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I feel bad asking you to come here when you're busy with work.

I should have gone out to meet you.

It's okay.

Have some.

You should call him often at Hampyung Farm.

If your father leaves while you still feel disappointed...

it'll be a burden in your mind for the rest of your life.

Okay.

Also, would you...

consider owning Sung Jin Group with me?

It'll take a few days to perform due diligence on 10 affiliate companies.

There are also many things to wrap up.

I'll need more than a week even if I rushed it.

Let's just run some quick numbers and be done with the calculations.

Let's just make the exchange.

They used to be part of the Sung Jin Group family.

I'd like to request employee retention for the affiliates.

You gave birth to them and I'll raise them. I'll do my best to raise them well.

I don't need to talk to Min Jae separately, right?

Could you... explain it to me again?

You, me, and Sung Jin Group...

I asked if you'd consider splitting it in half and taking it in your hands.

Think about it.

Min Jae, that one billion dollars must not go to Seo Yoon.

The one billion dollars... it's in Lehman in Manhattan, right?

I understand that it's in the account jointly owned by Sung Jin Construction and Eden.

You and Min Jae have to agree on the withdrawal to make...

When the left foot starts running, can the right foot stay still?

President Choi Min Jae and I have been running together so far.

Let's settle our account in two days.

When Yong Jae left seven years ago, I went to the mortuary.

I heard we were not welcome, so I couldn't go in and paid my respects from outside.

That's when I saw you.

You were drunk by the door...

and just looking at the sky aimlessly.

You probably thought about this...

that you'd steal everything that Choi Dong Sung ever owned.

I thought that too.

My husband, President Bae Young Han of Chung Ma Construction...

had no one make a condolence visit.

I didn't know if an hour passed or a day passed...

I just stared at his portrait and thought about only one thing.

That I would hang his portrait in the Chairman's office of Sung Jin Group.

Between you and me, who hates that man Choi Dong Sung more?

Please give me... one more cup of tea.

One billion dollars...

What would happen if it didn't go to Seo Yoon?

The foreign branches will collapse and the domestic affiliates will have a hard time too.

She'll be flooded with loan repayment requests from banks.

Maybe Sung Jin Group could collapse.

I plan on holding a family meeting before that.

To ask everyone in the family to step back from managing the Group.

I'm going to ask to bring in a professional CEO to get us through the crisis.

There will be a general shareholders' meeting for Sung Jin Cement.

Seo Yoon will try to reach for someone she knows

but I plan on nominating you at the shareholders' meeting.

You started as an assistant manager and climbed up to a presidential position.

Is there any professional executive better suited than you?

I... don't have any shares in Sung Jin Cement.

I have shares under a borrowed name.

It should be enough to support your back.

The new Chairman of Sung Jin Group who will appear with one billion dollars... Choi Min Jae.

Other groups are falling apart, so shareholders and investors will be glad to see you.

Everyone will trust you and gladly lie on the operating table.

After they wake up from the anesthesia, then they'll finally realize...

that Sung Jin Group is in both our hands.

The transfer of the shares under a borrowed name to your real name...

you must do it right before the shareholders' meeting.

Any other good advice you have for me?

Make it look like you're buying the shares from the borrowed names.

If issues with inheritance tax or distribution of assets come up...

you'll face difficulty.

That's what I told him to do.

Let me give you some advice as well.

The one billion dollars...

I heard that you can withdraw it only if you and Jang Tae Joo agree on it.

You made an agreement to withdraw it together.

I heard President Jang Tae Joo is not easy to handle.

The one billion dollars...

I'll change it so that I can handle it on my own.

After the signing ceremony, a billion dollars will be deposited.

It'll relieve the pressure on our funds.

Once the rumors of a crisis in Sung Jin Group goes away, banks will also...

When you talk to the media, don't use the words 'relief of financial pressure'.

It's not that we sold 10 affiliates to relieve financial pressure.

We got rid of weak affiliates to improve the quality of the Group.

Please advertise it that way.

I will.

After the signing ceremony tomorrow, as soon as a billion dollars comes in...

with all the executives from the affiliate companies gathered

I'll hold a proclamation ceremony for the second foundation of Sung Jin Group.

- Please get ready. - Yes, ma'am.

There will be no time tomorrow.

To get $100 million, the President of this country is meeting foreign businessmen in person.

Koreans living abroad are encouraging each other to send dollars back home.

