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[Episode 11: Marinated Chicken Fried Rice] Would you like to have some chicken?

This one is fried chicken.

This one is marinated chicken.

I also brought radish and cabbage.

A restaurant customer offering food to the restaurant owner.

He was the first person to ever do that.

You like fried chicken.

Why the chicken?

It's not freshly made.

They're leftovers, but they were untouched.

What a waste.

It's really nearly fresh.

It is a bit cold, but it still tastes good.

If you're okay with that, you can use the leftovers here.

Of course, they were fresh.

But I felt apologetic to the customers to use them as ingredients.

So I was reluctant.

Leave that. I'll take it.

This is a real stroke of luck.

I should eat this with the aunties at our store.

Wait a minute.

That's the marinated chicken, right?

I just want some of that sauce.

Frying the leftover marinated chicken with vegetables, seasoned scallions

and dried seaweed bits. That's what he ordered.

He wanted just a little bit of meat.

He wanted only the lean breast meat at that.

Thank you for the meal.

This customer's name is Gwang Jo.

He's the manager for a famous celebrity.

I'm sorry, but can you burn the rice a bit more for me?

So that it becomes as sticky as it can be.

I'm sorry.

I like bitter, burnt things.

He said fans send the chicken as a so-called tribute for every broadcast.

He said he brought the ones that were untouched.

- It looks tasty. - It's here.

Gwang Jo, come quickly.

Come quickly.

- Thank you so much for the chicken. - Thanks, Gwang Jo.

- Come in. - Hello.

Long time no see.

There's actually a culture like this.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

Thanks to him, on the days that he came

chicken was served to everyone for free.

- It looks tasty. - I want the leg.

Okay.

It tastes good.

It's fascinating.

Even if it's very old

all of the oil is drained out this way.

And I think it's crispier.

I really shouldn't be doing this.

I'm full from eating all the noodles.

But I'm eating this chicken too.

Hey.

This chicken and beer combination deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

You should give this to your kids at home.

I'm sure your wife would love it if you brought it home.

I would need kids to feed to do that.

I only have an elderly mother with a stomach illness at home.

How old are you?

46 years old.

Oh my.

I guess your standards have become high because you only see pretty celebrities.

It's not that.

I couldn't get married because I couldn't afford to.

But, I heard that celebrities from agencies are extremely rich.

That's only the case with a few big agencies.

Most of them have a hard time.

If it wasn't that bad, would people in this field say something like this?

'I would leave this field right away if I just had money to pay for a lease.'

Is that why they call it an extreme job?

Yes.

Until you reach the level of a director, you're the underdog of the underdogs.

But, when I hear how much a certain celebrity makes

from their broadcast appearances, my legs give out.

If I'm going to ask that, I should be a celebrity in the first place.

[Choi Seung Bin]

Oh my, it's Choi Seung Bin.

- Choi Seung Bin. - Choi Seung Bin?

- The Choi Seung Bin? - It's Choi Seung Bin!

It's really Choi Seung Bin.

Be quiet.

Yes.

Seriously, he can't do anything without me.

Yeah, Seung Bin.

- Seung Bin! - He called him Seung Bin!

Come visit so that we can have a drink.

Come visit.

There's an important contract right now.

Gwang Jo.

Did you pick up Writer Lee's call and tell her I would be on that show?

No.

I told her that I would ask you first.

Did she tell you that?

The program that I’m doing now is moving time slots.

It's competing with Writer Lee's program.

Is that so?

I told you everything. What do you mean, 'Is that so'?

Pay attention to the programs that I'm in, Gwang Jo.

Okay, I'm sorry.

I'll take care of it, so don't worry about it.

Hey...

Can't you talk in here?

I want to talk on the phone with Choi Seung Bin too.

Why? What did he say?

He said he's with his close friends

and told me to come out too, no matter what.

Who?

Well, people like Jo In Sung.

You guys.

Hello, Producer Yang.

- Long time no see, Gwang Jo. - Yes.

- Please take care of Seung Bin. - Okay.

Keep up the hard work.

Hello.

Producer Kim, if it's your business, then we should definitely help out.

But we just can't find the time in our schedule.

I'm sorry.

Hey, deal with these things yourself from now on.

Okay.

You're cool, Section Chief Park.

Hey, your guys are doing well these days.

- It's nice to see that. - Yes.

- Then, get going now. - Yeah, keep up the hard work.

Why does that guy still carry those kinds of things around?

Then again, that's why he's mooching and just a mere driver at that age.

Even if you're nice, it's a sin if you're incompetent.

Isn't our company trying to bring Choi Seung Bin over right now?

But he got cut because he said he wanted to bring that guy along too.

Why would they bring in that old man when there are plenty of our guys?

Are they crazy?

Jeez, he should stop getting in Seung Bin's way.

I'm sorry.

Please burn it a little more for me today.

Please give me another bottle.

