(Characters and names that appear in this drama are fictitious)
It's a project proposal every time.
Emerging market project
and we want to win the bid for the infrastructure construction project proposal.
Why is this taking so long?
Why is it so delayed?
I'm sorry, sir.
It's because the officials for that area are far more corrupt than we thought.
I think it will be difficult to avoid a huge loss for the next quarter as well.
Mr. Kwon.
Maybe you should consider withdrawing now.
Don't worry and just push forward.
Relax!
You know things tend to get most tough right before everything works out in business.
And don't forget what kind of company our DM Group is.
This kind of loss is like... breaking a small light bulb at a nuclear power plant.
Have some pride as DM Group employees!
Why are you two so timid?
A man should be bold when he's working!
But you know...
I said this a number of times.
I told you to use scratch paper whenever you're submitting reports to me.
In such hard economic times,
at such a critical time,
do you want to submit proposals to me on such expensive A4 paper?
I'm sorry, sir.
Are you out of your mind?
Did you put your brain in the washer to be washed?
I'm sorry, sir!
From now on, I'll even flip out my underwear and wear it before I wash it!
This won't ever happen again, sir.
What is it?
Mr. Kwon.
Mr. Kim wants you to come up to his office.
Mr. Kwon.
Yes, sir.
I heard that you put a hold on production for the products at DM Aluminum.
Is there an internal problem?
No, sir.
I was just waiting for the right time.
Mr. Kwon.
You know how I work, right?
Once I entrust someone with a task, I leave them responsible for it until the end.
I know, sir.
I'll do my best to not disappoint you, sir.
A long time ago, I made you the guardian of Gab.
Gab has many flaws.
That's why I'm always grateful to you.
No, sir.
It's fine.
And...
Mr. Gab has many strengths too.
Ever since he was young, Gab was lonely so he had a hard time.
So I know you paid extra attention to him.
That's why I'm always grateful to you.
I have complete faith in you.
So don't disappoint me.
Yes, sir.
(Pegasus Market)
(Episode 11)
Mr. Moon.
Why are you so surprised?
I...
I was surprised because you showed up out of the blue like this.
I've been here since earlier.
Pardon?
Why are you holding the flashlight beneath your chin and looking scary?
Why is this doing that?
Anyways, what brings you to the storage room?
- It's December soon. - Yes.
I thought we should start preparing a promotion for the end of the year now.
So I came to see last year's inventory.
Do you have any good ideas?
I was actually thinking about it.
Last year, we brought in all kinds of gift sets last year.
But people tend to buy end of the year gift sets from Hydra Market.
- It's difficult to expect a profit from the end of the year promotion. - Really?
I'm afraid that if we place a large order, we'll just end up with more inventory.
So I thought we might just prepare a simple end of the year promotion this time.
Simple.
As you said, let's try to avoid having useless leftover inventory
by preparing just one item.
There was one I already had in mind.
Something you had in mind?
Just what exactly... is it?
Just trust me.
(Pegasus Market Cash Gift Set)
(A few days later)
What is this?
A cash gift set?
Cash gift...?
Is it okay to do this?
(Pegasus Market Cash Gift Set)
Recharge is complete.
(Cash Gift Set)
Mr. Choi! Mr. Jo! What are you selling right now?
What do you think it is?
It's the cash gift set.
Mr. Jung ordered us to do our best to sell these gift sets.
Look here!
Can we please talk with some common sense!
Please!
A cash gift set?
This is so ridiculous!
We sell marketable securities like gift certificates.
So what's wrong with selling cash?
What did you say?
Mr. Moon, what's with that expression?
Mr. Jung.
I think we need to talk with some common sense in place.
What kind of crazy people would buy money with money?
They would be completely insane!
Insane...
...people.
Forget it.
Take these away this instant!
Mr. Moon!
Even when we have leftover inventory, we'll still have cash
so don't be so pessimistic.
We have nothing to lose.
Let's wait for the customers' responses.
