WELCOME TO SAMDAL-RI
PRODUCTION SPONSORS: MINISTRY OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM AND KOCCA
ALL CHARACTERS, LOCATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INCIDENTS
DEPICTED IN THIS DRAMA ARE ENTIRELY FICTITIOUS
CHILD ACTORS AND ANIMALS WERE FILMED IN SAFE CONDITIONS
At least help us with hair and makeup.
We can't shoot without help.
No one wants to work with Ms. Bang.
Word's already out that she has no talent and she's haughty.
- Come on. - You're out of time.
Replace her right away, or this will be a flop!
I'm aware of that.
But where can I find an available replacement?
This is driving me nuts too.
Okay, bye.
This place doesn't look good either.
Isn't there any other place?
I'm not your assistant.
You've been searching for days. Do you even have a theme?
No, that's not the main issue.
None of the staff wants to work with you.
You said you were confident about shooting in Jeju,
so I made it happen for you.
But the deadline is next week. What am I supposed to do now?
What do you want me to do?
What?
They refused to work with me, so what do you want from me?
You yell at them over nothing.
And you yell because you're afraid they'll see how incompetent you are.
So who'd want to work with you?
Good photographers don't just take good photos.
They also communicate with the staff.
- Didn't you learn anything from Eun-hye? - Hey!
I told you not to mention her.
You cheated on her with me. Do you miss her now because of her skill?
Of course, I do!
I'm about to get fired!
That's your problem.
Fine, then.
I quit.
What?
I quit. I just won't do it. You can find a replacement.
How can I find a replacement who can work now?
Darn it.
CHO SAM-DAL CHOSEN FOR KMA'S JEJU AND WEATHER EXHIBITION
Cho Sam-dal?
Hello, are you the reporter?
How are you?
- So cute! - Stop!
- Stop it. - My princess.
- Stop it. - All right.
- I'll stop. - That's enough.
Okay.
- You're so cute. - What?
- What are you doing? - Goodness.
My Sam-dal, you're so adorable.
Okay.
What is it?
Are you guys back together?
Why are you so surprised?
It's not the first time you've seen this.
We'll leave it up to you. You can decide for yourself.
See? What did I say? I told you they got back together.
Right?
And this isn't a first.
Fifteen years ago at Sam-dal's place.
I've been regretting that day for eight years now.
They were dating and being all lovey-dovey back then too.
Then, they broke up.
Then, she cut ties with me.
You rotten…
Gyeong-tae, I won't cut ties if we break up this time.
So don't worry.
- Okay? - We're going to break up?
No, I won't allow it.
- Just cut ties with him. - All right.
Anyway, congratulations.
Congratulations, my foot.
Hey, you two.
I want a written promise.
What? Don't be ridiculous.
It's not ridiculous.
"We won't break up until our gray hair turns old."
Write that down. I'll get this notarized.
Gyeong-tae, the saying is "until our hair turns gray."
- Yeah. - Whatever. It's still your hair. Write it.
Jeez, can you just go away?
Why are you overreacting? We're trying to spend some quality time--
Then, just get a room somewhere.
Why are you doing this here?
We just reunited as the Power Rangers.
We'll have to part ways again if you break up!
Relax. That won't happen ever again.
- Really? - Yes.
Then, just get married.
Are you crazy? That's absurd. What do you mean "get married"?
- All of a sudden? - Well…
Getting married isn't all that absurd, is it?
By the way, where's Sang-do?
You're right. I haven't seen him in a while. Where is he?
He doesn't come by often.
Write this promise now and get married so you won't break up.
Just get married!
- Please have some. - Thank you.
Where has Sam-dal gone after inviting her friends here?
She's probably on a date.
She's right.
We're okay.
We have the theme, so we just have our own jobs to do.
- I see. - Yes.
I'm sorry we took your room.
No, that's fine.
You don't need to stay at a hotel when we have a room here.
My sisters and I can sleep in that room.
So don't worry about us, just make yourselves at home.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
It's my pleasure.
By the way, how did you find our house?
There are so many houses here.
We asked the worker at the convenience store
near the edge of town.
- Bye, Gyeong-tae. - Bye.
- Sam-dal. - What is it?
What?
Well…
Never mind.
- Bye. - Okay, bye.
- Wait, Sam-dal. - What is it? Just spit it out.
Those two women who are staying at your house…
Who are they?
Eun-bi and Ji-eun? They're my ADs.
Eun-bi? Is she the one with those big eyes?
- Yeah. - I see.
How do you know her?
What? I just…
I ran into her by coincidence.
LUCKY CONVENIENCE STORE
Excuse me. Do you know where Ms. Cho Eun-hye lives?
Reporters again.
No one by that name lives here.
I see.
That's strange. I'm sure we're in Samdal-ri.
