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We will counsel you on your secret issues.
This is Hello, the National Competition on Issues.
Let's welcome Park Sang-min, a singer of 25 years.
(Veteran singer, Park Sang-min)
- Let's welcome Apink's Jeong Eun-ji and Son Na-eun. - Hello.
Here's Young-Chan from VICTON.
(Welcome)
- You released a new song, "Tears Bread". - Yes.
The title is very nice. What is it about?
- Our society is going through a lot right now... - Yes.
so it's a song to cheer people up.
Could you sing it for us?
- Please do. - Yes.
(The veteran singer's new song is revealed.)
("Tears Bread" by Park Sang-min)
(It's hard to make a living but we still march on)
(Swallowing bread of tears)
(Just you watch)
(I'm going to do well)
(March on towards tomorrow)
(It's amazing.)
- That's nice. - It's so nice. The melody...
I heard two phrases of it and I can guess the next part.
- I love Sang-min's sorrowful voice. - Yes.
From his songs, which one is your favorite?
- Eun-ji, tell us which is your favorite. - I...
- think we can't leave out "Sunflower". - "Sunflower".
- That's the best. - Sing it for us,
- Eun-ji. - "Sunflower".
Let's go, Eun-ji.
- She's good. - She's very good.
- You're good. - The song is so nice.
- You look so proud. - Right.
- I will sing a song in reply to that. - Yes.
Go.
(Apink is delighted at his choice of song.)
Na-eun can't sit back and just watch. Let's sing something for him, too.
Sing one of his songs. Ready, go.
She started off with "I'm sorry".
"I'm sorry."
- "I'm sorry." - That was funny.
- Eun-ji and Na-eun. - Yes.
Tae-joon is your brother-in-law at the moment.
- Yes. - Say hello to him.
- Brother-in-law? - We met him at their wedding recently.
Do you like him as a brother-in-law?
- Hello. - Hello.
Yes. He's in a virtual marriage...
with Bo-mi from Apink. Did she say anything about him?
We went to their wedding and he said,
"She's the prettiest, isn't she?" Him asking that...
- makes a girl so happy. - Right.
- I was very envious. - Tae-joon is a smooth talker.
Isn't Apink so pretty?
They're really the best.
(Take good care of Bo-mi.)
- Byung-Chan, let's go. - Sure.
- It must be nerve-racking to perform by yourself. - Let's go.
You just have to get through this.
Good luck.
- Forget about earlier. - Yes.
Great!
("I'm Fine" by VICTON)
He's cool.
(I'm not upset)
(I'm actually a very cool guy)
(Even if he's nervous,)
(he's fine.)
(Cute and cheerful)
(He's fine performing by himself.)
- Well done. - Let's see the issues for today.
Show us the keywords please.
Let's see. "Dangerous Addiction".
"Dangerous Addiction". I don't know why this husband behaves like this.
Hello, I'm a woman in my 40s and I run a chicken restaurant with my husband.
- After two years of starting this business, we're about to go bankrupt. - Goodness.
(The guest and a customer)
"Is the chicken coming? It's been ages."
"You're not the only chicken place around here. Cancel my order!"
"I'm so sorry. We're behind on our orders."
In the meantime, my husband...
(What is he up to?)
- What is it? - "That's it! I got it! Yes!"
He's turning 50 soon and his life depends on claw machines.
That's not all.
"Did you stay up all night again?"
"You stayed up all night playing on claw machines, didn't you?"
- He stays up nights? - He spends all night playing on claw machines.
"Oh, no! I burnt my finger in the oil. What should I do?"
"I can't play on claw machines anymore! Oh, no!"
"I'm doomed!"
Even with a serious burn on his hand, he wrapped his hand in bandages...
- and went back to playing on claw machines. - He's dedicated.
Whatever should I do with this claw machine-crazed lunatic?
(Please put an end to his addiction.)
I'm sure men know what this is about.
- Those machines egg you on. - They really seem to tease you.
- You spend 50, 60 dollars in no time. - Right.
- But he does it all the time and even stays up nights. - That's ridiculous.
- He spends time on that when he's behind on deliveries. - He doesn't do his job.
If my husband likes it that much, I think I'd give it a go, too.
- I want to find out why he's so crazy about it. - What if you get addicted, too?
If that's the case, we'd have to close down the store.
(We'll close it down there and then.)
- Then you'll join him. - If it goes that far, I think he'll feel responsible.
He'll think, "Wait, the business really may go down the drain."
- He won't want that. - If he's gone this far, I think...
- that would make him happier. - It won't work.
(Was it that obvious?)
Let's bring out the guest and talk to her.
Please come out.
(Who is worried about a husband addicted to claw machines?)
Hello
(Kwak Young-mi)
Hello
How much time does he spend on this per day?
I think he plays on the machines at least 10 times a day.
- He squeezes it in. - Even though he's behind on deliveries?
Yes. Whenever he sees a claw machine, he can't just pass it by.
- While he's making deliveries? - Yes.
- That's what the problem is. Customers call in to complain.
The chicken will go cold.
Of course. Customers then call to complain they received cold chicken.
- The chicken goes cold while he plays on the machines on the way. - Yes.
What do you do about such situations?
Every time that happens, I have to apologize to the customers...
and I have to look for him.
- When I'm desperate, I make the deliveries with my car... - With your car?
- and I sometimes run over, too. - Gosh.
(It's serious, right?)
- It's an addiction. - It really is.
When he's making deliveries and sees a machine...
He panics someone else will take the toys.
- He goes like this, right? - Yes.
- He's like that. - He worries someone else will take the toys.
- He worries they won't be there when he returns. - I see.
- I see. - Yes.
- You said he was burnt whilst frying chickens. - Yes.
- Did he really go to play on the machines with his burnt hand? - Yes.
We were cleaning out the deep fryer...
and he wanted to leave quickly.
- To play on claw machines? - Yes.
- Gosh. - So he stuck his hand...
- into a pot of boiling oil. - Gosh.
- What happened then? - Because of that,
he said his hand hurt so he couldn't make deliveries on the motorbike...
- and that he couldn't drive it and so on. - Of course he can't.
But then, he still went to play on claw machines.
- There are a lot of toys in those machines. - Yes.
- There are. - What does he bring back?
- They have hats, socks, cigarette cases, perfume, - They have those?
and I also saw a surveillance camera.
- Surveillance cameras? - They have black boxes too.
Yes, those too.
- So there must be all sorts of things in your restaurant. - Yes.
It's like a general store.
Some people ask if we run a toy store, too.
She brought a photo as evidence to show all the things he picked.
- There are over 300. - Let's see.
- He picked all that? - Yes.
(Bluetooth speakers, earphones, charger, flashlight, perfume, shower towel)
- It's a general store. - That's not a chicken restaurant!
- Isn't that a stationery store? - That's not a chicken restaurant!
It doesn't look like a chicken restaurant.
Goodness.
- He picked all that? - He picked expensive toys.
They are figurines.
- They even look nice. - They look nice.
- It's so funny that he thinks they are all worth something... - Yes.
- but he never opens any of them? - Never.
- Did you not tell him to? - When I tell him to,
he says he can sell it for so much on the internet.
- So has he ever sold anything? - No.
- He just says it... - Did he ever try to sell anything?
He doesn't know how to even upload things on the internet. If he knew how,
and he could sell things off for a price, it won't be an issue...
- but he can't. - He doesn't try because he doesn't want to sell them.
- He wants to show off. - He knows they won't sell.
- You could give them to your kids. - At first, they liked the toys.
However, they now know it's all just junk...
- so they don't anymore. - The products in there aren't usually good quality.
- They break easily. - That's right.
Only he adds value to all that junk.
- Right. - Let's talk to the husband.
Hello, Sir. Nice to meet you.
Hello.
- He's so cheerful. - He looks so mischievous.
- Well... - He looks like he'd be good at picking things.
I don't get this at all. Do you go to pick toys when you're behind on deliveries?
When I see a claw machine,
it's all I can think about. I forget about the chicken.
