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In front of the NTV station, where the KLP primary debate is being held,

supporters of each candidate

have been clashing since early this morning.

Selecting three candidates to advance to the final race…

All candidates are emphasizing their ties to the late president.

I'm sure Park Dong-ho will do the same.

He served him for ten years, so he will play the sympathy card--

You have to ask questions

he can't answer.

Let me ask you this, Mr. Park.

The prosecution went after the president's family over false rumors.

They conducted coercive investigations into his son,

not to mention their threat against the First Lady.

Dismissing Prosecutor Lee Jang-seok, who led all these atrocities,

is the first step toward prosecution reform.

We have prepared a proposal to remove Mr. Lee.

Would you approve it?

By approving it, he'd be acknowledging the investigation was an overreach.

By refusing it, he'd be seen as siding with the prosecution

who disparaged the president's family.

Let's show them

who Jang Il-Jun's political heir is.

Jeong Su-jin!

Mr. Park.

Do you disagree with prosecution reform?

KOREAN LIBERAL PARTY PRIMARY DEBATE

I will

reform the reform.

Once I take office as president,

I will order a reinvestigation into the private equity fund case.

I'll dig into the possible involvement of the president's son--

It's an insult to the president's family.

-That's a baseless rumor-- -The prosecution will investigate.

The court will judge.

Do you mean to defame the late president?

Death doesn't grant absolution.

Mr. Park Dong-ho!

The late president is a symbol of the Korean Liberal Party

and the heart of the reform.

Trying to defame him--

You are all glorifying the late president to take advantage of his legacy.

You can share his legacy however you like.

Meanwhile,

I'll try to pay off the debt to the nation

that Jang Il-jun left behind.

THE WHIRLWIND

EPISODE 4

Wait just a little longer.

I am waiting.

Don't I deserve to know when I will be released,

given I have waited so long?

I think I'd like to taste the coffee served by the prosecution tomorrow.

I will go there

and tell them why Jang Il-jun collapsed

and what Park Dong-do did.

-All of it. -Be my guest.

If you tell them about the fund,

I will end up in jail too.

You can show me the ropes as the more experienced inmate.

Come on, Su-jin.

I… want to survive.

That's a good idea.

What did the chairman say?

You're not the only son

I can hand my company over to.

I have two more sons.

A tiny problem at the group

irritates your father more than a tumor in your body.

Sang-jin looks very confident.

Would you like to see your brother in the chairman's seat?

The only way for you to get released and take control of Daejin Group is…

for me to become the owner of the Blue House.

And Park Dong-ho?

You will see him frequently.

I will make sure

that he ends up where you are.

Prosecutor Jeong Pil-gyu of Seoul Central DPO

held an emergency briefing this afternoon

to discuss the investigation into bribery committed by Mr. Park,

a prospective candidate for the Korean Liberal Party.

I am resuming an investigation that was halted

due to the tragic event of President Jang Il-jun's passing.

There's no political agenda here.

CANDIDATE PARK DONG-HO'S CAMPAIGN CAMP

Ma'am, NTV has requested an interview.

No one here should contact the media until our message is ready.

TBC has set up a specific team to focus on in-depth coverage.

Details of the investigation are being leaked on an hourly basis.

Prosecutor Jeong Pil-gyu is their source at the Seoul DPO.

Jeong Pil-gyu.

He is Jeong Su-jin's cousin.

He was a nobody, but Jeong Su-jin put him at the Central DPO.

They fabricated the bribery case related to the crypto brokerage.

This is the problem with truth.

It unveils itself too late.

Everyone shoots off emails these days.

God, it's so dull.

CHOI SE-WON CRYPTO BROKERAGE CHAIRMAN

How about we write a letter

with a human touch?

I learned a lesson when I buried Gi-tae.

One word is enough to make false accusations,

but a thousand words

aren't enough to prove innocence.

Here's one more.

The truth does not defeat lies.

