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(Paik's Les Miserables)

There's a story I like very much.

It's the story of Jean Valjean, who was sent to prison four times,

"Les Miserables".

(Paik's Les Miserables)

What changed Jean Valjean's life...

were silver candlesticks Bishop Myriel gave him.

They symbolized trust and a chance.

(Trust and a chance)

When only one person in the world trust you and give you a chance,

your life can change.

I like this story very much.

I've had a lot of failures myself.

There can be a life that's wonderful from the beginning,

but people say there's a life that becomes wonderful...

after going through repeated mistakes and failure.

An orphan.

I'm sure he's not well brought up.

Get yourself together for your kids.

An immoral person.

I need to pay off 500,000 dollars.

I was an unsuccessful idol singer and now I'm unemployed.

I heard, "Why on earth were you born in this world?"

- People don't change. - Dad, I'll kill you.

That's why an orphan can't succeed.

You'd better kill yourself now. You don't deserve to live.

He's over as an athlete.

They're kids who deserted their family.

I'm a bit different from others.

I came here to be a grown-up.

Maybe what all of us need...

is a proper chance.

For those who haven't been given a chance,

we're creating an environment...

they can try things desperately.

For both them and me,

this is a challenge.

(Challenge)

You can change if you feel desperate.

(Paik's Les Miserables)

(Yesan, South Chungcheong Province)

(An abandoned factory of 132,000㎡ was remodelled...)

(for Les Miserables.)

(Darkness fell.)

(Coming through the darkness...)

(is the first contender.)

I was so desperate.

Thinking this is my last chance,

I'll pour everything I have into it.

I'll even do things I don't think I can.

(What kind of past does he have behind to come here?)

(The first space a contender faces)

(Cabinets)

(The Cabinet is a space where contenders take off clothes...)

(they have been wearing outside and get changed...)

(to strengthen resolution to turn their lives around.)

(They will leave their lives until now in this place.)

I was so excited, and my back felt blazing.

I should overcome it. I can do this.

(Number 11, Kim Jin Woo)

"Admission rules for Les Miserables."

"Contenders aim to be born again here."

(1: Contenders aim to be born again here.)

One, two, three!

"Acknowledge that every experience here..."

"is training to be a businessperson."

But you didn't do it and you're ruined.

"Everything contenders do is subject to be evaluated."

Look at what others do and get what you did wrong.

I'm very sorry, but I thought it was food waste.

"Accept the evaluation result with courage."

(4: Accept the evaluation result with courage.)

"Only contenders who nicely complete all the course..."

(Contenders who nicely complete all the course...)

"can get a shop of their own."

(can get a shop of their own.)

(Zone B)

(Huge labels await contenders.)

(Juvenile offender)

(My family is a burden to me.)

(Labels consist of words...)

(contenders want to remove the most...)

(from the memories they have in their lives.)

(Victim of domestic violence)

(Mistake)

(Failure)

(Pain)

(Only those who break through the past...)

(get a chance to turn their lives around.)

(To get a chance to turn their lives around, )

(they need to face their past.)

The label very much breaks my heart.

I think I was too young back then.

I should prepare well and overcome it.

I think a lot about changing myself.

(What's the label he needs to overcome?)

"Youth getting ready for an independent living."

"Gambling addict."

We have someone addicted to gambling?

(Number 4, Yang Kyung Min)

(Protective disposition no.9 juvenile thief)

(Fraud victim)

(One label catches his eyes.)

(Gangster Dad)

(Protective disposition no.9 juvenile thief)

Hello.

There was Contender 11.

I was scared of him.

(Looking away)

I saw a label saying "Gangster Dad."

I thought it was him.

(He definitely looks like Gangster Dad.)

(Is Gangster Dad the label he needs to overcome?)

They set this up in such a scary way.

It looks like an army base.

(Feeling like joining the army)

(Grinning)

(A contender with bleached hair)

Anyway, people who came here want to succeed.

I think you need confidence to succeed.

I'm more confident than anyone else.

I'll take first place, no matter what.

(Number 19, Kim Hyun Joon)

- Hello. - Hello.

(Nodding)

He made a strong impression with his bleached hair.

Hello.

Seeing Contender 19 with bleached hair,

I wondered, "Is he the Gangster Dad?"

(Is he a Gangster-Dad detective?)

(He sharpens a knife immediately.)

(What's the label in his life that he wants to remove?)

(Immature single dad)

The life I've been living...

is an immature single dad.

I led an immature life.

And...

I'm here to become a mature person.

We got pregnant when I was 20,

and we had our 1st born when I was 21.

After two months, we got pregnant again.

We had our second child the next year.

(Kim Hyun Joon became a father of 2 when he was 22.)

I was young in the first place, and their mom was very young too.

Since we set up home due to a sense of responsibility,

she got exhausted, I guess.

So I accepted...

(He decided to get a divorce when he was 25, after all.)

a divorce.

(Immature single dad)

I perform as a DJ...

and make a living with it.

(DJ Dad, not Gangster Dad)

I don't have much time to take care of my kids,

so I raise them with my father and mother.

I need to meet various people,

so I live in Seoul now.

I feel so sorry for my parents.

The kids should have their dad close when they don't have their mom.

I feel sorry about that.

You called people who want to change their lives.

I want to change mine.

(Contenders want to change their lives for various reasons.)

(Number 16, Joo Hyun Wook)

To make a happy home,

I have to succeed and win 400 thousand dollars.

My name is Joo Hyun Wook.

(Number 14, Son Woo Sung)

"Failed breadwinner with 500,000 dollars in debt."

(Failed breadwinner with 500,000 dollars in debt)

I have 500,000-dollar debt due to a business failure.

I'm a breadwinner in Korea, in his 40s.

(Grew up well without parents)

(Number 13, Ha Jin Woo)

I worked in North Hamgyeong Province...

as a broker for North Korean defectors.

In 2014, to save my family,

I settled in Korea. My name is Ha Jin Woo.

(Number 1, Seong Hyun Woo, Number 8, Choi Jeong Hyun)

(Number 12, Cho Do Yeon)

(The seats are taken one by one.)

Hello.

(Walking fast)

Not coming yet.

- Hello. - Hello.

(The contender looks pretty gentle.)

Hello.

(They're not...)

(cautious about him at all.)

What did you all do before you came here?

I was just working.

Do you remember the label over there?

(Do you remember the label over there?)

(Juvenile offender)

What's your label?

(Is the label making the listener step back?)

(Astonished)

That can happen.

You can get better from now on.

I'm reaping what I saw.

