I will announce the vote count results.
(Episode 94)
The dismissal of Chairman Nam Yeon Seok...
(2023 YJ Group's 1st Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting)
has been...
approved by 53 percent.
Good work.
(2023 YJ Group's 1st Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting)
What happened?
This isn't possible.
Those who voted...
for his dismissal didn't reach over 50 percent.
Where did they suddenly get the three percent?
Thank you.
Thank you for your vote.
Jung Gyeo Ul...
persuaded Alex?
(2023 YJ Group's 1st Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting)
(Meeting Room)
What happened?
Did you really...
cast your vote...
in favor of...
Chairman Nam Yeon Seok's dismissal?
No way.
No, right?
Yes.
What?
Why did you do this?
You promised to vote against...
his dismissal.
Yes, I did.
I thought you'd become Chairman Nam's successor...
if he remained in his office.
Exactly!
I got kicked out of YJ when he found out...
about my relationship with you.
Yet I managed to find Chairman Nam's fault...
and got this great chance to turn me into his successor.
You ruined our goal.
It was never our goal.
It was your goal.
What?
Our goal was...
to kick out the incompetent...
and corrupt Nam Yu Jin from YJ Group...
and then make the company more transparent.
So you were the one who broke the promise...
from the start.
What...
are you talking about?
I heard everything about who you really were.
And I had a chance to see it for myself.
What? Ms. Ju is a murderer?
Do you expect me to believe that?
It's true.
Ju Ae Ra killed someone who knew about her past...
to become the lady of YJ Group.
Then she framed her friend's father...
to clear herself of the suspicion.
That's nonsense.
She was the only one who helped me...
when I was troubled after my father's death.
She couldn't have done that.
It may be tough to believe, but it's true.
Also, the recent post made online...
about Chairman Nam Yeon Seok is also true.
I proposed his dismissal...
to make them pay for what they did.
Mr. Alex, I heard you also had ill feelings toward YJ Group.
And I believe...
you're doing this to get revenge...
on Nam Yu Jin's corruption and power abuse.
I also know you help many subcontractor companies...
that get into trouble because of big corporations' power abuse.
If that's the reason, you must vote in favor of his dismissal.
I can't believe you.
Ms. Ju doesn't want to be the lady of YJ Group.
She's just trying to turn it into a transparent company.
Mr. Alex, you're being deceived right now!
Please.
What do you mean, our food poisoned someone?
That's impossible.
Nothing happened when we supplied the same batch to other companies!
So please, let me talk to the person in charge, no,
the chairman.
- Please leave. - How is this Ms. Ju's true color?
Please. Please help me.
Mr. Park was among those who voted for his dismissal.
But Ms. Ju went behind-the-scenes...
and gave his son's catering company a deal with us...
to get his vote.
As you can see, the previous company was...
framed for food poisoning and forced to terminate the contract.
I can't believe it.
One second.
Excuse me, Mr. Chairman's daughter-in-law!
Please let me meet him.
You again?
Why are you doing this?
Hey!
Our shareholders' meeting will start soon. Why won't you do your job...
and handle him?
Get rid of him.
Wait! Hey!
The company was chosen through transparent bidding.
That company doesn't even qualify because of its poor management.
You must resign with us.
If you don't, I'll report you to the Fair Trade Commission...
for abusing your power as a contractor.
All you people say is that everything is an abuse of power.
Sure, go ahead and report me.
What are you doing? Remove them.
- Get rid of them. - Director Nam!
- Director Nam!
Director Nam!
Hello, Mr. Park?
Yes, don't worry about the contract termination with that company.
I used food poisoning as an excuse to terminate the contract.
There won't be a problem.
Well,
if he insists on protesting,
I can threaten him and say we'll file for damages.
So don't worry about it...
and cater your food to us starting next week.
Of course.
I must repay you for delegating...
your voting rights to me.
Yes. Goodbye.
Do you believe me now?
I always thought...
you wanted what I wanted.
I thought you wanted to correct things in YJ Group...
for those who were destroyed by its abuse of power.
But you were...
the same as Nam Yu Jin. No.
What you were doing was much worse than his.
I had no choice...
for our greater cause.
It was just like how we made up the fake contract with WIN Hotel...
back when we deceived Nam Yu Jin.
That was why I did it.
My means couldn't be justified,
but it was a necessary evil.
Can't you think of it like that?
