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Whips are the most effective on a mad dog.

Jae Joon.

Stay down.

Just continue being my wife's shadow.

What are you doing?

Just as the sky is high and the ground is low,

there is a hierarchy in an organization.

Someone who disrupts the hierarchy...

in an organization...

is an evil that will destroy the organization from within!

I must...

- teach you a proper lesson today! - No!

Mr. Lee...

- was helping me... - I was wrong.

Please forgive me.

Sir.

I have something to tell you.

Ms. Hong had offered my wife a drink, who has a history...

of alcohol ingestion, so I was reprimanding her.

Mr. Lee stepped in,

so I was scolding him, but I crossed the line.

I'm sorry, sir.

So that's what happened.

You need to control those below you.

Yes, sir. I'll keep that in mind.

- Ms. Hong... - Let it go.

Let her be.

Gyung Hye is doing a good job.

Ms. Hong helped her a lot.

At times, you must use a whip...

to put someone below you in check,

but at times, you need to award them and be magnanimous.

I'm sorry. It's my fault.

It's fine.

Can you fix these clothes?

I'll have to try. Don't worry.

But...

you got in trouble because of me.

I'll explain what happened to the chairman.

Don't.

As the chairman said, I was wrong.

Please do something for me.

Do not confront Mr. Jang.

Please avoid him.

- Welcome home. - Hi.

You're home early.

I came right home after my meeting with the head designer.

Have you eaten?

I have.

Good.

- We'll go up now, sir. - Sure.

Jae Joon.

Stay down.

Just continue being my wife's shadow.

What are you scheming with Se Yun?

What do you mean?

Don't play dumb.

Didn't you tell her to ask that the new brand designs...

be chosen through a contest?

I know nothing of it.

Don't get any stupid ideas...

unless you want me to rip Se Yun, you,

and the chairman with my bare hands.

What...

What happened to these?

I don't feel like talking about it.

Mom. What do I do about them?

They're ripped up badly.

They look terrible.

I don't think I can salvage them.

What if you do this? Like this?

Se Yun.

They'll be sadder and hurt more by your giving up...

than having been torn.

They're your babies. They came from you.

Right?

Okay. Let's begin the surgery.

Needle.

Here you go, doctor.

Se Yun.

What happened?

I told you to take good care of your pieces.

I'm sorry.

She must have nothing to fear, since someone has her back.

Wasn't it intentional?

It has a clear avant-garde feel.

You said these items would be an important index for evaluation.

What happens if you don't take good care of them?

You will not receive many points.

If your points for the pieces...

you made yesterday do not meet the cut line,

you will be expelled from the program.

We will now begin the evaluation.

No one...

will be expelled.

Are you saying everyone passed?

There's someone who ruined 2 out of 3. How did this happen?

Se Yun.

The other trainees produced pieces that were relatively simple.

Why did you choose dresses?

I wanted to minimize the production of scrap fabric.

- Why is that? - I heard that scraps of fabric...

remaining after production are incinerated...

under the supervision of someone from the headquarters.

It was such a nice fabric that I didn't want to waste it.

Although I was pressed for time,

I made dresses, which use most of the fabric.

It is critical for a designer to value fabric.

Everyone else other than Se Yun...

wasted more than half of the fabric given to them.

Se Yun received high points for minimizing wasted fabric,

which is why she avoided being eliminated.

For the time being,

take Mr. Lee as your personal assistant.

Mr. Lee?

Since he's been my personal assistant for so long,

I think he forgot what his role is.

I want you to teach him...

the proper hierarchy and his role in it.

Yes, sir.

Bring me your personnel file.

Please have the chairman approve it.

If he orders me to bring it to you, I will.

What?

As someone who assists the head of the company,

my personnel file may not be seen...

without the chairman's approval according to the company rules.

Bring me your personnel file right this instant.

As my superior,

before teaching me to submit to the ranking system,

please show me by example...

and follow the chairman's orders.

What are people's thoughts...

regarding choosing the new brand designs through a contest?

Majority of the people say it is unprecedented.

It is too dangerous to choose the new brand designs...

through a contest.

It may be risky, as you say.

However, change is brought about...

not by being safe, but by taking risks.

We must listen to those lower than us,

and accept ideas from the young.

Isn't that the attitude we must have?

Ms. Park. What do you think...

about a design contest?

I agree with what you said.

I believe it will motivate the designers...

who were in charge of the new brand designs.

Then change the new brand design selection process...

to a design contest.

Sir.

Why don't we broaden the qualifications for entering?

