EPISODE 18
How do we have to be like this?
It's like we're locked up in jail.
That's right.
We're closed now, but why are we cleaning every day?
Why are we still boiling seolleongtang every day?
It's not just for business.
That's how I want to treat our guests
who still come for our seolleongtang.
Was the third assignment announced yet?
Yes, a meal for someone I'm grateful for.
Kimchi is the most important but I couldn't decide which kind yet.
What's the matter?
I didn't come here to see you.
Do you remember me?
I'm Young-joo Seo, the director of Chansol Foods.
Right.
But what brought you here?
First of all, I sincerely apologize
for what Ms. Choi did last time.
It's not something you should be apologizing for, Ms. Seo.
Because of that incident, Ms. Choi stepped down from her position
and I'll be in charge of Chansol Foods from now on.
On behalf of Chansol Foods,
I would like to sincerely apologize to you again.
I'm relieved the situation was rectified
before it got any worse.
Thank you for understanding.
In fact...
your kimchi was so great
that it made me want the recipe, too.
If I make another legit offer to you,
could you share your kimchi recipe with Chansol Foods?
Of course, we will compensate accordingly.
I've given my answer, over and over again.
Ma'am, please reconsider.
I don't want to talk about it anymore.
You're not the type of person who will apologize for something
that you didn't do.
I'm a renowned master for cooking.
Playing with food or lying about food is not acceptable to me.
I can't stand it, either.
That's cool. You're cooler than I thought.
You learned cooking from your mom, right?
Yes.
She doesn't look like an ordinary person.
She was a stern teacher.
I'm going to work really hard for the final round.
You better be prepared.
That's great. I like fierce competition, too.
Be fully prepared so that I'd enjoy our competition.
I'd love to become your rival.
Well...
About Yoogyeong Foundation.
Did you do that, Ms. Seo?
Yes, I did.
You said you love Sung-joon.
How could you do that to someone you love?
I wanted to show him
how much he needed me in his life.
I didn't do it on my own though.
My partner and I have the same mind.
We have the same goal, too.
Are you talking about Gun-woo?
You'll get to know how far I'd go and what I'd do
if you keep behaving like this.
Why are you so absent-minded?
Mom.
What am I doing?
Is it because the restaurant is closing?
You look so worried.
I'm worried about the restaurant,
about the cooking contest and...
And what?
Nothing.
Mom, I want to make radish kimchi
with salted fermented shrimp for the final round.
It's kimchi that people usually present to someone as a gift, right?
The assignment is to make a meal for someone you are grateful for, right?
Great, that's a good idea.
Mom, I'm going to prepare
a meal for you this time.
But I can't think of anything that you might like.
I don't have anything that I particularly like.
Still...
Well, when you cook, you never taste the food
or check the seasoning. Why is that so?
Just as we don't cook the food with only our hands,
we don't taste the food with only our tongue.
My master told me
that taste can be found everywhere.
Even in shape, smell, color and sound.
It's been a long time.
Right. Did you come here to see Young-joo?
No, I'm here to see you.
Feel free to be angry at me.
Why are you making your own life difficult?
This is not the time to worry about me.
Shouldn't you grab me by the collar and throw punches at me?
You know what I did.
Gun-woo.
-Don't go any further. -Why not?
It's out of my control now.
I can't stop it anymore.
Gun-woo.
Just leave.
It's better for you to just ignore me and take care of things there.
Then, I would feel less guilty.
I can't stand
watching you suffer.
I believe in you and I will wait for you till the very end.
What did I just tell you? Just ignore me.
Do you have all the paperwork?
Yes, Ms. Seo.
Ms. Choi will step down soon.
From now on, all the paperwork and reports goes to me.
-Yes. -Also,
since Ms. Choi is suspended from work, she shouldn't be interfering with us.
I called an emergency meeting for the board of directors today.
That's great.
Please give me a briefing about the ongoing projects.
Yes.
I'll prepare it as soon as possible.
By the way, Young-joo.
You know about Jin-mi...
