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Episode 5 Everyone, let's find out about

literary trends.

What are literary trends?

It was love.

There are two broad definitions to literary trends.

The first is the flow of ideology in literary trends.

Another is the expression of literary arts...

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That will be it for today's class.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

- Let's eat. - I'm on a diet.

Want to eat?

Me? Uh...

Me?

The friend I usually eat with didn't come today. Let's go.

What do you like to eat?

Spicy rice cakes.

So you like spicy things.

I do.

- Rice cakes made of flour? - Yes, rice cakes made of flour.

- A bit soupy. - That's right.

Boiled egg yolk mixed in together.

You must be able to taste the MSG.

With danmooji (pickled radish).

I almost had to eat alone.

Me, too.

- Don't you have friends? - Not a lot.

But somehow, I feel like eating alone and drinking alone, that will become trendy in a few years.

Like there aren't enough appealing things in the world? So restaurants and bars that cater to

people who want to eat and drink alone will appear?

I'm not sure about that, but rather than trendy, maybe just a sight people get used to?

It lacks warmth.

Right?

I have to agree.

So thanks for asking me to eat with you.

I wanted to.

Is that so?

May I ask why?

Why did you leave the activity club?

- Huh? - Because I left.

Why did you switch the required class?

You followed me to the other class.

Soju?

I've been drinking it since a while ago.

You like bitter-tasting things.

I do like bitter-tasting things.

Enough to drink that during the day?

I didn't think I would have the courage.

I did this much, so I'd like it if you did something, too.

How much does it take for you to get drunk?

Half a bottle?

So try drinking some more.

Alright, now tell me what you want.

I like you.

Today is Day 1

To be honest, spicy rice cake is sweeter than it is spicy.

And soju is sweeter than it is bitter.

But the reason that our kiss was so sweet

was probably because that was how we met.

It was love.

Do you know how a woman's gaze looks when she loves a man?

How?

♫ In the slow back-and-forth of a conversation ♫

♫ How many words remain? ♫

Do you know what a man's nostril looks like when he loves a woman? ♫ At the end of that calm sky, for me ♫

How? ♫ Why does it feel like it will rain? ♫

♫ Entrusted to your relaxed body ♫

Day 50 ♫ I won’t be sad anymore ♫

The many words that he and I exchanged,

those silly words, even if arranged randomly,

became the sweetest whispers in the world.

♫ And as I hastily wrote my conclusion ♫

♫ If I think of a phrase I left out ♫

For all the cheesy acts in the world,

all the legitimate reasons in the world were given.

♫ At the end of that calm sky, for me ♫

♫ Why does it feel like it will rain? ♫

Did you pay attention in class?

♫ I won’t be sad anymore ♫

I'm going to vomit.

Let's go together.

Discomfort was only for those who had to watch. Day 100

And we were always like this, but as time went by, that "always" turned into "sometimes."

Sometimes, we were like that,

and sometimes, we fought.

- I said I was sorry. - Let go.

- I said I was sorry! - And I said, let go.

Let go.

Hold on.

Forgiveness, Once. (One of the coupons that she made for him)

Day 300

Once we tacitly realized that fighting did not mean breaking up,

we began to feel ease in that belief. And ironically, due to that ease,

the differences between us, unlike at first,

we no longer tolerated them in the other.

So we continued to fight, and the fights became more intense.

No, they became more petty.

What are you going to say now that your forehead is wrinkling?

Why get irritated suddenly, when I haven't said anything?

You are the one who suddenly grabbed my hand. So why accuse me of getting irritated suddenly?

I grasped your hand first. Have you ever apologized first before?

It is so fun for you to argue who did it first and who was wrong first?

Why not draw up some statistics?

Why didn't you text me after you went home on Friday, anyway?

Why are you bringing that up now? We're talking about how you are always irritated and how you never apologize.

Let's talk about what you did wrong first before we talk about my wrongs, please?

When I did the same thing, it was because I was tired.

But you suspected me needlessly and complained so much.

That's what you do after I make a mistake.

I said let's address your wrongs before we move on.

You drank until dawn and afternoon the next day.

You only answered after I called you.

Don't you hear me talking?

Let's finish what we were talking about before we talk about me.

But why is that so important, anyway?

Why isn't it important?

Is that something we have to discuss while holding hands like this?

Then let go.

I dare you to get up. Then it's over between us.

Day 500

It's raining.

Day 800

It was a wound that needed a heavy bandage, but we barely covered it with a band-aid instead.

Let's stop walking already.

Let's walk when there isn't so much fine dust in the air.

Why not just ask? Why whine about it?

I wasn't whining, I was just asking.

What with the frown?

Do you think I can't tell your voice apart from just speaking and whining? What are you dissatisfied about?

I told you. I want to stop walking.

