(Characters and places associated in this drama are fictional.)
Mr. Choi Il Hwan.
You are under arrest for the murder of Kang Yu Taek,
Chairman of Bogook Industries.
You have become a suspect from a witness.
Wait for me in your cell.
When your warrant is issued,
I will escort you to detention.
(Episode 14)
A warrant isn't issued yet.
Go to the police station immediately.
The president's doctor testified that he was persuaded by the CEO.
That man is...
Mr. Lee's father.
We can make a case by saying he's testifying for his son's...
The vehicle log...
which Mr. Park kept was also found, Su Yeon.
Mr. Song was the only one...
who took that ride.
We're all good now.
My dad was with you at that time.
Su Yeon.
He was dining with the chief prosecutor at that time.
And Mr. Lee met with that chief prosecutor this morning.
Should I go to the police and say I was with CEO Choi at that time?
Then they'll show me the evidence of how I was with the chief prosecutor.
Dong Jun...
is waiting for me, Su Yeon.
What do you think?
Should I still go?
Jeong Il went back to Taebaek.
He probably found out that you met with the chief prosecutor.
If I cooperated this much,
shouldn't the embezzlement be extenuated?
Dong Jun, I can get out within two years, can't I?
Jeong Il attempted to make an alibi for CEO Choi.
Jeong Il and Su Yeon.
There must be a link between them.
What can I do in order to get Su Yeon tied to this case?
If there is something,
I sure can make a fabulous report.
Su Yeon was involved in quite a few parts.
Well... Should I spill everything?
Hey, be reasonable.
If I cooperated this much,
shouldn't I get out on probation?
Set up a meeting with the insurance company...
and personnel from the Vehicle Management Office.
Yes, ma'am.
Su Yeon recently terminated two fund investment accounts.
She probably cashed them out.
I will look into the route.
Sushi delivery for Crime Unit Two.
- Who ordered these? - They were paid in advance.
- Eat before you work. - Thank you.
I ordered some for your colleagues too. It should be enough.
If police officers accept this,
it will be a violation of anti-graft and anti-bribery act.
I have already checked the law on this.
The anti-graft and anti-bribery act...
doesn't apply to one's loved ones.
Then work hard.
Won't we get into trouble if we eat this?
You can eat it.
That sushi has already been cleared by the law.
You are meeting with the director of the newsroom, right?
Air the segment for the morning news exclusively.
PR team is writing the materials for the press,
so you don't need to write articles yourself.
Just tell him to read what's written on the paper.
You should rest, Su Yeon.
I will clean up this family and Taebaek.
You should rest too, Dong Jun.
Tomorrow, Dad will be returning to Taebaek.
Thanks to you,
Dad is in the holding cell.
Young Ju's dad has left this world.
How does it feel...
to lose a father?
Do you think Mr. Shin is the only innocent citizen...
- whom your dad sent to prison? - Dong Jun!
You must not do things that...
you wouldn't want to happen to you.
I wish that you would realize it by now.
You should appear in the station as a testifier.
Don't be late.
She's here!
Taebaek Law Firm claims that the murderer of Chairman Kang...
is Song Tae Gon, the former chief secretary.
They announced that they will...
take serious measures to respond to the conspiracy of CEO Choi.
In the video Taebaek released,
the scene where Song Tae Gon is abandoning...
Chairman Kang's body is filmed.
Song Tae Gon embezzled a sizable fortune when the police started...
their investigation.
It is confirmed that he tried to flee the country.
(Song Tae Gon Is Spotted Abandoning Chairman Kang's Dead Body.)
Abandonment of a corpse and embezzlement.
We have evidence of his crimes.
I wonder what they said they'll give you...
in return for testifying that my dad is the murderer.
You mean to say Song Tae Gon is the one...
who murdered Chairman Kang?
That's what the record is telling me.
Where did you obtain this video?
I was informed that it was you who tried...
to acquire the video in the dash cam...
with Song Tae Gon.
Request an inquiry for a vehicle registration at the station.
No, we can't leave our trail in the police force.
We have a team for that.
