What a shame.
You liked that dress.
You knew it from the start, right?
You sent me there
knowing what will happen.
So, how did it feel to be me?
You'll catch a cold.
Emotions are just like money. Use it sparingly.
MONEY, POWER
COLLUSION BETWEEN POLITICIANS AND CORPORATIONS
UNDERGROUND ECONOMY
ONE WEEK AGO
WELCOMING AUTUMN CHARITY AUCTION
The auction will begin in five minutes.
Did you check the guest list?
Yes. Every director who was invited
is in attendance.
As expected,
the scent of money spreads quickly.
Everyone is waiting for you.
I've waited a year to get here.
They can wait 13 minutes.
EPISODE 1
-Congratulations. -Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you, Chairwoman. Thank you.
Chairman Song.
-Congratulations. -Thank you.
Thank you for coming.
-Congratulations. -Congratulations.
Thank you.
Thank you, Chairman.
Thank you for coming, Chairman.
Ms. Seo.
Did you go to Paris?
That necklace hasn't come to Korea yet.
Dad, send me to Paris.
-Please? -Keep it down.
You're crazy.
You've just been to Hong Kong and bought up everything.
If you want to help the poor, you should just give them cash.
What is this nuisance?
President Son.
Making connections is also a part of my business.
If you'll excuse me.
I can't stand her.
She thinks she is something.
The problem is, I don't know what she's trying to become.
Pardon?
She grew the company exponentially within a year of returning to Korea.
The available funds multiplied, too.
At this rate, she'll be on top of us.
Still, she's just a young girl.
Silence. You blew 12 billion won from the association's slush fund.
Why are you bringing that up now?
Put the money back before other member companies notice.
That fool.
Hey. That hurts.
Hey! Let go. Let go of me.
Are you insane?
How dare you come here?
I'm not here for you. My dad sent me in his place--
Hey, Hong-suk Kim.
Let's be cool about this.
No matter how much you beg, I won't go back to you.
Hong-suk.
Hi, Honey.
Who is she?
Well...
Just someone I know.
Don't mind her.
What?
What happened to your tie? Clean-cut is the best look for you.
Like that'll help.
-Pardon? -He's such a loser.
How do I know?
I played with him until a month ago.
So?
What?
Are you sad you can't play with him anymore?
If you have any respect for your ex-boyfriend,
you should keep it shut when someone is being sincere.
-Hey. -Don't talk down to me...
unless you want a good slap.
Honey, let's go in.
Okay. Let's go.
Hey. It's been a while.
-Hey, Sa-won. -Hong-suk.
How have you been?
-How have you been? -Well.
It's been so long.
You've got skills.
You've got guts, too.
Ma-ri is here too.
I know. I just saw her.
-You did? -Awesome.
What is it?
Do you know me?
I know that dress,
since it's Gyung-ja Park's piece.
I liked it too,
but I had to give up because the wife of Namdong Group's chairman reserved it.
You're quite young for a chairman's wife.
You must've confused it for a similar dress.
No.
I never forget something I once wanted,
whether they are clothes or people.
I said it isn't,
but you won't believe me.
Don't worry.
I won't call the boutique to check.
We're ready.
It fits well. It looks good on you.
Do you know her?
She's the CEO of this gallery
who's hosting the auction.
My father said
she's incredibly impressive.
The real auction will be started after the one for donations' done.
The pieces with marks on them
will be sold at prices significantly below its value.
Even if I win the bidding
with 100 million won, I only need to pay ten million won?
We'll make sure there are no problems.
What a nice gift.
No, it's a bribe.
I know how hard Korean-Japanese businessmen
like yourselves worked to blaze a trail
for the Korean market.
We are grateful that you'd accept Gallery S, a latecomer,
-into your-- -Look.
Ms. Seo.
We haven't decided anything yet.
We've transferred the membership fee
in forms of cash and bond.
Ever since our company started doing business in Korea,
our performance during the past year has been stellar,
exceeding the membership criteria of the association.
You're missing something.
What is Chairman Seo's position?
I understand he is still opposed to entering the Korean market.
I am the CEO of the Korean entity.
Have you heard about riding on someone else's coattails?
He has no intention of coming,
but you're tugging hard at his coattails.
Wake up, Ms. Seo.
If not for your father, Chairman Bong-soo Seo,
-you'd be nothing here. -Sir.
Get Chairman Seo's consent first.
Otherwise, forget joining the association
and you'll have to close your business in Korea.
Where's Ma-ri?
She's going to hang out with her friends.
I'll see you at the general meeting.
I'll show you my father's signature then as well.
I picked a few of the artwork. Send them to me separately.
Don't worry too much.