So you admit that you are dissatisfied and that you whined.

So why insist that you're just asking?

Is it your goal to get me to admit that I whined?

My point is that you are always whining like that.

Why do you do that? Does it run in your family?

Run in my family? Does being narrow-minded run in your family?

Narrow-minded?

Then don't date me.

So you're breaking up with me now, huh?

You said it first.

No, just admit it. You want to break up.

You say it. You want to break up.

No, you say it.

Fine, let's break up. Please, let's break up!

- So you're breaking up with me? - Yes.

Can't you understand my words? Don't you know Korean?

Shall I say it in English?

Fine, do it, say it in English.

I want to break up with you. Let's break up!

Get lost.

Thank you. Bye.

Thank... Hey, what?

Thank you? You said 'thank you'?

Say it again. You're thanking me?

Is that something you dare to say right now?

Why? It's okay if you say it, but I can't?

It's what you said to me when you broke up with me last time.

900 days

maybe... a few days later... We barely covered that wound,

and we repeated break-ups and reconciliations that I don't even remember the reasons behind.

We were able to break-up with a single word End

Recipient Kim Hwan Dong: End

End

Sender Kim Hwan Dong: Hey

Recipient Im Jin Joo: Hey

Sender Im Jin Joo: Why

and we were able to reconcile with a single word.

♫ Makes me smile ♫

♫ and help me rest ♫

♫ Your presence that tries to stay by my side ♫

♫ Was a great comfort to me ♫

Around the time restaurants and bars where people eat alone showed up,

we came to face a real break up.

♫ You were there ♫

Two nights ago,

my friend said she saw you.

At a motel.

♫ you are my... ♫

Do you have something to say?

♫ future ♫

I thought it wasn't love.

Remembering that time when our hearts seemed incapable of being wounded,

and how we made sure to still hurt each other even more in order to break up...

Even after some time passed and I thought we would no longer hurt from that wound...

I just wanted to believe that dishonest stubbornness within me, to be assured that it wasn't right between us.

Love may change but facts don't.

It was love.

However, the reason I cried yesterday

wasn't because I am not over him.

It's because I am not over the suffering I endured.

So it's not that I wasn't able to get over him but I wasn't able to get over myself.

It was because I suddenly recalled the pity for myself, having spent most of my twenties with that one man.

It was that.

Come to think of it, during the time you were at your most physically beautiful,

you were with Hwan Dong, going through the most pathetic time of his life.

Huh? I am at my most beautiful now.

From where would you get such an idea?

From my mindset?

We need compensation.

Compensation?

Anyhow, you must have felt happiness during those times as well.

I don't think it's an issue where compensation is required.

Also, beauty during one's twenties doesn't just apply to a woman.

Hwan Dong must have been the most physically beautiful during those times, too.

Well, that's true from a gay's perspective.

I mean, he's a precious and adorable son from his family's perspective.

You always side with us but when it comes to handsome men, you always side with them.

- Does Moon Soo know you're like that? - Yes.

That's why he likes me.

Fine, let's say it's not something that requires compensation.

However, that barbarian thinking which says

a woman's value is dictated by her looks.

I would like to bring that to the table tonight.

All of a sudden?

With that kind of approach, they will never be able to get a beautiful woman.

We, who are still beautiful on the outside as well,

must instill that to them.

Get ready.

What's going on? Get ready for what?

I think we're going clubbing.

Please take care of In Kook.

Seriously, these ladies.

Why are they going clubbing after talking about their past loves?

What kind of progression is this?

You guys planned on going clubbing all along.

Are you thugs?

♫ Feel love ♫

♫ Feel love with me ♫

♫ with ♫

♫ Feel love ♫

♫ Feel love with me ♫

♫ Feel love ♫

♫ Feel love with me ♫

♫ with me ♫

Eun Jeong.

Why won't guys talk to us?

I don't know.

Do we have to put in a request for it somewhere?

Okay.

♫ Feel love, feel love, feel love ♫

♫ Feel love, feel love, feel love ♫

♫ Feel love, feel love, feel love ♫

♫ Feel love, feel love, feel love, feel love ♫

♫ Feel love ♫

Stop it.

- Let me go. - Let's go outside to talk.

I told you to let me go.

♫ Feel love, feel love, feel love ♫

♫ Feel love, feel love, feel love ♫

♫ Feel love, feel love, feel love ♫

They took the bait.

To these foolish fish, I am the bait with beautiful looks that cannot be denied.

This is what it means to be a city fisherman.

What are you doing?

If he asks "what are you doing?" to someone who's dancing,

what am I supposed to say?

♫ Feel love, feel love ♫

Escape.

♫ Feel love, feel love, feel love, feel love ♫

♫ Feel love, feel love with me ♫

♫ with ♫

Who did you come with?

Boyfriend.