Car Accident Response Team within Accident at Sea.
We can run the registration there.
You confirmed the vehicle had a dash cam with the insurance company.
It was you who requested the Vehicle Management Office to...
check the plate number of the car.
(Statement)
I have a statement from the personnel in charge.
12.4 million dollars that Song Tae Gon embezzled.
It was you who terminated the fund investment accounts...
in order to cover the loss,
wasn't it?
I will prepare 12.4 million dollars.
With that, cover the damage on Taebaek.
Your name, occupation, and address.
Other than these, don't answer any question.
Just like your claim, say that Song Tae Gon is the murderer.
You looked for the dash cam with Song Tae Gon...
and tried to return the embezzled money. How do you fit into all this?
Are you an accomplice?
Dong Jun,
I ought to...
investigate your wife as a suspect.
What?
Jeong Il.
I heard Su Yeon's status has changed into a suspect.
- What? - I heard...
the evidence that Su Yeon helped Song Tae Gon destroy the evidence...
is quite compelling.
Is she going to be arrested?
No.
Dong Jun is not after Su Yeon.
There is one rifle...
but two targets.
CEO Choi and...
you, Mr. Kang.
Is that coffee?
I was informed that Su Yeon is a suspect now.
It feels awful to hear about my wife's news...
from her ex-lover.
I am worried,
but the law will decide on this.
I was under the impression...
that you were an honest person.
I am honest...
only to those who are honest.
You betrayed Su Yeon in order to save yourself.
What lies did you tell Su Yeon at that time?
Sometimes, I do regret that.
- If I... - You don't regret with words.
You prove it with how you spend your time afterwards.
You don't...
repeat the same decision.
It's been less than a month since Chairman Kang passed away.
You held the hands of CEO Choi...
who smashed your father's head with a celadon, Jeong Il.
What?
I guess...
sometimes you regret it as well.
What you want is Taebaek Law Firm.
Su Yeon was just a stepping stone,
and your father was a ladder for you.
Maybe you shed tears at your father's funeral...
because you were sad that you lost the ladder.
Stop it.
I don't want to hear that.
You should be honest first.
Then I'll be honest with you.
If Song Tae Gon is convicted of murder,
you might be his accomplice.
But...
you can't say your father is the murderer.
You're in trouble.
I already caught the lion.
Do I really have to catch its cub as well?
I wonder about that.
The video that Su Yeon has shows...
that you killed Kim Sung Sik and you tried to...
conciliate Shin Chang Ho.
If Shin Young Ju gets the video, we're done for.
If I hand over Jeong Il to you, my father will be released.
Is that what you're saying?
Do you have any reason to protect Jeong Il?
You made Jeong Il...
fake an alibi for Choi Il Hwan...
who killed his father.
That's something.
Su Yeon.
What do you have?
I'll get a flight ticket.
You should leave the country. I'll cash in your property and...
Wait.
This is an opportunity.
I need to see Choi Il Hwan.
(Yeongdeungpo Police Station)
There will be a review of legality for confinement soon.
Reporters are waiting in front of the court.
The police only have...
circumstantial evidence.
They haven't found any direct evidence...
like bloodstains or weapons.
The warrant will be suspended.
Yu Taek was an old friend of mine.
Song Tae Gon did that to Yu Taek.
I'll make sure to put him on trial.
If Song Tae Gon is the murderer,
Su Yeon will be his accomplice as she tried to destroy the evidence.
Su Yeon just followed my instructions.
Why did Su Yeon follow your instructions...
when Song Tae Gon killed my father?
CEO Choi.
Are you trying to make Su Yeon an accomplice?
You won't get away with murder.
If you...
lose Taebaek Law Firm as well,
what do you have left in your life?
If Su Yeon hands in the video to the police,
I'll be here pretty soon.
But do you think Taebaek Law Firm...
can go through the audit without you?
Taebaek Law Firm will eventually fall apart.
CEO Choi.
I'll have the thorough audit against Taebaek suspended.
Do you want me to trust you?
The video that Su Yeon has.
