(All characters, organizations, and events in this drama are fictitious.)
(All child actors were shot under supervision.)
Nice to meet you, Father. I'm Jaclyn.
Nice to meet you.
Are you crazy?
- Honey! - Dad!
It is crude and disgusting...
to hit on a man with a family.
Leave my son at once.
I can't do that.
What was that?
I'm going to take in the poor son you cast away.
No matter how foolish and dissatisfying your son is,
you crushed his spirit by making him live...
with a woman he hates...
and making your daughter-in-law the chairwoman.
Can you still call yourself a dad?
Nice, Jaclyn. Keep going.
What an ill-mannered wench.
Who are you to criticize my qualifications as a dad?
How dare a crude and filthy woman who goes after a married man...
speak up before me?
No matter how crude and filthy I am, nobody can beat you.
You're worse,
having made your son marry that woman he doesn't even love...
to save the company!
Aren't I right, babe?
Didn't I tell you I had no intention of marrying Ju Kyung from the start?
I dreaded her with my heart, but I married her as I was told.
I did everything as you hoped and wanted.
But why?
Why won't you give me what I want?
Did you have to make Ju Kyung the chairwoman?
You punk!
It's not me you should blame,
but your incompetence.
As if being useless wasn't enough, you had to have an affair?
How much longer will you bring disgrace on your parents?
Go die!
Leave and go die at once, you jerk!
- You... - I won't let you hit me anymore.
Because I am no longer your son.
Listen to this punk.
You've gone mad.
After losing your mind to a woman,
you just completely gone insane.
So what? Are you going to get a divorce?
Oh, you're worried Gi Yun might get a divorce.
How lame.
Rest assured. I won't make him get a divorce.
We'll simply love each other, okay?
So scold your daughter-in-law for not looking after her husband...
and get off our case.
Let's go, babe.
Let's get divorced.
Let's do it.
What? "Divorce?"
Jang Gi Yun.
It's not like I loved you every moment we were together.
You were beyond impulsive and arrogant.
Whenever you mistreated me, holding back my hate was tough.
But I still wanted to be responsible.
We got married,
and we have Soo A.
But...
I guess this is the end.
I no longer want to put up...
with your wildness.
Ju Kyung, Gi Yun is out of his mind right now.
You need to be patient. Don't say you'll divorce him!
I'm sorry, Father.
I will divorce him.
Ju Kyung!
You idiot! What are you doing?
Go beg her for forgiveness!
Go now!
I didn't do anything wrong, so why should I beg?
Let's go, Jaclyn.
Woman! What are you doing?
You need to go ask Ju Kyung for understanding!
You have to calm her down!
Why should I?
Ju Kyung just said she wanted to divorce him.
Jaclyn didn't want to break their family,
so she said she didn't want him to divorce.
Who does Ju Kyung think she is to say she wants to divorce him?
I can't believe the mess I'm seeing right now.
This family will go bust without Ju Kyung!
Go now!
Didn't I tell you I had no intention of marrying Ju Kyung from the start?
I dreaded her with my heart, but I married her as I was told.
He didn't love me.
Gi Yun didn't love me.
He never loved me.
Jaclyn?
Jaclyn.
What is this?
Why am I in such a mess?
Jaclyn, I'm sorry.
That was why I didn't want to go.
How dare he do this...
to my face?
I've never suffered...
such humiliation in my life!
Darn it.
How dare a crude and filthy woman who goes after a married man...
speak up before me?
Crude? Filthy?
That wicked old man.
I wasn't going to go as far as getting him divorced,
but you're leaving no choice.
I'm so mad.
What is this mess?
This is driving me insane.
- Hey, pull the line out. - Okay.
Goodness.
Reporters are now on our website's bulletin board...
asking if Oh Na Hee is really marrying and retiring.
Send out a press release and ask them to wait...
- until we make an announcement. - Yes.
- Is Na Hee screening our calls? - Yes.
Honey, making Gi Yun the chairman is...
the only way to make him come home.
You should call him and give him the position,
then get Jaclyn to invest in us.
That's like killing 2 birds with 1 stone.
So? Should I call him?
Lady.
I'm hungry.
You always lose your mind in such decisive moments!
Do you get your dementia back whenever you see me?
Hey.
Will you really divorce him?
I should.
I don't want to be with someone who dreads me with his heart.
Hey, don't even dream of alimony or division of assets.