Even if she has to step down,
shouldn't you still let her stay at the company?
Right? She did it for our company.
Mr. Seo, please don't include your personal feelings in this matter.
I got it.
Right, what's going on with Third Generation Seolleongtang?
Please keep me updated.
Yes, ma'am.
Are you really going to meet Geum-ho?
No, I don't think it's necessary.
Since he's the eldest son who has experience in home shopping,
I wanted him to act as a liaison between us and the restaurant.
But Ms. Kim gave me a straight rejection. So I can't do anything about it.
Young-joo.
I'm asking you to leave that restaurant alone.
I didn't do anything, Gun-woo.
I made her a good offer but I got rejected right away. That's it.
Okay. I'm leaving your place today.
You know you have too much pride, right?
Okay, I see.
Emergency meeting?
They want to kick me out of the company.
This must be her idea.
I don't think Mr. Seo agreed with her.
You're right.
Mr. Seo said that you should remain at the company.
That's right. I may resign as president but I will never leave this company.
This is only a setback.
I'll back off this time but I'll be back soon.
This is all because of San-hae Kang.
-Ms. Kwak. -Yes.
Make that seolleongtang restaurant go out of business by any means.
I want it to shut down permanently.
How?
Spread rumors to the media
that they mix coffee creamer in seolleongtang
or even pork bones.
You lost your investors and ran out of money.
The hospital is under investigation.
How do you expect us to trust you?
We've completed the construction as scheduled.
However, you've postponed the payment
and it's already been a month.
I'm sorry.
Since we trusted you, we set up the medical equipment
and experimental devices without taking any down payment.
You shouldn't do this to us.
We can offer the hospital itself as a collateral.
Please give us a few more days.
Your business with banks will be suspended due to suspected tax evasion.
Who's going to lend you money?
Who do we have here!
It's been a long time.
Well...
I don't remember making any appointments with you.
I'm sorry. You didn't answer my calls.
So I came without prior notice.
Since you're here already, have a seat.
Mr. Seo.
Please help me.
I'm such an ignorant person, but I am filthy rich.
How can I help the eldest grandson of a prestigious family?
It would be ideal if you could invest on us again.
But if you don't feel like it, could you lend me some money--
No.
I don't want a deal like that with you.
Mr. Seo.
If I can't get the money in three days, the hospital will go bankrupt.
Please do me a favor.
You should have been like this earlier.
However, to be honest,
You, Sung-joon and Yoogyeong.
My relationship with all of you is already done for.
DUNSAN HOSPITAL
Do you know any investors or someone that I can borrow money from?
I heard you're having a hard time, but as you know,
our hospital is smaller when compared to Yoogyeong.
If we know of such an investor, we could have expanded our hospital.
But if you're asking me for such a favor,
I guess the situation must be really bad.
I'll try to look into it.
Okay, thanks.
Why are you trying to read my face? If it didn't work out well, do it again.
Well, Mom...
I'll make radish kimchi with salt-fermented shrimp for the final.
Why do you keep asking me to make other kimchis?
What did I say about radish kimchi with salt-fermented shrimp?
It's kimchi that we use to treat a precious guest with.
Right. The taste should be different depending on your guests' preference.
You might need to change your method or even the ingredients.
I see.
Wow, it's my favorite, cabbage kimchi.
So you mean, she needs to make kimchi with different kinds of ingredients
and try making different types of kimchi, right?
That's right.
Mom, should I add less salt
to kimchi with seafood?
Because there's salt in the seafood already.
No, you should add more salt so that it will get fermented better.
Once it's fermented well, it won't taste very salty.
I see.
Gosh.
Hello.
I told you not to come here again.
Why are you looking at me like that?
No, I'm not.
Ms. Kim.
Then, we'll get to know who did it, right?
Right.
You know...
Can you tell me how bad are things at the hospital right now?
Why? Are you going to resolve the problem?
No.
I'm just very worried.
I wish I could know what exactly is going on over there.
Don't be bothered. I'll figure something out.
Come this way.
Why are we looking at kimchi now?
