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BLOOD FREE

[mooing]

[mooing continues]

[moos]

- [gunshot] - [cow shrieks]

- [gunshots continue] - [shrieking continues]

[attendees gasping]

[person] "What kind of meat would you like?"

I asked you all this question just four years ago.

"What kind of meat would you like?"

But I no longer ask this question.

Because BF successfully commercialized cultured meat for the first time in 2022.

Consumers worldwide have shown an overwhelming preference for our meat.

We have our answer.

But I have asked you a similar question.

What kind of clothes would you like to wear?

- [slicing continues] - [attendee groans]

[squeaking]

[person] Killing. Slaughtering.

Is there no way to enjoy meat without sacrificing animals?

BF SUCCEEDS AT CULTURING FUR

Fifteen years ago,

BF was founded on the basis of this question.

And thanks to you, we were able to achieve a phenomenal market share of 72%.

We can now confidently say

that what we put on our tables

is more transparent and safer than ever.

Meat that requires slaughter

is forever a thing of the past.

You and BF, a biotechnology company,

have made this remarkable achievement possible.

[applauding continues]

[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen.

Let me introduce you to the woman who accomplished the impossible.

Ms. Yun Jayu, the CEO of BF.

[applause]

Hello, I'm Yun Jayu.

First, I'd like to thank all of our guests for coming here tonight

to attend BF's new product presentation.

Especially on Christmas Eve.

How's everybody doing?

Last year, a news program named me greediest woman on Earth.

[chuckles] It's okay. You can agree with them.

It's true that I'm greedy.

I'm never satisfied.

Wanna hear something interesting?

Cell culture requires only 1%, just 1%,

of the land needed to raise livestock and cultivate feed

in order to produce the same amount of food.

You knew that already? Okay.

Then what about this?

Did you know that one cow

produces more greenhouse gas than a car does?

Why would I mention things you already know?

KIM SINGU BF RESEARCH TEAM 3 LEADER

Because I wanted to boast. I'm extremely proud that...

SEO HUI

...BF contributes to the prevention of global warming.

HONG SAEIP BF LAB'S YOUNGEST LEAD, MEDICINE

However, we're not quite there just yet.

"BF."

"Blood Free."

Some people think of it as "beef" when they read these initials.

Well, it does seem appropriate for a meat-producing corporation.

However,

perhaps it is time to change our company name.

We have expanded our territory to include products from the sea.

We refuse to be complacent and only culture what's on land.

Ladies and gentlemen.

We'd like to introduce our new masterpiece for the end of 2025.

How does our new product taste?

[attendee] This food has all been cultured?

That's correct.

Not only has BF succeeded in culturing livestock,

but we've also succeeded in perfectly culturing

the four most consumed seafood varieties,

- tuna, salmon, shrimp, and mackerel. - [bottle pops]

[soldier breathing heavily]

[heavy breathing continues]

All the fish in the ocean are dead. I can't catch a single one.

[attendees murmuring]

JEONG HAEDEUN - BF LEGAL ADVISER, PLANNING DIRECTOR

[Yun] I'd like to point out something important.

Our seafood does not include any of the following three contaminants.

Parasites, microplastics, or mercury.

In addition to being free of blood,

our products are risk free too.

Enjoy, everyone.

We can produce an unlimited amount.

[coughs]

- [Yun] I have a dream. - [groans]

There's something I've yet to achieve.

To live in a world where we no longer need to destroy one square foot of land

on Earth for food.

My company and I will work to bring that day closer.

I make this promise before the world.

We'll have successfully cultivated in six months

all varieties of grain and food crops including rice and potatoes,

as well as palm oil, which is responsible for the destruction of rainforests.

We'll make it happen.

I give you my word.

In six months, I'll see you all again right here.

[announcer] Please welcome Professor Kim Singu from BF Laboratory.

[Kim] Hello.

As mentioned, I'm Kim Singu from BF Laboratory.

I'll take a peek at this only when I'm stuck.

[Kim sighs]

Very soon...

I will be retiring.

As a scholar of biotechnology...

[Jeong] They've already surrounded the entire building.

We demand an apology from Yun Jayu, the murderer!

[supporter] The government must support BF!

- [supporters chant] Support BF! - Justice against Yun Jayu!

[supporter] We stand with BF and their good work!

We support BF!

We stand with BF!

- We support Jayu! - Murderer!

[protester] Justice against Yun Jayu!

[supporter] The government must actively support BF!