I bet you've seen it.
Reporter Kim...
overheard a conversation I had with Baek Sang Gu.
He saw my face too.
That's why I stabbed him with the fishing pole.
You should believe the video.
There is no statute of limitations on murder cases.
As long as Su Yeon has that video,
I'll live as her slave for the rest of my life.
Just like you did with my father.
CEO Choi.
Save Su Yeon.
It's the only way to protect Taebaek.
I already talked to the senior superintendent.
I think I should testify according to the procedures.
I killed Yu Taek.
Dad.
In the office in Singil-dong,
I killed Yu Taek with a Goryeo celadon.
Su Yeon doesn't know anything about that.
Senior Superintendent,
Su Yeon is involved in the destruction of evidence.
Su Yeon just followed my instructions.
Let her go.
Senior Superintendent promised me that.
Choi Il Hwan confessed to the killing Chairman Kang Yu Taek.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Choi Il Hwan.
He's being transferred to a detention center now.
So are we getting promoted?
After a row over a business matter,
he accidentally murdered Kang.
Choi says he's feeling heartfelt remorse.
Come to the sanitarium.
(Hope Sanitarium)
I came here a couple of times before Mr. Shin died.
He talked a lot about you.
You were smart and pretty...
when you were young.
I heard he started...
the podcast with the money you gave him.
Your mother used to have your money managed...
and opened installment savings accounts.
It turns out you sold your favorite necklace.
He promised you to buy you a new necklace,
but he couldn't keep his promise, so he was sorry about that.
Mr. Shin couldn't keep his promise,
but please let me do it for you.
Su Yeon got out of the case.
There's no way I can catch Jeong Il now.
Young Ju.
Let's not think about what we failed to do.
Just focus on what you've done.
The arrest of CEO Choi Il Hwan of Taebaek Law Firm was executed.
The court issued a warrant based on the evidence and his confession.
At this moment, he has arrived at Seoul Southern Detention Center,
and is now going through the confinement procedures.
The police will conduct additional investigation...
until he's sentenced to detention.
You have legally imprisoned...
the CEO of the biggest law firm in the country, Choi Il Hwan.
You caught the man who moves the law...
with the law.
You did it, Young Ju. The daughter of Mr. Shin Chang Ho.
Your dad must be watching you.
He'll be proud.
We have taken...
a step forward together.
Let's take...
the next step together too.
I am thankful to my dad...
for leaving you with me.
Dad.
Sit.
The first office...
I established with Yu Taek was...
numbered 307.
After 30 years,
I'm back to number 307 again.
I'm back at the beginning.
Dad.
A third of our lawyers resigned.
About half of our advisory panel resigned too.
Everyone is staring at Taebaek...
wondering when we'll collapse.
Su Yeon.
You must defend Taebaek.
There is...
no one who can lead the firm...
There is.
There's someone...
you can control according to your will.
Appoint Jeong Il...
as the CEO.
He is able...
to save Taebaek.
You will use him as the front...
to lead Taebaek forward.
Let your child inherit the firm.
That is, my grandchild.
If Taebaek goes down...
there will be nothing left...
of my life.
Understand?
I do.
Good.
We need to talk.
I heard you visited my dad...
when you were at the police station.
I guess that's when you made the offer...
to become the CEO.
It's for Taebaek...
and it's for me.
I wonder why.
Maybe you think...
you can shake my heart around like the old times.
My heart used to flutter...
when I heard you breathe in your sleep.
I have no feelings left for you.
Don't expect anything from me.
Nothing you wish for will come true.
I'll stabilize Taebaek...
if I become the CEO.
I'll kick out Dong Jun.
And your future husband...
I don't know who it'll be this time,
but I'll give it to him when you get married.
Su Yeon,
then will you erase the video?
Your video is...
kept somewhere very far away.
If I don't check it once every week, it'll be sent to the prosecution.
So Jeong Il,
make sure you protect me well...
so that I don't get hurt.
Jeong Il.
You may go.
Tomorrow morning...
at 10am, the advisory committee will hold a meeting.
