(Episode 23)
It's me Ji Min.
How have you been?
This is our next door neighbor.
Whose grave is this?
My grandfather's.
Grandfather?
But your grandfather's alive.
Not that grandfather. They say I have another grandfather.
Another grandfather?
Mr. Jung.
What are you doing here?
And what are you doing here?
Hi.
Hello.
Hi. Is your grandma here too?
No, I came with Mr. Oh.
I came in his dad's place for his school assignment.
What about you?
Ji Min's grandmother asked me...
to plant some wildflowers here.
That's right. You found this land for her as well, right?
Yes. I ended up getting involved when she built...
this farm and arboretum.
You are incredible.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Thank you for your help each time.
Okay.
Was that Mr. Jung?
Yes.
He's planting the wildflowers I asked for today.
Mr. Jung...
is always so thoughtful...
when it comes to you.
I feel bad.
I'm always asking him for things.
He says he met Mr. Oh and Ji Min.
Okay.
Could you go to the farm today?
The farm? Why?
Mr. Jung is working so hard.
I thought I'd send him some food to take back with him.
I'm sorry.
I'm going to an exhibit with Chairman Jang.
You are?
What should I do then?
I have a Women in Business meeting tonight as well.
Would you go for me?
Me?
That's right. Ji Min is there too anyway.
I'd like you to go if you don't mind.
Should I ask the chairman to go to the exhibit another time?
No. He'll get angry.
Ms. Yoon should rest on the weekends.
It's okay. I'll go.
Would you?
- Thanks. - My pleasure.
Why are you sitting down?
Aren't we leaving?
Can't we go to the exhibit another time?
Why? You wanted to go so badly.
I may have to go to the farm on an errand for Ms. Jang.
The farm? For what?
Mr. Jung is planting wildflowers in the arboretum today.
She asked me to bring him some food...
as a token of her appreciation,
but since I had plans with you,
Ms. Yoon has to go in my place.
That's fine. What's the problem?
She's tired from working all week. She should rest on the weekends.
I feel so bad.
So you want to cancel plans with me?
Why you...
I'm sorry, sir. Forget I said anything.
You said you liked Kim Ha Baek,
so I was going to buy you a painting. Forget it.
Kim Ha Baek's painting?
That's right!
You are too nice.
Stop serving others, and start taking things for yourself.
What do you mean?
I'm receiving so much grace from you.
How could I dare?
She does as she pleases.
She makes us eat oxtail soup,
and makes you...
run food errands on our day off.
She did nothing wrong.
I just felt bad, that's all.
I'm sorry.
I'll get ready to go.
I've spoiled her too much.
She has no respect for her dad.
That brat.
With Daesong and the private equity fund JJ involved...
and the recent rise in real estate prices,
the cost of the acquisition will be much higher.
Around four billion dollars.
How much can we pull together from all the subsidiaries?
800 million from the Corporation, 500 from Chemical,
and about 300 from Industry.
That's the most we can pull together.
So we need to borrow 2.5 billion dollars now.
Why did Daesong have to get involved?
Have you heard from Mr. Oh yet?
- Not yet. - That's right.
Didn't you say he was going to the farm with Ji Min today?
That's right.
Cancel everything you have today...
and go to the farm.
The farm?
Go and finish it.
Ji Min set it all up for you.
Okay, I'll go see him.
Hold on.
You said you'd quit everything.
Why did you suddenly change your mind?
Was it because of Shi Wol?
I know who I am now.
I have to work hard.
If not,
I'll get kicked out anytime like you were.
Tae Yang is helping the kid next door with his assignment?
Why?
Ji Min's dad is busy,
so Tae Yang went in his place.
He's such a busybody. He's not his dad.
Exactly.
Why is a single guy going there when the kid has a dad?
What if people get the wrong idea?
Why don't you go out at all?
The fridge is empty.
Go grocery shopping.
I'm not going out for a while.
I can't.
So you go grocery shopping for me.
What? Why should I go grocery shopping?
You're the one who cares more.
If you want to eat my cooking, go buy groceries.