Bigger lies do.

A handwritten letter by Chairman Choi, who is under arrest,

sent to the Daejong Daily has been obtained.

Chairman Choi admitted that he offered Mr. Park one billion won

while he was prime minister in exchange for immunity from a tax audit.

The dates and locations are all listed in the handwritten letter…

These bastards are all the same.

How dare he criticize the late president!

SPECIFIED CRIMINAL CHARGES

The three of us

will remember today for a very long time.

I'd like to remember today as a victorious day.

Today will be

a nightmare for Jeong Su-jin.

I know it's a difficult decision

to transfer the case to the CIO because the prosecution cannot be trusted.

Lee Jung-gwon, head of the CIO, is candidate Park Chang-sik's man.

They will probably cook something up.

You might get caught in a trap.

Since that's gonna happen anyway,

I will speed it up.

Jang-seok.

I am on my way to the CIO.

He is here.

CIO: CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION OFFICE FOR HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS

Well, I don't know

if my inexperienced men here can handle a former ace prosecutor

with ten years of experience in the special investigation unit.

I shouldn't keep someone who suffers from diabetes and hyperlipidemia

for too long.

Let's cut to the chase.

May I ask for another cup of tea?

Primary elections are decided by members of the party.

Jeong Su-jin is supported by Jang Il-jun's faction.

Probably this much.

You have support from traditional party members.

Probably about that much.

Candidate Park Dong-ho

has the votes of party members against Jang Il-jun.

We cannot hand over those votes, but you will get a chance to take them.

Park Dong-ho must stay in the race

so I can have a chance, is that it?

I believe this was

a candidate's strategy in a presidential election in the '80s.

"The three-candidate election strategy."

Chairman Choi claimed in his letter

that he gave me one billion won on November 12th.

But I was at the president's safe house in Samcheongdong that day.

The dead don't speak.

Thus, the late president can't confirm your alibi.

The person I had dinner with…

was Jeong Su-jin.

Jeong Su-jin is

my alibi.

Jeong Su-jin!

We love you!

Thank you.

I checked both his official and personal schedules.

I chose a date for which he had no alibi.

Wait.

Put down November 19th for the date.

Right, that's good.

What great handwriting.

The date in the letter was changed.

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

On that date…

This is Jeong Su-jin.

This is Seo Jeong-yeon, Park Dong-ho's campaign director.

A lot of people are watching. You should smile.

The truth does not defeat lies.

Bigger lies do.

Please change the date in the letter you are sending to the media tomorrow.

I'll consider it as a tribute to my dead brother,

who was your friend for 30 years.

If you don't believe my alibi,

check Jeong Su-jin's schedule for November 12th.

I remember seeing you at Assemblyman Seo's funeral.

You were his only sister.

I am sorry

for your loss.

Do not apologize

for something I cannot forgive.

My brother left me a dossier.

A dossier on your husband and his private equity fund business,

as well as

information on what happened

on November 12th.

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

I'd like to meet with the president.

I can go to the Blue House…

or the dude can come to me.

You should put out the fire you started. Otherwise, the CIO will come for you.

Will what started

on November 12th

be revealed this time?

The handwritten letter that Chairman Choi wrote

ripped Park Dong-ho apart.

I doubt the CIO will release

someone who is knee-deep in trouble.

We prepared the justification for that.

Ma'am.

The current government policy is not to have private meetings

with entrepreneurs.

That's too bad.

I already paid the bill.

What would you like to do?

This is why couples should talk to each other.

There she is!

What are your thoughts on Chairman Choi's letter?

Any comments, ma'am?

-Please! -Tell us what you think.

At a safe house in Samcheongdong on November 12th,

I had dinner with then-Prime Minister Park

and discussed national affairs late into the evening.

That is true.

Are you saying Chairman Choi's letter is fake?

Isn't Chairman Choi

a three-time convicted criminal for fraud,

breach of trust, and embezzlement?

