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What brings you all the way here?

I heard you killed someone, Mr. Ga.

And that's why you left Ongol.

If you give me the permanent post,

I'll keep my mouth shut.

Are you threatening me right now?

Do whatever you want.

Yeol-chan,

we need to say goodbye to Mr. Yeo.

His condition began to worsen

last night.

He couldn't hold out anymore

and just passed away.

Ma'am.

Here.

FUNERAL HALL

FUNERAL HALL

You know what?

My mom and dad used to run

a rice soup place in the marketplace.

They boiled those damn pork bones

every single day

starting at the break of day.

They never got to sleep in

as much as they wanted

before they passed away.

Both my parents.

Maybe because

he reminds me of my father,

I get so worked up

whenever I see that guy.

I just wanted to bully him

and whatnot.

I killed...

that man.

I killed him.

What?

I didn't

bully him from the very beginning.

Excuse me.

-Two people. -Okay.

-Two? -There are seats.

Give us one second.

-It's good. Try it. -Come on.

-Excuse me. -This is good soup.

How is it?

I'm in a hurry.

Bill, please.

We'll pay.

Okay, coming.

-How was it? -It was amazing. It's really good.

Really? Thank you.

Thank you.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT

Excuse me!

Goodbye.

Come on.

You remind me so much of my father.

Your life isn't going to get any better

by you slaving away in this market.

Our chairman wants to help you.

What's the problem?

OX HEAD RICE SOUP, YEO HONG-SEOK

-Can I have more of this? -Sure.

-Thanks for the great food. -You're welcome.

We had a great bowl of rice soup.

Really?

We'll take two bowls of rice soup.

Hello.

Okay.

-Have you been here before? -This is really good.

Is this the sample?

Mr. Yeo.

I think something went wrong.

It doesn't taste as good as before.

What are you talking about?

It's good.

I'm telling you.

We aren't the ones calling this off.

Your soup honestly tastes awful now.

How dare you tell me this nonsense?

Then where are all of your customers who used to line up?

I made it like I always have.

Since when couldn't you taste anything?

OX HEAD SOUP: INGREDIENTS

Give that to me.

Let me try.

I may not look like it,

but I'm a son of a soup restaurant owner.

Mr. Yeo.

Let's just give up.

YEO HONG-SEOK

Give up? Give up on what?

I know you've been putting on a show.

I didn't put on a show!

Forget it, you thieves!

I knew you were all the same.

So what?

You're going to file a suit?

Let us proceed with the verification

which the defendant requested.

Even a healthy man

wouldn't last in lengthy litigation.

You would want to kill yourself.

DEFENDENT

JUDGE'S BENCH

JUDGE'S BENCH

DEFENDENT

You just tasted it, Your Honor.

We don't even need to ask

a food critic to taste this

or anything like that.

He still has no idea

what's wrong with this. That's him!

Don't you think he could be senile?

He should get a psychiatric evaluation

before we get the soup tasted.

A psychiatric evaluation! I can't believe he called that thing food.

I felt bad for him as a fellow human.

I felt bad,

but I had to save my company.

Back then, that was my principle.

I don't have the courage

to keep living in this sorrowful world.

So I'll leave first.

Mr. Yeo.

But after that day,

I lived in torment.

Goodness.

I figured that the old man wouldn't die that easily.

I thought, "If bullying me is

what keeps you going,

do that and live a long life."

And then when I got used to it,

that's when he caused real trouble.

He was like the boy who cried wolf.

Why didn't you tell me this back then?

I wanted to blame you.

I wanted to think that you did something to him

and caused his death.

Blaming you was

the only way I could go on.

I'm sorry, Yeol-chan.

You're right.

Something that I did

caused his death.

What's wrong? Don't you like it?

I do, sir.

It's good.

MARKETPLACE RICE SOUP

Darn it.

Who would eat something like this?

Man.

FULL MENU AVAILABLE FOR TAKEOUT

MARKETPLACE RICE SOUP

I was so scared that

he killed himself because of me.

I didn't have the courage to look back.