One billion dollars in a time like this is valued at more than 10 billion dollars.

If she finds out that the signing ceremony scheduled for tomorrow morning is canceled...

the giant dam called Sung Jin Group will collapse in no time.

Who made an offer like that?

You'll find out at the general shareholders' meeting.

This is Choi Min Jae.

The transfer of 25 percent of shares in Sung Jin Cement to a real name account is in progress.

It's getting laundered in Myeong-dong and foreign security firms.

They're going through about 10 fake sales so the original owner won't be identified.

Good work.

The person has shares but no experience or connection.

She probably thought that she couldn't own Sung Jin Group by herself.

That's why she's asking for my hand.

If I become Chairman at Sung Jin Cement's shareholders' meeting, then Tae Joo...

I'm going to announce it to the world

that her shares from a borrowed name was the inheritance from Chairman Choi Dong Sung.

Family members will ask for their own shares based on the distribution ratio.

It could even go into a legal battle.

Once I give a couple of affiliates to Dong Hui and Jung Yoon, they'll hold my hand.

Tae Joo, Sung Jin Group will be in our hands.

You brought your seal and the withdrawal agreement, right?

You said you'd give me the withdrawal rights.

I didn't give you an answer.

- Tae Joo. - President Choi Min Jae.

You can't stare at a friend like that.

Let's be friends until then, Mr. Choi Min Jae.

What do you want?

Half. Half of what you'll own.

Friends split everything in half.

Of course.

We took from the construction costs, pocketed profit from apartment down payments...

and managed an account together. We've split everything in half until now.

We even split the shares of Sung Jin Construction and Eden in half until now.

It should be the same way going forward.

Since we're friends.

Tae Joo.

This is our chance to get to the heart of Sung Jin Group in one go.

I guess so... for you, President Choi Min Jae.

Tae Joo.

Bring me your seal and the withdrawal agreement!

Friends don't order each other around.

Tae Joo...

Sung Jin Group will be in our hands within two months.

Not our hands... more like your hands.

If I give you the right to withdraw the one billion dollars...

then you'll go to the shareholders' meeting with that money and become the Chairman.

President Choi Min Jae...

I didn't fabricate documents and pocket construction costs at Eden for three years

just to clap my hands at your Chairman inauguration ceremony.

If we set the table together, we should eat together too.

I promise you.

When I become the Chairman of Sung Jin Group, half of it...

I told you a promise is not made in words.

Documents are a promise and money is a guarantee.

We've split the documents and money in half so far.

Trust me, Tae Joo.

I trust you now, President Choi Min Jae.

But I can't trust Mr. Choi Min Jae after he takes the seat of the Chairman.

Let's just go the way we were going.

Let's throw the one billion dollars to Choi Seo Yoon.

If you don't want to be friends, after the signing ceremony tomorrow

let's take five affiliates each and have a parting drink.

Or if you want to continue to be friends

after the signing ceremony tomorrow, we can have a celebratory drink.

Make your decision, President Choi Min Jae.

The signing ceremony is 2 o'clock tomorrow, right?

Let's meet at 1 o'clock and eat lunch before we go together.

I'll make the reservation at the restaurant.

Myung Jin finished his doctorate degree.

He's been asked to be a professor at a state university, so it looks like he'll stay in the States.

To become a professor at the age of 30...

You must be happy.

I exchanged my kid for the life of the President.

I'm sorry, ma'am.

What parent wouldn't be hesitant?

A three-year-old was about to lose his life...

All you had to do was sign the statement that they already wrote.

I didn't know he'd pass away...

I didn't know Choi Dong Sung would go that far, ma'am.

There are hundreds of people who received help from him only to forget before the day was over.

Thank you, Director Kang.

Min Jae, that child... once he becomes the Chairman after the shareholders' meeting...

he'll bring up the shares from the borrowed name.

He'll raise the issue of inheritance

and have Seo Yoon, Won Jae, Jung Yoon and Dong Hui split the shares.

For the last 27 years

I've collected information on ex-Vice Chairman Choi Dong Jin and President Choi Min Jae.

Even if only half of it comes to surface...

Don't let it surface.

Min Jae just needs to know that we have it.

He's a smart kid. He'll move aside from the Chairman seat on his own

and possibly take care of Seo Yoon.

The information will become the reins around Min Jae's neck.

And he will do all the tough and dirty work until my Sung Jae enters the Group.

Assist him well.

We'll be grateful to him later.