(Hydra Market Gift Set)
What is that?
(Cash Gift Set)
Cash Gift Set?
(Hydra Market Gift Set)
(Pegasus Market Cash Gift Set)
Take your time looking at the products
and choose your products wisely.
Is this the place selling cash gift sets?
- Yes. - Welcome.
Wow, look at this!
A $90 gift set is only $110!
Really?
A $90 set is only $110!
It's so cheap!
If you order 10 sets, we give you one extra for free!
Extra! Extra! Extra!
Amazing!
Move!
I came here after returning my gift set to Hydra Market!
Give me everything!
10 sets!
Mom.
Is there something wrong with me?
(Pegasus Market Cash Gift Set)
Maintain order!
Put that down! Maintain order!
Jeez!
Maintain... Jeez!
Yes?
Sir!
Take a look at this!
What is this?
Accounting Fraud Set?
Embezzlement set? Breach of trust set?
You should take a look at this!
The picture is a fake.
There's cash inside!
I heard it's a hit at Pegasus Market right now.
I knew you would like it.
(Cash)
You're saying Jung Bok-dong is selling these at Pegasus Market right now, right?
Yes, sir.
Why that...!
It's all a plan to provoke me!
That sly bastard!
Yes, Mr. Kwon. I was just about to call you.
Pardon?
There's an informant I know.
He said he had a great tip about the gift set industry.
But the timing is important for this project.
So I think we need to bring in the funds right now.
You know the funds we hid at Pegasus Market before?
Hello?
Mr. Kwon?
Can you hear me?
Mr. Kwon!
I'll call you back, sir.
Mr. Gab is part of the family.
If things go sideways, they'll try to cut loose ends.
I'll end up taking the blame for everything.
Sir.
Are you okay?
My only escape route is...
....Jung Bok-dong.
Either Jung Bok-dong or I will die.
One of us has to die.
(Accounting Fraud Set)
Wow!
Compare to last year's quarterly capital report,
this year's sales have soared like this!
Incredible.
This is the kind of thing headquarters should be aware of!
Last year, the market was continuously in the red zone.
But it kept getting renovations.
And it kept purchasing products in large amounts.
What's this?
They changed light bulbs every quarter?
Could this be...?
Recharge is complete.
Mr. Moon.
You're Hydra Market's manager. What brings you here?
I had a favor to ask you.
We shouldn't talk here.
Let's go somewhere quiet.
Come on.
What's wrong?
Our market's inventory will be inspected soon.
But for some reason, we're missing some game controllers and cameras!
So just for inventory inspection day,
could we please borrow some products from Pegasus Market for a few hours?
I'll make sure to pay you back later!
Please?
I'm astonished at how things have changed.
Until recently, he looked down our market as some small, run-down neighborhood market.
But now he's here asking for a favor.
Pegasus Market has grown a lot.
It really has.
Goodness.
How did you manage your stock to end up like that?
No matter how much I keep an eye on them, I can't help that we keep losing inventory!
As people working in the same industry, let's help each other out.
Okay.
I'll lend you our market's products.
Thank you!
Thank you very much!
You...
You have to be careful with them and return them as they were, okay?
If the packaging is damaged in any way, Hydra Market has to buy all of them, okay?
Okay. Don't worry.
I'll buy drinks later.
Seok-goo!
Wasn't that man Hydra Market's manager?
Why did he come?
Did you lend these dryers to Hydra Market too?
No!
There has to be a dryer in here! Why is there just an empty box?
They're all empty!
So you're saying that you think
Pegasus Market has been money laundering for several years.
Right?
Yes.
I haven't found any concrete evidence yet but based on circumstances, I think so.
When I was working at HQ, I heard a similar rumor too.
I thought we should dig into this more so I'm reporting this to you first.
There are times when ignorance is bliss.
Pardon?
Well...
Someone as smart as you won't remain clueless until the end.
Sir, then do you mean...?
You already knew?