If we convince the other members one by one...
They're all Chairman Son's yes-men.
They'll just go with the flow.
What can we do? He doesn't want the carrot.
We'll have to use the stick.
Are there any other bids?
-Five hundred. -We have 500 thousand won.
Five hundred thousand?
-Five hundred and fifty. -Okay, 550 thousand won.
-Okay, we have 550 thousand won. -Six hundred thousand.
We have 600 thousand won.
Do we have any more bidders?
Going once, going twice,
sold!
It was handcrafted by a master craftsman in Kyoto.
It's something Hong-suk
was going to give to his previous girlfriend.
I was?
But I lucked out instead.
Since he bought it with love,
I want to make sure to win it.
Okay.
This is a handcrafted mirror
created by a Japanese craftsman.
Where should we start the bidding?
-I bid one million won. -We have one million won.
-I bid 1.1 million won. -We have 1.1 million won.
-I bid 1.2 million won. -We have 1.2 million won.
The donor really wants it back.
-I bid 1.5 million won. -It keeps going up.
We're at 1.5 million won.
-I bid two million won. -We have two million won.
We'll let you bid freely from now.
The current bid is two million won.
What are you doing?
I'll get out before it's too late,
but only after I screw her over.
Three million.
Wow. Three million won.
Three million?
It jumps to three million won.
I'm shocked. Okay. Three million won.
-If that's all-- -Four million.
I will...
Four million?
Four million won?
You've got nothing.
Do we have any more bidders?
-Five million! -Five million won?
We have five million won. I'm shocked!
Do we have any more bidders? Would you like to raise?
I can't go any higher.
Then I'll start the count.
Going once, going twice,
sold!
It was sold at an incredible price.
Congratulations!
Hey!
Tell me the truth.
How much is this worth?
You'll want to die if you knew.
Do you know who I am?
A spoiled brat who thinks that she's entitled to the world.
Hey, do you want to die?
Gosh.
My five million won...
Oh no. What have I done?
Damn it.
She must be upset.
She paid a lot for that.
It's cheap.
I got it for 5,000 won in Dongdaemun.
If you're acting like his girlfriend, you should act until the end.
You lack responsibility.
But I liked how you sparked her jealousy and dragged her into the auction.
Thank you for the appreciation,
but my gig ended five minutes ago.
I fulfilled my obligations to the extent I was paid.
Would that even pay the fee for renting the dress?
You should do the calculations before doing a job.
I feel like you've been following me.
I'd like you to mind your own business.
I don't think it's a coincidence that we met.
Call me if you're interested. I'll pay handsomely.
What's the job?
It has to do with her.
No thanks.
I don't extend a job I've already taken.
That's my rule.
Okay, then.
Excuse me.
Thank you for helping me...
during the auction.
YI-KYUNG SEO, CEO
Mister.
It's nothing like that.
Please keep walking.
Hey, I can drive you home.
I can take the subway.
But it's late.
-Hong-suk. -Yes?
Save those sweet gestures for your girlfriend.
I was only working for pay.
I know.
-Don't be discouraged. -What?
You'll meet someone much better than that spoiled brat.
Good luck!
Thanks!
GYUNG-JA PARK COLLECTION
-Hyun-ah! -Hey!
-I'm so sorry. -Seriously.
-You're putting me on a bad spot. -It's spotless.
Do you know how much this costs?
-Don't look. -Come on.
It's clean, right?
Just this once.
-Just this once. -Whatever. I'm sick of it.
I have to get back to work. Go.
-Thanks. -Bye.
Thanks.
I have only two arms, but there were twelve clients waiting.
They had soaked nicely,
so I scrubbed them clean.
We have a future Olympic body scrubber here.
Auntie, don't worry about this month's bills.
I have enough for Song-mi's prep class, too.
How?
Here.
-Suk's mom called earlier. -Why?
I told you before.
She said she's raising rent next month
when our lease is up.
-Goodness. -By how much?
I didn't ask.
We have no money anyway, so why bother asking?
Gosh, where did the bottle opener go?
This is the best painkiller.
Song-mi. Come have a beer.
Don't! Keep studying!
Just wait.
I'll make the money somehow.
Please don't. What scam do you plan to pull this time?
-You'll get arrested. -It isn't like that.
I can ask my boss for an advance.
Advance, my butt.
When will you ever get the backpay he owes you?
Anyway, I'll get you the money.
GOLF, FITNESS, YOGA
He took all the membership fees and took off!
OUT OF BUSINESS
I paid for six months. What do I do now?
-Don't you work here? -What?
Where's your boss?
Let go! He owes me two months' worth of salary!
-Boss, Boss! -What is this? Come on!
