(Song Joong Ki)
(Lee Sung Min)
(Shin Hyun Been)
(Kim Shin Rok, Yoon Je Moon, Cho Han Chul)
(Kim Nam Hee, Park Ji Hyun)
(Jung Hye Young, Kim Young Jae)
(Kim Jung Nan, Kim Do Hyun, Kim Hyun, Seo Jae Hee)
(Reborn Rich)
(Production Sponsors: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and KOCCA)
(This drama is fiction and people, places, organizations,)
(incidents, groups, and nations are not based on reality.)
Korea's exports went up...
by over 30 percent in the 1st half of the year,
which was the highest among the nation's major trading partners.
People said Korea...
had never been so prosperous since its very first kingdom was founded.
People believed that the economy would continue to grow...
and that everyone would become richer.
The Miracle on the Han River.
No one doubted the nation's seemingly rosy future.
The government has finally decided to seek financial assistance...
from the International Monetary Fund.
We should all scrimp and save.
We should join forces...
and overcome this crisis together at this difficult time.
Upon admitting that the country is basically bankrupt,
- the IMF... - The country is bankrupt?
Until that day came.
Darn it!
Who knew...
a country could go bankrupt? This is unheard of!
The world no one had ever experienced or imagined before.
In return for the 21 billion-dollar aid package,
the IMF is requesting that Korea implement complete market opening,
promote labor market flexibility,
- and reform the conglomerates... - Those scoundrels!
Do they think we're their colony?
Their economic colony.
They think they can strip us bare...
because they're giving us a few dollars.
So?
What can we do to survive?
No one else in the country predicted this national crisis...
and has been preparing for it...
except for me.
Please sign this.
This agreement states that Mason Oh is the CEO of Miracle Investment.
I wanted to ask you something.
The foreign exchange crisis. You knew about it, didn't you?
You exchanged 24 million dollars to US dollars, which is a lot of money.
You came all the way to New York to meet me...
and made such a risky investment...
to earn US dollars in preparation for this day.
Right?
Even Cheongwadae, financial officers,
and experts didn't see this coming. No one expected this.
But you, a college student in his early 20s,
saw it coming.
Don't you think it's odd?
Your question was wrong, Mr. Oh.
Last year, Korea's foreign exchange reserves...
stood at 30 billion dollars,
whereas its liabilities were measured at 170 billion dollars,
which means that the country's credit rating has been dropping.
The total amount of unpaid wages has surpassed 700 million dollars.
Even a young college student could see that a crisis was imminent.
So how come those at Cheongwadae and the financial officers couldn't?
Don't you think it's odd?
No?
Good point.
Thanks to your foresight,
you're now one of the people who hold the most US dollars in Korea.
Congratulations.
It's all part of Miracle Investment's assets.
(Jin Do Jun)
"HW?"
They're not your initials. What does that mean?
"HW?"
You're easier to read than I thought.
I know what it stands for. Howard Hughes. Right?
HW as in Howard.
He must be your role model.
Right. Because you were born as a millionaire's heir, just like him?
Or because he fashionably used his money and power...
to get his hands on everything he wanted, all his life?
Well, I'd say it's both.
All right, Howard.
What's the first company Miracle Investment will acquire?
They believe it could be resumed in the near future.
Ahjin Motors, Korea's second biggest automaker,
has filed for court receivership.
Unable to repay the loan of 4.5 billion dollars,
the company finally sank...
You want to buy Ahjin Motors?
With all the debts?
Hold on. No, right?
You said you were after something bigger than Soonyang.
Don't tell me it was Ahjin Motors.
Why? Why Ahjin?
It suits our company.
Miracle.
Look.
A miracle?
Ahjin? Ahjin Motors, seriously?
(Ahjin Motors)
- Goodness. - Let's go.
- We did our best. - Let's get going.
- Come on. - Let's go.
- Curse you! - You scumbags!
- Let's go. - What should we do now?
How am I going to earn a living?
- Darn it. - Gosh.
