(Episode 33)
You've been coming home quite a lot these days.
Don't worry.
I'm seeing someone.
Oh, really?
That's great.
What do you mean?
What's so great about that?
Can I ask what she's like?
She's in the same major as me.
So she's a medical student.
Her father is a famous plastic surgeon.
Are you happy?
Why are you asking like that?
I'll get going.
Can I stop by when I come home?
What are you laughing at?
I'm just looking at everything I couldn't see because of work.
Then go home and look comfortably.
Are you mad?
Jung Hoon stopped by.
Really?
He said he'll stop by the Diner when he visits.
I see.
He said he's dating a girl in his major.
A medical student?
Apparently, her father's a doctor.
I see.
If you see him, treat him like you did in high school.
Of course.
If you had left with him then, what would've happened to you two?
What would've happened?
Jung Hoon would've quit medical school and gotten a job.
Young Shin.
It all worked out.
It worked out.
Jung Hoon will get to a point...
when he can let go of his sadness about me.
Hello!
Welcome. You came just in time.
I couldn't make it out to fish on your last day off.
- Please have a seat. - Yes.
Mr. Jung said I should let him know if there's something I want to eat.
Don't worry about the price.
I'll pay whatever it costs.
I don't know if you'll like it.
It's nutty and refreshing!
Try the meat.
I used a mix of ox knee and tendons.
Then did that reduce the price?
Still, the texture is similar, and it tastes good.
It's really delicious.
Good job.
Do you mean this lost to the haesintang?
Why did you call me here?
Sit down.
You've eaten Kim Young Shin's beef hot pot, right?
Of course! I tried it before the tasting.
What did you think of the taste?
I thought it tasted good.
How is Sook Jung's haesintang doing with sales?
At first, it seemed like it was selling well,
but people aren't having it a 2nd or 3rd time.
Why do you think that is?
Honestly, how many people nowadays eat haesintang for their health?
The problem is it's too healthy!
Not to mention how expensive it is.
Right.
Some customers complained...
they'd rather eat a cheap ginseng chicken soup...
at a small neighborhood restaurant.
Then whose responsibility is it?
- What? - Our special dish is so awful,
so wouldn't that mean someone decided just to wait and see?
No, that's not it.
Do you think I made you managing director for you to watch it burn?
Why are you angry at me?
Then who should I be angry at?
Right, did you start preparing the ready-made food menu?
We're still researching.
What do you think about releasing the haesintang as a ready-made food?
Of course not!
It's too expensive.
Who would spend so much on ready-made food?
I guess you're right.
I think everything Sook Jung develops will be expensive.
What do you mean?
You always find rare ingredients to make the best flavor.
Is that a compliment?
Let's take Kim Young Shin's beef hot pot...
and set it as a lunch special.
Why that all of a sudden?
You haven't even tried it. What do you mean?
Let's just see how the customers react.
Honey.
Min Gyung, that one time...
didn't you mention the beef hot pot cost less than half...
of the haesintang?
I did mention that.
For now, tell the restaurant to make it a regular menu item.
What's going on?
I don't know either.
Jong Woo, do you know anything about this?
How could I know something that neither of you knows?
If Young Shin's ready-made food is a success,
she'll stay at the restaurant forever!
Not just that.
Jong Gwon might move her to the head development division.
I hate that!
Sook Jung, do whatever you can to stop this!
Doing whatever you can is your specialty.
We need to put a stop to this no matter what it takes!
Of course.
I never thought I'd see you two agree on something in my life.
What a rare sight.
My head is killing me!
Jong Gwon called me to the office...
and asked me if Sook Jung's haesintang is selling well.
So?
I told him the truth.
How could you tell him the truth?
Was I not supposed to?
We had a promise with Sook Jung and you told him the truth?
I know.
If Young Shin stays forever, it's your fault!
Did you enjoy your meal?
How was the beef hot pot?
I don't know why there isn't a place like this in our neighborhood.
I don't think I'd get tired of it even if I eat it a few times a week!
- Right, honey? - Exactly.
- Let's go. - Thank you.
- Have a good day. - Thank you.
How are the customers reacting?
Isn't it obvious?
It's selling twice as much as the haesintang.
What are we going to do about this?
We have no other choice but to say the customers hate it.
How would Jong Gwon know?
I'm glad we're on the same side in this case.
Exactly. If you'd just go along with me,
what do you have to worry about?
Then make sure to tell him like you said.
What are you going to do if he finds out later?
I can't believe this is happening.
Just tell Uncle Jong Gwon what happened three years ago.
I told you I can't. What would he think of me?
This is why one lie messes so many things up.
