(This drama is based on real-life events.)
(Incidents, names, and places have been altered for the drama.)
I said not to touch that!
Mr. Park. I'm trying to resolve them in order.
Let the prosecutors investigate.
I'll get going.
If we hesitate, Kim Hyung Choon will attack.
What's your problem? Is it because you want to succeed?
Why did you drag me into this?
(Law Office of Park Tae Yong)
Mr. Park. There are things you can't see...
No! What I see is what's real.
Then look carefully!
I am!
Now that I look carefully, I can really see Park Tae Yong.
- And what you really want. - What do I really want?
Justice. Ethics. Sense of duty.
My greed, which grew much faster than any of those.
My desire to succeed. Do you see that?
My greed shows its face in my heart...
now and then before I even realize it.
Do you see my heart break...
as I stomp on those saplings myself?
I want to use the evidence that we found...
to gain popularity and succeed!
Then why did you give it to Jang Yoon Suk? Twice, too!
Because I must forfeit success...
to catch Jo Ki Soo and Kim Hyung Choon!
A big law firm. A good job. Settlement payouts.
I forfeited all of that to get here.
A nomination that Kim Hyung Choon offered.
I forfeited all of that, and I'm here.
My gosh. Like this place has anything to offer.
It's because I want to win with you.
With Park Sam Soo.
For once in my life,
I want to beat them.
(Attorney Park Tae Yong)
I appreciate the thought.
I want to win too.
We just go about it differently, that's all.
I will publish this...
as I see fit.
If it's published before Mr. Jang takes action,
- it'll hurt everyone. - What if he strikes us first?
What can't a prosecutor do?
They can kill. If they can't kill, they can harass.
If they can't harass, they can tarnish your name.
I'm out.
(Episode 19)
(Park Tae Yong: Personal Information and Recent Activities)
(Kim Hyung Choon)
Mr. Jang.
My patience has reached its limit.
You know that I have the file...
on your father-in-law, Kang Chul Woo, don't you?
Yes, sir. I do. Is something bothering you?
Please get rid of the punks...
Park Tae Yong, Park Sam Soo, and Lee Yoo Kyung.
Do what prosecutors always do.
Be as cruel as possible.
I have all the documents that Park Tae Yong obtained.
The deals made with trials and your detailed instructions...
are all here.
Goodness.
Bring them first thing in the morning.
If I give you this,
what can you give me in return?
I have documents on your father-in-law.
Are you trying to strike a deal...
with my documents?
"If you want to become big,"
"you must be willing to strike your own family."
Isn't that your philosophy?
Jongno is the district that presidents come from.
I want to fly high, sir.
You want to become a prosecutor-turned-president.
This nation is run by prosecutors anyway.
But you want to reach the summit.
Let's discuss this seriously in person tomorrow.
I'll come see you...
first thing in the morning with the documents.
(Attorney Park Tae Yong)
I'm the best prosecutor in all of Korea.
Give me a justification to wield my sword.
What if he strikes us first?
What can't a prosecutor do?
Mr. Park.
Kim Hyung Choon really was the one who manufactured the espionage case,
interfered with the retrial, and ordered the backdoor deals.
He's still proud of himself.
You finally got to the bottom of it with your persistence.
It's all thanks to you.
Congratulations.
Where did Sam Soo go?
He left to write the article.
And Jang Yoon Suk took the documents.
He betrayed us once before.
If the article gets published first,
Kim Hyung Choon will be even crueler.
We have to make Jang Yoon Suk catch him.
We confirmed everything,
so I hope he finishes it.
He has to.
("Improper Deals Between Jo Ki Soo and Kim Hyung Choon")
Sam Soo. If we miss this chance,
we'll all die.
If it's published before Mr. Jang takes action,
it'll hurt everyone.
Darn it.
(Send)
What are you stressing over?
What is truly in Park Tae Yong's heart?
What is Jang Yoon Suk really after?
(Park Tae Yong: Personal Information and Recent Activities)
How did Park Tae Yong obtain these documents?
(Head Prosecutor Jang Yoon Suk)
Can you join me till the end?
Should we just bury those documents?
Strike Park Tae Yong, and save Kim Hyung Choon.
Did he promise you something?
If I enter politics, you'll have a lot to do here.
You should take the path to success.
I'll go to Park Tae Yong tomorrow...
and confiscate the original files.
But Mr. Kim is a very greedy man.
It'll be a pain to join him.
Don't tell me you plan to use this to get rid of him.
Stand by in your office.
(Attorney Park Tae Yong)
I keep thinking about it, but...
Aren't Jang Yoon Suk and Kim Hyung Choon on the same side?
There is definitely conflict between them.
Whether it's over power or their rights.
Isn't this too risky?
Jang Yoon Suk won't let himself lose anything.
He will get rid of Kim Hyung Choon.
Darn it.
A reporter should disclose the facts.
Why am I worrying about repercussions?
(Send)
Let's have faith in your partner Park Tae Yong, not Jang Yoon Suk.