Then why haven't you done anything?
As you said, there's only circumstantial evidence.
We only have our suspicions. We have no proof.
So there was nothing I can do.
Hey, did you count them? Did we load everything?
I think there are about 150.
Stealing carts from the markets and selling them is quite profitable.
Right.
Okay, let's load them.
1, 2...
(Pegasus Market)
Why?
What is that horse?
Pegasus Market?
Was there a market like that?
There wasn't even a security guard here!
I know, right?
Let's just steal 10 carts from here.
Okay, okay.
But where are they?
It's a horse.
(Pegasus Market: Carts are over here)
They don't even have emergency lights?
Why is it so dark?
Should I turn on the flashlight?
It's okay!
When you do this for a long time, you learn how to do things with just your hands!
You're an expert!
I found the cart!
It has a place to put in coins too!
But this is oddly soft and...
It feels like...
What's wrong?
What happened?
It was a sexual molester.
I was sleeping and he touched my body.
Are you okay?
Go!
This way, this way!
Search the area.
They couldn't have gone far.
What should we do when we catch them?
Should we hand them off to the police?
The victim is a member of our tribe.
We will deal with them according to our tribal law!
Where's our leader?
Pielekku?
I'll try contacting him.
Are you okay?
You were very scared, right?
It's okay.
My father will catch him.
Not there?
I caught them!
Chi-ae!
You two...
...have been arrested on the scene.
Do you have anything to say?
Sir! I think you're misunderstanding right now!
We were just trying to steal carts...
Yes, he's right!
We were just trying to steal carts so we can sell them off.
You were after the carts?
You were here to steal the carts?
Yes, the carts.
The carts! Just the carts!
It wasn't a spontaneous crime.
It was a planned crime targeting us from the start!
Dad, make a ruling!
Bbaya Tribe's Article 7 Section 3!
Sexual Assault!
Article 288, Clause 1 of Bbaya Criminal Law!
Attempted commercial exploitation!
What... what is he saying?
The two defendants will be sentenced to digging up potatoes
until they're a bloody mess!
Execute the sentence!
- What? - Dig up potatoes?
Please don't do this!
- We're sorry! - We're sorry!
We're sorry!
(Pegasus Market)
Chi-ae.
Mr. Jung.
My dad was arrested!
Everybody was arrested!
Oh, dear!
Sir, please put them in jail right now!
We did nothing wrong!
Stop saying that!
It was self defense!
There's no such thing as self defense in Korea.
They told us that they can't remove this horn in Korea!
All they did was catch thieves who snuck into the market!
It wasn't criminal battery! It was self-defense!
I told you it doesn't fit the requirements of self-defense.
Look over there.
How is that self defense?
Look at this!
They used a weapon to make a person into a bloody mess.
A weapon?
They used horns to poke and beat those two.
This is criminal battery.
I was going to arrest them for gang related violence
but I let that slide so hurry up and settle.
We won't let this slide.
Bring us a good settlement amount.
Dad.
Chi-ae.
Dad...
Chi-ae!
The entire Bbaya Tribe was arrested by the police?
They should've been awarded a trophy for being brave foreign citizens.
Our legal system is such a mess.
Then what should we do?
What else? We have to bring them back as soon as possible.
The victims...
How much did those damn thieves want as settlement?
1.
$10,000?
That's good.
If it's $1000 per person, then I think I can do something. We can give them a loan...
What are you talking about? It's $10,000 per person.
They're asking $10,000 per person for settlement?
Not including hospital expenses.
Where are we going to get such a large amount of money?
Don't worry about that.
We can get some of our budget from HQ ahead of time.
HQ?
You know Mr. Kwon, right?
You can go to him for help.
Mr. Jung.
That's ridiculous.
I'll be kicked out before I can even ask Mr. Kwon for our budget in advance.
You're a talented individual.
Just do as you usually do.
And!
In an emergency, use this.
What is this?
I wrote a few things just in case it might help.