♫ Feel love with you ♫

♫ with ♫

♫ Feel love ♫

You're pretty. Did you want to hang out?

I am a mom.

Please raise him well.

♫ Feel love, feel love, feel love ♫

♫ Feel love, feel love, feel love ♫

♫ Feel love, feel love, feel love ♫

♫ Feel love, feel love, feel love,feel love ♫

What's going on?

Why does it taste so good?

Is this restaurant open 24 hours?

Right. We found a yummy restaurant.

It seems like we came out to eat this in the first place.

Should we eat sooyuk (boiled beef or pork) as well?

Let's.

Please give us one soo yuk.

Okay.

Is it okay to eat?

- You're done? - Yeah.

Raise your glass.

Let's empty them at once.

Cheers.

This is the taste.

Oh, I am full.

It was good.

Are we aged?

Well, we ate. Oh, I am full.

When guys talk to me at the club,

how should I put it? It gets on my nerves.

We might have reached the social age where we only respond to trustworthy relationships.

Our senses that're aware of our diminishing lifespan

are sending signals.

"Don't spend your time on untrustworthy relationships."

"That would be beneficial to your finances." Like that.

But, it's that kind of a bias against the location?

There might be good guys at a club, too.

We don't even know how to have fun yet we're doing needless analyzing.

If someone was watching, they would find it funny.

Anyhow, I am tired. We should not have gone clubbing.

I guess I wanted an escape, a break from the usual.

A kind of refresher.

Just date a guy.

Love doesn't exist.

Loveless dating. Constant escape.

Hey, that's meaningful.

How shall I put it?

Love is like bangs.

Crazy b**ch

Why do you look conflicted?

I am worried about something.

All of a sudden?

Yeah, all of a sudden.

Seeing how serious you look,

it must be nothing.

Why? Did a guy hold your hand at the club?

They broke up.

What?

They must have broken up.

No, is that an easy thing to do?

You're right.

I said "let's break up" that day.

I said let's break up.

Why did you ask her to break up?

Because I was terrible.

What?

Ha Yoon, oh, that's her name.

Yeah, Ha Yoon.

She tried hard to get a job but she failed.

Getting a job.

Afterward, she opened a small clothing shop. But that didn't pan out either.

So she became more stressed and she began drinking more.

I should have made her turn to me when she's having a hard time but I let her turn to liquor instead.

Is that being terrible?

I am badmouthing my girlfriend again. Isn't that being terrible?

How can anyone survive without doing even that much?

This may be a stupid question but

when hugging a loved one isn't encouraging when she is having a hard time,

what else can one do?

Give her money. Hugging her is comforting.

If you want the problem to be solved, you need to spend money.

Forget it.

Hey, how about worrying about your own problems as much as you worry about others?

Aren't you busy enough with your own problems? Why do you worry so much about someone else's problem?

To be honest, I saw that woman at the club.

Should I tell him or not?

She could go clubbing. What's the big deal?

- I mean, she kissed a guy there. - Wow. - Wow.

Well, one could do it. It's possible.

A man and a woman meeting at a club. It's not like the heads of North Korea and South Korea meeting at the Panmunjom.

Maybe she was holding hands tightly with him, saying, "Shall we go greet our friends together?"

Maybe they were doing that? It's possible.

After we left the beef bone soup restaurant,

- I saw that woman going into the hotel with that man. - Wow. - Wow.

Yeah, that's right. They might have gone in there by mistake.

Hey! If the boyfriend says, "Can you explain why I saw you going into the hotel with another man?"

Will the girlfriend say,

"Oh, that. I went there by mistake. I thought it was a subway station."

Then will the boyfriend say, "Oh, so you thought it was a subway station."

"Oh, you must have thought that the subway station is a five star hotel."

"I was worried for no reason. Sorry for doubting you. I love you."

He will surely say that. Just tell him to break up.

Why do you talk as if it's a stranger's business?

He is a stranger.

So, should I tell him or not?

You have to tell him right away and start the criticism.

But, you must remember to criticize the jerk by her side as well.

People usually don't pay attention to the son of bi**h next to the bi**h.

Because son of bi**h were always son of bi**h. The world is full of SOBs.

When people come across a bi**h by chance, that bi**h seems like a such a bad bi**h

and as if they are any better, SOBs always curse the bi**h for being a bi**h.

Quiet. Stop.

You look like a lunatic.

Eun Jeong, what are your thoughts? I am about to die here.

It's all good. Let's approach this from the humanities perspective.

I think history and arts are included in the humanities.

Historically, in countless wars, women were treated as spoils of war.

On the contrary—

Stop.

I mean, instead of talking about the existence of bi**h and SOBs,

the balance in the number of each is more important.

To understand that, you have to look at the history—

Stop.

Forget it. Forget it.

