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Unemployed Romance

[Queen of Drama Episode 1]

From the moment of a new bride is introduced...

The father-in-law's mean behavior would start.

Father, are you going out?

Move aside!

Why does he hate her so much?

At the hospital that he's heading

he didn't like that his first son and a nurse's assistant fell for each other.

I see... then he must've been against it from the beginning.

That's right!

Anyway, the highlight of this story is the father-in-law's birthday party.

Hello.

People pointed at the daughter-in-law who had been holding it all in

so she couldn't keep it in anymore and exploded.

Exploded? Does she set the house on fire?

Just wait a little.

'I can't take it anymore.'

'If you really can't accept me, then I'll give up my husband and get a divorce.

She cried and told him.

This is driving me nuts, too!

The father-in-law didn't hate her after all...

Do you really not know why?

I thought I could have you this way.

Because you're my girl!

Because he loved her...

I loved you from the moment I saw you.

so he confessed.

That it could happen. He's a parent, but he's single, too.

He met her before his son did.

Daughter-in-law, I mean, Honey!

But when she was about to walk into the room to calm herself down...

Don't do that!

- Why not? - You're crazy! Crazy!

A little bit more?

Don't do it!

She saw her sister-in-law and her husband in bed!

She asked how brother and sister could do such a thing...

Her sister-in-law would say with no shame.

'We're not really brother and sister.'

'Since our parents got married, we had no choice but to be siblings.'

She'd protest saying, 'our love is pure just like in 'Autumn in My Heart.'

Our love is pure like in 'Autumn in My Heart.'

I'm sorry.

The father-in-law's love confession

and the love between her husband and her sister-in-law on top of that...

It's aggressive! Aggressive!

What's aggressive? We've heard it all before.

You've heard it before?

He's right. It's similar to one from a year ago.

Really? When did they make it?

You should have at least checked if the material would overlap.

Then... what about the husband demanding a divorce because he likes another guy?

That's good!

- That's done, too. - That, too?

They have a long history. It's rare to find something that's not been done.

How can you not even know as much as the assistant writer does?

Excuse me. We're imitators for sure, but how can you plagiarize?

You should at least have writer's principle!

I messed up.

That's why your keyboards get broken all the time.

It's not like you're playing games, I

wondered what went wrong with your keyboards.

It was time for a breakdown, so it died naturally.

Who uses this type of computer these days anyway?

Were you upset earlier because of Producer Lee?

He has a mean way of saying the same words, doesn't he?

You talked bad about me too.

What do you mean? I just listened.

What do you want from me now?

Wow, you're really fast.

If you wrote like how you're fast, you'd be a great writer by now.

Writer Im...

Let's make a pilot program together.

I don't want to.

How can you say 'I don't want to' so fast? You haven't even heard me yet.

It's not like you'll pay me more if I work more.

You convinced me of regular pay and put me on salary.

So how can you ask me to do everything?

But you still get four insurances.

I still get health insurance off of my parents.

She's right. Since you were a founding member of Botari Production

I was really being considerate to you.

If you were more considerate, I could become homeless.

I'll grow the company and give you a stake.

Will you have a debt party?

Stop this, Writer Im.

Did you forget our company motto?

[We do it even at a profit of a penny.]

You make it and make exactly one penny.

Productions are all investments.

If this one gets slotted a regular schedule, I'll give you a big raise!

Just pay me on time.

You'll do it, right?

You'll do it, Writer Im?

It's a reenactment program about fraud incidents.

Fraud incidents?

We could make the first episode about you.

Writer Im!

You don't know I'm preparing something for you.

You told me when you first started here.

You said you wanted to be the queen of dramas.

I'm trying to make you the queen of dramas...

so I'm planning a killer project.

Not a reenactment, but a real drama like a mini-series.

You are?

I'll tell you soon.

So let's make the pilot program a good one.

I have to go meet someone to research the drama now.

What is it about?

Casino. Gambling. And human desire.

And a fateful love that blooms out of those.

Sounds good.

