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(All characters, institutions, enterprises and designations...)

(...appearing in this drama are purely fictional.)

(Business closed)

People who would come when the minister's dog dies...

...won't come when the minister dies.

(Go Ah-in)

Dad,

thank you.

I thought I'd get married in a shabby wedding hall with no guests.

Your dad still has it going.

Uncle, thank you for showing us such care.

Dad, be nice to him

This is all thanks to him.

What's there to thank for between same period colleagues?

He's doing well enough already.

My goodness! Ji-woo!

Congratulations!

- Congratulations. - You guys are here.

I'm envious. It's so pretty here!

Ji-woo, we'll be outside.

Hello.

I should sit here.

Alright. Look here.

One more.

(VC Planning Finance Director)

(VC Group Chairman Kang Yong-ho)

(To Executive Creative Director Yoo Jung-suk's daughter,)

(congratulations on your wedding)

(VC Group CPO Choi Chang-soo)

(Go Ah-in)

(Choi Chang-soo)

(Kang Han-soo)

(Choi Chang-soo)

(To Executive Creative Director Yoo Jung-suk's daughter,)

(congratulations on your wedding)

Let's do it well according to the plan.

Of course we should.

Would I have chosen to work with you without a plan?

Jung-suk.

You're here.

Director Go, it's nice to see you.

The bride will be making her entrance.

Bride, please enter.

Where is Director Go?

Why?

Is she not here yet?

That's not it.

Over there.

Their expressions are the total opposite.

Good afternoon, distinguished guests who are here

to congratulate the couple's marriage.

I would like to give my best wishes to the couple's future...

What are you doing?

What do you mean?

Why are you using Jung-suk in our rivalry?

How could you say I'm using him?

We need one more executive in the production team,

so I raised it up to the vice president and he agreed to it.

I made the offer to Jung-suk and he accepted it too.

Why?

Is there an issue?

Look.

Look at Jung-suk's expression.

When was the last time we saw him like that?

What...

...exactly did you take him for?

What?

You said I used him?

What about you then?

You think he should stick to running a shabby bar.

What nonsense are you spouting?

You want to be able to go to him whenever you need to.

Am I wrong?

Yeah,

I'm currently...

...making use of Jung-suk.

But I...

...gave him...

...what he desperately wanted.

What about you?

You've been using him,

but what have you done for him?

Even so, how could you drag him in?

Isn't there a limit that we should keep to?

A limit?

Weren't you the one who dragged Kang Han-na into our rivalry?

Those are two different...

You said you'll bring a storm upon me.

When the storm comes, you'll find out...

the difference between a flower carefully grown in a greenhouse...

...and a wildflower grown on the streets.

What?

Just wait.

I'll bring a storm upon that carefully grown mentality.

Why has it been so calm lately?

Weren't we in the middle of a battle?

Why are you being so peaceful on your own?

Do you think...

...you've already won?

Now, we shall begin the highlight of the wedding,

the newlywed couple's march.

I hope all of you can stand up and congratulate them.

May the newlywed couple take their march.

I guess I should...

...apologise to you.

If I seemed too peaceful like the battle is already over,

that isn't being polite to the other party.

Of course.

No matter how fiercely we fight,

we should have some manners.

That's right.

It's not over until it's over.

(The battle only ends for the one who dies)

Director Go, you should stay to eat...

What's the matter?

Just let her leave.

Did something happen?

If something happened, we'll find out about it soon.

(Episode 14)

Kang Han-na, are you going to work without having breakfast?

You haven't been eating at all since yesterday.

Did you drink?

I drank yesterday.

Who are you?

I'll be Director Kang Han-na's secretary from today.

What?

What happened to Mr. Park?

My eldest grandchild.

Yes, Grandfather.

Eat up.

You should fight on a full stomach.

I only found out about it this morning as well.

Then did he threaten him, telling him to quit?

No.

I heard he tendered his resignation on his own.

He turned down all of Vice President Kang's offers.

What offers?

Really?

He turned that down?

Yes.

Has his resignation been processed?

I don't think so.

Don't process it first.

Alright.

Oh?

Great senior!

Eun-jung?

Thank you for coming to the wedding.

You're welcome.

But why are you here at the company early in the morning?

Well,

I came here for work.

