(Episode 96) Mom did nothing wrong.
It was all me.
That's what you want me to say, right?
What a shame though.
Mom asked me to do it.
She told me to conclude the deal
before the board caught on.
What's gotten into you?
It was your doing.
You plotted the whole thing!
I'm sorry, Bom.
I want to help mom too.
But not like this.
How can you be so shameless?
How can you be so unfazed after
bringing mom to ruin?
It breaks my heart too.
I'm upset too.
But I can't take the blame for what mom did.
I'm not falling for your
shallow ploy.
You asked us to come here to show us
that charade?
That's not true!
Ms. Choi is lying.
So what exactly is going on?
What's going on here?
How disgraceful.
Did you and Bom come up
with this ridiculous scheme?
To ruin Ms. Choi
and threaten me?
You must pay if got to where
you are in a wrongful manner.
What is this?
A mere staffer is trying to rattle the company?
Make sure your family issues
don't cause any more problems.
Many are saying that the new president
heartlessly drove out the former.
Ms. Oh must be having a hard time
accepting Ms. Bae's departure.
I will make sure this doesn't
happen again.
I apologize.
I will clear Ms. Bae of the unjust accusation
that got her dismissed.
You!
Listen, young man.
I understand your loyalty to the former president.
But someone so young shouldn't play dirty.
Where's your honesty and integrity?
Why is that squirt stirring trouble as well?
Lying again to avert a crisis?
How long do you think your deception will work?
Why can't you just let go
of the past?
Taeho.
Maru.
I'll never forgive you two for what you did.
What the two of you...
No. What the elder Mr. An did as well
will come to light.
Until then, you will live in fear,
burdened by
your sins.
Bom...
It's okay.
I almost had a heart attack.
How could Bom orchestrate such a thing?
She should be fired for what she did.
We can't just fire her.
She's a Punggildang employee after all.
Right.
I'm against driving out Bom as well.
Taeho.
What are you saying?
What if she stirs more trouble?
She's out for vengeance.
But the company's reputation comes first.
It won't do us any good to
kick her out when
all attention is on us.
I was stupid and got caught.
Bom.
Don't even think about
trying to persuade me.
You won't like anything
I have to say.
But let me give you a piece of advice.
You must be careful.
Be careful?
Will you do something to me
if I try to clear my mom of blame
and keep demanding an apology?
See?
She won't heed our advice.
There's no point
being nice to her.
I won't worry about your welfare anymore.
I'll let people point fingers at you
and drive you out ruthlessly
when your misdeeds are exposed.
Who does she think she is?
This will fetch us $20 or $30, right?
So $20-$30 for that.
Won't this Korea-made rice cooker
sell for $100?
Mom, what are you doing?
Mom, this is a brand new dinnerware set.
How much will this get us?
There are a few more purses like these.
What are you two doing?
We've had this happen to us once.
When your second wife went bankrupt,
we were kicked out
of the house
with nothing to our name.
But Gukhui's upset enough as it is.
Since she's out of it,
I must focus and do this.
We must make off with what we can
before they're all taken from us.
Hello.
We only just got this fridge.
Take a look.
See how much you can offer us.
I'm stepping out for a bit.
Mom,
I'm going to commercialize
all the wines you restored.
I'm going to flaunt the wines
you restored to the world.
How bad is it there that
you're selling Ms. Bae's things?
Luck can turn in an instant.
Who knew you'd end up remarrying
someone so rich?
Enough with that.
Even honeyed words can get tiring.
But why are you asking me to buy these?
What good luck can
a ruined woman's old things bring?
Mom, get them.
This is the price.
They're practically new.
You'd be getting them for nothing.
These are that expensive.
I still don't want these though.
Get them out of here.
Please, Midal.
In a way, you'd be helping Bom.
Buy these for
your daughter's sake.
Listen up.
Although secondhand,
they're high-end goods once
owned by the president of Punggildang.
Stop it.
Are you advertising our family's ruin?
I'm just trying to sell these.
Why is this happening at my ripe old age?
My trusted daughter-in-law is going belly up.
Oh, my goodness.
Isn't that Ms. Yun?
That horrid woman...
Mom. Mom.
No.
One needs money and power
to pick a fight.
Good heavens. I'm too ashamed.
Mother, she's coming this way.
Huh?
- Get the things, Baedal. / - Right.
Quick, quick, quick.
This is genuine leather.
It's leather on the inside too.
All of these were well cared for.
Take a look.
It is you.
