Queenmaker (2023) s01e09 Episode Script

1
2 OH KYUNG-SOOK
The workers' friend, Oh Kyung-sook
Friend to women, Oh Kyung-sook
A better world to live in together…
Dear fellow citizens of Seoul,
this is Oh Kyung-sook.
New Seoul, new politics!
I, the new face, Oh Kyung-sook,
will make politics
serve the common people
and make Seoul a city for our children!
Oh Kyung-sook!
You can trust Oh Kyung-sook
Candidate Number two, Oh Kyung-sook!
Yes. I also have a son around your age.
I promised my son one thing.
That he would have a happy adulthood
in a better world built by his mother.
Dear teens, our future voters,
I love you all!
Have a great day!
-Hey! You'll kill him.
-Stop!
-Oh Kyung-sook!
-Oh Kyung-sook!
Look, do you have a grudge against my son?
Have you seen him?
Hyun-woo.
Oh my gosh.
Oh gosh.
You must be quite shocked.
Let's find out what happened exactly--
Isn't it obvious?
Oh Kyung-sook. Is your son a thug?
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, I really am.
What good is your apology?
You should educate your son
instead of gallivanting around,
playing politician.
Why not try being a decent parent
before meddling in politics?
How did this happen?
He beat me up. It was one-sided.
One-sided?
I didn't do anything, but Kang Hyun-woo
went nuts and started beating me up.
Do you see?
Oh Kyung-sook, your son beat up my child
on the street for no reason.
My son's so shocked that he doesn't think
he can go outside or go to school anymore.
Hyun-woo.
Tell me. Is all of this true?
Why won't you say anything?
How could you do such a thing?
Why? Are you scared?
That you'll lose the election
because of me?
Hey, Hyun-woo.
Hyun-woo.
Are you even worried about me?
You came because you're afraid
I might ruin the election!
You could be mayor if it weren't for me,
but I'm getting in your way.
How? How could you say such a thing?
How could you?
Is that how I taught you? Huh?
When did you ever teach me anything?
Tell me one thing you taught me.
Hey, Hyun-woo. Watch your tone.
Let's stop there.
I think Gyeong-min
should be taken to a hospital first.
We'll drive you to the hospital,
so tell us if you need anything--
Why? So you can settle
and make this go away with money?
Ma'am.
Are you trying to buy our silence
so he won't go to jail?
No, that's not it.
We don't have the slightest intention
of settling, so don't even dream of it.
We're done being questioned,
so we're leaving. Okay?
Let's go.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Here. Take a seat.
This is all my fault.
How did I let that happen to him?
Don't say that. It's not your fault.
Has Hyun-woo had problems
at school before?
It doesn't make sense
that he'd beat him for no reason.
Well, I did notice something strange
a few days ago.
He had blood on his uniform.
I was startled.
I asked him what had happened.
He told me that he'd gotten
into a scuffle with his friends.
Honey. You should have told me then.
Why didn't you tell me, huh?
You're so busy with your campaign
that you don't even have time to eat.
When and how was I supposed to tell you?
Kyung-sook.
I know it's hard, but be strong.
I know this is hard as a mother,
but it might hurt you
on the political front too.
I'll settle with the parents
as quickly as I can,
so look after Hyun-woo.
And keep me updated on the investigation.
I'm sorry. You're busy enough already
without our son causing trouble.
We'll have to determine
whether he started this
or was unwittingly dragged into it.
Then I'll talk to Hyun-woo's
school friends
and find out exactly how this fight began.
Make sure it doesn't leak.
Especially
to Baek Jae-min's camp.
Never.
Wow, what a good boy!
Like mother, like son.
He charged headfirst into trouble.
We should start leading
the bull to its demise.
Ms. Guk.
In two days,
the blackout period will begin.
That's when official opinion polls
are no longer released
and most swing and shy voters
shift their support.
It also means if Oh Kyung-sook
is still in the race by then,
there's no telling how many of my votes
she'll chew through.
She'll pull out before then.
We'll smear her image
beyond the point of no return.
But she might dig her heels in
and refuse to withdraw.
That won't hurt us. All she'd do
is humiliate herself
for the remainder of the campaign.
Has there ever been
a politician elected after a controversy
about their family surfaced?
There hasn't.