Yes, ma'am.

They were saplings 27 years ago.

The trees have grown a lot.

You and I have both aged a lot, too.

But what to do...

my heart feels the same way.

The feelings I had on the day I brought him here.

They're still the same.

My Tae Joo...

Do you remember? We said we'd eat together when we get the affiliate companies.

Ask Director Jo and Choon Ho to come in.

I'll reserve a place with a nice view of the Han River for tomorrow evening...

Hurry up!

O... K...

All the accounts that Eden has... we have to get them in cash by tomorrow morning.

Change them to CD's in Myeong-dong.

Tae Joo, you can split after the signing ceremony tomorrow.

Choi Min Jae, why would he..?

He's not the type to split 10 affiliates into 5.

As soon as the signing ceremony is over, he'll start the attack.

Move all the documents related to Sung Jin Construction by tomorrow.

I rented a storage from my brothers in alcohol wholesale distribution.

Those documents will save us.

Oh, and Seol Hee, you're dismissed from being Director of Finance.

Thank you for your hard work. I'll be the Financial Director for a while.

Get ready by 1:30 tomorrow afternoon and call me.

How much of the Sung Jin Construction shares does Jang Tae Joo own?

I believe it's about 30 percent.

Extortion or an illegal act of a major shareholder...

Find a way to raise a motion.

Are you going to abandon Jang Tae Joo?

I'll try whipping him one last time.

Hand the Eden related documents to him. He's waiting.

He took out his putter...

but I told him the golf Tae Joo and I played ended with the ball landing on the green...

I still remember Congressman Kim's face then.

We play golf to feel better.

We don't need to put the ball in the hole while getting stressed out about it.

Tae Joo, get proper golf lessons.

Your golf swing is rubbish.

The wind factor, the distance, the grass condition...

you should at least know that before you hit the ball.

You always go for a full swing, so you remain the same even after a few years of playing.

But I have about the same success rate as you with your 'green-on' golf.

You've fallen into the sand bunker many times. I've never had my ball in the bunker.

Tae Joo...

Try swinging your driver the way I instruct you just this one time.

It'll be on the green. Maybe even a hole-in-one.

Do you know why your ball never fell into the sand bunker?

Because I hit the ball first.

When I put the ball on the green, you hit it just like I did.

If my ball fell into a bunker, you hit it slightly to the side.

I'll hit it first this time too, so just follow after me.

This is Jang Tae Joo.

President Jang, we're ready.

Should I move these to my brothers' alcohol storage?

It's been a while. Go hang out with your brothers.

This is Choi Min Jae.

I looked through the documents.

With this, as long as Yoon Seol Hee opens her mouth, we can get Jang Tae Joo involved.

This is the last project before you quit your job.

Do your best.

Okay.

Do you remember that building by the Han River?

We used to drink a lot of canned beer there.

We demolished it last month.

I heard luxury residential complexes make money.

That's too bad.

The night view of Seoul from there was really nice.

- I'll remember it for a long time. - Same with me.

I'm Kim Hong Chul from the financial investigation team of Seoul Prosecutors' Office.

We'll begin search and seizure on Eden.

We changed a few presidents and executives of the 10 affiliates yesterday.

I figured it would be good for you to work with people you know, Min Jae.

When you buy a box of apples, there are always a few rotten ones at the bottom.

I touched up the share structure, too.

Five around Sung Jin Energy, and five around Sung Jin Chemical.

I matched the revenue and net profit to be about the same.

You can split them the way they are now.

Oh my... you wrapped them up nicely to make it easy for us to carry them.

Thank you.

Once we're done with the signing ceremony here

I'm going to announce the restructuring plan at 3 o'clock.

Rather than a sale of affiliate companies

I'm going to announce it as a restructuring of weak affiliates

so please understand. What about the deposit?

As soon as the door opens at Lehman in Manhattan...

Sung Jin Chemical will turn around to make profit in about five years

so don't reduce the R&D expense just to match the current net profit.

The people at the pager and PCS divisions in Sung Jin Telecom are on unpaid leave now.

We're supposed to bring them back when we start the fiber optic cable division next year

so please keep the promise we made with them.

- We'll take care of that... - I'm not talking to you, Mr. Jang Tae Joo.

He bragged about creating a housing zone for an hour

without noticing his soup and steak getting cold.

I'm talking to that Min Jae from 17 years ago.

Please, Min Jae.