Wild ginseng kimchi?
This was supposed to be used as medication for my dad.
But Mom was secretly feeding me this.
That's why I'm strong.
Try some.
This tastes good.
I feel like I'm getting stronger.
I'll pack this for you. You should eat it at home, okay?
Thank you.
Here, try this.
Sure.
It tastes really good.
-Right? -Right.
This is really good for your health. Make sure to eat all of it.
-I should pack more for Master Park. -That's a great idea.
-Isn't it? -You're right.
Let me pack it for you.
You've packed all of your mother's kimchi for me.
So what? It's for your own good. Why are you complaining?
No, I feel like I'm becoming stronger already.
It's a really good kimchi with different kinds of great ingredients.
Thank you.
But the smile on your face is better than wild ginseng kimchi.
-I'm leaving. -Okay, drive safely.
All right.
Did something happen at the hospital?
Yes.
He said it would be okay
but people are saying that his hospital might go bankrupt.
What?
What is this?
-Hello. -Hello.
Did you figure out that we did nothing wrong?
Is that it? Is that why you're here?
We came for another investigation because we received more information.
What information?
Please look at this.
REPORT ON THIRD GENERATION SEOLLEONGTANG
Complete nonsense.
We received information
that you're mixing pork bones and coffee creamer.
What the hell are you talking about?
Mom!
-Mom! -Ms. Kim!
What is going on?
This is so unfair. How can you do this to us?
Why are you doing this to us?
EFFECTIVE GOAL SETTING
You've received the notice of suspension from work, right?
It was decided by the board of directors.
MINUTES OF MEETING
I'm the president of Chansol Foods from now on.
Please refrain from coming to my company.
You're telling me
not to come to this company?
You've worked hard to keep your job,
so we're going to give you sufficient severance pay.
You should consider reopening your cooking school.
Just live your own life.
Jin-mi.
Get up. Come on.
Gosh, what's going on?
This way.
Mr. Seo. You know
I gave my whole life to Chansol Foods.
Of course, I know.
I admit that I made a mistake.
Please give me another chance. I'll make up for it.
I'll try to persuade Young-joo,
so don't worry too much, all right?
Mr. Seo, this is so unfair.
I did it for the sake of Chansol Foods.
Ms. Choi.
What the hell is this?
She packed everything and ran away?
What the hell...
What are you talking about?
I'm just moving to another room because this is too small for me.
Well, Ms. Choi.
I'll give you all the money back.
Please let everything go back to normal.
I don't need this money.
If the truth is not revealed now, our restaurant might go out of business.
So what?
So what? How can you say that?
That seolleongtang restaurant is our family's business.
Then, you better watch your mouth.
I could frame you for plotting everything, Mr. Hwang.
You...
If you keep doing this to us,
I'm not going to let it slide.
I'm warning you for the last time, stop slandering our restaurant.
You got it?
Hello, this is Third Generation Seolleongtang.
How are you, sir?
Of course I'm not doing well.
Give me back the paper that I signed last time.
Sir, I'm not sure why you're upset.
I signed the petition for you, but you mixed pork bones and creamer?
That's not right.
I'm so disappointed. I won't visit your restaurant again.
Return my signed paper right now.
Sir, this is--
I've been loyal to you for decades, and now you are stabbing me in the...
Wait, sir. Hello?
The media is scaring me. It's all over the TV and newspaper.
The phone is ringing off the hook.
Are we going to go bankrupt for this?
Gosh! Watch your mouth!
You look worried.
Where are you staying nowadays?
I stayed with a friend for a while, but I moved out today.
I see.
Why are you taking so long to get to the point?
Gun-woo, you know...
It's about Yoogyeong Hospital.
Were you involved in that incident?
I never thought you would do that, but Ms. Seo said...
You're right, I was involved in it.
Gun-woo.
I'm the one who hurt your feelings, not Sung-joon.
Stop making him suffer, okay?
Do you think he's the only one suffering? Can't you see me?
I do. That's why I'm telling you to stop.
I don't want to see Sung-joon suffer.
