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Shinhwa Group was selected as the biggest sponsor

for the 2012 London Olympics.

In the middle of the global financial crisis...

Ever since the start of Korean economic development,

a single company has held the highest ranking,

with its continuous growth.

It has finally established itself in the international market

as a world-class company.

That company is Shinhwa.

From electronics, oil refining and automobiles to delivery

and telecommunications,

even if you're a Korean who doesn't know the President's name,

it would be difficult for you not to have come across the words "Shin-Hwa".

It is a massive empire, a model Korean conglomerate.

One day when Shinhwa achieved

$10 billion in exports for the first time in its history,

its founder said this was when he was invited to the Blue House,

and instead of accepting a medal of honor, he said,

"Mr. President, please let me build a school for my grandchildren."

Incorporated Association, Shinhwa Academy.

For this school,

which is unprecedented in Korean education history,

the President, at a time when economic development was more important

than equal opportunities for education,

spared no effort, even allowing special laws to be passed.

Now, there is even a saying that a family won't get anywhere

without a Shinhwa graduate.

Shinhwa is a base

built by the top 1% of Korean society,

for the top 1% of society,

beginning with Shinhwa Kindergarten, where most upper class kids are unable

to enroll, even if they were registered immediately after they were born.

Once they enroll, they can be educated at Shinhwa from elementary,

middle and high school all the way to university.

For all the Korean students and parents frustrated by the college entrance exams,

Shinhwa is the object of both their jealousy and dreams.

However, in this school for the chosen sons and daughters of God,

something beyond anyone's imagination is happening.

Oh, poor Min-ha,

what shall we do about this?

You bastard!

Get him!

What are you here for?

I have a delivery from Jan-di Dry Cleaners.

Okay, you can go in.

Thank you.

This isn't it.

Find him!

There he is! Get him!

Is this really a school?

Hey!

It's the rooftop!

Lee Min-ha is there!

Are you serious?

-Is he putting on a show? -No, this is for real!

Really? Are you for real?

Lee Min-ha?

Lee Min-ha!

I'm right, eh?

He couldn't even survive a week.

But he stayed three days.

It was not three days. Technically speaking...

This is what you guys want, right?

All right.

I'll do as you wish.

Hey! Wait, Lee Min-ha!

Oh, no, Mr. Customer!

Who are you?

Me?

I'm...

I have a delivery!

Jan-di Dry Cleaners. It's $30.

Oh, my... funny.

Okay...

$25.

The gym suit is free, instead,

you should be a patron.

After I die,

settle it with my family.

Don't be like...

Die?

You're going to die right now?

Why?

But...

You attend such a great school...

This isn't a school.

This is hell.

Excuse me?

The real hell is out there.

Have you ever heard about the hell of college entrance?

Have you ever heard of F4?

F what?

What is that?

Once you get the red card,

you become the target of all students in the school.

Just like me.

Oh...

So you just let them get away with it?

You know, it's the losers

who act in large groups and do things like that.

If it was my school,

I would catch them and kill them.

How lucky...

Your friends...

Huh?

They have a friend like you.

Not really...

No!

Brave high school commoner. Who is she? Reality at aristocratic elite Shinhwa High

The cradle of privileged education, Shinhwa High School.

The girl who saved the ostracized student

was neither a daughter of a chaebol nor of an honorable family,

but an ordinary girl who was there to deliver laundry.

The sons of God who are exempted from college entrance by money!

If you guys have nothing like that, just take the SAT!

If privilege works like this, it deserves capital punishment!

Shinhwa Group should blow itself up!

As a parent, I can't forgive them.

From tomorrow, let's not go to Shinhwa Mart.

Shinhwa Group, give us an explanation!

Give us an explanation! Give us an explanation!

Shinhwa Group, give us an explanation!

Give us an explanation! Give us an explanation!

Abolish the special education system!

I'm standing where the public is gathered to demand the truth

about the bullying at Shinhwa High School, and is protesting against

the special educational system. Let's hear some of their opinions.