Work? What...

Did someone leave without paying for their drinks?

Do you still charge on credit and stuff like that these days?

Jung-suk.

Hey.

Are you reporting for work?

Yeah.

And this has been discussed with Director Go?

It has been discussed, yes,

but not with the director you're referring to but another director.

That is a very awkward pairing.

Awkward pairings result in creativity,

and we of all people shouldn't be afraid of that.

Didn't I teach you that last time?

Let's work well together from now.

You're not disappointed that you'll now see me often right?

No...

(WK Fire Insurance, first securities firm

to win the top prize in the Seoul PR Awards)

Director Go, Jung-suk came in to work.

The insurance commercial received great reactions.

What did they say about the campaign extension?

What exactly is happening?

What else do we have left to film?

Don't you hear what I'm saying?

Are you not going to work?

I'll arrange them and give you a report.

Mr. Han.

Yes?

Director Choi brought Jung-suk in...

...to interfere with my work within the production team.

Are we going to get caught up in that and waste our time?

No, we're not. I understand what you're trying to say.

Increasing the sales by 50 percent.

As long as I resolve that,

everything else will fall into place.

Work with the rest of the team to arrange what we are working on.

What shall we arrange them according to?

Speed.

Speed is the most important to us now.

Alright.

Director, would you like to eat before we go?

Continue liking me.

I'll continue to like you too.

You might lose everything if you do that.

Sometimes, you need to know how to give up...

I just need to change to world.

Even if you might lose everything that you have now?

Without you around,

I have no one else on my side in this world anyway.

I was told that you liked this restaurant.

Just go.

Also...

Yes?

I don't like this place.

What's the matter?

Father, stop it.

What are you telling me to stop?

Stop interfering with my daughter and son's lives.

When did I ever interfere with your daughter and son's lives?

What you're doing right now...

Aren't you happy with controlling my life?

Will you be happy only if you controlled my children's life?

It seems like you're severely mistaken.

Why would Han-soo and Han-na fight?

That's...

...because you make them compete...

Why are they competing then?

Isn't it because they're trying to become the chairman of VC Group?

How is the issue only about your children then?

It's about the successors of VC Group,

the company I created.

But she's coming to ruins here.

Yong-ho.

Yes?

For you, as well as Han-soo and Han-na,

before you guys were my children and grandchildren,

you were servants receiving a salary from my company.

If you don't like it,

let go of everything and leave.

You have an appointment with Woowon Group's chairman.

Alright.

Just do that at the directors' meeting.

Alright.

What about the rest?

I'll handle that.

Just take charge of the internal affairs.

Come in.

Hey.

Mr. Yoo,

it's been long.

Mr. Kwon, it's been long.

I heard you've been through quite a bit.

Please help us.

Go Ah-in...

Darn it, really.

She can't be controlled.

How can she be the same since she entered the company...

Oh right.

She's changed.

Change? How so?

She was having a team dinner with her team the other day.

That's nothing much.

Is that so?

Even so,

it's funny to see her having a team dinner

with her secretary present too.

Secretary?

Who?

You mean Mr. Park?

No.

That girl. Ah-in's secretary.

So they were doing that...

We have one more thing to raise at the meeting today.

Is she the chairman's daughter?

Director Han-na, your secretary changed.

Yes.

You've also only just came in to work.

You must have a lot of time on your hands,

seeing as you're caring about even things like these.

I'm telling you to pay more attention to your attendance.

It's because you have nothing to do, isn't it?

What?

What have you been doing recently?

Which advertisers do you have on hand right now?

Employees who don't care if they have advertisers usually...

...start to fall short on their attendance.

Don't you agree?

- Now... - You're right.

Attendance has been a mess lately.

Right?

Exactly.

The CPO never does his work and just goes

to the headquarters every other day.

How can the company run like this?

That is why we called for the directors' meeting today.

We're trying to make the company run properly.

(Meeting Room)

I think we'll be able to take this project down quickly.

I'll link them up with a planning office

that is good at such strange things...

...and wrap things up quickly.

Let's do that.

This one is fashion related, so...

I'll take charge of that then.

Just help me to do up a copy.

Then for this...

I'll do the financial one for internet use and the insurance one.

Okay, then I'll finish up the others.