I think we should let managers and above...

should be permitted to participate as well,

which will make the contest that much more meaningful.

Sure. That's a good idea. Let's do that.

They really are granting us our wishes.

Cha Soon, what do you mean?

I asked them to stock the lounge with a lot of ice cream.

I have to eat ice cream for dessert, you see.

What wish did you guys ask for?

I asked for unqualified trainees with connection to be removed.

I asked for an amity room.

A soundproof room where people can gather...

and build friendship.

You mean more like a room where you can badmouth people.

What did you ask for?

I asked that the new brand designs...

be selected through a contest.

Choosing the new brand designs through a contest is ridiculous.

Are you saying you think you can win,

since you put it down on the questionnaire?

You know excessive confidence...

is arrogance and makes you look like a jerk, right?

They're choosing the new brand designs through a contest!

Even the trainees can enter!

Find out which designers who are managers and up...

are Mr. Jang's people.

I need to know who they are,

so that I can exclude them from the contest.

They are all Mr. Jang's people.

That's why Myung Hwan wanted to have...

managers and up to participate, since one of them will win.

Then his lackey designer will ruin the new brand.

What do I do now?

I need to find someone...

who can defy him and design the new brand.

Since you've lived abroad for so long,

I thought you'd give out pizza instead of rice cakes.

That's ridiculous.

You're supposed to give out rice cakes for your grand opening.

They say the red color gives off the strongest energy.

"Evil spirits, be gone." You know that one.

You believe in things like that too?

Sweetie, I need this business to succeed.

I bet my life on it. I need to try everything I can.

I have no luck in love. I want to at least make money.

I'll hand these out and introduce myself.

- Okay. See you later. - Okay.

Ms. Hong. Congratulations on your grand opening.

Hi, Chul Soo. Hi, Kkot Nim.

Ms. Hong says she'll stop by later because of the restaurant.

But Gang Hee, the store is really nice.

Right? We have lots of really good stuff too.

Your big brother should buy something...

to commemorate your grand opening.

Hey. How about this?

You've got a good eye.

But this isn't for men.

It isn't? That's good.

Kkot Nim, congratulations on having your case reopened.

Thank you so much. I'll use it well.

I want to buy you something too.

No, no. There's no need.

I don't like them. It's fine.

Then buy something for me instead.

Give me a break.

Why are you interfering, punk?

You buy your own. You work here.

You short little...

- Did you bring up my height? - Stop it.

Don't fight.

Hong Se Yun.

I wonder if she got her congratulatory gift yet.

"I'd like to report trainee Hong Se Yun."

"She used to make counterfeits in DDM."

"How could she be a trainee?"

"That's unacceptable."

"I request Hong Se Yun, who is blinded by money, be expelled."

I thought you stole someone else's opportunity with your connections,

but you're a thief who steals other people's designs too?

- You had two jobs? - What did you say?

Someone posted about your past on the company portal.

You said you were a salesperson at a luxury shop.

Why was a salesperson selling clothes at DDM?

That was...

You copied designs while working as a salesperson...

and sold those knockoffs in DDM, I'm sure.

It's obvious.

I just got chills.

You got a job at a luxury shop just to copy the designs.

You make me sick.

- I did not do that. - Se Yun.

Were you arrested for selling clothes at DDM or not?

It's true I was arrested, but...

Oh, my gosh.

While I was killing myself, working on...

my graduation piece to get my degree from Parson,

you were copying other people's designs...

and selling them in DDM. You must've made a lot of money.

But you claim skills are more important than your resume?

What skills?

Your skills in copying other people's designs?

Se Yun.

Do you know about what is being said about you on the intranet?

I never made and sold counterfeits.

It was cleared up that I was framed.

The facts are irrelevant.

As long as you were involved in something like that,

whether or not you made counterfeits is irrelevant.

I have witnesses and evidence.

A designer must speak with her designs.

If you are justified, don't focus on the past.

Show your skills.

That is the only way to prove your innocence.

Hello?

Yes, ma'am.

You want me to win the contest? Me?

You're the only one who can design the new brand...

without Mr. Jang's influence.

I think...

you overestimate me.

I do?

Even designers who are managers and above are entering.

And?

A trainee like me...

can't beat such seasoned designers and win.

You know,

you looked like an insolent punk.

You were poor but arrogant, so I wanted to slap you.

But...

strangely, I didn't find you an easy target.

You seemed to have something that let you be insolent and arrogant.

I thought that something was your skills in making clothes.

Right now, you look like you have no money, connections, or skills.

You look like a nobody.