It's almost time, so I have to go. Let's talk longer about it next time.

Writer Im...

Cheer up.

Drama...

Hi.

Didn't you say you got a condo in Gangwon Province to write?

The place wasn't nice, so I just came back.

Hey, did you take all my espresso?

Yeah.

You should've had something else.

I'm sorry.

We share the same space, so I'm not so mean as

to stop you from taking something like that.

But you know that's the only thing I drink, so how can you finish it?

You drink whatever anyway.

Yes, I drink whatever.

By the way, where are you coming from at this hour?

I had a brainstorming meeting at the production company.

Did you get anything confirmed?

No, something similar was already done by someone else.

My goodness. How did you make such a mistake. That's basics.

I know.

Anyway, that must've been embarrassing in front of the producer.

But still, consider yourself lucky.

People are really sensitive about things like that for mini-series.

Should I go get you some coffee?

I'd appreciate it... but I feel bad.

I drank it, so I should be sorry.

Hot!

So dirty.

She must be crazy.

When we first got the office, the opportunity came to me .

[Scenario/drama-related contests for the second half of 2010]

Co-writer of an omnibus drama planned by a famous writer.

Seon Joo, coffee please.

Okay.

The table was set and someone was feeding me on top of that.

It was an opportunity that was hard to mess up.

But I hurt my arm at that important moment

Seung Hee... it's time for your medication.

And the opportunity went to Seon Joo.

Our fates changed like that...

Seon Joo became Dear Writer

and I became Writer Im that would write anything for money.

Seung Hee, a cup of coffee please.

Thanks.

The reason Seon Joo is sharing space with me

when she can easily find her own place...

must be because of that.

Because she's having the life that I was supposed to have.

But I don't hate Seon Joo.

In fact, all my misfortunes started with that bastard.

Jong Dae!

Excuse me... Jong Dae!

Jong Dae!

What now, sis?

Seung Hee, are you at your place now?

Why?

Let me sleep there tonight.

What? You had a fight with your husband again?

You don't need to write about other things. You should write about me!

My story is perfect for the material of love and demise!

What is it?

He went to a room salon again. Do you know what he said?

He said he just chatted with the girls.

Then that's what he probably did. Can't you just trust him?

Don't joke around, that man? Do you know his nickname?

It's hand rag! He has really bad manners with his hands.

You think he just chatted with those whores?

When we dated... he was so persistent on touching me...

I'm going crazy!

I thought it was out of love back then!

Anyway, go home.

How can you come from Daejeon to Seoul every time you have a fight with him?

Seriously, you!

And... he doesn't look for you because you bring out the kids with you.

You should leave the kids, then he'll look for

you because it's too much to take care of them.

He's not even qualified to become a father.

And I can't be at ease leaving the kids with him, either.

It's bad for their education!

Sis, you have kids in the back, right?

The way you're talking right now is bad for the kids' education, too!

Anyway, I won't go home like this. I'll be there, so wait for me.

Where do you think you're coming?

Let me sleep in a corner of your place!

It's not a space just for myself, so where do you think you're coming!

Hey, it's only us sisters without parents under the sky

so how can you do this to me?

I'm on the verge of getting a divorce, and

you're telling me to sleep on the street?

Who said you should sleep on the street... I'm just saying not at my place!

Mom, let's go back now.

Dad won't look for you anyway.

Stay quiet!

I'm not going back like this! I'll be there, so wait for me.

Sis!

Not my place! Really!

Hey! You can't even use your own place?

Who said I couldn't? She's just very sensitive, so it's annoying.

So, what is she writing about this time? It must be good, right?

I guess.

Seon Joo has no manners...

but she writes really good dramas.

You should write like that, too.

Maybe I can't because I have manners.

Look at how you speak!

Anyway, both she and you sucked in the beginning...

but how could she fly like that?

Sis... do you know any current news?

What?

You only say things I don't like.

You can't stand advice like this, that's why you write like that.

Enough.

Don't you have anything in your neighborhood that I could use as material?

