(Episode 13)
The paintings in Cheonha Gallery.
They're gifted to politicians...
and then bought back a few years later at four times the price.
- So what? - That was done in my name.
- What? - The special investigation.
She'll use that to get rid of me first.
My mom will save you and In Ha...
and kill me.
Why would Mother kill you?
What's wrong?
Honey, the brakes aren't working.
- Why wouldn't they? - I don't know!
No, watch out, honey, no!
Some fool...
tampered with my son Min Sung's car.
Someone has the original file...
and is trying to expose that you're in control...
of the Cheonha slush fund.
Did you...
give instructions to hand out illegal funds...
to politicians and entrepreneurs?
Who else has a copy of this file?
So far, it was sent only to me,
but it's just a copy.
As long as someone has the original,
it could be sent to anyone at any time.
Wring this person's neck if that's what it takes...
to bring them to me.
Of course, we must catch the culprit.
But before we do that,
I need you to be responsible for the investigation of Cheonha Group.
You're just a lowly prosecutor...
and you want to grab me by the throat?
He who has nothing to lose fears nothing.
But you have a lot to lose.
How about we do something called negotiating?
The special investigation on Cheonha Group.
You must want me to hold Ms. Seol responsible.
What if I do?
If I were to do that,
what would you give me?
Shall I guess...
what it is you want?
You want Se Young.
There's nothing I don't know about people who belong to me.
Or about you, Kang Ji Ho,
or about Jung Hye Soo, the mother of your daughter.
The special investigation on Cheonha Group.
Pin it on Seol Yu Gyeong and wrap it up.
Then I'll let you have Se Young.
How am I to believe you'll keep your word?
Do you think I'm where I am only because of the power of money?
If my people do well, I reward them.
If not, I punish them.
Traitors are not allowed to live.
That's the reason the world respects me...
but also fears me.
By the time this special investigation is over,
you'll be a star in your own right.
Either as a righteous prosecutor...
who exposed Cheonha, Korea's fifth largest company for being corrupt.
Even if you're demoted,
it'll be packaged so you're a hero suffering because you were...
too good for the times.
Even if you must resign, you could become a famous lawyer...
or even a politician.
I don't get why you're saying this.
What is it you really want?
Is it me or Chairwoman Ma or...
is it Se Young whom you believe will give you wings?
Won't the result be the same?
Don't you care about truth?
If you can get fame and Se Young?
If you must choose between two paths,
the split second could dictate the rest of your life.
We'll soon find out what decision you make,
and what values and desires you have, Mr. Kang.
I have only one path.
I'll take the one that leads me to Se Young.
At the end of it will be the whole world.
(Chairwoman Ma Hyun Duk's Autobiography)
(People Come First, Ma Hyun Duk's Story)
- Hey. - I heard you work for Cheonha.
You're all over the place.
I see people from the Seoul District Prosecutor's Office.
Of course, Ji Ho will be here as well.
Will you run away? That's so not you.
Are you here with a company or on your own?
I'm on my own.
- Can I pay you triple? - What?
Mr. Lee. Get over here now.
Do her makeup and fast.
Kyung Won, what are you doing?
- Gosh. - Hey.
Sun Mi, what are you doing here?
Do you think I'm here to play? I'm here to work.
Get her makeup done first.
(People Come First, Ma Hyun Duk's Story)
(Gallery Director Gong Jin Young)
(Chairwoman Ma Hyun Duk's Autobiography Publishing Event)
Please welcome today's guest who has insisted that people come first...
for over 70 years, Chairwoman Ma Hyun Duk.
(Chairwoman Ma Hyun Duk's Autobiography Publishing Event)
Do you know what got me here and how I managed to remain on top?
People. My people did all the work.
Even if I lose every penny,
spurned by society and branded a murderer,
I have people who will side with me and defend me,
and they made me what I am today.
Those people are you.
Publishing an autobiography...
is as embarrassing as sharing...
old journals from my past with everyone.
Despite that fact, I arranged this event...
for another reason.
My grandson,
Cheonha Group Director Yoo In Ha,
and Joo Se Young, daughter of Joo Bum Seok,
head of the Seoul District Prosecutor's Office...
will tie the knot and become a couple this coming December 20.
Aren't you sick of putting on a show?
Did that seem like a show? It wasn't.
You'll really go and marry her?
I'm not the person you used to know.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,
a back-stab for a back-stab.
Are we still friends? You and I.
Let me quote a movie.
"A friend..."
"is one who carries my sadness on his shoulders."
Here's another one.
"Wind that blows from behind, the sun that shines ahead,"
"and a friend that walks by my side. Nothing is better than that."
I promise to send a wedding invitation. To an old friend.
You knew about this?
- Gosh. - Jung Hye Soo?
How typical of you.
What are you doing here?
I heard something interesting would happen, but I wasn't sure.
What a surprise.
You stole my fiancé from me and announced you'll marry In Ha?
You dare...
Se Young, don't cause a scene.
