(Episode 102)
I guess you're no different, Father.
You seemed so strong.
I feel sorry for you.
Father.
Don't wake up...
and just die.
That'll be the best for everyone.
Mom, everything will be okay.
So don't worry and cheer up.
You need to stay strong at times like this.
Yes, I also don't think your dad's going to die.
He'll never just die like that.
Of course. I'm sure he'll fight through.
It'll be hard to take care of...
all the chaos the company's going through.
You must feel a lot of pressure on your shoulders.
Yes, I should settle things as quickly as possible.
You should go home.
There's not much point in staying here.
Sang Hyuk, can we talk for a while?
Kyung Shin was the one...
who thought of adding preservatives to your products.
It's my fault for not stopping her.
Dad took all the blame because he didn't want us...
to fall apart.
We told him not to go to Mr. Kim's funeral, but he still went.
And that's because he didn't want to burden us.
So he took full responsibility.
Yes, I know.
Dad was going to appoint you to the head office...
and ask you to manage the entire group.
He wanted me to be the chairman and you to be in charge of management.
So I want you to carefully think about how you want to run...
the department store, your company, and the group as a whole.
What about Kyung Shin?
Dad wanted to fire her.
And I also agree.
We can't let her stay.
What's going to happen with the company?
Is the personnel appointment still going to happen?
- Yes. - What's going to happen to me?
I already told you that you're going to get fired.
- Honey. - Don't come to work anymore.
Just stay home and focus on being a good mom.
That's the only way you can protect your place in this family.
I didn't even get to talk to Dad.
What if he passes away?
Don't say that. That won't happen.
If I knew this was going to happen, I should've been more kind to him.
I really am the worst son ever.
I can't stop regretting everything I did.
Don't worry. He'll wake up again. Don't worry.
Nothing bad happened to my dad,
so I don't think I should be appointed as the chairman.
And Sang Hyuk won't want that either.
I'll be the acting chairman for now.
I'll accept the position...
once you offer it to me after my dad gets better.
Okay, I'll keep that in mind.
You can begin the personnel appointment.
And please gather an emergency operations committee.
I'll be in charge of the committee.
Ms. Choi, we have a situation.
Vice-chairman Shin just gave orders...
to carry out the personnel appointment.
I heard you're going to get fired.
What?
I told him so many times.
I heard you're going to fire me.
Are you serious?
You're responsible for the recent incident.
Just go back to being Tae Woong's mom.
That's what my dad also wants.
This isn't the time to fire me. It's time for us to work together.
Father took all the blame and is lying in bed.
It's a great opportunity for us.
We need to work together...
and make sure you become the next chairman.
I'm your right arm.
What good will it be for you to lose your right arm?
Right arm?
If that arm's rotten, I'd rather have it gone.
Remember all the executives that got fired by my husband?
Vice-chairman Choi, CEO Kim, and Executive Director Na.
Yes.
I want to meet all of them.
Okay, Ms. Choi.
Gosh, it's been a while.
Hello, everyone.
What brings you all the way here?
- Please take a seat. - Okay.
I'm sorry...
for making you become advisors when you should still be in management.
Your husband, Mr. Shin Hyun Joon,
is the one who kicked me out.
Yes, I know. I tried so hard to stop him.
My husband was too stubborn.
To be honest, I still think you all belong...
back in the head office.
And if I ever get the chance, I'm going to try and bring you back.
How are you going to do that? We're too old now.
What are you talking about?
You're still young.
Plus, you were the ones who built this company from scratch.
But the thing is, I heard...
that my husband's planning a huge personnel appointment.
He's going to fire all of our competent people.
He wants me to step down too.
I think he's going to hold...
a general stockholders' meeting regarding my dismissal.
That's why I'm here to ask for your help.
We have no power to help you. My goodness.
Don't look down on yourselves.
You were the vice chairman, and you were the executive director.
You're all major stockholders.
Please stop me from getting fired.
After that, I'll do all I can to bring you back to the head office.
If they help you,
you won't end up getting fired at the general stockholders' meeting.