[supporters, protestors clamoring]

The government must actively support BF!

[clamoring continues]

[supporters chanting] BF!

[clamoring continues]

[no audible dialogue]

[clamoring continues]

[breathing heavily]

[panting, grunts]

[grunting]

[panting continues]

- [clamoring continues] - [horn honks]

A GLOBAL COMPANY FOR A REASON!

- [clamoring continues] - Support BF!

MURDERERS, BF

BF CARES ABOUT OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR ANIMAL FUR ANYMORE

A COMPANY THAT SAVES THE EARTH

BLOOD FREE

This road is the only way to get on the highway, and traffic's awful.

I'm sorry, ma'am.

What did you say?

This road is the only way to get on the highway

but there's heavy traffic. I'm really sorry, ma'am.

Tis the season.

[shoppers chattering]

[horn honking]

- [people scream] - Damn!

Ms. Yun.

This door is stuck!

Hurry! It won't open!

- One, two, three! - One, two, three!

[Jeong] Out of the way!

Don't touch her! You could injure her spine.

Don't move her until the ambulance gets here.

Ms. Yun, hang in there for a while longer.

Who are you? Do you know this man?

No.

[Jeong] Is he alive?

He was.

But now...

I'm not sure.

- Have a Merry Christmas. - You too, sir.

[chuckles]

What do we know?

SEONU JAE CURRENT PRIME MINISTER

He was a cattle farmer in his 50s who went bankrupt because of BF.

Surveillance footage shows

that he was hanging around the overpass for an hour and a half.

I believe Ms. Yun was his target.

He passed away while in the ambulance.

How did he know she was going to be there?

BF asked the lead detective the same question.

The detective said that it was the only road

leading out from BF's venue.

Plus, traffic light cycles are typically lengthy there.

He said it would've been the ideal spot

to jump and land on a vehicle.

How's Ms. Yun?

Thankfully, she only has a few bruises.

Huh.

Schedule a visit to the funeral home

and send some flowers to the cattle farmer under my name.

- And to her too. - By her, you mean...

- Ms. Yun, of course. - Yes, sir. Will do.

Do you have to watch that?

He waited for the best moment to break your neck.

Ms. Jeong went to the police to ask about the deceased.

ON SAN - RESEARCH DIRECTOR & TEAM 2 LEADER

Whether it was really on his own accord or someone else's,

we'll have to see.

- Is the cause of death ruptured organs? - Yes, it is.

Huh. Ruptured organs.

[Yun] He could've been useful.

Had he fallen right on top of you,

it would've been your organs that ruptured, right?

Huh?

[video rewinding]

He must've miscalculated his fall.

I heard he went through a lot.

Even his final moments didn't go as planned.

Who is that man?

[sighs]

Beats me.

Can you not make me watch that?

I brought you some clothes.

Don't tell me you're working right now.

What did the police say?

I asked them to look into the possibility that he may have been incited to do this.

His call records, how many times he had visited the spot,

and whether he was alone or not.

But the police want to speak to our bodyguards.

Why the bodyguards?

[Jeong] What if the bodyguards

disclosed the route Ms. Yun was planning to take tonight?

[bodyguard] I'm sorry, ma'am.

This road is the only way to get on the highway,

but there's heavy traffic.

I'm really sorry, ma'am.

The driver was the only one who would've known the exact route she would take.

I always felt uneasy about that.

Should we get a full-time bodyguard?

That could be even more dangerous.

And she doesn't like being escorted all the time.

Let's be thorough with the vetting process and find someone best suited for the job.

We can't always hire private security.

[Jeong] You sure?

[groans] To be honest, it has been a hassle

contacting new services every time... Actually, no. It hasn't been.

Mmm, we just have no idea who we'll be recruiting.

[knocks on door]

Did they hear us?

[Yun gasps]

[door opens]

- [Jeong] Wow. - [cellophane rustling]

Whoa. Check out these flowers. Guess who sent them?

[chuckles]

"Wishing you a speedy recovery. Prime Minister Seonu Jae."

Who is this man?

That man said that he was just passing by.

- [Jeong] Do you know this man? - No.

Is he alive?

He was.

A passerby who's willing to intervene?

And touch a bleeding man?

[clicks tongue] I don't think I could ever do that.

It looked as though he was a paramedic.

I think I have seen him somewhere.

I was so out of it during the incident.

[gasps]

Where in the world have I seen him before?

[On] I'd also like to know.

He just happened to pass by that route.

He just happened to be a paramedic too.