I am leaving.

Hey, just think about your life. You have 30 kg of burden.

- 30 kg? - In Kook's weight.

Don't be too timid. You still weigh twice that amount.

You must be crazy. I weigh 54 kg.

Careful getting home.

Should I worry about my life now?

You still haven't written the 3rd episode?

I finished.

Then what?

After you finish the script, the writer's problem faces a new situation.

It gets better when you're thirty. Episode 3

From your expression, this will take a while.

Start with the criticism.

I am confident I won't collapse since I ate a lot of sweets today.

It's bad but it's good.

What is this? Is this a new style of battling?

I have a lot of things to say since it's bad, but it's not our biggest problem,

so it will be alright even if we delay what I have to say.

Why push it back? We got pushed back?

Yes.

It's not like this script was a prize winner for our network's competition. If the Section Chief rejects it, there is nothing we can say.

Did we get rejected?

Yes.

It gets better when you're thirty

Project Plan.

I changed the contents of your proposal so it looks better.

Please read it over and if you want to edit something, leave it alone.

What I did is better.

Oh, I am fine.

I am used to you being a jerk.

Oh, I am used to your lack of talent as a writer.

In a movie, when you hit someone like this that person collapses. Does that work in real life?

I think it will be useful.

If our drama is a success, I will let you do that once.

Deal.

But why, all of a sudden? Don't we already have a project plan?

We have to make a presentation. To be more precise, we must persuade.

Right, we didn't get picked up by the station yet.

We don't even have a producer yet.

So I have some news. It's fun but sad.

Then my state of my mind seems important. Go ahead.

- Writer Jeong Hye Jeong... - Oh,

this does sound fun.

- She said that if this channel does our project, she won't do hers here. - Oh,

it is also sad.

We don't have the luxury to wallow in our shock.

Rather than shock, I feel envy.

Envy for what?

The ability to live in such a childish way without any hesitation.

That confidence.

I can't wait until I'm successful, so I can be that childish. When I succeed, I will completely change.

I will be childish and cocky.

Whatever you become, I think it will be better than the way you are now.

In any case, all you have to do is to continue to write, just like right now.

I will do the presentation.

What is this now? This confidence?

When you watch dramas, there's a long conference room,

and many people sitting on both sides of the table, and a beam of light from the projector,

and the lead actor speaks so well, defying reality, you know what I mean?

That person who defies reality, he exists in real life.

Me.

Surprising, isn't it?

I'm more surprised that this kind of arrogance exists in real life.

Someone should film a documentary about a person like this.

A documentary?

To make it simpler, you've heard of "Old Partner?" (A 2008 South Korean documentary film about a 40-year-old cow and an old farmer in his 80s.)

The one with a cow?

Yes, a documentary movie, like that.

So will you film that until I die?

No, no.

I'm joking. So, it's like "I Live Alone"? (entertainment program about celebrities at their homes)

Well, if you do live alone, then we would show you living alone.

Of course, if you agree.

Then I can't bring my boyfriend home.

You have a boyfriend these days?

No, but I could get one.

Let's not worry about something that does not exist yet.

This could be fun. So if I play promiscuously, that will be on broadcast, too?

Are you promiscuous?

No, I'm just saying. People can change.

Let's not worry about something that hasn't happened yet.

So you, Director, will film me with a camera?

No, I'm in charge of production.

The director is, oh, it's already time for her to arrive...

Lee Eun Jeong will be the director.

Lee Eun Jeong? Lee Eun Jeong?

Yes, Lee Eun Jeong is very interested.

I'm no longer interested.

You two did that show together and your relationship with her has gotten a lot better.

Hello.

Hello. We are enjoying you on the show. Please sit here.

Don't sit. Let's talk.

Does she want me to go to the rooftop, maybe?

Don't refuse to do it. I won't try to persuade you.

So you're saying that besides me, there are plenty of other actresses?

I can't say there are a lot, but I'm not about to beg and plead, either.

- I don't sense any desperation. - Yeah.

In the midst of a project, I have begged and pleaded and felt desperate, not wanting to throw away the work that was already done.

But I don't do that before the work begins.

I don't like to begin working that way, so I never do that.

That's just a long-winded way of saying that you are good at giving up, huh?

To be honest, after giving up, I do feel rather full of myself.

Because not everyone has the luxury of giving up. So yes, I do enjoy giving up.

Gosh, what a plentiful life you lead.

My thoughts are plentiful, that is.

How nice for you. Back to business. The reason you want to film me?

You are fun.

- I'm fun? - Yeah.

You have a lot of humanistic sides. Cute flaws.

That's just another way of saying I'm stupid, isn't it?

Not completely.

♫ Everything is a lie ♫

But to some extent, you do think I am stupid?

I can't say that isn't at least partly true.