I thought I recognized you.
Grab our things. Let's go.
What a shame you ended up like this.
This isn't much.
Please take it.
Consider everything sold.
Take care.
Wait.
Aren't you taking these?
I'm all set.
Give them away to people who need them.
Good heavens.
Goodness gracious. How humiliating.
Woe is me. How humiliating.
Pull yourself together, mom.
People like them end up paying for what they did.
Easy does it.
Good heavens.
I'm so angry that I'm trembling.
Calm down, mother.
- Woe is me. / - Are you okay?
Gukhui.
You kicked Jeonggi out
and said you devoted
20 years to Punggildang,
but you ended up losing the company
and marrying your daughter to our enemy's son.
Is there anything you've done right?
Mom, stop it.
Gukhui's upset too.
This is all your fault.
The shame I suffer is all your fault.
Mom!
What are you doing?
Don't take it out on Gukhui, mom.
U.S. exports
are growing thanks to
the diverse channels we developed.
And we will minimize the losses on
the joint project with Inhae
and then scrap it altogether.
What are you doing here?
I think I should be participating
as a shareholder and executive.
I'd like to be invited to
all the board meetings.
Of course.
But the seasonal wine project started off
in choppy waters and
the return-on-investment is uncertain.
The president promised me
unwavering support.
I said I'd take the board's opinion
into account and reconsider.
What are you talking about?
You promised...
Now, now.
I'll review the matter again.
Let's adjourn the meeting.
Thank you.
Father.
You promised me before the ouster
that you'd let me
finish the seasonal wine project.
Aran,
the board made me president.
I'm just a puppet.
I don't have absolute power
just because of my title.
You became president thanks in part to me.
You're here now because
I raised my hand in your favor.
Aran...
Your project is on indefinite hold.
We're resuming
the seasonal wine project.
Let's put all the unpleasantness behind us,
and I hope
you will tackle this project
with gusto and resolve.
Has the board officially approved the R&D budget?
Financial Affairs seemed skeptical.
I'll secure the R&D budget,
so please carry on as planned.
Yes, Ms. Choi.
We'll have to do what we can to restore
Punggildang's former glory.
Only then can we get Ms. Bae back...
I'll work on securing
distribution channels then.
Mr. Kang, please ask our U.S. branch
to secure sales channels there.
Mr. An, please come with me to
meet with winemaking masters.
I'll work on the prototypes
with our researchers.
You stay out of this, Ms. Oh.
Pardon?
Stay out of this.
How can I put you
in charge of even the simplest tasks?
You plotted to
oust me.
Fine. If that's how you feel,
I'll resume work on my own project.
I keep asking you to leave, and yet
you refuse to budge.
What am I to do with you?
Mother,
I'm not leaving.
I won't change my mind, so stop it.
Put yourself in my shoes.
Would you like me around
if I knew all your
dirty secrets?
But we're family.
I hurt my mom and sister
and turned my back on my family
for Taeho's sake.
Considering what I've done,
you should do away with
your hatred for me.
Are you lecturing me?
I can see why your mom won't take you back.
You're appalling in so many ways.
Mind what you say.
You scare me.
I would've left rather than stay
with a father-in-law
who betrayed my mom.
Good grief.
You're so cold-blooded that
you make my skin crawl.
What choice do you have?
You'll just have to get used to me.
What did mom say?
Taeho, I can't take it anymore.
You know how much
I've done for this family.
So why am I being treated like this?
Hang in there.
With time, mom will...
How long do I have to suffer like this?
Why can't you even
suggest that we move out?
If you want to move out, do it on your own.
But leave my sweet boy alone.
I cut you slack when
you were the president's daughter,
but you're useless now.
Mom, please stop it!
Here.
I won't keep you
from moving out.
Mom.
What's the problem now?
Why do you keep siding with your wife?
She says she wants to leave.
This is the first and last time
we're seeing eye to eye,
so what's the hangup?
Fine.
I'm not staying here anymore, mother.
Aran, please.
You choose.
Will you stay here with mother
or will you come with me?
Aran.
You heard, right?
This is how she is.
Aran, mom.
Please calm down
and talk this through.
Forget about it.
Your mom is impossible to talk to.
Good grief.
Geez.
Aran, where are you going?
An Taeho,
will you disappoint me too?
What's with all of you?
Mother, you had a long day.
For someone as old as me,
peddling all day
has made me achy all over.
I told you to stay home.
What if you get really sick?
