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ALL CHARACTERS, PLACES, AND EVENTS IN THIS WORK ARE FICTITIOUS

Boss, here's your phone.

Clean this place up

then call the cops.

Oh, right.

The NIS raided our gambling joint. Those sons of bitches.

When?

Just now. Those bastards.

Why are you telling me now?

You useless piece of shit.

Damn it.

Freeze!

Step aside.

Move aside!

Pack everything up and shut down the factory for now.

- Yes, sir. - Good.

It's a Level One air-raid warning.

Let's move quickly and accurately, just as we trained.

I am

the owner of this business who got attacked by the robbers.

You have a system that monitors the illegal gambling joint.

The one upstairs?

That's also my business. Everything's all connected.

Man, these assholes.

Call for backup

and secure any and all evidence.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

Yes.

Make the request quickly.

EPISODE 4: OPERATION; THE 500 BILLION DISTRIBUTION PLAN

- What's wrong with you? - Be quiet.

I own this business!

Man, what the fuck?

I always turn off

nearby surveillance cameras during live fights.

What do we do?

What do you think?

Turn yourself in.

You put me up for it.

So?

You want to drag me into this?

You know I'm up for a promotion.

I'm asking you to pull some strings with your connections and help me.

My connections?

Who are my connections?

Well, I wouldn't know.

But others say they're as powerful...

Listen to this punk.

You've become quite a talker, haven't you?

You're almost finished.

I'm sorry.

I'll let you get off with six months of probation.

So turn yourself in to Internal Affairs.

What's wrong?

Is that not good enough?

No, sir. I appreciate your help.

- That's more like it. Right? - Yes, sir.

You punk.

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE

Please speak.

I had no idea Han Soo-hyun knew about that place.

I kept trying to reach you.

What?

Yes.

I understand.

Let's get started.

I need to eat my food too.

We might have to spend the night up.

So come on, eat up.

How far did I get during the testimony yesterday?

Forget it. I'm done!

I'm just saying, we should eat first.

Why are you so extreme?

Hey, take everything away.

Is now really the time for a hamburger?

You said J went to Jang Joong-hyuk's hideout

and gave him a business proposal.

Now, what's next?

3 MONTHS AGO

Have you been well?

I said I'd come back for you.

Darn it.

I almost lost my precious database.

I heard you were back in the game.

Jeez, how long has it been?

Five years?

Drop three years from that.

I had to rot in the pen for three years because of you.

I hear you're laundering money.

It doesn't sound like you'll need me.

Why are you here?

Did you miss me?

You're going around dropping something like this.

Why wouldn't I want to see you?

When did you master counterfeiting the Hong Kong dollar?

So?

Why don't you join me for one serious job?

"Serious"?

What do you mean by that?

That this time, you won't stab me in the back?

Do you mean that you won't kill anyone?

What?

- It wasn't me. - No?

The warehouse explosion.

That wasn't you?

Man, this is just...

What will it take for you to accept my offer this time?

Would you join me if I said...

I was behind what happened five years ago?

Then I'll admit it.

I'll do that 100 times, even 1,000 times.

As many times as you want.

Don't think you can talk your way out of this.

Be honest.

Tell the truth.

The truth?

Then will you believe me?

If you tell the truth.

It wasn't me.

How brazen are you?

You came to find me, as if nothing had happened

after that horrendous thing you did

just to offer me another job?

You know what?

If you join me this time

- we can fix that misunderstanding. - Don't be ridiculous.

I've left your portion in the bank to earn interest over five years.

In today's world of Bitcoins and NFT projects

real currencies are disappearing

and even counterfeiting will soon disappear into the past.

Your technique

will fade into memory.

Let's do it right, one last time

using the counterfeit bill of dreams

supernote.

Soo-hyun.

Come find me tomorrow.

Okay?

You didn't even recognize your partner.

If that hit me, I'd be a goner.

Why didn't you tell me beforehand that J was going to be here?

I couldn't find time to reach out.

Is Yeon working with Soo-hyun?

Oh, that little kid.

Of course, she's with Soo-hyun.

That girl, Yeon.

I always knew she was a good hacker

but I didn't know she was good enough to hack crypto wallets.

We need her skills for this plan to work

so make sure she comes tomorrow.

Come on.

Don't you trust me, Boss?

It's me, Fixer.

I'll make sure she comes, so don't worry about it.

Seriously.

I don't trust you, you punk.

How am I supposed to?

Come on.

Jeez.

It's been so long, Soo-hyun.

Move your car!

- I said move your car! - Here, valet.

You should have shut the door.

Who's she?

These days, serial numbers are used to verify authenticity

so to get them

we have to hack the Korean Mint Corporation's server.