I don't want anyone else to pick the toys before I do.
- That's wrong. - Sometimes, I think I made my deliveries...
and when I look, the chicken is still there.
- I don't realize I forgot about it. - You forget.
- It goes out of his head. - You said you worry...
someone will pick the toys before you return.
- Has that happened before? - Maybe that's why.
Yes, that happened several times. That's because...
- You have competitors. - I have a few competitors.
Does that mean there are lots of people like you?
We bump into each other, even though we never set a time for it.
When I bump into someone there, they greet me.
You won't be close enough to say hello so you must greet them with a glance.
(It's a curious feeling of competition.)
- You must keep a close eye an each other. - Yes...
and you'll find out soon enough but I picked some toys because of that.
- What's so great about claw machines? - The feeling on your hands?
- There's a certain sensation in your hands when a fish bites bait, right? - Yes.
That's what got me hooked.
- I think that's how I got hooked. - What sensation...
do you get from pressing buttons and turning the knob?
When a toy or stuffed animal falls,
- The sound of it falling? - it makes a sound and that makes my heart thump...
and I feel like the happiest man on Earth.
- Really? - How good are you?
- I have a great knack at this. - I see.
I started playing this because I knew I was good at it.
At first, I only won about 40 to 50 percent of the time...
but these days, it's gone up to 80 percent.
- He's good. - Do you want to show off about that?
- He's good. - From the way you said it,
- He seemed so proud. - you look so proud.
It's not all about pride.
- It's for my own sense of accomplishment and it's my hobby. - So...
you even went to play on those with a burnt hand.
I think there's still a scar on your hand.
If you look here on my right hand...
Right, on the top left.
- That must have been serious. - You played on claw machines with that hand?
He thinks hand skills are very important. Even now, when he demonstrated,
he was like this. The hand angles were detailed.
- Right. - So...
(He has detailed hand movements like a ballerina.)
The wife would have such a hard time. She must take orders and fry chicken.
She must deliver the chicken herself while you are playing with the claw machine.
Don't you feel bad?
At first, I did.
However, I don't have those thoughts when I'm playing with the claw machine.
- with the claw machine. - I'm sorry, but can you not say that while smiling?
Seriously, he's so happy when he talks about the claw machine.
Can't you just employ someone...
- to deliver the chicken? - We...
thought of employing a delivery man at first.
- However, we have to give them at least two thousand dollars a month. - Right.
- There's insurance as well. - If an accident happens,
we have to take full responsibility.
That's why we are using a delivery service company.
- You are using a delivery service company. - Right.
- How much does it cost to use them once? - It costs...
around 3 to 4 dollars, depending on the distance.
- You're using the service company even though the husband can do it. - Yes.
- At times, it costs 60 dollars a day. - That's a lot.
- That means you have 20 to 30 orders a day. - Yes.
The more important thing is that he steals money.
He steals money.
- Who? - My husband.
- Your husband steals money from your store? - Yes.
He steals it to play with the claw machine?
Yes, some machines take paper money.
- He takes that... Yes. - He doesn't even get permission?
- I don't even know how much he uses. - Seriously...
- Is there another way... - He uses hand skills.
(He uses different hand skills.)
- Then... - When he steals money,
he tells me that he put gas in the motorbike.
He would tell me that he fixed the motorbike when the total balance doesn't match.
- Motorbike? - Yes, he would use that as an excuse.
How much does you use for claw machines?
He uses around 500 dollars.
- He uses around 500 dollars. - A month?
- Yes. A month. - How many chickens do you need to sell for 500 dollars?
I need to sell around 70 chickens for 500 dollars.
I have to work hard for 2 or 3 days.
That means it's 500 dollars for claw machine and 2,000 for delivery service.
You have a loss of around 2,300 dollars.
- It's because of the claw machine. - Right.
Is it true that you stole money from the store?
Yes, to be honest,
I did.
Did you notice him glancing at his children?
Yes, to be honest...
(His eyes are shaking.)
I did, but the products I picked...
cost around 50 to 100 dollars.
- I pick products we can use in daily life. - You do, but you don't use them.
There's value in the products because I picked them.
I'm curious. Of course, your children probably won't do this, but...
what if they use up the money in your wallet?
Are you going to be understanding?
Children shouldn't do that.
Does that mean adults can do that?
- Children need to understand the beauty of hand skills, too. - Right.
Adults can make mistakes, but children can't.
You have to set a good example.
- Of course. - Sir, can you please not talk while smiling?
- Alright. - Okay.
He brought the products he picked. Let's see how valuable they are.
Let's see the products. Please bring them here.
- Are those just some of the products? - Really?
- It's the fat stuffed animal. - Please handle them with care.
- My goodness... - Are they expensive?
Can you come to the stage for a while?
- He didn't unpackage all of them. - Please explain these products.
These are expensive.
- Yes, the One Piece figures. - These look authentic.
These are expensive.
At first, I didn't know about the One Piece figures.
After you picked them...
I knew about that after I picked them.
I think this is fake.
Right. I think so, too.
- Of course they are. - I heard the fake products are more valuable now.
- What are you talking about? - No way.
People who play with clawing machines...
say that you can always get the real ones, but the fake ones don't get manufactured.
- What do you mean? - That's a new theory.
- My goodness... - What?
What is this? This is a weird fake product.
This is a drone.
- It's... - I suddenly can't remember... Drone.
- It's a drone. - Doesn't this fly?
- It does fly. - Did you ever fly it?
- I didn't. - Can you fly it now?
- He didn't even unwrap it. - Try it now.
- Unwrap it. - Try it once.
This probably won't fly.
- Can we unwrap it? - Go ahead.
He said we can unwrap it.
Please show us, since you came out on television.
- Please show us. - I'll unwrap it.
- This is... - Can we unwrap it?
- Are you worried you may be disappointed? - Binoculars.
These are binoculars. Can we see the binoculars?
Yes, you can.
It is fun.
It's hard to unwrap this.
- Shall I help? - Look. There's a nail clipper as well.
There's a pen as well.
It's a nail clipper attached to a pen.
(A pen nail clipper that would impress Steve Jobs)
Look.
You can write and clip your nails whenever you want.
- Really? - Look at this. This is a single-eye binocular.
You guys look very big and blurry.
This has 6,300 songs.
My goodness. - I think this works.
- Try it. - Play it.
(It really does come out.)
You can listen to 6,007 songs.
(This is fun.)
(Here, listen to it all you want.)
(It's the first time he's trying it out.)
- Do you like it? - The song's great.
(Whatever.)
The song's great. Let's have fun.
Let us have fun.
What is this?
- Let's try the drone. - The battery...
- What? - Alright.
- Unfortunately, there's no battery. - That...
- Please save it before it's over. - I want to fly this, but there's no battery.
This is a jump rope.
- Look. - It reads how many jumps you made.
- It reads how many jumps you made. - Try it.
Let's see if it can really read.
- This has to work. - Should I jump?
- This is nice. - Don't do the smallest one.
- Yes. - The small one.
- It's a small one. - It's like this.
(Jumping)
You're good.
- You did the triple jump. - Triple jump.
- How many? Did it read your jumps? - Good.
I did 135 jumps.
She did 135 jumps?
(It will be useful if you want to show that you exercised.)
She did 135 jumps?
(It's an amazing product.)
Show it.
(It seems that she didn't even do 10 jumps.)
She did a hundred triple jumps.
(She did a hundred triple jumps.)
What was the hardest object to pick?
- The hardest object... - The most meaningful...
Can it be the legendary torch lighter?
- It's underneath here. - Underneath.
- It's an underwater camera. - It's an underwater camera.
It must be an expensive one.
My goodness... What's this?
This is Iron Man. It's popular among kids these days.
- It's a figure. - Iron Man.
- Can we see it? - You can't see inside. Maybe there's something else inside.
Do you know baeksaju?
I received that as a gift. I kept it for 10 years to give it to guests.
A very important guest came one time and I opened the baeksaju.
When I opened it, I saw a plastic snake inside the bottle.