You didn't bring a penny when you married him,
so don't expect anything when you leave.
I'm going to work.
That stubborn girl.
What if she takes a huge alimony?
Will you really divorce her?
If I continue to see you without divorcing her,
people will point their fingers because of our infidelity.
Do you want our relationship to be humiliated?
What's your plan after?
Even if I give up on WJ Entertainment,
you and I can be world-famous in the world of entertainment...
if the VK Media business goes well.
You're going to give up on WJ Entertainment?
I won't allow it. It's yours.
Why should your wife steal something that's yours?
It's impossible to take the chairman's position...
from Shin Ju Kyung as long as my dad is around.
I hope your dad dies...
just like my foster parents did in the US!
Then things would be much easier.
We could have WJ Entertainment too.
Could luck strike me, and my dad...
suddenly dies?
(This Year's Sales and Evaluation)
(Detailed Gain, Loss, and Evaluation)
Isn't Jang Gi Yun pestering you for an investment?
It seemed like he was so cornered...
that he couldn't propel his business without an immediate investment.
I need to get him first.
I need to have him now, even if I end up leaving him later.
What? Why?
I can't live with this anger unless I pay back the humiliation.
I'll make Jang Gi Yun get a divorce.
You can't do that. Director Shin is a good woman.
Don't turn that innocent woman into a divorcee.
You said Jang Gi Yun was the biggest scumbag.
Wouldn't it benefit her greatly...
if I pulled him away from her?
Well, it'll be difficult to bring him down...
if Director Shin is beside him.
She has the ability to save him no matter what happens.
Father, you have heard of this business, right?
Yes, Gi Yun...
wanted to do it, and I said no.
What is it?
I looked into it,
and the president had kept it going without your knowledge.
What?
The president bought the land with the money for our new office...
and used the hotel as collateral to take out a loan.
That darned idiot!
I clearly told him to stop,
but he used the hotel as collateral for his business?
Father, we should put a stop to this business...
before he puts our agency in bigger danger, right?
Since you already signed the contract,
you have to meet the men who send you extra money...
for a drink and entertain them.
I don't want to. That's something I can't do.
Fine, in that case, you need to take off your clothes...
when you're on camera.
Take my clothes off on camera?
I can't do that.
I'll quit.
Darn it. Says who?
You already signed the contract.
You won't take your clothes off...
or entertain the men who watch you?
That's why your show is a flop.
Hey, a streamer isn't a celebrity.
Just think of this as selling your soul and body to the show.
Okay? Just think of it like that.
What are you doing?
Did you forget about the contract?
Do you have money to break this off?
No, right?
Just do as I say if you have no money.
It's not too hard to sell your soul and body.
Just follow the contract and do a good job, then...
The contract is gone.
Who the heck are you?
(WJ Entertainment Management Team, Shin Ye Kyung)
I'm Shin Ye Kyung, a manager at WJ Entertainment.
WJ Entertainment?
The best entertainment agency in Korea?
I've heard of the vicious gang that made BJs undress...
and entertain their viewers.
Was that you?
You already know that contract is illegal, right?
Feel free to call me anytime if you don't appreciate my behavior.
The Legal Team of my agency will be happy to send you to prison.
Darn it. Just my luck.
Wait!
What do I have to do from now on?
What do you mean?
I've stayed at the studio apartment he got me and did my broadcast.
I can't go back there,
but I want to continue broadcasting.
Go home. Don't make your parents worried.
I don't have any parents.
Did your parents pass away?
Yes. I'm an orphan.
Me too.
You're making my heart go soft.
Come with me.
Thank you.
You sure come by often.
Just get to the point.
I'm busy. I need to attend a meeting.
What is it? Divorce papers?
Or a resignation letter from the chairwoman position?
I welcome both.
(VK World Media Art Valley Business Proposal)
What about this?
You were proceeding with the project...
Father had objected behind our backs.
So what?
You got a loan using the company's hotel as collateral...
and spent the new company building's down payment...
on this project.
So what...
Does Father know about it?
So what will he do?
This project, proceeding under WJ's name,
will be officially discontinued.
If WJ leaves this project, it will lose its cause,
and all of the company's money spent will go to waste.
What?
And the company money you wasted?
Unless you break up with this woman and return home,
Father wants you to return it at once.
If not, he will most likely send you to jail.
You know what Father is like.
By stopping the project I was running,
you're trying to keep me by your side?
No. Divorce is another story.