- What do we do now? - Seriously, what am I going to do?
Darn it!
- Gosh. - I can't believe this.
(Reborn Rich)
(Overcoming the national crisis, Opening a New Era)
(February 1998)
This year, prices will continue to rise,
and more people will lose their jobs.
Everyone's earnings will decrease, and more companies will go bankrupt.
All of us will have to shed a lot of sweat and tears...
while going through this difficult time.
He finally became President after three failed attempts. But for what?
He was handed over a key to an empty shed.
Goodness. How unlucky.
He'll want to be remembered...
as the president who filled the shed and taught the rich a lesson.
They're calling this a breakfast meeting.
But clearly, they summoned all of us to discipline us.
At this early hour...
Anyway, do you sleep well these days?
You know, Ahjin Motors' situation.
It could happen to us too, you know.
Even Ahjin, the second biggest auto company, has collapsed.
Will Soonyang Motors be all right?
After listening to you, I am concerned indeed.
(Cheongwadae, The Republic of Korea)
Daeyoung Motors is the number one auto company.
The company should go global and bring in dollars, if anything.
But they're busy power-tripping in this small country.
Going global will be hard, right?
Should Soonyang show you how it's done?
Chairman Jin, you're surely way more magnanimous than I am.
Your younger son.
He came to me and said he wanted to take over Hando Steel.
Had he been my son,
I would've taught him a lesson and disowned him long ago.
That brat dared to stab his brother in the back.
But you protected him because he's your son.
It certainly...
changed my opinion of you.
- You... - Mr. President is here.
What does Cheongwadae think?
They didn't even bring up the IMF and company succession, right?
Will they reform the conglomerate system?
Do they want us to lose all our subsidiaries?
Oh, right. I heard we might have to give up our private assets too.
That won't happen, right?
Did you already agree to everything?
- Father. - Dong Ki!
You...
Cheongwadae seemed determined.
They plan to restructure the major corporations,
and Soonyang won't be an exception.
What will Cheongwadae do about Ahjin Motors?
If they sit on the issue, the company will rack up more debt.
Then no one would want to acquire the company.
The domestic automotive industry is suffering big-time.
Who'd be willing to acquire Ahjin Motors?
Who'd be crazy enough to do that, unless they were shot in the head?
Me.
Ahjin Motors.
Soonyang will buy the company.
Father, you wish to buy Ahjin with all that's going on?
If a businessman sits in a safe zone and doesn't budge,
his butt will rot.
Father, the interest on their loan is 30 percent.
Ahjin has nothing but debts.
Do you want to volunteer to take care of the bomb?
At the moment, we should focus on maintaining Soonyang Motors...
Cheongwadae wishes to restructure everything.
And as you guys said, the domestic automotive industry is dead.
Why don't you understand what this means?
Ahjin Motors isn't the bomb.
Soonyang Motors is.
The worst performing automaker in the country, Soonyang Motors!
Taking over Ahjin Motors?
It's not a choice.
We must do it to survive.
To survive.
Okay?
Do you understand?
(Ahjin Motors, Changes in Shareholders)
Your grandfather, Chairman Jin.
He'll be determined to acquire Ahjin Motors.
Because it's the only way to protect Soonyang Motors.
Acquiring Ahjin Motors, the number two company in the industry,
means their market dominance will go up.
And if they share the production lines,
they can reduce costs too.
Most importantly, they'd have to grow Soonyang Motors...
to avoid restructuring.
(Soonyang)
That being said...
If I were one of those people at Cheongwadae,
I'd give Ahjin Motors to Chairman Jin.
Not a new investment firm like us...
with no experience in management whatsoever.
Are you confident?
Are you sure we won't lose Ahjin Motors to Soonyang?
I assure you that Soonyang will never acquire Ahjin Motors.
They'll soon realize that they've fallen prey...
to the winner's curse.
The internal reserves?
- All of it? - Yes.
The bidding war over Hando Steel...
was extremely fierce, Father.
With the foreign exchange differences soaring,
we had unexpected expenses, sir.