JEONCHAN-GU OFFICE STATION

Goodness, kid.

You kept it in here to this day

and let it wreck your heart?

You fool.

That doesn't mean anything now.

It's not a big deal.

It's all my fault.

It's my fault.

I'm the guy who pushed him

over the edge,

and I'm the one who turned away

when he was cornered.

I shouldn't have done that.

So...

it wasn't your fault.

It's enough for me

to live with that burden in this life.

It wasn't your fault.

It's not your fault.

FUNERAL HALL

Why won't you pick up?

He said he'd be going to bed early.

Aren't you calling Taeseon's president? I already talked to him.

Let me know if you need anything, sir.

Wait.

I need to go somewhere for a second.

I'm sorry.

I had a misunderstanding about you.

Please stop

the compensation suit.

Why are you going to this extent?

I want to give a chance to recover from the mistake.

Both to him

and...

to myself.

Could you

please give my thanks to Mr. Lee?

Thanks to him,

a few people dropped their charges.

He said he's been in the field,

so I guess he knows

quite a lot of people.

Thanks to him, I can avoid

the worst-case scenario.

EVALUATION CHART

Dad,

don't you have something to say?

What?

An important decision

for the company is coming up,

and, well, my…

term is almost over too.

Hey,

what do you want to hear?

Never mind.

Don't bother.

Let's just have our meeting, people.

Why are they so late?

So,

you decided to drop the charges

in exchange for getting the recipe?

Yes, I told them to do that.

So how are you going to make up for the loss?

Can we recover from this?

I'll do my best.

Give him a shot.

Hang on.

If we have the recipe,

can't we make our own

since we have the facilities?

It's possible.

If we can produce our own,

why should we let someone else do it?

Let's do it!

Yes, sir. I'll make sure they are

reproduced as soon as possible.

Wait!

Anyway,

we got the recipe from Taeseon

and the president there

threw a fit about killing himself.

Well,

are we going to simply overlook

the person in charge on our side,

even though he hasn't been

managing or supervising the company

that he knew was cutting corners?

Without even any punishment?

If he can't save

Hot Webfoot Octopus Noodle,

should I fire him?

Then,

will you be satisfied?

So…

Of course.

Hot Webfoot Octopus Noodle.

Hot Webfoot Octopus Noodle.

The thing is, there were no carcinogens

in our products.

It came from one of

the companies that make the ingredients.

It came from that company's

-sesame oil. -It's all the same.

Come on, ma'am.

How can they be the same?

This has nothing to do

with that company.

We made all of it ourselves.

-No, thank you. -Hot Webfoot Octopus Noodle.

HOT WEBFOOT OCTOPUS NOODLE

A FLAVOR FOR THE PEOPLE

Following in the footsteps of Hot Chicken Noodle, here's Hot Webfoot Octopus Noodle!

Come and have a taste.

Try it.

-No. How shameless. -The new Hot Webfoot…

Have a taste.

There are rumors that

this ramyeon is bad.

That's not true.

-Hot Webfoot Octopus Noodle. -Don't eat it. I heard it has carcinogens.

You don't have to buy it. Just give it a try.

It isn't true.

Try Hot Webfoot Octopus Noodle. You don't have to buy it.

-No, thank you. -But you don't have to buy it.

Gosh.

Our ramyeon is okay.

Should I eat this?

HOT WEBFOOT OCTOPUS NOODLE

It's good.

It tastes delicious.

You've worked hard.

-Gosh. -Oh, hello.

My legs hurt so much.

How was the response at Joonsu Mall?

It sold well for a limited time at the special price of 100 won.

But there aren't any additional orders.

Excuse me, Mr. Ga.

The performance review

is coming up soon,

so why don't we just give up on this and focus on something

that can produce results? Wouldn't that be better?

Mr. Oh.

Are you saying that you don't trust me?

Pardon? Oh, no.

That's not exactly what I'm saying.

Other teams are working their butts off

to produce actual results,

but our team is…

What?

WE PUT WEBFOOT OCTOPUS

IN THE RAMYEON THIS TIME

What will…

happen to you?