- A toy. - My goodness.
- My goodness. - Unwrap it.
- It's here. - Battery.
- It is. - People kept picking this at the claw machines.
- These are popular these days. - It's popular.
It took around 150...
- How many times did you have to try to get this? - Seriously...
- It took around 150 times. - How much did you use?
It took around 150 times.
- How much did you use? - You...
It took around 150 times?
- You used around 130 dollars. - How much did you use?
- You used around 130 dollars. - You know what he said just now?
He told me, "If you need it, take it".
How much is the original price for this product?
I think it'll cost around 300 dollars.
- It costs around 350 dollars. - 300 dollars?
We're talking about the real product.
- Yes. - This isn't a real product.
- This isn't a real product. - Fake products are more expensive.
- What are you talking about? - They're not.
- I want it. - He spent 130 on this. The real one costs around 250 dollars.
- I want this. Can I have it? - Go ahead.
- Really? - Yes.
- This is precious for you. - It's okay.
I just enjoy picking out products from the claw machine.
It works. It's going up.
(Shin Dong-yeob kept working on the drone.)
(He finally succeeded.)
(Surprised)
It's flying up.
(His mouth gapes wide open in awe.)
It's working.
- This is... - What are you doing?
- It works. - Do it again.
(The drone flies the second time.)
(Why am I like this?)
(Jumping)
(It dies after two flights.)
- It died. - Again.
(It's a drone show you can't see anywhere.)
Fly it low over there.
- Fly it there. - I think it died.
(Wiggle)
- It... - It died.
- The wing... - The wing broke.
Look at this.
(No way...)
- Hold on. - This is hilarious.
Give it to Tae-joon.
- This is... - It's...
(He got electrocuted by the drone wing.)
- Is your hand okay? - I'm fine.
Tae-joon, give it a try.
- This is... - It flies well.
It does.
Fly it slightly upwards.
- Is it broken? - I think it's over.
- I think it's over. - You can do it.
Goodbye.
(The drone died after giving us much joy.)
- Is it over? - It is.
- It's over. - It died in two tries?
Sir,
the drone died after two flights.
How do you feel?
They give me a refund.
- Who will? - I can call the CEO there.
You already unwrapped the product.
- Right. - You already unwrapped the product.
I probably can't, then.
I'll give you each one as a gift.
- Take one as a keepsake. - Fatty stuffed animal.
Really?
- Can I take the figure? - Take the cheapest one.
(He gives them each a gift.)
- I'll take the jump rope that multiplies the jumps. - Action sports black box?
(Lee Yeong-ja chooses the jump rope.)
I'm going to be on a diet from today.
I'm going to 300 jumps every time.
(Boom)
(Shaking)
(The husband is also excited.)
(Cooperating)
I did 300 jump ropes.
I did it, I did 300.
300 jump ropes!
I think this nail clipper is the best for when I study.
(This pen nail clipper is the best.)
- Can I have this? - Yes, you can.
This is so cute.
- Can I have this? - Yes.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
That was fun.
- Take them back now. - That was funny.
- I can fix this. - That was so funny.
Why is the neck broken on this new figure?
- It's broken. - The neck is broken on this one.
- Really? - I thought this was new.
- Oh my gosh. - Did this cost you 130 dollars?
- Wait. - This is why your wife is worried.
He's upset right now because of the broken figure.
You told us you use 500 dollars a month.
If you use 130 dollars a day to pick one item,
I think you're lying. Tell us how much you use in a month honestly.
- Honestly, I use... - Yes.
(Glancing)
more than 1,000 dollars a month.
- I thought so. - Me too.
- That's because... - 500 dollars was too little.
- he spent 130 dollars just to pick one item. - Right.
Where do you get the other 500 dollars?
- It's from my secret fund. - You have a secret fund?
- A secret fund? - Look at his wife's face.
- How much is in your secret fund? - You saved up money secretly.
It's hard to tell you honestly.
(Tell us honestly.)
- I saved... - An audience just said, "No, don't tell them!"
(Don't tell them!)
- He's under stress right now. - I worked...
at a construction site for three years.
I saved 80 dollars a month in case...
I really needed to use it in the future.
- To use it for playing on claw machines? - I kept saving money.
I used about 1,800 dollars that I saved...
- on playing on claw machines. - You used it all.
A couple months ago, I didn't have any money...
- so I bought some lottery tickets. - Did you win?
I won 50 dollars once, and a couple hundred dollars also.
- A couple hundred dollars? - I won about 400 dollars.
Did you use it all on the claw machine?
I don't even have 10 cents left.
- Look at his wife's face. - It got darker.
- Did you know about the secret fund and lottery? - I've never heard about it.
- Weren't you curious about how he got it? - I just thought...
to myself that he had some secret money hidden away.
- Because you gave him money? - Yes.
Let's talk to the children.
- Hello. - Hello.
- They're big. - Do you agree with your mother's issue?
Yes, I totally agree with my mother.
- And? - Did your father ever borrow money?
Or did he steal from you?
I left some money I earned from my part-time job on my desk.
- He took about 20 to 30 dollars. - He took it?
How can he take his daughter's money?
- He used it on the claw machines. - That's not good for their education.
What happened?
I found out and asked him to pay me back,
and he told me to get it from my mom.
How did it feel when you stole your daughter's money?
I wanted to pick a headset that I wanted,
but I ran out of money trying to pick it.
I was worried someone else would pick it.
- So I came in at midnight and took her money. - Your daughter's money?
- What time was it? - It was around 4am.
- You went out again at 4am? - Yes.
- Did you succeed? - Did you pick it?
- I failed. - You must have felt all kinds of mixed emotions.
- I couldn't sleep when I came home. - Yes.
- You couldn't sleep? - Did you want to hit the machine?
- I kicked the machine once. - You're going to be in big trouble soon.
What about his son? Did your dad ever take your money?
- Yes, he took my money. - What?
- How much? - About 50 to 60 dollars.
- Oh my gosh. - When?
I think my grandmother gave me about 50 to 60 dollars to use.
She handed that money to my dad, but he never gave it to me.
- He intercepted your money. - Yes.
- An interception. - A delivery accident.
How did you feel? Did you feel betrayed?
I was so upset and angry at him.
Really?
What do you do after using up all their money?
Honestly,
- I didn't want to tell you this. - Is there something else?
- What? - Did you borrow more money?
This was a personal secret.
After working as the president of the badminton club,
- I received a gold ring as a retirement gift. - Yes.
- That ring caught my eye. - Did you sell it?
- I sold it. - How heavy was the ring?
- It weighed about 7.5 grams. - You sold your retirement gift?
I didn't have any money left.
When customers came to buy chicken, I sold some items to them.
I had some nice items like the earphones.
If they asked, I sold it to them for about 10 dollars.
I made some extra money like that and used it on the claw machines.
You can't sell these to customers.
Who manages the money? Do you give him any money or not?
- You need to manage it. - At first,
when we were dating, he used all the money he had.
- That was his style? - Yes, he paid for the drinks...
- and he gave his friends money when he got drunk. - He's like Sang-min.
- So I told him to ask for money when he needed it. - It's hard to fix.
- Then I gave him some money. - Yes.
I think he used most of that money on claw machines.
I can't believe him now.
- This sounds really serious. - Yes.
- At first, I thought he was just having fun. - Since it's stuffed animals.
But he can't even sleep and goes out at midnight.
- It's similar to a gambling obsession. - Right.
Our guest also brought an employee from her store to back her up.
- Really? - Let's hear what she has to say.
Did you have a hard time while you were working because of him?
- Yes, I have so many things to say. - Yes.
I was busy with work, and he always showed me what he picked.
He always bragged about how much he spent on it.
- When you were busy? - He picked a car black box recently.
He kept explaining it to me...
and asked me if my father needed it.
- He was trying to sell it to me. - To you?
- He probably offered it cheaply. - That's because...
he needs to sell it in order to pick again.
We're really busy with packing and receiving calls.
He keeps following us around and shows us what he picked.