What can we do?
Try to take out a loan from a bank.
We've maxed out our limits at all the major banks,
so we can't take out an additional loan, sir.
Is that also because of Hando Steel?
Yes, sir.
Our real estate properties.
Let's sell them.
The thing is,
we already used the valuable ones...
- as collateral to take out... - So?
Are you saying we can't afford to acquire Ahjin Motors?
I'm sorry, Father.
We wouldn't have had any problems without the financial crisis.
If only Dong Ki hadn't egged on the chairman of Daeyoung...
to increase the bid for Hando Steel...
Father, I was just...
Enough, both of you!
It's all my fault.
Father.
Hang Jae.
Yes, sir.
You are...
my son.
(Arrivals Exit)
Mr. Jin Seong Jun?
You're waiting for your secretary, right?
They'll be a bit late.
Yes, sorry! Oh, boy.
Sorry. We apologize.
- We're sorry. - My gosh.
You guys.
- You can't block the road! - We're sorry.
- Sorry, we'll hurry. - I'm very busy right now!
They're getting stalled.
Our suitcases got switched at the airport,
so we meet by fate...
and leave a deep impression on each other. That's the story.
Before our families set us up officially.
- "We?" - Jin Seong Jun,
the Soonyang family's eldest grandson,
and Mo Hyeon Min, the only daughter of the Hyunsung Daily family.
Us.
Hearing that you'd be turned off by marriage talks...
between the two families,
my family came up with this idea in a rush...
because they really want to marry me off to your family.
You're showing me all your cards. Then this game will be no fun.
In your third year of college, you took...
"Understanding Classic British and American Literature." C minus.
That was your grade, right?
No wonder you have poor comprehension skills.
I'm trying to tell you that we should turn the tables.
You look as though you're thinking, "Where did this nutjob come from?"
You have good comprehension skills.
Yes, you can see.
Tell the elders in your family.
I love myself too much to bet my future on you just because...
you're from the Soonyang family.
Why can't you take care of it yourself?
My family isn't really in a position to turn it down.
You look better in person. I guess you're not photogenic.
I'm sorry, sir. Did I keep you waiting long?
You may not believe it,
but some stupid newspaper delivery truck...
Of course, I believe you. It was Hyunsung Daily, right?
Oh, how did you know?
Let's go. The elders must be waiting.
Yes, sir.
- Grandma. - Oh, my.
My gosh. You did it, sweetheart.
It must've been so hard.
You lived on hamburgers while studying in that faraway country.
You've lost weight.
No. I gained 5kg, Grandma.
It's water weight.
You're swollen because you haven't been eating well.
Jeong Rae, what are you waiting for? He must be hungry.
- Let's feed him first. - Okay.
Mother, he should go say hello to Father first.
- All right. - He's in his study, right?
Yes, that's right.
- Go on. - I'll be right back.
Grandpa. It's me, Seong Jun.
I'm coming in.
You're back!
Oh, my. Yes, welcome back.
Let me take a look at you.
My gosh, look at you.
You've done well finishing up...
the studies you always dreaded doing.
My eldest grandson.
My true studies begin now.
I'll stand right by your side to learn everything I must know.
Good. Let's wait and see...
how you earn your keep, my eldest grandson.
Good.
Go get some rest. You must be tired from traveling.
Okay.
Seong Jun, you are...
the pillar of our family.
So you can get married with the same attitude.
Do you understand?
You must have found a suitable candidate, Grandfather.
Okay. Go on now.
She doesn't look like the type who would cherish her husband.
And especially not the type who'd be dedicated to her in-laws.
While I was gone, you've mastered the art of discerning characters.
Goodness. Hey.
If your father hadn't fallen out of your grandfather's favor,
I wouldn't let you go into this marriage.
Do I have to end up humoring my daughter-in-law too?
Jeez.
Look at this girl.
Nothing about her says that she's easygoing.
Look at this.
I don't have to look at her photo.
Right? Isn't that right?