I heard. You'll gather the executives and reporters tonight

and you're going to announce the second foundation of Sung Jin Group.

That's a great idea.

If you put on a show before everyone else, you'll see a bigger effect.

I almost forgot

that you changed from 17 years ago. I'm sorry.

Pardon me, it's time to make the restructuring announcement.

The signing ceremony should be...

This is Jang Tae Joo.

President Jang, Director Yoon has been taken to the prosecutors' office.

President Jang, they even took the dirt in the office.

The investigator I know was indicted last month, so I don't have anyone to ask.

Mr. Jang Tae Joo.

I hear your branches in Europe and the U.S. are hanging on with hot money...

One week short of a flow of funds.

Moody's announced the downgrade of Sung Jin credit by three levels.

Without the one billion dollars, how many days can Sung Jin Group hang in there, Seo Yoon?

Min Jae.

Let's do a signing ceremony next time if our paths cross again.

The R&D expense for Sung Jin Chemical and those on unpaid leave at Sung Jin Telecom...

you take care of it.

It looks like there is a problem with President Jang.

It'll be hard to avoid the prosecutor's investigation.

Hand over the right to withdraw the one billion dollars.

I'll take care of Director Yoon.

'Let's go together... we'll go as one.'

When you say that to someone else, you should add something to it.

'...Until I abandon you.'

Keep the funds at Eden.

I'll also sell the Eden shares.

That would be pretty good for the work you've done for the last three years.

Have Sung Jin Construction

and hand me the right to withdraw the one billion dollars.

That should be pretty good for the work you've done for the last three years, President Choi.

Tae Joo. If you just listen to me, you...

But why can't you listen to me?

I handed over the documents on Eden to the prosecutors' office.

From the last three, no, seven years.

They're investigating.

As soon as Director Yoon opens her mouth, Tae Joo, you...

I have what you have.

I have connections in the prosecutors' office and in politics too.

- You can't reach that far. - My money will.

Thank you... for the tablet for Yoon.

Thank you... for your apology to my father.

I am sorry.

Mr. Jang Bong Ho, I am very sorry.

Don't get hurt too much. You should give up before that.

Tae Joo, come to me any time...

I won't live like my father.

I hope you do the same.

It's time to announce the restructuring plan soon.

Outsiders think we're announcing the injection of one billion dollars.

If we don't announce the restructuring plan, the government will start pressuring us.

They might force a core business swap.

In the worst case, even a dissolution of the Group.

There are three points in the restructuring plan.

First, Vice Chairman Choi Seo Yoon of Sung Jin Group

will liquidate cash, real estate, and liquid assets for normal operations of the Group

and inject 300 billion won of her own personal assets.

Vice Chairman.

Second, among the 100,000 Sung Jin Group family members...

we'll reduce the workforce by 30 percent... 30,000 employees

through early retirements and layoffs.

We can relieve the domestic financial pressure in the short term.

But the hot money in foreign branches has to come in a week...

Third, the negotiation on taking over a billion dollars is amicable and in progress.

And its details are being discussed.

The one billion dollars will be injected into Sung Jin Group in the next few days.

Vice Chairman. How...

I'm going to make it happen.

That's all, Director Park.

They're digging into all apartments, shopping malls, and roads that Eden developed.

Yoon Seol Hee was the director of finance

so she must've taken care of all the fund approvals.

She's claiming she did it by herself.

She's stating that you only took care of external business matters.

Have you met with Chief Prosecutor Kim Jung Hyun?

Kim Jung Hyun pressed them, but it's not working.

He was never interested in investigating before...

so I wonder why he's after this case.

He wouldn't investigate even if we begged him.

Now that we want him to stop, he's at it.

I'll meet with the prosecutor in charge. Please make an introduction...

For an investigation on a target, once they hit it, the investigation is over.

The target this time is you, President Jang.

Either you get hit, or use money to move the target.

Who do I need to see?

The prosecutor in charge is Sohn Dong Hui.

He's the son-in-law of Sung Jin Group.

Try going that way.

National audit, congress inspection... there is too much to worry about these days.

I made a promise to you.

Even if there is a problem with me, you won't get hurt.

Let's go.

This is Choi Seo Yoon.

This is Jang Tae Joo.

Let's meet right now.

Your brother-in-law, Prosecutor Sohn Dong Hui in the financial investigation team.

He's investigating Director Yoon now.

I asked him to come home. I'll meet with him.