Hello, what brought you out to the streets with a candle?

My friend was also bullied and he dropped out of school.

We can say that it's because of the unbearable stress of the entrance exams,

but it's not the case. Don't you think so?

Jan-di, do you know what your nickname is?

"Common Hero, Wonder Girl,

you are our generation's true Wonder Woman."

Geum Jan-di! Send the Wonder Girl to Shinhwa High School!

Can't you cut the crap?

Cool.

By the way,

the Flower Four...

are they really so doll-faced?

I would have no other wish if I could see them up close in person.

Flower Four?

What Flower Four?

Fly Four makes more sense,

four dung flies.

Jan-di,

please look over here.

Jan-di, please say something.

Look here!

Smile!

Is that school for gifted people?

It's neither a science school nor a foreign language school.

It's literally a school for the rich.

Doesn't Korea pursue a fair society?

That bourgeois school is...

Commoner Wonder Girl, saves an aristocrat loner.

Geum Jan-di saves student from the rooftop

I'm sorry, ma'am.

The PR department and related companies are trying their best

to extinguish the bad publicity.

Extinguish?

Do you think this is being extinguished?

How do you let the reporters dare

to mention Jun-pyo's name?

I'm deeply ashamed.

Do you know why the public opinion is scary?

Because it is ignorant.

Once it goes berserk, it's unmanageable.

Reason or common sense don't work anymore.

The one who started the fire should extinguish it.

Madam Chairman, the prime minister is on the line.

Yes, sir.

Yes,

it's getting interesting.

I was never cut out for hiding from the paparazzi!

What a tough delivery! Shoot!

I'm really sick and tired of this Shinhwa School or F4 whatever.

Jan-di Dry Cleaners

I'm home...

She's here! Jan-di!

Say hello to him.

He came from the Shinhwa Chairman's office.

Now I meet the famous Wonder Girl.

Nice to meet you.

I didn't push him.

Really, I didn't.

F4 or something, they did it.

That's not it.

Jan-di,

my daughter, calm down and listen.

You will go to Shinhwa High starting tomorrow.

You're going to go!

What the heck are you...

To tell the truth...

The Chairman was impressed by you and

decided to accept you as a special scholarship student!

She decided to accept you!

Scholarship student? Why me?

We would like you, Geum Jan-di--

Noona, you know how you swam until you graduated from middle school?

She wants you to swim again!

Swim again!

I don't want to!

What?

And why not?

Noona, are you crazy?

I like the way things are now.

I wouldn't fit into the school

and I don't want to go to that school either.

You'd better go back.

Jan-di...

why don't you think about it?

There's no need to think about it.

She will be there tomorrow.

Shut up!

Why not? Shut up!

Then, I'll see you at school tomorrow.

Yes, even if I have to drag her by the ear,

I will make sure she's at school tomorrow.

Okay, then.

Mr. Secretary...

You are aware of the phrase, "What is done cannot be undone"?

Mom!

Be quiet!

If you have eyes, look at that!

Shinhwa High!

Shinhwa High!

Shinhwa High!

Shinhwa High!

Shinhwa High!

Noona,

I really didn't think this day would come in my lifetime.

For the first time in my life,

I am proud to be your brother.

Dad!

Can the words "I'm not going" even come out of your mouth?

And do you know how much the tuition is?

I still don't want to go.

Mom, I really don't want to.

Oh my!

Others study hard, have the money, and they still can't go.

But why don't you want to?

When was it you said those people only knew how to brag about their wealth?

It... was jealousy.

The truth is,

it's like winning the lottery.

Who wouldn't be happy?

I don't care. I have a bad feeling about this.

Just to let you know,

regardless of what you tell me, I'm not going.

But... you liked to swim.

You said you wanted to go to a school with a swimming pool.

Are you trying to get me to go to that school

by saying they have a swimming pool?

I'm not going. I don't want to.

I'll never go!

Wait!

Just wait a minute, miss!

I'll go and come back.