Do you want to ask Grandfather for another suitable girl?
- Mother. - Yes?
I need to get changed and get some rest.
Oh my. What am I thinking?
I'm here talking to you while you're still jetlagged.
Hey, it's all because of your impetuous grandfather.
Get a good rest.
Since when did Seoul become so fun...
without my permission?
(Soonyang Group)
(Chairman Jin Yang Cheol)
Sir.
A foreign investment company stepped in...
to take Ahjin Motors over.
A foreign investment company?
They're named Miracle Investment,
established by Oh Se Hyeon, formerly with Power Shares.
Oh Se Hyeon of Power Shares?
Yes, sir.
Oh Se Hyeon wants...
Ahjin Motors?
Pay our overdue wages!
- Pay us! - Pay us!
We demand our job security!
- We demand! - We demand!
Koreans are so weird.
Boss, I seriously don't understand.
The settlement with the IMF is already over, isn't it?
In return for the relief loan,
they'll introduce the layoff system and hire non-regular employees.
What's going to change by them waving flags...
and chanting some words?
Some of them may be waiting for a consolation game.
A consolation game?
Who is?
(200 Million Dollars Exported, 100 Million Dollars Exported...)
My name is Song Hyun Chang.
What an unexpected pleasure.
I did not expect to see you at the factory, Chairman.
As things are quite sensitive with the labor union right now.
Please take a seat.
(Ahjin Motors)
I am not...
sitting here as Song Hyun Chang, the chairman of Ahjin Motors.
I am looking for a partner who'll save our company...
as the representative of our entire staff.
Those are truly the words of an engineer who became the CEO.
Just like Iacocca of an American automobile company.
A major shareholder of Miracle Investment...
asked me to pass this on to you.
He said...
it'll be impossible for Iacocca to turn down this offer.
Hello.
Hello, Mr. Ha.
I'll have the car key.
Goodness, how could I? Allow me to escort you.
Please.
CEO Jin Dong Ki.
I don't want my second uncle to know where I'm going right now.
You knew?
How could I not know?
You are the type...
who stands out for your diligence, Mr. Ha.
What will happen to me from now on?
That's your choice.
I'll comply with your decision.
Until then,
you're on a break.
(Notification of Debt Delegation and Repayment)
(Temporary Closure)
(Three Way Restaurant)
(Notification of Unpaid Balance)
(Phone Bill, Han Gyeong Hui)
(Compulsory Execution Notice)
(Electric Service Termination Notice)
Well, it happened.
After all, everyone is having a tough time in this economy.
(Three Way Restaurant)
(Out of Business, Three Way Restaurant)
Excuse me.
May I...
eat?
Goodness.
You must've come often.
Only our regulars know that I make kimchi soup.
Goodness, you must be cold.
It'll get warm soon. I just lighted the stove.
Do you not eat raw eggs?
You're just like my son.
Honey.
Oh my. You had a customer.
Flowers?
Just because.
We can't afford flowers.
We need every dollar we can find.
Did you look for a new job?
(Ahjin Labor Union)
Honey, what have you been up to?
You still haven't given up?
Try to remember the last time you were paid.
You aren't going to get paid for wearing your union vest.
You can go out to sing and wave your arms around,
but is that going to pay for Hyeon Woo's tuition?
Don't worry about it.
Things will get better for our company very soon.
If Ahjin Motors goes down, Korea goes down too.
The government won't let it happen.
It's gone down.
The Korea you trusted so much has gone down.
So you need to find a way to save yourself.
What did I...
do so wrong?
After I graduated from school when I was 18,
I got a job here at Ahjin...
and worked hard for 30 long years.
You know that best.
I'm a metal coating technician, a maintenance engineer,
and an electrical engineer.
I'm a master technician as approved by Ahjin.
So what did I do so wrong...
to be this idiot who can't even buy flowers...
for my wife who had a tough life,
running a restaurant and raising our kid?
Why?
I should have a wife and kids, a family of my own?
Is that what made you a dignified man?