Forget it, if you don't want to.
I'm fine eating whatever we have.
Of all the...
Hey, Duk Shil. You go get the groceries then.
Sorry, but I don't feel well today.
I'll go next time.
Why you...
What's with her?
Something probably happened with Tae Yang, right?
Anyway,
why can't you go outside?
Is someone out there going to kill you?
That's right.
Someone wants to kill me.
That's why I can't go out.
What are you talking about?
Goodness.
Go to the woods with me.
Why? That's so random.
Just because. I want some fresh air.
Let's go.
Go with someone else.
I don't feel like it.
I mean less to Tae Yang...
than the kid next door.
What's your dream?
Don't you have a dream?
At times, I want to be a giraffe,
and at other times, I want to be a dinosaur.
I don't know yet.
What is that?
What was your dream?
Me?
Well...
What was my dream?
Was making a lot of money your dream?
- No. - Then?
I don't know.
I can't remember.
I feel like I may have lost my dream.
That's not good.
Why not?
My mom said a person must have a dream.
And if you lose your dream,
you'll wither and disappear like a flower.
Yoo Wol, what's your dream?
I don't have one.
What?
How could a person not have a dream?
It's possible.
Why do I need one?
A dream is like light to a person.
Look at the plants here. What happens if there's no light?
Light?
That's right.
That sunlight.
All the plants here live for that sunlight...
because without light, they'll wither and disappear.
So you should have a dream too.
Then your life will be much happier than it is now.
I remember...
what my dream was.
What was it?
There was a woman whom I loved.
I wanted to marry her...
and have a child like you...
and live a long, happy life.
I think that was my dream.
That was my dad's dream too.
My dad said his dream was to marry Mom,
have a child, and live happily ever after.
I see.
Sorry you haven't fulfilled your dream yet.
I know.
It's my mom.
Mommy!
Did you have fun with Mr. Oh?
Yes, I had a lot of fun.
I came on an errand for my mother-in-law.
She asked me to give Mr. Jung something.
I see.
Do you know where he is?
Here he comes now.
So this is where you were.
I heard you had come, so I was looking for you.
Mother had a prior engagement, so I came on her behalf.
You must be tired.
Not at all.
I enjoy it.
Did you finish planting them?
That's right. Do you want to see?
- Yes. - Let's go.
I'll tell you about the flowers.
Okay. I'll be right back.
- Okay. - Let's go.
You must be very happy...
you have such a lovable son.
I am.
He's my entire world.
Your entire world.
I see.
Why didn't you get married yet?
I don't know.
I didn't feel the need until now.
But seeing Ji Min...
made me change my mind.
Now, I want to get married...
and have a child like him.
I'll get going now.
Thank you for everything.
Please thank Ms. Jang for the food for me.
I will.
- I'll call you later. - Okay.
- See you next time. - Okay.
Get home safely.
- Goodbye. - Drive safely.
Shall we go too?
- Yes. - No.
Let's stay a little longer and look at the stars.
- The stars? - Yes.
We can see the stars really well from here.
Ji Min.
Sure, why not?
Let's look at the stars since we're here anyway.
I don't mind.
Here. Ji Min.
- Eat up, okay? - Okay.
Please eat.
Thank you. You too.
I will.
It's delicious.
The kimchi is delicious.
Right? My mom makes the best kimchi.
Did you make it yourself?
Yes.
I make kimchi when I get depressed.
Strangely, it makes me feel better...
if I make kimchi.
That's interesting.
Anyway, it's very good.
You could sell it.
Ta-da.
Isn't it good?
It's good. It's really good.
Eat up.
Look how haggard you look from working so hard.
You should sell your kimchi.
It's the best I've ever had.
I'm sorry, Yoo Wol.
Chew well.
Okay.
Mommy. Are you crying?
No, I'm not.
Something got in my eye, that's why.
What a nice picture.
Daddy!
You made it. I thought you were busy.
I should come no matter how busy I am.
My savior is here after all.
What are you doing here?
Mother sent me on an errand.
Why don't you join us?