As expected, having all the creative directors

who work well together here...

...make things go so smoothly.

Of course.

If I'm on the same team as people who don't understand things,

I end up spending more time convincing

and making them understand what I'm saying.

That's right.

We have less than a month to make that

50 percent increase in sales happen,

so let's quickly get it done...

...and have a luxurious team dinner once again!

Let's do that!

We would like to suggest dissolving the TF team.

From what I know, the TF team was formed

during the Woowon Group PR project.

Is that correct?

Yes.

But...

...why have you kept the team around until now?

Besides,

I question if it's efficient to have

three creative directors on one team.

We get work done well together.

Putting employees who don't work well together in a team...

...just makes things less efficient.

No.

That's a short-sighted opinion.

While the new creative directors

get used to working with their teams,

conflict will no doubt occur.

Commercials are heavily dependent on personal taste after all.

But at the end of the day,

that period will help to increase

the working abilities of the employees,

or what we call a period of growth. Don't you think so?

Can you elaborate on that?

Making commercials is all about persuading people,

and the process of learning how to persuade people...

...begins in the meeting room.

Internally, we need to first find out how

to persuade the people on our team...

...who have differing opinions from us using logic,

strategy and creativity...

in order to persuade the advertisers

and consumers in the end. Don't you agree?

Keeping employees that you're comfortable

with now by your side...

...will only slow down the company's growth.

What do you think about that, Director Go?

I believe she feels the same way as me.

That was how I learned...

...and taught her in the past.

Isn't that true?

Well then, we shall dissolve the TF team as Director Yoo proposed.

There's also one more thing.

Go ahead.

I would like to request for

all the director level executives' secretaries...

...to have their contracts terminated.

The industry is not looking good right now.

We don't need to keep secretaries

who don't do the things they're tasked to do...

...in the office.

What's the matter?

Would you...

...like to continue having a secretary on your own?

Director Han-na is an exception.

She comes to work comfortably after all, unlike us.

Director Han-na is an exception.

She comes to work comfortably after all, unlike us.

Without your weakness, you should become stronger.

How can you become even weaker?

I listened to it well.

Mr. Park, what are you doing?

Going home to eat.

Enjoy your food and return to work.

Your resignation has not been processed yet.

In my mind,

I'm already back at work.

See me for a while.

Alright.

You'll receive a call from the HR team soon.

Sorry?

About what...

The decision has just been made during the directors' meeting.

Other than the CEO's secretary,

they've decided to let go of all other secretaries.

I think Director Choi found out.

I'm sorry.

I'll go and pack my things now.

Is that all you have to say?

"Take responsibility for this."

"Find me another job elsewhere."

Why aren't you saying things like these?

If you leave just because they tell you to,

how are you going to survive outside?

If there was a way, you would have done so already.

I'll just work a part-time job while

I look for another place to work at.

Just give me a while more.

I'll look for another way.

Thank you for all this while.

We're just moving next door, but I don't want to.

Same here.

Why do companies like to make the employees dislike coming to work?

What were they thinking?

Eun-jung.

Soo-jung, what is that?

Shouldn't they give a few months notice

if they are asking someone to quit?

I'm just a contract worker after all.

Besides, I received an extra month's worth of pay.

It's for the advance notice of termination.

I'll get you a taxi.

No, it's okay. Pass me my stuff. I'll just take the subway.

No, I'll get you a taxi.

Soo-jung, I'll see you again.

We'll help you to see if there are any positions open elsewhere.

Yes, we'll help you to ask around.

Same here.

Thank you for looking after me.

I'll get going.

See you.

What's the matter?

She has things to carry, how can she take the subway?

She should take a taxi.

She's being like that because the taxi fare

is too much for her to handle.

So that's how they're going to do it, huh?

Did they think I was going to stay still and do nothing?

Why? Do you have a way?

I should return them what they did to us.

No.

I don't know what it is that you're thinking of doing, but no.

Check your phone.

His name is Yoo Jung-suk right?

It's not Yoo Jeon-suk or Ryu Jung- suk right?

It's Yoo Jung-suk, but why?

Because there can't be a single spelling mistake.

(Yoo Jung-suk)

I should write it exactly 99 times.

If I write it 100 times, he might die.

(Yoo Jung-suk)

It's all useless.