Meet Yeon, a renowned hacker.

I was going to start this, counting only on Soo-hyun's skills.

I'm counting on you.

I'll decide after I hear the plan.

So?

Whose portrait are we using for the supernote?

- Madam Saimdang. - How many?

- A million bills. - A million?

- And the distribution? - I'll use 50 billion in fake bills

to score 200 billion worth of drugs.

Then I'll split them and sell them to the mafia

in Colombia and Mexico for 100 billion each.

Ask Fixer for more details.

- How much do I get? - After the ingredients and expenses

it'll come to around 200 billion, and we'll split that 6-4.

Of course, I get six.

Six to four?

So 200 billion times 4, divided by 10...

Forty billion.

I'm in.

I'm totally in.

You're taking 120 billion alone

while we split the rest?

What's wrong?

You don't like it?

You already know that in this line of work

planning and distribution are more important than production.

No way.

I love the idea of splitting.

What's the schedule like?

Let's keep it tight. Two weeks of setup

ten weeks of production, so that's three months in total.

But we're missing someone who is the most important.

Intaglio printing machine.

You can't make supernote without it.

You mean that we need Kkangsooni, the Iron Curtain, right?

I tried to look for her a few times, but I couldn't reach her.

She's been working on the machine for five years

so she should be done by now.

GANGNAM MASSAGE PICK YOUR COLLEGE GIRL AMONG 50!

Look at this.

Did you cut these?

Look what you've done.

Do you know how much one piece of this paper costs?

It's enough to feed a starving kid

back in your mother country!

I'm saying this piece of paper

is as valuable as your life.

Pull yourself together!

Man, you never stop talking.

Have you ever been exiled to the Aoji Coal Mine?

I've been there twice.

Have you ever killed a man?

If you haven't, don't mess with me.

Is Ms. Park Gwang-sun here?

Who are you?

I am Park Gwang-sun.

Look who this is.

It's been so long, Kkangsooni.

Have you been well?

Anyway

who's that little punk acting smug over there?

Me?

- You can see me? - Oh, dear.

You don't seem to have anything in your head.

- What about my request? - Come this way.

Come in.

All right.

Wait, we're going in this way?

Be careful.

I may not have been well-off

but I never wasted the investment money.

I put everything into this machine.

This is what you use to make money?

BANK OF KOREA FIFTY THOUSAND WON

This is amazing.

Nice.

Kkangsooni.

Serial numbers, hacked.

Generate ten million new numbers

and register them on the Korea Mint Corporation's server.

Okay.

Is it going well?

Hey, throw in 11 million numbers, and we can split the million.

Is it going well, Kkangsooni?

Now, five stripes will appear at the tips of the bill...

and fine prints on the apricot tree

will show through intaglio printing.

This completely incapacitates

the forgery prevention aspects.

Let me start the machine.

- Drink up! - Cheers!

Darn it.

- Good work. - A shot at it all.

On the day we finished printing all 50 billion supernotes

Yeon pestered J to go party at a wine bar.

And

I secretly switched out every single bill in his wallet

with the freshly minted counterfeits.

- That'll be 2.75 million won. - Here's 2.75 million.

Here.

2 WEEKS AGO

I'm calling to report circulation of counterfeit money in the market.

Would you like to share your identity?

No, I wish to remain anonymous.

We always keep the informant safe.

That way, the tip becomes more credible.

You'll be able to check it right away at the address I shared.

Where did you get this?

Spill it.

It was perfect.

So

I thought I could deceive everyone.

But

J found out I reported to the NIS

- Get inside. - and locked up Yeon and me.

Supernotes are tough to make, but you were all finished.

He didn't need you two anymore. You two were like ticking bombs.

No.

He wanted to change the distribution plan

and forced me to do more work

by threatening Yeon's life.

What did he make you do?

And what was the new plan?

He printed more supernotes.

Nine million bills.

With the initial 50 billion won...

that comes to...

Five hundred billion?

And then?

And then what?

On the day we finished printing 500 billion won

he suddenly moved hideouts.

2 DAYS AGO

Get Yeon inside too.

Where?

- In the container? - Yes.

Come on.

- Go. - That's right.

Soo-hyun.

Stay here.

Clean up everything.

You said you'd do anything I say.

Right?

Lock the door.

And then

he called you out to the port the next day, and "bang"?

He probably couldn't trust me anymore.

He got what he wanted

so I wasn't useful anymore.

Seriously?

So now, 500 billion won in counterfeits is being unleashed?

Wait.

With the plate and intaglio machine

he can print unlimited supernotes.

This is driving me crazy.

How will that affect the money supply

and the inflation rate?

