Baker King, Kim Tak Goo
Episode 18
If you ask me to take the blame, I will.
If you ask me to accept his anger, I will.
I'll accept all that...
but I must see that child.
Where is Tak Gu right now?
My son... where is he?
The 25th at 6 pm, in front of the clock tower.
The 25th at 6 o'clock... 6 o'clock.
Let me go.
- Let go of me! - What's wrong with you?
You want to go back in and stand there like a wall hanging?
Whether I stand there like a wall hanging or an idiot who waits,
it has nothing to do with you.
You came to work here to do things like this?
You came to work for my father's company to be treated like that by my mother?
I thought you were smart. Why are you asking for this kind of trouble?
Aren't there lots of other places where you could work?
Quit your job immediately.
If you can't find another job, I'll find one for you. Quit this instant.
Life is really easy for you, isn't it? Isn't it?
What?
When the slightest thing bothers you, you can give it up.
When your pride is the least bit hurt, you can throw a tantrum and it's over.
No matter what you do, you have a family that makes it all okay for you.
Most of all, no matter what kind of chaos your tantrum creates,
you have a father who can take care of it for you.
There's nothing for you to be afraid of in life, is there? Right?
- Shin Yu Kyung. - But it's different with me.
No matter what company I work for, to have my pride trampled on is a given.
And whatever work I do, I have to start from the ground.
However humiliating and nauseating it is, I have no choice but to put up with it.
So I don't want a person like you giving me lectures on pride and so on.
You have no idea how ridiculous it sounds, coming from you.
So, you're saying you'll continue to go up against my mother?
I got to where I am on my own.
I can't let all my effort and abilities come to nothing because of your or your mother.
Quitting my job over something like this is an extravagance I can't afford.
I think we should leave, Madame Seo.
Madame Lee, I'm embarrassed for you to have witnessed this.
Ma Jun seems to be under a lot of stress where he is studying.
He's normally not like that.
I'm sorry Na Jin.
That's okay. I can meet Ma Jun oppa later on my own.
Let's go.
Yes.
I apologize for the ruckus, Madame.
I'll wait until you're finished.
Tak Gu, I'm sorry.
I don't think I can come to meet you tonight.
Kim Tak Gu. Why are you so late?
I think you are.
Are you waiting for Tak Gu to get home?
Jin Gu hyungnim.
No. Why would I wait for him? Never.
I just couldn't sleep, that's all.
I was just thinking about the 2nd round of the competition...
and about the aroma of the bread.
Then...
I'm sorry, Chairman.
Look here.
I can't tell you when I don't know how he feels.
What do you mean by that?
There could be a chance that he doesn't want to see you.
Haven't you ever thought of that possibility?
Come back when the competition is over.
I don't want to shake him up until then.
Did you say the competition?
Are you saying my son is here?
I asked you if my son was here.
Please leave.
He came to me 2 years ago.
I don't know what's gotten into him but he's allowing kids
who have only been here for 2 years to take part in the competition.
What is your name?
Just call me by my surname, Kim. That'll be good enough.
I'll never forget this. Thank you!
You will be blessed, Chairman!
How did he know me to call me Chairman?
That can't be.
Could that kid...?
You think you can beat me?
Do you dare to declare a war with me?
I don't understand what you're saying.
I knew you weren't to be taken lightly,
but I seemed to have underestimated you.
I don't know what I did wrong.
You asked for me so I came.
You told me to wait so I just waited, Madame.
What?
If you don't need me for anything, I'll get going then.
Mom!
Mom, stop it. What are you doing?
You heinous girl!
You're going to use my own son to fight me? Is that it?
I don't think this will do. Miss Shin, please leave for now.
I have more to say. You won't go anywhere.
Don't you hear me, Miss Shin? I told you to leave.
You don't even know your place.
You dare to think you can covet my son?
You don't actually think I'll let that go, do you?!
I'm sorry, Madame.
But the one coveting is not me but your son.
So if you don't want to see us end up together,
straighten up your own son.
What?
Miss Shin!
Yu Kyung.
Good evening.
Yu Kyung.
You got here just now?
You've been waiting for me all this time? What an idiot.
You told me to come.
You said let's meet here in front of the clock tower.
Even so, do you know what time it is now, and you're still waiting for me?
What would you have done if I hadn't come?
Were you planning to spend the night here? What a dummy.
Yeah.
I waited and you came.
I missed you, Yu Kyung.
I thought I'd die from missing you so much.
I feel relieved now.
Father.
Why are you sitting here like this?
You should go inside if you're here to see the teacher.
Why didn't you tell me?
What are you talking about, Father?
He was here with you for 2 years...
yet you didn't tell me about him.
Tell me the reason.
Why didn't you tell me?
What was your motive for hiding it from me?
Father... I don't know what you're saying.
- What are you saying I hid from you? - Your brother!