Then, do you know where Ms. Cho Sam-dal lives?
What?
What was the question again?
Do you know Cho Sam-dal?
Over there? I think he's saying over there.
- I see. - Over there?
There?
I see.
Thank you.
- What's wrong? - You mean Wang Gyeong-tae?
He's Sam-dal's friend.
I see.
By the way, does he have difficulties speaking?
What do you mean? He's very chatty.
I've never seen his mouth closed in my entire life.
It's true.
You're right.
- Then, what was that? - That's strange.
He didn't seem too good with words.
- Right? - Yeah.
You can just dive with her then.
You can just dive with her if you're worried.
You were a swimmer.
No, that's ridiculous. I'm not a haenyeo.
Then, become one. What's stopping you? You said you're worried about her.
KOREAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
JEJU DOLPHIN CENTER
Ha-yul's dream
is to become a professional swimmer.
What are you doing?
Missing your rising star days?
I wasn't a rising star.
Yes, you were.
You were accepted to Korea National Training Center.
You're right. I was pretty talented.
They say you were crazy about swimming since day one.
Come to think of it,
she really doesn't take after you, does she?
She hates the water.
You're right. She didn't improve no matter what I taught her.
What's with that look? You want to start again?
- Swim. - Stop it.
Stop it. You'll wake her up.
Be quiet.
Fine, I'll be quiet.
Gosh. Is this actually real?
What is?
What? You can't believe it?
Should I pinch you?
- Should I? How is it? - No. It's not that I can't believe it.
There's no reason.
By the way,
what did you say to my dad?
Well, what could have I said?
I just said you and I would wait for him.
That's all that you said?
What?
I also said I'd love you forever.
Until the day I die.
- Forever? - Yes.
- Seriously? - Yes.
But you're not up for marriage?
What?
I mean Gyeong-tae told us to get married,
and you were totally against it.
I wasn't totally against it.
Then, what were you?
Hey, we just got back together.
Why are you in such a hurry?
Let's take it slow.
All right. Go on in.
- No, you go in first. - Why?
- Go in. - After you.
- I'll go home once you do. - I don't want to.
- I want to see you off, so go. - I'm not going first.
- Me neither. Just go. - Rock, paper, scissors
- Rock, paper, scissors! - Scissors!
You lost, so go in first.
Okay, I'll go in first.
Okay, bye.
- I'm going in. - Bye.
- I'm really going in. - Okay. Go on in.
Hey, did he really give his blessing?
Gosh.
I must have given him too good of a beating last time.
You took more of a beating.
What?
Didn't you look in the mirror?
No. I hit him as much as he hit me, more or less.
I seriously went easy on him.
All right.
Let's check on Sam-dal.
What are you…
Cho Sam-dal.
Cho Yong-pil!
What in the world?
My goodness. Hey.
Dad. Mom.
Mr. Cho.
Your father gave his blessing, so you think this is okay. How dare you?
Mr. Cho, it's not what you think.
Yong-pil!
What is it?
What?
What are you doing?
- Where are we going? - Hurry.
Hey, wait. Hey!
Is anyone there?
That way.
My shoes.
There's always a cold draft in here.
Gosh, I feel so warm.
- Sam-dal. - Yeah?
This feels great.
But if your parents find out, they might kill me.
My parents are more open-minded than you think.
And we're just cuddling. There's nothing wrong in that.
- You're right. But only cuddling? - Yeah.
Cuddling and nothing else?
I mean,
I waited eight long years for you.
But we're just going to cuddle?
I really had my hopes up.
We're not kids. We can do more than cuddle.
Are you crazy? We can't do it here.
What were you thinking about?
I wasn't talking about doing anything.
Just…
I just wanted this.
Just that.
Hey!
So embarrassing.
We didn't do anything.
Mom, we just slept together…
You slept together?
No, that's not what I meant.
- Hey! - Dad!
Stop him!
Dad, don't hit him!
- Hey! - Mr. Cho!
I brought him in, Dad!
Come to the pull-up bars.
Why did you want to see me this early?
It's busy today.
You're making me nervous.
Hey. Why would you feel nervous?
I'm not sure.
You always text me the same thing,
but it made me anxious today for some reason.
I had to force myself to come out after I washed up.
- Hey, Sang-do-- - Are you guys dating?
I see.
You didn't do anything wrong. What's with you?
Right, I didn't do anything wrong. So why…
So why do I feel so bad in front of you?
You're the one who said not to feel bad.
And was that easy for you to do?
Was it?
You're always so quick.
Ever since we were kids.
I'd always get a head start, but you'd still be ahead of me.
While I was worried about things and hesitant because of people around me,
you didn't about think anything and moved forward.
There was no way I could catch up.
I was never that quick.
You're quicker than me at times.
You're a faster runner than me, you know?