Geum Jan-di, fighting!

Go ahead.

Dry cleaning done here! Dry cleaning!

Dry cleaning!

Jan-di Dry Cleaners!

Dry cleaning done here!

Dry cleaning!

Jan-di Dry Cleaners!

-Isn't it pretty? -Yeah, it is.

They have only two of those imported from Japan.

I got myself one, guess who bought the other?

Who?

Gu Jun-pyo.

That's really cool!

Don't you think my style is a lot better?

Hey, let me borrow it.

Hey, me too!

Just where is it?

Uh...

do you know where the swimming pool is?

That way?

Thank you.

I'm so sorry for interrupting. You can continue.

Goodbye!

It's F4!

Move it!

Is something wrong?

I will give you a count of three...

What?

What for?

Three.

Two.

One.

Hey, Woo-bin,

do you have some juice left?

Yeah, you want it?

Hey, are you okay?

What kind of crazy person is that?

And...

what is wrong with everybody?

How could they just stand there?

Watch your mouth.

Who are you?

Us?

By the way, sorry that our introduction is a little late.

We are...

Ginger!

Sunny!

Miranda!

We are the Jin Sun Mi of Shinhwa High School.

What you mentioned before,

it's not regarding the F4, is it?

Transfer student?

F what?

So that guy who just acted like a jerk

is a member of the notorious F4?

Notorious?

You mean famous.

If you're not careful with what you say,

you'll be in big trouble!

I hear your family owns a laundromat.

It's not a laundromat. It's a dry cleaners.

So, what?

This is my first time seeing a dry cleaner's girl.

It's very fascinating.

Look all you want, I won't charge you.

Since this is your first day of school

and you're a commoner who knows nothing of the world,

I'll let you off this time.

What?

The things you said about the F4!

What? I can't?

Are they that remarkable?

Hey, transfer student!

You really don't know a thing about the F4?

No, I don't.

Girls...

let's go.

Song Woo-bin

"Song Woo-bin, the son of the founders of Il-Sim Construction,

which is called the blue-chip stock of the construction industry.

They are real estate tycoons.

The head family of Il-Sim-Pa, an organization dating back 50 years.

They still have quite a few high-class clubs and saloons.

When it comes to cash mobilization, they are valued as King Wang Jjang.

So Yi-jung is a genius ceramic artist who debuted at the Biennale aged 16,

as the youngest artist.

He is one of the young artists who was selected by UNESCO."

There is at least one who made it on their own.

Cast away the prejudice that genius would be poor.

You know the cultural assets of independence fighter So Yoon He,

from Korean history textbooks?

He is the owner of the Woo-Song Museum and the grandfather of F4's So Yi-jung.

Woo Song Museum?

Do you mean it's his family's? How much are they worth?

Don't imagine. It will only hurt you.

That's a picture of the old president.

Look at this kid sitting next to him...

He is F4's very own Yoon Ji-hoo.

The son and daughter-in-law of President Yoon Seok-young died

in a mysterious traffic accident. The only survivor is his 5-year-old grandson.

You mean Yoon Ji-hoo is the grandson

of President Yoon Seok-young?

You know Suam Art Center where Jang Young Joo played.

He owns the Suam Art Foundation, a soccer team in Europe

and a Major League baseball team.

I envy him most in the world.

Gu Jun-pyo

You know him without my explanation, right?

This man is the F4 leader, Gu Jun-pyo,

the successor of the great Shinhwa Group.

Even three-year-old Korean kids know who he is.

F4 are those sort of guys?

No way!

Goo Joong Pyo!

You are nothing but trash!

You flies!

If you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth,

you should be thankful and be nice to people!

You don't deserve to be the successor

of Shinhwa Group!

You, I warn you.

Do not show yourself before me.

The day when I have to call you "sunbae,"

I will jump off the roof!

Yoon Ji-hoo!

Look who's noisy...

It's so loud, I can't sleep.

I'm so sorry.

I thought no one was here.

Is that really true?