Open each one in an emergency.
Don't open it ahead of time!
Yes, sir.
So...
You want the budget in advance for the settlement?
Yes, sir.
Mr. Moon.
Go tell Jung Bok-dong this.
Go say that ridiculous nonsense somewhere else.
If you need money in a hurry, you should ask a financing institution or a loan shark.
How dare you come to the headquarters to ask for the budget in advance?
Do you still have trash in your ears?
If you understood what I said, leave this instant!
I knew it. He's not even budging!
What should I do? I can't just return like this.
Open each one in an emergency.
No, the good luck bags!
Mr. Jung, please give me strength!
If you don't have money, then we'll closely look into Pegasus Market's account
to see if there is any fund we can use.
Are you trying to pick a fight with me right now?
You're asking for a fight, right?
No, sir! I'm just reading what's written here...
That expression as he pretends he doesn't know anything.
Moon Seok-goo.
You're a really amazing guy.
You're a very talented individual.
You know very well how to make yourself more indispensable.
Good.
That attitude, that courage!
I like it.
Mr. Kwon, what are you talking about?
Stop pretending to be a fool.
You should pick a side now!
Is it me or Jung Bok-dong?
I respect both of you like a father figure and I...
Stop pretending to be a fool and pick a side, you idiot!
So join my side! Come to me!
Seok-goo, I'll be good to you! Join my side!
Come to me!
Would you please let go of me and talk?
I would rather join my neighborhood consumers' side rather than your side!
So that's how it's going to be?
So you're going to join Jung Bok-dong's side in the end?
Mr. Kwon!
- Sir, that's not it! - Fine.
Do what you want.
I'll give you your budget as you want for now.
But you...!
How dare you threaten me to my face?
Me?
Moon Seok-goo!
You better prepare yourself!
Forget about being a long time employee of DM Group!
We just started a game where either you or I die!
Sir, I don't know what's going on!
But I think there's a misunderstanding!
The good luck bags are...!
Stop spewing lies!
Sir, I'm ready to die for the company!
Stop saying such nonsense!
Get out!
Mr. Kwon seems very angry.
I would be mad too if an employee begged me to give the budget in advance to settle.
But thanks to the good luck bags Mr. Jung gave me, I got over the crisis.
The last bag...
...will be opened when I have another crisis.
Moon Seok-goo said he was ready to die for the company.
Then he took out a chicken bone from his pocket
and he buried it in my kum quat flowerpot.
I'll bury my bones here.
Did I... mess with a crazy freak I shouldn't have messed with?
After this incident,
Kwon Young-gu named the main character of his book as Moon Seok-goo.
Excerpt from Kwon Young-gu's book: Among the crazy freaks I met at work....
(DM Group: $100,000 deposit from Kwon Young-gu)
You people...
Good job.
Thanks, Mr. Jung.
You're the first person who treated our tribe like this, Mr. Jung.
Thank you very much.
For being our guardian.
I wasn't your guardian.
Pegasus Market.
The company became your guardian.
Dad!
Jung Bok-dong took settlement money from Kwon Young-gu?
And Mr. Kwon gave it up without much protest?
I think it's probably because Mr. Jung holds his weakness.
Please take a look at this.
(Accounting Fraud Set)
This is too blatant.
It seems like Mr. Jung is about to make a move now.
What is Gab doing?
After the tteokbokki incident last time,
he hasn't left the house.
Finally!
I have one piece left.
Jeez! I was so in the zone! Who is interrupting me?
Grandpa.
What brings you here out of the blue?
Do I need to call ahead of time to see my own grandson?
No, of course not.
Please come in.
What's all this?
They're projects I've been working on for a month.
As you can see, that's the Taj Mahal.
Colosseum
I went global and then I came back to the dog. Bark!
What are you thinking?
I thought you finally grew up after the tteokbokki incident.
Didn't you learn anything after making such a mess?
Grandpa...
What's wrong?
