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(Characters, locations, incidents, groups, and occupations are fictitious.)

(Child actors were filmed safely with their guardians present and consulting with experts.)

(Audition Star Cheon Saet Byeol's shocking transfer to Mega Entertainment)

What is it, CEO Kang?

CEO Park, did you scout Cheon Saet Byeol?

It must have cost quite a bit.

Five hundred million won?

I gave her a bit more than that.

I can't give you any more details.

By chance, this is just hypothetical.

Let's say there's a trainee like this.

A trainee goes on Star Rise and gains popularity and public attention.

He's skilled and has a good story and character.

How much would you invest in someone like that?

I'm asking how much you would pay if you bought someone like him.

You're basically saying he's a male Cheon Saet Byeol, right?

Would you spend in the billions?

It would be worth it.

You were dismissed? (Factory Sales Contract)

Then, a loan will be difficult for you.

I need money in order to buy the factory.

And a trainee with talent is profitable.

Then...

by selling this kid, Yoo Jin Woo...

I'll talk to you again later.

- Yeah? - CEO, I found Yoo Jin Woo.

Oh? That's my school's uniform.

He's Shim Jin Woo from my class!

I found it.

But I heard something happened to him today.

As I thought, it's him. He can't hear.

He's an outcast in my class, and kids pick on him.

I hear his mom even pays for a friend to help him.

Now, shall we discuss the conditions?

Shim Jin Woo...

your son...

is being bullied in school, right?

Do I seem more appealing to you now?

CEO, buy me.

I'll protect your son.

You?

Protect him?

You will protect my son?

Don't talk about

my son carelessly.

(Namib - Episode 2: Contract)

(Search the whole nation for a prodigy!)

Issue on the Scene!

We came today hearing that there was a musical prodigy.

(Musical prodigy, Yoo Jin Woo)

Hello!

- What's your name? - I'm Yoo Jin Woo.

What talent does this boy have?

He can dance along to any song he sees once.

He can dance along to a song after seeing it once. Incredible talent!

Yoo Jin Woo.

What do you mean? Why are you asking me that?

Why are you asking me, then?

All this happened because I trusted you with it.

I'm trying my best right now!

Your best? This is your best? What nonsense.

Go out and earn some money.

You think I'm just loafing around?

You're just loafing around. What do you do at home?

You said you were confident.

I take Jin Woo around and do that!

Jin Woo.

Jin Woo!

Drink it.

So, you met with Kang Su Hyeon?

- Yeah. - Don't trust her too much.

She uses people and casts them away. She's terrible.

It's not like you'll work hard anyway.

People who are chosen are already decided.

You know we're not among them, right?

Yeah, I know.

At night, come here and work with me, okay?

Okay.

(Where are you?)

I'll sleep with Dad and go to school on my own.

Dad.

Dad!

Ahjussi.

Hong Jung Hwa.

The first singer I produced.

You were my youth.

What are you saying?

Please get up.

You were my youth

- and my masterpiece. - Get up!

Give me back my masterpiece.

Gosh, seriously.

If you're going to eat, eat properly.

It's my habit.

Yeah, I guess being pathetic is a habit, too.

What happened?

I heard Su Hyeon got kicked out of the company.

She got what was coming to her.

You speak as if she's a stranger.

That would have been better.

It's a problem because she's not a stranger.

What is it? What's the problem with you two?

After Jin Woo got hurt,

we decided one of us would stop working.

- I know. - I don't know why,

but I stopped working,

- and Su Hyeon stayed at the company. - I know that.

I told myself that I'd return after caring for Jin Woo for just a year,

but I kept saying, "one more year, one more year," and here I am.

In the meantime, Jin Woo became a 12th-grader

and I've become a man with a career gap.

Shim Jun Seok?

Others see me as a Mr. Mom, but I never thought of myself that way.

It was a paternity leave taken because my son got hurt.

I'm in the midst of a very, very long paternity leave.

I know. I know it, you know it, and Su Hyeon knows it, too!

No.

Kang Su Hyeon thinks nothing of all that time I endured by myself.

All because of her weird insistence on buying our son a factory.