Actually, I was starving.
- Good. - How lucky.
It's delicious.
I've cultivated myself for all those years,
but all of it went up in smoke.
Did you look over the documents I gave you?
I did.
What did you decide?
The cost of the acquisition went up,
so the amount our company must invest...
doubled.
I know.
Thanks to Daesong getting involved, it became a three-way war...
and made the price jump.
In the world of mergers and acquisitions,
competition is a type of drug...
that wastes unnecessary energy.
If you'd pour that energy...
into normalizing failing companies,
that would be much more profitable.
Do you mean...
I think it would be better to spend the money...
I'd invest in the Yangji Construction M and A...
on acquiring failing companies.
I found just the company, too.
You won't regret it.
I'll make sure Sun Holdings isn't harmed.
How can you guarantee that?
Excuse me.
It's late. We should go.
In a bit. We're having an important discussion.
Let's do this.
Give me a contingency plan for how you will compensate us...
for any loss we occur.
I'll make my decision after looking at it.
Okay.
I'll come to you soon with a contingency plan.
Did you have fun with Mr. Oh?
Yes. It was really, really fun.
The three of us should come again after the acquisition is over.
Let's come back again.
Okay. Let's do that.
(Daesong Withdrawing From Yangji Construction Acquisition)
Why those...
If they were going to withdraw so soon,
why did they jump into the ring for the acquisition?
Now,
I understand what they were up to.
What they were up to?
They never...
intended to acquire Yangji Construction to begin with.
They wanted...
to increase competition and the acquisition price...
to weaken Yangji. That was probably...
what Daesong was after.
Why would they do that to us?
In 1999,
Daesong acquired Yangji's hotel and department store for cheap...
and profited greatly.
They probably concluded...
that if we go into debt to buy Construction,
we'd falter again like during the IMF crisis.
But still. They wouldn't do that to Min Jae.
No.
He's right.
Chairman Hong is more than capable of doing that.
Then what do we do about the Yangji Construction M and A?
What else? Push forward as planned.
Okay.
Why don't we start over as well?
Start over?
We need to run forward.
Kwang Il. You must make this acquisition happen...
as if your life depends on it.
Do whatever you must...
to get the funds.
Yes, sir.
Yangji Construction's poor financial situation, which they learned...
through their due diligence, seems to be why they pulled out.
That makes no sense.
If they were going to pull out because of that,
they never should've jumped in.
They inflated the acquisition price.
How could they do that to their in-laws?
Yes, that's true,
but Daesong's policy is to not go into debt...
and they are very conservative.
So I think it's understandable from their perspective.
Still, how could they hurt their in-law's company?
They're not some local thugs.
Min Jae.
There's a problem with Ji Eun, right?
No. Ji Eun and I have no problems at all.
Then how could your father-in-law do this?
They're pretty much saying they'll cut ties with us.
I should've known ever since Ji Eun refused...
to have children.
How could your father do this to us?
Say something. Explain yourself.
You got married into the Yangji family.
How could they bully their in-laws like this?
Is he your real father?
Mother. How could you say that?
I'm a mistress' child,
so I've been discriminated against by Min Jae's grandfather,
but even he didn't do this to me.
My gosh.
I really don't understand him.
Are you...
hiding something from us?
What do you mean? I am not.
No. Something's up.
That's the only explanation.
Daesong pulled out as we expected.
How did Daesong find out about the financial problems...
of Yangji Construction's branches abroad?
They didn't know anything outside of the actual sale.
From Tae Yang?
That's right.
He analyzed Yangji Construction's financial reports...
that we got from Mr. Kim at Samjin,
and he found out that their foreign branches were failing.
Something no one else found.
Are you saying he was the one who leaked the information...
to Daesong?
Yes.
You dragged them in,
and you made them pull out, is that it?
Why?
Tae Yang, do you have a grudge against Yangji?
A grudge? Don't be absurd.
If you don't have a grudge,
why are you attacking them?
I'm going to invest in Yangji financially.
You found out they're failing, but you want to invest?