This incident urges the media

to reflect on itself

for accepting the words of a fraudster without fact-checking.

Clear that bastard Park Dong-ho

of all charges and set him loose.

You should obey the order…

of a superior who set the target.

Great job dodging all the traps set by Jeong Su-jin.

It seems like just yesterday

that you first entered the political arena.

I learned how to win…

by getting defeated.

I would like to express my gratitude to Assemblywoman Jeong

for speaking the truth instead of using this situation for her benefit,

even during this primary.

Ma'am.

Namsan C&C is calling.

NAMSAN C&C SECRETARY'S OFFICE

I told you to hand over your shares to Cheol-un long ago.

Su-jin.

I founded Namsan C&C and grew the business--

I'm not asking.

Walk away from the company.

You can sell it if you need to.

Jeong Su-jin!

Who the hell do you think I am?

30 YEARS AGO NCSR LAUNCHING CEREMONY

The NCSR, National Council of Student Representatives,

the united heart of one million young students!

Let us support Chairman Han Min-ho

and show the world our strong determination!

Even if our time is short

We are as proud as the mountains

If we have to live fighting…

JEONG SU-JIN CULTURAL PROPAGANDA DIVISION (NCSR)

Through the silence of the streets

We will burn the night of despair

That is darker than death

We will march in blizzards and rainstorms

To the frontlines To the frontlines, to the frontlines

The vice chairman,

directors,

and even kids with no titles who were under my command are now politicians.

Some run the country at the Blue House,

and others make a living by working as mayors,

provincial governors, and even district mayors.

Chairman Han Min-ho of the NCSR?

I'm nobody in the political arena, but I want to show them…

I am still somebody, Su-jin.

Is that why you met with Kang Sang-un?

Is that why…

you dragged me into this trap?

Listen.

-It's because of Park Dong-ho-- -You…

You and I…

should've been like Park Dong-ho.

I am so ashamed…

of my youth…

for looking up to someone like you.

Su-jin.

Why can't I abandon…

someone like you?

KOREAN LIBERAL PARTY PRELIMINARY RESULTS A THREE-WAY RACE

The candidate will be decided by electoral college votes.

Jeong Su-jin will use public sympathy from her memorial sentiments.

Park Chang-sik will use his group of people.

Then we will have to use our group as well.

No one else is capable of registering tens of thousands of people

but Park Chang-sik.

Zhuge Liang won the Battle of Red Cliffs by obtaining the enemy's arrows.

The leader of anti-communism.

The spiritual leader of right-wing extremists.

Jo Sang-cheon.

I am going to borrow arrows from Jo Sang-cheon

of the New Conservative Party.

Sir.

It has been confirmed that Mr. Jo Sang-cheon's father,

Jo Dal-hyeon, is currently alive in North Korea.

Seven years ago, North Korean Leader Kim

visited the Bochon carp farm located in Chosan-gun, Jagang Province.

The head of the fish farm seen in the footage

has been confirmed to be Jo Dal-hyeon, the father of Mr. Jo Sang-cheon.

Mr. Jo Dal-hyeon was kidnapped by North Korea

while fishing near Baengnyeongdo in the West Sea in 1978.

Although he was assumed to have died,

he was working as a fish processor in the fishery business.

This is Park Dong-ho.

Oh my.

What an incredible gift you sent me.

I don't know how I can possibly thank you enough.

He wanted to catch more fish to help pay for your school,

so he took the boat out in the storm.

I'm worried, Sang-cheon.

Dad!

Dad, can you hear me?

Dad!

The engine broke down.

The tide seems to be moving north.

What do we do?

Dad!

You must be able to hear me!

Dad!

Dad!

Has it already been ten years?

I thought to myself

that a delicate scholar had joined us in the political arena,

but you became a shithead.

Your father, Jo Dal-hyeon,

was awarded the Red Flag Medal of the Third Revolution in 1987

for his loyalty to the North Korean regime after his kidnapping.