I'm determined.

I know I'll be blamed a lot.

It was unexpected.

He looked like a psychopath or something.

(Does he look like a psychopath?)

I guessed he came here to rehabilitate.

I thought I had to watch out for him.

If I go on a show, it will cause a huge stir.

It will cause a huge stir?

I deceived a lot of people.

Did you scam people? Were you in pyramid selling?

(He has an unusual past.)

(10 minutes ago)

(Sighing)

People don't change.

Still, they can change when someone trusts them.

This time, I'll definitely change.

(What's the label of Number 3)

(Jeon Dong Jin, who has to change?)

(Meanwhile)

(Monitoring room)

(CEO Paik is watching the contenders.)

I hope those who cannot help but feel desperate...

will challenge for this.

At this time, there are many people we don't know...

who feel desperate.

I hope we have contenders who can indirectly encourage...

and create a chance...

for people like that.

Will and attitude to accept matters.

It's because we're selecting people...

who can apply what they learned to establish themselves.

They are the people I need.

(Looking around)

(Where is he going without changing clothes?)

(Looking around)

(He keeps looking around.)

(Looking around)

(He puts on the uniform over the clothes he's wearing.)

(Wriggling)

(The contender shows a new skill.)

(Contender 6 gets changed in a shy manner.)

(Who's this shy person?)

(Number 6, Kim Kook Heon)

- He's good-looking. - Right.

(He's good-looking.)

- Is he an idol trainee? - I guess so.

He's the only one who brought a halo on his back.

(Kim Kook Heon)

Hello.

(The label of this man who came with a halo)

I'm a failed idol singer and a jobless person.

I'm Kim Kook Heon, 28 years old.

(Failed idol singer)

(Source from Official MYTEEN channel)

I debuted in a boy band called MYTEEN in 2017.

I thought that after the debut,

I'd lead a life of a celebrity.

But surprisingly, people didn't show...

(The public didn't show interest.)

any interest.

At that time, the agency wanted to make us popular,

so we were sent to a survival audition show.

Of course, I wanted to seize an opportunity.

("'Produce' was all manipulated")

(The audition manipulation issue was raised at that time.)

("Kim Kook Heon")

I once opened the door to jump out of the car on the highway.

I was troubled enough that I wanted to die.

(He thought about suicide in the past.)

The memory tormented me.

Back then, I made a foolish choice.

I didn't know what to do...

(I didn't know what to do and was confused.)

and felt confused.

Then I saw the advertisement by Paik Jong Won.

In the advertisement, it said, "Reset your life."

That phrase touched me.

I guess it rekindled...

the dying ember of my enthusiasm.

That's why I really want to seize this opportunity.

(That's why I really want to seize this opportunity.)

(Another person enters the abandoned factory.)

Since I led such a life,

I want to show people...

that someone like me tries to live life to the full.

That's why I decided to be in this show.

(Number 7, Kim Dong Joon)

It's the label that ruined my past...

and also one that I will remove.

I was in a reformatory for protective disposition number nine.

My name is Kim Dong Joon.

I was sent to a reformatory for six months.

(Protective disposition no.9 sends an offender to a reformatory...)

(due to a serious delinquency or repeated crime.)

I opened an unlocked car,

robbed the car,

sold the cell phone in it,

and used the credit card in it.

I did wrong and I regret it.

(Why did he walk on the wrong path?)

I did wrong so many times.

When I was a first grader in elementary school,

my parents divorced,

and I was sent to my uncle.

Three months after I went there,

they beat me saying I wasn't disciplined properly.

I was beaten all the time, as a routine.

My body was all bruised under the neck.

When I went to the toilet,

my urine was brown due to the blood in it.

After being beaten like that, I couldn't eat for three days.

Saying I was dirty and smelly,

kids bullied me...

and hit me.

(At a young age, he led a terrible life.)

Back then, I didn't want to live.

When I went to high school,

I left home, after all.

I was hungry,

so I began to steal money in other people's cars.

I felt hungry again, and I found myself stealing again.

That was repeated over and over.

It was when I went to the reformatory.

One teacher there told me,

"Why do you want to give up when you can do otherwise?"

Listening to that, I began to look for what I could do.

Looking back,

(I regret my wrongdoings and don't want to make an excuse.)

I regret it now,

and since I haven't met the victims,

I want to make an apology.

(I want to make a proper apology.)

That is...

one of the reasons I wanted to be in this show.

Compared to my usual life,

I want to work more than twice as hard.

I'll do my best.

- Relax. - Okay.

(With Kim Dong Joon as the last contender, )

(all 20 contenders...)

(with 20 different stories entered!)

I wonder what we're going to do today.

Are we just greeting each other?

I hope so.

I wonder where we're going to sleep.

I hope we don't sleep there.

We can't sleep here. It's almost a ruin.

What are we going to do in this show?

We can't predict it.

They might make us cut all these ingredients, all night long.

(No way.)

Cutting all the ingredients in the back tonight.

I hope not.

(Contenders laugh together.)

(Practising already?)

(No, he's eating.)

(Kim Jin Woo)

I'm on television!

I'm on television!

I don't think they feel nervous.

They're laughing and making jokes.

(Displeased)

(Contenders are not acting as he expected.)

(They don't look desperate.)

(Ha Jin Woo)

(Kim Kook Heon)

(Taken aback)

(CEO Paik Jong Won gets on the microphone.)

The 20 challengers who joined Paik's Les Miserables.

Nice to meet you. I'm Paik Jong Won.

(The contenders greet him with applause.)

Please bear in mind this.

Please bear in mind this.

(Choi Jeong Hyun)

You guys are not here...

to promote casual friendships.

(Lim Young Jun)

(The air suddenly becomes heavy.)

(Yang Kyung Min)

After hearing what he said, I was shocked...

and realized this was my last opportunity.

"This is the beginning."

"I'll survive no matter what."

I'm not here for a picnic either.

If I was that naive, I wouldn't have come here.

Before coming here, what life you have lived,

what skills you have,

I don't care about any of those.

(Keep your past here.)

(Joo Hyun Wook)

But...

based on your passion and concern about the restaurant business,

(The truthful passion for the restaurant business)

(Kim Jin Woo)

and the potential you'll soon prove,

I will evaluate what you are.

(The potential is his sole concern here.)

I wish you all the best in every step.

(They break all the unfortunate past and will become businesspeople.)

(4 veteran chefs...)

(will accompany them.)

(Yoon Nam No, David Lee, Kim Min Sung, and Lim Tae Hoon)

(A new concept of Chinese cuisine...)