And family issues can be fatal
for female politicians.
Whether she withdraws or decides to fight,
all that's left for us to do
is to sit back and watch
how Oh Kyung-sook falls.
-Ms. Guk, proceed.
-Yes, sir.
A rat in a trap.
It's been reported that the bully
assaulting a fellow student
in the video that surfaced online today
is actually the son of Oh Kyung-sook,
Reform Party of Korea's candidate,
shocking the public.
The victim was seriously injured
and is receiving treatment at a hospital.
He's experiencing severe mental trauma
that will require therapy.
Candidate Oh, loved for her righteous
and down-to-earth image,
was a strong candidate for the election,
but voters' anger and disappointment
are now on the rise.
It's too early to consider
her withdrawal.
The party is also looking into it.
We'll get to the bottom of this incident
and hold an official press conference,
so please be patient.
Oh, and please refrain from publishing
any speculative articles.
Call the camp and ask what happened!
Any comments for us?
Mr. Yang!
BEAT CLASSMATE MERCILESSLY
"Powergate"?
You've got to be kidding me.
This is just distorting the truth
beyond all plausibility!
They're trying to frame this issue,
deliberately using the word "power"
to make Ms. Oh look bad.
Ms. Hwang. Why don't we warn the press?
To stop posting clickbait news
on an ongoing investigation.
That's not the main issue here.
It's strange how this story is spreading.
This fight occurred spontaneously,
yet the footage was filmed meticulously
to show Hyun-woo's face.
The police showed up right away,
as if they were waiting.
And the footage went viral
abnormally fast.
It all fits too…
Too well to be a coincidence, right?
As soon as the footage spread,
media outlets favoring Baek Jae-min
began churning out articles.
They're trying to frame Ms. Oh
and smear her image to the voters
by making it seem like
her son's abusing her power.
This is the most popular tactic
during the blackout period.
They're using provocative black propaganda
to lure the swing voters
in a final volley.
So…
Hyun-woo was…
It's likely he was set up.
Highly likely.
IBC REPORTER KIM CHO-RONG
PRESS CONFERENCE
CANDIDATE OH'S SON'S VIOLENCE
PUNISH THE AGGRESSIVE JUVENILE OFFENDER
HIDING BEHIND THE LAW'S PROTECTION
We will now begin
the press conference addressing
Candidate Oh's son's assault
on another student.
Candidate Oh Kyung-sook's son
beat up our son mercilessly.
The police treated my son as the assailant
and only seemed to care
about protecting Candidate Oh's son.
I begged them to at least let us
take him to the hospital, but…
Both the police and Candidate Oh
have been coercing us
into settling with them.
For our son, who fell victim
to this horrible school violence…
Ms. Hwang.
Are we just going to do nothing?
Shouldn't we also be publishing articles
and setting the record straight?
Ms. Hwang.
Look at this.
POLICE WORRIED ABOUT CANDIDATE OH
THE PROTECTORS OF THE PEOPLE
BECAME THE RHINO'S SHIELD
What's going on here?
Why is the press targeting us?
We're utterly bewildered as well.
The officers arrested him,
not knowing he was Oh Kyung-sook's son,
and they had only just begun
writing the report…
-Sir.
-What now?
There's a new article.
"Oh asked Commissioner General
Heo Cheol-gyun to cover up her son's case
as a favor by offering him
a free pass at the hearing."
What?
Who the hell's writing this bullshit?
Jeez.
Hand it over?
Our officers are doing fine. Why would
we give this case to the prosecution?
Do you think the police still
play the lackey for the prosecution?
The more you drag this out,
the worse things will get for you.
"The four-star commissioner general
abuses his power in order to protect
Oh Kyung-sook's son."
"Dirtiest election in history,
rigged by the police."
"The protectors of the people
reek of corruption."
You will be up to your neck
in disgusting headlines like those.
I'm the commissioner general!
Who do you think you are trying
to threaten? How dare you!
Doesn't your term end next year?
A minister from the police,
that's what the police need
to grow beyond its role
as the prosecution's lackey…
As soon as Candidate Baek
is elected mayor,
he'll be preparing the presidential race.
The president appoints
the Interior Minister.
I believe that position is open
and could be waiting for you.
Wait.
The prosecution?
They're still investigating.