What's this?
What's going on? What is this?
- What? - Whose side are you on?
Naturally, I'm on Park Sam Soo's side.
I'm worried, that's why.
Let's wait a little bit.
You're really on my side, right?
Naturally.
I want affirmation, my girl.
How can I affirm it?
Fiercely.
It's too late for that.
No, it isn't.
- You freak. - Yes, I am a freak.
Yoon Suk.
- Yoon Hee Sung. - Yes, sir.
Request a warrant.
Have you decided on the location?
We'll go to Park Tae Yong, correct?
(Attorney Park Tae Yong)
Good morning, sir.
Welcome.
That must be heavy. Please, put it down here.
This is how much Park Tae Yong obtained.
This is no time to sleep.
This is huge!
What? What is it?
I'm sure you got the original and the memory card.
(Search Warrant)
It's a search warrant.
There's too much evidence.
What would become of the nation if a prosecutor ignored it?
Leave this nation to me now.
I'm done with my greetings, Hee Sung!
Begin.
Two of you, over there.
(Search Warrant)
What are you doing? Give it back.
I can't. Your phone needs to be seized too.
It may hold important evidence.
- Please don't do this. - Stop it, you two.
Mr. Kim!
Be a gentleman like usual and cooperate.
Hee Sung, we don't have much time. Let's hurry up.
Yes, sir.
Everything up there too.
Breaking news. The prosecution has seized...
many documents on the dealings and intervention in state affairs.
The prosecution is also carrying out a search and seizure...
in former Prosecutor General Kim Hyung Choon's home.
You're lying.
Let's see if it's on the news.
This is the first time a search and seizure has been conducted...
in a former Prosecutor General's home.
Just like you said, Prosecutor Jang has taken action.
- We won. We won! - We won!
See? I told you not to write that article.
- You have to trust me. - I do.
Ms. Lee, the promise made on the Jeju beach has been kept!
I know. We got Jo Ki Soo and Kim Hyung Choon!
- We got them! - We got them!
Yes! We did it! We got them!
- What are you doing? - I'm calling Captain in New York.
- Do that right now. - Got it.
- Hold on, Mr. Park. - What?
That's my phone.
Oh, that's right.
Then call him yourself later.
- My goodness. - Yes!
International calls don't cost much these days.
Then call Ms. Hwang first.
Got it.
By the way, Prosecutor Jang sure is good at politics.
He definitely knows how to behave in front of cameras.
Didn't I tell you? He's just doing what I told him to.
Oh, really?
- You planned that too? - Of course. You'll see.
To make it clear that he is leading the investigation,
he'll start pointing in different directions now.
With his finger, okay?
- Over there. - Yes, sir.
- See? - Oh, my.
That's my boy, Yoon Suk.
Oh, my. I believe you now.
Lawyer Park Tae Yong is the best!
(Personnel Information of All Judges)
- How is it going, everyone? - Oh, you're here.
Yes. Hi.
Go have a smoke, everyone.
- Have a cup of coffee too. - Okay.
See you.
Like you said,
Kim Hyung Choon has been intervening in all kinds of state affairs.
Chief Justice Jo Ki Soo...
and former Prosecutor General Kim Hyung Choon...
What should we do with them?
They've even tried to destroy evidence.
Arrest them both.
Yes, sir.
(Registration Certificate, Kang Chul Woo)
Gosh, it's going to take forever. Hang in there.
What's that? Why are you taking it?
It's better not to know.
Get ready to request an arrest warrant.
Okay.
It's better not to know? Come on.
I need insurance...
to get me ahead too.
Mr. Jang, you're still here?
Gosh, what's taking everyone so long?
You brat. Where did you learn these dirty tricks?
Put it on the desk.
I'm sorry. Please forgive me.
Whether I forgive you or not...
will depend on how the investigation goes.
Goodbye, sir.
What was I expecting?
Shouldn't you be holding a card too?
No friendships last forever in this world.
Who cares if he's your family?
Isn't a father-in-law almost a stranger?
It's not like you're blood-related.
Hold on to your card...
and use it at the right moment.
I'll have to use this at the right moment.
(Head Prosecutor Jang Yoon Suk)
Mr. Park, Jo Ki Soo is going to make a statement...
on his way to the prosecutors' office.
There's something I really want to do right now.
What is it?
From now on, I'm going to support whatever you do.
You know I mean it, right?
Please stop with that.
I want to make Jo Ki Soo...
apologize for his misjudgment and backdoor dealings.
Mr. Park, that's a great idea.
- Yes! - I'll give them a call.
Hello, it's Park Tae Yong. Are you all doing well?
(Supreme Prosecutors' Office)
- Do you have any comments? - Do you admit to the charges?
- Give us a comment! - A comment, please!
- Please say something! - Any comments?
It is not true that I intentionally made misjudgments...
and intervened in trials.
During my 30 years on the bench...
Chief Justice Jo.