Do you think those two are the same?
Only Nam Yu Jin was hurt when we devised that scheme!
And that's the principle I hold to when I get my revenge.
Alex.
I'll get my own revenge. This is the end of our relationship.
Also, I sent you the money I had been managing on your behalf.
Don't ever look for me again.
Alex!
(Office of the Chairman)
How dare you deceive me?
What are you talking about?
You and Alex worked together and deceived me on purpose!
What on earth are you up to?
It wasn't like that.
I didn't know Alex would side with Jung Gyeo Ul!
Do you expect me to believe that?
Think about it.
Jung Gyeo Ul was the one who told you...
that Alex and I had been working together.
Why would I side with them?
On top of that, you need to remain in your office...
for me to become the successor.
Why would I drag you down?
That's why...
I'm not the one...
you need to strangle right now.
It's Jung Gyeo Ul.
- I want this. - Sure.
We'll take this one.
Ma'am.
Today, everything is on the house as a special event.
- Really? - Everything?
Yes, something great happened...
to my family today,
so I'm serving everything on the house.
Please have as much as you want,
and let me know if you want more.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
This is awesome.
Wait, what do you mean, everything is free?
What's the meaning of this?
Today is a joyous day because Chairman Nam...
got dragged out of his office after what he did to Hyun Tae.
If I don't celebrate on a day like this, when will I?
But still,
that jerk hasn't paid for his crimes.
That jerk did every horrendous thing...
to get that position as chairman.
But he was dragged out of it.
I already feel like the revenge is half done.
Yes, I think you're right.
He's no longer the chairman,
so he won't hold as much power as before.
It'd be much easier to make him pay for what he did to Hyun Tae.
Anyway, that family must be utterly miserable...
if we're this happy about it. Right?
(Chairman Nam Yeon Seok)
Do you have trouble letting go because you're still attached?
(YJ Group)
No wonder.
It was a hard-won position earned by sacrificing many people.
You never knew you'd step down this quickly, did you?
Jung Gyeo Ul.
I told you, didn't I?
That I would put things right one at a time.
(Chairman Nam Yeon Seok)
Let go of it already.
Only then can YJ become an upright company, no?
Who are you to say those things?
I'm YJ,
and YJ itself is me.
That haughtiness of yours...
brought about this tragedy.
I hope you remind yourself that...
the upcoming downfalls...
you'll face are all...
caused by you.
How arrogant of you.
Do you think this will make me step down without a fight?
Of course, not. We don't think this is the end, either.
You're right.
I will return no matter what.
So...
you better stop acting up fearlessly.
Thank you for that piece of advice.
Having to empty this room by today will keep you busy.
Then I'll take my leave.
(YJ Group)
Young Jun. How's the company doing after Chairman Nam's dismissal?
Thanks to the director working well as a proxy,
there isn't much confusion or stir.
Doesn't that mean the director's management abilities...
are acknowledged both internally and externally?
Then it'll be great if he becomes the managing director and chairman.
As a matter of fact, the board of directors is already...
considering him as a candidate for managing director and chairman.
The director always had a deep love for YJ.
So if he can be of help to YJ, he will accept those positions.
Is that so?
As soon as the board of directors passes his candidacy,
we should meet the favorable shareholders...
and persuade them to support him.
But I have this gut feeling that...
Chairman Nam won't just sit back and do nothing.
Even so, Chairman Nam won't be able to do anything.
He won't be able to apply as a candidate...
because of the shell company incident.
If the director gets elected,
the traces of Chairman Nam...
and hereditary succession will be cut off.
And YJ will transform into an honest and faithful company,
as always emphasized by the honorary chairman.
What is it?
Father.
Director Park is a candidate for managing director and chairman.
Director Park as the managing director and chairman?
- Are you sure? - Yes.
I confirmed it was an item for the board of directors meeting.
Darn it.
Director Park will never act as I tell him to.
We can't let him have my seat.
True. But Jung Gyeo Ul's people...
are already meeting the shareholders,
asking them to support Director Park.
What? We can't let that happen.
Director Park must be stopped from getting elected.
I don't care what it is if it can disqualify him.
Find something and bring it to me!
What? Me?
Have you forgotten that...
you're partially responsible for this matter?
What's more,
you'll gain something only when...
I get my positions back.
All right.
I'll do it.
Either way, being on your side is more profitable...
than being on Jung Gyeo Ul's side for me right now.