How's the reaction to the beef hot pot?
It's quite lousy.
Lousy?
They're saying, they wasted their appetite,
what do we think of our customers...
to serve a countryside market rice soup like this,
it hurt their pride, it was a waste of money.
That's what they said.
It hurt their pride?
Why would a meal hurt their pride?
That's what they said.
Jong Woo, come see me.
Jong Woo, if you're going to lie...
you should lie realistically.
How can you portray our customers...
in such a way that they'd say that about our restaurant?
Was it too much?
Why is this so hard?
If this is how you're going to do it,
step down as managing director and go back to the parking lot!
The parking lot?
I trusted you when I made you the managing director.
Are you trying to make me into a scarecrow?
Jong Gwon!
Tell me exactly the truth of what happened.
I'm giving you...
thirty seconds.
Five seconds have passed.
Ten seconds.
What should I do?
From tomorrow,
report to work at the parking lot.
Jong Gwon.
- Brother! - If you don't like it,
then take your family and leave my house!
Take my family?
Can't I just leave by myself?
I don't need a successor. Just get out!
He really said that?
Jong Gwon doesn't get mad easily,
but if he does, he doesn't reconcile.
His temper hasn't changed one bit!
Are you sure he said...
to take Jun Young too?
He said he doesn't need a successor...
so get out with everyone!
He really is mad!
Why are you doing the dishes at this hour?
I missed the dishes from breakfast.
Apparently, Jung Hoon came to the Diner.
Really?
He said he's seeing someone.
She's a medical student, and her father's a doctor.
He's going to visit home now,
so if you see him at the Diner, don't make it too obvious.
Make what obvious?
The fact that you're disappointed.
Am I a child?
If her father's a doctor and her boyfriend is too,
then that's good. They're good for each other.
I should've soaked this pot this morning.
It's so stuck on that it's not coming off.
My arms hurt.
I'll scrub it.
How many more times will I have to wash this before I die?
What?
I wash it almost every day.
I wash it, then use it again,
wash it, and use it again,
wash it again, and use it again.
I'm sick of it.
How many times will I wash it again before I die?
I'm afraid to cook anymore...
because I hate doing the dishes.
If you're sick of using that pot,
then get a new one.
Why would I buy another one when this one is perfectly good?
This pot...
has a life of a 100 years.
A hundred years? Who told you that?
The pot seller said it. Who else?
I don't want to do anything.
You need something to hope for to enjoy life.
I like the color,
but the design is too old-fashioned for me.
What's that over there?
Bring that one over.
This one is very popular.
That means...
many people have this, isn't it?
How about this one?
It has a unique design.
Not anyone can pull this off.
Doesn't that mean...
it's not popular?
Are you messing with me?
There.
Let me see that one.
Miss, that one is pricey.
Can't I take a look at it if it's expensive?
If you're buying one,
it'd be nice to get one that comes in handy.
This is just expensive and not even classy.
Why is it so expensive when it's not even a designer bag?
What's that over there?
Don't buy it!
What's wrong with you?
Don't you have a mother? It's been an hour.
Are you buying or not?
I see you're not here to buy.
I should post this online.
Go ahead.
You look like you'll live off people.
I'm sorry.
Please come back another time.
Why would I? I'm never coming back.
I'm sorry.
Have you lost your mind?
What are you doing when you're the manager here?
I don't know. I don't care about anything. Why?
Menopause sure is scary.
She went home saying it's a hassle to have dinner.
I've only heard about menopause.
But she's scaring me. One moment she's talking to me,
then she suddenly yells.
Doesn't she crave anything?
She wants to have kimchi dumpling her mom used to make.
My mother-in-law used to make terrific dumplings.
She's not feeling well these days,
so we can't ask her to make it.
I'll try it, then.
It's funny how when I don't feel well,
I just want to try...
the food my mom used to make just once.
I could ask for nothing more.
It seems people remember the taste for a long time.
You too, Mang Soon?
Is there anything particular you want to try?
I can at least imitate it.
When I was young, we were so poor off...
that we didn't eat much.
People won't believe me when I say this,
but we always had noodles for lunch.
Really?
When we ran out of anchovies, we'd catch loach...
and use it for the soup in the noodles.
Streams used to be filled with loaches back then.
You mean, loach soup?
It's not that. We just put in loach...
and cooked up a soup.
Poor families didn't have many spices,
so they just made it watery.
What good would that be?
Just the thought of it feels fishy.
But that's what I'm craving for some reason.
I don't want to have it.
If you don't make a good loach soup, it'd taste like soil.
My mom used to grill yellow corvina...
and grill it again with the marinade.
I crave it when I don't have an appetite.
