Episode 11 Line of Life and
I may not trust anyone in the world,
and sometimes I don't trust even myself,
but I, such a person like that...
trust you.
But this matter will not be resolved with that.
If even you felt these two pieces similar,
you must prove that you wrote "Morning in Kyeongseong" earlier (than that novel).
Proving that you wrote "Morning in Kyeongseong" by yourself should be the top priority.
With that, get acknowledged about your sincerity by other people too.
Director, it's me.
Ah, yes.
Please turn on the microphone again.
Microphone?
Turn on the microphone.
Everyone, I'm Anthony Kim, the representative of the production company.
"Morning in Kyeongseong" which you guys are making now
must not become a piece of distrust.
"Morning in Kyeongseong" is solely the creation made by our writer and us.
Not only Writer Lee Go Eun but I guarantee that fact.
No, we must believe that!
And I will prove that truth.
Instead, "Morning of Kyeongsong" must keep being filmed.
That's all I want to say.
Therefore, please act without any doubt.
Even so, if you still can't trust this script,
then trust me and act for that role.
To air our drama without any problem,
we need some solid proof to show you wrote "Morning in Kyeongseong" first.
And we should submit that proof to the court by the day after tomorrow, Wednesday.
That novelist said she wrote her first draft in 2006, right?
Yes.
Then, we just need to find the file which you wrote earlier than 2006.
I know that,
but ...
But?
It was a long time ago, so although I looked for it everywhere,
I couldn't find it.
Then, what about e-mail? Hadn't you sent it to anyone else by e-mail?
I had, but again, since it was a long time ago,
every record back then had been erased.
I've also contacted some people in that site, but he said it can't be restored.
Then, what about another computer?
Have you ever worked with another computer, not your current laptop?
Other than my laptop?
Yes, other than your laptop.
Teacher Jeong? (Writer Jeong)
In the laptop of Writer Jeong Hong Joo's studio, which I'd used when I was her assistant,
there might be my file left.
Hello, this is Writer Jeong Hong Joo.
What should we do?
It seems she's now abroad.
Where is her studio now?
What on earth are you going to do later after this?
What do you mean? I'm doing this to go in.
Writer Jeong will understand us too.
Uh, by the way, you two,
are you really the owners of this house?
Yes! Of course!
This isn't the first time my wife has done something like this.
I'm a bit... careless.
We have a big age gap, but how could you say I'm your "wife"?
Honey..
You should install a new doorlock now.
You know that, right?
Of course.
That's right.
What are doing not looking for it?
Yes.
I found it!
No, I trust you.
I may not trust anyone in the world,
and may not even trust myself,
But I..
trust you.
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Doesn't it feel better coming out?
I just came with you since you looked so nervous for your debut.
Let's leave after a while.
I'm not nervous at all.
You don't believe me?
I don't believe in anyone.
Sometimes, I don't trust myself either.
But there's one thing I have the ultimate trust in.
And that is how you will be the nation's, no the world's top star.
Don't tell me you use those words to seduce women?
Now you seem more like a woman.
Later, act with your feeling now. It will be helpful.
It's not here.
The file I last saved was in 2011.
I guess everything was erased and newly saved again.
We don't need to wait and see any longer.
Well, in front of the actors and staff,
the writer came forward and admitted that.
Even if it's a bit late, we should prepare the replacement now.
But is it really true that Writer Lee admitted that herself?
Since Sung Min Ah pushed and asked her,
she said that it's true that those two pieces are similar.
That's what I heard.
They seemed similar to each other even when I read them.
I will submit these materials to the court as evidence, but with only these,
I can't guarantee the result.
In the worst case scenario,
the injunction to prohibit the airing of the drama,
will be approved.
When is the submission of evidence due?
It's by midnight today.
PD Joo.
Yes, Representative.
Contact that novelist.
Tell her I want to meet her before that due time.
Pardon?
What are you going to do when you meet her?
She won't accept any deal for settlement.
Even if I have to kneel down or beg her, I should do whatever I can.
Even if we have to put her name as the writer of the original story, the drama must be aired.