Here are the victims of your misjudgments and dealings.
Please apologize to them on behalf of the judiciary.
We won the retrial.
You framed us.
Don't you feel even a little guilty?
I want an apology.
To them, your apology will mean more than any other words.
What happened to the three of you is regrettable.
"Regrettable"? What does that mean? Apologize to us!
Just say you're sorry.
Is that so hard?
What you did is wrong.
I'm sorry.
- Can you say something more? - Do you admit to the charges?
- Why did you apologize? - Please say something!
- Give us a comment! - Can you explain?
This feels as great as when we were declared not guilty.
That feels really nice.
Mr. Park, thank you.
Seeing how you can say what you want to say...
makes me happy too.
Let's go.
Well...
We cleared the men of murder charges and brought down the chief justice.
Thanks to you, I've had a great experience.
We're not done yet. Why do you talk like everything is over?
Are you backing out now?
What? What is left?
Don't you remember the briefing Ms. Lee gave us...
on her first day here?
He has to help his son-in-law and help his own career as well.
So he pressured Daeseok to sway you...
and used News and New to sway Sam Soo.
My conclusion is that Mayor Kang Chul Woo...
is behind this incident.
I do remember that.
At the core of the backdoor dealings and intervention in the retrial...
is Mayor Kang Chul Woo.
You're right. We need to get him too.
Using his son-in-law, Jang Yoon Suk,
he's been buying off powerless people and making deals.
We're all too familiar with it.
Also, Mr. Park,
you cleaned up dog poop for him. Don't you want to get back at him?
Seriously.
It still makes me so upset!
He's the strongest presidential candidate right now.
We must let the world know who he really is.
Imagine what will happen if he becomes the president.
I know.
He even stopped our articles from getting published.
Exactly.
We've brought down the chief justice and the real power.
It's time to go after Mayor Kang.
Okay.
We'll get Kang Chul Woo and Jang Yoon Suk at the same time.
- Yes! - Let's have some ramyeon first.
I'm Prosecutor Jang Yoon Suk.
The prosecution has been incessantly investigating...
the suspicion regarding the intervention in trials.
As a result,
we have acquired a large number of documents...
that prove the chief justice's intervention in trials...
and the former prosecutor general's power abuse.
(We finally have a true prosecutor.)
Mr. Park.
People are going crazy for Prosecutor Jang.
"We finally have a true prosecutor."
The comments are so enthusiastic.
He's the most searched person right now.
See?
You gave him too much power.
All our hard work was in vain.
Let him enjoy his power while he still can.
We'll head to the school.
My father-in-law's candidacy, mine in Jongno,
the school that's more lucrative than a diamond mine...
We're about to lose them all!
Kim Hyung Choon is blackmailing us...
and demanding the school my father-in-law runs.
We made his daughter a teacher for his sake,
but the old man's greed has no bounds.
A private school that's more lucrative than a diamond mine?
That's where all the money and power go.
It must have many problems as well.
We can thwart Mayor Kang using the school.
I promised Da Young I'd solve the problems of her school.
Tell us how.
Think about it. Prosecutor Jang is popular,
and he's so close to getting into the world of politics.
You think he'd stay still if he got involved with the scandal?
You want to manipulate Jang Yoon Suk again?
But they're still a family.
With his ambitions...
and insecurities,
I can see how that can be possible.
Attorney Park, I agree with that plan.
He's now the most-popular prosecutor...
for cracking down on the highest powers.
But he has to back down because of a family matter?
He won't be able to run for office then!
Let's use Jang Yoon Suk to get Kang Chul Woo.
What an awesome plan!
I trust you 100 percent,
Attorney Park!
Let's start with the Seungwoon Technical High School case first.
Okay!
Thanks to you, the prosecution's authority has been restored.
It's all thanks to all of your help.
Prosecutor Jang, didn't you get a lot of help from Mayor Kang?
What do you mean?
Let me meet Mayor Kang.
I'd like to say hello.
Yes, sir.
You can't do this here, ma'am.
You know that my Seung Taek's death was uncalled for!
Ma'am, we don't have anything to do with that.
- Please leave. Close the gate! - Please go.
- Close the gate. - Sir!
Please help me out.
Leave!
Seriously!
Don't you come back again.
I'm calling the police if you come.
Close it.
Sir!
I want to lie down.
- I... - Ma'am!
Ma'am, are you okay?
Please wake up, ma'am!
- Ma'am! - What's wrong?
Da Young, call 911.
Ma'am, are you able to get up?
This is 911, right? I'm calling from Seungwoon Technical High School.
Seung Taek's grandmother fainted?
All right. Don't worry. I'll be there right away.
Seung Taek...
My poor Seung Taek...
Ma'am,
you're heading to the hospital. Just hold on a little longer.
Mayor Kang Chul Woo and Prosecutor Jang Yoon Suk.
I must end these two this time!
If you hate your enemies too much, your judgment gets clouded.
Keep calm and cold.