I get preoccupied listening to him while I work,
and sometimes forget to pack a side dish or a sauce.
Sometimes I forget to put in a coupon.
- The customer's complaints are all directed to us. - That's not good.
Do you feel anxious without the claw machine? Everyone here...
is upset with you.
If I don't play it,
I feel a type of emptiness in my body.
- It's become a habit. - I feel kind of helpless.
When I worked at a construction site, I met my friends after work...
and had free time.
I had time to enjoy a hobby and relieve stress.
But now, I work together with my wife...
and there's nothing interesting in my life.
If you run a chicken restaurant,
- you don't have time to meet other people. - Right.
I have no time at all. I work for 12 hours.
It's not because of the work,
but I have to stay inside the store all day.
I'm turning 50 soon, and the customers sometimes treat me rudely.
I receive a lot of personal stress.
Sometimes I stay alone at the store...
and cry while I drink soju by myself.
- You cried. - I see.
You're currently relieving your stress...
- by picking items from the claw machine. - Yes.
But when you're not there, your wife...
- does all your work for you... - Right.
and works by herself. How can she enjoy life then?
- That's correct. - I have no personal time at all.
- After opening, I need to prepare the chicken before orders come in. - Yes.
I'm so busy preparing the chicken...
and have no time to think about my emptiness or loneliness.
But my husband goes to play the claw machine. This makes me so mad.
I have no time like that.
Do you ever take time to talk about this issue?
- When we talk, people think that we're fighting. - Really?
We're not good at conversation, and my husband loses his temper.
If we fight, it also affects our business.
He just goes out.
Once, I was cutting the chicken by myself...
- and I accidentally cut my hand. - Oh, no.
My hand was bleeding.
My husband wasn't there, and the bleeding didn't stop.
- I wrapped my hand with bandages... - Yes.
and put on rubber gloves to work. I told him that I hurt my hand...
and I couldn't prepare properly because he didn't come.
He told me, "Then let's stop working!"
- "If you're having such a hard time," - That's sad.
- "then let's just sell this store." - It made him more angry.
- He got angrier than me. - That's not what you wanted to hear.
He told me he was going to sell the store, and didn't come back.
- He didn't come back. - What did you do?
I was a bit sorry, but I had a drink...
and went to play on claw machines again.
- Oh, no. - You did it again?
You're relying on claw machines too much.
You're depending on claw machines to relieve your stress and emptiness.
Don't you want to find another way to relieve stress?
I don't have enough time. The claw machines...
make me happy for a brief moment.
I can try to play it less,
- but I'll feel anxious if I quit. - Will you feel frustrated?
But if you use 1,000 dollars a month for that brief moment of joy,
- that's not a brief moment. - Right.
When we look at you right now,
you're putting too much weight on your wife's shoulders.
As a father, husband, and household leader, you're putting...
too much pressure on your wife.
You're the only one that's living happily.
And you're also complaining about this.
You're acting like a real jerk.
I really mean it.
Really.
(Clapping in agreement)
Think about it.
- Who doesn't feel emptiness here? - I don't understand him.
Why do I get fat? It's because I'm trying to fill my emptiness.
What are you talking about?
People can never fill that emptiness totally.
- It's impossible. - Right.
What if you convert your joy that you feel when you pick an item...
to the moment you receive an order for a chicken delivery?
Then you'll make more money.
"Get the phone. We have another order!"
Your feelings are more important than the claw machine.
- It's your feelings. - Don't force your burdens...
on the people around you.
Do you have anything to say to your husband?
Honey, Ye-rin needs to go to college now...
and Hyo-joon needs to go to junior high school.
I hope we can understand each other's feelings...
and hope you can find your joy in other things besides claw machines.
You can find your joy in receiving more orders while you work.
I'd be thankful if you can be that type of husband.
Please come back to your senses now.
- Let's see what the guests think. - Byung-Chan, what do you think?
- Do you think this is an issue? - I think it's an issue.
- Press the button. - Press the button.
Why do you think it's an issue?
- Who pressed it? - Please press it on your turn.
- We didn't press it. - I know you're a newcomer, but you can't press it twice.
- You only need to press it once. - Okay.
- Did you press it? - Yes.
(He couldn't say anything.)
Did you want to receive attention?
He couldn't complain to Sang-min.
(I'm sorry.)
You have to face reality.
Playing on claw machines or anything else is not important.
- You need to remember that you're the head of a household. - Right.
I also think it's an issue.
I have talks with my father often.
I understand how you must feel as a father.
But when you feel that emptiness inside,
- you need to remember that your family is always by your side. - Right.
I also think it's an issue.
If you think it's an issue for our guest, press the button.
(What does the audience think?)
- Let's see. - In 5, 4,
- 3, 2, 1. - 3, 2, 1.
- Okay. - Stop!
Do you have anything to say to your wife?
Honey.
I was crazy about playing on claw machines until now.
(He was obsessed with claw machines.)
I wasn't a good father to my family...
and I want to apologize to you.
Let's become a happy family from now on. I love you!
(Let's become a happy family from now on.)
I thought he would say, "I'll stop playing on claw machines."
He said, "Let's become a happy family."
That was kind of vague.
- Tell us more specifically. - If you can quit, say it now.
I can't say that I'll quit.
- I'll spend 10 dollars a day. - After work?
- 10 dollars? - That's not bad.
- After work. - Only after work.
- 10 dollars. - 10 dollars.
- 10 dollars. - 10 dollars after work.
- What does his wife think? - A person in the audience...
was so satisfied after hearing that.
You promised to spend 10 dollars after work...
- and to help your wife prepare the chicken. - Okay.
(Please help out in the kitchen.)
Let's see how many votes this issue got.
"Dangerous Addiction", show us the result.
"Dangerous Addiction".
The last digit is 5. It probably received more than 100 votes.
(Will this issue become number one?)
- Wow. - 145?
- 135? -125?
- 135 votes. - 135 votes.
(This issue received 135 votes.)
The title is, "Why Were You Born?"
I'm a 40-year-old married man living in Daegu.
The wind is blowing so hard these days, and it's so cold.
I'm spending the coldest winter ever.
I'm so lonely.
My lovely wife is in love with another man.
"Honey, it's 12 o'clock. Why aren't you sleeping?"
"I can't sleep because I miss him so much."
"He's my love."
"I keep seeing him in front of my eyes."
"I can't help it, I need to go see him."
The person that my wife is in love with...
is my sister-in-law's son.
He's my two-year-old nephew, Kang-min.
Do you know this feeling when your nephew has stolen your wife's heart?
(His wife's in love with her nephew.)
"You're not at home. Where are you?"
"I came to see my nephew for a while."
"My wife who went to see her nephew for a while?"
"Don't be surprised."
"She came home after two months."
(Surprised)
- Oh my gosh. - This is unreal.
- Wait, is this number correct? - Where does he live?
Does that nephew live abroad?
- My goodness. - Since the birth of my nephew,
I'm living like a single father.
Please help me to gain my wife's love back.
I need your help.
(Please persuade my wife.)
If your fans stop liking Apink...
and start liking someone else, do you get angry?
We get really angry. It's disappointing.
- Some fans have two jobs. - Two jobs?
At the end of the year,
there are various concerts where all the singers participate in.
They hold a sign that says, "We love you, Apink!" in the front.
- When they turn it around, it says something different. - Really?
- I actually saw that. - What was the other group?
It was GFRIEND.
- How did you feel? - How did I feel?
I felt that this fan was doing something else behind our backs.
- This was how I felt. - I see.
Let's meet the husband who built up the courage to come out.
Let's bring out our guest.
(Who is the lonely guest that is left alone because of his nephew?)
(Kwon Mu-seong)
Tell us when your wife started to fall in love with your nephew.
My sister-in-law had my nephew about a year and a half ago.
Have some water.
- He must've been so frustrated to come out here. - You need to relax.
Dong-yeob doesn't agree with this issue at all.
He's jealous of our guest.
- That's not true. - Has your wife been gone for two months?
Two months.