And you recognize him.

- What are the chances of that, Ms. Jeong? - [Jeong inhales]

I'll make sure to recall the location where I saw him, ma'am.

[faucet running]

[faucet turns off]

- [explosion] - [people groaning]

[lock clicks]

[sighs]

Mansik.

Mansik.

[sighs]

[sighs]

CONTROVERSY BEHIND BF'S CULTURE FLUID BEING FULL OF GERMS

CURRENT NEWS HEADLINES BF'S CULTURE FLUID CONTROVERSY

30 MINUTES AGO

[phone buzzing]

Hello, Ms. Hong.

TEAM LEADER OF RESEARCH TEAM 3 KIM SINGU

- [sighs] It's fine. - [door unlocks]

I can do it by myself, really.

[colleague] I'm sorry. I should be helping you.

Ms. Yun is at the hospital, and I'm still home.

Please set aside anything you need to move.

I'll put them back later.

All right then.

[computer beeps]

- What? - [beeping continues]

What's the matter?

What is that?

Professor Kim, all your files have been encrypted.

I think your computer's been hacked.

They told us to follow the directions to decrypt the files.

So I opened the "read me" file.

And I got this.

They want 80 billion won in Bitcoin within the next 48 hours.

Only then will they unlock our lab computers and files.

CitizenX is a ransomware organization.

They target companies and government agencies,

then render their files inaccessible.

No one, to this day,

has successfully decrypted any files they've encrypted.

They've hacked our servers?

How?

[colleague] One of the security officers is on his way here.

We'll have to ask him.

Only the lab?

What about HQ and Seoul?

[colleague] They're both untouched. It's only the lab.

[Yun] Are the hackers behind the article

claiming they found germs in our culture fluid?

I just arrived at the newspaper agency.

I'll ask them about the source of their information

and get back to you as soon as possible.

What we know so far is that

there's been an anonymous tip about how the research that we do

is illegal and that the culture fluid used for the cultured meat

was contaminated with several pathogens. That's all for now.

I'm on my way, but there's so much traffic.

It looks like everyone in Seoul is out and about this evening.

I'll be there soon. See you.

Yeah, talk soon.

Yes, okay. Bye.

What's this nonsense?

I can't open the files I created on my own computer.

That's what ransomware is.

Imagine someone changing the passcode to get into your house

and demanding a ransom in exchange for the new passcode. That's it.

- [sighs] - [Kim] What about the culture fluid?

I made those serums myself. Who in the world...

How did this happen?

Yeongsil, look up articles regarding germs at BF.

[Yeongsil] There are 1003 articles regarding germs at BF.

Oh. That's a hell of a number.

If you'd like me to read them, please say,

"Jang Yeongsil, read articles about BF and germs."

No, that's okay. Get lost.

Ms. Jeong, you need to be kinder with your words.

Had we been the only ones who received the tip-off,

we would've confirmed it with you.

We would've asked, "Someone claims your research is illegal

and your culture fluid contains pathogens. Is this true?"

After all, you and I aren't exactly strangers.

So how did you know that every news agency got this tip-off?

Because there were dozens of email recipients.

They were all news agencies, Jeong.

It was delivered via email?

I debated whether I should delete it or not

because I was worried I'd get scammed.

But it was sent to pretty much everyone in this line of work.

I had to open it. I didn't want us to be left out.

"Most would think culture fluid is clean since it's fed to the meat,

but that's not true.

BF's culture fluid is full of bacteria.

Simply put, they are germs.

BF has been selling meat that has been fed germs."

Is it true?

[Jeong] Whoever said that made a mistake.

So it's not true?

As Korea's largest news source,

I'm pretty sure you'll be able to find the sender.

They sent it anonymously, but you'll catch them soon, won't you?

I used KISA to track down the IP address

and looked up their email address on Google.

What'd you find?

The IP is from Canada, but the address doesn't exist.

As for the email address...

"Schrosky."

"Schrosky?"

That was their name?

The IP address and the name...

directed me to this.

[colleague] So I open the readme file...

and I got this.

Could you please forward the email to me?

Is it true about the bacteria?

[scoffs] Come on. This isn't your first rodeo. You should know better.

Only BF is worthy of conspiracy on a daily basis.

Yeah.

What did Ms. Yun say about the cattle farmer's death?

Thanks for your cooperation.

[door opens]

Hold on.

Shouldn't she be vehemently denying the allegations

and saying that it's all a lie?

They're the ones behind it.