(no one has ever seen before)

(Self-Made Chef)

(An icon of the self-made man)

(Chef Lim Tae Hoon specialized in Chinese cuisine)

There was a time when I used to live in an orphanage.

I want to motivate those...

who have similar life stories to mine.

"My day will surely come."

Take me as an example.

(I hope they can take me as an example.)

(A creative and delicate touch)

(His cuisine is all about uniqueness.)

(Chef Yoon Nam No specialized in Western cuisine)

My life is nothing but full of curves.

I believe when someone offered me warm hands,

that moment my life started to change.

I want to give help as I was offered.

(Now I want to help others.)

(Fresh ingredients and a subtle and delicate taste)

(The guy who got the title of the Dragon King of Yeouido)

(Chef Kim Min Sung specialized in Japanese cuisine)

One should be desperate!

With it, all is possible.

I'll let them know every possible skill I have...

so that I can transcend it into hope.

(A wild guy to meat...)

(who's put down all challenges in the meat world)

(Meat Master)

(Michelin-starred restaurants in New York acknowledge his skills.)

(He's ready to show the true meaning of the taste of meat.)

(Chef David Lee specialized in meat dishes)

I hope they give it all they have...

and try whatever possible...

to get a chance.

(A journey of earnestness that the 4 chefs will lead)

Shall we move now?

It's time to begin.

(Now is the beginning!)

The contenders who have joined Paik's Les Miserables.

You're all welcome.

As of now, you all will challenge...

different missions to be businesspeople.

The most remarkable one who successfully complete...

those missions will receive...

their own restaurant.

I should win. I should make it.

I believe it'll be me who gets my own restaurant.

I won't be able to have any similar opportunities in life.

If you want to stop your challenges,

you can hit the retirement bell three times whenever you want,

so that you can leave this place.

(They can hit the retirement bell and stop their challenges.)

(Shaking his head)

(For the ones who want the life of their labels, )

(feel free to hit the bell!)

Then, from now on,

the first mission of Les Miserables...

starts!

(Yoo Ji Min)

(Finally, the first mission of Paik's Les Miserables is revealed.)

(They found something.)

What's that?

What is it?

That's insane.

(What is the mission that startled all the contenders?)

(The shape of the mission is slowly unveiled.)

Are those mandarins?

They're onions!

(They're onions!)

Onion?

(What they are seeing is a huge onion mountain.)

(3 tons of onions!)

(It's a total of 200 nets.)

(Roughly 50 onions are filled in 1 net.)

(About 10,000 onions are ready.)

It appeared to be...

the 2nd or 3rd-floor height of a building.

I felt like they gathered all the onions...

from joint markets.

It's not an exaggeration.

It looked like a mountain back then.

That would be an accurate depiction.

(What would be the mission that uses onions?)

- It's about cutting onions. - No. Peeling!

No, it's cutting.

I guess it's more like peeling.

Should we really peel them all off?

(Should we peel them all off?)

The first mission of Les Miserables is...

cutting onions.

(The first mission: Cutting onions)

All the contenders, please slice...

the given onions...

with all of them being 3mm thin.

Into 3mm-thin pieces?

(Yoo Ji Min)

(This would be 3mm?)

We should really cut all of those?

Seriously?

I didn't know the exact length of it.

The only thought I had was...

to cut as many pieces as possible.

I wasn't that nervous.

Slicing onions into 3mm pieces?

It's rather good.

I may be the top performer here.

Once you finish cutting onions,

the mission is finished.

(Yoo Ji Min)

The mission is finished.

(Yoo Ji Min immediately comes out first.)

(All running)

(Oh Chang Seok)

Let's go!

(Choi Jeong Hyun)

(He was trying to read the air, )

(and now he starts moving.)

But this is...

- Take the sideways! - But this is...

(Grab onions and run!)

I should take as many as possible.

Should we slice all?

(Laughing)

Do they mean all of these?

(Cho Do Yeon gets his share and swiftly comes back.)

(Yoo Ji Min does the same.)

Isn't this one net enough?

This drives me crazy!

Isn't this one net enough?

It won't end until we cut them all.

We should cut all of those!

You mean us?

(Unlike others, he carries his nets pretty stably.)

(But for Lim Young Jun, a 15kg onion net is way too heavy. )

Just carrying one net was a heavy burden. It was too heavy.

- You should stay in your spot. - I see.

Those who got the share...

should work in the given spot.

(Yoo Hyo Deok is somewhat relaxed.)

I took a look around,

wondering, "Is this it?"

At first, I thought it was about how many one could slice.

Then I figured...

I should first clean my surroundings and slice them evenly.

(In the meantime...)

(Jeon Dong Jin)

Shouldn't we cut these first?

(But for him, all the situations here are embarrassing.)

But aren't we supposed to wash the onions...

before cutting them?

I think we cut them first and wash them later...

when things are done.

- After we peel these all off? - Yes.

We don't have enough sinks anyway.

(Dong Jin barely started working on it thanks to Kyung Min.)

(Jeon Dong Jin)

I've never had a chance to slice onions like that.

Others were peeling onions using knives.

But I did it using only my hands,

so I was afraid, thinking when I would finish all of these.

(Jeon Dong Jin)

This is not going well.

(The contenders have different tendencies and skills.)

(The judges in the monitoring room)

(Monitoring room: CEO Paik and the 4 chefs 1st evaluate...)

(the contenders' basic talents in a space separate from them.)

Where is it?

Things have changed. At the beginning,

- they were in a joking mood. - Right.

(Why is the mission cutting onions?)

Think about how they would feel when I showed them onions...

early in the morning. They could be taken aback.

It's not about their skills with the knives.

It is about why,

how they do this,

and what they should show us.

These are all things needed in business.

And this is the basic mind.

It is the first and the biggest mountain you face...

when starting a restaurant business.

(Paik Jong Won Project)

(Chapter 1: Attitude of a businessperson)

All 20 contenders have different experiences.

I think we should have a clear standard.

My focus is on...

how they think of a way to survive on their own...

when they are given a mission.

You probably have this experience.

People won't help you when you start a restaurant business, right?

- That's right. - I don’t want to see them...

relying on clumsily learned skills. I want to see how quickly...

they look into it when a mission is given.

Another thing I'm looking for is...

their love for ingredients.

(Evaluation standard: 2. How much the contenders save on ingredients)

- Not throwing anything away? - Right.

Depending on how you insert the blade and peel,

you could really throw everything away.

The owner's mind towards onions that are damaged...

or of poor quality is...

really different from the mind of someone...

who works without thinking.