Father. Do you have the right to say that to me?
(Out of Business, Property for sale)
(Three Way Restaurant)
(Ahjin Motors, Quality is the life of our company.)
Miracle Investment...
would like to guarantee the buyout of the employees...
as well as the managerial rights for you, Chairman Song.
(Ahjin Motors)
Please remain as Iacocca.
The man who became a legend for saving Chrysler from bankruptcy.
Be that Iacocca.
The ceremony will be over in 30 minutes.
Wherever he went, you are to find him...
and bring him to me.
I'm guessing you recognized me.
It's fine. I also recognized you at one glance.
The youngest grandson...
of Soonyang's chairman, Jin Yang Cheol. That's you.
I'm not sure who told you what,
but no need to stare like that. You're embarrassing me.
Anyone can see that you were in a hurry...
to get somewhere important.
Politicians and prominent figures of the society...
have taken part in the gold-collecting campaign,
setting an example to overcome this national crisis.
Today is the 50th day...
of the gold-collecting and exporting campaign.
The people united their hearts to save the country.
On the other hand, the amount of gold collected...
reached 130t as of today.
This year alone, gold export has brought in two billion dollars.
This is a fivefold of trade surplus,
reaching over ten billion dollars of unexpected profit.
Today was a confirmation of the great patriotism...
which even brought change to macroeconomics.
Thank you.
- Ms. Lee Hae In! - Ms. Lee Hae In!
- Please look over here.
- Why did you take part in this? - Ms. Lee Hae In!
- Look over here. - Over here too!
- Please look here. - Ms. Lee Hae In!
(Repay National Debt with Gold, Restore Economy with Our Hearts)
When times are tough for our country,
I learned that it is our duty to show the least of effort.
That was the valuable teaching of my mother-in-law.
- Another word, please. - Ms. Lee Hae In!
- Please say something too! - Ms. Lee, over here.
- Look over here. - Please look here.
- Ms. Lee. - Over here.
- Anything else? - Look over here.
- Please look here. - Please add another word.
That is why all of us decided...
to take part in this campaign.
- Ms. Lee Hae In! - Hae In, over here!
- Hae In! - How do you think it'll turn out?
- Anything else to say? - Ms. Lee!
- Please look over here. - Over here too.
- Hello. - You're here.
The news of your wife and daughters-in-law...
taking part in the gold-collecting campaign...
will be reported on the front page as the top news...
for Hyunsung Daily tomorrow.
This story will become a great catalyst in the campaign...
since the participation began to subside, Chairman Jin.
Why don't you put out a huge photo instead?
Not a lot of words.
I hear one photo is...
more powerful than ten words.
You are such a wise man, Chairman Jin.
It wasn't me. It's from my eldest grandson,
whom I wish to marry to your family.
So? Will he be a good match for her?
I'm sorry. I'm late.
Speak of the devil. My humble daughter, Chairman Jin.
Hello.
- Take a seat. - Yes.
I'm glad.
First, let's write up the paperwork for the acquisition of Ahjin Motors.
Okay.
Seong Jun, come over here.
Yes, Grandfather.
Did you want me, Grandfather?
Yes, you should meet her.
How do you do?
My name is Jin Seong Jun.
My name is Mo Hyeon Min.
You must leave now.
I'm late, Grandfather.
Hey, Do Jun.
Yes?
Do you still invest with Oh Se Hyeon as your proxy?
You already know.
Mr. Oh and I have different views on investing.
We split up a while ago.
That Oh Se Hyeon is...
trying to take Ahjin Motors over. Did you know about this?
Are you worried...
that he'll become a hindrance to Soonyang Motors?
He acts smart, but he's foolish.
He plays the money game but knows nothing about business.
What now? Employment buyout?
- Is that what he's doing? - Yes, sir.
How does that make any sense?
Do Jun, there is nothing for you to learn from this.
Do not associate with him.
Why are you so against the employment buyout?
Doesn't it benefit the company...
if productivity rises through peace between the union and management?
