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SK Telecom presents

In association with Benex Digital Cultural Contents Fund

Stone Bridge Capital KTH

An Another Life Company production In association with SlO Film

We think of ethics Executive Producers Jeong Man-won, Oh She-yeon, Seol won-hui

as a universal spirit that reflects the times.

But ethics are oftentimes controlled and used by specific groups lnvestment Supervisor Choi kyoo-hwan

in the context of a ruling ideology. Producers/ Ham Jung-yub, Lim Seung-yong, Bae Sung-eun

Lee Beom-soo

Kim Soo-ro

Seong Dong-il

Lee Si-yeong

Park ln-hwan Kim Ja-ok

In our next class, we'll delve more deeply

into the various methods of interpreting ethics.

Hey, Gyeongman.

You shouldn't sleep in class.

You get an F.

Something smells fishy. What are you up to, Muhyeok?

Didn't I tell you to call me Mr. Hong in school?

Okay. Anyway, Mr. Hong. Let me join you, huh?

You're still just a kid. Go study.

Director Jeong Yong-ki

- Hello. - Hello, ma'am.

I'm such a big fan.

Thank you.

Ow.

Oh my! I'm sorry.

Women's Restroom Out of Order

How to Survive in the Economic Jungle

Target acquired.

Goodbye, my darling!

It's show time!

- What the heck? - All staff to the 7th floor!

Attention, everyone! There's a fire in the building,

so we'll have to end the book signing!

But it's nothing serious,

so please stay calm and exit the building slowly.

Don't run! Please maintain order!

Staff, open the exits!

Good work!

Hong Gildong

THE RlGHTEOUS THlEF

You're home early.

Wash your hands and come to dinner.

Shouldn't you be at your late night study?

You left me out again.

How could you?

Dad. When can I start doing fieldwork?

You can start after you graduate.

I'm against it.

At least one person in the family should lead a normal life.

Mom!

See?

- Anyway, dear. - Yes?

Can't we have ribs in the future?

A man needs meat in order to work, not fish.

No one's forcing you to eat.

Hey! I'll eat.

You're unbelievable, wearing a suit and sunglasses

to do a little thing like copying fingerprints.

You know I'm a big fan of James Bond.

The times are hard enough

without that bastard leeching off of people.

It's money he laundered for bribery.

He pretends to be an upstanding businessman,

but he's involved in lots of shady deals.

I robbed his father once, and the wealthy are all alike.

There isn't a good apple among them.

That dirty thief!

If you haven't noticed, we're the thieves, mom.

He's a bad thief,

and we're good ones.

Why is everyone so sensitive?

Let's eat.

This is delicious.

That's right. we're a family of thieves.

Except for me.

Shunned by society as a bastard child,

our ancestor followed his lofty ambitions

and became a thief.

Get him!

He's over there!

His bravery and valor were legendary.

And thanks to his contempt for evil and kindness to the poor,

he became a hero of the people.

His story was even turned into a novel,

and it became a hallmark of Chosun dynasty literature.

Once the icon of an era, the hero now lies

forgotten on his deathbed.

My dream of righting the wrongs of this world

was an elusive one.

It is my greatest regret that my dream has not been fulfilled.

Father! I will follow in your footsteps!

Are you sure, my son?

Yes, father.

Then listen closely to my instructions

and follow them with your life.

Yes, father.

First, you must never steal from the poor.

Second,

you must use what you have stolen for the poor.

You must not use it to satisfy your petty desires.

Seventh,

under no circumstances are you to reveal the secret of our family.

Do you understand?

Yes, father.

But I caught you red-handed! You are so sloppy.

That's all I have to say for now. Now, try that again.

You can't just poke at it like that!

For crying out loud!

My ancestor's lofty spirit and ambitions

were transmitted faithfully to us.

Chanhyeok's pretty good.

He'll make an excellent thief.

Didn't you hear mom?

I'm against it, too, so don't put any ideas into his head.

I am training hard in preparation

for the day when I am allowed to join my brother in the field

In order to uphold my ancestor's lofty ambitions.

Muhyeok...

What do you think you're doing?

Well... it's on-the-job training.

I have to keep practicing, or I'll have a hard time on the field.

It's all right, Muhyeok.

It belongs to a cocky bastard named Yongsik.

He's always showing off his wealth.

See? Look how much money he's carrying around.

I wasn't going to spend it on myself.

Showing off money doesn't make him bad.

Being rich isn't a sin!

Muhyeok!

What do you think you're doing? We're in school!

You threw me a telepathic message as you passed by me.

No, I didn't...