I know you two have always been close.
I also know that she'll never fall for me.
But you said they're my feelings.
I'll go at my own pace,
whether my feelings for her remain or disappear.
Yeah, they're your feelings, so do as you wish.
But Sang-do…
are you still going to have coffee with me?
I mean, forget about me dating Sam-dal.
Are you going to…
keep drinking your restaurant's vending machine coffee
with me?
What do you think?
We sell raw seafood.
You should have that instead.
It's not a coffee shop,
but that's all you have.
- Can you deliver it to my workplace? - Damn it.
JEJU REGIONAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
ACCEPTED FOR WMO SWITZERLAND POST
JEJU REGIONAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY CHO YONG-PIL
What?
This is Forecaster Cho, right?
Did you see it?
You did! It's him!
Jeju Regional Office of Meteorology, Cho Yong-pil!
I knew he'd make it!
I applied for him. This is what I'm capable of.
Unbelievable. He was up against hundreds of others.
It really happened?
I can't believe someone from our office is joining WMO.
He's incredible.
He's going to be ecstatic when he finds out.
We should tell him. Should I call him?
Don't. When he comes in later…
Surprise!
Han Seok-gyu speaking.
What?
Eun-bi!
What's wrong?
What do we do?
What is Ms. Cho going to do?
What? What is it?
There are tons of news articles.
CHO EUN-HYE SHAMELESSLY RETURNS
CHO SAM-DAL IS CHO EUN-HYE
- What should we do? - God.
Damn it.
JEJU REGIONAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY HELPS CHO EUN-HYE RETURN
What is this?
Come on!
Yes?
No, we had no idea.
We evaluated them solely based on their work.
- We'll replace her as soon as we can. - We apologize.
We're not in charge of it, so…
We apologize. Here's the main number.
We're sorry. We apologize.
We haven't received any information.
Calls are still coming in.
- Hold on. Okay. - Gosh, what is this mess?
- Ms. Cho! - Ms. Cho!
- You startled me. What is it?
What is it? What's the matter?
Just a second.
JEJU METEOROLOGICAL CENTER
What do we do about the exhibition?
I don't know how the reporters found out, but it's a mess.
CHO EUN-HYE SHAMELESSLY RETURNS WITH REAL NAME
Are those articles true?
It's too early to come back.
You should've laid low longer.
You'll get carsick if you look at your phone so much.
You should appreciate the view if you came to Jeju.
Right.
Why are they making such a big deal
about a tiny, local exhibition and if it's a comeback or not?
I'm certain that someone posted this with malicious intent.
Who?
It's obvious. Someone who knows her real name and is in Jeju.
Probably Cheon Chung-gi and Bang Eun-ju.
You're right. They've kept promoting the exhibition here.
How else would reporters in Seoul find out?
Those damn little rats.
- Damn it. - Sam-dal is here.
Sam-dal.
Hey, you.
Don't get discouraged. You did nothing wrong.
He's right. Keep your head up.
Okay. Bye.
Bye.
Stand up straight, okay?
Don't look back. Look straight ahead.
The exhibition's canceled?
Look, ma'am.
Yes, she is Cho Eun-hye.
But the report of that incident was one-sided.
And if you search online, there are articles explaining everything.
Even the accusers denied it themselves.
All I'm saying is that she has no reason
to hide her identity and deceive anyone for this exhibition.
The abuse of power rumors are false.
There's absolutely no proof, so why should we disqualify the winner?
We're not disqualifying her.
We've decided to just cancel the exhibition.
But we've been working so hard to prepare for it.
This is a promise we made to the winner.
Canceling the event like this would be abusing governmental authority.
I understand what you're saying,
but look at what's happening right now.
- We apologize. - One minute, please.
- Yes. - We'll correct it.
We've been getting complaints all morning due to the articles.
The Forecasting Division is even flooded with calls.
Our website went down, so people are mad they can't check the forecast.
This is the KMA.
We can't let an exhibition hinder our work in forecasting the weather.
I understand, ma'am.
But canceling--
I won't do the exhibition.
Everyone's having a hard time because of me.
I'm sorry about that.
Gosh, Ms. Cho.
This is the Forecasting Division. Please call the Weather Service.
Director Han.
I can't get any work done. We need to do the short-term forecast.
How did they even get our number?
Call Yong-pil for help.
No, forget it. That brat's here, right?
Wait.
Hold on.
Why won't you do it?
Why quit the exhibition?
There you are!
Yong-pil, come and prepare the short-term forecast right now.
It's been hectic all morning!
Hey, go on and do your work.
Work isn't the concern right now.
She was right though.
This exhibition is just a KMA event.
We can't let something like this affect your forecasting.
I'm inconveniencing them too much.
No, you're not.
Anyway, see you later at home. I'm leaving.