What does that mean?

She is saying that you have charm.

- Is that right? - If it was, would you do it?

To be honest, I wasn't really planning to reject you. What is the title?

"Woman. Person. Actress."

Can't you make the title, "I am Lee So Min?"

No.

I'm doing hip-hop lately, so my butt is amazing. Can you film some shower scenes?

No.

- Ex-boyfriends— - No.

- Brazilian waxing— - No.

♫ They call me an 'adult' ♫

Can you even sell your movie, like this?

Others always want something stimulating.

I thought you would enjoy being more mysterious.

I am already not mysterious at all.

You even do "self-diss?"

I've already done dramas and entertainment programs, so if I disappear,

people don't think of me as mysterious, but that I'm not popular anymore and no one wants to see me.

Thank you. I want to make sure the movie captures these worries of yours.

I am saying, since we're making this movie, let's make sure it sells.

It's not important to make sure it sells.

Then what is important?

To make sure it captures a person, to show others,

to think together and talk about it together.

But why do we have to do that?

I think that it might help making everyone's thoughts more plentiful.

But why are you trying to help others like that?

There are many bad people in the world. If less-bad people speak more,

maybe the next generation will grow up receiving more of the influence of the less-bad people.

So it is more important to make them see more, rather than speak more.

More is important, but what we say, with what intention, and how we present it...

So, do you want to make art, too?

But based on what you said, isn't art bad?

Once they understand what they see and hear, don't you obscure it?

Rather than make a connection with the public, you must be of higher, more nobler mind.

You must be on some higher plane, be more special. Isn't that how it is for pretentious people like you?

Their thoughts are correct, and your thoughts are correct as well...

But, you are speaking so eloquently.

You don't even have a script, so what is with you?

She's alright, just leave it.

She never lets herself drool past her chin.

But why is she doing this for me?

Well, it's a kind of self-introduction.

Self-introduction?

She likes to walk in the park.

She says strenuous exercise causes wrinkles, so she likes to walk.

She goes to the hair salon almost every day. When someone touches her hair in front of a mirror, she feels comforted.

So she tends to speak more honestly at the hair salon.

She also enjoys going to the bank.

She is afraid that someone is taking her money. So she doesn't do internet banking and reads all the fine print.

Whenever she goes to the bank, she becomes very discerning and penetrating.

It's very awkward and unlike her.

She does all sorts of things in a car.

When she was new in entertainment, sometimes she worked for 24 hours straight. And when she became popular, she traveled out of Seoul often.

But why are you telling me all this?

It is love.

For me?

No, the fact that she is the main subject of a documentary.

She is fun, indeed.

What is this?

This ominous feeling that you're about to tell me about your worries, when I am the one who summoned you to speak to you?

This is just a hypothesis.

You have a friend who is a man. Just a friend.

You are good friends. He is precious to you. And he has a girlfriend.

But you happened to have seen that girlfriend with another man.

They held hands, they kissed,

and they even went to a five-star subway station.

So would you, to that friend who is a man,

would you tell him about that or not? And the reason for your choice?

So that man-friend, he is Jae Hoon.

Did you see it, too?

How could I?

CEO, please don't ever tell Jae Hoon.

Is that your worry?

Yes.

You already said with your own mouth, the solution to your worry.

What? I did?

You said, "Please don't ever tell Jae Hoon."

Right.

Um, I said this before...

Yes?

I called you because I had something to tell you.

I'm sorry, I shouldn't do this during valuable work hours.

So I'll put it simply.

Team Leader Hwang, you are being promoted.

Huh?

Is this a mission?

It's a notice.

I want you to become the Department Chief, in charge of production.

Me? Production?

You're talking about "producing?"

But I only did marketing for eight years.

To speak about what is already well-known, Team Leader Hwang,

you worked faithfully, and you understand the nature of this industry and endured it well.

To speak about what is unknown,

I have tried to recruit a PD whose ability was confirmed but failed.

Ah, I understand now.

I gave you some astonishing news just now.

How about a reaction that is fitting?

This reaction is not fitting.

Wow, this is crazy... whoa.

Department Chief!

Are you drinking that, or pouring it onto yourself?

Stop that. Stop, stop.

Director Beom Soo: Please eat lunch at my place.

Didn't you go to work? Today is the presentation.

I couldn't go because I was preparing for the presentation.

Why are your hands trembling?

I exercised for three hours.

You don't seem to be the type to exercise.

I do, on days like this.

Do you know about the type of people we will have to face today?

Higher-ups.

Humans, once they reach that level and get some power, they reveal their true personalities.

And the higher-ups in our company, they are famous for having rotten personalities.

It's almost as if they're competing with the higher-ups of other companies, who can be more rotten?

To not lose to such people, I must become stronger.

Can that be achieved in just one day? That strength?