Okay. But Su Hyeon said she'll fix everything, so-

Fix, my foot.

The only way she can fix this is to return to Pandora and restore things.

If she doesn't,

if she doesn't...

- Give me some coffee. - Shit.

Jae Hyeon.

Why did you come? It was a mess because of you, Ahjumma.

Tell me exactly what happened yesterday.

Wouldn't it be better to hear it from the teacher?

You were there and saw it.

How about you ask him directly?

In the past, they only went as far as picking a fight or bothering him.

They pretended to be careful after you came by the school.

But they saw me return the money yesterday.

As soon as they saw the money, they immediately came...

Then, what will you do now?

I want to quit being a class helper.

If you quit, who will help my son with classes?

I have to do my own studies

and I don't want to get involved with those guys.

It's severance pay.

It's a token of gratitude for helping me out up until now, so take it.

Thanks for everything.

Mom.

We really have to go now.

What about your unni?

Unni is busy. You know that.

My daughter...

My daughter... Su Hyeon is all I have.

Su Hyeon is all I have.

I must hear her voice.

Okay, Mom!

Then let's go first and call her there.

Okay.

Let's go.

Where is this place?

It's your new house, Mom.

The house with a yard?

That darn house with a yard...

Let's go, Mom.

This isn't a house with a yard.

This is a multiple-person room.

And that is a single-person room.

Please give her the best possible room.

There are treatment and service programs for the patient as well.

- Provide her with the most expensive ones. - Okay.

Mom. Don't worry.

Unni will do everything for you.

- Su Hyeon? - Yeah!

Your daughter, your eldest daughter, Kang Su Hyeon.

Su Hyeon, Su Hyeon.

My daughter.

I need to call her...

I told you you can't call her.

She's busy.

I need to call Su Hyeon, though.

Unni will come really soon, Mom.

When?

When?

She'll come soon.

There's nothing wrong

with Su Hyeon, right?

- Yeah? - CEO.

CEO Kim asked if you met with Yoo Jin Woo yet.

When did Yoo Jin Woo come to Pandora again?

It was when you went to the States and weren't at the company.

He had low assessment scores and didn't really stand out.

He was a potential debut member briefly.

- A potential debut member? - It was just for a few days.

After the potential debut members were announced, he suddenly disappeared,

so he was disqualified.

Could you find out what happened in those few days?

I'll look into it.

Do you have any other info on him?

Well... Yoo Jin Woo's mom...

- His mom? - She came by the company often to borrow money

while you were in the US.

Gather all the files on Yoo Jin Woo for me, including every little detail.

And could you let him know that I want to see him again?

How did it go? Did she want to sign you?

She was looking for someone who would win Star Rise.

Star Rise? Daebak!

Each agency can only send one or two trainees for that.

- What about that? - If you win first place there,

you'll debut in South Korea, the US, and Japan simultaneously!

But, too bad, Yoo Jin Woo.

I'm going to win first place.

Exactly.

What should I do?

Hey, you think you'll make it?

- Why not? - What do you mean, why not?

I could win.

The winners are already decided.

Younger trainees with rich families and don't cause any trouble

end up becoming the stars.

An audition is different!

Audition programs are the same!

Our faces give it away

that we grew up unloved by our parents, that we're poor,

and we couldn't debut despite our age because we missed our chance.

You think people won't know that?

Then, how about...

we go to a hospital and completely change our faces?

You're so ridiculous.

But...

I'm already screwed.

Why?

I brought up her son,

and she totally cussed me out with her eyes.

- Really? - Yeah.

Hello?

Yoo Jin Woo, CEO Kang Su Hyeon asks to see you.

I didn't know Smile Investment's CEO changed.

Are you acquaintances with Jang Hyeon Cheol?

Kang Su Hyeon.

- Don't you remember me? - Should I remember you?

Twenty years ago, on April 1st.

At a cafe on Yunjungno with nothing to see after all the cherry blossoms fell.

(20 years ago)

Kang Su Hyeon?

I heard you're interested in investing in Pandora Entertainment.

Yes, I sincerely do.

Someone who makes a good decision like you must be a good person, right?

I'd like to revisit and adjust the terms of the equity acquisition.