Some will save 90 percent of the onion.

Some will save only 65 percent, for sure.

- And how well they tidy up. - Yes.

This really has nothing to do with how much experience they have.

This is something that is the most basic.

(Hygiene and cleanliness are basic in restaurant business)

I personally want to see the floor.

- The floor? - Yes. Floor now.

- Let's all take that into account. - Yes.

(Cleanliness of the floor is also very important.)

(Evaluation standard: 1. Effectiveness in working, )

(2. Ingredient retention rate, 3. Hygiene)

(Joo Hyun Wook)

(Joo Hyun Wook: With a father with 400,000 dollars in debt)

(How effective is he while working?)

I thought there was an order...

to peeling and cutting onions.

Since onion skins have dirt on them and are dirty,

I thought I should peel all of them first.

Then, after cleaning things up,

I thought I should go into slicing.

(Joo Hyun Wook's effectiveness)

(1. Peeling the skin, 2. Cleaning, 3. Slicing)

(The reason why he looks so familiar with peeling onions)

(A father with 400,000 dollars in debt)

My father fell into pyramid scheme...

and our debt kept growing until it became 400,000 dollars.

At first, I really hated my father...

and I resented him.

But just hating and resenting him...

won't resolve the problem.

I thought this situation would get a little better

if I established myself and became successful as soon I could.

I gave up on my career in sports...

and now work in the kitchen of a jjamppong restaurant in Daejeon.

(He quit rugby and got a job at a jjamppong restaurant.)

(Joo Hyun Wook)

I have peeled a lot of onions while working.

But I thought if I cleaned up every time I peeled an onion,

it would take me a long time to clean up.

So I tried to work efficiently.

(Joo Hyun Wook's plan is to prioritize efficiency.)

(Next to Joo Hyun Wook, who is focusing on peeling, )

(is Son Woo Sung, who already started on cutting the onions.)

(Son Woo Sung: Failed breadwinner with 500,000 dollars in debt)

(Son Woo Sung)

I thought to peel and slice one bag at a time.

Even if my hands are torn,

I will never give up and I will peel them all.

(Son Woo Sung’s effectiveness is persistence.)

I was in special forces when I served in the military.

I didn’t think this would be harder than that.

I was confident in working long hours...

and with my stamina.

(Persistence versus efficiency)

(They each have their own effectiveness in working.)

Cut them all up.

(The contenders are working on the mission with their plans.)

I feel like if I can’t do this, I won’t be able to do anything else.

I will never give up.

I'll do everything I can.

(After 30 minutes)

(1. Seong Hyun Woo)

(Is he tearing it up?)

(Seong Hyun Woo)

(Jeon Dong Jin, Seong Hyun Woo)

(He is even more unskilled than Jeon Dong Jin, who was flustered.)

(He is not using a knife at all.)

That must be him.

(CEO Paik and the chefs are watching in the monitoring room.)

He should watch others around him.

I really want to go and tell him to cut both ends right now.

This guy even...

has his ring on.

No. He shouldn't.

He has his ring on.

(Taking off the ring is common sense.)

- He is cooking with those hands. - Right.

Contender One...

doesn't seem to have any experience, does he?

No, he doesn't.

What is his background story?

I’m from a group home and getting ready for independent living.

I am Seong Hyun Woo.

He is getting ready to be self-reliant.

(Youth getting ready for independent living:)

(A young person whose protection ends after the age of 18...)

(begins to live on his own.)

I didn't know until I was the second grader in elementary school.

In fact, when milk was served in elementary school,

there was a list for the milk.

Children in similar circumstances as me...

were at the bottom of the list.

That's when I realized that I had lived differently from others.

I think I started to recognize it a little bit from then on.

I still remember...

when a kid called me...

"Seong Yoon Woo, a kid with no parents."

(Seong Yoon Woo, a kid with no parents)

"You grew up in a care home."

"You are from foster care."

"You have no parents." When I hear such things,

my heart drops.

To be honest, that is not my fault.

I just want to live a proud life.

That is one of the reasons why I'm on the show.

(A courageous challenge for a man getting ready to be self-reliant)

(What is your way of living a proud life?)

My foster mom loved me so much.

I want to live a diligent life from now on...

and I want to return the favour.

(To repay his mom, who taught him love, with success)

(I want to be reborn as a businessperson and live proudly.)

Now he's looking around to peel the onions.

(Glancing)

(Seong Hyun Woo)

(Glancing)

(He is unskilled, but is slowly taking one step at a time.)

(But then!)

(Chopping)

(A rhythmical sound comes from somewhere.)

I was a bit surprised then.

He was doing a performance.

(The source of the performance)

(Lim Young Jun)

Wow. That sounds great.

(Chopping without looking)

He was chopping without looking.

I thought that was cool.

- Wow. - He's good with the knife.

He looks like he has some experience.

I've been working for eight years in Japanese cuisine.

(8 years in Japanese cuisine)

(20. Kwon Hye Sung)

Number 18 next to me started chopping.

And I didn't want to lose against him.

So I became a little impatient.

(I can't stay this way.)

(I can't lose!)

(Kwon Hye Sung started to chop looking elsewhere.)

Look at Contender 20.

That's the first.

It's fan-shaped.

I think he's the first to chop in a fan shape.

I was surprised.

He's experienced.

(He is experienced!)

I think, compared to the earlier numbers, the latter numbers...

- are more experienced. - Right.

Isn't that it?

(1:0 month, 3:0 month, 4:3 months)

(17:7 years, 18:8 years, 20:10 years)

I was confident since I had experience of over ten years.

(Experienced contenders continue with their performances.)

The guys on the other side are scary.

There are only people who are good at cutting.

(Yang Kyung Min)

(Kwon Hye Sung)

(The experienced overwhelm the other contenders.)

Look at him.

He's just cutting them.

I don't think he should look elsewhere.

He should concentrate on his own ingredients.

He is just being flashy.

Look at that.

He's cutting parts that we can't use.

He's even cutting the top part.

He should at least look at the ingredients.

I want to take a look at those onions.

I want to see if all the edges are cut properly.

- The edges? - Yes.

I think they'll be attached.

Yes. You should really look at that.

He is just cutting with speed.

I think he chose to cut as many as he could quickly.

Yes. I think so too.

(Is it important to cut as many as possible quickly?)

Most of the contenders will think this is about speed.

But why would we care about speed here?

So the experienced are not in the upper hand here.

To an experienced person, having a bad habit...

is like poison.

(Bad habits are poisonous.)