Yes. That's why I leaked the information to Daesong.
Have you lost your mind? Why?
I told you...
I'll never do something that will cause a loss.
How will you avoid a loss?
They'll bring me a contingency plan.
A way for me to make a profit...
without incurring any loss.
You'll give them a put option?
Yes.
Our debt ratio is too high.
It's the only way to convince financial investors.
But a put option means...
We'll buy back our stock from the investors...
after a predetermined term.
A put option...
is like a dormant loan.
If Yangji Construction's stock price drops...
and the investors exercise their put options,
it could be lethal for us.
But if we don't do this to protect them against a loss,
who would invest in us in this situation?
I'm sure Mr. Oh will agree to invest if we offer this.
If Sun Holdings participates in this consortium,
I'm sure other investors will as well.
Must we go that far to acquire Yangji Construction?
Grandfather says to. You heard him.
What if things go wrong?
Why are you so pessimistic?
A put option is an internationally accepted M and A technique.
But it'll put too big a burden on us.
Property prices went up 24 percent this year alone.
We must acquire Construction now...
as Grandfather says.
I feel like Kwang Il has changed.
What?
He seems to have grown up a little.
I think it's because of you.
What do you mean?
He had a really hard time...
when we were discussing our divorce.
He may act cold on the outside,
but he cares a lot about you on the inside.
He should change.
The world is changing.
He should change too...
if he wants to survive in this harsh world.
I really think...
there's something going on with Ji Eun's family.
What's that?
I'm saying we need to find out.
True. Come to think of it, there were many strange things.
My point exactly.
She said she'd bring the hotel and department store...
that they bought from us for cheap as her dowry,
but we haven't heard anything since.
It's strange that she won't have children, too.
She couldn't have gotten married to get revenge on our family.
Goodness.
I'm going to use all my connections...
to find out about Ji Eun and Chairman Hong's family.
Mother is so mean.
How could she do this to me?
What did I do wrong?
Ji Eun,
did you really not know?
I didn't!
How could he do that?
He couldn't do this if he considered you his child.
Are you going to be like that too?
Fine. Then let's get a divorce.
How could you say that so easily?
You treat me like an outcast.
How can I live here any longer?
Who treats you like an outcast?
Then what do you call this?
I can't live like this. I won't!
Ji Eun.
Don't cry.
Sorry. I was wrong.
You have to be on my side no matter what happens.
You're the reason I'm here.
Okay,
so don't cry.
Mr. Oh's ex-girlfriend...
was also Yoon Shi Wol.
Why are you so shocked?
Yoon Shi Wol.
Mr. Oh's ex-girlfriend's name was Yoon Shi Wol?
I think so.
What's wrong?
Do you feel sick?
No.
I get dizzy spells at times.
Why are you eating instant ramen?
We have no food in the house.
Why don't we have food?
My mom won't leave the house.
So the fridge is empty.
Is she sick?
- No. - Then why?
I don't know why she's suddenly like that.
Then you should've gone grocery shopping yourself.
I'm going to tomorrow.
Why are you so down?
Sit for a minute.
You're scaring me.
You do...
have a grudge against Yangji Group,
don't you?
I said no.
If not, I just can't understand you.
We're partners.
I wish you'd tell me everything.
I don't, so don't let your imagination run wild.
Eat before it gets cold.
Yoon Shi Wol.
Is it because of her?
Is the reason you're trying to destroy Yangji...
Is it...
because of Yoon Shi Wol?
Why are you bringing her up now?
It's her, isn't it?
The Yoon Shi Wol that you couldn't forget...
even as you were dying.
That Yoon Shi Wol...
is Choi Kwang Il's wife,
isn't she?
(A Place in the Sun)
Did he ask for anything else?
No one can refuse...
what we offered.
Fine, we'll invest.
Do you know anything about Tae Yang's past...
that I don't know about?
Why do you ask?
He's so much like someone that I know.
I think he's trying to get revenge on me.
That's not right.
He's the reason you married Kwang Il!
Don't they look like they knew each other from before?
They look like they loved each other a lot in the past.