You always told me about righteous management,
and I thought that was it.
When you bring up a servant,
you mustn't give him great housing and a full stomach.
Do you know why?
Because he'll begin to think he's the master.
Layouts are not a big deal.
It clearly shows them who their true master is.
Righteous management?
To me,
money is righteousness.
(Righteous management)
You're a big man now,
Do Jun.
I'd just pass you by if I meet you out on the street.
I'll recognize you.
Sir!
You're an unforgettable face.
I heard you got into SNU law at the top of the class,
and you quite look like one.
Justice. Righteousness.
You must fancy such values.
I'm glad...
that you have no interest in running the company.
Did you say his youngest grandson is...
a student at SNU's law program?
He's not just a student there.
He got in at the top of his class.
Chairman Jin must've been thrilled. That Scrooge of a man...
gave him 160,000m² of land in Bundang.
Think of how much that's worth.
Land in Bundang?
Before the urban planning began,
his youngest grandson picked out Bundang.
See?
A family that's blessed with money is different.
Why do you ask?
I'm guessing you find this marriage intriguing.
Why don't we change the story...
with a different male lead?
(Cafe Peace)
I'll take Vienna coffee.
One Vienna coffee, no cinnamon powder.
You take this every single day, 365 days a year.
You come by without missing a day, and it's always that menu.
Tomorrow at 8am, Main Library.
I like to sit by the window.
Your coffee is on me today.
Why? You thought I didn't know?
You come by every single day because of me.
Me?
Listen to this guy. Yes, you.
You always come to my side of town alone.
You always come only during my shift,
then order this greasy Vienna coffee without skipping a day.
How will you explain this cliche story?
You could probably drink about 12 of these...
with the points you've accumulated.
Really?
I see.
Wait, are you saying...
you liked Vienna coffee, not me?
Seriously?
I really didn't know.
I can start using the points next time I come.
All right!
Right, did you say you like to sit by the window?
I'll save a seat for you at the library.
You look very tired from working your part-time job.
See you tomorrow. Thanks for the coffee.
Did you just see him ask me out?
I think you're the one who asked him out.
(Miracle Investment and Ahjin Motors Acquisition Agreement Ceremony)
What did you say?
What do you mean? At this point in time?
- What? - What's going on?
Grab me the newspaper. Hyunsung Daily from this morning.
How are your studies going?
Just as Soonyang Group needs Hyunsung Daily,
I thought you would need me.
("US Hedge Fund, Miracle Investment About to Acquire Ahjin Motors!")
"If a US speculation investment firm acquires Ahjin Motors,"
"it is a form of surrendering the Korean market..."
"to the US automobile business."
- Step back! - Step back!
We shall defend Korea's group, Ahjin Motors!
- We shall defend! - We shall defend!
Let us save Ahjin Motors!
- Save it! - Save it!
We shall defend Korea's group, Ahjin Motors!
- We shall defend! - We shall defend!
Chairman Song Hyun Chang couldn't stick with us to the end.
In order to publicize Ahjin Motors to the people,
the public sentiment is the most crucial.
Let us save Ahjin Motors!
- Save it! - Save it!
Hey, Jin Do...
Where are you going?
("US Hedge Fund, Miracle Investment About to Acquire Ahjin Motors!")
Now, this is what I call a good news article.
Hyunsung Daily is...
a true patriot.
I can't leave it up to corporations only to save our country.
The media should take part as well.
- Prosecutor Choi. - Yes.
This is how hard Hyunsung Daily works,
so you should give him an exclusive scoop.
He's one of us now.
Well, if the two great young people end up tying the knot,
I wouldn't want anything more as a parent.
(Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office)
The prosecution has been conducting...
an internal investigation to indict Ahjin's Chairman Song Hyun Chang.
Chairman Song Hyun Chang?
Yes, in the process of guaranteeing their insolvent affiliations,
he made a few rash choices.
His fraudulent accounting and embezzlement are...
enough to have him detained and interrogated.
