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SOO-HYUN LOVES GI-HOON

EPISODE 5: DON'T FORGET ME

CLOSED TODAY

Oh, I thought you'd take the day off.

Shouldn't I be saying that to you?

I…

Oh, are you going to sample a new roast?

I came to take a break.

Pardon?

I should indulge myself at least one day a week.

Are you finished?

Yes.

It's not bad.

I'll take that as it being not good, either.

You've gotten a lot better in a short amount of time.

I must try as if my life depends on it.

And what if you die like that?

It becomes a deadly poison, no longer coffee.

Come on, you know what I'm saying.

I'm worried that you might get tired of it quickly.

Pardon?

You need to take a break.

Your sense of smell and taste are vulnerable to exhaustion.

Oh, maybe that's why?

Back when I was wrestling with the machine over the grinder settings,

I drank so much of it that everything was beginning to taste the same

and I was getting confused.

But isn't that something

someone can say only when they become established like you?

Huh?

Even if your sense of smell and taste are fine,

you still need a frame of reference to compare and judge.

There's a certain benefit to flooding ignorant mouths and noses like mine.

I see your point.

-The stream. -Pardon?

Calmly, make the stream thinner, and try making me another cup.

-Oh, okay… -No, I didn't mean now.

Slowly.

Take a break first.

Have some lunch.

Lunch.

Pho?

Sounds good.

What are you thinking about?

Thinking about how your thought process works, Han-yi.

I don't think. I just draw.

You're going to get an upset stomach if you eat alone.

Mom, you know she can't understand you.

She says that I'll get an upset stomach if I eat alone.

We'll be sure to share it nicely.

-Enjoy. -Thank you.

Did you color this green?

Hello.

-Hello, Mr. Park. -Yes, hello.

He's a new member of our family, Mr. Kang Go-bi.

-Hello, ma'am. -Hello.

You'll be seeing a lot of him.

Oh, hello, Mi-na.

Hey, there.

Oh, you came to eat. Oh, a drawing lesson?

-What? Yes. -Wow, are you donating your talent?

I'm the one learning…

I'll have the bún riêu cua.

-I'll have the bánh mì. -Bánh mì is sold out.

Oh, I guess that makes my decision. I'll take bún ch then.

-Sure. Thank you. -Thanks.

I'm leaving now. Goodbye.

Goodbye.

I'm leaving.

It looks like a lot of Vietnamese people come here, too.

You miss the food and the people when you're away from home.

It's the same everywhere you go.

-Enjoy. -Thank you.

Thank you, it was great.

Sir, here you go.

I can see why the restaurant does well.

It wasn't like that in the beginning.

Maybe it wasn't as good before?

It was always good from the start.

I see. Then?

The local merchants were being territorial.

No way.

Their business was beginning to pick up from word of mouth.

The locals made ridiculous claims about losing business

and even sent in an anonymous complaint to the city.

They even terrorized them with bad reviews.

How can people… Was it because she was a foreigner?

That wasn't it.

Family doesn't even matter in this industry.

The scary world of the restaurant industry.

But how did she manage to survive?

What do you mean how?

You just stick it out, hoping that you'll get acknowledged eventually.

All the locals should be grateful for that place.

Why?

This business district was revived after people started lining up for that place.

Wow, that's quite a twist.

Huh?

That's the man that left the restaurant before us.

I guess it ate his money.

Oh, he's going to end up breaking that machine in half.

Stop! Stop!

Stop! Stop!

Can you speak English?

I don't know English.

-Oh, you know how to speak Korean. -Of course.

-Oh, so are you Korean? -No, I'm Vietnamese.

My father is Korean.

The machine isn't working?

I just put a coin in without thinking, but nothing is coming out.

Oh, I went there already. They don't know anything.

I have a coin. Would you like that at least?

-Why? -Aren't you doing this for the money…

I'm doing this because I wanted some coffee. I have money.

I own a café.

Do you want to come to our place? I'll treat you to a cup.

No, I'm fine.

It's nearby. It won't be much bother at all.