What happened? Explain to us slowly.
A student died from being overworked during his apprenticeship,
and his grandmother passed out at school!
Whatever. Just drive faster!
I'm going as fast as I can.
60km per hour is the maximum speed. It says over there.
This is all your fault!
It's because we didn't go when I said we should!
I was busy then.
- Come on. - Hey! Don't touch me.
Goodness.
Hello.
Ma'am, he's an attorney and they're reporters.
An attorney and reporters are here?
We're sorry we're here so late.
My goodness.
I guess Seung Taek sent you guys...
because he feels bad watching me from above.
I can't believe I have such amazing people here.
We're not that amazing.
We'll look into Seung Taek's case carefully from the start.
Thank you so much.
If you take on the case,
I should be paying you.
Ma'am, this attorney is known to take on his cases pro bono.
But he wins in all of them.
How can I do that?
I got 5,000 dollars...
in compensation for Seung Taek's death.
5,000 dollars?
- Yes. - Did you know about this?
No, I didn't.
What's wrong?
Do you want all of the money?
An 18-year-old boy died while working,
and they only paid you 5,000 dollars?
Yes.
Ma'am, don't worry.
I'll look into this very closely, okay?
Yes, thank you.
This is wrong!
An 18-year-old died at work,
and they only paid 5,000 dollars?
She's listening.
You have to stay calm.
If you get upset, your judgment will get clouded.
But still!
Sorry, ma'am.
Don't cry. I'll look into this.
Thank you.
How did she get hurt?
She's been going around on her own...
to find out the truth behind Seung Taek's death.
She's visited the police, press companies, attorneys,
and to anyone else you could possibly think of.
Goodness.
Detective, please take a look at Seung Taek's case.
The school nor the company is at fault for this.
Instead of coming here,
try going to a press company in Seoul.
(Bank Statement)
I can't take this on.
Why don't you try an attorney's office instead?
Yes.
An attorney?
Sorry, I can't take this case on.
Can you walk her out?
Bye now.
Ma'am, this way, please.
What?
She comes to school often too.
And there's no family or anyone who can help her?
Seung Taek was her only family.
Please help her.
Yes, don't worry.
I'll take good care of her.
You must've been scared, weren't you?
Thanks for coming.
We promised that we'd change the school together.
This is just the beginning.
From Da Young's finger severance...
to Um Seung Taek's death,
there's nothing bad on Seungwoon Technical High School online!
Kang Chul Woo's foundation must've censored them all out.
Let's uncover all the cases and write on them.
This is what we made the website for.
Let's look into every case that the school has been hiding.
If there's not a single article that talks badly of the school,
that means the foundation was meticulous in their censorship.
But once uncovered, they'll be lethal to the foundation.
We're experts in starting from the bottom.
Let's do what we do best and see what can't be seen!
I'll look more into Seung Taek's case.
I'll then go and meet Kim Mi Young, Kim Hyung Choon's daughter.
I'll go and interview Da Young and her friends.
Remember. We're fighting against the top candidate for presidency,
Mayor Kang Chul Woo.
If we move too fast, they'll get us.
More than anything, we won't be able to help Da Young or Seung Taek then.
Let's find a reason to make Prosecutor Jang move.
Let's.
Hello, ma'am.
Why are you outside? It's cold.
Are you well?
Of course. Seeing you here,
I think my existing illnesses are gone too.
You have bad knees. Be careful.
Yes, sir.
Seung Taek has been taking the first bus to work,
so imagine how exhausted he must've been...
to the point where he died at the bus stop.
But the company and the school are saying...
that Seung Taek died while sleeping on the street.
(Jungwoongil Village)
When Seung Taek was nine, his father died,
his mother got re-married,
and so, I raised him on my own.
Seung Taek was your only family, then.
You must feel very lonely.
It was great when Seung Taek was around.
He was a growing boy,
so imagine how many cravings he must've had.
I always felt bad for not feeding him well enough,
but he ate everything I gave and never complained.
Thank you, Attorney Park.
I haven't heard that noise in so long.
- Sorry? - Seung Taek loved meat,
but I couldn't afford to feed him much of that.
Instead, I used to give him soy milk since he was a child,
and he'd always drink it up until he'd make that slurping noise.
I see.
I'm sorry that I couldn't feed him well enough,
and I was so thankful...
that he never complained about that.
But now,
I just miss noises like that.
Ma'am, this is delicious. May I have another one?
Sure.
Here.
I had a hard life because I was uneducated,
so I thought Seung Taek would live a better life...
since he made it to high school.
This must all be because my life is filled with bad luck.
It's not your fault.
Please don't think that.
I went around to the delivery company, the police,
and the hospital, and gathered all of this,
but I don't know what these are.
(5,000 dollars deposited)
I see 5,000 dollars deposited here.
It's not from Yongchun Delivery.
It must be the owner of the company.
They just sent the money when I didn't even ask for it.
And during Seung Taek's funeral,
they made me sign an oath too.