Rather than stay in
with tight-lipped folks
in this empty house,
it's much better
to get out and interact with people.
As a fellow woman,
I feel sorry for Gukhui.
I was unwittingly mean to her earlier,
but poor thing.
The daughter she raised alone
ended up betraying her and
bringing her to ruin.
Aran is so wretched.
What kind of person turns against
her own mother?
It's too disgraceful to even talk about.
Hey, son.
What's going on?
I'm all Aran has right now.
What are you talking about?
She went back home.
No matter what she did,
her family will take care of her
if she cries and begs,
so don't worry.
I didn't say this in front of Aran,
but had it not been for her,
how could have dad, who
abandoned Bom and betrayed Ms. Bae,
become the president of Punggildang?
That's all said and done.
I won't let Aran bear the burden alone.
And I wish you'd apologize to her
for being so mean to her.
Apologize to her?
I can't do that.
Aran...
Why did you come?
I told you I'd take care of you.
I'm keeping my promise
no matter what.
Freeze-drying preserves
azalea's aroma and color.
What are you doing, Ms. Oh?
I told you to stay out of
the seasonal wine project,
and yet you're making dugyeonju?
How can I leave a wine undone?
We have talented researchers
who'll see this through.
You're now banned from
the Product Development Lab.
Winemaking is one of my job responsibilities.
Give me a good reason why I should be banned.
We don't fund personal projects here.
Have you done anything that boosted
our business performance?
That's because you tainted...
Take over her project.
Yes, Ms. Choi.
You can't stop me from doing my job because
of your personal vendetta against me.
I told you to get out of here.
Do as I say.
Stay out as you're told.
Good grief.
I don't know what's going on,
but let go of her arm.
Mr. Kang.
Bom has delicate wrists.
They shouldn't be manhandled.
You should use words, not force.
Your son may work here,
but you shouldn't come so often.
This is a professional workplace.
How is your wrist?
How hard did she grab you
that it's bright red?
I came for free coffee,
but this won't do.
Come with me.
(Shareholders and Shares)
Kang Taejun?
Who is he?
He must have a lot of money
to suddenly become the majority shareholder.
Hello.
I was hoping you'd offer me coffee.
Oh...
I'm sorry, but
I'm rather busy.
We haven't been properly introduced.
I'm Kang Taejun.
Kang Taejun...
I bought up the Punggildang shares
that suddenly flooded the market.
I'm honored that you seem
to know my name.
I'm sorry I didn't know.
Please sit down.
You too, Ms. Oh.
Bring us some tea.
I'm sorry I didn't know who you were.
Why don't we go golfing one of these days
to talk about Punggildang and such?
That sounds good.
But I'm here today
to ask that you take
good care of my dear Bom.
I see.
She's so smart and hardworking
that I owe her a lot.
Your mother's well, right?
Let her know I'll pay
her a visit soon.
That will make her uncomfortable.
What a shame.
You must be upset at me.
Young folks these days are cheeky.
One needs to speak up,
don't you think?
Are you leaving already?
Stay for some tea.
Not today.
See you again.
Let's go.
Hope to see you again soon.
Let's get vending-machine coffee.
That buffoon is our majority shareholder?
Why won't Mirae Department Store
take our wines?
We can't solidify our standing here
without a department store deal.
We must do this no matter what.
Don't get too hung up on this.
It makes you look desperate.
You can prove yourself in other ways.
Mr. Shin, this is Kang Taejun.
How's your department store business?
Why are you chitchatting?
The plant will put together
a separate batch for the department store.
That's okay.
We'll do that later.
He got rebuffed again.
Deals aren't signed that easily!
We'll get our wines there,
so make sure we have enough.
Yes, Mr. An.
Marketing's An Taeho speaking.
Yes.
Mirae Department Store?
Ms. Choi and I will head out now.
I see.
Here.
Kang Maru speaking.
Yes.
We'll be right there.
We're wanted at Mirae Department Store.
Okay.
What happened?
They'll sign the deal but only if
Kang Maru and Oh Bom go.
What do you mean?
Huh?
My son and daughter-in-law-to-be
are poised and smart?
You came through for me, Mr. Shin.
I owe you one.
Thank you so much.
Who is this elegant lady?
I thought I'd indulge myself
and wear fancy clothes.
That's great, Midal.
You're always beautiful, whether
you're in a red vest and an apron
or in a smart-looking suit.
You're so silly.
I'll change if I look strange.
I don't care what you wear.
It's just that the suit isn't very you.