You used them all already.

You... you should really be nice to me.

You took all your ideas from me.

Be nice to me!

With that in mind, get me three more boiled eggs.

If you don't have any material, that was enough.

Who are you looking for?

If I'm going to make a living, I need to find ideas.

- Hey hey hey... - Let go.

She sold the family stuff and asked for money, too?

- That's right! She asked for 30 million! - 30 million!

- How many times did she borrow? - Three times!

- Crazy, crazy! - I couldn't live like that.

- And she loaned money three times? - Yes, and she didn't get any back again.

Then she sold things again...

So she got a tumor because of her sister-in-law.

She got a tumor because of her in-laws?

Stress is the cause of all illnesses!

What's worse is...

her husband messed up the family like that and cheated on her!

It happened at the elementary school reunion.

We're all getting old together, but men just fall for their first love.

That damn first love.

By the way, why is Min Soo's family moving?

You don't know?

Min Soo's mom had an affair with his swim coach!

She's a treasure for sure.

That swim coach is a good looking man as long as he doesn't open his mouth.

Did you see his muscles? Toned like embossed print!

I didn't get to see that!

I didn't see it either.

You didn't? Come with me to Chang Soo's lesson next time. I'll show you.

Okay.

Anyway, it's a pity her husband caught her, so she's about to get a divorce.

How was she caught?

How was she caught?

Who are you?

Oh, your kid must be going to Dolgorae Pool?

Yes!

I know that swim coach too, and someone I

know went out with him and got a divorce.

So I wondered if he's at it again.

He did that before?

Yes!

She got a divorce? What happened to her?

Now...

she went to the countryside.

My goodness. I didn't see him like that, but he's a player! A player!

My goodness...

Anyway, how did the swim coach and the mom get caught by her husband?

Well...

Got it! Got it! Got it!

Yes, just a little more.

Yes, this is for research. Research!

This feels nice. This is why I come here.

This massage chair is perfect for me.

Very nice.

How do you know about what's going on in the neighborhood so well?

You must be the information source of the neighborhood.

What information source?

I'm such a nice person, people just come to me and are friendly to me.

You come to sauna often? Let's see each other once in a while.

Let's do that.

By the way, where do you live?

I live close by, in the second complex.

My! I live there too.

We should see each other often.

Come to my place for coffee, too.

Yes, I will. It'll be nice to see you often.

By the way, which kindergarten does your kid go to?

He's not around here these days.

Why?

He has bad atopic eczema, so my mother-in-law

takes care of him in the countryside.

Really? Still, it's better for a mom to raise her child.

Yes, I should. Soon.

Nice...

A single girl pretends to be a married woman to find ideas...

Call it a professionalism.

You even exchanged phone numbers!

What are you going to do if you get caught?

Don't worry. I won't get caught.

You must be really happy she wasn't suspicious when you said you're married.

- Are you paying? - Fine.

Such a power trip for paying.

Don't leave any food, eat everything, okay?

Why don't you stop writing and get a job as an instructor?

My friend runs a private writing academy. Do you want me to talk to her?

Stop it. I make my own living, so what's your problem?

If you become an instructor, you'll live like a normal person!

You need to go outside during the day to meet a guy!

I'll become successful... and meet a guy then!

You'll be alone for the rest of you life...

- Don't eat! Don't eat! Don't eat! - I'm eating! I'm eating!

Joo Min! Ji Woong!

Dad!

- You came! - Hi, Seung Hee!

Seung Hee...

Thanks.

Bad girl.

You're making up with him thanks to me.

As if the swim coach and Hee Joo's mom were one body...

Wow, the kid's swim coach and the mom in the elevator...

doing that? This is aggressive.

You don't need to stand guard for me to write. Go home already.

You said you didn't even have an ideas last

night, how did you come up with this overnight?

Because I found a repository of ideas.

Anyway, you're amazing. Wow, I always say that.

How can you write like this when you've never even been married?

Do I really have to experience it to write about it?

