(Episode 41)
Dad.
Does Chi Hwan no longer work now that he's not the CEO?
If he works from home while he waits, he'll get a position.
Who will appoint him? Young Eun?
What?
Yes.
What position?
He used to be the CEO.
She won't give him a puny title.
Dad. You can't just sit and watch.
If I feel this bad, how must he feel?
I feel even worse.
My son-in-law lost his job...
to Seonju Group's chairman's wife.
Everyone's talking about it.
I jump up in the middle of the night out of anger and frustration.
Is there nothing we can do?
Would we be in this mess if there were?
Chi Hwan's mostly responsible for causing this mess.
He messed up and lost his job.
It's up to him to win it back.
Goodness...
Chae Young Eun.
What are you doing?
What can I do to help?
I realized that...
things don't always go as you wish.
What you did because you wanted to help...
might not come across that way.
Contrary to your intention,
you could end up hurting the other person.
Why do you have to keep this from Mom?
I think she'll disapprove.
If you think so, it's even more reason for me to talk to her.
The truth is, the person I want to help...
She tried to take her own life recently,
and she just woke up.
Really?
I'm worried she'll do it again.
That's why I have to come forward.
I don't know what happened,
and I really don't know what to do to help,
but I hope your sincerity reaches her.
Knowing someone cares this much about you is a lot of strength.
Dad. I'll tell Mom later on.
Will you keep quiet only until then?
Okay.
(CEO Chae Young Eun)
What do you think you're doing, Mr. Kang?
- Are you out of your mind? - I'm not.
The first stupid thing you do as CEO...
"Stupid thing?" Watch your language.
What's your intention?
We sell cosmetics. Products and quality...
shouldn't take a back seat to a scandal regarding your helper.
I think the truth should come out to bring an end to it for good.
We can't ignore this issue forever.
What'll you do by finding the so-called helper girl?
Do you insist on speaking casually?
Shall I do the same?
Did you become CEO just so you could do this?
As if.
Would I spend that much money just to do this?
There must be a reason why this is the first thing I did...
after becoming CEO and why I made this decision.
There's a reason?
Mr. Kang.
A subordinate does what the CEO says.
From now on, if you wish to see me, make an appointment with my secretary.
Also, don't you know how to knock?
Knocking is basic courtesy.
Brush up on your manners.
You're still there? Get out.
My gosh.
You opened up your pharyngeal cavity and yelled with all your might,
and it almost echoed.
You'd have made a great announcer.
Chae Young Eun, you!
Kang Chi Hwan, you!
Why did you con the whole country to the extent that you can't...
sort it out and make me clean up your mess?
I'm the helper girl.
(Shine Cosmetics Customer Center)
Helper girl must be an ordinary woman. If she were to say one wrong thing,
people will attack her...
and ask if she's the actual person or not.
And these hyenas would have a field day.
Exactly.
It would be best for the helper girl herself...
if she were to keep quiet and lie low.
Getting involved would squish her on both sides.
I'm scared.
I hope your sincerity reaches her.
Knowing someone cares this much about you is a lot of strength.
I'm the person who can end this for good.
If I can end it,
it must end here.
The helper girl who knows the truth...
has come forward.
Let's put an end to the gossip and rumors about Shine...
and compete with good-quality products.
Please cooperate, for Shine Cosmetics' future and prosperity.
I ask of you, as the current CEO.
Does he have no manners at all?
How does Mi Kang put up with him?
Shall we go shopping?
I don't feel like going out yet.
No?
Then you must put off learning stuff.
No. We could have the instructor come here.
Shall we take guitar lessons?
I'd always wanted to play an acoustic guitar.
Is there anything you wanted to learn?
That must be your dad.
Does he not go to work?
He's taking time to recharge.
He worked nonstop all his life.
I love listening to music here.
Take your time while listening.
I'll go and chat with your dad, okay?
How did it go?
I saw what was on your laptop.
Young Eun's announcement on Shine's site.
You saw that and left in a rage.
You didn't talk to Young Eun?
I did.
She'll go ahead with it?
What did she say?
She wants me to cooperate.
She's out of her mind.
Yes?
Chairman Ha.
Long time no see.
What brings you here, sir?
Thanks so much for making a huge decision.
Not at all.
- Please, sit. - Okay.
Goodness.
I've been a businessman for many years,
so I know it's all about negotiating,
deals, and contracts. Things like that.
But we've known each other for a long time.
Consider me a thick-faced old man and hear me out.
Goodness, sir.
What do you want to say?
My daughter had a terrible time...
because of what Se Na went through.
I'm sure she did.
We were overjoyed to hear Se Na recovered.
She cried her eyes out, holding her daughter's hand...
while she was in the hospital,
but now that she's home,
she's facing a husband with no job.