There is one thing I want.

For Director Yoon to go to work at Eden's office tomorrow morning.

For the construction of the Sung Jin Electronics plant in Bupyeong...

Eden took charge of it, right?

There was a lot of trouble with subcontractors.

I'm going to give the documents on it to Dong Hui.

When Sung Jin Corning was expanding its production line, Eden also...

Ms. Choi Seo Yoon.

There is only one thing I want, too.

For one billion dollars to come into Sung Jin Group.

Min Jae, Mr. Jang Tae Joo...

Whether you both divide up the 10 affiliates

or one takes all after defeating the other

it doesn't matter to me.

You give up the right to withdraw the one billion dollars

and Min Jae takes all ten affiliates.

That seems to be the fastest way to get one billion dollars in Sung Jin Group.

I'll hand over window dressing in the accounting book for the ones that Eden developed.

If you want to see Director Yoon go to work tomorrow, Mr. Jang Tae Joo...

hand over the right to withdraw the one billion dollars to Min Jae.

I guess Min Jae and I will be the only ones sitting at the signing ceremony.

Min Jae is very greedy.

No matter how much you try to hang in there

he's not the type to split 10 affiliates with you, Mr. Jang Tae Joo.

Don't underestimate someone else's greed.

There is someone who owns shares in Sung Jin Cement under a borrowed name.

Next to you... someone very close.

Without a billion dollars, Sung Jin Group will be shaken up

and shareholders and investors will protest.

A general shareholders' meeting will be summoned.

With the one billion dollars that President Choi Min Jae has...

along with the shares in the borrowed name that person owns...

they will empty out your seat.

I can protect Sung Jin Group with the shares I own.

The foreign branches will collapse, and the affiliates will go bankrupt.

The Group might be dissolved.

Let's see if you can still protect it then, Ms. Choi Seo Yoon.

Tell me again...

To give up the right to withdraw the one billion dollars.

To hand it over to President Choi Min Jae.

President Choi Min Jae... he's very greedy.

Much more than what you think, Ms. Choi Seo Yoon.

Who is it? The one with Sung Jin Cement shares under a borrowed name.

It's probably the first person who suggests the shareholders' meeting of Sung Jin Cement.

Make Director Yoon come out.

Maybe I got to like you a little after meeting you a few times...

so I don't want to see you shedding tears.

I got a call from Jung Yoon earlier today.

Your reunion with colleagues is next month, so she asked about using the annex building.

I thought about it.

Why would you do this without even telling Jung Yoon that you were leaving your job?

Is there a reason for a prosecutor's investigation?

Dad made a request.

To keep you tied up so that you won't touch the company.

I'll untie you. I can't promise you the department stores.

I'll transfer Auto over to you.

Let go of Ms. Yoon Seol Hee.

There is no guarantee that you'll have one billion dollars.

- President Jang Tae Joo... - The probability...

The probability of Seo Yoon touching the one billion dollars, Dong Hui, is zero.

As soon as Jang Tae Joo hands over the right to withdraw

the one billion dollars will be in my hands.

What do I need to do?

Until Jang Tae Joo hands over the right to withdraw

you need to keep Yoon Seol Hee in the prosecutors' office.

It'll be better if the name Jang Tae Joo comes out of her mouth.

Thanks to Jang Tae Joo, you're closer to having Auto.

Treat Tae Joo to dinner some time.

Seo Yoon, I've been a prosecutor for 15 years.

This is my last investigation.

Fraud, malpractice, embezzlement...

Yoon Seol Hee's case is about scamming common people whose dream was to own a home.

I... want to go back to how I felt when I first got my prosecutor's pin

and do my job right.

I'm having lunch with the Prosecutor General tomorrow.

I'll take care of Prosecutor General Jo Dong Gook.

Before the Prosecutor General removes my prosecutor's robe

I should put the prisoner's uniform on Yoon Seol Hee.

I'll meet with the Minister of Justice Kang Tae Sung.

Won Jae took care of Minister Kang Tae Sung as an adviser to the Group for a few years.

He'll at least do what he got paid for.

Oh, I got a call from Minister Kang.

He asked me to turn in the names that are pressuring from the top.

Don't worry. I'll leave out your name.

Seo Yoon.

As the last case I have as a prosecutor of Korea...

I'll be sure to make an indictment.

Tell Jang Tae Joo that the investigators will be coming soon.

Oh... let me borrow this book.