Why would they be--
It's done.
This case has been transferred
to the prosecution.
It's a felony, and the victim
strongly wants to press charges,
so the prosecution should--
I've been
defending juvenile offenders pro bono
for about ten years.
I've seen many kids
who were charged unfairly
because of missteps
during police investigations.
Are you saying
your son is being accused unfairly?
I do not deny that what my son
did was wrong. Not at all.
He should pay for his crime. Of course.
But shouldn't his investigation be fair
and transparent for that to be possible?
Ending the investigation hastily
without telling his parents
and sending it to the prosecution…
Sir, you're violating regulations--
This isn't the time
to be nitpicking over regulations.
This is
an attempted murder case.
My gosh, attempted murder?
How could you say such a horrible thing?
Look here.
The victim was struck with a bag
filled with glass bottles.
This isn't just a common assault.
This is a aggravated assault
with a deadly weapon.
You're a lawyer, so you must know.
Aggravated assault cases are prosecuted
whether or not a settlement is reached.
Anyway, the prosecution
will be handling this case from now on,
so please talk to them
if you have any complaints.
-They're here!
-He's here!
How do you feel?
Did you mercilessly assault the victim?
Did you have a grudge against the victim?
Hyun-woo!
Move! Get those cameras away!
The Juvenile Act!
The Juvenile Act,
Article 68, Clause 1.
You can't broadcast juvenile cases.
For cases under investigation,
any fact or picture
that may identify the juvenile
concerned in the case shall neither
be published nor broadcast.
This is a clear violation
of the Juvenile Act.
A breach of human rights.
Get those cameras away!
Why? We're going to blur out
your son's face nicely.
Go on! Take the photos!
What do you think you're doing? Go inside!
Candidate Oh's son, Kang, is now being
investigated by the prosecution.
Kang, handed over to the prosecution,
on aggravated assault
and attempted murder charges,
stood in front of the prosecution
in cuffs…
Thank you, Chief Prosecutor.
Please see the case through until the end.
Yes, sure.
Okay, then, I have a meeting now.
I will leave you two
to talk as freely as you like.
You're late.
You must be upset.
The Hwang Do-hee technique
stopped working.
Stop trying to mimic me
and just get to the point.
There isn't much time
until Candidate Oh's son is indicted.
Twelve hours to be exact.
You know he can't avoid
criminal punishment if he is indicted.
His case will be sent to court,
and he will be incarcerated
in a juvenile detention hall
or a pretrial detention center
until he's sentenced.
Guk Ji-yeon!
It's a politician's son in a felony case,
so the court will not go easy on him.
And Hyun-woo will do serious time in jail.
If he gets ten years,
he'll be locked up in a juvenile hall
until he turns 18.
When he reaches legal age,
he'll serve his remaining sentence
in a prison
alongside the inmates
who've committed violent crimes.
Ji-yeon.
Do you realize
what you're doing right now?
How could I not?
The press in Eunsung's pocket
have published what we told them,
word for word,
and the prosecutors who work for us
soon had him standing
in front of the press.
We'll make him live out
the rest of his life as a convict.
It's unfortunate, but what can we do?
They're just getting their comeuppance.
What did you just say?
This is the price she needs to pay
for having raised her son wrong.
Have Oh Kyung-sook withdraw her candidacy.
Then we'll convince
the victim's parents to settle,
close the case,
and say it was a misunderstanding
and adults overreacting
about a minor squabble between kids.
We'll release a follow-up article
and let him off quietly.
Let him off?
I can't give you much time.
The clock is ticking as we speak.
Your motherly love makes me cry.
To protect the child you are carrying,
you're going to end the life
of another mother's child without remorse.
I wonder if Baek Jae-min knows
that you're going to such great lengths
to protect his child.
You're the one
who's gone to great lengths
to make up a story.
I'm disappointed.
Such a ridiculous answer
from a smart girl like you.
I at least expected a perceptive comeback
that would make me doubt myself.
Thanks to you, I'm more sure than ever
that we shouldn't withdraw at all costs.
We're going to fight until the end
and expose to the world
that you would sacrifice a child
to manipulate the election in your favor!
You'll regret it.
It seems you are the one who'll regret it.
Giving birth to a child no one wants
and seeing that child be crushed
by the Eunsung owners, just like Hyun-woo.