All of this happened when I couldn't even think straight.
Ma'am, I'll look into Seung Taek's case carefully,
so please stay home and keep warm.
How can I stay at home when it's my family?
Ma'am, Seung Taek sent me to you...
because he doesn't want you out in the cold.
So please, stay home.
I'll bring back good news next time.
- Thank you. - Yes, ma'am.
Why don't we talk over a meal?
- Sounds great! - Let's do that!
What do you kids like to eat?
(Beef ribs and pork belly)
Pork belly? Should we have that?
- No way! - Nice!
Mr. Park, they eat like pigs.
It's fine.
I can afford it.
Let's go!
Let's sit there.
Let's go.
Sir, we'll take...
- five servings of pork belly here. - Okay.
It's all cooked.
Eat up.
- Thank you! - Enjoy.
Eat up.
- It's so good! - It's been so long.
You guys sure can eat.
Especially you.
- Sir, - Yes?
could we take five more servings of pork belly, please?
- No way! - Can we really eat more?
Hey!
- Sorry. - It's fine.
Eat up.
This is the first time in six months I'm filling my stomach up with meat.
Same here.
The last piece.
Have this.
Since I'm in mechanical engineering,
I was going to major in machine designs in college.
I love drawing.
I'm in mechanical engineering,
so why am I going to a paper box factory for my apprenticeship?
You think a mere technical school graduate can use her major?
Da Young, if we don't send students to where they ask for,
you're stopping your juniors from getting a job later on.
Why are you only thinking for yourself?
You're going to stop other students from getting employed...
while you go to college and live a good life after?
My finger got stuck in the paper cutter...
while working at that factory.
They sent you to a paper box factory...
when you want to become a machine designer?
I'm a foods major,
and the school sent me to a sturgeon farm.
They told me that it's a farm where they produce caviar and all.
There was no dormitory, so I slept in a greenhouse.
I'm an industrial design major,
and I was sent to a small construction company.
I was told to fix a bridge...
without any safety gear, so I quit.
They're not allowed to send students to companies...
that don't follow safety guidelines.
Of course not.
- But the school just sends us. - That's right.
You know how our school has a 70-percent employment rate?
That's a huge lie.
They'd get the students a job as a restaurant server...
and say that they got them a job.
Students,
why don't we look further...
into that forged employment rate?
- Sounds great! - Yes.
That's great.
What did you say?
You think I became a professor because of my father?
That's what Prosecutor Jang said.
These punks!
They're trying to get rid of me?
Just wait and see if they can make me walk out of this office.
I'm going to make sure...
that I work here until retirement.
I understand.
I hear that you love the school very much.
I'm a law professor.
The school can't do this to me.
Exactly.
I hear that many instructors in Seungwoon schools...
have been hired unfairly.
What's the point?
There are so many who are children of politicians, judges, and so on.
But still,
I'm a woman of conscience.
I...
didn't pay my way in here.
Of course not.
You're a law professor. You'd have abided by the law.
I'm not going to let them take me down.
I'll gather up the list of instructors...
who got hired unfairly and illegally.
Really?
As a teacher of law.
My father passed on righteousness to me too.
I'm here to get work history documents on Um Seung Taek.
He started work here last September.
There's no record of his employment.
No way. He worked here for over three months.
There was no such person.
What do you mean?
He died last November while working for the company.
Is there a problem?
Attorney Park, he died at the bus stop on his way home.
How is that a workplace-related death?
Seung Taek worked here, right?
- Yes, but... - How come there's no record on it?
Ask the school!
We paid 50,000 dollars in compensation,
and we took our responsibilities in a mannerly fashion.
You need to admit that it was a workplace-related death!
And 50,000 dollars?
Look! She only got paid 5,000 dollars!
What? Are you serious?
Anyway, talk to the school, not us!
Talk to Heo Seong Yun, the Head of Business Affairs...
at Seungwoon Technical High School.
I'm going to prove that this death was work-related. See you at court.
Goodness!
There's no record of Seung Taek having worked at Yongchun Delivery.
And the compensation?
The school took most of it.
The school took...
the compensation money for their student's death?
These people!
It seems like Da Young's friends have also had...
their employment records manipulated.
- It's a mess. - Indeed.
Kim Hyung Choon's daughter is very upset right now.
She's going to send me a list of illegally-hired instructors.
So the key evidence will be at the school, then.
Who doesn't know that?
It's just hard to prove so.
Sam Soo, we've even cleared someone of an unfair murder charge.
We just need to keep trying.
Goodness.
Look at that!
Jang Yoon Seok is in second place in the poll.
Attorney Park, what are you going to do about this?
This poll was surveyed with over 5,000 people...
Our enemy grew quite a bit.
Tell us!
Who have you raised?
That family is becoming invincible!
If Kang Chul Woo is gone,
then Jang Yoon Suk will become number one.
So, you want to make him the president?
What if the two work together...
and bury all of this mess? What will you do?
That's why we have to make the two fight.