Umm... Pay no attention to me

and continue what you were doing.

Hey, Yeonhwa!

Yeonhwa!

He's a thief, a teacher,

and he has a hot girlfriend?

I'm so jealous!

Wow! What in the world is all this?

It's Taekwon V!

I say, you have a very unusual hobby for a grown man.

Huh! Look at this!

You even collect teddy bears!

Mr. Song, if you shake it like that and damage it,

you'll be docked pay for at least a year.

They've got dozens of these in my apartment recycle bin.

Then how much is this tiny robot?

I wouldn't mess with that.

That's worth about three years of your salary.

That's quite a pretty penny.

A man's home should be his castle,

but you can't touch anything here.

And what's with your outfit?

Is there a special reason you're wearing them?

Not really.

Anyway, how many times has it been?

What do you mean?

Jeez. Don't play stupid with me.

I know that thief Hong Gildong only robs from you.

That can't be.

So you came here to find that fictitious thief, Mr. Prosecutor?

Not really.

Have you heard of a prosecutor named Park Suhyeon?

He was investigating you for bribing government officials

when he was given the sack.

Oh, I remember him.

He and I were college buddies.

After he was fired, he began drowning his sorrows with alcohol

and died of liver cancer the other day.

Oh my.

I would have sent my condolences had I known.

I'm sure.

Anyway, he called me to his deathbed

and asked me to avenge him.

To show the world that justice still exists.

So it looks like you and l are going to be

rubbing elbows quite a bit,

and I thought it would only be polite to forewarn you.

Rub elbows?

Quite a bit?

Jeez! This place is like a palace!

Let's go.

So, did you declare war?

Of course.

How did he react?

I'm sure he wasn't too pleased.

You have an unusual way of doing things, prosecutor.

It would have been hard enough to investigate him in secret.

He's a prosecutor at the Seoul Office

with a reputation for being a hard ass.

Try throwing him a bone.

Yes, sir.

Have you learned anything about Hong Gildong?

Mr. Jeong is looking into it right now.

There's a rat in the house.

A rat that's gnawing at my skin.

You can't come in here, Mr. Ahn!

Let go of me!

Help me out this once, Jeongmin!

I'll be good to you.

Drag him away.

My father spent his entire life building up Jaejung Construction.

Drag him away, Mr. Jeong.

I can't be the one to ruin the company!

Mr. Jeong!

How could you, Jeongmin?

Don't you think I know you're behind my company's creditors?

After all our years of friendship!

You...

You bastard!

Who said I was your friend?

Didn't brother-in-law say anything?

Brother-in-law?

Now that he knows everything.

But I won't call him that in school.

Brother-in-law, can you solve the question 3?

Sounds strange, doesn't it?

He's not your brother-in-law. We're not even married.

What are you talking about?

You're not getting cold feet, are you?

Huh?

Do you see this?

You wrote it 3 years ago and locked the padlock yourself. If there will not be no marriage in 3 years, let's die together.

Do you see it?

Of course.

My handwriting is great!

It's been 3 years, so what are you going to do?

Do you want to die together, or are you going to marry me?

I'll have to marry you.

So I was thinking,

you should come over for dinner.

Okay. I'll have dinner with your family.

Today.

Okay.

Today?

Don't be tense, sweetie. It's just a meal.

It's all so sudden. That's all.

Jeez! What should I say? What should I talk about?

What should you talk about?

If you have nothing to talk about,

just tell them you'll marry me. Okay?

I'm pressing the bell.

Hold on!

Are you sure this is enough?

Maybe I should buy a fruit basket?

It's enough. I'm sure they'll love it.

Really?

Hey, Yeonhwa! Why aren't you going in?

Jaepil!

I was going to come home early, but something came up.

Say hello. This is my brother.

Hello, sir.

I'm Hong Muhyeok, and I teach at the same

high school as Yeonhwa.

Oh! He's the fellow you told me about?

It's a pleasure to meet you.

Yes...

Anyway, why don't we go inside and talk?

Yes, sir.

Song Jaepil Prosecutor, Special lnvestigations

Are you a prosecutor?

You didn't tell him, either?

Why don't you tell any of your boyfriends?

Are you embarrassed of me?

You should know!

I work at the Seoul Prosecutor's Office.

Go ahead and press the bell.

Why did you bring out the garlic juice?

We should at least be polite and taste it.

Try some.

We love garlic juice. How did you know?

I heard that it was brother-in-law's favorite.

Brother-in-law?

I'm glad you came. Have a drink.

Anyway...

Yes?

You have the face of a thief.

I'm sorry, sir!