No, wait…
JEJU AND WEATHER PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION CHO SAM-DAL
Ms. Cho!
The advertising agency wants to cancel our contract.
Magazine X and Bobble have both canceled the cover shoots.
No matter how much I said it wasn't true,
they're all backing out because of public outrage.
Mother.
Do you miss Mi-ja as much as I do?
Everyone else has moved on.
Am I the only one who's stuck in the past?
Sang-tae.
Don't resent Mi-ja.
Mother, why do you keep saying that?
Do you think I resent your daughter?
Not my daughter.
Mi-ja.
Ko Mi-ja.
Mother.
Forgiving her…
doesn't mean you'll forget your wife.
Mother…
"WOMAN OUTSIDE THE WINDOW" STILL A HIT
THE KING OF POP CHO YONG-PIL
Sang-tae.
Wait, Sang-tae.
You don't have to forgive me.
I'm just grateful
that you gave our kids your blessing.
Have you really missed Mi-ja all these years?
When do you miss her the most?
I miss her every time I dive into the sea
and every time I look at Yong-pil.
Right, your seaweed soup.
I finished all of it.
CHO YONG-PIL: "I'LL GIVE BACK WHAT I EARNED FROM MY LOVE OF MUSIC"
"WOMAN OUTSIDE THE WINDOW" IS STILL A HIT AFTER MARRIAGE
SAMSONGJANG MOTEL
Jeon Dae-yeong.
So you refuse to answer my calls?
You should get that.
It's better to get it over with quick.
Or you'll only make her angrier.
I don't want to, Mr. Ko.
I'll find a way to persuade my father at all costs.
Yes. I'll see her after I take care of this.
And what if you fail?
Are you going to just vanish?
How did you know I was here?
Explain yourself.
Well, you see…
I…
I'm sorry.
My father and I had a difference of opinions.
But I'll make sure to bring the project back to Samdal-ri.
- So don't worry too much-- - I'm not talking about the theme park.
Why are you staying here and looking so shabby?
The theme park in Samdal-ri
wasn't going to work, but you went overboard because of me, right?
That's why you were kicked out.
You can't sleep on cheap mattresses because of your bad back.
And you can't wear
the same shirt twice.
I mean, why…
It's been years since our divorce.
Why are you still so intent on helping me?
Go and persuade Jin-dal.
No, I'm going to let her do what she wants.
If the public learns of this, don't you know
what'll happen to your mother and brother?
Father…
She felt as if she had sold her soul for the past five years.
She saw all the abuse the workers received
and had to turn a blind eye to it.
She's the type of person
who leaps into action even when she sees students being bullied in the street.
So imagine…
how terrible our family must've been.
Are you seriously going to let your wife bring our family and company down?
The company will go down!
If it did wrong, then it deserves to!
I don't care about the company!
I'm going to just support her.
You crazy fool!
Are you out of your mind?
Mom and Dae-sik are the guilty ones!
Jin-dal didn't do anything wrong!
Why do you voluntarily keep trying to help me
and make yourself the black sheep? Why?
Because I love you.
That's right.
Because I love you.
I can just wear this shirt two days in a row.
If my back hurts, then I can just stay up.
If my dad beats me…
Well, it wouldn't be his first time, so I'll just take it.
It's not that important.
I love you. So what if I become the black sheep?
I couldn't care less.
Hey, Eun-ju. Are you behind these articles…
What? Where did she go?
MR. MA FROM MARKETING
"Mr. Ma"?
- Hello? - Hi, Ms. Bang.
You said you'd promote our product in Magazine X this time.
We paid you ages ago. How much longer will it take?
You haven't been keeping your word since we gave you the scarf.
Why did you answer my call?
Hold on.
What's this about?
"Promote in Magazine X"?
Scarf…
Have you been taking money in exchange for promoting products?
Is that why you've insisted on adding
those scarves, earrings, and hats that didn't fit the theme?
Yeah. So what?
Again with the "So what?" Damn it!
You're out of your mind.
How could you personally take money to secretly promote items
unrelated to our magazine?
And what? "So what?"
It wasn't easy for me either.
They wanted their money back, and Eun-hye never uses what she dislikes.
It drove me insane.
Did you get our product? It has to be in the shoot this time.
It'd be better to tidy up here a little…
Ma'am, what's this scarf? It wasn't included during our meeting.
Well…
Right. You see, it's…
I added it.
What?
What's that?
I told you to remove that!
You're unbelievable.
I wanted to make this work with you at all costs,
but I just can't handle it.
Eun-ju,
let's part ways here.
Part ways?
You want to fail the shoot and get fired? It's next week. You have a backup plan?
It would fail with you here anyway.
I can't believe I left Eun-hye for someone like you.
What?
I must've been insane. I was crazy!