I'm talking about Tak Gu.
Why did you hide it?
How could you have kept that from me all this time?
F... father.
He was right here, so close...
yet I just passed him by.
Father.
That "father" that you said a millions of times with your mouth,
that kid never once got to say it.
He called me "Chairman".
Father.
I don't know how to forgive you.
Father, one moment! Please wait just a moment, Father.
I wasn't going to keep it from you forever.
It was only until this competition was over. Only until then.
After I beat that punk in the competition, I was going to tell you about it.
That's the truth, Father. Please believe me.
He's not "that punk". Address him as your "older brother".
Father.
Father!
There could be a chance that he doesn't want to see you.
Haven't you ever thought of that possibility?
I'm sorry, Chairman.
But no matter how much I think about it, I think I need to live as Kim Tak Gu.
So please don't look for me.
Please be healthy and goodbye... Chairman.
This is it?
Yeah.
So this is where you live.
It's so late, what are you going to do?
You have to get up early to go to work.
It's okay. If I go straight to the bakery, I'll be on time.
How can you work without a wink of sleep?
What do you take me for? You think I'm a young man for nothing?
Tak Gu.
Hmm?
Tak Gu.
What?
Thank you for waiting for me.
You waited 2 years for me.
When this competition is over,
let's be like other couples and go on a trip.
Let's take the train and go see the ocean. Okay?
Okay. Let's. Let's be sure to go.
You must be tired. Why don't you go in and get some rest?
Okay. You get yourself home, too.
You go in first. I'll leave after I see you go in.
Okay.
Goodnight.
Goodnight, Yu Kyung.
Next time.
Next time, I'll make better bread and bring it for you.
I'll make a lot of delicious bread for you for the rest of my life, Yu Kyung.
- Line up! - Line up!
Seo Tae Jo, why isn't Kim Tak Gu here?
He never came home last night.
What? He didn't come home? Are you saying he was gone all night?
Where did the kid go, without a word to anyone?
He left yesterday after receiving a letter.
A letter? What letter?
I don't really know but Mi Sun...
Mi Sun, do you know anything about the letter Tak Gu received?
Uh... um, that is...
I don't know who sent that letter to him.
Huh? You're all here already?
It's that time already?
What's up with you?
I heard you never came home last night so why are you coming out from there?
Out all night? No, never. Not all night...
just a little bit late.
As soon as I got back,
I came here and checked the temperatures of the oven and refrigerators,
and made the dough for the day and even cleaned up... Boss.
What? Even the dough and clean up?
Hey Tak Gu, did something fabulous happen to you? You're full of energy.
Who says I should only have tough days?
Now that I passed the first round of the competition,
sunny days are just around the corner for Kim Tak Gu.
That's enough!
This is a list of what we need to make today.
This afternoon, the second round of the competition will begin.
Those of you, who passed the 1st round, be here by 5 this afternoon.
Do you understand?
Yes, we understand!
Once again today, we make bread with grateful hearts.
- Hip, hip! - Hip, hip, hip!
What's with him?
Good morning.
You have been temporarily transferred to the Maintenance Department.
What are you talking about? What do you mean I've been transferred, all of a sudden?
Why? What is the reason?
Those were the manager's orders. I don't know the details.
Did something happen with Madame last night?
Please explain it to me. Why am I being transferred out?
Do you really not know or are you asking to pick a fight with me?
I am asking you to explain to me what I did wrong to be transferred out of here.
There are lines you must never cross no matter the situation.
I think you crossed that line last night.
Manager.
If you don't know what to say or not say and don't know when to bend,
you'll be the one to break in the end.
You may go.
Yes. I just got it.
This is the information of that Dr. Yoon?
Right. Good work.
Name: Yoon Seung Hyun. Birthdate: 8/27/1939. Occupation: Doctor
History of employment: Choong Nam Cheon An, Cheon An Medical Center. Jik San Healthcare
Jik San Healthcare
Jik San Healthcare?
If Jik San Healthcare...
What is the reason for your visit?
We're here to see a nurse by the name of Kim Mi Sun.
See here!
Have we met somewhere before?
No. I don't think I've seen you before.
Yes. That's what's going on.
I'm now starting to get the picture.
Yes, come in.
It's you, Manager Han.
I came thinking you didn't have any appointments this afternoon.
You must have a patient in there.
I have a patient under a special care and she's feeling under the weather.
Why don't you have a seat?
What is the reason for this visit?
I've had a tightness in my chest and been feeling uncomfortable.
Let's check your blood pressure first. Please give me your arm.
How is Kim Mi Sun?
I don't know if it's because I'm getting old but my memory isn't so clear sometimes.
I thought you looked familiar.
I have seen you before, at that place. At Jik San Healthcare Center.
That was 26 years ago.
Where is Kim Mi Sun right now?