Half of our lawyers and advisors are gone already.
Why do we need a CEO?
Anyway, why are some lawyers still sticking around?
They are left here because they cannot leave.
Once Taebaek goes down,
they'll go down too.
When I become the CEO,
I'll have the power over everything for this is an emergency.
I'll tell the whole world about every single corruption...
which Taebaek was involved in.
Then Taebaek will crumble down.
The person who's hurt the most will scream for their life.
That's CEO Choi.
Gyung Ho.
If you don't want to see Taebaek go down,
you should save me.
Once that video gets erased,
I'll erase Su Yeon off of Taebaek Law Firm.
So she's thinking of using Jeong Il as a CEO in this emergency.
I guess she's trying to put him on a leash to make a use of him.
There's an advisory committee meeting tomorrow.
I'll be there too.
You can't go there empty-handed.
You're asking me to prepare some ammunition, right?
Dong Jun.
Young Ju.
Let's move on with our plans...
a bit more quickly.
Your order is ready.
I'm coming.
You're going on a stakeout, right?
Share this with your team,
Young Ju.
I'll make sure to do that,
Dong Jun.
I'll eat it, but your generosity is getting me a bit suspicious.
Chief. Are you dating someone by any chance?
You're talking too much.
They're here.
Hello, boss.
What happened to the guys at Yeongdong Market?
Make sure to get that settled by next week. You have to stay alert.
Yes, sir.
Boss.
- Darn it. - The police are here.
Run.
Left.
I got one.
Back off.
You scums.
We've met before, so I'll talk casually.
I'm looking for someone.
Baek Sang Gu.
Where is he now?
Where is he?
We will now...
begin the standing advisory council meeting.
This is a standing advisory council meeting.
You're not eligible to attend this meeting.
I'm here to represent the family.
Among CEO Choi's family members,
I'm the only one that is a qualified lawyer.
I'm sorry to have worried all of you due to the shameless situation.
As of today, 270 lawyers...
and 167 members of the advisory committee have resigned.
We need a captain willing to take charge of this shipwreck.
I need you to ratify someone...
that would be able to take over financial and personnel affairs...
as well as external business. This person must be able to...
stabilize Taebaek as soon as possible.
As a person representing the family,
I agree.
I would like to ask everyone...
to support Manager Kang for this position.
My father and Chairman Kang were old friends.
They did have their differences thus causing a shameless situation,
but the fact that he is a son of a victim can justify his promotion.
The victim of an unfortunate incident...
can possibly open new doors for Taebaek.
I wouldn't say he's a victim of an unfortunate incident.
Shouldn't we say he has corporate responsibility?
In order to cover up his own corruption, Manager Kang...
sent someone overseas.
(Profile of Baek Sang Gu)
This is Baek Sang Gu.
Mr. Kang bribed his subordinates and sent him to the Philippines.
The police have recently...
arrested those subordinates and are conducting an investigation.
Manager Kang will soon...
be summoned for a questioning on charges of contract assault.
You can be punished for defamation if you spread false information.
Did you even have a reputation...
that could be harmed any further?
Lee Dong Jun.
Attorney Kang Jeong Il assured us that he would help us,
so we smuggled...
Baek Sang Gu into the Philippines.
This is merely a unilateral assertion.
That's true at the moment.
But what if he gets summoned and this gets released to the press?
We already have a CEO that's been arrested for murder.
The successor that takes over the emergency regime...
gets questioned for contract assault.
Will Taebaek...
be able to survive all that?
Taebaek should not suffer any more misfortune.
Allow me to take charge...
of the emergency regime.
Supporting Manager Kang...
is what my father wants.
By following CEO Choi's plans, we've ended up in this mess, haven't we?
You're...
CEO Choi's son-in-law.
At a time like this, if a family member becomes the successor,
it'll get people talking.
Su Yeon.
Do as you please.
(Divorce Registration Form)
(Sealed by Lee Dong Jun)
These are divorce papers.
I've already stamped my seal. Now you just have to sign the papers.