This will be in the morning newspapers.

If this is not a big enough gift--

Do you think

this will shake me up?

It will at least shake up the hearts of those

who stood by your cause.

What if I want to

refuse your gifts?

I need voters to support me

in the final primary for the Korean Liberal Party.

You have the power to quietly enlist numerous people in the electoral college.

If you want food, wag your tail. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

You wouldn't grab my hand unless I pushed you from a cliff.

Meddling in another party's primary…

is a criminal act, isn't it?

You manipulated investigations and espionage cases,

earning promotions and a spot at the Supreme Prosecutor's Office.

So live your life

as you have lived.

You seem to

know me quite well.

But I don't know what to make of you.

What a shame.

When a lion is hunting,

it tends to target the weakest prey.

Sir!

Please put me

in the ring.

This is the result of the two-way race announced this morning.

Jeong Su-jin 52 vs. Jo Sang-cheon 38.

Park Chang-sik 40 vs. Jo Sang-cheon 41.

Park Dong-ho 31 vs. Jo Sang-cheon 45.

The only candidate

who can achieve a profound victory in the upcoming presidential election

is me.

Jeong Su-jin.

I ask you this, Mr. Park Dong-ho.

You said you'd create a country in which justice prevails.

How do you plan to achieve that

after you lose the election?

I have already

made myself perfectly clear.

Sir.

Please put me

in the ring.

Now, I am

waiting for the answer.

When a lion is hunting,

it tends to target the weakest prey.

TWO-WAY RACE FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 14% DIFFERENCE

Call the director in. Quickly!

KOREAN LIBERAL PARTY MEMBER RECRUITMENT CENTER

Member recruitment takes place over three days.

I mobilized President Jang Il-jun's fan club

and sites that support us.

Half a million people signed up on the first day.

It is estimated that 50,000 are for Park Dong-ho,

150,000 are for you,

and the remaining 300,000 are for Jeong Su-jin.

Look, it's Park Chang-sik.

Name your price.

Anything you want except for the Blue House.

Do you want a unified campaign?

We've got to take care of our hard-working supporters.

Any secretary position

or a nomination for a seat.

Dong-ho.

If you add one drop of your water to my bucket…

Jeong Su-jin is riding the wave of sentiment for President Jang Il-jun.

No wave lasts all day.

All you have is a drop of water.

Sell it for a high price when someone thirsty wants it badly.

Name your price.

Anything you want except for the Blue House, sir.

I have been told

that you could add your tea to my cup.

I think…

I'd like to drink it myself.

What are your intentions?

You said you wanted to create a world free of foul play.

You're hiding your intentions…

while trying to figure out mine.

Isn't that foul play?

It's the last day of voter recruitment.

After visiting the First Lady at 11:00,

I've only scheduled events related to President Jang.

Did you tell her…

I told her

that if she cries today,

she will smile for the rest of her life.

PRIVATE RESIDENCE OF THE FIRST LADY

ESTIMATED ELECTORAL VOTES PER CANDIDATE

PARK DONG-HO 50,000/PARK CHANG-SIK 300,000 JEONG SU-JIN 600,000

Call the local committee chairmen!

Tell the bastards to grab 1,000 people by the collar and make them sign up. Now!

GRAVE OF PRESIDENT JANG IL-JUN

ESTIMATED ELECTORAL VOTES PER CANDIDATE

HOW TO JOIN KLP'S ELECTORAL COLLEGE

ESTIMATED ELECTORAL VOTES PER CANDIDATE

PARK DONG-HO 70,000/PARK CHANG-SIK 420,000 JEONG SU-JIN 1,030,000

In 2008, he withdrew once it was clear he'd lose the primary

due to "family objections."

He's dropped out of the race three times, including the 2013 and 2018 primaries.

He is afraid of being defeated.

Will he make the move as we planned?