I asked you where Kim Mi Sun was.
I don't know what you're talking about.
For a doctor, you're acting quite bold.
Did you really think those threatening letters would make me feel threatened?
Did you really believe I'd be scared by that prank of the falling picture?
Was all that your doing,
or was Kim Mi Sun behind them?
If you're not here to be treated, would you please leave?
First, tell me where Kim Mi Sun is.
Please leave.
Tell me where Mi Sun is!
Please leave my office right now, Manager Han!
What are you doing? This is not good for the patient!
I think it's better not to meet for the next little while.
And it may be best to only contact President Na by phone.
Please don't put yourself in a dangerous situation.
From now on, I'll take care of it.
Don't worry.
Please.
As you can see,
the four items in front of you are the four essential ingredients in bread-making.
Flour,
salt,
water,
and yeast.
Out of these four ingredients,
the one that you think is the most essential ingredient in making bread,
choose that ingredient and move it toward me.
- What? - What? - What?
What is everyone doing? I said to choose one!
Huh!
Jinx on you.
What?
There is such a thing.
Hmm.
Let's get started, In Mok.
Then, I will now tell you the subject of the second competition.
The world's most amusing bread
The world's most amusing bread?
That's it.
You can use any of the available ingredients we have in storage.
But the one ingredient you have placed in front of me,
remove it from the list of available ingredients.
- What? - What? - What?
But Grandfather,
by any change are you asking me to make bread without flour?
Teacher, how can one make bread without yeast?
That's why it's the most amusing bread!
The duration of this competition is the same as the first, fifteen days.
Within the fifteen days, each one of you make the bread you find most amusing.
That's it.
Well, Father,
today is the start of the 2nd competition, are you already preparing for the 3rd?
There is nothing wrong with preparing early.
Then out of those three kids,
you feel there is one who will make it to the third phase?
Maybe.
We will know when we get there.
Hmm. What should be the subject of the third phase?
Darn, how can I make bread without flour?
Just use something else that's been ground.
Ground rice or starch.
If you use ground rice, then it becomes rice cake.
If you use starch, then it becomes potato cake.
Is that so?
What are you two going to do?
Can you make bread without yeast?
How about baking powder? Baking powder?
Doesn't that also make things rise?
As soon as you use that,
you will be expelled from the competition.
Why?
Grandfather,
will not use chemicals to make bread.
He won't use them himself, so of course he'd deduct huge points from anyone who does.
Wow, is that so?
Oh, wait.
What's going to make the bread rise?
That's why the situation is dire.
I can't use flour and you can't use yeast.
Oh. Wow...
What a stupid jerk.
He's not "that punk". Address him as your "older brother".
Shhh...
Why that...
Why is Seo Tae Jo in a such bad mood?
I don't know either.
All morning long, his bad mood was written on his face.
Was it? I wonder why?
By the way, did you have fun with Shin Yu Kyung last night?
Oh yeah.
Has she been doing well all this time?
Yeah. Hey,
she got even prettier during the time I didn't see her.
Is that so? I guess someone should be happy.
Since the girlfriend that he did not see for two years has gotten prettier.
Hey, hey, hey.
After the competition is over,
we're going to go on a vacation.
Take the train to see the ocean.
Just the two of you?
Yeah.
Just the two of us.
After the competition, the two of us are going to go.
Shoot. How can grandfather expect me to make bread without flour?!
Hey! Why are you getting so upset?
Damn. I want to take the train too.
Shoot.
Why did you hide it?
How did you keep that fact hidden?
I don't know how...
to forgive you for this.
Oh my, isn't this Ma Jun?
Is Father inside?
Yes, he is.
Come on in.
What brings you here at this time of the day?
I came because I have something to tell you.
You should just go back.
Father.
There is nothing I want to discuss with you at this time.
You should just go back.
Please,
listen to what I have to say.
Why,
always,
do you turn your back when I want to talk to you?
I too have something to tell you, father.
It doesn't matter what you say now,
since I will hear it only as an excuse.
And at this point I don't want to hear any excuse you might have.
Why?
How come?
For that guy who lived with you only a few months?
For the last twenty-six years I was at your side,
and followed the path that you wanted me to follow.
Why can I not even give a justification for my actions?
Why?
For the last twenty-six years, you
have enjoyed all that I provided for you.
But your hyung...
did not enjoy anything.
All the things I could have done for him,
and he received nothing.
That's why...
you hate me so much?
All that Tak Gu did not receive,
I alone lived and benefitted?
Every time I think about what he has been through,
I can hardly breathe.
The things that he had to go through at a young age,
when I think about the hardship he went through...
my heart bleeds for him.
If you can sympathize a little with these feelings,
please just go back.
I was wrong, Father.
I did not have any other reason.
I just wanted...
to beat him.
The one who always came first with you Father,
I just wanted to beat him,
and come to you first and tell you about it.