Then the writer must've flown before he wrote Superman.

Okay, okay. Finish this quickly and let's write a pilot program.

President!

Writer Im...

don't you want to do a drama?

What am I doing, not even getting anything to eat?

I shouldn't have written the pilot.

What's this?

Why doesn't he press a floor?

According to various criminal reenactment that I've written...

most of the guys who got in an elevator like this...

Just once!

- Crazy! - You already know it!

Stay still!

He looks completely normal...

Hello.

This is how I'm going to die.

Please don't misunderstand. I'm here to see Writer Moon.

- Writer Moon? - Yes, Writer Moon Seon Joo.

Thank you.

I'm sorry.

It doesn't look too bad...

Don't you need to see a doctor?

Of course not. It's not a big deal.

I'm okay, so please do whatever you need to do.

I'm sorry. Writer Moon seems to be out for now.

- You can wait here. - Thank you.

Would you like some coffee?

No, I'm okay.

Hello?

Hi, Seung Hee. Are you at home?

Yes.

A lawyer will be coming in a bit.

Hold on.

But... Seon Joo, he's already here.

What? What do I do?

When are you coming?

I think it'll take about two hours.

What?

Someone I'm supposed to meet just got here.

Then what do I do? Do I tell him to leave?

No, no, no. He's really important.

Don't do that...

Go out with him and treat him to dinner.

Me?

You'll have to eat dinner anyway.

My credit card in my desk drawer.

Treat him to a nice dinner with that. Something really expensive and good.

Expensive and good?

You can eat beef as soon as the blood is gone.

You eat really well.

Please have some, too.

I could've just had beef soup.

We came to a meat place, so you should have meat.

Yes.

Are you a writer, too?

Yes.

What have you written?

You wouldn't know them.

I watch a lot of TV, more than you'd think. Tell me.

Trashy Survival, Killing Husband.

Divorce Show, between Wife and Mistress.

Real Chaser Show, Catch that Sensuality.

The titles are really provocative. 'That Son of a B****.'

No, not that son of a b****,'

it's 'that sensuality.' Lust and things like that.

These days I write about divorces and things like that...

you probably haven't seen it. Love and...

Love and War!

My Mom loves that show.

I write... 'Love and Demise'...

'Love and Demise'... I see.

It's a similar content.

It's such a popular program, I guess there are lots of imitations.

There are nice words like... benchmarking and homage...

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say it that way.

It's okay. Everyone misunderstands like that.

Please have some meat.

How do you know Writer Moon?

She said she wanted advice for a drama.

She called the law firm I work at, and I volunteered.

I really enjoyed Writer Moon's drama.

I see.

By the way, I've wanted to ask you something from earlier.

Yes?

What's with this guy?

Have we met each other before?

A rotten pickup line that doesn't go with his looks.

But if it means that he's interested in me...

I'll forgive him.

I'm sorry. I'm really late.

You came.

I'm sorry. You must be bored from waiting.

No, I had a delicious dinner...

and it was fun.

There is a coffee shop around here. Do you want to go there and talk?

Let's do that.

Thanks.

Excuse me, Writer Im!

See you next time.

Shall we?

Hello?

Hi! You're not sleeping yet?

I called just in case.

I was watching a movie.

Hold on.

This is the rent for this month. Fill up the rest and give it to the owner.

Rent?

Writer Im?

Yes, I'm listening. Why did you call me?

I got a call from the TV station...

Team B's idea got rejected so we should prepare for the next episode too.

So Producer Lee wants the next script soon.

What?

He's in a hurry, so you decide on the material

and he wants a script in three days.

Three days?

Does he think I'm a machine?

Please send it to me by then.

Get started now... and thank you.

I need an idea to write!

Chang Soo's mom!

I work out every morning after I send the kid to kindergarten.

I see.

By the way, why did you call me so early in the morning?

I thought I'd exercise with you.

You look really tired. Isn't this too much for you?

Not at all. I really wanted to exercise. I'm so happy to exercise with you.