Open the photo file.
The one from Guk Ji-yeon's parking lot.
Ms. Hwang, why are you…
Get ready to expose
Baek Jae-min's scandal.
So, a full-on battle?
Cha-sun.
There's no turning back now.
No matter what happens,
we'll fight until the end and win.
That's the only way…
we can save Hyun-woo.
She won't pull out?
No.
She's more determined than expected.
It seems we'll have to speed up our plan.
We need to fan the flames.
They say a parent must live
for their child while alive
and protect them in death.
A mother
who couldn't even protect her child
shouldn't leave peacefully
for the afterlife, should she?
Oh Kyung-sook, the Rhino,
will choke on her own blood,
even in her grave.
Candidate Oh's son, Kang,
who is being investigated
by the prosecution on an assault charge,
is now facing allegations
of sexual harassment, shocking the public.
Kang is reported to have lured
female students from his school
to karaoke and private room cafes
to sexually harass them repeatedly
and coerce them into drinking and smoking.
Kang's classmates allege
they reported Kang's sexual harassment
to the school many times
but were silenced.
No.
It's all nonsense.
Hyun-woo is not a kid who would do that.
It's fake news.
We're looking into it too.
First,
we have to find out
what evidence the reporters have--
There's no need.
Hyun-woo didn't sexually harass anyone.
The others did.
My gosh.
I found this from his acquaintances.
I think the fight broke out
when Gyeong-min
uploaded that doctored photo
on Hyun-woo's social media page.
Oh my.
So Hyun-woo didn't beat that kid up
for no reason.
No. From what I heard from the other kids,
Hyun-woo has been having
a hard time because of attacks on Ms. Oh.
Lately, he's been constantly receiving
malicious online comments about Ms. Oh,
which really had him on edge.
Have you been monitoring his account?
Yes. We've been monitoring it every day,
but everything seemed fine.
Not this one, his other account.
He has another account?
Yes. He has an alt account
that he shared with his friends.
He didn't want the campaign staff
meddling with his account.
Hurry up and log in.
STUPID SMUG FACE AFTER BEATING UP KIDS
DUMBASSES FLOCK TOGETHER
HOPELESS FAMILY
I SEE THAT JERK AT SCHOOL
AND HIS MOM ON THE STREET. WTF
HE'S SCREWED IF HIS MOM LOSES, HUH?
DAMN. THOSE PRICKS LOOK SO FUCKING NAIVE
SHITTY ATTENTION WHORE
GROSS LIKE HIS MOM
I SAW HER CHEA
IS YOUR DAD A MORON?
IS HYUN-WOO A BASTARD?
FUCKED UP FAMILY!
POOR YOU, HAVING THAT MOM
DON'T BE SO COCKY
STOP, HE'S GONNA CRY
KYUNG-SOOK ARMPIT BEAM, FIRE!
IS YOUR MOM A HOOKER NOW?
I KNEW I RECOGNIZED HER!
Hyun-woo put up with all that.
He's been swallowing up
all those attacks alone.
And suffering by himself.
What's happening?
How could something so horrible
happen to him?
How?
God.
Withdraw?
What do you mean?
You know exactly what I mean.
Don't make me say it again.
Imagine what'd happen
with a sex offender's mom
as our party's candidate.
We need to sever ties with her
to save the party, isn't that right?
You take charge
and convince Hwang Do-hee
to make Oh withdraw.
We'll forget about how you stabbed Seo
in the back and welcome you back.
-No, thank you.
-What?
I didn't come back because I have regrets.
I'm only here
to help Candidate Oh Kyung-sook win.
Hey, Ma Joong-seok.
Snap out of it, you moron!
Do you think you'll make a candidate
if you alone pretend to be clean?
You idiot. It's over for Oh Kyung-sook.
No, it's not over yet.
I'll prove that
sometimes the real deal can survive,
even in a cesspool like this.
-Turn on the monitor.
-Yes, sir.
We've analyzed the traffic
on Hyun-woo's alt account.
Only his close friends visit this account,
so it usually has 30 or so visitors a day.
But last week, he started getting
150 simultaneous visitors a day.
Simultaneous?
So I tracked each visitor's IP address
and investigated each of them.
There's evidence they used
a specific browser.