For now, Lawyer Park, go to the court and submit these materials. PD Joo, find out where Writer Jo Young Eun is right now.
Yes.
Then, let's get going.
Is something wrong?
Why? Do you have writer's block?
You must be nervous because the first broadcast day is coming up.
Yeah, it must be.
Aigoo..
Aigoo, why are you crying like a fool?
At your elementary school literary contest,
you said that it was embarrassing
when I was crying.
Did I say that?
That's right.
The award certificate you won that day,
the hand-crafted paper Father's Day carnation,
and the diary you wrote in
saying you'd become a great writer.. I still have all those things.
Why have you kept them still?
Do you think that's all?
While you were in high school, you wrote me a letter saying you were going to leave the house..
After finishing 'Morning in Kyeongseong', you even gave me that plastic thing telling me you'd show me the first.
I still have that too.
When you say 'plastic thing'..
was it like this small?
Sure is!
Mom, where is it?
Why?
I found it!
What is it? Morning in Kyeongseong - 03.14.2005. Lee Go Eun First Draft
Is that something important?
This is great!
I found it!
I'm saved! Thank God.
How much is that?
It's priceless!
I'm saved!
I love you!
That's such a relief.
I got a hold of Writer Jo Young Eun. She says she'll wait for you at a cafe near her house in Heuksukdong.
Alright.
What do you want?
I found it!
I said, "I found it!"
I found the first draft of "Morning in Kyeongseong" I wrote back in 2005!
Oh, taxi!
Then, we're good.
Props team, get them ready!
Bring those chairs this way!
Still no contact from Anthony?
Yes.
Excuse me.
A decision will be made by court today..
Do you want to try calling?
Alright, let's start filming!
Tell me.
What is your reason?
Ok, cut!
Shoot me if you can.
Crazy Bastard
I said, tell me!
Hold on. Stop filming.
Yeah. It's me, Representative Kim.
The court has made a decision.
And the result?
What..?
I understand.
I'll pass the message.
Everyone.
The result pertaining to
the broadcast of "Morning in Kyeongseong"
has arrived.
It has been determined that..
"Morning in Kyeongseong" is not
a plagiarized script.
It's an original piece of work!
So everyone. Without an ounce of suspicion,
let's do our best for the first broadcast!
Understood, everyone?!
Yes!
Such a crybaby.
Oh..
Thank you, Representative.
Don't be disorganized in the future.
Get your stuff copyrighted, take good care of all your files, and save back-ups.
Crying and laughing, way to make a scene.
Throw it away.
But it looks expensive.
Let's go together!
Aigoo, seriously! I'm in a skirt!
Stop acting like you're so clean.
I'm not. You're just dirty.
What is this?
A.K?
Can't you tell by looking? It's my name.
Ah..
Was your name Anthony from the very beginning?
I mean, even though your parents lived in the United States for so long. They're still Korean, so wouldn't they give you a Korean name?
No such thing. My name was Anthony from the day I was born.
How can there be Anthony in a Korean name?
What do your parents think?
I never asked them.
Then call them and ask them.
They both passed a long time ago.
You don't need to feel sorry since I'm not concerned in any way.
Then should l give you a Korean name?
What would be good?
Kim..Kim..
Ah!
How about 'Kim Young Man'?
You get insulted by a lot of people.
So, short for Kim Yok Mani (lots of insults),
Kim Yong Man.
Are you having fun, messing with me?
Very much so.
40 Woo 6976...6976 Please, pull over...
40 Woo 6976...
Look here! Aish!
Since it is your fault, cover the fine yourself.
I'm not the one driving, why do I have to pay?
You've ran a stoplight. Please show me your license.
Aigoo, you're working hard.
Since I have to attend an urgent matter and something like this won't happen again, can't you let us off this time?
Yes, please don't do it again. - Thank you..
But give me your driver's license.
Your license has expired already.
Requesting identity confirmation, requesting identity confirmation,
Resident Registration NO.: 741104-1675138.
The name, Kim Bong Dal?
Kim as in Kimchi, Bong as in bongos, and Dal as in Dallas.