She hasn't given me that blessing yet.
(He needs to pray more.)
Tell us when your wife started to fall in love with your nephew.
My sister-in-law had my nephew about a year and a half ago.
My wife started to get obsessed with my nephew since then.
- A year and a half ago? - Yes.
She says his poop even smells sweet.
- His poop? - She must really love him.
- She must be really obsessed. - Right.
Does she really come back after two months?
- My sister-in-law's house used to be in Eumseong, Chungbuk. - That's far.
I came home after work and my wife wasn't home.
I called her and she said she was at her sister's house.
I spent two months eating ramyeon like a single father.
- Didn't you get angry and call her? - It was two months.
She was too busy playing with the baby to receive any calls.
Why did she return after two months?
I went to bring her back.
- After two months? - You went yourself?
- You went to bring her back? - That's really surprising.
Do you still go back and forth from Eumseong, Chungbuk?
- They recently moved to a house that's a minute away. - One minute?
That's worse.
- Yes. - It's the beginning of another tragedy.
She goes to see her nephew every day for 4 to 5 hours.
- Five hours every day? - Yes.
Excuse me for saying this,
but don't you have your own children?
It's been 12 years since we got married, and I really loved my wife.
We didn't have a child because I enjoyed spending time with my wife.
- On purpose? - That's right.
- But your nephew was suddenly born. - Yes, I feel...
so upset because my nephew took away my wife's heart.
What made you most upset?
- People get really upset when they're sick. - Of course.
I caught a cold once, and she told me,
"What type of healthy man catches a cold?"
She scolded me instead.
When Kang-min catches a cold,
she becomes so worried all day and night.
I also have to take him to the hospital at 7 o'clock in the morning.
- You have to take him? - Kang-min?
- What about your sister-in-law's husband? - Yes.
- He is a soldier. - I see.
(He also has to take care of his nephew.)
Let's meet his nephew and wife.
What do you call your wife?
- I call her Ok-Sam. - What?
- Call her. - Hi, Ok-Sam.
(Let's meet his wife.)
Hello.
Is he your nephew?
- Is that baby your nephew? - Yes.
- He must be Kang-min. - He's Kang-min.
- How cute. - He's wearing a crown.
He's so cute.
- He's a king. - That's why you're only looking at Kang-min.
Kang-min.
- Kang-min? He knows his name. - He understands.
Can you introduce yourself?
My name is Ko Ok-Sam, and I'm from Daegu.
Hello.
- Is he so lovely, even if he's not your own child? - Yes.
He's the apple of my eye.
Your eye will hurt.
- It will hurt. - It will bleed.
- I understand how you feel. - My husband says he loves me...
and I don't understand why this is an issue.
- But you were gone for two months. - It is an issue.
- Who does that? - You have a family.
I am sorry that I was gone for two months.
But Kang-min grows a lot...
for a period of two months.
He grows up every day.
I miss him so much.
But my husband also loves me so much.
I know that he won't let me go.
So I just go without telling him.
- You just leave. - Yes.
- I just left. - Did you love him as soon as he was born?
He was so lovely.
I never saw a child so cute.
His poop even smells sweet.
What does it smell like?
- Vanilla? - Carrots?
- It smells nice. - It smells nice?
- It smells so nice. - What about your husband's poop?
It smells horrible.
It doesn't smell sweet at all. Adult poop smells really bad...
but baby poop smells sweet.
We understand that you love your nephew,
- but your husband was sick. - Right.
What do you think about this?
My husband follows me around like a baby all day...
complaining that he's sick.
- It's because he loves you. - When I'm sick,
I take pain killers and endure the pain.
He keeps following me around, so I tend to ignore him more.
Your husband's love for you is so strong...
that it might be kind of a burden to you.
- Yes. - How bad is it?
He says he loves the way I sleep and drool.
Even when I'm in the toilet,
he says I'm so pretty...
and says I'm so lovely.
- It's... - He comes into the toilet to look at you?
Yes.
He must be like, "Hi, Ok-Sam."
- After getting married... - "You're so pretty."
We've been married for 12 years but he still loves me so much.
That's more of an issue for me.
- Does it make you uncomfortable? - Then...
- It makes me very uncomfortable. - Then...
I want him to stop.
You do love him though, right?
- Well, yes... - She sounded so vague.
It didn't sound sincere.
- That was vague. - Well...
After seeing my nephew,
he mimics his...
cute actions.
- Who? Your husband? - Because he wants your attention?
- Yes. - He mimics Kang-min, your nephew?
- This big guy does that? - Yes, he mimics him...
to get attention.
- Why on earth would you do that? - Hold on.
- Why do you do that? - Did you mimic him?
- I did it to get her attention. - What did you do?
- What did you mimic? - Did you poop in your pants?
- No. - Show us.
Why would he poop in his pants?
- What did you do? - Show us just a little bit.
- Go ahead. - When there's music and Kang-min gets excited...
What does he do?
Look to the front.
He doesn't just wave goodbye.
He waves and bobs up and down.
He bobs up and down.
(A desperate gesture for love)
I'll stop there.
- He mimicked his nephew. - That's cute.
- That's cute. - He's cute.
- He looks cute doing that. - Don't you find him cute?
It looks so funny.
But she really likes it.
Before Kang-min was born,
- do you think your wife's love was solely focused on you? - Yes.
When we go shopping or go to the supermarket,
she bought things for me.
After Kang-min was born, everything was about him.
She bought toys and even bought 1000 dollars worth of books for him.
She bought it without a second thought.
- Did she ever spend that much on you? - No.
- That's upsetting. - But she spent 1000 dollars on Kang-min?
She bought that and set up a direct debit account...
for milk to be delivered to him for two years.
- For two years? - For milk?
- Yes. - Is that what made you dance like this?
- From Kang-min's parents' perspective, it's like a jackpot. - Yes.
- It is. - She spends a lot on him.
Did she discuss it with you beforehand when she spent 1000 dollars on his books?
No, she didn't.
- She didn't? - That's the least she could do when you're the one making the money.
- Shouldn't you have discussed it at least? - I wanted to do it for him willingly.
Is this how you think?
Do you think that even if you act like that,
- your husband will forgive you for anything? - Right.
- You think like that, right? - Yes.
- See? - Let me tell you this.
- You're being selfish. - My aunt...
really loved my brother and I when we were young.
She took us to nice places and bought us nice things...
but is it okay for you if Kang-min forgets all that you did for him?
- It's fine. - It is?
I can bet it won't be fine.
It will be really upsetting.
- Of course. - It's fine. I want him to listen to nice things...
and see nice things. I love him as if he were my own...
- I understand. - even though he isn't.
My husband loves me...
- and I love my nephew... - Yes.
but I can't seem to love him as much as my nephew...
- these days. - It's a love triangle.
This is really like a love triangle.
- Right. - All the love they have for the other is equal.
- Right, let's meet the parents... - No.
of Kang-min.
What do you think after hearing what your brother-in-law had to say?
To be honest, my sister is very over the top.
- Right? - After she closes the shop, it's past 11pm...
but she comes over to ours...
- and holds Kang-min's hands. - That late?
Yes. And she kisses him. On top of that, Mu-seong...
only has Sundays off...
but even those rest days are spent around Kang-min.
He takes him out, too?
- Yes, to theme parks and so on. - He has to drive them around.
Don't you feel like she crosses into your territory as a mom?
- Don't you? - Not at all.
- You don't? - Then...
- at that age, - Babies are a handful.
- babies are a handful so you could be grateful. - Right.
A helping hand feels great.
But if she comes every night like that, I don't think your husband will like it.
- Her husband is here. - I empathize with Mu-seong 100 percent.
You do.
I'm on paternity leave and I stay home and she comes over every day.
At most, she comes 5 times a day, at least 3 times a day.
- Does she know your pass code? - Per day?
- She knows the pass code into our house. - Of course she does.
When I'm in the toilet or taking a shower,
- That must be scary. - I get startled.
Once, I came out of the shower...
- and usually, you come out naked at home. - Right.