So, the dark web is
a sort of ghost network devised
to prevent your IP from being tracked.
It's mainly used for criminal purposes.
The fact that over 100 kids visited
his page simultaneously
indicates that
they may have been bought out
with things only dealt on the dark web.
In-game currency!
I saw them playing video games
at an Internet cafe earlier,
and they were decked out
with the most powerful items.
So I asked
how they could afford the items,
and they said they worked part-time.
Then those kids must have all…
They went on the dark web,
received in-game currency…
And wrote nasty comments
on Hyun-woo's social media account
as a part-time job.
In other words…
In order to destroy Oh Kyung-sook's son,
they bribed those children
to leave malicious comments,
provoked a fistfight,
and conspired with the prosecution
to expose him to the press.
All just to smear Oh Kyung-sook's image.
So…
all of this had been planned out
from the beginning.
They roped in all those innocent kids
because of the election.
Hyun-woo became the scapegoat
for their attempt to frame you
as a sex offender's mother.
Those bastards.
-Ms. Oh!
-Let go!
Let go of me! Let go!
I'm going to kill them all! I will!
I'll kill them all! Those bastards!
My poor Hyun-woo.
That poor thing.
Honey.
It's me.
I ruined everything.
I ruined my boy's life!
It's all my fault.
Oh Kyung-sook.
Get a hold of yourself!
Forget how bad you feel for him,
and focus on saving him first.
Will you sit by
and let them ruin Hyun-woo's life?
We still have a chance.
We can still save Hyun-woo.
They want me to withdraw?
Yeah.
Ji-yeon gave me a final warning
at the Prosecutors' Office.
She said
she'd make Hyun-woo's case go away
if you withdrew.
And the case would end
as a squabble between kids.
And?
I refused.
I told her we would keep going.
I even pressured and warned them
that they would be the ones to withdraw.
That's how we ended up in this mess.
It was because I provoked them.
You didn't provoke them.
You just did your job.
The prosecution…
will indict Hyun-woo tomorrow morning.
They'll stop if you tell them
you're withdrawing before then.
And if I don't?
They'll keep backing us into a corner.
Until Hyun-woo's life…
can never return to normal.
Ms. Oh!
They've finished interrogating Hyun-woo.
Kang Hyun-woo.
Look at me.
Are you not going to look at me? Huh?
Will you never look at me again?
Come over here. Now.
Whatever the reason was…
it's wrong to hit people.
You know that, don't you?
That's what you're being punished for.
But if it had been me
seeing such an obscene photo
attached to my mom's face, mocking her,
I would've lost my cool.
How could I not? I would've hit him too.
This is all my fault. I'm sorry.
You're going through so much
all because of me.
Why do you keep saying that?
Listen.
The other grown-ups
that are competing against me
used your friends to provoke you
and put you here
so that they could win the election.
Grown-ups live
in such a cruel world, don't they?
Those grown-ups upset me so much
that I've been holding on until now
to teach them a lesson.
But I'm going to stop now.
You see.
I'm going to withdraw my candidacy.
After putting you through this,
being mayor of Seoul and all that…
I'm not interested anymore. I won't do it.
After all this?
It's fine, okay?
I know it's a bit too late,
but I'm going to try
and be a proper mother. What?
You don't think I can?
I…
I was the one who gave birth to you.
I should be making sacrifices for you.
How could I let you sacrifice yourself
for me instead? That just isn't right.
I'm not sacrificing myself.
All you have to do is win.
If you give up…
they'll keep making scapegoats like me.
You have to win to teach them a lesson
and bring change.
-Hyun-woo.
-I'm Oh Kyung-sook's son.
While in your womb, I saw you protest.
I've seen you fight for labor rights
for 15 years.
I'm a mini rhino.
Do you think I'll flinch
being locked up in here?
I know that you'll win in the end
and get me out.
Hyun-woo, I'm not as great as
you think I am. Okay?
I might not even win the election--
You promised me.
That you'd create a better world for me.
That promise kept Dad and me going
for all this time.
Are you going to let us down?
Will you let me live in a world
built by those evil people?
Hyun-woo.
Jeez.
I really wasn't going to cry.
Why did you have to make me cry, huh?
I'm sorry, honey.
I'm sorry.
Fine.
Let's do this.