You have an important family event and the investigation's still ongoing.
You must feel quite uncomfortable.
Not as uncomfortable as you, Mr. Joo.
You used a young prosecutor as cannon fodder...
to attack a long-time friend's company owned by...
a family you're marrying your daughter into.
That must've taken a lot of guts and determination.
I couldn't just suppress and subdue...
a feisty and ambitious young man.
I was watching what he was doing.
I guess, newly appointed young prosecutors with nothing to lose...
are the ones we must fear the most.
I'm Kang Ji Ho from Seoul District Prosecutor's Office.
Cheonha Group's Executive Director Seol Yu Gyeong...
is being subpoenaed for questioning as a witness to the creation...
and management of a slush fund via Cheonha Gallery...
and Cheonha Foundation.
Please come to the SDPO by 9 a.m...
on October 28 and cooperate with the investigation.
Kang Ji Ho.
Honey.
- Mom. - It's okay, Se Young.
Ji Ho.
Stay seated.
Kang Ji Ho, are you out of your mind?
You called whom in as a witness?
She's exactly that, a witness.
If you're lashing out at my wife...
because Se Young chose to marry In Ha,
I swear that I'll use all I have at my disposal to ruin you.
Do you think I'd bite the hand...
of my master?
Have some tea. It'll calm you down.
Refuse to cooperate.
I'm just a witness.
It's just for show.
You're not really thinking of taking the fall...
- for the slush fund... - We agreed on that already.
Honey.
Perhaps...
Chairwoman Ma is manipulating Prosecutor Kang?
- What? - If it's...
to protect Cheonha Group,
she can and will give up anything.
Even Se Young, her grandson's fiancée.
She knows we adopted Se Young,
and disapproves of her as In Ha's spouse.
Were you aware of this?
Are you going to send my future mother-in-law to prison?
Are you actually going to marry Se Young?
You still disapprove?
Then why make the announcement?
Who cares about the announcement?
Rich people get divorced all the time.
The day you announced my wedding,
you had Ji Ho summon Ms. Seol as a witness.
What deal did you two make?
See if you can guess.
Take a guess.
Gosh. I'm embarrassed, that's all.
Kang Ji Ho loves Joo Se Young.
He left his girlfriend of ten years who's the mother of his child,
and even betrayed you, his best friend.
What do you not know, Grandma?
What is this?
Your dad's car crash wasn't a simple accident.
I didn't think...
my son would lose everything just like that.
If I had known,
I wouldn't have been so harsh and unforgiving.
The person who did this to your father...
will come after you too.
Keep your wits about you.
Cheonha's fate depends on it.
The paintings in Cheonha Gallery. They're gifted to politicians...
and then bought back a few years later at four times the price.
So what?
That was done in my name.
The special investigation.
She'll use that to get rid of me first.
Who sent a copy of this to Ji Ho?
My mom will save you and In Ha...
and kill me.
It's most likely the person who wanted my dad gone.
Well done.
How did you know...
if we sent a copy to Prosecutor Kang,
he'd visit the chairwoman,
and then she'd give it to Director Yoo?
I know what'll happen next as well.
We just have to take two steps back and watch.
Be careful.
Did you need to vent because Se Young betrayed you?
"Vent?"
Because her mom is the person she loves the most.
I summoned her mother as a witness...
to get back at her?
Ms. Seol was like a mother to me as well.
I know she was your patron.
If it hadn't been for her,
I couldn't have overcome the hurt of being abandoned by my mom.
I couldn't have gotten up after I fell,
and I wouldn't be as positive as I am now.
Hye Soo, the person you once loved but then betrayed.
Se Young, the person you love who betrayed you.
Ms. Seol means a lot to us both.
Don't use the investigation as an excuse...
to make her a scapegoat for Cheonha Group.
- Please don't. - You idiot.
You need to fend for yourself.
Your kid's dad, the man...
you worked for ten years to make a prosecutor ditched you overnight.
You're worried about...
someone who lives 10 times, 100 times better than you...
and losing sleep over it?
Ji Ho. You're the one who needs to get your act together.
People called you all sorts of things and you still chose Se Young.
You should marry her, then.
Why did she announce she'd marry In Ha?
It serves you right.
I'm so glad this happened,
I want to hop around and scream with joy.
Se Young won't marry In Ha.
More like she can't.
I'll see to that.
No. I know Se Young better than you do.
Se Young will never give up on In Ha.
She might love you.
But unless you suddenly become a rich heir,
you'll never have her completely to yourself.
You're the one who should open his eyes and see the truth.
So don't you dare harm Ms. Seol.
If you do,
you'll never see the sweet Hye Soo again.
I don't know how I'll change.
Han Byeol, the person I love the most,
and Ms. Seol, you hurt them both and I won't let you off for doing that.
Whatever you imagine, it'll be much scarier and painful,
and you'll see it can be worse to live than to die.
Remember that, Kang Ji Ho.
Come on in.