Of course. He won't be able to get rid of me so easily.
Things won't go his way.
I'm going to meet all the other executives that got fired last time.
- So give them all a call. - Okay.
Let's see who's going to win.
Doctor Jung, what brings you here?
I came to see the baby.
Soo Ji, why are you crying?
Soo Ji, don't cry.
Don't cry.
I'll take the baby.
She won't stop crying.
Good girl, Soo Ji. Don't cry.
I can't believe she stopped crying.
She's been crying for so long. This is so cool.
I started talking to her ever since she was in her mother's womb.
It was for prenatal education.
Is she your daughter?
She does look like you.
No, she's not mine. She's my friend's daughter.
Oh, I see. That's interesting.
- I'll take her back. - Okay.
Do you remember my voice?
It's nice to meet you.
She looks like me?
(Jung Jin Kook)
Soo Ji's doing well.
She cried a little, but she stopped as soon as I tried to calm her down.
Don't worry.
Okay, thanks. I'll be there to visit her later.
I'll see you then.
Okay.
He's not conscious yet,
but his oxygen saturation level has increased.
So he doesn't need a respirator, and he can breathe on his own.
It seems like he's slowly getting better.
I see.
Do you still not know if there are any signs of brain damage?
There's a limit to how much we can tell by just looking at the photo.
We can only be sure once he wakes up.
We're doing our best,
so you should all stay positive and wait patiently.
- Bye, then. - Thank you.
I guess this is why he suddenly started acting so different.
What do you mean?
A couple days ago, your dad...
thanked me for all my efforts and told me that he's sorry.
He never says those kind of things, so I wondered what was going on.
He even offered to give me one of his buildings.
He even felt apologetic toward you, Ji Young.
He regretted everything he did to you back in the past.
He was also extremely worried...
when he heard that you might have a miscarriage.
He thought he was getting punished for everything he's done to you.
Because of that, he was going to give you the building...
that's located at Dosan Road.
- Really? - Yes.
He and you spent so many years not talking to each other,
and that hurt your dad a lot.
Do you know how happy he was to be able to...
spend time with you and Ji Young?
He was also very happy about getting a second grandchild.
He was so determined to be really nice to you guys.
But that incident with the preservative suddenly happened.
Do you seriously think he was trying to make you fall?
It was back when we didn't approve of Ji Young,
so his goal was to just split you two apart.
Once that was done, he was going to build the company again...
and return it to you.
You should've known that.
I hope he wakes up soon.
Mother, Sang Hyuk's going through a lot these days.
He must really regret not visiting father...
and not even going to his birthday party.
He can't even sleep properly these days.
Yes, I know. It's unfortunate that he had to collapse at this timing.
That's why he needs to quickly recover.
He can't pass away and leave a huge bruise in his son's heart.
Dad, I'm sorry.
I never even imagined that you'd faint like this.
You were always so strong.
So you shouldn't be here like this.
I never thought I'd see you lying in bed like this.
I thought you'd never collapse.
And that's why I easily rebelled against you...
and got angry at you.
I missed you and mom so much...
during the years I spent apart with you.
I was so happy...
to be able to reconcile with you.
I have so much to say to you, Dad.
You need to relieve all that you've been upset about.
Wake up, Dad.
I'm so sorry.
She's really calm and good with the treatment.
I can tell.
She's not that yellow anymore.
She's getting radiation treatment.
Thank you for caring.
She's so cute.
Soo Ji, peekaboo.
Soo Ji.
Peekaboo.
What's her blood type?
- Her blood type is A. - A?
- What about you? - Mine's O.
Oh, I see.
Mine's AB.
I heard Sang Hyuk's dad collapsed.
Is he in this hospital?
Jin Kook told me about your dad.
You must be really worried.
- I'm sure he'll wake up soon. - It'll be fine.
People usually recover if things don't get any worse.
Thank you.
Doctor Oh, why is your baby hospitalized?
She has jaundice.
She's receiving radiation treatment.
Oh, gosh. I hope she get better soon.
I was so busy that I never got to see your daughter.