The ones who hacked our lab.

[Seo] Here.

This is how they got in.

They hacked us remotely by using the router on the fourth floor.

They infiltrated this afternoon at 4:19 p.m.

How do we send them the money then?

This is their account number.

They want us to send the Bitcoin within the next 48 hours.

Their account?

Then can't we catch them?

We can trace it back to them.

- Do you agree? - [phone vibrates]

There must be a name behind that account.

It may be a false name, but if we keep digging...

You don't need to verify your identity when making

a cryptocurrency account.

And a transaction won't happen through proper channels,

which means we can't track them.

How is this possible?

[sighs]

But apart from that,

can we catch those bastards who said my culture fluid was trash?

Sir, they didn't say that.

They said it was full of germs!

Then the media reported it and people believed them!

They're all the same! I devoted my entire life to this.

They are basically insulting me directly.

Really, what a bunch of cretins.

How could they give us only two days to prepare 80 billion won?

They just happened to hack us right when we presented our new product.

Do you think they knew we'd all be at the event

and that the laboratory would be empty?

It only took them 20 minutes to hack our system.

To think that our lab is so vulnerable...

I'm sorry, but we can't block the ransomware unless we cut off

our network from the Internet entirely.

[grunts]

Shut down the lab for the next two days

and don't let anybody in this weekend.

We're gonna keep quiet? We need to report this to catch them.

Reporting this won't guarantee that we'll catch them though.

Ms. Yun, what's your plan?

Will you really pay the ransom?

Eighty billion won is pretty cheap if you think about it.

Due to these allegations,

the market cap of the third market transactions has been plummeting.

Team leads, what's your top priority now?

- Well, we need to find out... - [phone buzzing]

...if anyone accessed external networks.

[sighs] But we told the employees numerous times

to only use the company network.

Isn't it crucial to find out if they only locked the files

or if they actually read them as well?

The computers contain the core technology of our lab.

Ransomware rarely opens the files.

But there's no guarantee that they haven't.

Then we need to assess the damage and actually see how much work

we can do without opening the files.

Well, then do that. And set up a new firewall.

Deny all probable allegations and threaten to take legal action.

Request culture fluid analysis from food safety organizations

from several nations and present every report.

As for the hacking...

the six of us will keep it private. Understood?

[colleague] Sir.

Oh, Ms. Yun.

Uh, it's about that man I said looked familiar.

You had a meeting the other day with Chairman Park Daeseong of Sanghwa.

I saw this man when I was waiting outside.

He was standing guard.

And that's why he looked familiar.

- Standing guard for what? - He was Chairman Park's bodyguard.

I asked Sanghwa, and this man no longer works there.

You mean he quit?

Or got fired. They didn't provide any further explanation.

Well done.

I only did a simple background check. Should I dig further?

Are you okay, Ms. Yun?

He'd be perfect if he hadn't been fired from Sanghwa.

Perfect for what?

[sighs]

- Yeongsil. - [Yeongsil] Yes?

Give me a list of all the companies and organizations attacked by CitizenX.

There have been seven that were attacked by CitizenX.

July of 2025. Maypal, a pharmaceutical company.

January of 2025. Pacific Bank.

- September of 2024... - Jang Yeongsil.

- Yes? - Did any of the victims pay the ransom?

I'm sorry. There are no related articles.

Any cases in Korea on file?

The Naval Intelligence Command in 2022.

The navy?

Read me some related news.

I'm sorry. I can't find any.

They're all covering it up.

The Intelligence Command?

He worked at the NIC from 2020 to February of 2023.

- Jang Yeongsil. - [Yeongsil] Yes?

When did CitizenX attack the NIC?

It was in September of 2022.

OCTOBER 2020 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE COMMAND

"Woo Chaewoon."

Too much of it fits together.

But why?

[Yun] Is he a resource that I should use?

Or should I avoid him at all costs?

Welcome. Please sit.

LEE MUNGYU FORMER PRESIDENT

It's been a few years.

I should've visited you sooner.

I apologize, Mr. President.

[scoffs, chuckles] There is no need.

You may be wondering why I suddenly contacted you.

I am. What is this about, sir?

Did you attend BF's presentation?

Were you the one who sent me the invite?

Mm-hmm, it was me.

You know why, don't you?

No, sir. I'm afraid I don't.

Captain Woo.

The reason why you accepted the invite from someone you didn't even know.

The reason why you quit even when Chairman Park dissuaded you.

But aside from that,

the reason why you decided to work for Chairman Park.