If we make Mayor Kang resign as we had planned,
Jang Yoon Suk will only get stronger.
(Law Office of Park Tae Yong)
Hello.
Is that...
Mr. Park Tae Yong?
Hello.
I'm Assemblyman Jang Tae Joon.
Yes, I know.
The prosecutors took control over the backdoor dealings issue,
but I know you played a big part.
I didn't do much.
Why don't you join our party and do even greater things?
I'll support you completely.
Well...
If the world outside of politics...
creates a great person, the political world...
always snatches them away.
Mr. Park Sam Soo?
Yes, hello. I'm Park Sam Soo.
So you're the famous journalist Park Sam Soo.
I've been enjoying your column.
I have much respect for you.
Would you please join us as well?
Really?
No, sir.
I'll let you speak comfortably.
- I'll... Yoo Kyung. - Goodbye.
Let's go.
Please, have a seat.
- Okay. - Please.
Bye.
Please.
(Law Office of Park Tae Yong)
Is it time to let Tae Yong go?
The political world keeps knocking whenever he does anything.
Are you two dating?
Why are you so sad?
What will you do...
once we get Kang Chul Woo?
What else?
I'll be a reporter with you.
Can we do it without Tae Yong?
Darn it.
Let's talk about it after we catch Kang Chul Woo.
Father. It would be good for Seungwoon Foundation...
to run an academic high school and send kids to Seoul University.
And if we do?
Will someone pay me for it?
Well, it wouldn't make money, but...
You are so naive. How will you survive in politics?
Gosh.
Do you know how much money a tech school brings in?
A tech school costs 10 times an academic school to run.
If you get them good jobs,
the nation gives you hundreds of thousands of dollars.
And the companies give you money.
It's the biggest moneymaker.
I didn't know.
Then ask.
Ignorance isn't a crime.
Yes, sir.
All you know how to do is study.
And you think you can run for president?
What are you doing, presidential candidate?
Yes, sir!
Yes, sir.
It's thanks to the help of all of your corporations...
that I can dream of running for president.
Nice.
Congratulations.
Hello. I'm Jang Yoon Suk.
This is my son-in-law. He'll be running...
in Jongno in the upcoming election.
You're immensely popular these days.
You came in second to Mayor Kang in the polls...
for presidential candidates.
You may end up fighting your father-in-law for presidency.
I could never.
Given his popularity these days, it isn't at all...
My son-in-law is still just a small fry.
He doesn't know how the world works.
Hey. What are you doing?
Here.
Pour a drink for our chairperson and our Development chairperson.
Yes, sir.
Sure.
Gosh.
Darn it.
(Presidential Polls 1. Kang Chul Woo, 2. Jang Yoon Suk)
Of all the...
The world is almost mine,
but a prosecutor is pouring drinks for little store owners.
Yoon Suk dreams of becoming the president of Korea.
We're ruined.
We're totally ruined.
You were happy about using him to catch Kang Chul Woo.
Why the change of tune?
I didn't know Yoon Suk would get this big.
He's in second in the polls for presidency.
This man's ambition is out of this world.
The Big Dipper has 7 stars. Has it ever been less than 7?
Maybe in another world.
But the world doesn't change.
It's always the same guys shining in the sky.
My, he has grown.
He wants to be a star in the night sky.
Probably a bigger star than his father-in-law.
We must use that envy, that jealousy.
Do you think we'll go unscathed after fighting him all this time?
Let's think about what's right before us now.
We must find evidence at the school first...
to discuss what to do next.
I'm nervous.
I'm so nervous.
School security must be insanely strict...
if there isn't a single article about it.
Ms. Lee.
We may end up getting something big from Kim Mi Young's case.
Yes. I'll use envy and jealousy well as you said.
What are you here regarding?
Hello. We're parents. We're here to see a teacher.
The teacher said to hurry.
- Okay, go ahead. - Thank you.
- Have a nice day. - Thank you.
Mr. Park. Be careful and even more careful.
You too. Be careful.
- Don't act like a reporter. - I'm not a reporter.
- Parent. - Parent. Parent.
You're not a lawyer. You're a parent.
A parent.
Hello.
I have a power of attorney.
I need this person's proof of employment.
What is your relationship?
Me?
He lives downstairs from me.
He's elderly and can't move well, so he asked me to get it.
(Official Documents)
I need to get somewhere for work.
I'm in a bit of a rush.
Please.
I thought I got caught.
(Certification of Employment)
What? Why is it Mingang Industries instead of...
Yongchun Delivery?
They forge the certificates of employment?
Yes.
I'd rather move boxes in a warehouse...
than be treated like that at school.
Or I'll go out and make deliveries.
I want to make money.
Can you promise you'll be careful?
Hey.
I just heard from Seung Taek...
he's going to a delivery company distribution center.
- Yes. - Thanks for your cooperation.
I'll write up the certificate of employment...
and submit it to the Ministry of Education.
Yes, sir.