Are you sure you want to go alone?
You may get turned away at the door.
Forget everything else.
Look into this first.
LIST OF PROPERTY
Gi-tae Son, the company president?
Incompetence plus greed will always result in trouble.
Dig into Gi-tae Son or Ma-ri Son.
You'll find something from them.
I'll have it done.
Moojin Group's Chairman Moo-il Park Subpoenaed by the Prosecutor
Moojin Group's Chairman Moo-il Park,
who was arrested for embezzlement and dereliction of duty
will face trial next month.
Moojin Group states
they expect the court to be magnanimous,
but legal experts state
Chairman Park will most likely
be unable to avoid serving time in prison.
From 2012 to 2016, Chairman Park Moo-il had...
Is the chairman still the same?
There is no way to lobby at all,
but Father doesn't have an ounce of desire to raise the white flag.
I'm at a loss.
I heard that Mr. Moo-sam Park
has plans to meet Daesung Daily's editor-in-chief.
If he gets the public worked up about the chairman's release--
That's a bluff.
My uncle
has been contacting the presidents of affiliate companies.
He's pretending to be a good little brother
while laying down his groundwork.
Once Father's imprisonment is confirmed,
he needs to grab the reigns for the group.
You know that too.
Uncle's been drooling over the group for years now.
I didn't know the fight for successorship would begin so soon.
No.
I won't fight my uncle.
With his age and health,
he won't last three years in prison.
I'll get Father out
before the trial is over.
Then you'll have to give up the business
in Dubai.
I can give it up, but my father can't,
because my late second uncle is the one who set up
Moojin Group's Middle Eastern base.
You suffered a lot then too, didn't you?
Working under my workaholic uncle.
Between Iraq and Dubai...
It was a long time ago.
When I ran away to study abroad,
my second uncle said,
"Do everything you want
to your heart's content."
I may have
stayed there forever and never returned.
He wants you to go back. He doesn't want to see you.
Tell him I'll wait.
Miss.
Get out
of my house.
Get out,
now!
Calm down. Please calm down.
Get out.
He was discharged a month ago.
He said he'd get his infusions
and do rehab at home.
I wanted to call you, but--
I'm sure he said not to.
After you left,
he worked day and night, as if he were possessed.
Even on the day he collapsed,
he said that he had a score to settle, and then...
I know who that is.
If you want to get money from me, Woo-yang Kim,
you need guts.
Guts.
The probability is one out of six.
The first person to give in loses the money.
That old man didn't last long.
Let's see if his daughter is any better.
Let's change the rule.
Let's not...
spin the barrel. Just pull the trigger.
That way, it'll end sooner.
You want to show off?
There are three left.
You can give up...
There are two left now.
What are you doing?
That's the last one. It's the bullet.
The first one to give up loses.
That's the rule.
Don't be cocky. Do you want to die?
Is this how you fooled my father?
Hey.
You must be honest and humble before money.
That's what my father taught me.
Let's do it for real this time,
without any tricks.
Are you crazy? Stop...
Your turn.
What are you?
I'm here for the money you borrowed.
Putting your life on the line just for little money.
Is that what your dad taught you?
Not at all.
It is worth much more than my life.
A god you can see.
That is what money is.
Even a penny has a god residing in it.
Every coin
is a god and a life.
You didn't lose 100 yen on the street.
You lost your mind.
I can't let my daughter
be that absent-minded.
Father.
They are 100 one-yen coins.
Find every single one.
Why...
did you come here?
To get some air.
What about those punks?
I haven't
met them yet.
Give up.
You are...
no match for them.
I never said I'd fight.
It's just business.
I raised you wrong.
You should've had
that regret 30 years ago.
Don't come back.
I don't want you...
to see me like this.
Shake it off and get up. Then I won't come.
I know you.
I know you don't waste time to get some air.
Why are you really here?
That is everything on Gi-tae Son's personal account.
It was hard to find anything else.
I'm sure he is using an alias. I expected as such.
You have a guest downstairs.
Are you going to ask her to do that?
Well, how should I say it?
I mean, I don't think it's something for an amateur.
You got the equipment for the job, right?
-Yes. -Then Ms. Kim,
you shouldn't be here.
I see. You're right. Okay.
He's using names of friends and relatives
to gather black money.
Many innocent people may fall victim to this.
So,
Ma-ri Son, that annoying...
Anyway, you need her cell phone, right?
In order to find proof that her father embezzled funds.
I'm not asking you to steal it or take it.
It'll take about five minutes to copy her phone.
We'll handle the rest.
May I ask how much you'll pay me?
One million won?
That's quite generous for five minutes of work.