Kim Bong Dal.
Aye, why is he saying that?
Kim Bong D...
No freaking way!
Anthony
is Kim Bong Dal...
that's his real name!
Awesome...
For real?
Excuse me.
You said you didn't have a Korean name.
Kim Bong Dal.
I wonder if that's an American name too. Kim Bong.. Dal~?
Don't laugh.
I'm sorry, but the name is so irresistible.
Kim as in Kimchi, Bong as in Bongos, [Bong means mountain top]
Dal as in Dallas. [Dal means the moon.]
It's so funny!
I'm sorry but ...
It's too funny!
Kimchi... Bongwoori (meaning "mountain peak"),
Daldeongee (meaning "round face like the moon").
So, November 4th is our Kim Bong Dal's birthday.
Yes, the door is not locked.
Yes...
You're surprised, aren't you? It's just a joke!
Oh, oh my...
I'm sorry. You must have been so surprised.
I thought it was someone else.
Not at all.
Would you like to come in?
I guess you've been writing the script,
so I'm afraid if I'm interrupting now.
Not at all. Please have a seat.
I don't have anything but coffee, is that okay?
Yes.
What brought you here?
I came to apologize.
I'd like to apologize sincerely.
Misunderstanding about your script, that was my mistake.
No, I understand why you misunderstood.
When I read that book,
I also thought that different people could come up with similar ideas.
If you think in that way, I'm thankful.
But, there's something I was curious about.
What's the relationship between you and Representative?
Was my question a bit odd?
I was curious about that from the beginning.
Anthony Kim, the previous Representative of Empire Production,
isn't a person who would wager everything he has on a newbie writer's drama.
What's up with you two?
No, there is nothing between the two of us, what do you mean, "relationship"?
I totally hate a man with that kind of style.
What kind of women in the world would like a man like him?
Well, if we must put the word "relationship",
"relationship" of a demon and an angel?
Pardon?
Just... a vicious representative of drama production company
and an angel-like writer? Something like that?
But why are you asking that?
No.
From now on, all of us must run for the highest rating
of the first episode of "Morning in Kyeongseong" on November 5th!
Yes!
How are our competitors of other broadcasting stations going now?
Currently, "Return of the King" of K Broadcasting is running as the number one in ratings.
Followed by "Between Lovers" of M Broadcasting in the second.
Then, what about S Broadcasting?
Its drama is in last with one digit rating (under 10%).
I don't think we can get any advantage from the previous drama's rating.
Last Tuesday's rating was 6.2%.
It was the worst.
It seems we will have a hard fight.
Of course it will be hard, but no matter what, we will win.
From the day when Anthony took the position of Representative
to 2009 when he resigned, these are accounting fraud books
and the lobbying list which used the money from that accounting fraud.
All of them were instructed by you, Chairman,
but all accounts and transactions were done under the name of Anthony.
Other than that, he didn't steal even a single penny from my money?
Yes.
That's unexpected.
Well, with these, he would be rotting in a prison for at least 10 years.
Contact our legal team and let them proceed.
Yes.
Yes, PD Kim.
I called you because I heard our "Morning in Kyeongseong" will be introduced at your "Entertainment Tonight".
Yes, yes.
Then, please take good care of that.
I've sent the revised script for episode 7.
Mr. Kim. Bong. Dal.
Yes, Mom.
Hey, we have big trouble. Come quickly to our restaurant.
What's going on?
Can't you see? There are so many customers here!
Aigo... I can't do this by myself!
Mom! Is that big trouble?
Of course, it is!
Top star, Kang Hyun Min is visiting here himself!
Mr. Kang Hyun Min? Why are you here?
Why?
To promote Writer Lee's "Morning in Kyeongseong", I'm here.
They are from my fan club.
KANG HYUN MIN! KANG HYUN MIN!
- Everyone! - Yes!
This person is the beautiful writer of our "Morning in Kyeongseong",
Writer Lee Go Eun.
- Writer Lee. - Yes.
Please say something.
Huh?
Ah...
Yes... Hello!