Get out. Leave, you bastard!
I was going to leave anyway!
Damn it.
I told you to wait a little longer. I'm trying to promote it.
There's no shoot, so what do you expect?
Nothing's going my way, so what do you want me to do?
You should've given me some better looking items!
No one wants to use your shitty products!
Damn it!
Eun-ju should focus on her solo career. Why does she keep bothering us?
Should we just go and grab her by the hair?
That won't change anything.
We need to find a way to bring her down in one go.
- By the way, Eun-bi. - Yeah?
That scarf from back then has been bothering me.
What about you?
Not only has it been bothering me
but it's been frustrating me too.
Damn it. I think something fishy's going on.
Me too.
The exhibition got canceled?
You guys should've tried harder to convince the KMA.
Apparently, Sam-dal said she'd drop out.
Why would she do that?
She probably didn't want to be a nuisance.
Complaint calls came in all day, so our offices were a mess.
Hey.
This is exactly what happened when she was accused of abusing power.
She's innocent, but no one's hearing her out.
Right? Everyone's turning their backs on her to save themselves.
Articles explaining things get buried.
That's exactly what the KMA is doing.
The issue isn't about persuading the KMA.
- Then? - What's the issue then?
We need to go back to the root of all this.
Cho Sam-dal didn't abuse Bang Eun-ju.
We need to prove that to settle this once and for all.
We know Eun-ju made it all up, but how do you prove that?
How do I know how to prove it? I'm not a genius.
If we find anything fishy, we should do all we can to dig into it.
- The scarf! - The scarf!
So you're Sam-dal's assistant directors.
What was she like in Seoul?
Ms. Cho?
Well, she loved her job. That's all she knew. She was a workaholic.
- What? - What?
She's very professional. And very cool.
- I see. - We were used to seeing that side of her.
But after coming to Jeju, she's shown us a side of her we didn't know.
- Well, it is her hometown after all. - Right.
By the way, Gyeong-tae.
- Yes? - Why are you suddenly being so quiet?
What? What are you talking about?
Right. Thank you for giving us directions the other day.
Right. Yes.
Yes, the other day…
Right, when we met then.
- Yes. - Gyeong-tae.
Are you stuttering?
What…
Shut up, you bastard.
Shouldn't we stop him?
It's been 20 years since his first love.
So on the day she clashed with Sam-dal after insisting on adding the scarf…
She told her about the affair, argued with her,
and did that act the next day.
And after she became a director, she kept insisting on adding the scarf.
She also kept adding items that didn't match the theme,
so she always fought with the stylists.
That's it. The scarf. She got paid to put it in.
I have a sharp nose for these…
things.
- Do you know her social media account? - Of course.
Let's search her social media and online communities
for anything suspicious related to sponsors.
- All right. - Okay.
Here it is.
This is her account.
Thank you.
This is her account.
LAYOUT FOR KMA EXHIBITION
We'll inform you of the exhibition after an internal meeting.
I'm sorry. Goodbye.
We've decided to just cancel the exhibition.
I won't do the exhibition.
Everyone's having a hard time because of me.
I'm sorry about that.
Thanks for helping out the Forecasting Division.
Here. For your troubles.
ACCEPTED FOR WMO SWITZERLAND POST CHO YONG-PIL
Wait. What's this?
Congratulations, Mr. Cho.
He sure is incredible.
I applied for you.
What did I tell you? I said you'd make it.
Forget it. I'm not going.
Whatever. This isn't important.
What are we going to do about the exhibition?
I mean, we…
Is the commissioner in?
Hey, Yong-pil!
What is it?
You got accepted to the WMO.
Your long-held dream has come true.
How many times do I have to tell you? I'm not going.
Why not? Others would kill to go.
Yong-pil, this is your dream.
Whatever. Send someone else.
Life is so hard.
- Cheon Chung-gi! - My gosh!
What are you doing?
We have no reason to talk to each other, so why are you here?
What is it?
About that news article, Eun-hye…
It was Eun-ju.
You never change, do you?
And so?
I wasn't a part of it.
I had no idea she was lying about everything.
I actually asked her if you really did it.
I get it. So what?
What are you doing? Have you gone insane?
Please help me.
Please help me just this once.
The project is due next week, but I have no theme or staff.
I told my boss how confident I was about shooting in Jeju,
but I'm about to get fired. No, wait.
I don't care about that.
But our magazine's going to have blank pages next week.
That would be a real fiasco.
Are you seriously out of your mind?
Even if you fully prepared in Seoul, it's not enough time. Are you an amateur?
I wasn't in my right mind.
Eun-ju kept telling me that she could do this.
You two are really something.
We've known each other for ten years.
We went through so much together.
So for old times' sake, help me just this once.
I know you can come up with themes in two days
and do the shoot with just your assistant directors.