Actually, I bought some of Ms. Bae's old clothes
as she's in dire straits.
That scumbag who abandoned Bom
and drove Ms. Bae to ruin
has become president.
I'm so mad that
I'd like to run over
and whack him in the head a dozen times.
Don't.
You're too elegant and sophisticated
to sully your hands on him.
Wrongdoers are bound
to pay for what they did.
It's so busy at work that
I rarely get to see you.
Just knowing you're there
gives me so much strength.
I'll walk you home from now on so I can
admire your pretty face.
Maru,
we have to move out tomorrow.
What are you talking about?
You're moving out?
Where are you moving to?
I'm not sure.
I don't know yet
where we're moving to.
Bom.
Bom, let's go inside.
Um...
Is something wrong?
It's nothing.
Come on.
Dad.
I got this for when
Bom and I get married.
I know it's much smaller than
what you're used to,
but you can stay here for...
Maru, it's okay.
Is this where you wanted to bring me?
Mom,
we need a place to stay right away.
I don't mean to offend you, Ms. Bae,
but you need a place...
That's enough.
You're making me feel worse.
I'm sorry.
I'm a bad father.
I shamelessly
accepted my son's help.
I won't use this to ask you
to give Bom and me your blessing.
I'm like a son to the both of you.
This is the best I can do,
so please accept my help.
Thank you for thinking of me.
But your kindness
actually offends me.
Gukhui.
What can we do?
This is maddening.
It's a shame.
I don't think I can bear
to leave this house.
They say spring winds are crueler
than winter gusts.
Gukhui,
can't we stay on somehow until
our Peanut is born?
I asked around, Gukhui,
and people say you don't have
to be too conscientious about this.
If we refuse to move,
we can really drag this out.
That's enough, everyone.
Make sure you pack light.
Does she have a nice place we can move to?
No.
With what little she has left,
she's trying to put a roof over our heads...
Oh, no.
Why is she being so stubborn then?
Geez.
If only we could find a place like Maru's...
A place like Maru's?
What are you talking about?
I'm glad I cooked and fed you.
Wow.
It's nothing like the old house,
but it'll be comfortable enough for you.
But Maru,
can we impose on you like this?
Good grief.
This is nothing for Maru.
Maru's dad...
I mean, my brother-in-law
is very rich.
What's that got
to do with me?
Oh, wow.
You're a rare breed among today's youth.
I had to get a mortgage,
so half of this belongs to the bank.
But mom wasn't very happy.
Never mind that.
Now that we have a place,
all we have to do is
talk Gukhui into moving here.
Being stubborn only seems like a virtue
when you have money.
Who knew Maru would end up repaying
his debt to us like this?
I know what you're getting at, but
we're not moving into his apartment.
What else are we supposed to do?
I found us a place.
It won't be comfortable.
But we'll have to make do.
How big is it?
How many rooms?
Do I get my own room?
I'm sorry.
There are only two small bedrooms.
How can we live in a two-bedroom apartment?
My relationship with my sister is strained,
so I can't move back in with her.
I can't live with Midal again.
But this is good.
She found us a place.
Then I can stay with my colleague
at her studio apartment.
Don't say that.
We won't live apart because
we're not well off.
Get Jia home no matter how busy
she is prepping for her contest.
We have to move tomorrow.
The contest is right around the corner,
so she's pressed for time.
I'll give her our new address.
Don't worry.
I know you're all disappointed
and upset because of me.
And you can say I'm being stubborn
moving us out of here.
But I will remain steadfast.
I'm keeping our family together.
I'm sure better days
are ahead for us.
If we up our marketing efforts...
That's just empty talk.
The board is pressing me
for tangible performance.
How did Ms. Bae withstand all this pressure?
Mom had something to offer.
She studied traditional wines all her life.
She used her skills and knowledge.
Right.
Where are her notebooks?
I'm having my friend hold it for me at his studio.
I'll get you a house where
you can hang this.
Despite the resentment, I thought of you
when the going got tough.
Thank you for sticking by my side.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry I'm not good enough.
So she's losing this house too?
I can't bear to move out.
It's not fair!
You're making
Gukhui more upset.
Get that degenerate
who did this to my daughter-in-law.
Get him here
so I can kill him.
How is everyone?
How dare you?
How can you do this?
You beastly degenerate!
You!
How dare you show up here?
What's with you folks?
- Mom. / - Oh, my goodness.
Hey, An Gilsu.
Enough is enough!
Oh, my goodness.