State of mind. "I am strong."

Rather than training my body, I have trained my mind, enough for me to believe that.

And eating well, like this.

Please eat. I made the bone broth myself.

It looks milky.

I will enjoy it.

Eat a lot.

Hello, come in.

Oh, Min Joon, you are here, too.

Yes, it's the first shoot, after all.

This is the director of photography, he will film it for us.

- Hello. - Hello, please take good care of us.

Please come in.

She just took a shower, so she will be out soon.

In her most natural, unaffected state...

She was supposed to do that.

It might be possible that she has a different idea about what that is.

This might look very natural

depending on the perspective.

It's my fault, right?

Yeah.

I will change.

Thank you.

She's a nice person.

So Min, you shouldn't change into dress 2 or dress 3.

♫ I'm in love ♫

♫ Love is in the air ♫

♫ Love! ♫

There is no reason to be nervous.

What are you talking about? I don't get nervous.

I saw you taking calming pills earlier.

I forgot to take vitamins so I took those instead.

What do you mean? Who takes calming pills instead of vitamins?

Please be quiet.

You talked to me first.

I will start.

It gets better when you're thirty. Written by Im Jin Joo

It gets better when you're thirty

but I am thirty-five but I am not better.

This high-class humor.

It's the python, I meant the selling point of this drama.

Well, the reason for this show.

You could read it.

Power point. Font.

New Times Roman font.

This high-class humor.

It's high, I mean python, I mean the main selling point.

Like this.

I am getting chills.

This unexpected idiocy from the ace director of major network.

It's stabbing me like a dagger.

Like this, the simplified synopsis of our drama

is like this.

Right.

H... here!

Yes?

I couldn't finish reading.

Me too.

Oh.

You couldn't finish reading from where?

Did you read this?

Well, before that.

Yeah, there!

I guess you have a bad eyesight.

Those who can't see well. Please come forward to read it.

People are getting roped in.

Even normal people become stupid.

With what did he transcend?

Boundaries that cannot be overcome with rationale, he's attacking them with emotion.

With the Emotion. Of. Stupidity.

The simplified synopsis of our drama is like this.

So...

Just read. Just read.

Like this, our drama is

talking about the everyday work and love of three women who turned thirty.

I mean, everyday women's work and love.

also as a woman.

Right.

Oh, wait. Something is missing here. Right?

Who are you asking this?

I skipped something here, right?

Socially. There is a term missing here.

It should be a sudden attack of women's "social" anxiety.

That's it.

No one would have noticed. Don't fess up. You idiot!

How is her drama coming along?

I heard the presentation is today. I'm sure it will go well.

It's the director giving the presentation.

You said he's a famous director?

He's famous?

- He has many hits under his belt. - Which ones?

"Father-in-law is going through adolescence", "My husband is having an affair", "Whats wrong with CEO Kim?"

- Is it fun? - I haven't watched them.

- Are those fun? - I don't know those shows.

So he's not famous?

To create each episode of a mini-series (usually 16 episodes) as a self-contained story, don't you think there are limits to that?

As you could tell from synopsis of each episode,

I have enough stories to tell for each episode.

Also, I have enough reserves to replace the story if they are not fun.

If we get a meaningful response, there is also room to make additional seasons

which is also the greatest selling point of this drama.

Drama should pique curiosity for the next episode,

this is not like five days a week sitcom. You have to wait five days for the next episode.

A series in which it's okay to skip an episode,

doesn't that make you nervous?

Reruns are the beauty of a drama. You could watch that.

They are commonly called "cliffhangers."

Making viewers curious and having them wait for the next scene.

Our drama is aiming for something similar but a bit different.

Not just immediate bait but emotional involvement,

an emotional connection, and the power of character.

Being curious about the person, not the situation.

I think these characters are strong enough to do that.

Will they have such power?

Isn't it too focused on the story of women?

That's right. Women don't have power.

Writer? Are you strong?

Me?

Yes, you.

Power to lift boxes?

How is my power related to getting an air slot?

You need to be physically strong for a drama.

I believe the majority of drama writers are women.

Writers are strong, indeed.

I am not sure about in terms of power, but their aggression is strong.

You seem extraordinary, too.

- Yes. - Section Chief.

Let's talk about the drama.

Let's. I mean why?

Why are there only women? There is no prince?

Also, it's a bit unrefined. Who likes unrefined woman?

Do you mean my characters are unrefined or my writing is?

We'll be the ones asking questions.

You cannot answer a question with a question here.

That's why we say writers are aggressive.

You should be flexible. You're a newbie.

You cannot lead the whole thing.

Making dramas isn't easy.

I am not here to talk about the drama being easy or not.

Why does newbie have to be flexible?

Then seasoned writers should be rigid?

The secret to writing cliched stories was being rigid?