We'll do this your way.
We'll keep going.
From now on,
we'll do whatever it takes.
Let's keep fighting to the end
and win.
FOR THE 39TH SEOUL CITY
MAYORAL BY-ELECTION D-7
We have this game
completely in our pocket now. Have a seat.
How did we do in the most recent poll?
We dominated the polls at 55%.
Okay.
Keep flooding the press
with that final poll.
For the next week,
we'll keep our rating at 55%.
The swing voters always end up
giving their votes to the candidate
who seems most likely to win.
Yes, sir.
But
what should we do about Oh Kyung-sook?
Just leave her.
Whether she withdraws or not,
it's over for Oh Kyung-sook.
Let's see.
If Chairwoman Son would kindly share some
of her gold with the starving subjects,
this election
would be wrapped up nicely, right?
Good job, everyone.
Of course.
It's my turn to support Jae-min
when he's doing so well.
And the duty-free shop's opening?
Everything's perfectly prepared.
I used my connections to invite
Korean and international celebrities.
We'll also have all the media outlets
that owe us announce the opening,
and I will give a speech at the end
as the CEO of the duty-free shop.
Sound good?
Focus the event on Jae-min.
Don't try to hog all the spotlight.
Starting tomorrow,
have the duty-free shop open 24 hours
until the day of the election.
Leave it open so that anyone can shop
as long as they're Seoul citizens.
-Mom.
-Ma'am.
I know that you're feeling generous,
but that's a bit--
And the duty-free shop's official opening
will be held
on the day Jae-min wins the election.
What are you doing here?
What's wrong?
Am I not welcome here?
I may have left my position,
but I'm still a key member
of the Eunsung Group board.
Our chairwoman's lifelong dream,
Eunsung Duty-Free Shop,
will hold its soft opening event tomorrow.
I should be kept in the loop.
Especially with the election imminent.
What's wrong?
It's only when my husband is elected
that the duty-free shop
can officially open, isn't it?
You need him to cover up
everything illegal we did,
from getting site permits
to passing the building inspection.
He also needs to use his power
as mayor to exempt us
from the final safety inspection
so we can decide
whether to open the shop or not.
Have you lost it?
What are you trying to say?
We shouldn't underestimate Oh Kyung-sook.
She won't give in even when we try
burying her son alive to make her quit.
If she were to discover
that the duty-free shop
is a hunk of metal
built on all sorts of corruption,
the tables might turn.
If Oh Kyung-sook ends up becoming mayor,
what will happen to us, Chairwoman Son?
Wait.
Maybe I should ask the future CEO
of Eunsung Duty-Free Shop.
If your figurehead can't even come up
with a solution in an emergency like this,
would she really be able
to do her job as the CEO?
I'd like to hear
what the chairwoman thinks.
I think it's time we talked privately,
Director Eun.
My youngest has come a long way.
You even know
how to threaten your mother now.
It's always been like this.
I couldn't get your attention
unless I pulled a crazy stunt like this.
Were you worried I was going to give
your sister the duty-free shop?
More like offended.
I've even put up with Baek Jae-min
sowing his wild oats everywhere
to get where I am.
He's something, isn't he?
Making an illegitimate child
at a time like this.
We can always dig out the seed
that is sown outside of my walls.
I'll deal with that problem, so--
You know what?
I'll raise that child as my own.
Just like how you took me in,
Father's illegitimate child.
Chae-ryoung!
He'll have to announce it
as he's in line for public office.
I'll have him come clean to everyone
that he has an illegitimate child…
and make him give up the election.
You…
Are you trying
to hang your mother out to dry?
Would any daughter want to do that?
I lived my entire life…
doing my best to become your daughter.
I wanted people to tell me
that I took after you more than Seo-jin,
the daughter you gave birth to.
So I tried hard
to learn how to run this company.
Even if I didn't inherit your blood,
I held on so far, thinking
I'd become your real daughter
if I inherited the company.
So give me the same chance
you gave Seo-jin.
The chance to become
Eunsung Group's owner.
If you promise me that,
I'll focus on this election as you want.
I'll do whatever it takes…
to make that bastard mayor.
All right.
I'll do what you want me to do.
My daughter.
How did it go?
Ms. Eun Chae-ryoung will attend
the duty-free shop's soft opening
with her husband.