I thought you finally came to your senses!
But you're just making a mess everywhere!
This isn't the time for you to play with toys like this!
When are you going to grow up?
Grandpa...
Why do you always get mad at me?
What did you say?
Whenever you look at me,
you get mad first.
You don't care about what I want and what I'm interested in!
I wanted to get praised by you...
...so I was doing my best at the things you told me to do!
But I can't help I'm not talented enough!
Of course, you are!
You're my grandson!
You're my only family!
So of course, you're talented!
It's just an excuse!
I want you to try!
Do your very best!
I told you countless times how I made DM Group into what it is today!
But you still don't understand?
Yes!
I don't understand!
You fool!
So Mr. Kim went to see Mr. Gab and got mad at him?
He didn't just get mad.
He took away Mr. Gab's credit cards and the fur muffler that he likes as well!
And he kicked him out of the house too.
Where is Mr. Gab right now?
I don't know, sir.
We don't know his whereabouts.
He probably has nowhere to go.
I'm going to go to Pegasus Market tomorrow.
Get the car ready.
Yes, Jo Mi-ran speaking.
Mr. Kim Dae-ma's coming here?
Seok-goo!
They said the chairman's on his way to our market right now!
Why is he coming out of the blue?
Mr. Kim's on his way to Pegasus Market right now?
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jung.
Don't worry about Mr. Kim!
I'll take care of it!
Welcome.
Let's go in, sir.
Mr. Kim!
Hello, sir!
Let me formally introduce myself.
I'm the manager of Pegasus Market, Moon Seok-goo!
You're a very proper fellow.
I thought young people don't even know how to properly use chopsticks these days.
But you know how to do the Grand Bow.
That's amazing.
But don't do it too often.
If you're not careful, your neck may break.
Yes, sir!
Let's go in, sir.
Ms. Jo, what's wrong?
It's a happy and honorable day. Mr. Kim came to our market.
I have a bad feeling.
You have a bad feeling?
What brings you all the way here, sir?
I'm sure you're not here to look around the market when you're busy.
What made you come here in person?
Mr. Jung Bok-dong.
You should stop working at Pegasus Market now.
I'll take care of all the problematic matters.
So come back to headquarters.
What do you mean, sir?
I was wrong.
I understand why you feel hurt.
Pegasus Market was founded by my dead son.
So my judgment was clouded.
But we can just close down the market.
I can't lose a loyal person like you, trying to protect everything.
Come back to headquarters.
When you say you'll take care of things,
do you mean Pegasus Market will be...?
Pegasus Market was founded by my dead son.
So my judgment was clouded.
But we can just close down the market.
I can't lose a loyal person like you, trying to protect everything.
Come back to headquarters.
When you say you'll take care of things,
do you mean Pegasus Market will be...?
You know what will happen. Why are you asking?
We'll close the market when it's the right time.
We'll say we're closing it down for business.
Mr. Kwon!
I have breaking news!
Breaking news?
Mr. Kim went to Pegasus Market to see Mr. Jung.
What?
I heard Mr. Kim went in person to tell him to come back to headquarters.
To have Jung Bok-dong come back to HQ?
Mr. Kim went himself just to bring him back?
That's not all, sir.
It seems like they're going to shut down Pegasus Market.
What?
I heard it from the secretaries.
It seems like Mr. Kim became suspicious.
What is going on?
Who ordered jjamppong?
Hey!
It's me.
I knew it was you when an order was placed from here.
I got permission from my wife and I brought a bottle of this as well.
Thanks.
What's on your mind this time?
Chul-Soo!
Pegasus Market is very famous these days.
I heard it's a good corporation.
It's often on the news as well.
Bok-dong, you're doing lots of good deeds!
I'm proud that you're my friend!
It's all fake.
Chul-Soo.
All my life,
I lived for the company.
I wanted to become successful. I wanted to be recognized too.
So I did anything and everything I can do for the company.
I even fired over 1000 employees for the company's restructuring.