Even if we split up, I will stay in WJ...
and look after Father.
You're the only one getting kicked out.
But who knows?
If you come to your senses, return home,
and promise to treat me well forever,
I will reconsider our divorce.
You're...
You're pushing me into the fiery pit, aren't you?
What now?
Jang Gi Yun is penniless,
with his business gone out the window.
I'm dying to know...
if you will stay by his side despite him having nothing.
Babe. What's going on?
Are you losing both the project and WJ?
Don't you have plan B or something?
I'm thinking, all right? I'm thinking!
Goodness!
Jang Gi Yun. Wake up and come home.
Soo A needs her dad.
You don't have to be a good husband.
Just live as a good dad to Soo A.
Come on. Keep it coming.
Here.
Oh, right. Ji Tae.
This is the last time I'm having you treat me to drinks.
How come?
Director Shin... She's now the chairwoman, right?
Didn't Chairwoman Shin tell you anything?
- Tell me what? - The movie we're shooting.
Instead of you, that newbie... What was his name again?
- Jung Woo... - Jung Woo Hyuk?
Did Shin Ju Kyung want you to use him?
That's right. Your chairwoman asked me in person.
I couldn't refuse, okay? It's giving me a headache.
Good grief.
She asked you to use Jung Woo Hyuk and not me?
That guy with zero acting experience?
Who could it be at this hour?
Hey. Come on in.
What? Honey?
Why would you call over the adulterer and his mistress?
Goodness. A prominent politician like you...
shouldn't hang out with such people.
Calm down. I called them over to talk business.
What business? Adultery business?
Stop complaining, and get us some tea.
We don't have any. We're out of both coffee and green tea.
Gosh, that short old lady.
My goodness. Chairwoman Shin Ju Kyung.
What's this?
To have such a notable person do a distasteful job...
as washing the dishes in a shabby place like this.
Gosh, give it to me.
I, your lowly mother-in-law, will do it.
Very well, then.
Good gracious. She's becoming more and more arrogant, isn't she?
My daughter-in-law is getting more arrogant.
Come out now!
Chairwoman Shin Ju Kyung! How can you do this to me?
What's with you, Ji Tae?
You asked Director Cha to use Woo Hyuk in his movie?
Why? Why did you do that?
Do you know how much effort I put into Director Cha,
buying him drinks and sending him ladies?
You can't do this to me!
What was that?
You personally bought drinks and sent ladies to Director Cha?
That's right. Everyone does it. So what?
"So what?"
Who told you to buy drinks and send ladies...
to the director without telling the company?
Do you think you'll become a celeb, appearing in one or two works?
Where did you learn to do such nasty things?
You have the wrong mindset.
What do I lack compared to Jung Woo Hyuk?
You lack in everything!
What?
Woo Hyuk doesn't buy drinks or send girls...
to the director or writers.
He plays fair.
And he doesn't come to my house all drunk...
and behave wildly like this!
Aren't I a better actor?
Says who?
You suck at acting.
If you have the time to do this, use it to practice acting.
And...
if I hear that you are using girls,
alcohol, and money to bribe anyone in this industry again,
I will fire you.
Leave.
Take your shoes off and clean where you stepped before you go.
What the heck? I couldn't win against her.
Right. I need a place to go even if she fires me.
Darn it.
Because of Jung Woo Hyuk,
I got on the wrong side of Shin Ju Kyung.
How humiliating.
In the end, your wife threw a wet blanket on your future.
We put so much effort into that project.
But to have to shelve it.
Assemblyman Yang. Can't we do something about it?
It won't be easy with the current situation.
What were you doing?
You failed to control your wife and let this happen!
I'm sorry.
Assemblyman Yang.
We need to find a way to get out of this.
If this project goes down the drain, you'll suffer a big blow,
including raising your political funds.
Shin Ju Kyung.
Isn't there something we can use against her?
You already know.
Know that she led a deadly honest life.
If there's nothing to use against her, we can just make one.
Excuse me?
How can they be that shameless despite having an affair?
How dare they step into my house?
What could I do to punish them a little?
Those two...
I will really regret it if I just send them home.
Hold on.
There you go.
Oh, dear.
You are a street singer
What?
You are a meanie
What?
I just can't
We're busy with some guests. Come another time.
Young Ran.
I have your favorite, dried yellow corvina!
Dried yellow corvina?
Who's here?
Your best friend who comes by every single day, Sung Il.