He must feel guilty about something.

Jaepil!

Jeez! You almost gave me a heart attack.

You must be drunk! I'm right, aren't l?

He's here to steal something.

He's probably stolen it already. He stole Yeonhwa's heart!

Hyojeong!

Will you stop embarrassing me?

Have a drink, brother-in-law.

Okay.

This is how we are.

Anyway, the real thief is that lowlife Lee Jeongmin.

What about him?

My brother's been working hard these days

to put away that asshole... I mean, that man.

I'm going to quit being a prosecutor if I can't put him away in 3 years!

Not again! Will you please calm down?

The really weird thing is that

there are some people who actually leech off of that bastard.

- Huh? - What do you mean?

There's a thief that only robs him.

His name is Hong Gildong.

I'm so sorry!

Are you all right, sweetie?

Are you all right?

He's not usually like this.

I need more water.

Drink it all down so you feel better.

After I put Lee Jeongmin behind bars,

I'm going to go after Hong Gildong.

I'm all right.

I'm all right, honey.

You shouldn't have come out in this heat.

I was going to tell you back at the office.

Are you sure it's Ahn Seunggyu?

Yes! I'm sure.

He's the president of Jaejung Construction.

His company went under yesterday,

and he must have jumped into the river from the shock.

You were exactly right, Mr. Song.

The company fell into trouble a year ago

when they borrowed an enormous amount of money

from Lee Jeongmin's Best lnvestments.

Afterwards, he bribed government officials,

So Mr. Ahn's hands were tied and the loan interest snowballed,

bankrupting the company.

So, in the end, he drove Mr. Ahn to his death?

Hold on.

What's she calling me for?

Hello?

What?

What are you talking about?

Where's the package? Where is it?

For crying out loud, you pea brained woman!

Didn't I tell you not to accept such gifts?

Who knows what's inside!

The delivery boy gave it to me and just left,

So what could I do about it?

You shouldn't have opened the door for him!

Hey!

Why wouldn't I open the door for the delivery boy?

Who would send us a package?

How can a prosecutor's wife be so clueless?

Having no packages to receive is nothing to be proud of!

Fucking shit!

You never buy me any fruit,

So I went ahead and received some!

Is that so wrong?

Well, is it?

How can you say fucking shit?

You shouldn't swear like that.

And plus, do you really think these are apples?

Are you that stupid?

Look! Do these look like apples to you?

Huh? They are apples!

They are apples.

Come to think of it, who'd send money to a prosecutor like you?

Don't just stand there! Pick them up!

Don't kick them.

And don't swear, honey. You're scaring me.

Mr. Chairman. The top bid for the toy robot

up for auction is expected to be $750,000.

Bid a million dollars.

Yes, sir.

I'm trying to build a nice apartment complex for them,

so why are they making such a commotion?

I wish they made a robot that could crush those losers.

Ms. Choi. How are the shares?

The Mungyeong Group has 25%, your father has 1 5%,

Mr. Kim has 5%, and we have 55%.

- Okay. Put the plan in motion. - Yes, sir.

The residents are dissatisfied with the compensation.

Tell Mr. Kim to take our men and take care of them.

If we involve ourselves in violence, it could tarnish our image, sir.

Then take care of them without tarnishing our image.

- Find a way and report it to me. - Yes, sir.

- Jeez! What a difficult climb! - What the heck!

It's so high here!

Oh my! Oh!

It's so difficult to get here!

Here's $30 for the apples.

There's really no need.

I guess it wasn't what you were hoping to receive.

It's no fun to receive apples.

If you gave me what I expected,

things would be much more interesting.

I hope you can make things more interesting.

This place is so large.

You must have spent an arm and a leg on the powers that be

and trampled mercilessly on the poor

to make this entire place yours, along with your cronies.

I'll have to climb back down again.

Oh my.

Does he want a bribe or not?

What a confusing man.

I'll find out and report it to you.

Hello, Ms. Song.

You have to remember that.

What's the matter with you?

What do you mean?

You're avoiding me.

Are you scared because my brother's a prosecutor?

Scared you'll go to prison if you don't treat me right?

Or do you have lots of skeletons in the closet?

Would you like me to open the closet doors?

Are you free Friday night?

Friday night?

It's your birthday.

Birthday?

Oh my!

So you were avoiding me to prepare a surprise?

Let's go somewhere nice and have dinner

and a glass of wine. Okay?

Okay!

Give me a kiss, sweetie!

On your birthday...

Hold on!

Hold on, sweetie.

Hello?

It's me, Suyeong.

Hi, Chungyu!