That'd be tasty.
I'm sure it'd be good.
I agree. It'll be good.
I see you were well-cared for growing up.
Why? Does it look like I wasn't?
No, that's not what I'm saying.
We had so much yellow corvina...
that we would take the roe out and not eat the fish.
You're joking, right?
Of course, I am.
I was poor growing up.
Yellow corvina was so valuable that we'd cook it once...
then again with the marinade.
We took so much care with that fish.
It feels like it was so tasty...
because I could only have it from time to time.
Not all countries have people who experienced...
different cultures living in the same age.
It sounds like about the time after the war,
but it's recent, really.
Everyone struggled to go through those times.
We did it.
This is how we should play.
Why don't we play it around the train station?
It's a shame only we get to hear it.
Are you a beggar?
Why would you say that?
At the train station,
there's a man who sings while playing the guitar.
People toss coin to him while passing by.
Haven't you seen him?
He had a filthy guitar that was out of tune.
Do you know what his nickname is?
Why would they make a nickname for him?
It's Ten Cents.
Ten Cents?
He waits at the train station,
and when people come out from the train,
he goes: "Ten cents."
That's what he says.
Does he say it like that?
Yes. He's confident too.
Without being ashamed, he says: "Ten cents."
That's how he says it.
Oh Bok, you shouldn't make fun of grown-ups.
Gather up.
Over here.
That man is the youngest son of the mill in town.
Do you know him?
Yes,
he went to Seoul after the mill went out of business,
but he came back to his hometown because he failed.
What is a mill?
It's not here now, right?
No, it's not in town anymore.
How did you know I live here?
Mr. Lee's wife told it to me.
Se Jin did?
I used to contact her sometimes when Jung Hoon was a kid.
Gyung Chul.
I'm not very well.
I'm in a bad condition.
What do you plan to do?
If he tells me to go back to being a parking assistant,
I'll leave the house.
I'll leave for good.
That's not going to help anyone.
But he even said he doesn't need Jun Young.
I can't just sit by and take it.
We're almost there,
so we can't fall down now.
What will you do then?
What do you think?
I'll make a cheap move if I have to.
What are you scheming now?
Jong Gwon.
I have something to tell you.
What is it?
Jong Gwon, I've made a grave mistake.
What is this about, Min Gyung?
Get up.
No, I can't.
It won't do just to get down on my knees.
I'd have to get on the ground and apologize.
Get up first.
I feel uneasy to see you like that.
Get up, honey.
When the dish for lunchtime was released three years ago,
the results were fabricated.
Fabricated?
The result of the food tasting was fabricated.
To be honest, Sook Jung's haesintang...
had lost to Young Shin's beef hot pot.
But we changed the results, so Sook Jung would win.
Why did you do that?
I couldn't stand the pressure from Sook Jung, so...
Min Gyung.
That's not true.
I didn't pressure her. It was...
It was Min Gyung's idea.
Min Gyung did?
Why would I make such a suggestion?
You told me to give up on the adoption in return!
I never said that.
Why would you say something so absurd?
What?
Goodness. I'm baffled. What do I do?
You said if I didn't listen to you,
you were going to kick Jun Young and us from the house.
This must be why people keep recordings.
What nonsense are you talking about?
Keep it down!
Are you all trying to make the family go down?
Min Gyung, I'm disappointed.
As I said, I was under pressure.
Will you ruin the family if you are under pressure?
It takes two to tango.
If you were in a plight, you should've told me!
Jong Gwon, I was terrified of Sook Jung.
When were you ever scared of her?
Follow me inside.
Min Gyung.
Is this how you're going to be?
What will you do now?
You underestimated Jong Gwon.
Did you make that suggestion to Min Gyung first?
I did not.
Then did you welcome the suggestion she made?
Or did Min Gyung pressure you...
so you had no other choice?
Even if she came up with the idea,
how could you do such a thing as this family's wife?
Honey.
What? The only think you know is how to cook?
Now that I see it,
you're a better liar than a cook!
Honey.
You should step down as the owner.
Honey.
You're going to cause trouble if you keep that job.
It will be less embarrassing for you to resign to the workers.
I can't do that.
What?
Do I have to bring you down myself so you will?
(A Good Supper)
How would you like your coffee?
This must be why they throw money envelope in dramas.
Things will be awkward for us.
Hey.
I might just date him.
Does Jung Hoon know?
I was worried whether I should tell him or not.
I'm here to discuss it with you.
How lame.
How dare she say that when she doesn't even measure up?
Give me a chance.
It can be my last one.
A chance?
What will you do for me?
I'll go see Jung Gyung Soo and apologize.