I'll bring it back next time.

I checked with Myeong-dong.

Twenty five percent of Sung Jin Cement shares are being transferred to a real name account.

Who are the original owners? Meet with them and...

There have been five, six fake sales, so there is no way of knowing the starting point.

It hasn't arrived at the real owner yet.

Vice Chairman, it looks like what President Jang Tae Joo said is true.

We have to get Yoon Seol Hee out of the prosecutors' office.

If Jang Tae Joo hands over the right to withdraw to President Choi Min Jae

then they'll have the shares in the borrowed name and one billion dollars.

I'm going to stop stepping into the shadow.

The one who owns the shares under a borrowed name, the one who's influencing Min Jae...

Once that person falls apart, Min Jae will fall apart, too.

I got a call from Lord Kim of Myeong-dong.

Vice Chairman Choi Seo Yoon is tracing the route of the Sung Jin Cement shares.

You don't need to worry.

I'll switch to a real name ownership right before the shareholders' meeting.

Vice Chairman Choi Seo Yoon could be suspicious of you...

I have a plan.

Seo Yoon was just here chatting for over an hour.

She said that she didn't want Sung Jae to go to the states. That she'd miss him.

Seo Yoon said she'd try to convince Sung Jae.

Hand over the documents on Seo Yoon to Min Jae.

Not all of them, just enough to shake her up a little bit.

Maybe the family meeting will happen sooner than expected.

I have a case that I'm investigating, so I'll get going first, Mother.

You must be busy with work. Thank you for coming by every morning.

Reservations at the golf courses are down by half.

Almost half of them play with no one in front or behind.

Seo Yoon, about laying off 30,000 employees in the Group...

it was the top news last night.

That's too bad. It's over 100,000 people including their families.

How will they make a living?

Mom, I'm opening an Italian restaurant next month. I'll invite you.

People at the scholarship foundation were saying...

that the foreign branches are not doing well.

Everything's okay, right?

Yes, Mom.

Without the takeover of Han Sung Steel, we'd have enough foreign currencies...

Be careful what you eat, Honey. You'll have indigestion if you eat the wrong thing.

The loan from the department store... is it at Sung Jin Corp.?

I'd like it back today, miss.

There is not enough cash even in department stores these days.

Eun Jung, Father gave the department stores to you.

- For Father, Seo Yoon bought Han Sung Steel... - Hey hey.

Why would you pick up something you left behind?

You should be looking ahead for IMF.

It's hard to manage the company because of that, right Seo Yoon?

I could smell the foreign currencies in the banks in Southeast Asia.

I said we should be careful.

What? The fundamentals are solid?

Of course men have... a different view of scale.

If you and Min Jae took over Han Sung Steel, you'd be the one falling down.

- Have you ever thought about Father... - That's enough.

I'm sure Won Jae wanted to take over Han Sung Steel and hand it to Father.

Mom.

When your Father was in the hospital... yes, I told you to take a break.

Jung Yoon went on a trip to Jeju Island, Seo Yoon was busy with work.

Still, the only one who came by at the hospital after work was Won Jae.

He had a long conversation with your father.

Just the two of them.

Won Jae was the one who did his duty as the first son.

Won Jae heard your father's last words.

There is someone with Sung Jin Cement shares under a borrowed name.

Next to you, someone very close.

Mom and I were there when Dad took his last breath.

But he had no energy left, so he couldn't say anything.

I want to hear... Dad's last words.

Won Jae... get Seo Yoon... now.

Seo Yoon... the words you'd be very happy to hear... I heard them instead.

Satisfied?

This is the access record of the VIP ward.

There is a record of Managing Director Choi Won Jae

stopping by at the hospital the day before the Chairman's death.

But why would Chairman hand over Sung Jin Cement shares to Managing Director Choi?

The words you'd be very happy to hear... I heard them instead.

Dad probably told him to tell me.

If it goes to a legal battle, it'll take a long time. It won't be easy.

Won Jae has a lot of fear.

I should let him know

what happens when he takes what Dad left to me without permission.

There isn't even a person to make coffee in the strategic planning division.

Eight managers are being investigated by the audit team

and the rest are busy preparing their explanation statements.

Seo Yoon, that bitch, is about to empty out the pockets in my suit!

Why me, all of a sudden!

Because she's afraid.

There are five days left before the deadline of hot money in foreign branches.

There is almost no foreign currency... The root of Sung Jin Group is being shaken.