I get what you mean.

But

that's all I know.

Listen up.

I'll erase

your name and Yeon's from the case file.

Then I'll put him on the wanted list after you leave Korea.

How does that sound?

You rot in prison for three years because of that jerk.

Think about it.

Yeon.

Can we talk?

Where was she taken?

Yeon.

You knew Soo-hyun went to the NIS.

She went to the NIS?

You didn't know?

You really didn't know?

No.

Well, if you say so.

She got into a small accident.

So the police got involved.

But in the process

Soo-hyun asked the NIS to let her talk to Cha Ki-tae.

You see.

Why?

There's no reason for her to do that.

She got cornered after being caught

reporting to the NIS

so she decided to walk in herself.

- Even so, she... - Again

just like five years ago

she'll end up taking the full blame

and getting locked up.

Jang Joong-hyuk has

powerful people behind him.

That was why Cha Ki-tae lost his case during investigation

and why Soo-hyun ended up taking the blame.

But this time

I plan to make use of that power.

I will ask them to guarantee our safety

by offering half of 500 billion won.

And of course

Soo-hyun is included in that group.

How am I supposed to believe everything you say?

And if you don't?

Will you just leave her there?

We have to do something.

I know

we can get her out safely.

And to do that

your talent

is absolutely necessary.

MYEONGSEONG THRIFT INSTITUTION

I just need a little more to take the lead

but I don't have enough funds.

We're only three months away. It sounds like trouble.

You talked like you could find enough funds just yesterday.

- What's going on? - I've run into a sudden problem.

I've been finding more money in another way.

You must try harder.

You already know I must get my hands dirty to find money

that won't cause any scandals for candidates of both parties

that aren't from a corporation or a slush fund.

MYEONGSEONG THRIFT INSTITUTION CHAIRMAN BANG GEUK-HYUN

- Representative Choi. - Yes?

I've been extorting money only from criminals

to make sure there's no trouble.

This isn't something that everyone can do.

I know. I know that very well.

You don't seem to appreciate my hard work.

I'm disappointed.

I'm asking you to try just a little harder

so please don't be disappointed.

I'll take responsibility and do my part until the end

so you have to help me rise to the top of finance.

Both parties are aware of your hard work, Chairman Bang.

I've also been emphasizing it until people got annoyed

so don't worry.

You suddenly can't meet the funding deadline

because of the gambling incident in Incheon, right?

Yes, that factory was in charge of making over 70% of the funds

but that incident put a halt on everything.

Was it him again? Did he get himself into trouble?

Chief Prosecutor, please step in and help out.

Well, I took an emergency measure after getting the call last night.

But I mean, in this day and age?

Has he lost his mind?

SEOUL DISTRICT PROSECUTORS' OFFICE CHIEF PROSECUTOR PARK DAE-SIK

But he's amazingly talented, making something from nothing

when it comes to fundraising.

I don't care how talented he is.

If he continues to cross over the line

we'll have to cut him off.

Otherwise, we'll end up harmed.

I'll talk to him.

I've been anxious since you kept a low profile.

This time, you got yourself into huge trouble.

I raised your status, so shouldn't you live accordingly?

I believe the contract we signed a decade ago says

we do not meddle with each other's lifestyles.

Yes.

Ever since I met you

I got to join the Eul Society.

I was a loan shark funded by the yakuza

but now I'm the chairman of a third-tier finance group

after taking over eight thrift banks.

And that means I'm almost there.

I'm about to enter the top-tier financial sector

and Woorim Financial Group's chairmanship is just ahead.

So be as careful as you can.

Don't let anger control your actions.

Did you handle this incident so that nothing would happen?

Chief Prosecutor Park's already acted

and he said he'd handle everything.

Anyway

we had to stop the factory, our biggest source of income

so what do we do now?

We don't have to run the factory in secret

or meet dangerous kids anymore.

That's a business proposal that can bring in 300 billion won

just by standing around and looking cool, so take a look.

SUPERNOTE BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Is this really possible?

Take your time to read it, and feel free to ask questions.

I'll give you as much time as you need.

KC FINANCIAL GROUP

J is about to circulate 500 billion won worth of supernotes.

But we're sitting here, not ready, and losing time.

J's 500 billion won distribution plan.

What could it be?

You're about the only person who would suddenly call me

Jang Joong-hyuk, and want to meet me.

It seems like

you've been waiting for me to call.

Did the business proposal I sent you

keep spinning round and round on your mind?

What a load of bullshit.

You never miss a moment to act cocky, do you?

Follow me.

I'll show you the documentary proposal.

Man, the weather's so nice.

Good work, everyone.

Hey, you.

Subtitles by Eunsook Youn