(Sealed by Lee Dong Jun)
As soon as I'm entrusted the powers to take over the regime,
I will get divorced with Su Yeon.
After finding out about my father-in-law's corruption,
rather than choosing to protect the family, I'm defending...
the victim, Secretary Song, to reveal the truth.
I'm willing to get a divorce to take charge of the emergency regime.
Once I stabilize Taebaek,
I will leave the firm.
(Standing Advisory Council Meeting)
I will be taking over Taebaek's emergency regime.
I'm Attorney Lee Dong Jun.
Regarding the shameless situation that has aroused much criticism,
on behalf of Taebaek Law Firm,
I would like to express my sincere apologies.
(Attorney Lee Dong Jun Becomes Temporary Leader of Taebaek)
I intend on looking back on myself and observing my surroundings.
I promise to do my utmost and take this opportunity to open...
a new beginning for Taebaek Law Firm.
I would like to get some details on CEO Choi's defense team.
There are 10 exclusive attorneys...
and there are 20 assistants.
Disband the entire team.
As of this moment, Taebaek will suspend all support for CEO Choi.
No legal support will be provided.
Dong Jun.
The case has nothing to do with the firm. It's completely personal.
Then an attorney should be hired personally.
Don't you think so?
I am planning to elect a chief secretary.
There are people who have worked with me on my team.
I am afraid that some might say...
I might be showing favoritism.
Mr. Kang, since you have trusted him for a long time,
I can trust him too, can't I?
Mr. Cho Gyung Ho.
I'd like to appoint you as the chief secretary.
I...
have been friends with Jeong Il since high school.
You should elect someone else for the job.
Did I tell you to betray your friend?
I only asked you to lead an honest life.
Mr. Cho Gyung Ho,
I'd like you to move something for me.
They have a slush fund account.
They accept cases, but the cases never make it to court.
The cases get solved with a phone call...
and a meal with people in high places.
They receive the legal fee secretly.
With that money, they pay the advisors.
I thought advisors' salaries were openly paid.
That's what everyone assumes.
Everyone thinks they earn about 10,000 dollars a month.
The truth is they get paid 10 times more than that.
100,000 dollars a month.
They only pay the taxes for 10,000 dollars.
That's the power of Taebaek.
Who manages the slush fund account?
Only...
CEO Choi knows about the account.
If I follow the stream up,
I will end up finding out where the water is flowing down from.
I plan to retrace the accounts of the advisors.
It might take a while since...
they laundered the money through fake and virtual bank accounts.
I will send you the record of their bank accounts...
for the legal fees by tomorrow.
Thank you.
If you turned a blind eye, you could have been the successor of Taebaek.
If you kept your silence,
this could have been your house.
What is it?
What is your reason for jumping into this reckless war?
The path Mr. Shin Chang Ho walked on.
The path Reporter Kim Sung Sik walked on.
Someone ought to follow the path too.
I filed for divorce.
I sent your clothes and belongings to the sanitarium.
You have nothing to take now.
No, I have.
The thing you have...
on Jeong Il.
Reporter Kim...
overheard a conversation I had with Baek Sang Gu.
He saw my face too.
That's why I stabbed him with the fishing pole.
We are tracing...
the slush fund account of CEO Choi.
Su Yeon, if that slush fund account comes to light,
all of the advisors...
will be punished for tax evasion.
Taebaek will collapse.
I want to keep Taebaek intact for the alimony.
Young Ju, come to the sanitarium.
We should expedite...
tracing of advisors' accounts.
Su Yeon, if you want me to stop,
hand over...
Jeong Il.
Who is putting on makeup in the police station?
Why? Is this making you less rich or something?
Since it was last minute,
I barely had time to put on makeup.
There are countless accounts of advisors at Taebaek.
- I should ask for help... - Don't.
Only you and your colleagues should work on it.
We should make them feel threatened...
that Taebaek might collapse,
so we can acquire the thing Su Yeon has on Jeong Il. That's our goal.
How does it feel...
to be divorced?
How does it feel...
to be dating a man who just got divorced.
I am not good at receiving gifts.