I'll introduce her to you guys once she gets better.
Okay.
You must feel reassured to have Doctor Jung around.
That's right.
- Thank you. - No problem.
The baby is so cute. I love spending time with her.
We have a situation, sir.
- What's wrong? - The internet press...
is releasing articles about slush funds made by large corporations.
And apparently, it says A One Group also embezzled money...
from our foreign subcontractors.
What?
On what basis did they write such an article?
Do you know the well-known foreign internet site?
It's the website that reveals illegal acts done by...
corporations and governments for the public good.
- Yes. - That site hacked a few servers...
and found corporations regarding tax issues.
And apparently, our company was also on the list.
The press wrote the article based on that information.
Is that true? Did our company really do that?
Well, I looked into it, and I found a constant flow of money...
going into an unknown account from a foreign corporation.
What? Who did such a thing?
I don't know.
("A One Group Raise Doubts of Having Made a Slush Fund")
Did you read the news...
about our company's slush fund?
Yes.
I just read it and was so startled.
- Did you do it? - What?
You're in charge of all the factories abroad.
You did it, didn't you?
No, why would I do such a thing?
I know nothing about this.
Then who did this? I don't know anything about it either.
It must be Father.
I'm sure Father did it.
- What? - Father did it.
Who else would be able to do something so risk-taking?
Why would my dad do something like that?
I don't know.
Maybe he needed extra money for something.
It could've been for politics.
Sir.
Did my dad do this?
You know, don't you?
I've never heard of this before.
- Do you really not know? - No.
I think my dad created the slush fund.
If it was the chairman, he would've told me.
Can you send someone abroad to look into it?
Okay, sir.
Hello?
It's me.
We've been caught.
Take everything out and wire it to the secret account in Switzerland.
Make it quick.
Understood.
(CEO, Shin Sang Hyuk)
Hyun Joon, I just read the article. What's going on?
I'm looking into it right now.
Who did this?
I don't know. I'm thinking it might be Dad.
Dad? Why would he do that?
I'm thinking maybe he opened a secret slush fund.
Who else would be daring enough to do something like this?
Hyun Joon, this is a serious issue. You might lose your position.
Mr. Park, can I get a week off starting from tomorrow?
A week off? Why?
To be honest, I didn't take any days off during the summer...
because I wanted to rest in autumn.
I've been planning this trip for a long time.
- Where are you going? - To Switzerland.
Nice.
Switzerland. Just hearing about it makes me want to be there.
I want to go to Switzerland too.
The Alps, Jungfrau, and Zurich.
Should we go to Switzerland next year?
Sure.
But we'll have a baby then. What should we do?
Come on. We can ask Mother to take care of the baby for us.
Right.
Let's start saving up.
I feel so sorry for Bong Kyu's mother.
Okay, have fun.
Make a lot of good memories.
Okay.
- Switzerland? - Yes.
It's a bit sudden, but I told her she could go.
- Okay. - Okay, sir.
Switzerland?
Honey?
The internet's going on about A One Group's paper company.
Is this true?
Hyun Joon's looking into it.
Okay, bye.
What in the world is happening?
They say he abused his power, then he collapsed.
And now, they're accusing the group for embezzlement?
What if the company actually goes down?
That won't happen. I'm sure Hyun Joon will take good care of it.
Honey, can you please wake up?
Something bad will happen at this rate.
Father, did you hear what Mother just said?
Please recover quickly.
His nails and toenails have grown. I should cut them for him.
Come in.
- Ji Young. - Mom.
My goodness, hello. Welcome.
You must be going through a lot.
I was going to come earlier,
but they told me that I had to wait until today to visit.
You must be so devastated.
We were all so startled...
because he collapsed all of a sudden.
He's not the type to just leave us like this.
He should wake up soon.
Everyone's wishing for him to recover,
so he should wake up no matter what.
Thank you, Ms. Jo.
Ji Young's taking such good care of him.
I'm so grateful for everything she does.
It's only right for her to do that.
Ji Young, here.
You didn't need to.