(Criticisms pour on them.)

(Kim Hyun Joon: Immature single dad)

Should I have some fun?

I've been in the restaurant business for nine years.

I am more confident than anyone else.

He does seem relaxed.

(Let me see.)

(How are Kim Hyun Joon's onion chopping skills?)

(Chopping)

(Chopping)

(Chopping)

- What? - Is that it?

Isn't that a bit...

(He doubts his eyes.)

He doesn't know the basics of using a knife.

He doesn't know how to hold the knife properly.

We thought he had more work experience,

- so he'd have better skills. - But that's how he chops?

Let's watch his story.

(What's Contender 19 Kim Hyun Joon's story?)

Hello.

I'm a single dad of two children...

who wants to succeed.

I'm Kim Hyun Joon.

He's a dad who raises his children.

Since I had to take care of my family,

I started my business at a relatively young age.

I opened a barbecue restaurant when I was 20 years old.

I started it with 20,000 dollars,

and within less than a year, I earned 100,000 dollars.

With that money, I started a cafe.

And I earned 300,000 dollars in cash.

It was successful.

My businesses were successful.

Yeonnam-dong was a popular spot at the time,

so I started a business there.

But at the same time, there was a COVID-19 outbreak,

and I lost all the money I saved until then.

The business was shut down.

I decided to start another business,

and I started a chicken restaurant in Itaewon.

But the Itaewon crowd crush happened...

on the day the restaurant opened.

(Itaewon business owners still in sorrow due to rising rent)

(Businesses located near the Itaewon crowd crush area closing down.)

People stopped coming to Itaewon.

Again,

(His business failed twice in a row.)

I experienced another failure.

Running a restaurant business is the only thing I've done so far.

While doing that,

I became financially independent.

All that aside,

I just want to live with my children.

(I want to live with my children.)

(The 5 people are deep in thought.)

This...

But he has nine years of experience.

- Experience in running a business. - Experience in running a business.

- Experience in running a business. - Experience in using employees.

He succeeded in two businesses because of good luck...

and failed in two businesses because of bad luck.

He doesn't have any skills.

You can teach him if he doesn't have skills.

He's a blank page.

- I want to see persistence here. - Persistence.

- If he has persistence... - Me too. A strong will.

- Yes. A strong will. - It's the strong will that matters.

If he does have that...

That's the most important aspect in a way.

We're looking for such a person.

(Will Kim Hyun Joon be able to show us his strong will?)

(Choi Yoon Seong)

I haven't used a knife that much.

It was really hard to peel the onions.

(Struggling)

(He puts the knife down for a bit.)

(It looks dangerous.)

- Goodness. That... - No. Please.

(Dangerous)

I think he'll get hurt. His hands...

(The most dangerous onion peeling)

His hands.

(It's in a dangerous position.)

(Choi Yoon Seong got a cut from the knife by mistake.)

I got pricked.

He hurt his hand already.

(He tries to apply first aid with water.)

I got pricked by the knife.

You idiot. Why did you do that?

Goodness.

It's bleeding too much.

I was very flustered when I got injured.

I didn't get cut while using the knife.

I got cut by mistake while moving onions.

I got treatment right away.

But I was in a rush even while I was getting treatment.

(Kim Dong Joon: Protective disposition no.9 juvenile thief)

Goodness. That...

(Kim Dong Joon)

Since I was nervous,

I did make mistakes.

The knife is sharp.

Be careful.

(There's another injured person.)

(This was filmed under the supervision of paramedics.)

Goodness.

(Lim Young Jun)

Why are they getting their hands cut so much?

(Yang Kyung Min)

(The contender left his place.)

(Yang Kyung Min)

Where is he?

Getting treatment?

Was he injured?

(Where is Yang Kyung Min?)

(Yang Kyung Min comes to the experienced group.)

(Why is he here?)

(Lim Young Jun)

- When you chop it, - Yes.

- you cut it in half. - Yes.

Do you chop it like this or like this?

No.

(He asks the direction for chopping the onion.)

Does the direction matter?

Can it be cut in these ways?

- You should chop it this way. - Like this.

They'll crumble if you chop it like this.

- Okay. - Okay.

(Lim Young Jun)

Is 3mm...

about this size?

This is about the maximum.

- You should make it thinner. - Thinner than this.

(He asks Kwon Hye Sung about the thickness of the onion.)

- What? - He went there to check...

- He went to check. Right. - if he's cutting it the right way.

- Checking or asking... - That...

- That's the best. - It's good.

He went to check if he did it the right way.

That's the best.

He goes...

and asks them. That's a good attitude.

- You should ask if you don't know. - That's right.

You'd have experienced this,

but the person you're most scared of...

when you run a business...

is someone who keeps checking your restaurant.

- When it's open... - Don't come. Go away.

Actually...

(We can't have our secrets taken.)

If there are many customers,

the person keeps checking from outside.

"That business is doing well because the weather is like this."

You need to analyze things like that.

You check whether or not...

- there is a sports game. - That's right.

When the holidays and vacation days begin.

Whether the stock prices are on blue or red lines.

That determines the dinner sales.

- People ask for different drinks. - Right.

The small efforts that aren't significant pile up...

to make a business successful.

- That's right. - But people think that's luck.

- Exactly. - Most people...

don't put in such effort...

and think they were unlucky.

(Contender 4 is praised for his working attitude.)

(Yang Kyung Min)

Let's watch his story.

(How did he end up here?)

Hello, I was in Hanwha Eagles.

I'm Yang Kyung Min, a pitcher who was let go.

(Unexpected words came out of Yang Kyung Min's mouth.)

- He's a pitcher? - Yes.

Hello.

(Yang Kyung Min: Pitcher who left the Eagles)

(Yang Kyung Min was a rising star during his high school years.)

I decided to devote myself for a year when I was in high school.

I went to the professional league.

(He joined Hanwha Eagles when he was 20 years old.)

(He achieved his dream of becoming a pro at a young age.)

(New recruit Yang Kyung Min, "I'm confident!")

(The Eagles' Yang Kyung Min, "An eaglet on the mound")

(Unexpected news came out one day.)

After I joined the team, my shoulder muscles got torn.

(He had a shoulder injury right after joining the team.)

I went to a hospital in Seoul.

"He won't be able to play anymore."

That's sad.

I thought, "It would be better tomorrow."

"I'd be able..."

"to throw the ball tomorrow."

"I wouldn't have the pain."

That's what I thought for the two years...

(He endured the rehabilitation for 2 years with the word "tomorrow.")