There's no such thing as betrayal.

It's my fault for trusting him.

People eventually...

...only look at their own benefits.

In the end,

I'm back in the same spot.

You're not having breakfast?

Yes. I can't be late for even a second.

Why?

From today onwards, I can't let the people at work see any flaws in me.

If you don't want people

to see your flaws, shouldn't you not go to work?

Right, my phone!

Seriously...

What's the matter, A-ji?

A kiss?

No.

Mum.

Bring your senses with you.

I'll get going.

What did you put in your mum's bag?

Copy.

Gosh.

I really don't want to move.

We have no other choice.

Eun-jung.

What?

What is this?

Oh? Why is this here?

So this was why.

No wonder I had a nightmare yesterday.

You didn't write it 100 times right?

What?

Writing it 100 times means I will die. You know that right?

Yes. That's why I only wrote it 99 times...

I'm sorry.

I think I'll need to have a word with Director Go.

No, but...

But...

No...

No!

Darn it!

Come in.

Director Go,

I think I haven't formally greeted you.

You're right.

Have a seat.

I think you're a lucky person.

It's hard to meet such loyal employees these days.

I don't recognise the handwriting, but I know who wrote this.

Don't you have anything you'd like to ask me?

What time do I have to be thinking about that?

I don't even have time...

...to think about how I should handle this.

Well, I suppose you're busy with various things.

So you understand my decision?

I understand it.

I can clearly see what the benefits are.

It's just...

...that I can't accept it.

It seems like your secretary has resigned.

It must be nice for you...

...to cut off the income source of someone completely unrelated.

When we go fishing,

we sometimes get fishes that we don't expect to see.

That doesn't mean we should stop fishing.

What is it that you want to say?

Am I supposed to congratulate you on your return to the company?

Or do you want to hear me say that I'm fine?

I'm asking if you came to find me...

...to reduce the guilt you're feeling inside.

Director Go,

don't trust everything you see on the outside.

Sometimes, we have to look at the bait...

...and not the fishing rod to find out.

Alright.

I will look at it properly.

We should have met yesterday,

but unfortunately, I had plans already.

It's fine.

I contacted you at the last minute after all.

What is this about?

The plan to let the couple get married

and appoint Han-soo as the vice-chairman,

let's change it.

By change, you mean...

Appoint Han-soo as the vice-chairman

then let them get married after.

Is it perhaps because of me?

Are you afraid that I'll be locked up again

after the second examination trial?

No.

It's my family's issue.

We're a family now.

Don't you think I should be aware of it too?

Well, I suppose...

you should know about it.

Did the conversation go well?

What could go wrong? It's good for his son-in-law.

Shall I send you to the headquarters?

Sure.

Actually,

let's drop by the agency.

You want to let Director Han-na know about it beforehand?

No.

Before I tell Han-soo about it,

I just want to see Han-na once.

Alright.

What brings you here without telling me?

Why do I have to tell you when I'm coming to my own company?

This sofa is comfortable.

Yeah, it's very comfortable.

Are you busy with something?

I'm trying to look busy.

Are you enjoying work?

I'm trying to enjoy it.

What about Mr. Park?

I'm trying to forget...

Darn it.

I told you to take things easy, but you're trying really hard.

What's this?

Did you come here to annoy me?

We haven't processed Mr. Park's resignation yet.

Stop looking at these books that don't suit you...

...and live like yourself.

I have settled everything else.

What did you settle?

There's something like that.

Father,

thank you.

I will do my best.

Yeah, I believe you'll do a good job.

But Han-soo.

Yes, Father.

What do you think about having two vice-chairmen?

What?

We can make one more position...

...and have Han-na join you.

What...

...has she done?

You've been telling me this since I was young.

"Give up..."

"...because you're going to be VC Group's chairman in the future."

My dream when I was younger,

the course that I wanted to major in,

even the person that I wanted to marry.

I held it in and gave up on everything...

...because I was due to become VC Group's chairman.

- She never gave up on anything... - Whatever I just said,

I take it back.

I'll proceed as I said in the beginning.

Don't let others know about it,

especially your grandfather.

You know what I mean right?

Alright.

Sorry for raising my voice.

I've scheduled the stockholders' meeting for next week.

Thank you.