I want double. Two million.
I'm taking on all the risk.
If I'm unlucky, she may think I'm a thief.
You should give me that much.
Let's make it three million.
Would that be enough to tie all loose ends?
Sounds good to me, but are you sure about that?
You said you should do the calculations first when working.
I'll do the calculations.
You should just do what we ask.
Seeing how you came breaking your rule,
you must be in a tight spot.
Without money and connections, it's a daily routine.
You wouldn't know that, would you?
I'm not any different from you.
My heart is desperate,
but I don't have as much as I need.
Shall we each
get what we want?
This universal key unlocks any lock.
-And this-- -Please.
I heard you the first time.
I'm smart enough to remember them after hearing just once.
It's so that you don't make mistakes.
I heard that too.
I heard the aestheticians have the hands of god.
We don't accept regular clients,
but we made an exception since you're Ms. Ma-ri Son's friend.
She just came.
-She's here? -Yes.
She just went in for her facial.
I'm going to scare her.
Where's her locker? I want to use the one next to hers.
Beautiful.
Can we check the transactions with this?
Once we finish copying it, we can check at any time.
Ma-ri's phone is now has a twin.
She's pretty useful.
Hold on.
I'm expecting a call.
I'll get it for you.
I have credit cards and cash in my bag too.
Would you get me some jasmine tea?
Shit.
Hey.
Would you please move?
Damn it.
I told you to move.
What?
You?
You are that mirror...
Damn it.
What are you doing? Get her!
God!
Oh no.
Gosh.
Damn it.
-Hey. -Hey.
Get over here.
Get over here. Now.
-Hey. -What?
Who are you?
What are you doing?
Do you plan to wait until they wake up?
Three million won, fresh from the press. Count it.
Thank you.
In this day and age, a few clicks are all you need for a wire transfer.
You are more old-school than you look.
I just prefer cash.
By the way, where is Ms. Seo?
She's always busy.
Right, she wants to thank you
for the job well done.
I see.
It's a shame what happened to Chairman Park.
No one contributed to the Korean economy as much as he did.
This is all because of that wretched politics.
The group is trying to pull strings,
but it is not going well.
The only option we have left...
is to go see Mr. Jang...
Our young company president has a good appetite.
You should eat. The abalone is nice and fresh.
This place is good.
And I'm not the president. I'm just a team manager.
Special Planning Team.
Gun-woo.
Excuse me.
I have a guest waiting for me in another room. I'll be right back.
Of course. Go ahead. You're so busy.
Please have a seat.
I had to be rude to important guests to come here.
Make it brief.
I don't know who they are, but they'll have to wait.
It isn't something you'd want to hear while standing up.
What the hell are you doing?
Well, why did you call me here?
Chunha Financing's Eu-sung Son.
I know he plays dirty in his industry.
It's the only way to get Moo-il out.
We have to be on Mr. Jang's side.
That's a bad call.
You can try as much as you'd like, but it'll be useless.
You punk. At one time, they used to be--
Yes, they were friends.
A fine specimen of collusion disguised as friendship.
But that beautiful friendship cracked a long time ago.
Even if Mr. Son reaches out,
Father will turn him away.
Well, what's your idea?
You're his son and the manager of Special Planning Team.
What have you been doing?
Whatever I do, I'll do it my way.
Colluding with the likes of him is something I will not do.
Don't act like you're so clean, you hypocrite.
You won't get far by drawing lines.
Is that why you're so busy turning people to your side?
You're meeting the presidents of every affiliate we have.
Who said that? Who?
You must be worked up. Your accent is coming out.
You punk. I don't know what you've heard,
but that's a slander.
Anyway, stop trying to save him when you don't want to.
I'll get Father out myself.
Right,
you have to try the abalone.
It's pretty good.
Hey, Gun-woo!
VERIFICATION OF TRANSACTION ACCOUNT NAME: MA-RI SON, PAYER: GI-TAE SON
Gi-tae Son siphoned 5.2 billion won into his daughter's bank account.
There's a good chance
more of the association's funds are in other people's accounts.
My guess
would be at least ten billion won.
So?
You already knew.
That's what I thought.
I heard you went to Japan.
You didn't get your father's consent or signature, did you?
When someone is cornered, they end up playing tricks.
If you've been tracking down my granddaughter's bank account,
you must have been desperate.
Am I right?
I learned a saying from you.
"Riding on someone's coattails." Right?
The son sold the entire coat
and the father pretended not to know.
Would
the other member companies
sit still?
Next week,
you will make a generous gesture at the association meeting.
Thanks to that decision,
Gallery S will become an official member of the association.
Then,
that document will be good as gone.