Okay, adjust it...

Email the conditions you want to my employees.

I've...

always gotten what I wanted.

I heard you missed me a lot.

No.

I heard you had something you had to tell me in person.

Yes.

I thought I should tell you this clearly in person.

I will decline your investment offer.

I'm hesitant to accept an investment that includes equity acquisition.

By chance, is it because of our future together?

Let's proceed quickly with the investment and our future together.

Su Hyeon.

The time has come.

I have something to give you.

I also have something to give you.

Aigoo, seriously.

All you had to do was say yes.

And you made the wedding invitations by yourself?

You should have told me!

Aigoo, it's pretty.

(Shim Jun Seok, Kang Su Hyeon)

Shim Jun Seok?

Here.

- Wasn't he your secretary? - No.

- Your chauffeur? - He is a good driver.

Oh, he's a good driver?

Goodness...

Well, I'm quite taken aback right now.

We dreamed of a future together.

I told you before.

I get everything I want.

You still remember that?

No. Don't think that I'd remember such trivial things.

Did it rain that day?

It was sunny.

What's your relationship with Jang Hyeon Cheol?

He visited me, asking if I wanted to acquire Pandora.

He was smart.

He recognized who the true owner was.

So, I provided him with some support.

You regret it, right?

How you rejected my offer, then?

If you chose me back then,

you wouldn't have ended up this way!

Five, six, seven, eight.

Two, two, three, four...

Five, six...

You need to crouch.

One, two, three...

(Break Time)

Six, seven, eight...

I'll be on the second floor.

Two, three, four...

Five, six, seven...

Arms and legs workout! One, two, three, four!

Five, six, seven, eight!

Two, two, three, four, five, six, seven!

(Hong Jung Hwa)

(Hong Jung Hwa - Producer: Shim Jun Seok)

Jun Seok was here.

About you leaving the company...

Shouldn't you be filing a lawsuit or an injunction?

I don't have enough time.

I need to make 1 billion won by the end of this year.

It's because of the factory, right?

That's right.

It's my son's future and a promise I must keep.

And a promise I must keep.

- Are you okay? - What?

You. I'm asking if you're okay.

You got kicked out of the company you started.

That's not important right now.

What's important is what I should do now.

And I feel that I may be able to...

obtain that 1 billion won.

Don't just keep thinking about that.

You should talk with Jun Seok a bit more, too.

Later.

Yoo Jin Woo, do you even want to be a singer?

Yes.

Are you going to sign me?

Why did you suddenly go into hiding?

- Pardon? - When you made the debut member.

- I didn't go into hiding. - I heard you went missing.

I didn't.

Next, your mom.

Why would you bring up my mom?

Why did she borrow money?

That's not my problem.

It's your problem. She's your mom.

I don't know.

Are you busy today?

- Pardon? - Let's go meet your mom.

(Mom)

(Mom)

- I'll be back. - Are you signing him?

No. I have to meet his parents, and I'll observe him further.

I like his attitude, though. He's rude and looks people straight in the eye.

He's pretty good.

But I still don't know what I can do with him and how I should train him.

How was he at Pandora?

If he's 19, isn't his ceiling pretty clear already?

Something about him is unique.

- He's unique? - He's lasted 10 years receiving

high enough scores not to be released.

I don't know if he got lucky or if he's tactful.

But the problem is his mom.

I asked if there was a problem with his parents, and he said he didn't know.

Instead of saying there isn't.

The type of parents who would try to capitalize on their son's success?

I'll be back.

Be careful.

Give me your mother's address.

- I don't know. - You don't know?

I don't know where she lives.

Then, call someone who might know and ask.

I don't think anyone would know.

The company would've made you submit your guardian's address and contact info.

My aunt. I wrote my aunt's phone number and address.

Then call your aunt.

I don't have her number.

(Pandora Kim Myeong Seon)

Yes, CEO.

You can look up Yoo Jin Woo's guardian contact info right now, right?

Yes, should I text it to you?

Yeah.

(010-0356-4482)

Hello?

This is Pandora CEO Kang Su Hyeon.

I'm calling regarding Yoo Jin Woo.