No, I don't want to.

I guess you like vending machine coffee.

Oh, I think I saw another one past the underpass.

That one doesn't taste good.

Not all vending machines taste the same.

I came here to have this coffee one last time.

One last time?

My work permit is expiring, so I'm leaving Korea tomorrow.

Oh, I'm Quang.

-I'm Park Seok. -I'm Kang Go-bi.

-They even got rid of the call number… -I know the number.

Who pays to drink coffee from a vending machine nowadays?

That's why I'm going to knock it down.

I even got change.

My goodness, I finally met my savior. I'll never go hungry again.

-Thanks. -Thank you.

I just refilled all the ingredients

and I changed the setting so that you don't need to put a coin in.

Have as much as you want.

But it's still going to taste the same, right?

No need to worry about that.

The ingredients and the proportions are exactly the same.

They were never changed once.

Ms. Hwang, you should have one before you go, too.

I need to go and watch the store. I'll be back later to have one.

It'll be the last one.

-I'll make you a nice, warm cup. -You speak so sweetly!

Do you have any interest in gamjatang?

-I love it. -She's trying to recruit you.

I made things very tough for Mr. Park at one point.

Not at all.

You think you figured out life, but then you have no clue again.

-Get back safely. -Take care.

Ms. Hwang said that she was going to send it to the junk shop,

are you taking over?

Not quite. I just opened a pop-up shop.

Oh, a pop-up shop is--

I know what it is. You don't need to explain it.

Then it's only for today?

Yes. Have a cup before you go. It's free.

Free?

Sounds great. I'm on my way to pick up a client.

Let me show this house and I'll be back later.

MILK COFFEE

This is it.

This building and the one back there, I built them.

Oh, you're in construction.

I discovered this while walking around on break after lunch.

The work was hard and I was so lonely, but I managed to survive

every day thanks to this coffee.

Thanks to that, I'm safely returning to Vietnam tomorrow.

That's quite a feat.

Thank you for helping me get one last cup.

You've accomplished a lot. What do you want, Go-bi?

-I'm fine. -This coffee is really good.

-You should try some. -I'm okay.

Hello.

Here you go.

Oh, thank you.

-Thank you. -You should have some, too.

Oh, thank you.

You don't want one?

Thank you.

But what made you put a vending machine here?

I've been curious about that, too.

It has a good vibe, but it's also kind of random.

You have a point.

But this spot is in the middle of a three-way.

I thought that a lot of people would walk by and stop for a cup.

Come on now. You're going to get yourself in big trouble.

When you were thinking about where to put the vending machine,

who was the one that told you to put it right here?

Was that what happened?

It was so long ago, my memory isn't as sharp.

I was the one that got the electricity from here, the house with the blue door.

So petty.

Mr. Nam did a good deed and Ms. Hwang made some money. That should be enough.

And Mr. Park went through a lot thanks to that.

I still feel sorry when I think about that.

-Let's drink. -Let's.

Cheers.

I'm sure you have a lot of stories related to the vending machine.

I could talk all night and it still wouldn't be enough.

Once you start, it's endless, but let me share one.

Every so often, you come across a client

that just finds a piece of property made for them.

They say they like it but can't decide.

I get the same commission either way and I don't care who takes it.

But as a professional, you inevitably get this desire

to match up the client with a home that suits them best.

That's when…

Shall we grab a cup of coffee?

And I bring them to this vending machine and treat them.

Then you give them some space.

You're going to regret missing out on that home, let's go…

And amazingly enough, the contracts get signed immediately.

I'm sorry, but could you tell us again?

This story? Why?

Every so often, you come across a client…

No, you become acquainted.

Oh. Jeez. This is too hard.

Quang. You do it, Quang.

Please.

I'll start shooting.

That's the end of my story.

But is this going to be released somewhere?

Oh, I'm not sure about that yet.

People also talk about what they want on these things.

If there's something you want to say, you can.

I didn't even get a chance to say a proper goodbye to my last site manager.

Sung-bae. It's me, Quang.

I'll make sure to come see you if I'm ever back.