And why must we talk about

women being strong and writers being aggressive?

Then are you a Section Chief because you don't have any power?

Is that why whenever we have company outings, you don't even lift a single ice box but enjoying the sliced watermelon in the shade instead?

Are you asking us to be envious about not being strong?

Forget it. It's okay.

Why in this sacred meeting about getting an air slot,

such full discussion of outdated sayings as if it's alright to do so?

If our channel is only up to this level,

then I cannot confidently ask Writer Im Jin Joo to do a show here.

I am fine with not doing it.

I am embarrassed.

Excuse me. Stop.

I am Son Beom Soo.

Yeah, Director Son.

Let's stop.

Yes, I will stop.

For the last five years, without a day of rest, I pulled in the ratings that the network asked for.

But in return, I get humiliated like this.

Fine, I will talk like the Section Chiefs present here.

Writer Im Jin Joo, is she strong? She is freaking strong.

Excuse me...

- She gulps down twelve glasses of draft beer in one seating. - Hey.

Afterwards, she says liquor should be so-maek (beer and soju bomb) and starts mixing soju and beer together.

Twelve glasses of draft beer was just a warm-up.

During that time, do you know how much food she consumed?

It was more than the amount Section Chiefs here could even attempt to digest in a day.

So what? After drinking like that,

she has never missed a single deadline.

Dark circles? Usually, they are black, right?

No, look at her. There are pickled oysters under her eyes.

She toils hard like this.

So, is she aggressive? Yes, she is.

When I criticize her script,

from far away "Son of bi**h...

Son of cow". I hear such things. Oh.

What was that? Where did this come from? It's just the two of us. Where is this coming from?

- What is this? Is it Dad? - Dad.

Oh, is this Interstellar? (movie)

Oh, I watched Interstellar.

What? Where is this coming from?

It was from the Writer's heart.

The sound from her heart can be heard in my ears.

So what? Is that wrong?

Why are you being like this?

You watched Interstellar, right?

Dad, don't go. Stay!

It worked.

It worked. It really worked.

Beom Soo!

Director.

Director!

- Beom Soo! - Director!

- Wake up. - Director!

Try to breathe. Director! Director!

You said you were good.

It turns out I am not.

Was this your first time, by any chance?

- It was my first time with your drama. - Oh.

The problem is with me.

Right, your drama has many problems.

Now you tell me?

I like these problems.

Look. A drama

is a made-up story. It's a cool lie.

To make a lie cool, how difficult that must be.

Writers are able to do such a difficult feat but the end result is countlessly humiliated here.

The pressure of ratings, inevitable competitions,

the kind of absolute method that says you must win in order to succeed,

makes one follow a certain formula. The formula of successful dramas.

Because the majority of dramas follow that formula,

there is no need to lie in front of those people.

Because it's already in a state of a "cool lie."

But your work isn't cool.

Go on.

There is no pressure to beat others nor does it follow the formula.

It just spits out things it wants to say.

When the work lacks in lies, we have to lie in front of them.

We have to bluff a bit.

Bluff? We have to make an effort to con them?

Yeah, you know.

A bluff to provoke their confusion.

In order to communicate with the public according to our method, we must deceive them first.

For some reason, I feel like I am hearing that our drama will fail.

It won't be easy but that is why it will be really fun.

All adventures are like that.

Let's try hard.

You prepared a really good excuse.

My neck hurts.

♫ In the slow back-and-forth of a conversation ♫

I had a big meal but I must be wiped out.

Let's eat.

Do I deserve to eat?

Why talk about deserving when it comes to eating?

That's being conscientious. I had an outdated idea like that.

Then let's eat something cheap. Something cheap.

Do we need to eat triangle gimbap at a convenience store or something?

Today feels like we got bashed in by our superior at a workplace,

so how about noodles at an outdoor snack bar?

Oh, it somehow fits our mood.

♫ How can the reason be important? ♫

♫ At the end of that calm sky, for me ♫

Oh, it lifts my mood.

It lifts my mood.

If we add a bottle of soju, it will feel like we won.

- Let's. - Shall we split a bottle?

No, a bottle each.

Excuse me. Please give me a bottle of soju.

Two bottles.

Let's order one bottle at a time. Alcohol will get warm.

It's cool to each order a bottle.

Why is that cool?

Thank you.

What did you say?

No, I just laughed.

You laughed.

You saw Ha Yoon couple days ago. Early morning?

Did the CEO tell you?

She said she saw you. Your eyes met.

Who said? Ha Yoon said that?

Yes. Her cousin from the United States came to visit.

So she bought him pork belly, took him to a club and got him a room at the hotel.

I thought you might look like this for a few days.

So I didn't tell you about it.

You look like this indeed.

I am sorry.

- No. - Pardon?