How do you think she feels?
You must know that...
a man can stand tall only when he works.
Yes. That's true.
I'm already angry and upset...
to see Chi Hwan stuck at home.
How must Mi Kang feel if this were to drag on?
She has Se Na to look after,
while her husband's without a job.
Wouldn't she fall ill?
Right.
No one loves Shine Cosmetics more than Chi Hwan,
and he's the most knowledgeable.
I can't go to your wife...
and discuss this matter.
Could you talk to her for me?
Sir.
It took me a lot of guts to come here.
The great Jeon Sang Chul is...
not the type to say things like this.
Chairman Ha. Do me a favor.
Goodness, sir...
You rotted away as a housewife for over ten years,
and you became CEO with your husband's money.
I'll accept that much.
Don't look down on...
what housewives do.
Don't you know how difficult...
and sacred a job it is to manage a household?
Do you not know because you never did anything?
- What? - I "rotted away?"
Who are you to belittle the time and effort...
I put into my work, patience, and accomplishments?
Young Eun.
After Jin Woo's birth mom died,
and then after Hae In died,
Jin Woo suffered from rashes and oozing sores. You know that.
Nothing worked, and I looked for all sorts of solutions.
Since then, I studied the human body, skin tissues, grains,
natural herbs, and even psychology. I studied like mad.
I bet I know more about skin than your husband.
I can beat him in any contest.
I'm here because...
My husband's money?
Yes. I can't deny I had his help.
I was working on a Seonju Group subsidiary to release cosmetics.
That's why I told you I was busy.
But each time, you prioritized your goal and your emotions,
and you never wondered or asked why I was busy.
I was working very hard to launch a company of my own.
Okay. The reason I'm here...
Look at you, even now.
You only care about what you want to say and why you're here.
Yes. Fine.
You lived and worked very hard.
And that's how you became a CEO.
Get to work. Manufacture makeup...
and launch your own brand.
Do all you want,
but why would you do something like that as CEO?
What do you mean?
Se Na just got home.
She's too afraid yet to even go shopping.
Why do you want to throw her back in the public eye?
We're both moms. Don't you think it's too much?
Yes, I'm a mom myself,
and my heart sank when I heard Se Na had been taken to the ER.
My hands shook and I couldn't speak.
That's why Jin Woo and I rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night.
But Chi Hwan grabbed Jin Woo by the throat and slapped him.
He blamed Jin Woo for what Se Na had done.
Do you know how cruel he was?
Are you saying you want revenge?
I'm positive that this process will help Se Na.
That's nonsense!
Why do you think celebs give a statement when a scandal breaks?
It's to handle the public who wants the truth.
"Yes, we're in love. So what?" That's all they need to do.
You kept denying and avoiding the issue when there was clear evidence,
and that's why people took it even further.
The truth about the incident.
Se Na will go on suffering unless it's put to an end.
You can't ground her and ban her from going online forever.
You're doing this for Se Na?
Of course, it's a must for the company's sake as well.
To summarize,
it's so we can all start over.
(Shine Cosmetics Customer Center)
It's quite a surprise.
People find it refreshing that the new CEO's actively looking...
for "helper girl."
We went from tiptoeing around the issue to taking control.
"It's cool, it's new."
"Let's see what happens."
Some think even the helper girl is fake too.
Shine's image will really bomb if that's true.
Who could fake that when everyone's watching eagle-eyed?
We do have a dreadful track record.
Isn't she challenging the ex-CEO too directly?
It's a full-on war cry.
No, think of what the new CEO said.
She wants to eliminate the controversy...
once and for all so Shine can start fresh.
I'm all for it.
This is the only thing people ask me about these days.
We do need to sort this out,
but will Kang Se Na appear?
Would Mr. Kang give his permission?
I'll do as I'm told.
I'm fine.
I thought about it while I was in the hospital.
That I should've come clean in the beginning.
If I had,
you wouldn't have had to do what you did.
Se Na.
I'm really okay.
I don't want either of you to get upset about it.
Dad, you have to work with Ms. Chae.
Don't make things uncomfortable.
I'll tell her myself that I'll be there tomorrow.
Stop it.
Stop what Young Eun's trying to do at all costs. It's an execution.
Why would you call it something as terrible as an execution?
How is it not?
She wants Se Na to get stoned.
I don't care if I'm stoned until I turn to dust.
I can take it.
That I did the press conference?
It will come out, and I'll be unable to go out myself.
So be it. I can handle it.
But Se Na...
Not Se Na.
Even when she was in a coma,
she did her best to stop breathing.
How scared do you think she must've been to do that?
You must stop it.
I did as you asked and became a clown...
and read a script for the press.