Eh?

That you will jump.

So, the thing is...

So you heard everything?

What?

I mean...

Trash? Or flies?

Oh, right,

Jun-pyo...

Huh?

It's "Gu Jun-pyo," not "Goo Joong Pyo."

You should at least know the right name of the person you hate.

Rice balls!

You like them?

What the heck rice balls?

It looks so pretty and delicious.

What's this smell?

It completely stinks!

Here it is.

Hey, transfer student!

Why are you eating this food?

Don't you see that?

I can.

Then?

Over $50 for one meal is not possible in my home.

So, you're planning to keep eating...

this stinky lunch box?

Yes, I am.

It's F4!

Mi-sook! Come on!

I'm so excited!

Can I...

try that?

Welcome!

Thank you!

Is she from Germany?

Yeah, she looks really pretty.

I thought she was a doll or something.

Anyway, it's great that you made a friend already.

I was worried you might be a loner.

I am a loner.

What?

I'm an outcast.

But I'm thankful that I don't get noticed.

Until I graduate, I'm going to stay a loner.

Who are you?

What happened to our Jan-di?

The one who protected me from the wicked son of the kindergarten owner,

the one who fought against gangs in junior school.

That was the girl who fought for justice, Geum Jan-di.

But now?

Then what can I do?

My mom will kill me if I make trouble

and get expelled from school.

-You! -Ah!

Do you think I'm wasting cucumbers?

Your father wanted to eat cucumber kimchi,

but I'm investing it all in your face.

What kind of investment are you doing with cucumbers?

Once you have beautiful skin with this...

Even the worst boy in your school

would be sought after for marriage.

You might say this is a jackpot fund. Don't you think so, honey?

Don't disturb me. I'm artistically sharpening the edge.

Mom, don't do this!

Look at you, look at you!

What a bad girl!

And why are you ironing that?

Your arms will hurt from ironing all day long.

Though I've been working at a dry cleaners for 15 years,

this is the first time I have seen such fine clothing.

Ordinary people...

can't wear this sort of cloth, even on their wedding day.

Oh, boy!

Sister, let me borrow it on Sunday.

Jan-di,

when it comes to clothes like this,

you must be careful.

Be careful when you sit and stand up.

Take care not to stain it. Understand?

This beautiful thing is my daughter's.

Why do my arms hurt? No, Daddy's totally fine.

Oh, my...

That girl!

Honey, you should iron the lining, too. Don't you think?

Justice Girl Geum Jan-di hasn't given up yet.

Cast aside this way and that!

I will say what's on my mind!

From tomorrow...

you're all dead!

It's F4!

Jun-pyo sunbae,

I baked this myself for you.

Please accept this gift from my heart.

Our Jun-pyo-Nim only eats cakes

made by a top-notch pastry chef.

Who are you?

You have something to say?

Yeah, I have something to say!

I have a lot to say!

You!

Do you have absolutely no respect for people?

I don't expect you to have humility, as a rich person.

But if you didn't want to eat it, then you could have rejected it nicely or...

would it kill you to accept it out of respect for the girl's effort?

What are you

going to do if she says she'll jump off the roof, you bastard!

Who are you?

You have something to say?

No.

Why do you swim like that? You could faint.

I was punishing myself.

Punishing?

Did you do something that bad?

The punishment that Justice Girl inflicts upon the obsequious.

So, do you feel better?

Yes.

All of the reasons why I'm going to this school are here.

What are they?

The swimming pool and...

Oh Min-ji.

Sunbaenim!

I'm so sorry, Jun-pyo sunbae.

Sorry?

If apologizing solved everything,

why do you think there's a need for laws and police officers?

But it was an accident.

I'll buy you the same exact shoes right away!

You...

Are you richer than me?

Pardon?

Even if you had more money, it would be impossible.

These shoes were made by a craftsman in Florence.

How could you possibly buy me the exact same ones immediately?

I'm really sorry.

I'll do anything I can do to fix it.

Anything?

Yes.