Ms. Lee!

Is it nice to live a new life

after ruining someone else's?

Is it nice?

How did you find me here?

Don't talk to me.

Hey!

Are you okay?

Mr. Ga.

-Are you okay? -Get up.

Yes.

Let go. Let go of me!

Let go!

Do you think this is over?

You won't get away with this!

Are you okay, Mr. Ga?

Who is that man?

Why do you only have

strange people like that around you?

What kind of life did you live?

It sounds like

you're saying that these things

happen to me

because I lived my life wrong.

That's not what I meant.

It's because it makes me angry!

Why would that make you angry?

I don't know

why I feel like this.

Thank you for helping me.

Wait, Ms. Lee…

What are the police doing here?

What's up with those two?

This is making it more intriguing for me.

TRUSTWORTHY POLICE, SAFE COUNTRY

Thanks!

-Thanks. -Sure.

Who's that jerk?

The president of the previous company I worked at.

Geez. Hey,

you're really fearless, aren't you?

You just report your president.

So you should watch out too.

-What? -I won't go easy on you either.

Geez.

So why is the president

of your previous company

harassing you and stuff?

Gosh.

Please.

Can't you just

leave me alone for today?

You're the one that

called me Uija of Baekje, but it turns out that you have

a bunch of scumbags around you too.

Scum…

Scumbags?

I mean…

Fine.

That's right.

Well, that's…

I don't think

it's right, but…

Geez. I should have been there for you.

You know,

I should save you at least once.

You've done enough

by accompanying me

to the police station. Thank you.

Gosh. That touched my heart.

Hey, so what's up with Yeol-chan?

Does he like you?

Come on. Stop being ridiculous.

It's ridiculous, right?

Come on!

"Come on!"

Stop that.

-I told you to stop. -Come on!

That stings.

It stings.

It's because it makes me angry!

Why would that make you angry?

I don't know

why I feel like this.

Why would he get angry?

How ridiculous.

My goodness.

You look pathetic

drinking on your own like this.

You came here fast.

I didn't know that

there would come a day when I'd ask you to join me for a drink.

I'm losing my confidence.

I never had much confidence,

so I always lived my life on edge.

But when I kept on living like that,

I started to

feel like I got the hang of it.

But nowadays,

because I've become more doubtful

and suspicious of myself…

So how are you going to make up for the loss?

Can we recover from this?

I'll do my best.

I couldn't say,

"You can count on me."

-Like I used to before. -Do you know what happens

after that?

You become someone who says one thing but does another. You just blurt it out,

and when it doesn't work out, you just flip sides like a pancake.

You act like you don't know,

and you sort of act like you're tired

and say, "That was then, and this is now."

That's what you do.

I really don't want to

end up like that.

But,

if you give it a try, it becomes easy.

Feeling guilty?

You don't feel that.

I'm about to die, so I should try to survive first.

Well, it's exhausting

to try to explain it to those newbies

that don't know anything.

If you're having a hard time,

just chew out your subordinates.

Chew them out!

-What? -You're good at it.

Just chew them out with all you've got.

I thought we were getting along. Geez.

Well,

why don't you ask Mr. Cha?

Mr. Cha

may be a little rude,

but he seems talented.

It may take time domestically,

so it could be a good idea

to target the foreign market first.

Right.

A call at this hour? What's up?

I have a favor to ask.

It's not a big deal

for us to try it.

But if it works out, we're taking the credit for it. Okay?

Sure.

As long as the new product survives,

I'll be okay with it.

Stop acting cool already.

It's so annoying.

Bye.

JOONSU FOOD

HOT WEBFOOT OCTOPUS NOODLE

PROPOSAL FOR JOON RAMYEON'S ENTRY INTO THE ONLINE ASEAN MARKET

INTERN JOO YUN-SU

ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC IS…

THE ASEAN MARKET IS ON THE RISE…

Oh.

Hello.

-Hello. -Hello.

Tae-lee, you've become so popular.

Oh, I saw it too.

You drinking up ramyeon out of anger.