Hello, Mother.
Who are you?
It's nice to meet you. I'm Joo Se Young.
Silly me. You can sit down.
This is for you.
Joo Se Young.
What are you doing here?
- I'll see you again, Mother. - Sure, bye.
She must be awfully rich.
You knew I'd betray you.
You also knew I'd marry In Ha.
So what's this about? Why go after my mom?
My mom is my everything.
I put everything on the line too.
I'm going head-to-head with my supervisor,
and all the prosecutors, cops, Cheonha staff, and other rich heirs...
want to get their fangs into me.
I left Hye Soo at the altar and abandoned my daughter too.
I also told her I was seeing someone and that someone was you.
All she did was cry and curse,
but she wished me good riddance.
But even she swears revenge if I go after Ms. Seol.
She even turned so nasty she said I'd have to say goodbye...
to the sweet Hye Soo forever.
She always had a thing about forgetting her place.
She's my mom, not hers.
Listen carefully, Ji Ho.
If Hye Soo feels that way, how do you think I do?
I can get 10 times, 100 times nastier.
No. I could actually kill you.
Tonight, I'll just state the truth.
I love you.
But I will marry In Ha.
I've made up my mind and I won't change it.
You can be his fiancée and future bride all you want.
I'll let you.
No. That's impossible now.
- What? - If you go after my mom,
I'll have no choice but to kill you.
Why don't you get it, Se Young?
I said I put everything on the line.
This is the only way I can keep you.
I told you to take down Cheonha Group, not send my mom to prison.
If you want to fight, fight the right target and win.
Take on the chairwoman.
I'm just making a slight detour.
I will go after the company eventually.
But until I do, it'll look like I'm targeting Ms. Seol.
Only then will the chairman...
You struck a bargain with her over me?
If you send my mom to prison,
did she say you could have me?
Se Young.
If you want me, release my mom and send the chairwoman to prison.
You can't do that, can you?
Then we must go back and forth.
If you want me as a whole,
you need a miracle.
You must become a rich heir.
What is Cheonha Group to them?
Who cares who is the chair and who is the CEO?
How dare they try to kill my parents?
I'll get you.
I'll chase you to the end of the earth if I must.
What brings you here, Se Young?
In Ha. Are we getting married?
- Are you talking about someone else? - I'm up for it. Are you?
I will first.
- "First?" - Then I'll think about it.
Then first, we should think about it together.
Agreeing is enough. What's there to think about?
We must get rid of the obstacles.
Do you know the biggest one is Ji Ho?
Do you think I don't?
You really are one of a kind.
What do you want me to do?
Will you do anything I ask?
Yes. We're in the same boat for a while.
(Seoul District Prosecutor's Office)
Thank you for coming in to cooperate as a witness.
If there's anything I can do to help, I should.
What is it you want to know, Prosecutor Kang?
Starting ten years ago,
Cheonha Gallery used paintings...
to form connections with politicians...
and powerful entrepreneurs. Were you aware of this?
No.
Cheonha Gallery...
appeared to invest in scholarships,
but actually, they passed on...
expensive paintings to powerful people and sold them.
Then, when the prices went up a few years later,
they bought back the paintings.
That's how they moved the slush fund.
On paper, Yoo Min Sung is in charge of the gallery,
but the actual person...
in charge of the transactions is you, Ms. Seol.
You must have evidence, don't you?
Unless there's a reason it has to be me.
The special investigation into Cheonha Group.
We must change the rules, ma'am.
How so?
I will shield you.
I'd like to also...
keep my wife in the clear.
Is that possible?
If you exclude me and Yu Gyeong, then who...
Hi, Grandma.
Father. You had a lot to drink last night and you look fine.
I had a lot of training.
What have you been up to, In Ha?
I showed the video of Dad's accident to my future father-in-law.
Why did you do such a thing?
I don't want to give Se Young to Ji Ho.
I heard that...
you told Ji Ho you'd give him Se Young if he targeted Ms. Seol.
You said you don't love Se Young.
I'm letting him have what you don't like to save the company.
Grandma, do you still not get me?
I may discard stuff I don't like,
but I don't let anyone take from me.
I won't let Ji Ho take Se Young.
I had to stop that first.
You have enough power to kill a bird in the sky,
but the grandson you adore so much was your weakness.
What do you say?
There is a way.
A way?
What's that?
I will tell you what it is.
There is a way...
that will allow us both to get off without harm.
What on earth is it?
The responsibility of Cheonha Group's slush fund.
Pin it on Managing Director Yoo Min Sung.
You wench.
How dare you?
(Game of Witches)
Do you think I don't know what you're plotting?
If you cut me loose, you will lose a great deal.
Are you prepared?
Yoo In Ha, do you know what you're doing?
This is the difference between you and me, Ji Ho.
I think you should appoint a new managing director and soon.
Who do you think should take the position?
Me, Seol Yu Gyeong.
(Subtitles are provided by KOCOWA.)