CHO SAM-DAL
Man, why isn't she picking up?
Where in the world is she?
What? Why is she with that bastard?
Hey, Sam-dal!
Sam-dal!
Why are you with this bastard?
Don't talk to this punk.
- Let's go. Hop in. - You little…
- What? - Jeez.
Let me finish talking to him.
Anyways, enough with your nonsense.
Go look for another photographer.
People are already complaining that I'm trying to come back
by doing the KMA exhibition.
So shooting for your magazine? You think you can handle it?
That's something I could take care of.
Please. No, you can't.
There's a way for you to come back while being welcomed like a hero.
I have a plan, you know?
What is it?
- Tell me. - You stay right there.
In any case, I have a plan.
I'll tell you if you agree to help me.
Jeez.
- Let's go. - Let's go. He has no plan.
- I know you don't. - Yes, I totally do. Okay?
Eun-hye, call me. I'll be waiting.
Okay? Just this once.
Help me just this once. Okay? Please.
By the way…
Yeah?
Do you want to do it?
What?
Wasn't that jerk asking you
to take photos for his magazine?
Yeah, he was.
You'd be making a comeback if you did it.
Don't you want to?
It's not that I want to make a comeback.
It'll be a huge mess if it's due next week.
And he won't be able to find any photographers in Jeju right now.
But why are you concerned?
So what if it becomes a mess?
So what if he gets fired or the magazine folds?
What's it to you?
Well…
This would be a huge disaster in this industry.
I've been through it, so I know.
I guess that's why I was concerned.
Exactly. Why would you be concerned about that?
You gave up so easily on our exhibition, so why are you worried about this?
Is this because I dropped out of the KMA exhibition?
Yes. That's right. So what?
I know it's a similar situation to the Paris Magazine incident.
So I know why you're hesitant too.
But this is different.
How is it different?
Because this is Samdal-ri.
Why would you give up in your hometown?
Hey. Who said I was giving up?
- You dropped out of our exhibition. - Yes, I did.
Exactly. Doesn't that mean you gave up?
Hey.
My goal is to have my own first exhibition as Cho Sam-dal.
I never said it was the KMA exhibition.
What?
LAYOUT FOR CHO SAM-DAL EXHIBITION
What a shame. Thank you.
PHOTO GALLERY IMAGES OF NATURE
Thank you.
You know what?
Yes?
The Bongsan-eup Community Center has a warehouse.
Why don't you ask them about it?
Really?
CITIZEN'S FRIEND, JEJU CITY
- Hey. - Mr. Cho.
What is it?
I already have all the photos.
I don't have to hold an exhibition at the KMA.
Do you know how many times I climbed that oreum just to take a single shot?
I'm not giving up.
You're not?
- Really? You're not giving up? - I'm not.
Come on. You should've told me sooner.
I thought you'd given up. I had so much running through my mind.
Like what?
The situation felt so similar to last time.
So I thought, "What should I do? What should I say?"
"Should I get a switch?" That's what I thought.
You were going to punish me?
You know what I mean. I was worried about you.
What?
Hey.
I found it!
- What? - Did you find something?
What did you find?
Look. This is her alternate account.
Check out this comment.
"Ms. Bang, if you don't pick up, I'll let it out."
He commented on an old post too.
"Hello, Ms. Bang from 3MOON STUDIO."
"I'm Ma from Valen Marketing. I'd like to propose a sponsorship."
So I went into his account.
- Eun-bi! It's this, right? - It is!
- It's the scarf. - It's this one?
Yes, it is. Hold on. What is this?
This hat, bracelet, and necklace.
These are things Eun-ju added to our shoots.
Exactly.
Even these earrings.
- Damn it. - I can't believe her.
So she was secretly getting paid for this while working under Ms. Cho?
You did it, Sang-do!
- I found it! - How did you?
- He's incredible! - Are you a hacker or what?
- How did you find this? - What?
We found it!
Did you hear?
What?
There were new articles about Sam-dal.
- What? - What?
It's about her KMA exhibition.
Reporters somehow found out Sam-dal was Cho Eun-hye,
and it's a big mess.
For crying out loud. No matter how much she denies it, they won't hear her out.
Look. Who are those people?
Gosh, I was wondering where Cho Eun-hye was hiding.
- She was in her hometown all along. - Tell me about it.
I wasted all my time in front of her house in Seoul.
Is she doing the KMA exhibition?
Beats me. There hasn't been any news.
- Then, she might still do it. - Right.
Then, let's search this entire town until the exhibition.
- Right. - It's a tiny village.
- So we'll find her soon. - Right.
- Are they here? - Are they close?
- They're here? - They're close?
Hello, ladies.
- Hello. - Hello.
Can we ask you something?
Where does Ms. Cho Eun… No.