And the CEO position?
It seems that Chairwoman Son will give it
to Director Eun Chae-ryoung.
HWANG DO-HEE
You seem better than I thought.
You sounded desperate,
so I thought you'd be dying.
What for? I have no reason to be.
My heart flutters even more.
Why would the high and mighty Ms. Hwang
ask to see a nobody like me
when she isn't in any imminent danger?
The offer you made me before.
Is that still on?
The 20 billion won.
Can you get it in cash by tomorrow?
How the mighty have fallen.
You wouldn't take an umbrella from us
even if it were pouring,
but now that Oh Kyung-sook
might end up losing,
you're crawling back to us for help?
How humiliating.
This is too good to just watch on my own.
Ms. Hwang, of all people,
is begging me for money!
This stupidity is
why you always lost to Chae-ryoung.
Private life, marriage,
and corporate management skills.
Are you better than Chae-ryoung
at anything?
You don't want to lose your mom's favor,
but you know you are
no match for Chae-ryoung,
so you keep running away,
pretending to be tough and cool,
trying to hide your inferiority complex.
Shut your mouth.
The only advantage you have
over Chae-ryoung
is that you were born
to the chairwoman legitimately.
I told you to shut your mouth!
Don't you throw a fit at me.
I'm giving you the chance
of a lifetime now.
I'm going to win…
this election, whatever it takes.
Then Baek Jae-min
will be discarded by your mother.
Chae-ryoung will fall out of favor
with him too.
And meanwhile, you will end up
with a direct connection
to Mayor Oh Kyung-sook's office.
Then…
you will be the one holding hegemony
in Eunsung Group.
You think you can win?
When things are this hopeless?
Have you forgotten already?
I've never lost, not even once.
Yes. I'm well aware.
So let's say I inherit Eunsung,
and Oh Kyung-sook becomes mayor,
as you said.
What about you?
What do you get out of it?
Have it ready by tomorrow.
Have some of this.
You little brat.
I told you to stop playing video games.
Just leave me alone.
How dare you come here?
I wanted to see
if Gyeong-min was recovering well.
There was also something
I wanted to ask him.
If you have any questions,
go ask the prosecutors.
We have nothing to say to you.
Are you sure about that?
If I were to go to the prosecutors
with what I'm about to discuss with you,
Gyeong-min would become the assailant,
not the victim.
You said that Hyun-woo beat you
when you didn't do anything, right?
-Are you sure?
-Hey, you!
What do you think you're doing to him?
This.
You uploaded this
to Hyun-woo's social media page, right?
According to the kids there that day,
you and Hyun-woo started fighting
because of this photo you uploaded.
But you lied that Hyun-woo beat you up
for no good reason.
That's not…
Perjury, distributing pornography,
and recklessly provoking violence.
These are serious charges, okay?
What do you think you're saying to him?
Are you blackmailing him now?
Yes.
I am,
so you'd better listen carefully too.
Gyeong-min.
Life is about to become
very difficult for you.
Why?
I'll make you pay for your crimes
for the rest of your life.
What?
In all the important moments
you will face in life,
I'll show up and remind you
of what you did to Hyun-woo
and his mother, and I'll make you pay.
If you get into a university,
I'll expose the things you did
on the school's website.
If you get a job,
I'll hack into the company's intranet
and expose what an evil monster you are.
What did you say?
Marriage won't be easy either.
I'll tell your wife-to-be
that you've been disseminating pornography
and sexually abusing women
without any remorse since middle school.
And I'll upload the photo
you doctored of Hyun-woo's mother
on your kids' social media pages
and make your kids pay
for the sins of their father.
Don't believe me, do you?
You better believe I will.
Because that's what I do for a living!
If you run over your friend's life,
the same thing happens to yours.
You should know that.
That's how you become a good person.
They offered us in-game currency.
To leave nasty comments…
on Hyun-woo's social media.
Oh my!
They promised to pay us five times
if we uploaded that photo too.
That's why I did it.
So, they'll settle and testify?
Let's quickly move on to our next step.
We wasted three days of valuable time
getting played by those beastly bastards
when we have less than a week left.
Should we schedule a public apology first?
No need to take this step by step.
We'll do both the apology
and the campaign at once.