But our Se Na's just 24 years old.
I must protect her.
I won't lose her again.
I identified the woman who was there.
I have her number too,
so we'll know the truth soon.
Oh, right.
Why didn't I think of that?
(Prosecutor Moon Do Hyun)
Hello, sir.
The woman in Se Na's news video. Give me her number.
Both my mother and Se Na wanted to drop the issue,
so I deleted it.
Find it again.
Getting her number again isn't that hard,
but what's this about?
Chae Young Eun is after us both.
What do you mean?
Get her number now. There's no time.
Tomorrow's announcement will be about what happened to Se Na, the brand model.
It was arranged to explain her side,
so I'd like you to handle the event.
Yes, ma'am.
One more thing.
I'm expecting an important visitor...
tomorrow and I need someone to pick her up at the bus terminal.
Ms. Cho can go.
Okay, I'll go.
Please be on time.
I told her to expect someone from the company.
Okay.
(Terminal 3, Yoon Sol)
The phone is turned off. Please leave...
The phone is turned off.
Please leave a message...
Yes. Any news?
Her phone's turned off.
I think it's intentional.
What's the woman's name?
It's Yoon Sol.
"Yoon Sol?"
Her name is "Sol?"
Okay.
Yes, sir.
How are things going?
Our team's in charge.
What about the helper girl?
- Yoon Sol? - Yes.
Ms. Cho will pick her up at the bus terminal.
Ms. Cho?
Okay, thanks.
Sol, you have an interview, right?
Back when I used to have an office job...
Mom's being a boomer again.
Stop it.
Back in my day...
Yes?
Sometimes, at the end of the interview,
the interviewer asks if you have any questions.
That's most important.
The last thing you say decides the impression you leave.
If there's something you want to say,
say it, but keep it short, positive, assertive, and impactful.
Yes, ma'am.
I wish you both lots of luck too.
- Let's do a group cheer. - A cheer?
- One, two, three, let's go! - Let's go!
- Good luck. - Good luck.
I was alone and nervous when I last came to give the presentation.
Today, I'm so reassured to have my assistant director with me.
Are you, supervising director?
Yes, I am.
Shall we go inside?
I feel like there's nothing I can't do.
Me too.
- Let's go. - Okay.
Did Ms. Cho leave for the terminal?
- Yes. - Okay.
Okay. Good job with the hiring, Mr. Eun.
Bye.
Hey.
Pick up a woman called Yoon Sol.
Say you're from Shine Cosmetics.
Yes, sir.
Don't worry.
Let's go, Dad.
Don't worry. Nothing will happen.
I can't live if something were to happen to Se Na again.
I really can't then.
Trust me and relax.
- Director. - Yes?
- Four people will sit down. - Okay.
The CEO will be at the end.
- Keep that in mind. - Okay.
Seriously? It's just one banner.
You don't have all day to hang it up.
- What's the time? - It's fine.
No, lower.
Yes, that'll do.
(Kang Se Na Special Broadcast to Explain the Truth)
Be careful.
- Mr. Lee. - Yes?
Let's start the press conference.
It'll start soon.
Do you never put down your phone?
Shall we watch it on a bigger screen?
What is it this time?
Helper girl surfaced.
To talk about the helper with a 32,000-dollar ring?
Yes. They're going to stream live on YouTube.
There will be a live broadcast?
Yes, with three people present.
Then the truth will come out.
This should be crazy. Put it on quickly.
Everything's ready.
Be extra wary and careful.
Sir.
Hello.
Mr. Lee. Why isn't Ms. Cho here yet?
- Call her. - Okay.
Do we have many viewers?
Yes. Over 30,000 people are waiting for us to begin.
Even more will join once we do.
Ms. Cho. What's going on?
She's refusing to appear on TV, so I'm trying to persuade her.
She said she's sorry, that she changed her mind.
What?
We're ready and waiting for her,
and you're saying she changed her mind?
She changed her mind?
What on earth is going on?
You brought this upon yourself.
What now, ma'am?
You turned Shine into a laughingstock.
Good for you!
Goodness.
Thanks for coming, Ms. Yoon.
Hello?
Sir. She's here.
- Who? - The helper girl.
Yoon Sol's right here.
Who did you pick up?
Yoon Sol.
- Who are you? - I was told to say that.
- By whom? - My aunt.
- Your aunt? - Chae Young Eun.
Darn it.
(Shine Cosmetics)
(Kang Se Na Special Broadcast to Explain the Truth)
Welcome.
Jin Woo. I need a favor.
Can you go to this address tomorrow and bring this person to Shine?
- Who is it? - Someone very important.
Someone important?
(Do not enter)
Darn it.
Thanks for coming forward.
Shall we begin?
(Meant to be)