He's only human.

He will live his life as he has lived.

Thump!

Thump!

I, the living and breathing Park Chang-sik,

was defeated by a dead man,

Jang Il-jun.

-Enjoy. -Thank you.

Here.

Do you remember that we drank here when you failed the bar exam?

How could I ever forget?

The guy buying me consolation drinks forgot his wallet.

The guy who passed with the highest score

didn't say a word because he felt bad for me.

We drank the entire case of makgeolli

with just one green onion pancake.

He really did

love makgeolli so much.

Jang-seok.

I don't want to…

think back on times

that won't come back.

I heard

Jeong Su-jin has a staggering number of estimated votes.

You did your best.

Take a break and--

I've told you

I will create the world

Gi-tae wished to see.

Listen, Dong-ho.

If I meet my end

and you are the only one left sitting here, Jang-seok,

I want you to create the world

I wished to see.

Sir, Mr. Park Chang-sik announced his withdrawal from the race.

Dear fellow citizens

and comrades of the Korean Liberal Party,

I am

withdrawing

my candidacy

from the primary election of the Korean Liberal Party.

I wanted to create a world free of foul play for my fellow citizens.

But in an election process rife with cheating and foul play,

my vision was powerless.

To those who have supported me throughout…

PARK DONG-HO

…I sincerely express my gratitude.

He is waiting for you.

I will take you to him.

I'm here.

You asked me to meet.

Now that we have, I'm leaving.

You have 420,000 electoral votes.

Give them to me.

Oh my.

Some people like to kick others when they are down.

But that takes balls.

How can you be so audacious?

You climbed your way up from the bottom as a member of the Korean Liberal Party.

Your impressive experience as an assemblyman,

party leader, and Supreme Council member has secured you 420,000 votes.

Are you throwing those votes away?

Forget about subtraction. It's time for us to do some addition.

Even if we combine ours, it's 500,000. Jeong Su-jin has over a million.

Of her million votes,

300,000 are my arrows.

300,000 is the limit.

If I try to get more,

they will know.

I will make good use of the arrows you provided.

Your survival

will guarantee mine.

Jo Sang-cheon, the spiritual leader of the extremist?

I really wanted to win.

He fabricated the Chungju espionage incident

and committed judicial murder by executing two prisoners of conscience!

I had no other choice.

Park Dong-ho!

It's mud-slinging politics, but there are some paths you don't take.

You stayed silent

when Seo Gi-tae was falsely accused.

Was that the right path to take?

How about refusing an investigation after his death?

Was that also the right path?

If you know

the right path, then show me.

You had an enormous campaign camp.

Shouldn't you make sure they have a job?

You sided with Jo Sang-cheon--

You don't have to act righteous in front of me.

Yeouido is like a dog fighting ring.

Isn't it good to have…

at least one person you can open up to?

JEONG SU-JIN EXPECTED TO WIN

A landslide victory is certain.

-As an official presidential candidate-- -I will visit President Jang's grave.

You went there during the primary…

-I will let the media know. -No.

I will go by myself,

not as a candidate.

If I don't win,

I will never be forgiven.

Jeong Su-jin!

Jeong Su-jin!

-Thank you. -Jeong Su-jin!

Jeong Su-jin!

The party of hope,

KLP, is shaping a new Korea for the 21st century.

I will now announce the result of the primary election

for our party's presidential candidate.

Out of a total of 1,524,321 in the electoral college,

1,215,645 people participated.

Voter turnout was 79.74%.

Ms. Jeong Su-jin has

598,792 votes.

Mr. Park Dong-ho has…

603,475 votes.

13,378 votes were invalid.

I declare Mr. Park Dong-ho

as the presidential candidate for the Korean Liberal Party.

Park Dong-ho!

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

Park Dong-ho!

Do you think you can defeat me?

I must!

Because the future you create

shouldn't be a part of history.

THE WHIRLWIND