I'll go now.

Now I just need to settle one thing.

Please help me to reserve a table at a restaurant.

Let's meet at 7pm.

There are some things that we need to settle.

You should have started eating first.

I haven't been starving.

That's right.

The person who will be helping me won't be starving.

Helping you?

Please take over what Director Choi has been doing.

Managing my social media account.

Do I look like someone who will do things like that?

You don't see me at all, do you?

Of course I do.

You're wearing a nice outfit today.

You added one more person to the production team

without consulting me first.

Who?

Director Yoo Jung-suk.

Do I look like someone who consults?

Well, you should.

The CCO holds the personnel rights for the production team.

This is why I shouldn't share too many meals with you.

You can just do what I ask you to do, take the money...

...and be a little more arrogant than others.

Why are you trying to climb your way up?

Why does such an amazing person need me?

I needed you until just a moment ago,

but I no longer do.

Before one becomes king, one needs comrades who are capable.

But after they become the king,

all they need are servants who listen to them well.

I see why Director Han-na dislikes you.

Do what you like.

I'll do what my heart tells me to from now on too.

You'll regret it.

Who?

Me?

Regret is something that people with a lot to lose do.

Who has more to lose here?

Hey.

Congratulations, Han-soo.

I heard about it from my dad.

I was just about to call you.

Why?

Help me to settle something.

Why are you suddenly halting the commercial?

I'll call you again.

(VC Fire Department Head Park Eun- ju)

Did something happen back at the headquarters?

They're halting the commercials?

Yeah.

Just until Go Ah-in leaves.

How are you going to handle that?

What do you mean?

The CPO is obstructing the company's business.

Seems like Go Ah-in got on

Vice President Kang's bad side yesterday.

Vice President Kang got angry and used his connections

to halt all the commercials.

Director Yoo,

thank you.

For what?

This is the result of you breaking Go Ah-in's calm state of mind.

Mr. Yoo,

did you really have to go this far?

I let it be when you returned to the company,

since I figured I'd do the same if I was in your shoes.

- But this... - Aren't you busy?

Instead of finding fault with me,

wouldn't it be better for you to focus

on settling what has happened?

It was done by the headquarters vice president.

He used his rich connections.

You know right?

Right now, there's only one person...

...in VC Planning...

...who can solve this.

What are you waiting for?

Aren't you going to work?

Director, Vice President Kang halted

all of the agency's commercials.

Why?

I heard he did that after meeting Director Go yesterday.

It's been long since we had such good news.

Director Hwang,

if you halt the commercials so suddenly like that...

Since it's an order from Vice President Kim Seo-jung,

I guess you had no other choice too.

Alright. I'll hang up now.

You were right.

But...

...you said Jung-suk told you that?

Yes. He said there's only one method to resolve it.

The method is here.

I'm here to do a give and take.

Are you feeling better now?

Right after hearing that things got bad between you and Kang Han-soo.

Use me.

You used me to resolve the issue with the email

to the advertisers the other time too.

I'm aware too.

There's nothing for me to do in this company right now...

...and all I have is the fact that

I'm Chairman Kang Yong-ho's daughter.

But that fact of mine is the only method

that can resolve your issue right now.

You don't have to ask me about anything anymore.

Is it a go ahead then?

Someone is going to be really disappointed.

Who?

There's someone.

Someone who likes the old style cream buns.

That also...

...sounds like something I can resolve.

Since we're starting this, let's do it cleanly.

Of course.

Where shall we begin?

We should first grant a wish.

I heard you halted my company's commercials.

Well, commercials,

we hold them when we need to and halt them when we don't need them.

That's how it is.

Whose need?

Kang Han-soo's?

What?

You did that because Han-soo told you to?

She'll show her tummy and wag her tail

if Kang Han-soo so much as gives her a look.

Hey, Kang Han-na!

You see that?

She's getting worked up because it's true.

I don't know if such a person will keep her promise.

Promise?

What?

You don't remember?

Shall we make a bet?

Sure.

I'm in.

What are we betting with?

Grant the winner a wish,

whatever it is.

You can call it quits if you don't feel confident about it.

A wish, whatever it is.

My wish...

...is for you to resume all the halted commercials right now.

That...

That's a little hard right now...

Forget it.