I don't want to see you destroy yourself, either.
Stop it.
I won't...
I won't ever stop as long as you are with Sung-joon.
I'm sorry for not living up to your expectations.
Gun-woo.
I won't...
I won't ever stop as long as you are with Sung-joon.
If you're stay with Sung-joon,
a series of misfortunes
will continue to follow you.
What happened? I heard something about bankruptcy.
I'm not capable enough to help my dad.
You're right. We're in trouble.
What should we do?
Let's find a way.
If we hold ourselves together, we'll be able to find a way.
Yes, Grandma.
Grandma.
You remember our promise for your medical checkup, right?
Yes.
You should stay healthy.
We're counting on you, Grandma.
My children are suffering.
-Hello. -Ms. Kim.
Please come in.
I'm so glad to see you
so early in the morning.
I'm sorry I came without prior notice.
That's okay. Please have a seat.
You kept complimenting my food, so I brought you some.
Well, you don't have to do this.
These are fried cakes and fermented flatfish.
Thank you.
Today must be my lucky day.
Please tell me what brought you here.
You're always complimenting my food.
I'm not sure if my food could live up to your expectations
but I remember you saying that my cooking skill might be useful.
Your cooking skill is a lot more than just useful.
Let me become a consultant
of the seolleongtang and kimchi recipes.
Really? Are you sure?
When I asked you to help before, you declined each time.
But in return,
I have a favor to ask you.
Master Park, please come in.
-Please sit here. -Thank you.
Good heavens.
Today must be my luckiest day.
So many welcome guests are visiting me today.
Is that so?
I came here to ask you a favor.
If it's you asking for a favor,
I'm prepared to do anything.
Please tell me anything.
Mr. Lee.
Yoogyeong Medical Foundation is currently in trouble.
Pardon?
Could you step forward and help save our hospital?
I heard about their situation
and I was trying to figure it out.
The INH shares that you gave me last time,
would you allow me to use them to save Yoogyeong Medical Foundation?
DIRTY SECRETS OF THIRD GENERATION SEOLLEONGTANG
This can't be true.
-Dad. -Yes.
This won't be much, but it's a petition from our small investors.
It must have been hard for you to do that. Thank you.
It's nothing.
I heard some bad news about Dr. Hwang's restaurant.
Someone seems to be framing them on purpose.
Like what happened to our hospital.
Let me show you the briefing documents and samples.
Okay.
I must have forgotten to change the passcode.
Give it back.
You're stealing kimchi fermentation cultures, right?
No, Young-joo.
Ms. Choi!
Who are you going to sell them to?
Taeyang Foods? INH?
Why would I sell my company's asset?
How are you denying it?
I've done research on this for five years.
I've devoted my life to Chansol Foods.
I can't leave empty-handed, right?
I gave you a severance pay, in spite of your big mistake.
What do you mean empty-handed?
I tried to defend you. How could you stab me in the back?
Jin-mi Choi,
you are kicked out of Chansol Foods
and out of my life.
You should leave right now.
You should straighten out that seolleongtang incident.
Don't disgrace Chansol Foods anymore.
I was surprised and worried when I read the article.
I think
somebody is purposely trying to bring me down.
In my opinion,
because Sung-joon and Geum-hee are together now,
Young-joo Seo from Chansol Foods is responsible for all this.
No.
Then, do you know who did it?
Yes.
Young-joo is not like that.
It's not her.
Who is it then? Who in the world would do that?
Is it someone that I know?
Hyun-myung.
Don't tell Mom about you meeting me here.
You're living so close to me now, how long do we have to ignore each other.
It's the right thing to do.
I can still meet you and rely on you when I need to.
That's enough for me.
YOOGYEONG HOSPITAL
THE DIRTY SECRET OF THIRD GENERATION SEOLLEONGTANG
Why is the situation getting worse?
I think the hospital got it worse.
Did Young-joo come to see you, by any chance?
She might have...
Not only the hospital, but you as well...
She is not going to stop.
I'll try to resolve it somehow.