I did everything I could to win contracts too.
I didn't look to the side or the back. I only raced forward.
For the company.
In order to reach a higher position at the company.
Do you think...
...it's okay for me to continue living that way?
I already gave the company my youth.
Must I continue live like that for the rest of my life?
Bok-dong.
You know what I think?
People always have regrets.
People make mistakes throughout their lives.
And they keep having regrets.
But what's important is...
...not repeating the mistake you regretted in the past.
You can't do anything about the past.
But you can decide...
...how you want to live the future.
(Pegasus Market)
Mr. Jung.
What brings you here, Ms. Mi-joo?
Mr. Jung, everybody's gathered.
Hurry up and join us.
Everybody's gathered?
Hurry!
Welcome, Mr. Jung.
What's all this?
Mi-joo found out that it's Mr. Choi's birthday somehow.
She suggested we should congratulate him so we prepared a grand party for him!
Why do you look like that when you're the star?
I can't remember the last time somebody wished my happy birthday.
After I was fired from the bank,
my wife went to work at a restaurant.
And I worked late driving other people's cars.
So my family didn't even have time to sit down and share a meal together.
That's why I didn't have time to celebrate occasions like my birthday!
Thank you very much!
Il-Nam!
Let's all light up the candles, sing, and make a wish!
Here!
Mi-joo, Chi-ae! Ready, set, go!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you, dear Choi Il-Nam! Happy birthday to you!
You need to make a wish! A wish!
You need to make a wish.
I never made a wish before.
Let's take out these candles.
Mr. Jung.
What are you doing with my English flashcards?
I don't know if it's a home or a house to me.
Pardon?
Here.
My home is...
...Pegasus Market.
My sweet home.
Mr. Jung! You should come here and eat some cake too!
Sure.
You know how I work, right?
I have complete faith in you.
So don't disappoint me.
Why are you calling?
Okay.
Young-gu.
Give back all the money you took from Pegasus Market.
What?
Give back all the money you took from Pegasus Market.
What?
The funds you and Mr. Gab embezzled.
The slush fund that went to the paper company!
Give them all back.
Do you have proof that I embezzled company money from Pegasus Market?
The altered accounting book and the hidden contracts.
I confirmed it all myself.
That contract that you saw.
It's just a copy.
It won't hold up in court as evidence.
It's something that could be altered.
A copy.
Knowing you, if you had such concrete evidence, you would've brought it here.
No.
You would've already finished me off.
But you didn't do that.
To be more exact, you couldn't.
Why?
I thought about it long and hard.
"What's that bastard up to?"
"Why is he just making threats and not acting on them?"
And then I realized something.
From the beginning, you had no cards in your hand.
Mr. Jung Bok-dong, stop working at Pegasus Market now.
I'll deal with all the problematic matters.
So come back to headquarters.
When you say you'll take care of things,
do you mean Pegasus Market will be...?
You already know what I'll do. Why are you asking?
We'll close the market when it's the right time.
We'll say we're closing it down for business.
(Special Contract Conditions)
So...
I decided I'm going to pretend I don't know anything.
What happened at Pegasus Market has absolutely nothing to do with me.
Mr. Kim Gab too.
If you want to become a player,
then you should join the game with cards to play in your hand.
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(Pegasus Market)
Are you up to something, sir?
Mr. Moon Seok-goo isn't a simple idiot.
Mr. Moon holds all the evidence.
It's a secret?
Okay, I'll meet you in secret.
Remember I'm the one who will pay you the highest price for the documents you have.
I think it's time I open up the last good luck bag.
He's the real deal. I knew it.
He know how to threaten people.
Follow me while I'm still being nice!
Mr. Jung! Mr. Oh is...!
Some real tough guys will have to come.
No!
Mi-joo!
He gave me a chance to work at headquarters.
But his condition was that we get rid of Pegasus Market.
Pegasus Market's fate is in Mr. Moon's hands.