Do you know the contact info for Yoo Jin Woo's mom? Or at least her address?

We don't know, either.

You must remember the address of where you used to live as a kid.

I've got a bad memory.

You have Yoo Jin Woo's address from when he first joined our company, right?

- Yes. - Text it to me right away.

- Yoon Hee? - Yes.

She seems talented. Let's train her at the company.

CEO,

our parents passed away early,

so I raised Yoon Hee like my own daughter.

I started working early on so I could provide sufficiently for her.

Honestly, I don't want

Yoon Hee to enter the entertainment industry.

Have you ever seen anyone I pick fail?

But still, CEO...

Trust me and send her to the company.

I'll raise her.

CEO.

That guy's back in South Korea.

Who's in contact with him?

He still only communicates with the third-generation heir of the Eunsang Group, Park Yoon.

- What does Park Yoon say? - He says he'll come right away if you call.

Should we send him there?

Hello!

Hello?

Hello, hello.

Hello.

You're from Pandora, right? Thank you in advance.

Pandora said they would send a manager to pick me up.

Why did Manager Chris of Muse come?

What does it matter who comes?

It means the company doesn't expect much from me

and I just got in through connections with CEO Jang.

That sounds about right.

Shut up.

Today is a really important day for me.

Water.

- What? - I said, give me water.

- Where did you get this? - What?

This is from the nightclub, right?

And?

Pull over. I don't drink water from there.

Go and get me some water.

You have no fear because CEO Jang favors you.

CEO Jang said he'll give me an opportunity, so I should seize it.

But you were late and drove so badly, so I feel carsick.

If I screw up because my voice doesn't come out, should I blame it on you?

You won't go out and get it?

Every time I say something, my throat feels like it's tearing.

It's here.

- Who is it? - Someone brought in by the new CEO yesterday.

They have known each other since childhood.

An old nepotism pick?

That's the worst.

All right.

She is a nepotism pick.

I brought her in using my influence.

Because she's got talent.

Get started.

Hello, my name is Ha Na.

Thank you for giving me your valuable time today.

I'll do my best so you don't regret it.

Okay.

♫ The world is quite cold ♫

♫ Colder than when I lived in your embrace ♫

♫ The love you showed me sufficiently ♫

♫ I became an adult when I realized that it was too much ♫

♫ To make a single flower bloom ♫

♫ How much rain fell from your eyes? ♫

♫ Oh, rewind, the more I think back, the more I feel sorry ♫

♫ To not give up on me, you gave up your youthful and beautiful season ♫

♫ Look at me, I've bloomed prettily ♫

♫ Even if I fall to the ground ♫

♫ I'll make sure you walk only on flower paths ♫

(S&R Divorce and Inheritance Law Firm)

(I'm so angry. Why are you always like this?)

(I'm so angry. Why are you always like this?)

Shim Jun Seok?

Yes!

How can I help you?

Well...

(S&R Law Firm)

(Divorce, Inheritance, Civil Cases, Criminal Cases)

(S&R Law Firm)

How much further do we have to go?

I said I don't want to hear it!

- How could you say that? - What about it?

- Should we end it? - End what?

Go out and do some work!

Why would you talk like that? It pisses me off!

Hello?

Yes. You're looking for a prodigy?

- Is it the broadcasting station? - You want to cast him?

Yes, he can come on the show.

So, how much will you pay?

That much?

Great job, great job!

Eat up, eat up. Eat more, eat more!

Since we can't find my parents right now,

how about we sign the contract first?

Since we came all the way here, let's look around a bit more.

I don't remember that.

You appeared on TV and traveled for shows?

How old were you?

I was 8.

What shows would an 8-year-old perform in?

(Grand Opening Sale - Neoul Mart)

He's good.

- I don't remember. - It'll be difficult to search for her any longer.

Right?

Let's go to your mother's workplace.

Get up.

Pardon?

Oh, Jin Woo's mom?

She stopped working here a long time ago.

Mommy!

Mommy!

Unni, it's me. Mom entered a nursing hospital today and

I got her a single-person room.

You'll get the bill.

Thank you always.

Mommy!

Mommy!

Mommy!

You don't see your mom?

Wait a second.