Lick it.

Pardon?

I said to lick it.

Sunbaenim...

Didn't you say you'll do anything?

Can you stop it?

You!

You think she fell because she wanted to?

Apologizing is enough, don't you think?

Who's this nosy person?

Hey, second grader!

I'm guessing it hasn't been long since you returned, but...

you shouldn't try to use the American style here.

Why so informal?

So you're the famous...

"Wonder Bra"?

People were saying Wonder Woman and stuff,

so I expected at least a nice figure and a D cup.

How homely!

I'm glad I let you down.

Is it your project to not consider your status and be nosy?

Why are you butting in on other people's business?

She's not a stranger. She's my friend.

I guess in rich people's dictionaries,

there are no words like "friend" or "friendship"?

Friendship?

Let's see that great friendship you speak about.

Lick it.

What?

I'll forget all about this...

if you lick it instead.

Hey!

What's up with you?

Does she have more money than you?

Did you earn all of that money?

What?

Is it my project to be nosy?

It's my project not to overlook jerks who act how they want

just because they know their rich parents have their back. Why?

At our place, it's $2.50,

but I calculated it by Gangnam standards, okay?

If the stain still doesn't come out, then bring it to me.

Jan-di Dry Cleaners 300-5648

What the hell?

Who does she think she is?

What's the matter with Jun-pyo?

I think the shock was pretty big today.

He just keeps doing that.

What are you doing with that serious face?

Don't bother me.

Can't you hear the wheels turning in my head?

I'm thinking of the best way to completely crush

Jan-di or whatever her name is.

Why are you even bothering to think about it?

Just do what you've been doing all along.

Man! You really are smart!

Jan-di Dry Cleaners 300-5648

Jan-di Dry Cleaners,

you're dead now.

It's here, it's here!

Geum Jan-di of 2nd grade Class B

drew an F4 red card!

What is this, a soccer field?

What are they talking about, a red card?

What?

I guess your desk isn't here.

How can you study with us

when you're a commoner?

Why did you even come to school?

My book.

Hey, move over.

Get out of here! Annoying! Die! Get lost!

You're dead today.

Fuck off! Screw you!

Who did this?

If you have something to say, then come here boldly!

Who was it?

Jan-di...

when it comes to this kind of clothing, you must be careful with it.

Be careful with it at all times.

This great suit is my daughter's. Why do my arms hurt?

Daddy's arm doesn't hurt at all.

Do more!

Do more!

Try and do more!

Hey, someone bring some oil.

All we have to do now is to fry her.

What is it then? Is that a pan fried pumpkin?

Do more!

Try and do more!

Isn't it over now?

What do you mean "over"?

It's over when that rude chick kneels in front of me.

So, that's why they say not to bother a sleeping wolf?

Don't you mean a lion?

It seems this time she won't even last a week.

One week?

I say three days.

Yi-jung, you...

If I win, then I get that traditional pot from your last show.

For a fool that can't tell a pot from a water bottle,

what's the sudden interest?

My girl is a fan

of the potter, So Yi-jung.

Okay. If I win...

then I get the number of the Super Girls.

Call!

Hey, guys, shut up.

It's almost time for her to show up.

All right.

Five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

Ta-da!

Ah, that's right.

She's probably embarrassed to show up in front of me in that disastrous state.

Yep, I was a bit hasty.

One more time...

Five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

What's wrong with you guys?

Did you do it right?

Then, why isn't she here?

Where the hell did that chick go?

Surrender?

Surrender? You wish.

I say I am Jan-di, and you think you can walk all over me?

You picked on the wrong person!

Have you guys ever eaten soup that has been cooked with tears?

Have you ever seen a free pass to the public bathhouse?

Commoners are nothing if not unyielding and persevering! Do you not know that?

How many eggs are these?

These idiots don't even know that flour is gold.

Do they wanna die?

So wasteful...

How many pancakes are these? Seriously.

Oh my!

Who's there?

You're really noisy every time I see you.