She's afraid that you'd step in front at a time like this.

It's the same as handling ex-presidents first when the current administration is shaky.

Min Jae, what about the one billion dollars...

Tae Joo will hand it over.

With my one billion dollars, and the justification of you as the firstborn son of Sung Jin Group

we can make Sung Jin Group right and you can take that seat, Won Jae.

If you add a few that you promised to the 10 affiliates

I'm going to leave and set up an independent company.

Min Jae, I'll trust you.

I trust you, too. You're the only one next to me right now.

Tae Joo left too.

It's about the Sung Jin Cement shares that Seo Yoon owns.

Purchased at a lower price, acquisition in disguise...

there are a lot of things people would be upset about.

Oh, and in gaining control of Sung Jin Group which is worth tens of trillions, the tax was...

She paid about 2.4 billion.

People should know what kind of person Seo Yoon is.

Fight her.

I'm behind you.

The family dispute of Sung Jin Group is making the people of this country frown.

Managing Director of strategic planning disclosed documents on tax and share purchases.

Vice Chairman Choi Seo Yoon announced she'd disclose the audit result on Managing Director...

I thought the country was in the shits only because of the IMF...

Choi Seo Yoon, she can't even see what's in front of her.

She doesn't have the time or energy to wipe our nose.

Did you get a call from Attorney Kim Chul Woo?

He just saw Director Yoon.

Don't worry, your name won't come out of Director Yoon's mouth.

That's what I'm worried about.

Sales, development, construction... there are hundreds from the last seven years.

Even if they dig into just one of them, she'll be in prison for a few years.

Seol Hee might say she'll take on the whole load by herself...

That's what I'm worried about.

That's right.

Finance director... is the seat that gets your hands dirty.

I should've taken on the job from the beginning.

You should have.

To get Director Yoon out...

we have no choice but to hand over the withdrawal right to President Choi Min Jae.

Then our hands will be emptied.

Three years ago, when we were doing the reconstruction...

Choi Seo Yoon told her that

she'd give the proxy sale right which was worth billions if Seol Hee handed me over to her.

But Seol Hee gave up on that.

I'm thinking about that...

Would I... be able to give up?

Everything that I own...

Make a phone call.

President Jang will come with his seal and signed agreement

to hand over the withdrawal right at 7 o'clock tonight.

Seven o'clock tonight is 6 in the morning in New York.

Once we receive the agreement, I can take care of it as soon as Lehman opens

then you'll have sole ownership of the one billion dollars.

'End like lightning.'

At times, I thought this was a fight that would never end.

Tae Joo told me then...

whatever the pain, the despair, or the fight...

it would end like lightning.

Tae Joo proved that he was right.

Aunt, this is Min Jae.

I should hurry, too.

Don't worry about this old hag.

I can at least keep up the pace with your walk.

Well done, Min Jae.

Dong Jin, did you have lunch?

Don't skip meals. Make sure to eat the pickles and salted fish I sent you.

I forgot, you should come to Seoul.

We're holding a family meeting tonight.

Tae Joo drinks cotton flower, right? Have it prepared.

Yes, sir.

It's been a long time, President Choi Min Jae.

Where's Tae Joo?

This is Jang Tae Joo. I'm coming in right now.

You're telling me Tae Joo is at the prosecutors' office?

Yes, I got a call that he's coming to the interrogation room.

Could I talk to Director Yoon?

Did you eat?

Tae Joo.

Next time, if these people ask, give them my name.

I'm not hiding behind your back, Seol Hee.

You hide behind my back.

This is Jang Tae Joo.

Let's begin.

After working with you for a few years, my liver shrank.

Can I save Eden? Should I at least hold on to cash?

Can I avoid going to prison?

I thought about it.

I'll bet everything.

Eden, cash, prison time.

I confiscated all the documents related to Sung Jin Construction.

And I got rid of the documents we had too.

There are no longer any documents that connect you and me.

Did anyone say I was tripping your leg?

I'm saying I'll strangle myself.

We seized all Eden records...

I went around to subcontractors for a couple of hours.

I told them I'd compensate for their damage.

They even wrapped up the documents related to our construction nicely for me.

With that... I think I can eat prison food for about five years.

Tae Joo, Prosecutor Sohn Dong Hui is in my hands.

Stop with your foolish...

Let's change the dealer.

Prosecutor Lee Hee Do, Prosecutor Jang Gyu Il, Prosecutor Park Sang Hyun...