It's broken.

Are you crying because this isn't working?

♫ I'm an octopus ♫

♫ An octopus that dreams ♫

♫ I can be whatever I want in my dreams ♫

♫ I'm an octopus ♫

♫ An octopus that sleeps ♫

♫ The moment I fall asleep, my journey begins ♫

♫ When I climb up a mountain, I'm a green octopus ♫

♫ When I hide in the middle of a field of roses ♫

♫ I'm a red octopus ♫

♫ When I cross a crosswalk, I'm a striped octopus ♫

♫ When I fly across the night sky, I become a colorful octopus ♫

♫ In the deep sea, it's so lonely ♫

♫ It's cold, dark, and sometimes scary ♫

♫ So, I dream every day ♫

♫ This place is quite depressing ♫

- My baby! - Mommy!

I'm so sorry, my dear!

Thank you.

- Thank you so much. - Thank you.

(Yoon Ji Young)

I'm screwed.

- Why? - She's meeting my mom.

She's not just letting it pass.

Persuade her.

It won't work.

She's looking at me like I'm trash.

Did you meet Yoo Jin Woo's mom?

Not yet.

Still not yet?

Yeah, but...

I see something in him.

Thank you.

- Please enjoy the food. - Thank you.

- Let's eat. - Okay.

It's unfortunate.

- What do you mean? - That I can't sign with you, CEO.

You're not going to sign me.

Why do you think that?

You don't like me.

That's not true.

- Then, are you signing me? - No.

Can someone like me be successful, too?

I'm asking if someone like me can be successful, too.

Who are you to seek a guarantee from me?

Then, why did you think about signing me?

You do have talent.

But does everyone who has talent succeed?

You think the world is that easy?

Do you know how hard it is to be loved?

What's important is that you do it well.

Then, why did she do that to me?

Is it true that everything goes well if I do a good job?

She abandoned me because I was good.

Is that why you half-assed it?

Yes. So I won't be kicked out

or stand out.

(010-0653-9468)

She wants to meet.

Who?

My mom.

Yes.

Oh, yes. I'm sorry.

I'll make sure to pay that money back.

I also have my own circumstances.

Yes, my own circumstances.

Can I meet with her first?

I didn't do that intentionally.

- You know. - Okay.

Yes, that's right.

I'm not saying I won't pay you back.

I'll pay you back next week.

Yes, next week, next week, next week.

Are you debuting?

- What? - People at the company were looking for me.

I worked so hard to raise you,

and now I'm finally reaping the benefits.

You got paid more as a signing bonus, right? How much?

Mom, that's not it. Actually-

I was in need of money. This is such good news.

My contract was terminated.

What?

Pandora told me...

to pay all the money you borrowed.

You bastard. Did you want to meet me to get money from me?

Mom, please!

Mom.

I met someone, and if you just pay that money back-

If only you hadn't been born, I wouldn't be living like this!

Go with your mom, too.

If only you weren't born, I wouldn't have married her.

You should think about making money now.

Mom, someone tells me to go on an audition program.

All I've learned and done up to now is this.

I'll become successful and earn money!

Yoo Jin Woo.

How did you manage to get scores that were enough

not to stand out or get kicked out from Pandora?

Who are you?

So I can stay with the company.

So, how did you manage that?

It's obvious.

I can see what the trainers are looking for.

You were able to see that?

Yes, I could see it all, so I got decent scores even if I half-assed it.

From now on, Yoo Jin Woo is mine.

Who are you?

Who are you to say that?

Don't ever show up,

call or even come near him again.

Let's go, Yoo Jin Woo.

Hey!

Did you say she abandoned you, though you did well?

Don't you think that depends on your standard of doing well?

To talk about the potential debut group,

if you were disqualified due to lobbying from families of other members,

shouldn't you have held on even more fiercely?

Since you don't have parents like that.

No, you should have done extremely well that

they couldn't cut you from the group.

But you were nicer than I thought.

- Pardon? - You know, at the cafe.

If I were you and my mom was like that, I would've let her have it.

Yoo Jin Woo.

From now on, don't adjust yourself to please others.

- Pardon? - You need to focus on only yourself.