Where does Ms. Cho Sam-dal live?
Goodness! Did you come from the mainland to find Sam-dal?
Yes, we're here to see Sam-dal.
Sam-dal's so lucky.
She has so many visitors from the mainland.
Ma'am, so…
Where is her house?
Over there.
Over there?
Over there!
- Over there? - Yes, over there.
Over there?
If you walk 400 meters, you'll see stone walls.
Then, if you take a right and walk 500 meters…
That's her house, right?
You'll see a tangerine grove.
- Right. - Right, a tangerine grove.
Then, keep going straight.
And then?
You'll find her house.
Thank you, ma'am.
- Thank you. - Have a great day.
- We wish you the best. - Goodbye.
- Crowds of reporters are here. - Where's Sam-dal?
Don't tell them.
- Where? - Don't tell them.
- Where is she? - They're all here.
- I'll go there. - Don't say where she is.
She definitely told us to turn left.
- I know. - Over there.
It's over there.
- What? - Where is it?
- Jeez. - I'm sure it's somewhere here.
Why are there so many people around today?
The neighboring village must be having an event.
There's a swarm of people.
Really? Why come here? There's nothing to see.
By the way,
are you going to do the KMA exhibition?
Wouldn't it attract a bunch of reporters?
That's why I'm going to do it secretly in Samdal-ri.
Samdal-ri? Where?
The Bongsan-eup Community Center.
Does that mean Sang-tae gave you permission?
Yes.
Then, that should work.
The reporters won't know if you do it quietly in town.
- Ms. Ko! - What? Who is it?
- Hi, Ms. Oh. - Hey, Geum-sul.
Sam-dal! The reporters!
A crowd of reporters have come here.
- What? - Don't go outside.
What? No.
What do I do?
Does that mean they'll be here soon?
In that case, no one should leave the house. Okay?
Don't you worry.
- They'll never find you. - What?
What do you mean?
I mean, this is a big town. How will they find you if we don't tell them?
Leave it up to us.
Just stay indoors, okay?
That's good, Ms. Ko.
But Ms. Oh…
Goodness. So you went all the way there.
No, you got it all wrong.
No, let me tell you. Listen up.
Go straight,
turn, turn again, go all the way around, then go straight.
- I see. - I see. So that's why you got lost.
That's not the right way. Listen closely, okay?
- Okay. - Okay.
Go straight.
Right, right, left, right, straight, left, and then…
- It's the yellow roof. - Right, right, left…
Yellow roof?
Where's the yellow roof?
That one's blue.
Is that it?
Where are we?
- That's a dead end! - Sorry?
Damn it. Let's go back.
I don't think this is it.
Me neither.
Is this the same village?
- Hey, you go over that way. - Okay.
It's this way.
- Take a right here… - No.
- Forget it. Let's go. - Hey.
What is it?
Did you find it?
What?
What's this?
What?
What do we do? Why did they have to come here?
My dad told me they even visited his office.
What's the matter with these people?
Hey, Sam-dal!
- Hey! - What?
They might hear you. Quiet.
- What? - Sam-dal!
Check this out, Sam-dal.
She's been illegally promoting items from small online shopping malls.
They paid her to insert these things into your shoots.
You used them at times if they looked okay even if they weren't from the sponsor.
I knew it. I wondered where she got the money to buy luxury items.
So she's continued to do this even when she worked for me, right?
- Right. - Yes, the entire time.
I had no idea she'd do something like this.
Why do you guys look…
so exhausted?
Hey.
Hey, what's wrong? Are you okay?
Sang-do, your eyes are bloodshot.
We were searching and only slept for two hours. He stayed up all night.
You shouldn't have stayed up to do that for me.
We needed to find something quick to put an end to this.
There's a ton of reporters outside.
We'd chase them out if it were just a few of them.
But it's a mob.
They're gone now. I guess they get cold at night.
Really?
By the way,
was this why you came to Jeju?
They must've done the same thing to you in Seoul.
- What is it? - Did anyone see you?
- No. - No one.
- Let's go. - Let's hurry.
Why would they all come here?
Exactly. Give them a few days…
Come sit.
- Hey. - Come.
- They'll stop soon. - Hello.
That's what we thought too.
But I don't know how long we can keep your house a secret.
Goodness, I'm so worried they'll find out.
This is crunchy and good.
Sam-dal can't hide at home forever.
Ms. Ko, what if we report this to the town or district office?
We can't just report them when they haven't done anything to us.
That's true.
What if we just tell the reporters that it's not true?
Dad, if that worked, we wouldn't be here in the first place.
Exactly.
Right now, no matter what we tell them, they'll only write negative articles.
Then, what about this?
A distant relative of mine is a reporter in Jeju.
Let's write another article that defends you.
Doesn't that relative work in the classifieds?