If Young-joo Seo...
If she really did all of these things...
You and I...
Don't you think we should break up now?
My multi-generational family business might be over.
And Yoogyeong is...
So what?
So what do you want to do?
I don't know what being a grandson means
or what your responsibilities are to your family,
but I know that you and your father think
that your family honor and your hospital
are more important than your own lives.
You said you'd be with me no matter what happens.
You said you wouldn't let go of me.
Everyone is suffering because of me.
Just because I love you, you're going to lose everything.
What should I do then?
All you have to do is to stay by my side as if nothing happened.
That's how you give me strength.
Please don't give up on us.
Can I see you right now?
I don't think we can leave Geum-hee alone.
Something happened to Geum-hee?
What is it?
How are you doing?
What about Geum-hee? Tell me about her.
Did Young-joo do this?
What have you done so far? Why are you showing this to me now?
Young-joo knew about it but she didn't do it.
What do you mean?
I don't know the details
but I think it's got something to do with Ms. Choi of Chansol Foods.
President Choi?
Third Generation Seolleongtang can't reopen with all these rumors.
They can't get back to normal.
Is this all you wanted to say to me?
The hospital is at its worst right now.
Shouldn't you beg me to report to the prosecutor again?
At least to clear off the tax evasion charge?
If I beg you to, are you willing to do that?
It's all up to you.
All I can do is trust you and wait for you
to make the right decision.
I should get going.
Thank you for worrying about my restaurant.
Keep in mind that you must not tell Mom about me.
You should reconsider about not wanting to meet her, San-hae.
Mom? San-hae?
Can I help you with anything?
Mom.
Why did Mr. Kim call you San-hae?
Well...
Well, it's because...
I told you that I grew up with him
when I was younger, right?
Then,
why did you call Master Park your mom?
That's because...
she's like a mother to me.
Mom, what are you hiding from me?
Don't you want to tell me?
I'm going to the head house for the final round tomorrow.
Please tell me.
Geum...
Geum-hee.
I'm going to tell you the truth.
Don't be too surprised.
Master Park...
She's my biological mother.
I grew up thinking I was adopted.
One day, something big happened
and I was falsely accused to be the perpetrator.
Because of it, my mom suffered through a big misunderstanding.
I wanted to correct the misunderstanding and clear off my name,
but I couldn't find a way.
In the meantime, I found out that she's actually my mom.
I couldn't even call her my mom.
I didn't want to burden my mom any longer,
so I ran away from the head house.
Mom.
If I didn't know
that she's my mom,
I would have stayed in the head house no matter what happened.
If only I didn't know
that she's my mom.
Mom.
You're not telling me that I'm adopted because of that memory, right?
Once it's out, you're afraid that we'd be unhappy, right?
Are you afraid that I might leave?
If Mr. Kim and Mom are siblings, then Sung-joon and I...
That was the reason.
Oh my god.
Why are you doing this? You must be tired.
Let's stop, okay?
Get over Sung-joon and forget about the contest.
Give up on him.
Stop caring for him, okay?
Dad.
I told Mr. Kim that you and Sung-joon will not be together in future.
He just left.
We're like enemies now. What can we do now?
I can't give up on Sung-joon, Dad.
Young-joo.
Listen to me carefully, Young-joo.
What's up?
Young-joo.
I'm asking you to please stop harassing Geum-hee.
I've done nothing against Geum-hee Hwang, Gun-woo.
I know that you didn't do that.
But you can stop this from happening.
Why should I? You should stop Sung-joon for me then.
Right? Once Sung-joon changes his mind,
I'll resolve Geum-hee Hwang's problem.
I can even invest in their business so that they will expand the restaurant.
I'll do whatever I can.
Just please do this for Geum-hee.
There's nothing that you can do.
Whatever Sung-joon or Geum-hee say, just don't give up.
Young-joo.
Even if Sung-joon breaks up with Geum-hee, he won't come back to you.
Why don't you change your mind?
Gun-woo.
Sung-joon will come back to me.
He'll come back to me.