Set a goal, and focus on that goal.

Once you define your artistic world that shows who you are and what music you make,

you will have people who like you.

I see that potential in you.

I'm a producer.

I need someone who will be profitable.

I'll make you like that.

(Standard Exclusive Contract for Pop Culture Artist (Singer))

Remember this.

If you don't work hard,

if you don't try your best, I'm out immediately.

What about a place to stay?

I don't have anywhere to go.

I can provide you with food and lodging.

I can bet my life and my son's life on you winning first place.

What about you?

What can you put on the line?

- I'll do well. - You better.

- And... - Shim Jin Woo...

I'll make sure to protect him.

♫ Don't hesitate and lift your head ♫

♫ Get up again ♫

Mom, since it's your first day, let's eat tasty food together and-

Your dad is here. It's been a while, right?

Your dad, who went overseas to earn money, is back now.

Overseas?

Didn't he leave you for another woman?

Did you guys abandon your mother?

As if to abandon her in the mountains.

Terrible girls.

I'm taking your mom with me.

What?

Mom! Mom, no.

You know our house that we used to live in.

Let's go to that house with the yard.

Mom, no!

I'm still your mom's legal guardian.

Mom. Mom!

Come in.

Who is he?

He's my severance.

What, severance?

Are you serious?

You said you would hold on and fix things!

Are you seriously going to do this? (Kang Ju Hyeon)

You didn't even discuss it with me!

Honey, I'm sorry. I need to go back out again.

I'm sorry. I'll tell you everything later. Go inside.

Honey. Honey!

Honey!

(My Family Nursing Hospital)

Mom! Mom!

Mom, where do you think you're going?

Why would you follow that man?

"That man"? How could you say that about your father?

Mom!

Unni!

Go back.

It's you.

Are you still making a living raising entertainers?

Move aside. I'm taking your mother.

Mom.

- Go back. - Child,

your father came to take us home.

Mom, go back inside.

We can all live in the house with the yard again.

Let's go.

Mom, go back inside.

Su Hyeon...

My daughter, Su Hyeon...

Su Hyeon.

Where were you? My daughter, my daughter...

Mom, go back inside.

I'm sorry.

I went to my mom's hospital.

And...

that kid...

I decided to sign him on.

Even though he's a bit unpolished, I see potential in him.

Tell me.

If I polish him up and enter him in the audition, he'll rise in value.

After he garners public attention and his value rises,

I'll transfer his rights to a major agency.

Did you see the article on Cheon Saet Byeol?

I talked to Mega Entertainment CEO Park, too.

It's definitely possible.

If I succeed in this plan, I can buy our son Jin Woo a factory.

After you got kicked out in a ridiculous way

from the company we built together, all you can say is

you'll sell someone else's son to buy our son's future?

Why would you say it like that?

I'm saying I'll do my best!

This is the way for our family to become happy!

(Divorce (Designation of Parental Rights) Report)

You're incredibly selfish.

- What? - Do you think that makes sense?

You think that actually makes sense?

Factory? Stop talking about that nonsense!

Our entire family is suffering because of your weird obsession!

Please come to your senses!

So I'm saying I'll come to my senses and fix everything!

How will you fix everything?

You're the one who caused our son's injury and lost his hearing!

Is that something you can fix?

If you just... if you just hadn't done that-

Mom.

You're the one who caused our son's injury and lost his hearing!

If you just... if you just hadn't done that-

Jin Woo...

♫ Even still, smile again ♫

♫ Once more, stand up again ♫

♫ Hunched-up shoulders don't suit you ♫

♫ Shining brighter than the stars in the night sky ♫

(Namib)

You can protect my son for sure, right?

I won't cause you to worry...

- Forget it. I don't need it. - You need it.

- Divorce? Did Shim Jun Seok say that? - It ended up like that.

People support someone who has potential.

Think about your future in detail from now on.

- What do you mean? - Yoo Jin Woo winning first place in Star Rise.

Don't pay attention to such BS. We should live our own lives.

We've got a bit of a problem.

I just heard what kind of kid Yoo Jin Woo is.

I'm asking if a kid like him could become a star.

I'm sorry.