This piece of paper?
It's useless.
Who do you think
people will believe?
Mr. Gi-tae Son is the one who drilled a hole in the gas tank.
This document is nothing but a match.
But once I ignite suspicion in people,
even you won't be able to
quench that fire.
Will you be burned to ashes,
or not?
The choice is yours.
What did Chairman Son say?
He just started the exam.
It'll take some time to fill out his answer.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
I grew up watching you.
I could tell how my father felt
based on your facial expressions.
What is it?
I saw Gun-woo Park.
He left right as you were coming out.
We are in Seoul, Korea.
It isn't strange to run into him at anytime, anywhere.
Dang it.
Why did you have to break again?
Here.
Hey...
That's more than just one yen coin.
When I was a kid,
it was the first coin I got that had meaning to it.
It's like a lucky charm for me.
That's how important it is.
I suddenly feel motivated.
Your coin and a song I write.
Doesn't that sound good?
I'll practice and play it for you properly.
So let me borrow this coin until then.
KOREA-JAPAN CO-OP NIGHT 1988 SEOUL OLYMPICS
BONG-SOO SEO, TAE-JOON JANG, MOO-IL PARK
Hey, you're still a growing girl. Why aren't you eating up?
Eat up like a boar.
Come on, I need to lose weight.
You need energy to study. Lose weight in college.
Auntie. Is someone chasing you?
You'll get sick.
I need to hurry up and get to the bathhouse.
I'm filling in for Hyun-ji's mom.
I thought you were off today.
Even I have a conscience.
If I gladly accepted money my niece made by scamming people,
how would my sister and brother-in-law feel?
I didn't scam anyone.
Why do you always bring up my parents?
Hello?
Ms. Seo, what brings you here?
Am I ruining your day off?
No. I'm unemployed.
That's a good news to me. Get in.
The season has changed, but my closet hasn't.
I'm quick to make business decisions, but have no talent in shopping.
So I wanted to borrow your sense of style.
I've never heard anyone say I have poor taste in clothes,
but I don't think I can match up to your class.
That's not what I saw at the auction.
There aren't many who can choose a dress like that and look good in it.
It's still someone else's dress.
But wouldn't it be better to shop with a friend?
You can be my friend for a day.
Will you?
This is pretty.
How's this?
This is pretty too.
What do you think?
The buttons...
-Oh my gosh. -What do you think? Is it okay?
It looks great.
Gosh.
Sorry for making you carry my things.
Not at all.
You bought me some outfits too. This is nothing.
Your real present is here.
Open the closet.
The wife of Namdong Group's chairman
is apparently very fickle.
Thanks to that, we found the dress's true owner.
I see...
But this is too much.
I can't wear something that costs more than my several months' salary.
If it's too much as a gift, you can accept it as payment.
Excuse me?
I'm supposed to meet an art dealer from Taiwan tomorrow,
but I can't make it because of another important meeting.
They're pieces I don't want to lose.
Then...
For just one hour,
I want you to be me, Se-jin.
I'd like to send an employee, but they said I must be there.
I can't speak Chinese.
They'll bring an interpreter.
We haven't met anyway.
Once you exchange business cards, just take the artwork.
Still, this is...
Okay.
You don't have to do it if it doesn't feel right.
No, that's not it.
Can I
really act
like you?
That's not something I should answer.
Ask yourself, Se-jin.
Even if it's very brief,
even if it's a lie,
do you want to be like me?
Hello.
Father.
The Feng Brothers are ready.
They're meeting at 2 p.m.
Tell our men to stay out of it.
This must not be traced back to us.
If it gets linked to us, it'll be a headache.
There should be no loose ends, right?
You shouldn't have embezzled to begin with if you are that worried!
Yi-kyung Seo
won't make it to the meeting today.
We've prepared all the documents for the general meeting.
Don't blame yourself too much about Se-jin.
It's the only way to catch Chairman Son off-guard.
Self-blame, regret, obsession.
Those feelings don't earn any money.
Now then,
let's go do something that's worth money.
FUTURE PROGRESS ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATIONS
Are you Miss...
Yes.
I am Yi-kyung Seo.
Your double who went to the hotel is in my custody.
I sent her knowing it was a trap.
She played her part,
so it's up to her to figure out the rest.
It was my mistake for wanting to be like you...
If you shut down the business in Dubai, it'll be fatal to the group.
He's the chairman's only son. He won't be an easy foe.
How will you get rid of him?
I'm giving you an opportunity.
An opportunity to live a real life,
rather than being a double.
No thank you.
Kneel and beg for forgiveness. For being rude to me at the auction.
Get up.
Subtitle translation by Jeong Lee