I was in rehabilitation.

It was really hard to endure that.

(That's how he said goodbye to baseball, which was his life.)

(That's how he said goodbye to baseball, which was his life.)

(The judges feel sad together.)

I started working at a bar...

since June.

(He entered the restaurant business after quitting baseball.)

It tastes good...

because I put in lots of sugar.

Shouldn't that be a minus point?

That would deduct points.

I want to put my passion into this.

When I joined the professional team,

I went in with my fastball and slider.

I will survive until the end with my strong will and wits.

(Kyung Min's strength: Strong will and wits)

I will survive until the end.

(Feeling proud)

He should pitch a shutout as a businessperson.

(Doing his best)

(Yang Kyung Min started chopping.)

(He got used to using the knife within a short period of time.)

- Isn't it accurate? - It's pretty.

You can see his efforts to keep it to 3mm.

I think he...

will really do well if he learns a bit.

(He receives points for his accurate use of the knife and his attitude.)

(He can run a business well without much experience.)

(2 hours of the mission passed.)

(The amount of onion slices is increasing.)

(Chopping out of desperation without failure)

(At a glance, there's a huge amount of onions.)

(The more onions pile up, )

(the more they get exhausted.)

(The contenders are obviously getting tired.)

Now that it's been two hours,

their level of concentration is decreasing.

- Their personality is coming out. - Right.

They're starting to work instinctively, and it isn't easy.

(Starting now, it's a fight of persistence.)

(Yoo Ji Min)

(He's peeling the onions without getting tired.)

(He has peeled a huge amount of onions.)

(Focused)

- Goodness. - The remaining onions...

Among all the contenders,

- He's frugal. - he's the most frugal.

Right.

(The judges are pleased to see him being frugal with the ingredient.)

(Unlike other contenders who remove a lot of layers)

(Retaining as much as possible by separating a thin layer of peel)

(The type that many restaurant owners would like)

He works quickly. I like him the most.

Contender 15 hasn't started cutting, has he?

He's only peeled the onions.

I already like him based on his peeling.

If he starts after rinsing them...

and cleaning up the table, he'll get the perfect score.

He deserves the perfect score no matter how he cuts them.

(What about his level of hygiene and cleanliness?)

That's good.

(After peeling all the onions, he cleans up the table.)

(After peeling all the onions, he cleans up the table.)

(He looks clean and experienced.)

(Next, he goes to the sink.)

Water.

He's even using the detergent.

(He's perfect even when he cleans the container.)

(Cleaning thoroughly with detergent)

He's doing it properly.

Isn't Contender 15 likely to be experienced?

Definitely.

He looks like someone in our field.

- In Japanese cuisine? - Yes.

- Right? - Yes.

Based on how thorough and calm he is,

he probably has experience in Japanese food.

(David Lee)

- He's even drying it. - He's drying it.

The way he uses the container...

(Evaluation Standards 1, 2, and 3)

(His effectiveness, retention rate, and hygiene level are all perfect!)

(What brought Contender 15, Yoo Ji Min to this place?)

I'd like to start a sashimi restaurant,

and I'm getting ready to be independent.

I'm Yoo Ji Min, and I'm 22 years old.

I was right.

(Japanese cuisine was correct.)

- He's 22 years old? - He's so young.

I'd like to start a sashimi restaurant,

and I'm getting ready to be independent.

I'm Yoo Ji Min, and I'm 22 years old.

For me,

as soon as I was born, I was sent to an orphanage.

After being in an incubator,

I was sent to the facility.

But then...

(Closed Welfare Facility)

(His facility was tainted with abuse and sexual violence.)

(He was protected neither by his family nor his facility.)

There was a lot of assault.

There was sexual assault as well.

(There was sexual assault as well.)

(The reality was too cruel for a child to handle.)

(Lim Tae Hoon)

I started working when I was in ninth grade.

It was to earn money.

(He started working part-time to make money.)

At that time, I worked to be like everyone else.

I peeled onions at a soup restaurant.

After that, I washed dishes...

at a barbecue restaurant.

During the last year of my high school,

I learned...

how to cut sashimi.

(With the restaurant owner he worked with since middle school, )

(he's working at a sashimi restaurant.)

I found out when I was in 11th grade...

that I had a mom.

When I saw her coming from far away,

I felt that it was my mom.

I had that feeling.

(I had that feeling.)

Anyway,

she gave birth to me at the age of 17.

She gave birth to my sibling at the age of 19.

What I know is that she's with someone else now.

(What I know is that she's with someone else now.)

I'm just...

(I'm just...)

(A child whose birth was an inconvenience)

A burden.

(I'm a burden to my mom.)

She was like a light rain.

We'll meet each other one day.

Either when I die or she dies.

Gosh.

(It's painful to hear it from a 22-year-old.)

(Kim Min Sung)

My dream is...

to open a sashimi restaurant...

when I'm 24 or 25.

I started differently from other people,

so I should advance faster.

I'm running very behind.

What I can change by working hard...

is the present moment.

(It's the present moment.)

- It's touching. - He's amazing.

- It's touching. - That's impressive.

Don't you want to work with meat?

(Laughing)

Come and join me.

He's worked at a barbecue restaurant.

Many of the contenders have...

stories that are similar to mine.

- Right? - I see.

People like him have a lot of courage.

When children grow up in an orphanage,

they go through a lot of things.

Many of them learn bad things.

He worked hard to endure it.

He's starting to clean up around him.

(In the meantime, he's starting to clean up around him.)

He learned properly.

I got very emotional.

I can tell that he got scolded a lot at work.

- You're right. - I can see that.

If I could see him cut onions, I'd like him even more.

- Can you cut? - We have to see...

how he chops onions.

(Will he be perfect including his cutting?)

(Oh Chang Seok)

(Cutting dangerously)

(Contender 9 Oh Chang Seok is cutting dangerously.)

(Contender 9 Oh Chang Seok is cutting dangerously.)

Do you see it? I've noticed him for a while.

It looks like his hands are trembling.

My hands started to shake.

(Exhaling)

I wanted to stop my hands from trembling.

(Unlike his intention, his hands won't stop shaking.)

He looks inexperienced. It can be dangerous.

(Worried)

What does he do?

(What's the story behind Oh Chang Seok?)

Nice to meet you.

I've been an alcoholic for 20 years.

(Now they understand why his hands are shaking.)

I'm Oh Chang Seok, and I'm 38 years old.

I drank from 140 to 150 bottles a month.

I drank 3 bottles in the morning and 3 bottles in the evening.

I drank six bottles a day.