If the chairman is arrested for corruption,
how will anybody turn Ahjin Motors into a public corporation?
- Correct. - It'll need to find a new owner.
- Let's eat up. Please, eat. - Yes.
That old man has a fiery temper.
We can't let Soonyang acquire Ahjin Motors like this.
(Ahjin Motors Acquisition Plans)
Please find a way, Mr. Oh.
I've been curious ever since the acquisition of Hando Steel.
Do you have one of those common rich heir birth secrets?
Chairman Jin is your grandfather.
Ahjin Motors.
If we at Miracle can't buy it,
we can let Soonyang. Why are you so against that?
Because they're against employment buyout.
- What? - Soonyang...
will fire every single Ahjin Motors employee.
You never wanted Ahjin Motors from the start.
You just wanted to keep everyone employed?
Why didn't you tell me that? Aren't I your partner?
If I'd known that, I'd have never gotten into this.
I'm a mergers and acquisitions expert.
I'm what the media calls a company hunter.
I buy up insolvent corporations because it makes money.
Ahjin Motors, yes. Employee buyout, no!
I agreed to keep the staff...
because it was the best way to buy Ahjin Motors.
If the miracle you want is to keep everyone at Ahjin hired,
too bad, because that miracle won't happen.
Why not?
The romantic Korean notion...
of "job for life" won't fly in the international market.
Our partnership ends today.
I can't run a three-legged race...
with someone running in the other direction.
It's one or the other. You break a leg or a skull.
I have no choice.
I'll go to Chairman Jin...
and negotiate this myself.
You'll negotiate?
You'll show yourself to Chairman Jin?
You'll announce that the person...
who has been messing with him is his youngest grandkid Jin Do Jun?
This is Jin Yang Cheol. Can you handle him?
Soonyang needs money and...
I need the people to keep their jobs.
There's no other way.
Why are you so obsessed?
Is there another reason for all this?
Why are you risking so much money on something so futile?
What I want.
The long fight between Ahjin's acquisition negotiators...
and labor union regarding employee buyout...
finally broke down today.
Ahjin Motors' acquisition negotiators...
officially refused the labor union's demand of employee buyout,
and it looks inevitable that Ahjin's employees...
of about 2,500 will lose their jobs.
Mom!
I'm coming. The kimchi soup tastes great today.
The labor union vowed to go on strike.
Ahjin Motors' union's motto is "layoff is murder,"
and they announced to block off the entrances...
to the facility and fight until negotiators...
agree to go back on their plans to lay off staff.
Since the labor union decided to take strong action,
the site is rife with violence,
and emotions are running high.
Mom!
Wake up, Mom. Mom!
The wish that was much bigger and desperate than..
wanting Soonyang.
That's the reason...
I can't back out of...
this futile fight.
Why are you here?
I have something to tell Grandfather.
He went to Cheongwadae.
Why, out of the blue?
He tried so hard to take over Ahjin Motors.
It looks like the President gave his approval.
The President got involved with Ahjin Motors?
Chairman Jin.
We need you to make a huge decision.
Well...
As you already know,
Chairman Song Hyun Chang has indisposed,
so we can't postpone the acquisition of Ahjin Motors any longer.
Then the acquisition process.
Can we move right ahead?
Someone else will be here to negotiate that process.
Here he is.
Chairman Jin.
Didn't you advise me...
not to power trip in a small country...
but to go out into the world and earn some dollars?
Grandfather seems to be disgruntled with the President.
You should go home.
Ahjin Motors.
Is it official that Soonyang will acquire it?
You're quite interested in how things go.
I heard the President ordered Soonyang and Ahjin Motors' merger...
with Daeyoung Motors at the helm.
Is it the water or the butter?
It has no soul.
You made me want to go back.
It all worked out.
Yes. You really have no soul.
But...
you have the Korean spirit.
It's not bad.
Eat up.
It's time for you to make...
the most important decision of your life.
It won't be a three-legged race.
I plan to keep going in the other direction.
Let's row instead.
Then we can face other directions...
and still partner up.