- Yeah. - I see.
Why don't you hire a lawyer, Ms. Ko?
My husband has a relative who's a lawyer.
- But isn't he a divorce lawyer? - Yes.
- Gosh. - What do we do?
She can't keep hiding forever.
Why do that when she's innocent?
- That's right. - Then, how about this?
Should we pick them off one by one and lock them in our homes?
- What? - But how?
- We can seduce them! - What?
- Yes! - Isn't that a crime?
With your looks? Are you sure?
Geum-sul.
Where is she?
Goodness.
That's enough.
- Bye. - Gyeong-tae.
- We're leaving. - Gyeong-tae.
- Bye. - Gyeong-tae.
- Bye.
- Come on. - Okay, let's go!
- Yong-pil. - Yes?
You think she can do the KMA exhibition?
Why do you ask?
Please make sure she can.
I'd like to see my face among the photos at her exhibition.
You took a photo of me, right?
- Bye. - Put up my photo too.
- Mine too. - Don't forget mine.
Bye, ladies.
Good night.
- I bet you'd look good. - Right.
You looked great when you were young.
Do you think you're a model?
That's my son.
Hey, Sam-dal.
What is it?
Hold on.
We can hold the exhibition here as long as they don't know.
That's right.
But the reporters are everywhere here.
They'll all come here if the KMA exhibition is canceled.
We're bound to get caught.
Then, we can just send them all to the meteorological center.
We could, but is that possible?
Doing it here means the KMA has canceled theirs.
Then, all the reporters would come over here.
Then, we make the KMA not cancel theirs.
Right? Let's hold the exhibition here.
Should we?
Yeah, let's do it.
I'll make it work.
Let's try our best.
You're right.
- Of course. - We should try our best.
- Definitely. - We can't just sit by.
- Right. - Right?
But…
I left all my photos at the meteorological center.
Don't you worry.
CONGRATULATIONS WINNER: CHO SAM-DAL
Guys.
Don't listen to the villagers starting from today.
I think they're toying with us.
So is the KMA exhibition canceled or not?
It's the day of, but they haven't said anything.
I'm sure it's canceled.
That's why we're all here.
An exhibition? There's no way.
Sir, this…
I think it's happening.
- Don't be ridiculous. - Let me see that.
- Hey! - Hey!
- The KMA! - The meteorological center!
Get in the car!
Hurry up!
Hurry and get in!
What?
Damn it. Okay.
The KMA's holding the exhibition.
Let's go.
- What? - What is it?
All the reporters have left Samdal-ri.
My dad left the gate open, so let's go get the photos.
By the way, what did you do at the meteorological center?
What do you mean?
We didn't announce the cancellation.
That's how much pull I have at work.
Cho Yong-pil!
When you pick up,
what will you say, sir? That the exhibition is canceled?
It has been canceled. So--
We canceled the exhibition despite the winner being innocent.
We can't even do this favor for her?
They asked us not to announce the cancellation.
Just don't announce the cancellation.
We'll hold it somewhere else so it won't bother our offices.
But honestly, we need some preparation time.
So can you hold back the reporters for a bit?
This isn't a police station. We can't hold them back.
God.
Shouldn't the KMA keep their promise to the people?
I mean, sure. We're not gods, so our forecasts can be wrong at times!
But we promised to hold the exhibition and then canceled it!
That's wrong!
Either hold the exhibition or do me this one favor.
We can't hold the exhibition.
Headquarters said we absolutely cannot. So what power do I have?
Exactly. So let's at least do this for them, sir.
Jeez.
Director Han.
Make sure Forecaster Cho
joins the WMO in Switzerland.
He'll be the death of me!
I can totally relate, sir.
Can she really have the exhibition here?
They'll definitely see her.
No one could get through that.
My hunch tells me it's not here.
There will be tons of reporters there. Do you think we can get the photos out?
Of course, we can. Don't worry.
We have enough backup.
You're right. We can overcome all of them.
Sam-dal! Yong-pil!
Just count on us!
We'll join you as soon as we're done.
Let's go!
- Ms. Cho! - You can do it!
- You can do it!
Yong-pil once told me
no dragon can rise from a small stream by themselves.
They get help from the loaches, mandarin fish, and frogs in the streams.
EPISODE 15 IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A DRAGON
WELCOME TO SAMDAL-RI
Are you really going to hold Ms. Cho's exhibition here?
All right, then. How about we head to your first exhibition, Ms. Cho?
Let's put pressure on Chung-gi. He definitely knows something.
What's going on?
Do you love me? Did you miss me? That's what I want to know.
Then, you can hang out with me. That means we could go out.
The WMO…
in Switzerland.
You sure you won't regret not going?
So just like how you've supported my dream,
can't I do the same for you?
Subtitle translation by Soo-ji Kim
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