You need to eat well and take good care of your health...
at times like this.
I cooked a few things to stimulate your appetite.
I'm not the perfect cook, but eat up and stay healthy.
Thank you, Ms. Jo. Thank you so much.
But why isn't your eldest daughter-in-law here?
She came for a while, but she left because she's busy.
The company's a mess these days.
She should try her best at times like this.
- In order to earn brownie points... - Pardon?
Mom, what's wrong with you? What were you going to say?
I was going to keep it a secret.
But she's the reason why Sang Hyuk fought with the chairman.
Because of that he couldn't even go to his dad's birthday party...
and ended up being an unfilial son.
If he passes away, Sang Hyuk will be scarred for life.
So how do you expect me let that pass?
Mom, please. That's only going to make things worse.
Please go.
I was going to reveal everything if she was here.
My gosh, stop it. Go home.
- Hurry. - Gosh. I'm leaving.
We're going to start shooting now.
Okay.
- I'll see you. - Okay, good luck.
Good luck.
Goodness. I'm back.
What are you doing? Why aren't you working?
We're watching the drama that Jenny's starring in.
It's fun.
Jenny will get more popular through this.
I wonder how her birth mother would feel if she sees this drama.
I'm sure she'll feel sorry.
I'm not sure if she's the type of person to feel sorry.
My gosh, who is the mother?
You're making us become so curious.
Come on, tell us.
He's right. Tell us who she is.
Then promise me that you're not going to tell anyone.
I'll tell you guys since you're practically Jenny's parents.
Okay.
It's Ji Young's sister-in-law.
Tae Woong's mom.
Really?
That's unbelievable.
A One Group is going through a crisis...
due to the issue regarding their abuse of power.
But this time, they got caught...
having illegally wired money to a tax haven account,
and that has put them in another crisis.
The Clean Economy Committee just filed a lawsuit...
against A One Group's chairman, Shin Tae Jong.
And the executives of A One Group...
are currently questioning the morality of their current chairman.
On top of that, consumers have also started boycotting their products.
Thus, A One Group's crisis...
is only getting bigger and bigger.
What's going to happen to Hyun Joon?
Hey, Aunt Ki Sook.
Why did Mom tell you that?
Aunt Ki Sook, please pretend like you don't know anything.
We can't do anything now. We need to think about Tae Woong.
What's wrong?
Yes, okay.
Okay, I understand. Okay, bye.
She wants us to pretend like we don't know anything.
What else can we do?
We can't make her get a divorce. They have a son.
She's so cunning.
She got married by lying to everyone.
Gosh, she gives me the creeps.
But I finally get why she was so cold-hearted toward Jenny.
I just feel sorry for Jenny.
Instead, let's treat her well,
so that she'll never miss her mom.
Okay. Honey, let's be nice to her.
But I wonder how long she'll be able to keep it a secret for.
Things always get revealed in the end.
You must take responsibility for this.
The company's about to go bankrupt.
He's right.
You made us resign because you thought...
we weren't doing a good job in management.
So how are you going to explain this?
All the subcontractors and affiliate stores have closed down.
They're refusing to work with us.
Our stock price is plummeting!
You should take responsibility.
You must listen to the majority of the stockholders.
Step down from your position.
- Step down. - Everyone, stop.
Please don't get so worked up. What's the matter with you?
My gosh.
They're asking Vice-chairman Shin to step down from his position.
Okay.
I'll take responsibility and step down.
Instead,
I'm going to appoint Sang Hyuk as my successor.
No.
We can't have someone from your family.
He's right. There's no point in making you step down...
if your brother's going to take over.
It'll be completely useless.
We want someone else.
Someone who can reform and innovate the company.
And who's that?
Choi Kyung Shin, the CEO of the fashion department.
We want her as the chairwoman.
(I am also Mother)
The general stockholders are going to have a discussion...
- about firing you. - What?
Cancel Sang Hyuk's personnel appointment.
Stop saying that, and just act like you don't know anything.
What a rude little brat.
I'm the acting chairwoman.
Please don't ever disrespect me like that, Mother.