That will be the fastest way
we can rise in the polls.
She has a point.
The specifics to carry this out?
First…
we'll have to appease
the disappointed mothers.
CENTRISTS, TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
This show isn't for the left or the right,
but for the centrists.
"Centrists, To the National Assembly."
We have with us
Candidate Yook Seung-cheol,
who's served three terms
as Superintendent of Education.
Candidate Yook.
The online parent communities are outraged
because of Candidate Oh's son.
If you look here, it says
he "craves affection due to his mother's
continued absence since childhood."
These symptoms must have led
to hatred and violence toward women
and distorted sexual expression,
ultimately causing him
to commit sex crimes.
Candidate Yook Seung-cheol.
Why don't you change
your toupee to something
that better suits your age?
Keeping a youthful hairstyle…
with liver spots on your face
isn't going to make
your political career last any longer.
You're as insolent as the rumors say.
You're here spying on my bald spots
when your candidate is dying.
Sir.
In return for
your next campaign's sponsorship…
you joined hands
with Candidate Baek, right?
What are you accusing me of--
I have all the evidence on how
Candidate Baek has set Ms. Oh's son up.
And I've also obtained evidence
to prove how you joined them
and manipulated
his psychiatric counseling
and school records.
Make your choice.
Will you join Candidate Oh
like a true educator of Korea
and spend your remaining years peacefully,
or will you live the rest of your life
serving time for ruining a kid
young enough to be your grandson
because you couldn't give up
on your ambitions?
Ms. Hwang Do-hee.
This election is already over.
Even if I told the truth
and criticized Baek Jae-min openly,
no one in their right mind would vote
for a sex offender's mother.
Do you still not understand
that the winner's words
become the truth in politics?
Mr. Yook!
You know how high the suicide rate is
among today's youth, right?
Have Oh Kyung-sook
withdraw quietly…
unless she wants to hold
a funeral for her son.
Camilla Song, right?
Your 42-year-old lover
living in California.
It began as an affair,
and you've been in a common-law marriage
over the past ten years.
And it seems
you have quite a fortune
in the US under her name.
Here's 20 billion won.
It's exactly ten times the money
you received from Baek Jae-min's camp.
If you retire, I will have the funds
wired to Camilla's account.
Wouldn't the warm sun of California
suit you better in your later days
than the filthy world of politics?
My fellow citizens!
This is it!
That is the reason
that I, Yook Seung-cheol,
requested an urgent press conference.
These horrible photos
were found to have been uploaded
to the social media of Candidate Oh's Son.
The classmate who claimed to have been
beaten senselessly by Candidate Oh's son
uploaded this photo to provoke
a violent response from her son.
This being the case,
would that kid have decided on his own
to upload that photo online?
No.
It was adults who bribed
the students with in-game currency,
pressuring them to post toxic comments
on the boy's social media
and to upload
those sexually suggestive photos
that humiliated his mother!
Mr. Yook!
Dear citizens,
they say that a nation's hope
lies in our children.
I've been an educator my whole life,
and I can't forgive such despicable people
who used an innocent child
to try and win an election!
That's right!
So I've decided…
to lend my strength…
to Candidate Oh Kyung-sook.
I, Yook Seung-cheol,
will unite camps
with the Reform Party of Korea's
Oh Kyung-sook
and continue my part in this battle
as a true educator of children.
My dear citizens, as you have seen today…
my son…
was ruthlessly exploited
by the monstrous adults in politics.
And I was
bared before all.
I am a human being, a mother of a child,
and a woman
before I am a politician,
and I was trampled on.
But no matter what his reasons were,
I cannot justify my son's violence
toward his friend.
I believe that it should not be justified.
Dear citizens.
That is the world
I would like to create.
A world where you must pay
for your crimes,
even if you are a politician's child
or the heir to a chaebol.
A fair world.
That is the world
I want to create.
Like a lion that does not flinch
at loud noises,
like a wind that cannot be trapped
by a net,
like a lotus flower that's never tainted
even in the mud…
I will overcome greed and hatred,
and I'll continue
to fearlessly walk my path
like the horn of a rhinoceros.
My beloved and esteemed citizens of Seoul.
I beg of you…
to give me a chance.
Oh Kyung-sook!
Oh Kyung-sook!
Proceed with the next step.