I'll make it happen.
-Hello. -Hello.
-I'm Gook-young Jang. -I'm Hye-jin Lee.
All right, did you get enough practice?
I tried my best but I think my competitors are all very talented.
Well, I'm confident.
Congratulations. Let's go in.
Wait.
Welcome, Dr. Hwang. Congratulations.
Hello.
While you're staying here,
please try not to be so obsessed
with your performance or the result.
Please try to have a good time
and make good memories together.
-Yes. -Yes.
Have you decided what kind of kimchi you're going to make for the final round?
Geum-hee Hwang, please start.
Yes, ma'am.
I'm going to make radish kimchi with salt-fermented shrimp.
I'm going to make boiled pork with five color radish kimchi.
I'm going to make beltfish gut kimchi.
I'm going to make fermented flatfish kimchi.
And I'm going to make lettuce kimchi.
For the final round, I'm going to cook with you
for someone I'm grateful for.
Tomorrow, you will make the kimchi that you have decided on.
We'll wait until it's well-fermented
and serve it on your table in the finals.
Whatever food you make,
you won't be able to cook without these fermented seasonings.
Whenever you need them, please come here and help yourself.
Soybean paste, soy sauce and red pepper paste.
These are the three most important seasonings
to make traditional Korean food.
They all have something in common.
No matter how good the ingredients are
or no matter how good your cooking skills are,
they won't produce the same taste each time.
What's the reason for that?
Let's go.
Temperature, humidity,
time, effort
and the condition of the jar.
When all of these are in harmony, then it will truly be complete.
Time and effort.
That's why I'm always praying in front of the jar.
I pray that it would be well-fermented.
I believe that my prayers
are also a part of my cooking process.
You should put in all your effort into your food
and wait until it's well-fermented.
That's the right way of cooking.
The bonds, bank and investors.
All of the deadline is tomorrow.
I don't have any other choice.
Do we have to give up on our hospital?
I guess so.
I wish this happened after the cooking contest is over.
I'm worried
that my mother would get shocked.
Is there any way to minimize the damage?
I was overambitious.
Without the prosecutor's investigation,
I could have found new investors.
DAEJEON DISTRICT PROSECUTORS' OFFICE DAEJEON HIGH PROSECUTORS' OFFICE
I've done this a thousand times. No, ten thousand times.
Is this something that I should learn again from Master?
Handling ingredients will still be hard even if you've practiced a million times.
Please be quiet and focus.
Whenever you make food,
not all ingredients are the same.
Even if the daikons look the same, some of them are soft
but others are hard.
No ingredients are the same.
You're quite good at handling the ingredients.
You must have worked very hard.
I'm back.
-Hello. -Hello.
Nice to meet you.
On the way home, I felt exhausted both mentally and physically.
I feel much better now that I get to see you.
Why? Why would you feel better?
Your hospital and foundation. They're all in danger.
I know that you are having a hard time.
Geum-hee.
I...
can no longer keep my promise.
What do you mean?
We...
are not supposed to be together.
What's wrong? Something happened?
All of this happened because of me.
All these problems will be solved once I leave you.
I just have to give you up.
What's happening at the hospital is not your fault.
Yes, it is.
I liked someone that I shouldn't have liked.
Please let me go, Sung-joon.
No. I'll never let you go.
What are we going to do then?
No matter how I look at it,
there's no other way for me but to leave. What should I do?
The hospital and the foundation.
Even if they are gone, nothing will change.
I will get through everything no matter what happens.
I'll protect you as well.
Do you understand?
Don't worry.
There is nothing to be afraid of.
I told you not to come here again.
-I'll be back. -You're not even listening to me?
What are you going to do? I'm sorry.
I need to protect my family and my hospital, too.
Pull yourself together!
But now...
Why are you laughing again?
-Or above... -What is this?
Hey, I meant to say this world.
-Okay. -Will you take a picture for us?
-One, two, three! -One, two!
One more time, one, two!
Okay, all done.
I guess I'm an actor now.
Subtitle translations by You-jeong Kim