Seriously, this girl. Why does she keep calling me?
I bet she's just trying to irritate me after hearing the dismissal.
What is it?
Can't you guess that I'm busy if I don't pick up...
and stop calling?
Are you busy?
I called to make a large purchase of your shampoos.
Then I'll order it next time.
No. I'm not busy.
But why such a large purchase?
Jeez, girl.
Didn't you reluctantly buy one bottle last time?
What? Was it good after trying it out?
That's one reason.
I actually want to gift it to my husband's workers.
My husband was chosen as a model taxpayer...
and received a commendation from the National Tax Service's director.
Is that so? Congratulations.
Anyway, thanks.
You could've chosen a different gift,
but you chose my products instead.
So we're not friends for nothing.
Don't thank me. It's only natural to help.
Now that your husband is a deadbeat,
aren't you the breadwinner of your family now?
What? "Deadbeat?"
Did you really just say that?
I don't need your help.
Scratch that.
You wanted to help me out, right?
Then order twice as much as you did just now.
Bye!
Good grief. How embarrassing.
This is all because of Jung Gyeo Ul, Jung Young Jun,
and their Jung family.
I can't hold back anymore.
Oh, welcome.
Right.
My goodness. What brings you here?
You look extremely happy,
to even be humming.
Yes. I'm on cloud nine.
I'd love to dance, but I'm doing my best to hold back.
Why hold back? Just go ahead and dance.
Actually, I'm holding back until the guy...
who killed my husband...
goes to jail.
You must simply be believing that crook Pyeon Sang Guk's words,
but my husband would never have done such a thing.
What's more, even if she lacked judgment,
how could she post such nonsense on the Internet?
She slandered and got her ex-father-in-law...
dismissed.
And there was no reason...
for my husband to have killed Gyeo Ul's dad.
Chairman Nam would know...
Mom. Don't tell Nam Yu Jin's family...
about Uncle Ji Seok's accident 31 years ago.
It could put Uncle Ji Seok in danger.
What is it? Keep talking.
What about my husband?
He was in touch with Pyeon Sang Guk...
but acted like he wasn't and fooled us.
Those were facts. So he must've killed my husband.
Anyway, we will get your husband...
punished one way or another.
With that in mind, leave at once!
- My gosh. - Leave right now!
Seriously. I will, even if you don't tell me to!
- I can't believe this. - Leave.
Really. This is troublesome. So troublesome!
Good gracious.
I had Secretary Kim look not only into Director Park...
but also his distant relatives.
But they were clean.
I always knew it,
but he had no touch of humanity.
What about you?
Director Park.
He was the only mere worker...
acknowledged by that picky honorary chairman...
who got promoted to director.
Finding a fault wouldn't be that easy.
What about from the management support team?
Like using the company card for entertainment.
Connect him with embezzlement,
and it would be the same as Dad's slush funds.
I checked.
But he never once used it for private matters.
I heard he spent a lot of money volunteering at orphanages.
Had he used the company card for it,
I planned to use that against him.
But he didn't.
I'm not surprised. Grandpa praised...
Director Park multiple times for using a third of his salary...
as volunteer money...
for Chorok Childcare Center or whatever it was called.
If Director Park becomes the managing director,
it'll be the end of me.
Ae Ra. Can't you think of a way?
You're smart at things like this.
Yes, Yu Ri?
You're at work right now?
Ae Ra, when I return from my sick leave,
may I be transferred to Planning Team?
To Planning Team? Why?
Right, do you feel uncomfortable with Mr. Jung?
All right.
I understand.
It'd be tough to work with someone who got your father dismissed.
But Jung Gyeo Ul is on my team. Is that all right with you?
It'd be better than sitting alone...
with Mr. Jung in Law Department.
And you're there in Planning, so I think I'll be fine.
All right.
I'll talk to Human Resources.
Thank you, Ae Ra.
- Hey, Yu Ri. - Hey.
Long time no see.
Min Hee.
You two should talk.
Yu Ri, I heard you were on sick leave.
Are you all right?
Right. Yes.
I still have a lot on my mind right now,
but I'll be fine.
You have a lot on your mind?
Then you shouldn't be cooped up at home.
You need to get moving in times like those.
Yu Ri, there was this place I used to volunteer in college.
Do you want to go there with me?
It's called Chorok Childcare Center, and it's near Seoul.