Wait, what do you mean?

Do you want to see?

-You looked furious. -I know.

-What's going on? -What?

Check this out.

A JOONSU FOOD EMPLOYEE GETS MAD

AND DRINKS UP RAMYEON

JOONSU FOOD

Wow, look at the views.

This is crazy.

Why in the world…?

You're eating so much though.

-There are tons of comments too. -Gosh, good job.

-Wow. -When did this start spreading?

Oh, yesterday afternoon.

I saw it go up and down the trending list.

Goodness.

Mr. Kim, get me yesterday's POS numbers for Hot Webfoot Octopus Noodle.

Sure.

Here it is.

Thanks.

HOT WEBFOOT OCTOPUS NOODLE SALES SALES, VARIATION

TOTAL AMOUNT

SALES 291,526, VARIATION +77,150

Did it go up?

What?

We got an order

from China.

This is crazy.

Without any test order, they want 30 containers of it.

Isn't this crazy?

Goodness.

Gosh, so…

This is how it's turning out.

We're good now.

This will help us overcome this crisis.

Tae-lee, good job.

Okay, I admit it. I admit it.

How fascinating. I didn't think such a day would come.

-Gosh. -So fascinating.

Good work.

This is just so fascinating.

Mr. Joo.

Your proposal wasn't bad.

I liked it,

but it might be better if you shorten

and revise the pages I marked.

MAKE TITLE SUCCINCT TO PREDICT CONTENT

NO SUPERIORS READ AN ENTIRE PROPOSAL

SUMMARIZE THE CONTENT

-About last time-- -Why?

What, did something happen?

And the mid-term evaluation

isn't a final result.

It doesn't include

your proposal.

Mr. Ga.

Ms. Gu knows.

I accidentally heard her

talking to Mr. Kim Do-yeong.

I'm here to see Ms. Gu.

I'm sorry.

You cannot enter unless you made a prior appointment.

He's my guest.

Hello.

Oh, gosh.

Welcome, Mr. Cheon.

Long time no see.

CHAIRMAN NAMGUNG PYO OWNS ABOUT 33 PERCENT OF THE SHARES

CHAIRMAN CHEON SEOK-HO

OWNS ABOUT 19,8 PERCENT

-Please have a seat. -Sure.

Goodness.

The share price has been fluctuating dramatically this quarter.

It's been changing so much that I've been appalled.

Wouldn't that be

even more entertaining

than slow changes

for big investors like you?

That's kind of true.

Ga Yeol-chan?

Not your son,

but Ga Yeol-chan?

Right.

If I gave my son that position,

investors like you

wouldn't support me.

That's kind of true.

So he wants to have Yeol-chan as a managing director candidate?

I didn't know he'd actually do this.

That means he wants him to be the next CEO. So what did you do?

You can guess what I did.

I acted like I agreed with him.

Good job.

Darn it.

This punk is like a cockroach.

He doesn't die no matter how hard I crush him.

I need something clear to get him in one go.

In one go?

In dramas,

protagonists are framed and caught

with bundles of money

in their bag or drawer.

-You know-- -Come on.

Doing that could get you in trouble. Besides, there are security cameras

-installed in every office-- -Then what am I supposed to do?

And Mr. An,

are you my superior or something?

Why do you criticize me without giving any suggestions?

Come up with some ideas already.

Darn it.

This could be a little petty,

but there's something

better than framing him

directly with a bribe.

And what would that be?

You see,

a lot of people in this field

have made use of this method.

Soon, a project will be unveiled

to celebrate the 55th anniversary

of Joon Ramyeon.

After passing through one crisis…

Mr. Ga.

Your former colleague at Ongol named Kim Do-yeong

came to see Ms. Gu.

I accidentally heard her talking to Mr. Kim Do-yeong.

Sales were good.

Hey, Yeol-chan.

What?

What?

Come have a seat. Sit side by side.

You got hit the other day. Are you okay?

I was out of line

with what I said that day.

Don't mention it.

You helped me,

but I threw a fit.

That's true.

I've been curious about something.