I only serve one bottle of liquor per person.

That's right.

Then, is there any leftover liquor that someone didn't finish here?

I'm the expert when it comes to those kinds of things.

I'm a guy who eats the crumbs that fall from my owner's table.

Damn it.

I'll have a glass today too.

Sounds good.

Then, I'll buy you the snacks to eat with the drinks, Master.

What do you like? Let's do one.

No, actually, I can just do it.

I'm really going to quit now.

Just watch me.

I'm not going to live as a burden to someone.

After that...

I didn't see him for a while.

[Make-up Room] This part...

Hey, should I ask for this to be taken out?

I don't think this fits with your persona.

Don't worry, I'll be the bad guy.

So tell me everything that you don't like about it.

Chicken delivery.

Okay, put it here.

- By any chance... - Yes?

Have we met or seen each other somewhere before?

We have. At a broadcast with a studio audience.

It's nice to see you.

So you're saying he was on a talent show three years ago

and you met each other again recently?

How can you meet again like that?

I was very surprised too.

It was three years ago or something, way before I went to the army.

But he recognized me right away.

I naturally have a very keen eye.

Hey, even when I saw you back then

I thought that you had talent and could really make it.

You should've trained me back then.

Then I wouldn't have gone through that trouble.

Here are the noodles in cold soybean soup.

Here you go.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

This is the sugar, and this is the salt.

Thank you for the meal.

I'm not sure if it's because it was freshly ground

but it's savory and thick.

Hey, I told you to eat something better.

In order to become a singer

you probably went through a lot of trouble carrying that around.

I lost money because I met the wrong production company

and I can't do anything else because I'm bound to the contract.

Since we've met like this now, let's create some real trouble.

He says he's going to quit being a manager and become a producer.

I'm betting my whole life on you, man.

You have to do well.

I'll only trust you too, sir.

Please train me to become like Choi Seung Bin.

You trained him too.

His parents raised him. I didn't do anything.

Choi Seung Bin said that you are a great person.

He said that he rose to fame thanks to you

and that if it's your business, he would definitely help out.

That's nice of him.

Okay.

Let's risk our lives and work extremely hard.

Okay.

- Way to go. - Way to go.

Please help me.

I will work hard.

- Sir, I'll be leaving first. - Okay.

Thank you for the meal.

I'm surprised he said that.

I'm talking about Seung Bin.

You see, we parted ways on bad terms.

Shouldn't you extend the contract period a bit?

One year is too short.

I can only give him a small down payment.

It's ridiculous to tie him down, when I'm only giving him that much.

- I'll give you money if it's not enough. - Forget it.

I'm already apologetic about receiving severance pay from you.

You should definitely receive that.

Producing costs much more than that.

You know that too.

That's why I'm going to just try it for one year

and if it doesn't work out, I should quit without hesitating

for both of our sakes.

Even so, I'm saying that one year is too much of a risk.

No matter how good the song is

it's hard for new singers to get onto shows.

It takes two to three years to become established.

Also, you're not very good at pleading and getting spaces in broadcasts.

You're right.

There wasn't any work that I properly picked up for you.

Then, am I supposed to...

only drive you around forever?

I don't mean that, Gwang Jo.

Forget it. Don't look down on me.

Even though I seem like I've idled my time away

I've been in this field longer than you.

Out of the singers I've developed, many have become successful.

You're also one of them.

When you were in the army in the beginning

and I went to the military's radio unit

I pointed you out because you seemed all right

and referred you to a composer I knew.

Don't you know that's how you got this far?

I know. That's why I'm grateful to you.

So just because you became famous...

don't look down on me.

I have my own thoughts too

and I'll take care of my own business.

Eat the pizza.

I'm not sure why I did that then.

He said all that because he was worried about me.

He knew that I was using all the loans and debt money I could.

So he was really against it.

I lost my temper, so I didn't consider that.

He even said nice things to this guy.

- He's a good friend. - Yes, he is.

Still, I stayed by his side for too long.

I couldn't develop because I was busy doing that.

From now on...

I'm going to proudly work hard.

Good.

That's right.

Sung Pil, just a bit more.

One more time.

Hang in there.

Hey, let's do it one more time.

Hang in there. That's right.

Just a bit more.

Move your hip back a bit.

Very good.

Okay, relax.

Let's just do a little more. Tense up a bit more.

- I can do this. - I can do this.

Yes, Producer.

'Inkigayo'?

Us?

Yes, thank you.

Yes, we will go in right now, immediately.

Thank you.

Hey, Sung Pil, it's 'Inkigayo.'

Stop.

Hey, it's 'A Spicy Life.'

Make it sound a little spicy so that mothers can cry their eyes out.

- Put in emotion, okay? - Okay.

Let's do it one more time. Okay.

Although I've lived a tough and harsh life...

Brightly. Suck your stomach in.

- Good. - A bit more fiercely.