Do you know how to make pancakes?

What?

Pancakes...

All you have to do is mix flour, eggs,

milk, and sugar

and knead it and fry it.

Just like Korean pancakes.

That's simple.

Your handkerchief...

I don't need it.

I'll return it to you next time.

I'm not going to come here anymore.

It's no longer quiet,

thanks to someone.

Min Seo-hyun's happy brunch

I'm sorry, Jan-di.

Forgive me...

for being a coward.

I think I'll have to get at least $30.

Wow, I know the actual price.

That's not fair.

The express service is a little bit expensive.

Also, look at the condition of these clothes.

I've discounted the price a lot because it's a school uniform.

Come on, really.

I work in the dry cleaning business.

If you don't like the price, forget it.

Next door is Jan-di Dry Cleaners. Go there.

Come on, mister.

All right... $25!

They only accept one team per week here. So...

I made reservations a month ago and still waiting, but...

how did you do it?

Do players know things just by looking at a woman's hand?

You need at least to know she's a Michelin starred chef in order to be a player.

Of course. My bro, yo!

Yeah.

Are you doing what I told you to do?

Don't make a mistake, and do it correctly. Understand?

Let's eat.

All right.

Hey!

Mom!

You must be crazy!

Everyone is dying to lose weight, but...

What are you doing?

Will you be happy if I die doing such a worthless thing?

Hey! You need to diet and at least have a killer body

so the rich boys will look at you!

We're not rich, we don't have a good family background and we are not smart!

What do you think you are talking about? Dieting is worthless?

Give me the rice container!

No, I can't.

Right now, surviving is more important to me than dieting.

Hey!

In this day and age, even swimmers must be skinny to become stars!

Haven't you seen Kim Yuna?

You're a young girl, how can you not know the trends?

Give me the rice container!

Mom! I said, I don't want to!

Give it to me!

Hey, you!

Mom, Kim Yuna is a figure skater.

Kim Yuna is a figure skater, not a swimmer!

Stop! You!

Hey!

Hey! Give up the rice container!

Hey!

Jan-di?

Jan-di? The rice container...

Jan-di?

Has my stomach gotten bigger?

A little bit.

I'm sorry. I haven't been able to take care of you.

I'm only putting up with this because of the swimming pool.

If I had attended this kind of school from the get-go,

of course I would have been in the Olympics.

I would have gone.

What are these?

Gu Jun-pyo!

Hey! What's going on? You keep on smiling to yourself.

She's probably really pissed right about now.

Who?

Perhaps, the laundry girl? Still?

Wait a minute, how long has it been?

It's been over a week.

Okay, hand them over... the girls' phone numbers.

She's really something.

Wait, isn't she the first girl to really face off with the F4?

What are you saying?

It's only because I'm going easy on her.

But, how come Ji-hoo's not here again?

He's probably sleeping somewhere.

Let go!

Be quiet!

Let go of me!

What?

You can't even find that one thing. What the heck are you guys?

It says someone got pregnant at Noona's school!

What?

Everyone!

Isn't there a strange smell?

Hey! Geum Jan-di!

Doing this to a girl...

is just stupid and childish.

One of them seems to be kind of different.

Who?

I think that chick...

has completely fallen head over heels for me.

What?

Good looking, tall, smart, rich.

What is there not to like about Gu Jun-pyo?

Are you a real idiot?

Someone is waiting for you.

Who?

Ji-hoo sunbae?

This is a dream, right?

I don't know what's going to happen,

but don't you think that it's getting interesting?

Why in the world are you here?

Why shouldn't I be in my house?

Whenever I see you, you are very annoying and noisy.

Do Ji-hoo sunbae

and the model Min Seo-hyun

know each other?

For Ji-hoo,

she's like his first love, his lover, like a mother.

Geum Jan-di!

Jun-pyo...

Gu Jun-pyo fell into the pool!

Gu Jun-pyo! Wake up!

Open your eyes! Gu Jun-pyo!

Translated by: KIM SEL GEE