Okay, then.
How much do they get if they fudge the employment rates?
300,000 dollars if we're first in the province.
500,000 dollars if we're first in the nation.
500,000 dollars?
So the school forges documents for money.
These are the rewards our school received over 10 years...
by fudging the employment rates.
First in the nation six times.
First in the province four times.
A total of 4.2 million...
Tae Yong.
Where is Tae Yong?
I'll call you later.
- Okay. - Okay.
Tae Yong, where are you?
Where are you, Tae Yong?
This is huge.
May I help you?
Hello. I'm a parent.
Which student in which grade?
Well...
My child plans to come here...
in the upcoming school year.
The kids look very bright. Thank you.
Hello? Is this Mingang Industries?
Dad?
Isn't this Mingang Industries?
Dad? Isn't that you?
What's going on here?
That's the correct number.
Mingang Industries.
What's this? This is in Daegu, not Gyeonggi-do.
(Mingang Industries)
Hello? Is this Mingang Industries?
Hello.
I'm calling to see how the students...
from Seungwoon Technical High School are doing with the training.
What do you mean? This is a clothing factory.
We don't have tech students. Only ladies work here.
I see. I'm sorry.
This employment certificate is fake!
Mr. Park.
The factory feeds you, gives you work,
and pays you.
How nice is that?
Once you become a blue-collar worker,
you should live believing that...
you have blue blood.
Why did you have to change into your school uniform and come back here?
What's so wrong about students wearing school uniforms?
Was it so hard to work that you had to come back here?
Without companies, the country can't thrive.
Who cares if the country thrives...
if I get sucked into a machine and die?
What? Do you know what sacrifices I'm making for the school?
Sir.
I think you're being too harsh to the students.
Who are you?
Me?
I'm a parent.
I'm disciplining the students...
who gave up their jobs at the factory and came back.
Here in the hallway?
I didn't know there was a parent as bold as you at this school.
Sir, that's a pretty discriminatory remark.
What class is your child in?
Is that important?
You're not even letting them eat. You're violating...
not only their rights to learn but also their human rights.
Sir, this is a part of education.
This is not education. This is humiliation.
Should I call the Office of Education and ask?
Guys, go back to your classrooms.
Hurry up.
If you get caught again, we'll meet on the rooftop.
In this cold?
Get back here!
What are you doing?
I'll let it slide this once.
In this cold, he made the kids sit out in the hallway.
I can't believe him.
Are you out of your mind? You said this has to be kept secret.
I just couldn't stand it.
We used to be students like them. I couldn't just sit back.
Let's go. Let's get in the car.
Is there a fire?
What are those people doing?
What's going on?
- Hello. - Oh, my.
- What's wrong? - Let's hide.
She's the chairperson. Let's hide.
- She's the chairperson? - Yes.
Let's get in the car. Hurry up.
Where should I go? What should I do?
Let's go inside.
Gosh, that was close.
I don't think she saw us.
I found something huge.
What is it? What did you find?
Um Seung Taek worked as a courier,
but his employment certificate says he worked for Mingang Industries.
A fabricated employment certificate.
Evidence number one.
It doesn't end there.
In fact, Mingang Industries doesn't exist.
It's completely made up.
I have something too.
A record of financial rewards won using...
the fabricated employment rate.
We just have to check the facts now.
We have evidence that Seung Taek's employment record was fabricated.
The teachers and employees at the company will testify too.
Kang Chul Woo has too much power. They might get hurt.
We have to find more evidence and win more people over.
There are 50 people who were employed here through connections?
Ms. Lee, I'm a jurist.
I tell only the truth.
But is there any evidence to prove that?
Everything I say is the truth.
I heard it directly from my father.
Still, there has to be some evidence.
Isn't it the police and prosecution's job...
to investigate those things?
It's definitely not a jurist's job.
Where did I see him?
Honey. This is Park from S University...
who destroyed me.
She's the future director of Seungwoon Academy. My wife.
Say hi.
Okay. Hello. He's very drunk.
Honey, the man who brought you home when you got drunk last summer...
You know the scruffy one who smells bad.
Oh, Reporter Park Sam Soo?
What? He's a reporter?
What about him?
Okay.
I can't believe those punks.
Park Tae Yong and Park Sam Soo were at the school?
What are they up to now?
The condition for employment... 1.6 million dollars?
What? We have more than 1,000 teachers...
if you add up the middle school, high school, and college.
Do you think this is a lot?
Things are going so well. I really don't want any unexpected problems.
Gosh.
- Turn the car around. - Yes, sir.
Ms. Gu said she'd persuade the other teachers,
but I'm not sure how it'll go.
What's going on? Jang Yoon Suk...
- What's wrong? - It's Jang Yoon Suk.
- What do I do? - What do you mean?
- Just take it. - What am I supposed to say?
Oh, my. A call from the second-strongest...
presidential candidate?
Congratulations.
Cut it out. Give the phone to Park Tae Yong.
I need to talk to him as a friend.