Is it true

that you developed Hot Chicken Noodle

after seeing a woman

munching on hot chicken here?

Yes, it's true. And you were that woman.

Was it a secret?

It was me.

It was true.

But that doesn't mean

anything special, does it?

Gosh.

-Of course not. -Right?

Then,

did you also see me

crying my eyes out here?

Yes.

Goodness.

What is wrong with that punk?

He showed up out of nowhere.

I thought he was a zombie or something.

Why is it

that I always end up with such guys?

Why is the world so cruel to me?

Darn it, bring it on.

Come here and bring it on.

This damn world.

Why is it so mean to me?

Darn it.

Oh, right.

Mr. Chan, Chan, Yeol-chan.

Yes?

Why did you write those comments on my report back then?

Well, there wasn't much thought put into it.

I wasn't going to let anyone see it.

But you did see it.

On the outside,

you act so cool.

But on the inside,

you think you did all the work and saved the whole team alone.

Is that what it is?

Well, isn't that the same for everyone?

Everyone thinks they do all the work.

-You think so? -Yes.

Right.

That's true.

But tell me. Why did you give me

two thumbs up?

That gave me butterflies.

I gave you two thumbs up because

I couldn't criticize you to your face.

But you're good at that.

Sure thing, if that's what you want, I'll keep criticizing you to your face.

Oh, well.

How about that one time then? You acted all rigid

and told me...

"I care about the company, but I care about my colleagues too."

What about that?

Were you acting cool then too?

Were you?

Whatever, think as you please.

-Why do you keep picking on me? -Oh, right.

What about that other time? Park Beom-jun. You remember?

You tore that contract in front of me,

grabbed my wrist, and took me to the car in a cool, manly way.

Oh, what about when you got

smashed on the back recently?

Were you

acting cool then too?

-Why question me for saving you? -I'm asking if that was also for show.

Goodness, no.

Who would put on a show for something like that?

Sorry. That came out unintentionally.

What?

I apologize.

She did it first!

THE ASEAN COUNTRIES' DISTRIBUTION…

It's hot.

I'm sorry that I can't afford to be dating now.

JOONSU FOOD

Tak.

What about the market research?

Did Yun-su take care of it? Anyway, can I have that report?

Oh, that.

Mr. Joo.

The market research on dry noodles.

How's that going?

I'll email it to you now.

Okay.

Ms. Lee. What are you doing this weekend?

Mr. Ga.

You're here.

My gosh, why did you order so much?

These are all my favorites.

I wanted to have a conversation with you.

A rational, objective conversation.

I see.

Sure.

I said the ramyeon muse wasn't important to me.

That was a lie.

Hot Chicken Noodle changed my life.

Hot Webfoot Octopus Noodle too.

-Pardon? -You inspired me to come up with it.

Hot Webfoot Octopus Noodle.

And you're the one who saved it when it was going nowhere.

I kept thinking about you.

I tried to get you out of my mind but just couldn't.

So much so that it started to annoy me. The thoughts of you.

But that night, when you kissed me out of the blue...

I finally came to the realization.

"Oh, I see.

I like her."

I finally realized it.

Well…

Okay, I see.

To tell you the truth,

there was a time

when I had a crush on you.

I thought you were so cool

and perfect in every way.

But then, you started to get weird.

I was very disappointed because I liked you

and expected a lot more from you.

I do think about you from time to time,

but I don't really know why.

You're such a kkondae.

You're such a kkondae.

You're such a kkondae.

Right.

Okay.

Wait.

Hello!

Good morning.

-Good morning. -Hello.

Mr. Joo.

Please check that.

FINE, LET'S DO IT

Fine, let's do it. Love happens even during wartime.

Why can't we date?

I'll meet you there later, Yun-su my babe.

TAK JEONG-EUN

"Yun-su my babe"?

Ms. Tak.

What does "babe" mean?

-I know what "baby" means, but not that. -Sorry?

You just sent a message

in our group chat, saying "Yun-su my babe."

If it's a trendy expression, I want to use it too. "Babe Man-sik."

What? What is going on here? My gosh.