You're right. Doing it alone isn't good. Together is better.

Of course. Thank you so much, Sis!

If you want to thank me, treat me to lunch later.

I will!

What the heck? If you're going to think about

food while you exercise, why exercise?

By the way, is anything going on in the neighborhood these days?

Not much these days...

Oh my, did you hear about this?

Some mother-in-law tried to eat the liver of her daughter-in-law.

What?

Not that she really ate the liver...

Let's talk over there. This is a jackpot!

My goodness, that mother-in-law had a liver

problem and needed an organ donation...

So she had her daughter-in-law tested and received hers.

That's a lovely story.

It's not like that.

In fact, the couple got married after an introduction...

but the mother-in-law had the future daughter-in-law get a physical...

then she got them married.

What does that mean?

She took in the girl that was a match for her!

Really? Is that possible?

The guy went on blind dates before...

and she had all her possible future daughter-in-laws get a physical...

and if she wasn't a match, the mother broke them up.

My goodness. The mother-in-law is not like a nine-tailed fox...

That's what I mean.

From the day after the wedding, she made a scene to get an organ donation...

What's worse is that even the husband pressured her, too.

My goodness, how could it...

A mother-in-law is a parent too, so how could she do that?

So they got divorced.

She's lucky they didn't have children.

Sis...

Thank you, Sis!

What's going on with you?

I can totally empathize with that.

You must have a lot of trouble with your in-law's too.

To see you so completely agree with that story.

Sis, should we stop chatting and go eat something?

We just started exercising, so what would we eat?

You know there is a new pickled crab place. Let's go there, it's my treat!

How can we have pickled crab in the morning?

Why can't we have it in the morning? If it's good, we can eat it.

Should we?

Mix rice in the crab shell...

You like it too?

[Famous Actor A "Jackpot in Las Vegas"]

Yes, let's go at once and recover in one go.

- That was really delicious, wasn't it? - Yes.

It's been a long time, so I liked it better.

But we ordered too much.

It's good to order enough.

Actually it's better than running out.

Thanks to you, I have enough for a couple of meals. Thanks!

By the way, what happened afterward?

About what?

The family with the mother-in-law eating the daughter-in-law's liver.

I don't really know what happened afterward.

Oh, she comes to the pool later, so come out later. You'll find out then.

I see. Do you want to exercise together tomorrow, too?

It's Saturday tomorrow. How can I exercise with the kid?

Oh, I have an idea. Your kid comes home on weekends, right?

What?

He can play with my kid in the playground.

And we can chat.

I'll tell you about the nine-tailed fox mother-in-law, too.

Should we?

You said your kid is seven years old, right?

My kid is the same age. Kids grow up while they play around together.

Let's be friends and play together.

I'm home.

You can't go to Chul Won's birthday party this weekend.

- Why? - Aunt wants you to come to Seoul.

- Why? - I don't know. But she said you have to go.

- I don't want to. - What do you mean, you don't want to?

It's your only Aunt, so listen to her!

Oh, and she said you need to look like a seven years old, so dress cute.

What?

[List of Those Who Passed the Second Round Bar Exam]

Okay, grilled dumplings!

It's 15,000 won.

Here.

This doesn't work.

Try it again.

It's over the limit.

Do you have money by any chance?

Here.

When President comes back, I'll ask for

cash instead of a credit card for expenses.

All the good ones only take cash, so we're eating Chinese food everyday now.

Just tell him to pay the credit card bill on time.

What is the limit on the card that it goes

over after a few bowls of black bean noodles?

President called and he said he was sorry that

your pay would be delayed a little this month.

Again?

Why are you telling us that now?

If I knew, I would've put the lunch bill on the company's payable.

Writer Im, what are you going to do about the used car purchase from last month?

There is a new private loan place around here. Do you want to go there together?

Where did President go on a business trip?

I only talked to him on the phone, and he said he's in Gangwon Province.

Gangwon Province? Why there?

I'll give you one week.

If you go pass that, you won't get the car back.