I wasn't in the right mind.

Every day, I drank alone and cried.

When I was in a good mood from drinking, I sang.

Being with you behind your smile

After you drink that much, you get withdrawal symptoms.

It's impossible to lead a normal life.

Then you drink again without being able to resist.

That was the case for me.

(Alcoholism)

My father was my idol...

until elementary school and middle school.

He was someone I respected the most.

My mother had an affair and ran away from home.

Then my father started drinking a lot.

Soon, he became very scary.

After losing everything,

I moved to Boseong.

Without the will to live,

I kept drinking alcohol day and night.

(That's how he got addicted to alcohol.)

Goodness.

(His story makes them speechless.)

I kept vomiting.

Like in movies, I stayed in bed.

My whole body shook, and I struggled.

I thought that I might suffer...

even more in the future.

That's when I stopped drinking.

It's been 71 days.

That's when I stopped drinking.

Alcoholism is very difficult to overcome,

but I made it with my own will.

To encourage others that they can do the same,

I want to take the first step.

(I want to show everyone.)

(Impressed)

It must be very difficult for him right now.

All the contenders are working hard,

but it must be very hard for him.

Yes, he may still get withdrawal symptoms.

Will he be able to do the missions in such a condition?

That's what I'm worried about.

He has to fight with himself.

He has to complete the mission and fight with himself.

Starting now, it's about his will.

(Starting now, it's about his will.)

(The place is full of cutting sounds.)

(Is that a sound of someone humming?)

(Kim Jin Woo)

(Singing)

(He can't avoid it, so he tries to enjoy it.)

He looks similar to me.

(Laughing)

(They look like the same type.)

- He looks like Ma Dong Seok. - Right.

(How does Ma Dong Seok-looking Kim Jin Woo slice onions?)

(He tears off the onion skin.)

(Tearing)

(He's tearing off the inner peel.)

(The onion became very small.)

He's peeling it off as boldly as his physique.

He cuts off both ends...

and makes a cut in the onion to peel it.

Don't Chinese restaurants hate that the most?

- It's the worst thing to do. - That's not good.

(In the end...)

(Did he throw away an entire onion?)

He threw it away.

He can't do that.

He threw away an onion.

- But this... - He did the worst thing to do.

That's...

(Kim Jin Woo)

(He threw away another one.)

(Choi Jeong Hyun)

(He cuts off the rotten part.)

Mine is completely rotten. What a mess.

(Other contenders try to minimize the loss.)

It's completely rotten.

(However, Kim Jin Woo doesn't mind wasting.)

If he's run a restaurant, he should try not to waste.

- He's so wasteful. - He doesn't see it as a waste.

He won't have any onion left.

I don't think he learned enough about the restaurant business.

Even if you open a restaurant on your own,

there's a lot of information available these days.

- You can find it on YouTube. - Right.

When you search, you can find anything.

(He doesn't treat the ingredients like they're precious.)

(What will be Kim Jin Woo's fate who received harsh criticism?)

(It's getting bright outside.)

What?

That startled me.

(The contenders are startled by the sound of a siren.)

The doors are closing.

What's going on?

(The doors are closing slowly.)

Are they closing?

(The contenders are clearly flustered.)

My goodness. I'm in trouble.

I haven't cut anything yet.

(Their path to the onions is blocked.)

(Joo Hyun Wook)

I'm doomed.

I cut about half of the container,

and suddenly, the siren went off.

I had a mental breakdown.

(Next to Joo Hyun Wook, who cut only half of the container, )

(Yoo Ji Min hasn't cut one single onion.)

(Feeling anxious, )

(he gets busy.)

The alarm kept ringing,

so I thought that there could be a time limit to cutting.

Other people had already cut three boxes.

I hadn't done anything other than peeling onions.

(I hadn't done anything other than peeling onions.)

I started cutting in a hurry.

(Flustered)

(Yoo Ji Min cut his hand with the knife.)

(He keeps pushing himself to cut.)

(His bleeding doesn't stop.)

(His finger has to be treated.)

I might look inexperienced.

I just put on a latex glove...

and continued cutting.

(Despite the serious injury, )

(he postpones getting treated.)

(Pushing ahead with his cutting while hiding his cut)

(At that moment)

Gosh.

- What's going on? - What's going on?

(The siren rings one more time.)

(The closed doors open again.)

They're really here.

It's Paik Jong Won.

They look scary.

They looked like they were about to slaughter someone.

If you get caught, you'll be killed.

(If you get caught, you'll be killed.)

They looked as scary as me.

(2nd Face-to-Face Evaluation)

(CEO Paik and 4 chefs meet...)

(the contenders in person...)

(for an in-depth evaluation of their qualifications.)

(Walking on eggshells)

(Glancing)

(CEO Paik is monitoring the situation with a sharp look.)

(Evaluation standard: 1. Effectiveness in working, )

(2. Ingredient retention rate, 3. Hygiene)

We probably have to stop for them to talk.

No, keep going.

(The judges approach them to evaluate them more closely.)

I was extremely nervous.

They left without saying anything.

My cooking skills must be poor.

Are you wearing your ring on purpose?

- Pardon? - Your ring.

Are you wearing your ring on purpose?

No, I meant to remove it, but I forgot.

It was just a question.

Ring?

(Yoon Nam No)

(Sighing)

He didn't have the least of courtesy.

It made me furious.

(Yang Kyung Min)

(Chef Yoon Nam No is checking something.)

(Angrily rummaging through the onions?)

(He's checking the onions that are prepped.)

(He got up?)

Can you concentrate and cut the onion?

Yes, sir.

(Slowly in nervousness)

(He does his best to cut the onion.)

(Stop for a moment.)

(Checking to see if the onion was cut until the end)

Why is he leaving without saying anything?

I was very curious.

(Yang Kyung Min, the former Eagles pitcher)

Did he not like it?

Wait.

Imagine that you'll eat it.

Okay.

Turn it around.

Is that edible?

Do it again with a new one.

I was just frozen.

I stayed frozen.

(The Grim Reaper for the inexperienced contenders)

(On the other hand)

(Evaluation Standard 2)

(Checking the retention rate with both hands)

What will they do with the roots?

Will they chop them off thoughtlessly...

or cut them off to save as much as possible?

(Checking the hygiene in detail)

(What about the contenders with experience?)

(Chef Kim Min Sung spots something.)

(Cutting without looking at the ingredient)

(Kwon Hye Sung)

- He's even cutting the top part. - He should at least...

look at the ingredients.

- Vegetables... - I want to take...

a look at those onions.