- Jerk. He wants to talk to you. - Why me?
- I don't want to. - Just take it.
Take it. Come on.
Park Tae Yong speaking.
Hi, Tae Yong, my best friend.
Are we still allies?
Let me ask you one thing as your friend.
Go ahead.
What did you do at Seungwoon Technical High School?
Hey!
Are you keeping something from your friend?
Then I'll have to visit the school and find out myself.
I wonder who brought the two of you there.
You've become the second-strongest presidential candidate,
but I guess you won't be able to run in Jongno.
We found something out at the school,
and Mr. Park is going to write about it at any moment.
Once this gets out, you'll be in a sticky situation.
You'll have to blame your father-in-law.
(Humanities, Environment and Volunteer)
Someone brought in a reporter and a lawyer.
Who is it?
Who brought in a reporter?
Step forward.
I'll give you three seconds.
What if Jang Yoon Suk looks for the whistle-blower?
He won't dare to do anything before we meet and talk.
Gosh. I'll call Ms. Gu and warn her.
Three.
Two.
One.
(Park Sam Soo)
She won't pick up.
(Park Sam Soo)
- The person is unavailable... - Why won't she pick up?
Maybe something happened already.
Stop freaking out.
I don't like this.
Hello everyone.
- Hello, Mr. Jang. - Hello.
Honey.
You're dismissed.
Yes, ma'am.
Get back to work.
Are you sure?
Park Tae Yong is in a trial,
and Sam Soo is home. I just confirmed it.
You were mistaken.
Once this gets out, you'll be in a sticky situation.
You'll have to blame your father-in-law.
Honey.
Is there something shady...
going on at this school?
You talk as if you don't know anything.
I don't know anything about the school.
Am I wrong?
The certificate of employment.
And if you look at this here, they received 5,000 dollars.
Do you really think the school swiped the money...
for Seung Taek's death?
It seems very likely.
Seung Taek's family receives Basic Livelihood Security benefits.
If he gets money in his account,
his grandmother receives less money from the government.
So that's why there's no record of his employment,
and he couldn't get insurance.
The company saves money on insurance premiums,
it's easier for the school to forge the documents,
and the Ministry of Education doesn't check.
It's just the poor student who gets hurt.
Okay, let's go over what we've learned so far.
We know they forged his certificate of employment...
and that there were suspicious deposits.
They fudged employment rates for 10 years...
and made 4.2 million dollars.
Countless teachers in their middle and high schools...
hired through nepotism.
I'll take these and meet Jang Yoon Suk.
- Already? - He knows already.
In order to protect Ms. Gu and the students,
we must work with him.
Don't worry about me.
If they find out, they find out.
How could you say that?
We will protect you at all costs.
We're not like that.
You can trust him.
If they stopped searching for the informant,
it means Yoon Suk accepted our offer.
It's safest for us to move first and make an offer.
Please gather more evidence.
Please try to persuade your colleagues.
I will.
I'll text him.
We're meeting early morning.
He must wonder...
what we have.
He's second in the polls for presidency.
He must be worried that it'll all crumble...
because of his father-in-law.
Things will go as we want.
I'll make sure of it.
(Yongchun Delivery)
- Hi, may I ask you something? - Yes?
Do you always work through the night?
We work 24 hours a day.
(Yongchun Distribution Warehouse)
I hear moving boxes is the hardest in a distribution center...
for a delivery company.
You try doing it for hourly pay.
It's too exhausting to even stand.
Hey. I'm sorry to bother you after work, but may I ask...
(Jungwoongil Village)
(Soy Milk)
What's with the soy milk?
What is your dream?
I doubt you called me here at this hour to discuss that.
Last November, Um Seung Taek, a student at Seungwoon Technical,
died right here.
When he got hungry, he drank soy milk...
and pursued his dream.
His certificate of employment is fake.
The school fabricated their employment rate...
to receive millions of dollars.
Um Seung Taek's dream was...
to make 1,200 dollars a month.
He died while working to make a living.
His employer, school, and Ministry of Education...
No one took responsibility...
and hid the truth.
Get to the point.
What are you trying to say?
Please uncover the truth behind Um Seung Taek's death.
Are you telling me to strike my own father-in-law?
I'm asking you to be a real prosecutor.
A real prosecutor.
What a sentimental thought...
in the middle of the night at a bus stop.
The dreams of the poor.
A dragon from a small village.
Please protect them.
Please show them what a real prosecutor is like...
and enter the political world.
I'll give you the justification.
Strive for greatness.
(Jungwoongil Village)
(Delayed Justice)
The Kang Chul Woo Files, which has evidence...
of his secret assets.
- Who has them? - Where?
Park Tae Yong is preparing to attack you...
with a case about Seungwoon Tech's student.
Finally, it's time to take them down with my writing skills.
Let's go!
Since you're too much of a coward,
I will take Mayor Kang Chul Woo down myself.
Why are you cowering already?
I haven't even begun.