Have you found the real terrorist?

Not yet, sir.

You asked me when

I had informed my associates about visiting the troops.

And you said it was

seven hours prior.

I did.

Because it was the truth.

JANUARY 2024

Having the company of business leaders

on international trips was nothing out of the ordinary.

But it was a last-minute decision to visit the troops overseas.

So I explained to them

that I wanted to make a surprise visit to those abroad.

The war may have been over, but it was once a battlefield.

So I told them in advance.

After all, they were all influential individuals.

I asked them to wait for me on the plane since I wasn't going to take long.

They were all delighted about the visit and said they'd be glad to accompany me.

[all cheering]

[Mungyu] It all happened within 30 minutes.

The two ministers died, so it couldn't have been them.

Or secret service agents who retired due to their severe injuries.

Therefore,

Chairman Lee Namjin of STL.

Park Daeseong of Sanghwa Group.

Han Giho of Tech Games.

Yun Jayu of BF.

It was one of them.

Not even the troops were notified that I was coming due to security reasons.

One of them violated the orders to keep it top secret.

If there was someone who was trying to kill me in the explosion,

it was one of those four.

You thought so too, didn't you?

That's why you approached Park Daeseong.

However, the fact that you left him means you don't think he's responsible.

You have changed your target.

Are you saying BF is the next target?

Thus the invite to the presentation?

It was Yun Jayu. I'm sure of it.

May I ask why you think it was her?

Are you perhaps insinuating that I have no proof?

You wouldn't have called me if you had concrete evidence.

Yet you're convinced it was her. I'd like to be sure as well.

I want to be sure that they don't have the wrong person behind bars.

I want to be sure that

the time spent since I left the service hadn't been a waste.

Why do you believe it was her?

[sighs]

When I took office,

she requested a meeting with me.

Yun asked me

to overturn the law labeling cultured meat as genetically engineered.

She said both the US and France finally accepted cultured meat

as normal meat.

She suggested I follow suit.

That brazen woman made a covert effort to convince me to alter the law.

- And she got what she wanted. - Because I had to resign.

Because of these.

Do you know how much BF grew after that incident?

It grew exponentially.

Do you know how much BF is backing the current president?

I've watched you ever since you visited me at the hospital.

From the moment

you asked me when I had told the others about the surprise visit.

You pursued this matter even though you were on your own.

You were tenacious despite the individuals you were up against.

Captain Woo, I'm here to assist you.

Let me support you.

Even if it's too late to bring up the past incident,

I'm certain that she's still committing illegal actions.

Find out what it is.

Then we can bring her down.

Mr. President.

I'm not trying to bring anyone down.

You didn't succeed in keeping me safe.

It was your duty to protect the head of state.

You can't let it happen again. You can only fail once.

Go to Yun Jayu.

Become her right-hand man. Gain her trust.

[phone buzzing]

PRESIDENT LEE MUNGYU

BLUETOOTH AUDIO

[reporter] Yun Jayu of BF

is currently facing a lawsuit filed by USMEF...

[Woo] "And NCBA, and is receiving numerous death threats."

"She's building a safe house with state-of-the-art security.

She seems to be staying at different hotels until it's complete.

Her younger sibling succumbed to a degenerative brain disease.

She doesn't speak to her family.

Other than those affiliated with work,

she doesn't seem to have any acquaintances."

[Seonu] Does he trust you?

He shouldn't call himself a soldier if he doubts me.

Obeying a superior's command, absolute submission,

that's what a soldier does.

Hmm.

I hope he's a soldier to the bone.

[Woo] "There's a rumor that On San, the research director and a colleague

from college chose to get divorced because of her.

If the two are indeed lovers,

he could be the only connection who allows her to be vulnerable.

- Her only weakness." - [phone buzzes]

[Mungyu] BF will be hiring a bodyguard.

I can help you get in.

How would you do that?

You see me as incapable because I'm lame?

I do not, sir.

I apologize.

Since BF grew in power, many have filed for bankruptcy.

And farmers have resorted to suicide.

But Yun Jayu didn't bat an eye.

She was only interested in making even more money.

I tried to stop her.

And that's why...

she got rid of me.

Captain Woo.

Isn't it a soldier's duty to protect the people?

Have you already forgotten the humiliation you felt that day?

[gun fires]

[soldier] Salute!

At ease!

[Woo] I will catch you.

No matter what.

[buzzing continues]

Hello.

This is Woo Chaewoon.