I won't give up fighting for Ahjin's employees.
Instead, I'll give you...
shares to a global top ten...
automobile company.
If you could keep Soonyang Motors...
and acquire Ahjin Motors,
would you do business with Miracle Investment?
I have...
no money to fight Daeyoung...
and no cause to fight the President.
Turn Soonyang Motors into a global top ten car company.
Is that even possible?
Do you take me for the kind of person...
to fall for your dollar-spewing con?
I am...
Jin Yang Cheol.
I must meet with the President.
Do you think I could hand over a company...
I spent my life building up...
without even seeing his face?
Because the economy is in shambles,
you want me to lay off the staff?
I can't do that.
You want to reform us conglomerates?
That won't be easy.
Chairman Jin.
We hate spending just one cent for the good of the country,
but to make one cent,
us businessmen are willing to give our lives.
Mr. President.
When dealing with a businessman, you must make a deal.
A deal?
Running a country...
Have conglomerates swap subsidiaries...
that need to be downsized.
Then offer a cheap loan and tax discount to companies...
that agree to do so.
Companies that were against your reform will give in,
and you will become...
a President that pulled off the conglomerate reform...
that the IMF wanted.
Isn't that a big deal?
A big deal.
The big deal you suggested.
Will the President bite?
The current government is the first to successfully change the regime.
They'll need something to show the people that they're doing well.
Nice photo.
("US Hedge Fund, Miracle Investment About to Acquire Ahjin Motors!")
I look good.
I get to be a successful president.
What is it you want, Chairman Jin?
Give me Ahjin Motors.
I'll merge it with Soonyang Motors...
and add Soonyang Electronics' technology...
to make a global top ten automobile company.
The money to pay off Ahjin Motors' debt.
Do you have it?
Sir. Miracle will provide the funds you need to acquire Ahjin.
When you offer a deal,
it means there's a condition.
Seventeen percent of Soonyang Motors' shares...
and employment buyout of Ahjin Motors' staff.
Employment buyout?
Do you think...
I'll accept that condition...
Our majority shareholder said...
you will accept the deal.
Because you believe...
that righteous management means profit.
Yes.
I do.
The 1.5 billion dollars to give the creditors.
I have it.
(Soonyang Motors)
Soonyang Motors and Ahjin Motors...
are now one body.
(Chairman Jin Yang Cheol Press Conference)
We're suffering economically in a way we never have before,
and Soonyang Group...
To share the pain,
(Soonyang Motors)
I promise to keep on...
all of Ahjin Motors' employees without any layoffs.
(Ahjin Motors)
Soonyang Motors' and Ahjin Motors'...
combined energy will become our engine,
and I promise to turn the merged company...
into a global leader acknowledged by all.
(Soonyang Motors)
In my previous lifetime, my life ended a failure.
But I believed the end was a beginning,
and this lifetime...
(Real Estate Sales Contract)
was an opportunity.
I'm impressed. Buying a building at your age?
But why buy the building housing Hyeon Woo's restaurant?
It's run-down and not worth much value.
I want to have their kimchi gukbap...
for a very long time.
- Shall I sign here? - Yes, right there.
(Purchased by Jin Do Jun)
I was wrong.
This lifetime isn't an opportunity for me.
It's a miracle.
(Out of Business, Property for sale)
What will you do now?
We'll manage.
- Oh, dear. - Poor thing.
It's so sad.
(In mourning)
You'll have to go on.
Can I help you?
(Reborn Rich)
The mother I know would never do that.
It was the succession.
The public that invested in Soonyang Life Science were sacrificed.
But they aren't the ones who caused this pain.
Why are the powerless citizens the only ones suffering?
Don't you go around saying that.
You'll never live as a member of the ordinary public.
You are my grandson.
This is where New Seoul Town will be built.
You give it a go.
Build a new city here.
I found Miracle Investment's next goal.
I'm going to build a digital media city in New Seoul Town.
The New Seoul Town development project...
has gone to Jaea Construction.
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