It's been a long time. How've you been?

The slush fund will be transferred to Best lnvestments Friday night.

Can you do it?

Isn't that a little too soon?

This Friday is our only opportunity.

Then I'll have to do it.

How else am I going to make enough to get married

and buy a home?

Anyway, we'll talk about it in person on Friday. Bye.

The guy's so scared.

It's not easy to start a business.

You won't make any appointments on my birthday!

Huh? I'll just see him some other time.

Anyway, why do you have two phones?

Oh, this?

It's a new cell but I had no chance to tell people my new number.

Something's suspicious.

I smell something fishy.

Is something wrong?

No.

What are you going to teach me today?

You just have to follow my lead today.

Mr. Chairman,

don't be too hard on me if my dancing's bad.

Would you accept if I asked you to marry me?

Who tells the woman he's going to propose ahead of time?

It's because I think I would kill you if you turned me down.

This place looks really expensive, sweetie. Are you sure it's all right?

It's all right.

Prepare for a hot night tonight!

Jeez!

I love this place, sweetie!

I'm glad you like it.

Now, how about a kiss?

Huh?

I'm sorry. I forgot to turn my cell phone off.

Sorry.

Hello?

Hi, Chungyu.

Huh?

I'm sorry.

It's the friend I was supposed to meet today.

It seems a little urgent.

Let me go call him.

Make it quick.

Okay.

I'm on my way up!

Finish within a minute after the signal.

That's too soon!

One minute.

Where's the chairman?

He's on his way here. Would you like a cup of coffee?

Actually, I'll get it.

It's all right. Take a break.

Who's the girl downstairs? Thinking of marrying her?

Yes.

What's keeping him?

Why don't you have a cup?

When will the interior be done for this office?

Next week.

I'm drinking so much today.

All alone...

What was that?

Mr. Chae!

Muhyeok

Suyeong

Muhyeok. Does that girl know about the family business?

No.

Unlike you, I'm not going to be found out.

I can hide it for the rest of my life.

What's going on?

I'm sorry, sir. There was a fire.

Where's my money?

Who are you?

# Happy birthday to you.

# Happy birthday to you.

# Happy birthday to you.

# You were born on this day.

# Happy birthday. I love you.

# Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday, sweetie!

Sweetie. The dinner was incredible!

- Really? - Where are we going now?

Wherever you want.

Umm... Iet's go far away.

To somewhere nice.

Somewhere we can spend the night.

Hold on. Hold on.

What is it?

This is counterfeit money. Something's wrong!

I understand. I'll check it and get back to you.

Suyeong

It's that friend I was talking to. I'll be right back.

It's all right. Go ahead and take it.

Hello?

Hong Gildong?

You're lucky and you're courageous.

Anyway, Suyeong won't open her mouth.

I love you, Muhyeok!

Come to the rooftop in 20 minutes.

I don't think I'll ever forget this birthday.

I, Song Yeonhwa, swear that I'm your woman.

If you're not there by then, Suyeong dies.

There's a woman.

Her name is Song Yeonhwa, and it's her birthday today.

Find her, even if you have to search all of Seoul.

And write this number down.

Why are you doing this?

Why did you do this to me?

Why did you do this to me!

Do you remember Choi Changsik of Geumseong Funds?

The man you destroyed?

I'm his daughter.

Lee Jeongmin! I'm going to curse you in hell!

Throw her over.

I knew you were being too nice!

Stop right there! Stop!

Are your friends more important to you than me?

Have you forgotten what day it is?

It's my birthday! How can you leave me alone today?

I'm sorry, but it's an emergency.

What's the reason? Tell me!

I'll tell you later! I don't have time for this!

Her father is Choi Changsik,

once the head of a successful investment firm.

But Lee Jeongmin drove him to bankruptcy 10 years ago,

So Mr. Choi killed himself from the shock.

Plotting revenge, this girl studied hard,

graduated from a top school,

and approached Lee Jeongmin, becoming his secretary in the process

This woman plotted revenge for 10 years.

Scary, ain't it?

This means that Choi Suyeong worked with Hong Gildong

in order to steal from Lee Jeongmin.

But she was caught by him and killed.

Of course!

I bet that's 100% right.

For crying out loud! Will you stop talking like that?

Get me a record of her cell phone calls.

Yes, sir!

I ought to kick your ass!

What?

I was never serious about you.

Is it because my brother's a prosecutor?

No. I never loved you to begin with.

I tried to love you, but I couldn't.

It's because my brother's a prosecutor, isn't it?

Think what you want. I'm sorry.