- Chorok Childcare Center? - Yes.
I can't go this week because I'll be interviewed for my permanent job,
but I'm going next week. Do you want to come?
Everyone else who comes to volunteer is great too.
It's comforting to talk to people there.
Min Hee, you're so amazing.
But I'll have to think about it.
Hey, Ae Ra. Why are you back here?
I forgot my work notebook.
I see.
- Bye. - Bye.
(Staff Lounge)
I might be able to make use of her.
Yu Jin, where are you right now?
I think I've found a way.
So...
you'll use these questions for her transition interview...
to make it seem like Director Park is involved with that intern?
Yes, she had known Director Park for a long time...
while she volunteered at Chorok Childcare Center,
the same place...
where Director Park volunteers.
I'll put that intern and Director Park...
in the same room.
Then make it look like she has this interview sheet.
If Director Park is under suspicion of helping unfair employment,
it'll be tough for him to be the managing director.
Precisely.
Father was just removed because of his corruption.
People won't take the risk of promoting someone...
with another kind of corruption.
Do you have a way...
of getting this questionnaire to her?
Of course, I do.
But there's something you have to do for me.
You have a meeting with Director Park today, right?
Make sure that intern...
cleans up the chairman's office after the meeting.
All right.
She's an intern with the secretary's office,
so I'll let Secretary Kim tell her to clean up the office.
Dad, I let Director Park meet with the intern.
Ae Ra said she'd stage something...
to make that questionnaire be found on her tomorrow.
Then it'll be difficult for him to become the managing director.
Anyway, Dad.
Even if you get rid of Director Park,
they can always find a management specialist.
That's not going to help us.
No.
It will help us.
No matter who they get,
they won't have as much power in the company as Director Park.
Yes, you're right.
Then what's your plan now?
I can't come forward at this point in time,
so I'll use the directors who are on my side...
to find someone who'll do as I wish.
And...
I'll find the right time to make them quit continuously.
Make them quit?
After that,
the board can raise a problem...
with the frequent changes in management specialists.
In the end, people will demand stronger ownership.
I'll make sure...
there's no other alternative other than me.
But Dad.
The issue with your shell company hasn't been resolved.
Is that all right?
People will forget it over time.
And after all,
what's required at work is one's competence.
They wouldn't dare ignore everything I've done so far...
because of that tiny little mistake.
I'm the one who made YJ what it is today.
How dare anybody meddle with the Nam family's YJ?
YJ belongs to the Nam family.
May I stop by your restaurant tomorrow afternoon?
My dad bought some health supplements...
to give to your family as a gift.
I wanted to bring it over.
All right, please do.
I'll let my mom know.
Bye.
Hello, Uncle?
Mom.
Hey, Tae Yang.
Mr. Ji Seok has a gift to give you.
He'll stop by the restaurant tomorrow.
I see. How nice of him.
I'm sure things are quite hectic with his family.
Anyway, Mom. You haven't been doing well lately.
Is it because of my aunt, your sister?
Actually, Uncle called me and said...
you wouldn't pick up your phone.
He did?
Mom, Aunt is having surgery...
very soon.
It's quite dangerous, so they don't know how it'll go.
You should probably see her before the surgery.
She misses you a lot.
This may be...
your last chance to reconcile with her.
She's your family.
We've cut each other off for the last 30 years.
We're hardly family.
I know you cut her off...
because of me.
She was against you having me.
But...
I can understand her too.
If I had a sister who wanted to give birth to a baby...
she had with a man who disappeared without a trace,
I would have tried to stop her too.
Tae Yang.
And I know it must've been hard to keep me...
despite the opposition of your family.
That's why...
I'm always grateful for you.
It wasn't hard.
I enjoyed life so much thanks to you, Tae Yang.
Mom.
It's time to meet Aunt and reconcile with her.
And please don't turn away from your family because of me.
Please meet her and reconcile with her, Mom.
I lived on...
thanks to Tae Yang although you weren't there.
But what's your life like?
You weren't someone who would leave us like that.
I'm sure there's a reason.
(Woman in a Veil)
Why did the intern have this?
You should come clean about it now.
I like the wings and nothing else.
Same here.
Jung Wook. You're Jung Wook, right?
If you pin everything on Yu Jin as his solo act,
the footage of when Grandfather collapsed is yours.
A page number on reusable paper?
We'll be able to clear Director Park of his false charges.