I'm sorry, but can you get me some coffee?

We don't have coffee.

Then use a coffee mix.

We don't have any coffee mix either.

- Then what do we have? - We don't have anything.

We even used all the paper cups.

We can't even get spring water delivered

so we have to drink water out of faucet starting tomorrow.

Writer Im.

- Can I go home early today? - Why?

I'm going to eat dinner at home.

I'm tired of black bean noodles, so I didn't eat much earlier.

- Sure, do that. - Thanks.

By the way, what if the company goes bankrupt like this?

Why would it go bankrupt?

'Love and Demise' is aired as a regular program anyway...

and it's not like we don't have work. So why would we go bankrupt?

So why do we not have money?

Small companies are all like this.

It was worse in the beginning.

Really?

So... why do you keep sticking around this company?

- Well... - I'm sorry.

It's obvious you're here because no one's calling you to come...

I'm really slow.

If you don't have anything to do, then go home.

- Go home and have a big dinner. - Okay.

Good night.

Wow, you're really good.

You need to use some money to buy the cards to get better.

You still have a long way to go.

Hey, do that one more time.

Now it's your turn!

Don't you know the rules?

- You don't live in Seoul, do you? - Why do you ask?

Your mom said you came from the countryside...

Of course. I guess you only play with cards instead of studying.

Hey! Don't talk so rude!

Why? You're so tall, but you're still only seven years old, too!

Your son is really handsome, more than I thought.

He must look after his dad.

Yes. He looks after his dad.

By the way... what happened to that family?

The mother-in-law who wants a liver...

That family... this time, the daughter-in-law's father with a kidney problem...

so he pressed his son-in-law for a kidney.

So? So what happened?

My, my, my... your son knows how to open the milk pack?

He doesn't look like seven years old!

What?

Your mother-in-law must be doing a great job.

My, my!

Look, he's still young too.

I'm sorry.

They play with each other well.

He's really tall.

He's so mature and nice.

He's like an older brother.

You said he comes every weekend?

Let's play like this every weekend.

Well... my mother-in-law really likes him, so

I think I'll have to go to Daejeon now on.

Really?

I'll go in now. See you next time.

You want me to just leave like this?

I came all the way here and you're not even inviting me in?

The kids can play too.

Right, Chang Soo?

See? He wants to play more. Let's go!

Sis!

Hurry up!

Sis!

My Chang Soo, you're having fun today.

Have fun.

Sis, come by next time.

Let's go.

Sis!

Sis... please come next time.

I'm just asking for a cup of coffee.

What's with your mouth?

I'm out of coffee.

Just give me water.

Let's wash up the kids. Look at him too!

Can you come another time, not today?

We're here.

Let's go.

Ms. Im Seung Hee?

Yes.

You know President Kim well?

You seem to have guests, so I'll get going. Let's go.

Let's hurry and go.

When you hear from President Kim, call me right away.

[Capital Private Loan]

My, my, my...

Her husband must've caused a trouble.

Hold on, hold on.

Soo Jin's mom? A jackpot!

Hello?

Writer Im, we have a big problem.

Why?

I'm at the filming location...

All the staff is leaving.

Why?

The camera team and the lighting team haven't been paid for months.

What do we do now?

Our company must've gone bankrupt.

What?

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Is your company okay?

I heard one of the 'Love and Demise' teams went bankrupt.

I don't know where you are, but come back now and resolve this.

Otherwise, I'll report you to the police!

Thanks, Writer Im.

Her husband's business went bankrupt.

I'll have to look into it.

How can you do that to my car...

President!

If it doesn't work out even after you work hard on it, then it's not your path.

Sis!

How much can I get?

- Seven... - Seven million won?

700 won.

I had a big realization after betrayal followed by bone-aching regret.

It can be a small amount, but I'd like to get paid in advance.

They're hiring an instructor, so let's meet first.

I've never taught before, so can I do it?

Yes you can do it. It's the lowest level class, Class D.

Hey!

You butt in for no reason, so I got beat up!