What can you possibly do?

But...

...if she can't even decide whether or

not her company does a commercial,

what kind of vice president is that...

I'll just do it!

Hey.

Don't risk getting chewed out by Kang Han-soo.

Just pretend I didn't say anything.

What do you take me for?

Prove it then.

(Woowon Marketing Executive Director Hwang Suk-woo)

Mr. Hwang?

The VC Planning commercials that we cancelled,

resume them.

Right now.

I've gotten the call from Woowon Group.

You've worked hard.

However, it's not easy to get through to the others.

I thought so.

I'll continue trying.

Yes.

I'll trouble you with that.

How much more do we need?

We just need 30 billion won more in billing.

Other than large conglomerates,

are there any other companies who are able

to spend 30 billion won on marketing now?

We should start to work on bidding for presentations for now.

We can gather the smaller advertisers and...

Even if we win the presentation now,

it will take at least a month for the commercial to go on air.

What's the point?

We need to persuade our current advertisers. There's no other way.

Shall I look at the ones from overseas?

I don't think we'll be able to persuade those in Korea.

Are there any among our former advertisers?

Hello, this is Go Ah-in.

We can do a meeting right away.

We will go over now.

Who is it?

Seems like I'm not fated to die.

(HUMAN & MONEY)

Interest?

It's high, of course.

What else should I do then?

This is the only place I can borrow money from.

They'll probably spend a lot on advertising.

Was it three years ago?

I think we wanted to let VC Planning

handle our commercials back then too.

Is that so?

I have no recollection of that.

I told them not to.

We'll be rejected anyway.

No other advertiser gets treated like that

with the money they spend.

Even the big models don't do commercials

for the secondary financial sector.

Please tell me why you wanted to see me.

Director Go,

are there nationalities to money?

Yes.

What about colour?

There are different colours too.

What about worth?

Money is just money.

Some say we're gathering funds for Japan,

some say we suck the blood dry from the people.

These words have been going around,

but they are the ones who come to us

at HUMAN & MONEY when they're in urgent need.

So the problem...

...is your image?

What you want is for us to make HUMAN & MONEY

have a positive image...

...so that more people will take out loans here right?

As expected, you get me well.

I've heard the rumours...

...that you're called the moneysiopath.

I'm still the same.

I like money, you see.

30 billion, no presentation needed.

As long as you agree to do it, I'll send you the money right away.

This...

...is really hard to reject.

(Resignation letter)

This is sudden.

I wasn't able to increase the sales by 50 percent in six months,

so I'll leave the company like I promised.

Don't we still have some way to go?

With all the large corporate commercials halted,

it's impossible to make up for those in 3 weeks.

Tell me about how unfair you felt.

You lost what you were almost able to achieve

because of the vice president.

Wouldn't the internal employees acknowledge it

if you say it like that?

Regardless of what others say,

I can't acknowledge it.

As an adult, I should take responsibility for what I said.

It's pretty comfortable to have no say in the company.

There's nothing for me to be worried

about nor have a conflict about.

But...

...for the first time in 10 years,

I 'm sad that I don't have the power to do anything.

I know you've been worried about this.

Thank you for your help all this while.

(Resignation Letter)

So there's still something for me to do.

(Resignation Letter)

That was a good rest.

It's been long.

She turned it down?

Hold on. I'll check with her and get back to you.

What did that mean?

Director Go turned down HUMAN & MONEY?

Her turning that down means she's going to leave the company.

Mr. Han, bring a box in for me.

Box?

Where's the box?

Director Go, what are you doing now?

What do you mean? I'm packing up.

Why are you packing up?

Because I need to keep my promise.

Yeah, so why did you reject the advertiser

who came to us and chose to leave?

Because I'm the best at it.

In life,

we sometimes have to refrain from doing something

because we're the best at it.

(Agency)

I won't do it. It's my pride as someone in advertising.

You need to survive first.

I'd like to see her.

How far will Go Ah-in go?

Director Go, why did you say you were quitting?

This old man...

Who are you to order me around?

I'll let you know...

...how VC Group flourished into a large conglomerate.

Why should I meet the person who left me?

Because we have a common enemy.

This is what we have prepared.

People make mistakes when they think it has all ended.

Just wait.

They're bound to make mistakes.