Can you understand that?
Just get out of the way.
It's...
time for you to get up.
- Ma Jun. - Don't touch me.
Don't touch me.
Don't put your hands...
on any part of my body.
Letter of Resignation
You,
came all the way down here.
Don't forgive them.
Let's not ever...
forgive them.
All those who have brought you down here,
let's not ever forgive them.
Don't forgive them.
Let's not ever...
forgive them.
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Are you better now?
It's late.
You should go.
We should...
stay together.
Stay with me,
tonight.
Let's stay together.
What do you have in mind?
Can't you see what has happened to me because of you?
How much lower do you wish me to go?
How much more do I need to get stepped on for you to feel fully satisfied?
You,
can you get any lower?
Do you still have pride left that can get stepped on?
It's not true.
You don't have anything.
You don't have any strength left to fight on.
You don't have any pride left to stand on.
That's why...
you need to hold on to me at least.
You have gone crazy.
Don't you want revenge?
On my mother,
to take sweet revenge...
you don't want to?
Just do it.
I will let you use me.
For you to like me or for you to just think of me, I will not expect that.
I won't interfere with whoever's in your heart or for whom your heart longs.
If I start adding this or that condition, I will just get exhausted.
Why are you like this?
What's the reason you're like this with me?
I want to get revenge too.
On those people.
Damn, I should have found out which one is her place.
Is she back or not?
Hey Yu Kyung.
Shin Yu Kyung.
Who is that, really?
- Who is that crazy jerk? - Who is that?
She's not home yet?
Shoot. This is the perfect time to eat this.
Damn. Aigoo.
It's Yu Kyung.
I am fine. You should get going.
The proposal that I made,
think it over carefully.
If you put your heart into it,
through me, you will be able to get everything that I have.
One possibility is...
you can become the wife of the owner of Geosung Foods.
You can have it all.
Do you understand what I am saying?
I am thinking to that level.
Time for you to go.
You can't do it, Yu Kyung.
That's absurd.
How did you know about this place?
You,
were seeing Yu Kyung before?
Yesterday was the two year anniversary.
Why?
Oh. That's why you were late last night.
And how about you?
Why are you here?
You did not know.
I've been meeting Yu Kyung the whole time.
The two years that you stayed away from Yu Kyung,
Yu Kyung and I, met quite often.
Not as Seo Tae Ju,
but as Gu Ma Jun.
What did you say?
In fact, Shin Yu Kyung,
before she came to Pal Bong Bakery two years ago,
already knew me.
We had met previously,
at the founding party.
You...
expect me to believe that now?
If not,
how could Shin Yu Kyung be working at Geosung Foods?
Right?
Geosung Foods.
Yu Kyung is...
working there?
Oh my, Yu Kyung has more secrets from you than I thought.
Don't lie to me.
You're lying to me right now, aren't you?
Whether it's a lie or not,
why don't you go directly and confirm it with her.
That's why I told you before.
In reality, Shin Yu Kyung,
it wasn't certain she would wait for someone like you.
She is much smarter and has bigger ambitions,
than you think.
She's not a person that would be
satisfied with a guy like you.
There is no one in this world
who wants a guy like you.
Including Shin Yu Kyung and Father.
There is no one who truly wants you to come back.
That's why you need to get a hold of yourself
and know your place, Kim Tak Gu.
If you keep coming here,
that will just make it more difficult for Shin Yu Kyung, eh?
Well.
Even if you learn to bake and try so hard to claw your way up,
you are still just trash.
You're just a bum, regardless.
You should know that.
Well?
Well, Chairman,
it's almost midnight.
Well, Chairman.
Yeah, OK.
It's time to go.
Let's go.
Yes.
There is no one in this world
who wants a guy like you.
Including Shin Yu Kyung and Father.
There is no one who truly wants you to come back.
That's why you need to get a hold of yourself
and know your place, Kim Tak Gu.
Even if you learn to bake and try so hard to claw your way up,
you are still just trash.
You're just a bum, regardless.
You should know that.
Well?
Chairman.
How have you been?
I am fine.
First, you should wipe yourself off.
Yes.
It's bread.
Yes.
It's the bread I made to pass the first stage of the competition.
You,
passed the first stage of the competition?
Yes.
I just made it with that bread.
That's nice.
I am curious...
how it would taste.
By any chance,
do you have some time?
Chairman.
It's barley rice bread.
Please try it once.
Chairman?
Oh shoot.
Are you OK, Chairman?
I am really sorry.
Does it taste funny?
Did I do something wrong?
It's not that.
It's really good.
Truly, it's really good.
Tak Gu.
I am sorry, Tak Gu.
All those years,
I am sorry I wasn't able to find you.
With you so close by,
I'm sorry I wasn't able to recognize you.
My son.
My son, Tak Gu.
Tak Gu.