Cattle Broker Chun!
Because of you, we are able to pass Poongdeungryeong,
and obtain silk thread.
Am I wrong?
He's right!
Of course.
Head Cattle Broker Chun, you must become the president.
Then we can do business in Wonsan Open Market with confidence.
Please promise us that you are going to run for president.
Hurry up and promise us.
Promise us.
Head Cattle Broker Chun.
Promise us!
Promise them!
Come on.
Okay.
I promise everyone.
I promise.
Everyone is supporting me like this.
I will run for president!
Chun Bong-Sam!
Chun Bong-Sam, Chun Bong-Sam!
How in the world did Chun Bong-Sam decide to run for president of the association?
He is trying to become a president to cut off
the relationship between Yook-ei-jeon and Peddlers Headquarters Office.
What a rude bastard.
Alright.
What do I have to do?
You need to help us from the start to the end.
Merchant Gil, do you have your peddler's license?
Or, have you gotten rid of it as you earned the government position?
I still have it with me.
Ambassador.
In this upcoming election,
we should make Merchant Gil run for president.
Sir Head Merchant!
Hey, hey.
You don't fit to go against Chun Bong-Sam.
Quietly resign.
Don't make a fuss about it.
That's a great idea.
Let's do that.
Let's put Merchant Gil in this election.
We can all gather up and make him the next president.
Merchant Gil.
I, Gil So-gae, will accept this idea by Lord Ambassador, Sir Head Merchant,
and gaekju owners here
to run for president.
Alright! Here.
Okay.
Choi Bang-gu from Gwacheon Office.
Choi Bang-gu.
Bong-Sam, you, from Song-pa.
Yeah, that's me.
There are two candidates from these two places,
so they can't make a placement there.
Then take these two places out.
Yongin, and then Suwon, and then Yangju.
Two votes from Yangju and two from Yongin, and one from Suwon,
There are five areas to get the votes from.
Next.
Oh, that's right!
There is Dongmong Agency, where you're from.
Oh.
Dongmong Agency has five votes, too.
Then, 35 votes including Dongmong Agency.
Sir Head Cattle Broker.
Sir Head Cattle Broker!
What?
Choi Bang-gu resigned from the presidential campaign!
Hey, then what?
Is Chun Bong-Sam the only person running for president?
Then, this means you are going to be the next president?
No, no.
Choi Bang-gu stepped down, and that...
damned Gil person is running for president.
By Gil person, you're talking about So-gae?
Gil So-gae?
Yeah.
I heard that he got his peddler's license in Hwanghae.
How can he run for president in Kyeonggi Province?
What a nice scene.
Very nice.
Gil So-gae qualifies to run for president because he represents Gwacheon office.
Gwacheon office.
Gae-ddong, let's talk for a second.
Are you serious?
Just because I'm a Guksadang Shrine shaman,
it doesn't mean I know all the future.
You are well-known as Honorable Mama,
so I thought you knew everything in the world.
People in this world have their emotions and
desire all over the place like a spider web.
How am I supposed to know everything?
Buddha doesn't know. God doesn't know.
Gae-ddong, don't ever say that to anyone.
All of your clients will leave.
You're making a mistake.
There's only one thing I know.
The one who plays dirty will win.
You can't win against So-gae.
You can't.
So-gae isn't afraid of touching blood with his own hands.
How are you going to win against a person like that?
Gae-ddong.
This is different than Poongdeungryeong.
Kim Bo-hyeon is the Kyeonggi Province governor.
If you don't win in this fight, you will die.
What is so resolute about it?
What is so resolute?
I'm not able to stop you, huh?
No matter what I say, right?
Gae-ddong.
I really need to regain this Song-pa Stable.
In order to do that, I need big money.
In order to earn big money,
I must break the secret dealings between Yook-ei-jeon
and Peddlers Headquarters Office.
That is why I am trying to become the association president.
To save myself and to save 200,000 peddlers.
Why do I have to play this role?
There is nothing I can do except for stopping you.
Oh, that's...
You probably wouldn't have bought this to eat the candy.
Of course it's not for me, eh?
Did you...
Are you trying to give this to her?
To Sir Head Merchant's wife?
I bought that because-
I can't do anything about my feelings.
I can't give it to her because-
Likewise, because I can't do anything about the reality.
Give it to me.
Gae-ddong.
Gae-ddong!
Hey, Gae-ddong.
Don't you worry.
I won't eat the candy, okay?
Give it to me.
If you bought it with your heart, you should give it to her.
If you can't give it to her, then give it up.
I am very curious.
If that woman will accept this or not.
Gae-ddong.
Why did you want to see me?
It's pretty.
Is this for me?
Did you call me to give me this gift?
It's not from me.
It's from Chun Bong-Sam, Song-pa Stable Head Cattle Broker.
It's up to you to take it with you or leave it here.
Of course, you should.
I should hire a person, who can be on my side.
What?
Sir Head Merchant is going to ask me to help the mistress with delivering her baby.
Secretly find someone who can help me with it.
I can help. I've helped a lot with delivering babies.
Fine. There shouldn't be anyone else.
You're busy enough with the election.
But why are you going to Guksadang Shrine?
Guksadang doesn't have right to vote.
We're busy enough to distribute this in every province.
There's something I need to get from Gae-ddong.
I was way too thoughtless.
What do you have to get?
Let's hurry up.
Mr. Bong. Mr. Bong!
Mistress.
You should get going.
Sir Head Merchant is going to get worried.
Out of all places in this land of Chosun,
I have nowhere to go.
Mr. Bong. Mr. Bong.
I need to go get some water.
Okay.
I'll go get it, so sit here.
Okay.
It's this way, right?
Go tell Honorable Mama.
If you tell her that I was thoughtless and that I am sorry,
she will know what I mean.
Mistress, over there.
It's actually good to see you.
Take this.
You can't accept even one of them?
Then...
Is there absolutely nothing in this world that I can give you?
--The Merchant: Gaekju 2015--
I am here because I wanted to provide you with a supplier of funds!
Let's spend more money.
This election is a war with money.
Did he send you a letter, saying 'I love you'?
You damned woman!
Kill Chun Bong-Sam.
This is for Yangju Peddlers Office.