Pardon?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That was in vain.

Hey, are you writing about illicit love? It turned out well.

Right. Han Joo was suffering.

Now that my suffering diminished, my appetite increased.

Stop eating. Don't make the faultless scale into a cockroach again.

Eat. I sprayed repellent so that the scale cannot come out.

Thank you.

Hey, what if she really was cheating on him?

Stop. Why do you want to worry about a hypothetical situation?

Stop.

Why? You don't like spicy rice cakes.

But how can one not like spicy rice cakes?

During her childhood, she was eating a spicy rice cake at a snack shop near her school.

A guy who had a crush on her pushed her from behind as a prank.

So did you get burned by hot food or something?

Spicy rice cakes out of her nose.

Oh, damn.

Hot and spicy sauce along with the smooth rice cake came out of my nostrils,

Oh, that feeling is still vivid in my head.

At that moment, I wasn't a human being. Afterwards, when I watched movies about beasts, I felt like they were the same race as me.

Just by smelling it, I can still tell if the chili powder is from China or Korea.

Why didn't tell me about this painful past?

But the last straw was

Kim Hwan Dong.

Hwan Dong liked spicy rice cake.

When I broke up with him,

when someone I knew said she saw him coming out of a motel.

Oh, that's right. You guys were like that too.

Two nights ago, my friend said she saw you.

At a motel.

Do you have something to say?

To be honest, I knew it wasn't true.

But that wasn't the important thing.

No.

There can't be just one reason for breaking up. You don't love someone for just a single reason.

What if you loved someone for a single reason?

♫ It's just other people you are seeing ♫

It's either this or that.

About a short-lived curiosity about that one thing

or approaching someone with an ulterior (unclean) motive.

Oh, I don't know.

Anyhow, love is like an expendable automobile.

If it has not been expended completely, you could still drive it. If it has been expended, it can no longer be driven.

♫ Your presence that tried to embrace me ♫

♫ Puts me to sleep and helps me rest ♫

Did you eat?

Couple of days ago,

the day I didn't come home,

♫ Your presence that tries to stay by my side ♫

I was with a man.

♫ Was a great comfort to me ♫

I must have been drunk.

I saw someone from your work. I thought I should bring it up first.

♫ And you are there in my today ♫

Jae Hoon.

I am sorry.

I don't know why I am like this, either.

Get out.

Jae Hoon.

Get out.

You're just a piece of trash.

I am sorry, Jae Hoon. I am sorry.

I don't want to break up.

I said get out. Get out.

Thank you.

Thank you.

♫ Your presence that tries to walk with me ♫

♫ Makes me smile and help me rest ♫

What are you thankful about?

♫ you help me rest ♫

I don't know. I am just thankful.

I am thankful towards that cousin, too.

I am hungry. Do you want to grab dinner?

No, I have plans.

Plans. Then I am getting off work.

♫ Was a great comfort to me ♫

♫ You were there in my yesterday ♫

♫ And you are there in my today ♫

♫ And you are there in my tomorrow ♫

♫ You are my future ♫

Timing and Subtitles brought to you by the Melo-Dees @ Viki

Once we tacitly realized that fighting did not mean breaking up,

we began to feel ease in that belief. ♫ Among the swaying flowers ♫

And ironically, due to that ease

the differences between us, unlike at first, ♫ I felt your shampoo’s scent ♫

we no longer tolerated them in the other. ♫ I felt your shampoo’s scent ♫

- What? - I am envious. ♫ Did she pass me by? ♫

The ability to live in such a childish way without any hesitation. ♫ I look back ♫

The ability to live in such a childish way without any hesitation.

That confidence ♫ I just see other people ♫

♫ I’m almost home ♫

♫ but I'm touching my cell phone for no reason ♫

Anyhow, love is like a expendable automobile.

If it has not been expended completely, you could still drive it. If it has been expended, it can no longer be driven.

♫ maybe I should call her ♫

Melo Is My Nature

A man and a woman at a marriageable age,

just the two of them in the house.

Why are you like this to me? It seems like you're being kind of nice.

You know that we need to look for a production company. We should talk about...

A person! You must be the youth named In Kook.

I've heard a lot about you.

Where are you going? I just want to talk a bit.

Don't go.

I am afraid nothing will happen.

You always called me "Ma'am" before.

I feel like I will become the main character who will be romantically involved with the Department Chief.

I think it makes me feel like a great Department Chief.

Let's date then.

She's too honest. This is risky.

To me, it seemed like So Min is comfortable around you.

She hates you, but also likes you.

When you become used to the feeling of liking someone, you begin to stare at her intently,

and even joke around like a child, hoping to laugh together.

I developed affection... for you.

♫ After walking, always, thoughts of you ♫

♫ You were the only one for me. Shall I tell you I was waiting for you? ♫