-This is huge. -What?

What's going on between you two? "Yun-su my babe"?

Well, it's just a typo.

No, it's not. You 're meeting up later. Where are you guys meeting?

In your babe Yun-su's heart?

No, the meeting room. That's where we're meeting.

That's right. We're…

She said she'd go over my report

-in the meeting room. -Okay.

What report?

A report on how pretty your babe is?

-That's enough, Mr. Oh. -I'll tease you for five more minutes.

-No, seriously. That's not it. -You two have time to date right now?

I'm sure you're both aware that we don't have time for such things now.

Well, you know.

We're all adults here.

I'm sure they'll manage.

Gosh. Tak, how long were you single?

-Goodness. -It's not just for my sake.

It'll be so annoying to see them getting lovey-dovey at work.

It'll be so awkward if they fight. Don't you know that?

Right.

There's more.

They'll bring their relationship to work

and only look out for each other, which will ruin morale in the office.

It'll be a headache for everyone.

What do you want us to do then?

It may negatively affect your evaluation.

The evaluation?

Gosh.

-I meant… -My gosh.

Unbelievable.

Babe Jeong-eun.

Goodness.

MR. GA YEOL-CHAN

MR. GA YEOL-CHAN

MR. GA YEOL-CHAN

KIM SEUNG-JIN

JOB POSTINGS, MARKETING

INTERN LEE MAN-SIK

CALLING INTERN LEE MAN-SIK

Where are you?

Oh.

Your boss summoned you! Shouldn't you rush here?

Right, but why can't you come?

If you're drunk,

just go home.

INTERN LEE MAN-SIK

Mr. Lee, were you...

this lonely too?

Hey.

We have some time to kill, so can you teach me how to do that thing?

-What thing? -The thing that you guys do.

Changing the screen in a flash.

So that the others can't see it.

-The shortcut for changing the screen? -Yes, right. That thing.

Sure.

All right.

You can sit down. Sit down.

All right. Press Alt

and Tab. That's all you need to do.

All right, watch this.

Let's say you're slacking off like this when you're supposed to be working.

When you think someone is

creeping up behind you,

press Alt and Tab!

-See that? -Oh, it changed.

-My gosh, it changed. -Right?

Hello.

Hello.

-Try it. -What?

Try it.

You're good!

You did it.

Watch this.

I'll teach you something else.

There's a way to make this disappear.

Press these two together.

Thanks.

This office is a mess.

Why isn't he picking up?

Hello. I'm here to see Director Lee Man-sik.

-Pardon? -I'm here to see Director Lee Man-sik.

He's my husband. He's not picking up right now.

I didn't tell him I was coming.

Does this mean

I can't go in?

It's not that.

We don't have a director named Lee Man-sik.

What are you talking about?

Why isn't he picking up? Goodness.

I did find Mr. Lee Man-sik.

-See? I told you. -I found him, but…

Mr. Ga.

This is dalgona coffee, which is very popular

among trendsetters these days.

I tried making it just for you.

I nearly broke my wrist.

I'm sorry I couldn't

hang out with you last night.

You know that I don't like overly sweet things like this.

I don't want it.

I won't drink or eat anything you make.

Man-sik.

Honey.

Hello.

What are you doing here?

My gosh!

Why are you here?

This is where you've been interning?

So you and your dad have been

interning in the same department?

She's her mom?

And you, her dad?

The CEO position?

If I die soon, someone else

will take over the company.

Do you think Joon-su can protect the company?

-As a potential managing director or… -Or what?

-Or as a candidate for the CEO role? -As CEO.

My gosh.

Why are you meddling in HR decisions?

If you step down as a candidate, I'll make sure the article doesn't run.

-What? Run a business with kids? -What are you doing?

They didn't do anything wrong.

What is this nonsense?

Finally, the D-Day is tomorrow.

-I know. -Well done.

Are you nervous?

-No, ma'am. -No, ma'am.

All of you are much smarter and have much more potential

than these kkondaes here, so don't be intimidated.

Subtitle translation by Jennifer Earwood