When I receive one, I want to give one too.
I know you returned the pin to your dad.
It was a bit expensive for a salary of a police officer.
You have to wear it every day for 10 years.
I will ask you to check it every day for 10 years.
You are an expert, like a player.
Every player belongs...
to his or her club.
Young Ju, you are...
the owner of the club.
It's been a while since I got goosebumps.
It's not a bad feeling though.
You didn't answer my calls.
Young Ju is looking into advisors' accounts.
The target Dong Jun is aiming at is me.
You're right.
He probably...
asked you to hand over the video.
That's right.
Su Yeon,
if Dong Jun gets a hold of that video, I will be...
Taebaek will survive.
I am thinking about what I should do.
I will stop the investigation regarding the accounts.
I heard Dong Jun left the house.
I'll get him out of Taebaek.
You made the right decision.
I'll see how things go for a few days.
The advisers have their bank accounts for legal fee...
at Buam Bank.
(Bank accounts at Buam Bank)
Let's go.
The anti-terrorist legislation was passed last year.
They can check the bank accounts...
without a warrant, if there was suspicion of a crime.
We have to stop them using the law.
The court granted the injunction request...
to refuse to disclose bank accounts.
I'm willing to cooperate with you,
but the law doesn't allow me to do so.
(Buam Bank)
If the law doesn't allow him, we will make it allow him.
Jin Chul, request an arrest warrant on charges of tax evasion.
Okay.
The warrant is rejected.
We argued that revealing bank accounts...
of unspecified individuals is against privacy law.
That's the beauty of constitutionalism.
You promoted my friend Cho Gyung Ho to Chief Secretary.
You gave additional personnel orders today.
All the lawyers in my team...
were sent to other teams.
I just did it for the normalization of Taebaek Law Firm.
I heard you are tracing the advisers' accounts.
It's an unavoidable choice to remove...
a foreign body from Taebaek.
If you use your power,
you will pay for that.
The legal fee will be paid tomorrow.
You will have to approve the documents.
I think you know...
we pay the legal fee with the slush fund.
Once you sign the documents,
you will become an accomplice in using the slush fund.
Once the account is revealed,
you will be given a severe sentence.
You know that. You used to be a judge.
If you don't sign the documents,
the advisers won't let you stay in the CEO's room.
Whichever you choose,
you won't get away with it.
Dong Jun.
I'll take care of Taebaek.
Leave.
It's the payment request for the legal fee of advisers.
Please sign the documents.
(Taebaek Law Firm, CEO Lee Dong Jun)
Lee Dong Jun won't sign the documents.
Violaters of economic law are given severe penalties these days.
If he uses the money knowing about the slush fund,
he will be given...
a sentence of 10 years... No, a more severe sentence than that.
- And? - He will resign from the office.
And he will leave Taebaek.
I'll be ratified by the advisers...
who didn't get their legal fee.
And I will work for you.
I...
like that idea.
(Taebaek Law Firm, CEO Lee Dong Jun)
(Young Ju)
All the routes to trace the accounts are blocked.
If Kang Jeong Il gets out of this again, Dong Jun...
No.
That won't happen.
I promised Mr. Shin.
I have made a wrong ruling.
I will rule that case one more time.
And I promised you, Young Ju.
We have taken...
a step forward together.
Let's take...
the next step together too.
But Young Ju,
I need to take...
the next step first.
Once you sign the documents,
you will become an accomplice in using the slush fund.
Once the account is revealed,
you will be given a severe sentence.
(Lee)
(Lee Dong)
(Lee Dong Jun)
It doesn't seem Mr. Lee Dong Jun will stop.
Dong Jun is trying to blow up Taebaek.
And I'm trying to take Taebaek.
The video will fix everything.
Jeong Il will be arrested, and I will protect Taebaek.
I'll find a way to trace...
Choi Il Hwan's slush fund.
If Taebaek collapses, there will be nothing left.
Spare Jeong Il.
I'll make Dong Jun resign.
I'll set a trap that he can never escape from.
The police got the evidence of murder.
(Whisper)