Three young prosecutors, who you can't get to with pressure or favors, are waiting.

I'm going to hand over the documents at 7:30.

They haven't even gone home yet just so they can feed me prison food.

When I start my prison term in my uniform...

President Choi Min Jae...

please pay back the one billion dollars including the interest in a year.

Please take care of it.

Tae Joo.

I'll refuse visitors too.

If you want my seal, come to me after five years, when I leave the prison.

Oh, will it be too late then?

The current exchange rate is 2000 won. Its interest is 240 billion.

If the interest rate jumps to 3000 won, the interest becomes 360 billion.

If you try to cough up that money in a year

it won't be enough even if you sell the signage for Sung Jin Construction.

The exchange rate could go back to normal.

That's why it's a gamble.

Well, I bet everything I have.

Eden, money, my life.

President Choi Min Jae...

if you can just handle the interest on one billion dollars, call my bet.

You'll be betting Sung Jin Construction.

You have 10 minutes left.

Mr. Jo Pil Doo, tell the car to turn around from transferring the documents.

I'll double what Tae Joo is paying you.

The ones using their fists are hungry for food and affection.

You just gave me food

but President Jang gave me food

and affection.

I'm sorry.

[Agreement to renounce the withdrawal right]

President Jang Tae Joo couldn't be that reckless...

Tae Joo will do it.

If we can't withdraw the one billion dollars and the exchange rate increases

then Sung Jin Construction will collapse.

I bet everything. You decide, either you call or die.

I told Myung Hoon last night.

Your dad is raising a tiger.

I'm Choi Gi Won of the investigation team from the National Tax Service.

We received a tip-off about tax evasion in Sung Jin Development.

We'll perform search and seizure.

President.

Director Kang, we can't go back to Sung Jin Development.

The government announced that the exchange rate will normalize soon.

According to the government announcement, the IMF wouldn't have happened.

Five minutes left.

Let's set a new date for the signing ceremony.

Buy 10 affiliates from Seo Yoon and take 5 each...

You were the one who flipped the table last time.

Just focus on this round.

Tae Joo...

Six, no, I'll give you seven.

I'll just take three with Sung Jin Construction...

President Choi Min Jae...

I went after the race. Call or die, let's make it simple.

You have two minutes left. He's probably right around the corner.

If you ever see my father in me...

then leave me.

I won't live like my father.

I hope you do the same.

Gambling doesn't suit you.

You won't do it anyway.

Tae Joo...

Turn the car around.

Gain more. Become stronger.

I'll take it back... everything that you achieve.

That shouldn't be done with words.

I'll make good use of the one billion dollars.

One billion dollars for me, Sung Jin Construction for you.

With that, President Choi Min Jae...

it should be pretty good for your work for the last three years.

I'll see you next time.

Where is the restaurant by the Han River where you made a reservation?

Tae Joo.

If you don't want to, we can go to a snack bar around the corner.

Seo Yoon, Won Jae, it's no use saying who's right and who's wrong.

The country is going through a tough time...

so with the fight in the family

I'm worried that it'll put a blemish on your father's reputation.

Seo Yoon, Won Jae...

why don't we step aside from managing the Group for a while?

- Mom. - Mother.

The stares from people are vicious.

With the company... Seo Yoon has been doing a good job

but I think it's better to step aside for a while now.

Once the company gets through its crisis, then

either Seo Yoon or Won Jae can step up.

That's the right way for the company and your father.

Seo Yoon...

Yes, Mom.

I'd like to hold a general shareholders' meeting of Sung Jin Cement.

Who is it? The one who owns Sung Jin Cement shares under a borrowed name.

It's probably the first one who suggests a shareholders' meeting of Sung Jin Cement.

I'd like to invite a professional CEO to the shareholders' meeting.

Seo Yoon, please accept my request.

Next to you. Someone very close.

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This was the first time we held hands.

I'm not going to marry you.

There will be nothing Jang Tae Joo can get.

Leave me, Seol Hee.

Can I take a look at the document?

I also hope that she's the person you believe her to be.

I want to hear Dad's last words.

Just focus on one thing. What do you want?

- I miss Dad. - I miss him, too.

Dr. Park said so.

Chairman wouldn't last more than three days.

It's just complication from a cold.

Choi Sung Jae heard it too.

The 27 years that she fooled Dad and us...

I'll make her regret it until her last day.