Here, Sung Pil.

At last, after working hard for a long time...

Wait a minute please.

the album that would determine his existence came out.

- Congratulations. - Thank you.

Thanks to the president

I've finally become a singer who released a proper album.

Hey, what are you talking about?

You went through a lot of trouble practicing and building your body.

Thanks for following my lead well.

That's something that I should definitely do.

Seriously, I will never forget your favor of making me a singer.

On that note, it'll be on me today.

Sir, order everything.

Hey, you don't have any money.

I'm going to be very successful from now on, so I can earn the money.

A trot singer with a perfect body.

It's an amazing concept.

Doesn't it really give off a good vibe?

There's something I really want to try doing once I become successful.

I'm going to fill a huge luggage bag with cash and give it to my mother.

Also, I'm going to buy her a big house and help you get married.

Just watch me.

Even after I become famous, I'm really not going to change.

I'm going to go with you all the way forever.

Get famous first, and then let's talk.

I would like to keep some of these in my restaurant and sell them.

We would be thankful if you do that.

Thank you. Thank you.

After that, that song became my restaurant's theme song.

Although I've lived a tough and harsh life

I also have hope.

I'm looking for my dream, which I can't throw away.

I have my eyes only on you and going after my dream.

I'm looking for my love and my dream.

Please look at our song, 'A Spicy Life,' favorably.

I'm going to find my own way.

I'm going, I'm going. I'm looking straight ahead.

I'm going my own way.

I'm going to cast my fears far away.

I'm going, I'm going. I'm looking straight ahead.

Looking for love.

Today...

But the problem was that the song could only be heard at my restaurant.

No.

I think it was at the 'National Singing Contest.'

Cherry said she saw him.

He came out on 'Master of Living.'

He was an experiment helper or something.

I saw him at Dongdaemun while I was conducting a market survey.

It was a surprise performance or something.

Anyhow, the money has been spent.

That's strange.

The concept of the trot singer with a perfect body wasn't bad.

Same goes for the song.

Could it have been a year after that?

Long time no see.

Can you make fried rice for me?

I was downright stabbed in the back.

Of course, the contract period was one year.

I also understand that he left after that ended.

But we were just starting to get good signals.

He fully knew that.

What? Go all the way with me forever?

He won't change even if he gets famous?

That rotten jerk.

They say that you should never take in an animal with black hair.

That jerk said he was thankful to me for making him into a singer

which was his lifelong dream.

Do you know what he's doing now after quitting that?

He's a fitness trainer.

What's worse is that with the body he built thanks to me

he's clinging onto a celebrity whom he came to know thanks to me

and appearing on shows as a personal trainer.

He's completely on a roll.

I trusted a jerk like him and poured all of my money into him.

Chicken delivery.

You didn't have to order it on purpose.

It's because I want to eat it.

Please burn it a lot more for me today.

Okay.

I wondered if I had burnt it too much

so I tasted a little bit.

The taste was unexpected.

It was burnt because the sauce kept stubbornly sticking.

Behind the bitter taste of that...

I could subtly taste the savory flavor of the spicy and sweet sauce.

Seriously...

A trivial sweet taste, which if I hadn't experienced that bitter taste once...

I would have never known.

That sweet taste...

came to him again after a bitter taste passed him once.

Master.

Hello.

Can you make something tasty for my singer?

Why didn't you bring me to such a nice place like this?

I'm disappointed.

I'm sorry.

I'm ashamed to face you because of many things.

I wasn't compatible with that company either.

They made me do things that I didn't want to do.

We weren't like that.

Here.

A special dish for the two of you.

This is the fried rice made with marinated chicken that you talked about?

Yeah.

Burning it slightly is the main point.

That way, the sweet taste and the bitter taste mix exquisitely.

It's just like the two of us.

But Gwang Jo, how did it feel to be apart from me?

Wasn't there anything that you felt was lacking?

There was.

What is it?

I was a bit sad...

that I couldn't eat marinated chicken fried rice

because you weren't there.

- No one sent chicken. - What the heck?

Jeez, eat.

Couldn't the happiness that comes after worrying and being distressed

perhaps be sweeter?

There's no such thing as a life that's bitter from the start to the end anyway.

By the way, Gwang Jo, that song 'Spicy Life' was awesome.

Can I do a remake of it?

What?

- What? - Let's do it.

I can't?

- I'd like that. - Okay!

- Let's eat. - Yeah.

It tastes good.

- Eat up. - Okay.

Here.

- Gwang Jo, eat up. - Eat more.

Let's go.

Thank you for the meal.

Hello? It's me.

- Are you doing well? - Hey, I've been well.

Hey, you mustn't sing in places like this.

- My love. - Yeah, I love you.

My brother, let's do a second round!

Where are we going to go?

- Let's go. - Let's go.

Let's go for a second round.

Go, go!

[Restaurant]

[Late Night Restaurant]

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