I want to see if all the edges are cut properly.

- The edges? - Yes.

- I think they'll be attached. - You should really look at that.

- Stop. - Okay.

- Cut it properly. - Yes, sir.

(Kim Dong Joon)

(Son Woo Sung)

Is this 3mm?

You have to cut it completely. Being fast isn't important.

- Yes, sir. - The mission is cutting 3mm.

- Yes, sir. - Look at it and concentrate.

I didn't expect to be scolded,

but I fell out of favour with him.

He was cutting quickly to show his ten years of experience,

but he didn't even cut the onions completely.

I told him, "The mission is cutting it into 3mm."

It's not about cutting fast or the most amount.

(Kim Hyun Joon)

He didn't say a word.

Sometimes, no feedback could be a compliment.

(Kim Hyun Joon)

I must be doing a good job.

It was such a shame.

Where and how did he work?

How did he have enough confidence to run his own business?

Don't do it fast. Cut it accurately.

- Yes, sir. - Don't cut so fast.

Do one more.

- One more? - Do it carefully.

Not fast.

- I'll do it slowly. - It's not amazing at all.

I'm in trouble.

That's when I felt that it wasn't about cutting quickly...

like I had expected.

(While everyone is getting harshly criticized, )

(CEO Paik is advancing without hesitation.)

(His destination is Contender 11 Kim Jin Woo.)

(Kim Jin Woo)

He threw it away.

(He's doing the worst thing to do.)

(Half peel, half onion)

I'm in trouble.

I prepped the onions too roughly.

(CEO Paik continues to evaluate in silence.)

Who hurt his hand?

There's blood on it.

(Son Woo Sung)

Is he not here?

When you cut yourself during a test,

you're bound to fail it.

He was asking about it to everyone,

so I thought something like that happened here.

Is he not here?

(Checking)

(Yoo Ji Min ignores the question.)

(Worried that his points might get deducted, )

(Yoo Ji Min gave up on treating his finger.)

I heard him,

but if I answered him...

I might lose my chance.

(Yoo Ji Min)

(He pretends not to know until the end.)

(At that moment, Chef Kim Min Sung approaches him.)

Did you cut yourself?

No, I'm fine.

Your blood is getting on it.

Put on a new glove.

The blood is from the cut.

Change the glove and get it treated.

Go and get it treated.

- Go and get it treated. - Yes, sir.

(Yoo Ji Min tries to stay as long as possible.)

Where's the first aid team?

- Are they over there? - I was anxious.

I thought I'd get eliminated.

- Number 15. - Wait one moment.

(Worried)

- Yoo Ji Min. - Yes?

- Go and get treated. - Yes.

Where did you get cut? Here?

I blacked out.

I finally climbed onto a cliff.

It felt like a rock fell down on me.

I knew that this opportunity was rare,

so I didn't want to lose it.

(He comes back after getting treated.)

(Yoo Ji Min)

(He doesn't stop cutting.)

(Contenders making their last spurt at their own speed)

(Kim Dong Joon)

(They know how desperate the contenders are.)

(The judges are deeper in thought.)

If you can't even do this,

you can't do anything.

Did you see them?

Are you done?

(CEO Paik and the 4 chefs gather for the evaluation.)

This is so difficult.

We...

(Choi Jeong Hyun)

Their lives depend on it, so we can't allow mistakes.

This contender...

Right. He doesn't know the basics.

- Does everyone agree? - I agree.

- I also agree. - Okay.

Will one of us get eliminated after this mission?

Are you afraid to go home after cutting onions?

(Forced laughter)

- Number 15. - Number 15.

- Number 15. - Yes.

- Yes, I noticed him. - Me too.

The last person.

(Why did Contender 15 Yoo Ji Min get called?)

- This one. - Yes.

- This one. - Yes.

- This one. Okay. - Yes.

(CEO Paik and the 4 chefs finished their discussion.)

(They're walking back towards the contenders.)

(CEO Paik stands in front of Yoo Ji Min.)

(Kim Dong Joon)

(He's cutting diligently with his injured hand.)

(Yoo Ji Min)

(Did he put down...)

(his nameplate?)

(Yoo Ji Min)

(He stops.)

My nameplate went down.

In other words,

everything was in shambles.

He got eliminated.

(Son Woo Sung)

Am I getting eliminated after this mission?

(With Yoo Ji Min behind him)

(Hong In Taek)

(Joo Hyun Wook)

(He put down another nameplate.)

As soon as he put it down, water splashed on me.

My cleanliness points will get deducted.

Why did they get eliminated?

What could be the reason?

(CEO Paik continues to put down the nameplates.)

(Yang Kyung Min)

(Yang Kyung Min's nameplate goes down too.)

I must be the first to be eliminated.

My heart sank when it went down.

Should I ask him for another chance?

Should I tell him that I want to try cutting the onions again?

Did he not like me?

(What did he not like?)

(It's not over yet.)

(Where is CEO Paik headed?)

(Son Woo Sung)

I'm in trouble.

Did I get eliminated? I got eliminated.

What do I do now?

(After 4 people's nameplates are put down, )

(the siren goes off again.)

The first mission on Paik's Les Miserables.

The onion-cutting mission ends now.

(Mission 1 is over.)

(What does it mean to have their nameplates put down?)

(The 4 of them feel frustrated by what they can't figure out.)

(Yang Kyung Min, Son Woo Sung, Yoo Jin Min, Joo Hyun Wook)

(What is the meaning of the nameplates that went down?)

Are you stupid?

(Paik's Les Miserables)

(What made CEO Paik furious?)

(None of you have come to your senses yet.)

(Tension that sweeps over Studio 100)

(My heart was pounding fast.)

(Gosh, I'm in trouble.)

(Forget it and get out.)

(Are all the contenders at the risk of being eliminated?)

(We're standing at the edge of a cliff.)

(If someone gives us a nudge, we'll fall off.)

(I must survive.)

(Run)

(What awaits them at the end of the cliff)

(An opportunity called hardship)

(Why did you apply to Paik's Les Miserables?)

(Why they put themselves in the hardship)

(Desperate...)

(to change)

(I should risk my life to make it.)

(I must survive no matter what...)

(and do it like there's no tomorrow.)

(Only the one who lasts...)

(gets the chance to open his own restaurant.)

- Let's go! - Let's go!

(Putting them to the test)

(The shocking next mission)

(I was at a loss.)

(It was very hopeless.)

(Those who are ranked F)

(What does the future hold for them?)

Dramaday.me

(Paik's Les Miserables)