Thank you. Be well.

You're planning to come back to Korea?

To tell you the truth…

I came to meet my father in Korea, but I couldn't find him.

I want to come back.

I went through a lot of hard times…

but I met a lot of good people and had a lot of fun experiences.

Can you tell us one?

Korean people kept saying that my life was "ggwang" and laughed.

I first thought it was a compliment.

"Quang" means light in Vietnamese.

My life is light. It's beautiful, isn't it?

But when I found out that "ggwang" meant "messed up" in Korean,

I was a bit angry.

But I'm fine now.

I believe that my life is light.

My mother-in-law

used to criticize me all the time for not taking care of my husband

and for always being out.

She said that restaurants make chump change.

But, with that chump change

I managed to lift and support the household.

And then she

would say I shouldn't put down my husband just because I made a few bucks.

My goodness.

It's enough to make someone go mad.

But every time that happened, I would go to the one vending machine in town,

get myself a cup of coffee,

and calmed myself down.

A memory involving vending machine coffee…

I tried it for the first time today. This doesn't apply to me.

You should do it.

I don't have a memory involving vending machine coffee,

but does this work?

I was weak when I was a child, I was in and out of hospitals.

But I was scared on top of that and I'd cry at the sight of a hospital.

Every time that happened, my mom would get me milk

from the vending machine in front of the hospital.

It wasn't just milk, it was powdered, the sweet kind.

Later on, I lied about being sick a lot, just to drink that again.

I didn't realize how it broke my mom's heart.

I suddenly miss my mom.

Stop that. I'm not doing one. I have nothing to say.

Come on, you need to say something.

It won't make a difference. Why would I? No thanks.

Hold on. I'll try persuading him.

Sir!

-Just a moment. -I don't want to.

-Come on, just a few words. -It's all done.

Hold on.

Just this once…

Do you have a memory involving vending machine coffee?

You don't, either, right?

I do have one.

This is where you feel the generation gap.

Then, please, tell us.

Min-ji…

was my best friend in high school and we drank a lot of them

on our way to study rooms.

They used to say it was the best thing to keep you awake.

-Did it really work? -Yes.

Although thanks to that, we didn't study and just chatted all night.

Chatting is an energy source for us.

Right.

Mi-na?

I remember the scene so clearly…

but I can't remember what we talked about.

Oh, you can just ask her when you see her next.

Wait for me!

CAT HOME

Okay…

Here.

Okay.

You're drinking a lot.

-Three cups? -That's your fourth.

You weren't drinking because you were too busy counting.

Is it sad to see the owner of Edae Coffee drinking vending machine coffee?

No.

You're so particular about how coffee tastes.

Is it an unexpected affinity…

Unexpected?

Well, it's not obvious.

Mr. Nam and Ms. Hwang apologized to me earlier.

Oh, that's right. I've been meaning to ask you about that.

Not too long after I opened Edae Coffee… this showed up here.

Back then, I was fiercely determined to win by making coffee.

My place was a ghost town.

This became a place where the townspeople gathered.

I couldn't just stand by when this place was bustling.

How tasty could it possibly be?

I was curious, but I still had my pride.

I hesitated for a long time

until one night I snuck out and I got myself one.

For the first time…

How was it?

It was tasty.

That's the end?

Why don't you utilize some industry terms?

The blend.

The blend was nice, but there was something else.

The space in front of the machine and the people that gathered here…

When I finished the cup…

I strangely found myself pitiful and embarrassed.

Not coffee that wins, but coffee you have together.

Who knew that I'd find my life motto that way?

How is it?

Maybe I fell for your story…

It's good.

SOO-HYUN LOVES GI-HOON

You should have lunch.

Go-bi?

I guess the lunch rush was serious today.

It wasn't busy.

Then, why would Go-bi be out of it?

How about putting Go-bi in charge of that?

How do you feel about coming up with a new menu item?

A new menu item?

I wanted to ask you something.

Did you ever go through hard times?

What? It's hard every moment.

I made the diagnosis, you need to find the solution.