But someone opened the door very quietly...
because Kang-min loves being surprised.
However, I was the one surprised.
I was so shocked and flustered.
- I was so flustered. - Is that what she goes there for?
That was a shock. Things like that happen.
Ok-Sam, tell us about that incident. Weren't you surprised?
I was very flustered.
However, Kang-min is the only person on my mind...
and all that I think about is, "What if he's asleep?"
That makes me hurry and I just let myself in.
Sometimes, I do make mistakes.
This issue...
will definitely solve itself with time...
because it's very different when your nephew is a baby...
and when he grows up a little. When kids get older,
they have kindergarten to go to and so on...
so don't you think the situation will improve?
Kang-min is two years old so for that to happen,
- I need to wait 3 to 4 more years. - That long?
From a year ago, Ok-Sam and I have been running a tteokbokki store.
- Really? - Tteokbokki store.
I cook in the kitchen...
and she's in charge of serving and taking payments.
- I see. - Those are our roles...
but she's always disappearing.
She goes off?
- She just leaves. - She just leaves the store?
- We only have the two of us there... - Just you and her?
At least the chicken place had part-timers.
She just leaves...
and won't return for 20, 30, 40 minutes.
When I call to see where she is, she's gone to see Kang-min.
Do you just take off in the middle of work?
- Yes. - On your way,
- did you ever walk past a guy playing on a claw machine? - Right.
"Why is he sitting there?"
While she's gone, you could get a rush of customers.
Then I go blank. I have to cook...
and serve at the same time so I sometimes burn all the food...
- How can you leave when you have to work? - You're affecting your business.
- You have no part-timers, too. - All I can think about is Kang-min.
That guy can only think about stuffed animals, too.
(He can only think about claw machines.)
- You're the same. - I go over, thinking I'll just take a quick look,
then without even knowing, I spend more and more time with him.
- I hear your mother-in-law is here, too. - Yes.
They say blood is thicker than water so aren't you on your daughter's side?
No.
- She's stern. - I love my son-in-law.
How do you think this situation can be resolved?
This is what I think.
It would nice if they had a child of their own...
but they have no such plans so one day,
my son-in-law said to me,
"If we had a kid of our own, wouldn't she have loved that baby..."
- "as much as she loves Kang-min?" - Of course.
Is there a part of you that yearns for a child of your own?
Yes, now I do.
You want a child of your own?
Yes. I want her love to be focused on our child.
I love babies so actually,
I wanted a baby as soon as we got married.
- But he... - He refused?
Yes. He refused. He said he didn't want to share my love.
He wanted my attention to be focused on him and him only.
I'm too old now...
so having a baby at this age is scary.
I don't think having a baby is an option anymore.
Really?
- I've given up on that. - She's given up on having children.
Forgive me for asking, but how old are you?
- I'm 38 years old. - Goodness.
- That's young. - You still have time.
We had a guest...
- She was 46. - who had a baby at 46 years of age.
That's very common these days.
We live for much longer now.
I think of Kang-min as my own...
so if he accepted that, I promise that I won't leave...
during working hours.
I'll get my sister to come and see me with the baby.
(Kang-min can come to see me.)
- You want her to bring the baby? - Yes.
- She has to show you the baby? - Yes. She can bring the baby to see me.
How can your love and attention be focused on your husband again?
If he liked Kang-min as well,
I think I'll love him more for that.
He spends all of his rest days on Kang-min...
and when Kang-min's ill, he sets alarms to wake up and look after him.
He's even sending him milk for two years.
- Is that not enough? - That's what I do while feeling guilty.
I want him to do it from the heart.
I want him to act as a good father.
- He has a dad, though. - He already has a dad.
- His dad is right there. - He has a dad.
- He already has a dad. - His dad is right there.
He's also a dad.
If we look at your husband's point of view,
he's extremely loving.
Most husbands want their wives attention to be turned elsewhere.
That's the dream and love it when they only think about their nephews and nieces.
If he were a women, he'd be very virtuous.
While you're neglecting him, he could spend his time doing his own thing. Right?
Don't you have any hobbies?
Is there anything you used to enjoy before you were married?
I liked sports so I used to play baseball and such.
Go and join an amateur baseball team.
Ok-Sam doesn't approve.
- See? - So what?
- She doesn't let him. - Relationships...
- are not one-way situations. - He even gave up on his hobby...
- for you. - But you're letting her drag you around.
You can go and see Kang-min...
and Mu-seong can go and do his own thing. Is that unacceptable, too?
That's unacceptable.
See?
- I knew that would be her answer, - If he loves me, he should spend time with me.
because she's unbelievable selfish.
- I could tell. - Why is that unacceptable?
- He loves me. - See?
- While you're off to see Kang-min, - This is the problem.
- he can do his own thing. - That's what the issue is.
He has to be where I am. That's the only way I find peace of mind.
But you left him for two months.
- What was that about? - That was because we couldn't go together.
But most of the time, we can be together so if he loves me, he should prove it.
- That's only right. - I don't think so.
- You're greedy. - Why do you take love for granted?
I bet you'll be sad if your husband suddenly spent five hours on claw machines.
That's unacceptable. His attention should be on me.
That sounds even more selfish...
because from what you're saying, it's obvious...
that you know he loves you so much...
- and you take advantage of that. - Right.
- You take his love for granted. - You don't care if you hurt him or not.
Simply put,
you know how he feels so you're using it to your own advantage.
If she gives you a couple of hours to yourself, is there anything...
you'd like to do?
I don't know what I should do anymore because I'm so used to this.
- It's been 12 years. - He's been conditioned to this lifestyle...
- so he can't free himself from it. - I don't know what to do.
Earlier, you said his attention was too much for you though.
That's only because when we're alone, he's very physical in expressing his love.
That's what I was talking about.
What does he do? Tell us in detail.
When I want to change into home clothes,
he watches me as a take off my clothes...
and he keeps saying, "You're fantastic. You're pretty."
- That makes me so uncomfortable. - Please stop there.
(You can stop there.)
Goodness.
You should realize that's something to be grateful for.
Then do you want him to stop saying things like, "You're fantastic."
"You're so pretty. You're the love of my life"?
I want him to keep it to a limit.
- Where's the line? - Exactly.
Keep your love for Kang-min to a limit, too!
- Right back at you. - She only wants to hear enough to make her feel good.
- Right back at you. - What's the limit?
She says that your expressions make her feel uncomfortable.
She says it's too much. How does that make you feel?
I feel very sad.
I didn't know that's what she thought.
- Does it come as a shock? - It's a shock.
Do you want him to lessen his physical affection, too?
I don't think I need any physical affection.
She's so self-centered.
He's so shocked that his eyes are shaking.
- He must be hurt. - How do you feel?
- I'm at a loss for words. - You're at fault too.
- That's right. - Lastly,
is there anything you want to ask of your wife?
Ok-Sam. I will try to love Kang-min...
as much as you love him...
so please try to see less of him...
at least during working hours.
My love for you will never change.
- I love you. - Goodness.
Love so virtuous exists even in this modern day and age.
It really surprised me.
Sang-min, you can go first.
- Why do you think it's an issue? - Let's be realistic.
If I saw this episode, I wouldn't go to that tteokbokki store.
I'd still go.
- You will? - Yes, as long as the food is good, I'm there.
- At first, - Their love life doesn't bother me.
I thought from the husband's perspective...
and thought he could pretend...
to not care or be angry,
but I think he'll give up on that act in no time.
- Right, he can't. - Right?
- He can't. He loves her too much. - He'll give up in no time.
- Byung-Chan, is it an issue? - I think it's an issue.
I think it's an issue.
The fact that you think everything in your life has to revolve around you...
is a serious problem in itself.
I think it'll be nice if you thought about it and tried to understand your husband.
I think it's a serious worry.
- I hope you try to understand each other. - Right.
- If you think it's an issue for our guest, - This is a serious issue.
please press the button.
(What does the audience think? )
- In 5, 4, - In 5, 4,
- 3, 2, 1. - 3, 2, 1.