If you really want to break up, unlock the padlock

We left at Seoul Tower.

I told you when you locked it

That I wouldn't let you leave as long as it remained locked.

Here.

I knew you'd say that, so I brought it along. Bye.

Hello?

Mr. Hong Gildong?

Who's this?

I'm Prosecutor Song Jaepil.

Who?

I'm Prosecutor Song Jaepil!

Song...

How dare that lowlife hang up on me!

I ought to kick his butt!

Hello?

Why'd you hang up on me, you little shit?

I've never talked to you before. Who is this?

You freaking thief!

I'm Song Jaepil of the Seoul Prosecutor's Office!

So?

Don't play stupid with me!

I don't know who you are since you're using a cloned phone,

but if I wanted to, I could throw your ass in prison!

Hello? Are you listening to me or not?

Of course. I'm listening.

Listen up close.

The reason I called is to tell you

not to mess with Lee Jeongmin and get in the way of my investigation!

Or I'll kill you!

Also, you'd better behave yourself until

I throw your ass in prison.

I understand. Have a nice day, sir.

What's the matter?

He said, Have a nice day, sir.

Sir?

That dirty little thief.

You're the thief.

I heard that garlic juice is good for you.

So you keep up to date.

How are your wife and kid doing in the Philippines?

My kid placed second in his class.

Good for you.

Aren't you going to teach us, Ms. Song?

Ms. Song!

Aren't you going to teach us?

I have to get into college.

Why's she crying? I just asked her to teach the class.

And what happened to her face?

Why the hell did you want to see me?

Unlike others, I don't bribe people with money.

I've prepared a small toy for you.

It's Robot Taekwon V.

You've plated a toy robot with gold.

Plated?

That's 55 kilograms worth of solid gold.

55 kilograms?

That's a little more than $2 million.

Wow, it costs quite a pretty penny.

I understand that you're at a crossroads in your life.

You're getting, so you should live in comfort.

You should live in a nice house, drive a nice car,

and live high on the hog for once, don't you think?

Living hand to mouth struggling to pay rent,

your kids' tuition, and the electric bill

causes lots of stress. You could get cancer that way.

Your decision now could determine your future for the next 10 years.

To be frank with you, I'm a little tempted.

I lived at the foot of Mt. Mudeung until high school,

and then came to Seoul for college and lived in the ghetto.

But I studied night and day and became a prosecutor.

I thought that was the end of woes,

but because I don't have any connections,

I'm still living in a rented place.

But you know what? I'm saving up monthly,

so I'm going to buy myself an apartment someday.

And even though it breaks down once in a while,

I have a car that I can ride around in.

That's enough for a country bumpkin from Mt. Mudeung.

Get my drift?

But in case I didn't make myself clear,

don't ever try to bribe me again,

or you'll find yourself behind bars.

That's my answer to you.

And it's going to be no holds barred from now on,

so you and I both better be careful.

I'm planning to first investigate Choi Suyeong's death.

You know her, don't you?

She's the pretty girl who used to be your secretary.

I understand.

But I'll go easy on you, since I can still beat you.

Your confidence is quite cavalier.

It's because many men don't want to see me stand before a judge.

Those men are all like lizards. You know?

They'll cut off their tails and run away when they sense danger.

They won't be able to do that.

You know what my hobby is? It's writing in my little ledger.

I write everything including pictures.

One word out of me and all the people

Who're indebted to me will fucking die.

You're a dangerous man.

Damn it!

You should have gone around it!

You fucking decapitated it!

How much is this anyway?

Come on, big money!

If I win, I'd put a million in the bank and work even harder at my job.

I always get one wrong number at the end.

My wife said she had a lucky dream last night.

I'll have to ask her about it.

It's me, dear.

You had a lucky dream last night, didn't you?

How many pigs were in that dream?

120? Are you sure?

It's nothing. Nothing at all. Bye.

Hello? This is Song Jaepil of the Seoul Prosecutor's Office.

I didn't know prosecutors played the lottery.

I'll kill you if you mess with me.

Hello? This is Song Jaepil of the Seoul Prosecutor's Office.

This is Hong Gildong.

You changed your voice.

Like you, I also want to put Lee Jeongmin in prison.

I'll help you, since our goal is the same.

I don't associate with thieves.

That's right, I'm a thief.

But a poor prosecutor can become an even bigger thief.

You're playing the lottery to pay for the rent hike.

I see you've done your research.

Check your bank account. I wired money into it.

You bastard! That isn't your money!

If you're going to help anyone, do it with the money you earn!

Do you hear me? I'm going to put you behind bars one of these days!