I'm discussing important business. Why didn't you turn him away?
He isn't the type to leave if you tell him to.
Here. Although I dislike you very much,
I don't think I can let guests leave without offering them refreshments.
Thank you.
Why aren't you drinking it?
I only drink freshly ground coffee.
That rude girl has such a flaunting attitude...
and particular taste in food too.
Hee Chan!
My fan sent me dried yellow corvina.
I brought them to share with you.
- Oh my. You have fans? - What?
Wait, you two are...
practically inseparable now.
Please excuse us.
All right. I won't see you off.
See you soon, Assemblyman Yang.
The medicine should kick in by now.
What?
Babe, what's wrong?
Nothing. I need to go to the bathroom.
Gi Yun, it will be quite painful.
Gosh, my stomach.
Why do I suddenly have such bad cramps?
Goodness, how should I cook these fish?
Fry them? Stir-fry them? Or roast them?
These look wonderful.
- Babe, are you okay? - Yes, I'm fine.
We'll really go...
Babe!
Goodness.
Gosh.
Gi Yun, how's the taste of this constipation medicine?
These fish look so great.
What? Did Sung Il leave already?
No, he's been going in and out of the bathroom.
- The bathroom? - Yes.
My gosh.
Goodness.
My gosh. I'd rather...
I'd rather be dead.
This is driving me crazy.
He'd always pick up whatever he saw...
and put it in his mouth since he was young.
Good grief! Darn it.
Babe, are you going somewhere?
Home.
- Are you giving in to her? - No.
Jaclyn, listen up.
You need to trust me and wait...
until I return to you.
Okay?
What's he up to?
Dad.
Soo A, how was everything while I was gone?
Yes, Daddy. I missed you.
Good.
What are you doing? Give me food.
I'm hungry.
You haven't eaten at home for a while. Eat up.
Yes, Dad. I'll pull myself together and do my best for the agency.
Please keep your eyes on me.
I will.
Did you get everything ready?
Everything is ready.
- When is the D-day? - Today.
I need to go see Ju Kyung...
fall into her demise.
All right!
Wait, what?
Why do you want to pull out WJ's actors from my production?
Na Hee said she'd retire as soon as she got married.
And just drop Jung Woo Hyuk.
I don't want to star our actors in your films.
Why are you suddenly doing this?
You had Yoon Ji Tae entertain you with drinks and women.
That's just...
WJ Entertainment won't let our actors work...
with a director who gets entertained by other actors.
She has zero flexibility! Darn it.
- Hey, Director Cha! - Beat it!
- Hello... - What's with him?
Hello, Mr. Jang.
- Hey, Mr. Cho! - Yes.
It's been ages!
Will you continue to come to work?
I should.
Goodness. It's you, Mr. Nobody.
It's been a while.
Yes, welcome back.
I hope you assist Chairwoman Shin and do your job well.
Don't get in trouble or do anything that'll upset her.
Sure. Don't worry. I'll manage.
- We're the police. - What?
Where's Chairwoman Shin Ju Kyung?
Why are the police looking for her?
Mr. Cho, do you have the papers to claim damage from Oh Na Hee?
Chairwoman Shin.
The police are here for you.
How may I help you? I'm Shin Ju Kyung.
You're under emergency arrest for embezzlement.
Embezzlement?
You may choose to remain silent and consult an attorney.
You'll have a chance to explain yourself.
That's impossible!
Ju Kyung... No, Chairwoman Shin would never commit embezzlement!
No, she couldn't have done this.
Come with us to the police station.
- No, I didn't. - Ju Kyung!
Embezzlement? I didn't do that!
- Chairwoman Shin! - No!
- Chairwoman Shin! - Stop them!
- What's going on? - Jang Gi Yun, was it you?
Why would I do something like this?
I didn't do it!
- Chairwoman Shin! - Let go of me! What's with you?
- I didn't do this! - Chairwoman Shin didn't do it!
- Let go of me! - She didn't do it!
- Oh no! - Let go of her!
(The Elegant Empire)
Ju Kyung misappropriated the agency's fund?
There's a high chance the anonymous reporter is...
an insider at the agency.
Do you have any idea who it could be?
The IP address belongs to a company named Starcop.
That agency is affiliated with WJ Entertainment.
Jang Gi Yun! I knew it was you!
Do you have evidence that I was behind this?
I do.
(Subtitles are provided by KOCOWA.)