- Stop. - Time is up.
Is there anything...
- you want to say? - Mu-seong.
I didn't know you felt like this.
(I'm sorry I ignored your feelings.)
I'm so sorry.
About what?
I was so used to receiving his love so I didn't know what he was going through.
I will spend less time with Kang-min...
and I'll focus more on you and love you always.
- Goodness. - Have a baby...
- All right. - of your own.
- Have a baby of your own. - Right.
(We hope you become a happier family with a beautiful baby of your own.)
Let's see how many votes this issue got. Show us the result.
"Why Were You Born?"
"Dangerous Addiction" got 135 votes.
- Is it 159? - Is it 149?
Is it 139? Or is it 159?
- It's 129. - That's a lot of votes.
Hello, I'm the youngest teacher of an art academy.
I'm so scared of going to work.
It's because of the principal's babies.
"Goodness, my beautiful babies."
"Hey, why aren't you wiping this up right away?"
"Wait. My babies are tilted."
"Did you touch them?"
The babies here are the principal's Gundam and other character figurines.
Goodness.
There are the strongest heroes on Earth, MARVEL's heroes from "Avengers",
MARVEL's heroes from "Avengers",
I'm sure you all know of them. He's crazy about them.
He wears those heroes' tight uniforms...
and ruins everyone's appetite.
- The principal does that? - Yes.
"There's a new figurine being released at the character shop."
"Let's all go together."
"Today, "Spider Man" has been released in the cinemas. Let's all go and watch it."
I don't get off work till late and have no rest days so I want to quit.
Please bring our principal back to his senses.
That was the issue.
I'm quite similar to this principal.
I love characters from Disney.
Knowing that, my fans gave me a lot of gifts...
so I ended up displaying them in my room.
- It's full of Mickey Mouse and so on. - It's like Disney Land.
Yes.
Using my son's birthday as an excuse, I bought Captain America's shield.
- I like him too. - When I went up to buy it, everyone at the store came up to me.
- Why? - "Someone is really buying this at last?"
- "Someone's actually buying this?" - "Someone is really buying this at last?"
Just the sight of that shield makes me happy.
These are worth something but things from claw machines are not.
I loved characters as a kid, too.
I'm fine with all that.
But if you don't keep it to yourself...
- Why make others suffer? - and make others clean the figurines...
- That's the problem. - Yes.
Right.
(That's not right.)
Let's bring out our guest.
(Who's worried about a principal hooked on hero characters?)
(Kim Hyo-hoon)
(Hello)
- Hello - How much time do you spend cleaning figurines?
When I get to work, I say hello to the teachers...
and I spend about 40 minutes to an hour on the Gundam display.
The principal appears on his motor wheels,
holding his shield and gives me orders.
"Clean this and that."
If there's some dust on the figurines or on the floor,
I have to dust everything.
- He rides motor wheels inside the academy? - Yes.
- Like this? - Yes.
- He's crazy. - That's a place of business.
- He's out of it. - It must teach a great deal to the kids.
- And he's the principal. - Does he pretend he's a hero?
- He's childish. - Let's take...
- The kids won't like it. - a look at some photos of the academy.
(Photos of the academy filled with hero figurines are revealed.)
- This is an academy? - Where is this?
- Gosh. - That's an academy?
- Isn't that a cinema? - He covered the windows.
- That's amazing. - Did he paint them on?
- He painted them. - The principal did that himself?
Those aren't films on the windows?
- Wow. - How many of those does he have?
- He made a display stand. - That's about 150 of them.
- I have that Iron Man figurine. - You have to wipe each and every one of those?
- Yes. - In the left corner, those look like they're from claw machines.
(Why do they look so familiar?)
- Where? - Did he pick them from claw machines?
Is that Hello Kitty?
Wearing tight clothes in front of the other teachers...
- must be quite embarrassing. - Our principal has a good build...
so he walks around confidently, even on the streets.
- He must love attention. - Yes.
- He thinks of himself as a hero. - He's out of it.
- He sometimes says to me, - He's out of it.
"Try wearing the Iron Man clothes. Try it." Of course, I refuse...
but when he orders me to, I can't help but wear it.
When I do, he takes photos and uploads it on his social media.
- Of you wearing hero clothes? - That's right.
- Don't you do any work? It's an academy. - You said it's an art academy.
We do, but...
about 5 to 10 minutes into every meeting,
the principal brings up MARVEL heroes.
He goes on about them for the next couple of hours.
Someone in the audience stands out as the principal. Hello.
Hello.
(I am that principal.)
- He's Captain America today. - Captain America.
Can you stand up and strike a pose for us?
You have a great figure.
(I am a hero.)
You're wearing baseball pants.
- Do you play baseball too? - Yes. I do.
I think it's better you stay seated.
Do you dress like that all the time?
I'm usually dressed like this...
and I have about 10 hero costumes at home.
I dress like this for lessons or when I meet parents...
You dress like that to talk to parents?
Yes. I make sure I do.
It makes me proud.
Goodness.
(Parents, welcome!)
He walks around in public like that?
The rest of them are all right...
- That last one is atrocious. - but Spider Man...
- The one on the right. - The long-sleeved one.
He has more.
- He has many. - They don't look good without all the gear.
(He dresses like this all the time?)
I think it'll look better depending on his pants. What kind of pants do you wear?
- My pants.. - It'll be funny if he wore suit pants.
- Right. - Right.
- That'll stand out. - It'll be mix-and-match.
(Try that look if you want to stand out.)
When did you start to like such characters?
Around 10 years ago,
I started collecting Gundam figurines...
and then I moved on to MARVEL's heroes.
Now, I have around 200 character goods in the academy...
But you make your employees look after all that.
Do you take time to take care of them?
You know Iron Man, Tony Stark?
Like he has Jarvis,
- I also... - Jarvis is a machine.
- Jarvis is a computer. - Tony Stark doesn't clean.
Like that, I ask the teachers...
- to help with the cleaning. - Do you pay them big bucks like Tony Stark?
Well done.
If he shows passion, I will pay him big bucks some time in the future.
(I'm already working my socks off.)
Once, I cleaned his figurines...
and one of the Gundam figurines' sword went missing.
He found that out and asked me where the sword went.
I'm not sure.
- Don't act. Just talk. - You don't need to act.
- We can't focus. - I mean...
I would get summoned to the headmaster's room.
He would scold me for 3 to 4 hours.
Does he say the same thing over and over again?
He doesn't repeat what he said.
- If he scolds for 3 to 4 hours without repeating... - That's incredible.
- He has a lot of contents. - Amazing.
- Did you ever express your complaint? - I did, just once.
Last year, the headmaster treated me like I was invisible for three weeks.
- It must have been comfortable. - Not at all.
- Did you feel uncomfortable? - I wanted to quit.
The production team told me...
that you go up to the roof of the building...
to relieve your stress.
I go up to the roof of the art academy...
and scream.
Hey, Kim Tae-young.
You jerk.
Is he crazy?
- You shout like that? - Yes.
You're a jerk man.
- He's a jerk man. - I have mixed feelings.
Our guest goes up to the roof...
many times during the day. These are the objects...
- that make him do that. - Shall we take a look?
- The shield's really cool. - It looks like mine.
- The shield's really cool. - It's here.
- My goodness. - It's cool.
- Mine's better. - My goodness.
Mine's better.
(There are many superhero figures.)
(They're cool.)
- This... - If you raise this...
Alright.
- I get on like this. - It's the opposite side.
- Get on the opposite side. - It's just a piece of metal.
He doesn't know how to ride it.
- Be careful. - You never rode on one before?
This is...
That's it.
(Please come down.)
I want to get on.
Headmaster, can you come here...
- and explain these products while holding the shield? - It's like that.
I see, it's like this.
- Right. - It looks real.
Let me see.
This is like playing drums on Seollal.
(Will he imitate the masculine hero...)
(who can save the whole world with his bare hands?)
(He takes the shield.)
(He puts on the automatic wheel.)
- It's like this. - Fly.