You look like a loser who sells knockoffs in DDM.

I'll do it.

I'll try to win the contest.

I need to show everyone that I'm not here through connections...

and that I don't steal designs.

Using connections and stealing...

That doesn't suit you.

Being insolent and arrogant suits you better.

Se Yun.

My dad got a job here as a security guard.

I'll go first.

Hello, ma'am.

Se Yun.

- Isn't she... - She is.

The one who had that incident with you before.

She's the CEO's wife.

- What? - Don't worry.

Now, we're more like boss-and-employee and friends.

- It's not so bad. - Do you mean it?

Yes, I do.

An organization requires a hierarchy.

If the ranking system fails,

punks like you run amok.

Jae Joon.

A dog who bites its master...

ends up being killed by its master.

(Report)

This is all that Mr. Jang did?

There was nothing out of the ordinary...

beyond what you already knew.

I suspected him for nothing. Oh, well.

Mr. Jang may be ambitious,

but he isn't capable of doing anything big.

He wouldn't be able to plan something big.

Still, his feelings for Gyung Hye...

didn't seem very warm,

and that concerns me.

How does he treat you?

Ever since I apologized,

he has been magnanimous.

After I die, you and Mr. Jang must be...

Gyung Hye's head and hands.

As in, what happened last time must never happen again.

Don't forget that Mr. Jang is above you,

and show respect.

Yes, Mr. Chairman. I'll be careful.

You may stop being Mr. Jang's assistant.

Return to your original duty tomorrow.

I have a bad feeling.

I feel like Gyung Hye and Se Yun are up to something.

I'm not positive, though.

I'll meet with Se Yun.

You will?

Young Sook won't stand for it.

I can't sit here with my hands tied and my office closed forever.

I need to check Se Yun and Gyung Hye's relationship...

and send Young Sook a warning.

A warning?

Jae Joon...

gave me a great excuse.

I'll call you.

Go on.

Who did it?

Who cleared out my things?

I did.

Put yourself in our shoes.

How can we work...

in the same room as someone who copies other people's designs?

You're terrible.

What's going on?

We can't work with Se Yun.

You must know the reason.

Please remove Se Yun from this classroom.

Even if you are trainees, and not full-time employees,

our company will not condone bullying others.

We have no choice.

If Se Yun won't leave, we will.

I'm sorry.

Teamwork with colleagues...

is also something a trainee must display.

I think it'll be up to you to resolve the matter.

Yes, ma'am.

Chin up, Se Yun.

Smile more than the people who make you cry.

Be happier.

(Dr. Kim Hyo Jung)

Hello, Dr. Kim.

Okay. I'll go to your apartment.

Hyo Jung.

I wondered...

why you were having an affair with Chairman Eun's son-in-law.

Mr. Kim. It's true. Poisonous gas really is leaking.

Stop the machines!

Please look the other way just this once.

If we stop the machines now, we have to close the factory.

You want to make clothes by spilling your workers' blood?

Are you out of your mind? Why are you doing this?

Please! Are you trying to kill me?

It wasn't Chairman Eun.

Your dad, Mr. Kim, was responsible.

Your dad...

killed himself that day...

not because he was wronged, but to pay for his sins.

I had no idea...

and lived my life trying to get revenge on Chairman Eun.

During that time,

my wife got sick and died.

My son worked at construction sites...

and became an invalid before he turned 20.

Because you...

framed Chairman Eun...

for something he didn't do.

Why did you do it?

I wanted to get revenge...

on Chairman Eun.

I listened to my dad's voice...

every day, over and over,

and burned it into my brain and my heart.

You were angry about your father's death?

What about the people whose lives he took away?

Don't you care about them at all?

Like father, like daughter.

Mister. Have you been to Sweden?

They have the best welfare system in the world.

Don't you want to live there with your son?

Don't worry about money.

If money was what I wanted, my revenge would've ended long ago.

I'll give you everyone else's compensation too,

so that your damaged life won't be a total waste.

So...

give me...

the recording, okay?

I need to put an end to it all,

after I decide whether to let...

Chairman Eun end it or end it myself.

Stop it!

I'm doing my best not to kill you right now.

Then...

keep holding it in!

Why you...

Help!

(Mysterious Personal Shopper)

You'll have to work with Ms. Gyung Hye regarding the contest.

She's definitely friendly with Gyung Hye.

They are more than capable of scheming behind your back.

Why haven't you been coming around lately?

Is it because of what I said last time?

Mr. Jang has been receiving physical abuse.

Did you hit your husband?

What are you people...