I rotate like this.
Fly.
I'm the hero.
I see. Come here.
(I'm embarrassed for him.)
This is Captain America, which was released on December.
This is Mark-42.
This is Mark-42 practicing his transformation.
What's this one?
- It's Mark-7. - Mark-7?
- It's cool. - As for these...
- As for the Iron Man's head... - It's paper.
It's called Eva foam.
I made it with my students.
- I... - You made it yourself?
- Yes. - You're amazing.
- This is really cool. - The claw machine husband said...
that the fake ones don't get manufactured.
- The fake ones are more valuable and thus more expensive. - Right.
That's not something a maniac fan would say.
You don't like fake products.
I never take fake products.
(Why doesn't he organize them?)
The other employees are here as well. Let's meet them. Hello.
Hello.
(The other teachers are here as well.)
Please spill all your complaints out.
- The headmaster... - It's fine if he likes the Avengers by himself.
However, he tries to transform us to the Avengers.
- What role do you play? - Right.
I'm curious.
I play Black... something.
- She doesn't know. - I have no interest.
Teamwork is important for the Avengers.
Physical strength is also important.
We actually do the same workout together.
We do kickboxing.
If we miss our lessons, he calls us...
and tells us to come quickly.
A few days ago, I worked out intensely.
I felt like throwing up.
- How hard did you work out? - I thought I was going to die.
I really thought I had to take a day off.
- That happened. - I see.
- I'm so annoyed with that. - You don't want to work out.
- Let's have the next employee speak. - Throw up?
Hello. I...
- play Jarvis of the Avengers. - Jarvis?
- Jarvis. - I'm like the secretary.
This applies not only to me, but all the teachers at the art academy.
A week before a superhero movie is released in theaters...
is a very important week for the art academy.
The headmaster read the original comics.
He explains it to us.
- He even read the comics? - Yes. There's 2D, 3D, and 4D.
We have to watch all three versions.
- We have to watch all three versions. - It's the same movie.
- What movie... - We have to watch them together.
- It must be so boring. - You have to watch it in 3D,
- and with sunglasses, too. - It must be so boring.
As you saw in the pictures,
he wears tight clothes to dress like a superhero.
He dresses like that and goes to the movies.
He takes the shield, too.
(Guys, let's go watch a movie.)
- You must be so embarrassed. - I am, to be honest.
We walk together, but he doesn't just walk.
- He walks while imitating the superhero gestures. - Does he shoot spider webs?
- Right. - He does this?
- He goofs off? - I have to act like I got shot.
- You have to pretend you got shot? - Yes.
- That must be very difficult. - Those aspects are hard for me.
This is driving me nuts.
Why do you have to go see the movies and work out together?
By doing things together, we can strengthen the teamwork.
- If we don't go, he treats us like we're nobody. - Someone invisible?
- There was once a CEO who made his employees hike... - Right.
- every weekend. - Right.
It's a big struggle for the employees.
- You can't give them a disadvantages because they don't go. - Right.
- Right. - Don't you think you're abusing your power?
I don't think I was at all.
Watching movies or working out together...
are just a minor options...
for teamwork.
After persevering through this hardship,
what made you come here to talk about your boss?
The art academy moved this year in May.
When we moved, there were supposed to be four boxes of Gundam.
However, we found only three boxes.
He kept telling us to find the other box.
He assigned the days. On Friday and Saturday, we shouldn't teach.
We should organize the storage room.
He told us to find the other box the moment we come to work to the moment we leave.
I don't want to find the box anymore.
If you can't find it even though you keep looking for it, it's not there.
Even the headmaster doesn't know whether it's there or not.
- What is that? - If you like them so much,
- why don't you know? - Seriously...
It's not the employees' fault that you lost your Gundam.
- Right. - It's not their fault, but...
- I did get angry. - Why?
There's an employee I'm suspicious of.
- Jarvis? - Yes, it's him.
I think he may have hidden the Gundam...
or threw it away...
because his workload increased.
- That's why... - I feel that this is so unfair.
After we moved, I organized the storage room with the youngest teacher...
for three weeks. I want to ask him.
What's in that one box?
Is he really telling me to buy the Gundam for him?
Does the headmaster search for the box as well?
- No. - Exactly.
- Exactly. What is that? - So...
- What is that? - The headmaster...
(He only blames the employees.)
What is that? The headmaster only talks about heroes.
However, the way he acts is like the bad guy.
What are you going to do if the employees quit?
- There's no way that they'll quit. - Why?
As I said previously, our teamwork is very strong.
We have great teamwork.
We're like family.
There's no way that they'll quit.
Why do you doubt your employee when the teamwork is so good?
That's a good question.
Why do you doubt your family?
(Please understand the hardship of the employees.)
The employees must not have much personal time.
- True. - Do you have a girlfriend?
I don't.
He says he doesn't have a girlfriend. You can introduce someone to him.
If he has a girlfriend, maybe you guys will be more free.
That's true, but the headmaster has very high standards.
Because he's so busy,
he wants to date a woman who's busy. He also works out,
so he wants to date a woman who has a fit body.
He has to live alone then.
- He's... - Because he's busy, he wants to date a busy woman.
- The woman has to be strong. - Strong.
She has to have a perfect personal lifestyle.
I want to date a woman who can still be people's hope even after transformation.
Who transforms in society?
How long has it been since you dated?
It's been about three years.
Why did you break up?
- Why do you interrogate him? It's a personal issue. - Why did you break up?
I was more fat...
than now.
She told me to lose weight and buy some clothes. I was shocked.
- Did you start working out... - Yes.
- after that incident hurt you? - That's why he worked out.
I think my personality changed after that.
My students don't know, but...
I'm almost blind in my left eye. That's why...
I would grow out my bangs and hide it.
I would walk with my head down.
I wouldn't meet people. I became more introvert after my feelings were hurt.
After I saw a strong superhero like Iron Man,
- That's a good start. - I wanted to be someone who gives hope to the weak.
You get discouraged when people call you otaku.
- That's what ... - It's great that...
- I wanted to show. - you realized that, but you bring it to your life.
You are hope to the weak, but despair to your employees.
You bring it your life.
(Where is my hope?)
He dresses like a superhero.
Have you ever felt that his heart is like a hero as well?
I once made a mistake by saying something offensive to someone.
The headmaster came...
and said, "He's not someone like that".
"He was just stressed..."
"because I gave him a lot of work".
As your senior,
- He protected you. - I thought I had to respect him for that.
The headmaster makes a lot of donations these days.
He gives donations to unmarried mothers.
He makes donations with the money he made from the art exhibitions.
Headmaster,
I will respect you more.
I just hope that you'll stop making us organizing the storage room.
There's no way that the Gundam box would show up.
- You want to... - Focus on my classes.
It's not something difficult. It's actually something obvious.
I think it's not something you should do as a superhero.
Can they stop organizing the storage room?
After listening to him,
I think I made him work too much.
- You want to divide the work? - You want to divide the work.
I think I should divide the work amongst the others.
I think I should make some more assistants.
- He's driving me nuts. - I see.
Alright. What do you think? Do you think it's an issue?
It's an issue. I think you should differentiate...
- the public and private. - Right.
The previous two teams had too strong of an issue.
It may not seem like an issue, but I'll be well-mannered.
- What's a well-mannered issue? - Well-mannered issue?
Don't doubt your employees. I hope you guys will be a great team.
- Na-eun. - I think it's an issue, too.
If you think this is an issue, press the button.
(What does the audience think?)
- Five, four, - Five, four,
- three, two, - three, two,
- one. That's it. - one. That's it.
Please show us the results.
(The results are being revealed.)
How many did "Dangerous Addiction" have?
It had 135 votes.
A hundred votes...
(Will he surpass 135 votes and become the final winner?)
- It got 90 votes. - It got 90 votes.
Alright.
"Dangerous Addiction" wins today.
The winner gets a prize to cheer for their issues to be solved. Congratulations.
Until the day we are all issue-free,
- Hello will continue to counsel you. - Thank you.