I'm Writer Lee Go Eun. Nice to meet you all.
Our "Morning in Kyeongseong
will be aired soon.
There are not many days left until its first episode.
Please promote our drama a lot.
Our "Morning in Kyeongseong
and here Mr.Kang Hyun Min, no, from now on, Kim Woo Jin (the role's name),
you will give lots of love to them, right?
Yes!
But, seriously, why are you here?
I'm sorry for misunderstanding your drama, Writer Lee.
I thought that apologizing with only words wouldn't be enough.
So, you want to apologize with money and your fans?
Because I have nothing but only money and fans!
Then, I will get going for filming now. Again, sorry! See you later!
Geez!
Goodbye!
Yes, Representative?
You want me to amend all of the script for episode 7?
Not all of them but Scene 42 and Scene 43 with that clumsy melodrama part.
Clum...clumsy?
It even has the kiss scene of the main two characters, but where do you mean is it clumsy?
Writer Lee, when you kiss a man, are you doing it in this way?
Huh?
No, I mean, have you ever kissed a man?
I have!
Then, do it.
What?!
In my eyes, the kiss scene in Scene 43
gives only the feeling of two wooden sticks hitting each other.
So, I'm telling you to try it yourself, Writer Lee.
Pardon?
PD Joo, read out loud Scene 43.
Well, everyone, let's see.
Scene 43, inside of Modern Club.
Sad piano music is filling the empty club,
Kim Woo Jin is sitting alone in front of the piano and playing it.
At this moment, with tip-tap, tip-tap sound of high heels,
a woman approaches Woo Jin. It's Hye Rin.
What are you doing? I told you to try it yourself.
Even if Woo Jin sensed Hye Rin coming near him,
he doesn't stop playing. Hye Rin grabs his hand.
Woo Jin stops playing the piano.
Hye Rin speaks.
"From now on, your playing piano,
can you do it only for me?
Woo Jin stays still, not taking his eyes off the piano. Hye Rin speaks.
"Even if I lie to you,
even if I ....
even if I betray you,
I'm asking if you can play the piano,
only for me.
"No.
After that, Woo Jin stands up, staring at Hye Rin,
and kisses her?
Even that dumb Kang Hyun Min won't be able to grab Sung Min Ah and kiss her!
I'm not an actress, though!
A writer is supposed to write to make actors act!
If you feel so wronged, then go ahead, ask these male viewers what they think.
That's why you should revise it.
I don't think it's because you don't like melodramas, but because you can't write them.
PD Joo, contact the assistant director and tell him Scene 42 and Scene 43 will be revised,
so he should proceed with the other scenes' filming, except for those scenes.
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The reason...
Don't ask me why.
What I can do for you is...
Cut! NG!
Min Ah, this is already the fourth NG. It's not a difficult line, but what's wrong?
I'm sorry, Director.
Then, let's take a 10-minute break!
We will resume after 10-minute break!
What are you doing, being so childish?
Then, what about you, Miss Sung Min Ah? You childishly doubted Writer Lee, but have you apologized to her?
What's that with today's filming?
If you humiliated a person publicly, shouldn't you officially apologize to her in front of all of them?
I apologized to her officially, so please, stop that moronic act.
Mo~ron!
Moronic act?
That's right! You will keep experiencing that! This Kang Hyun Min's revenge, it's Season One, Two, Three, Four!
It will be continued!
Hyung, have you read the script for episode 7?
Why?
The revision has been made from episode 1, so the melodrama line starts sooner too.
Is that so?
There is even a kiss scene with Miss Sung Min Ah.
What?
Kissing scene?
Kissing scene?!
Yeah.
But as per the assistant director, it will be revised.
Representative, then, we will go home now.
Okay, you've worked hard today.
Since tomorrow is our first air date, have a good sleep tonight. You will need to run around all day, tomorrow.
Yes, I understand!
We will leave, then.
Scene#43, Inside of Modern Club.
What? I can't even kiss?
Should I experience a kiss to write well about a kiss scene? Then, what about a story about a serial killer? Its writer should be a serial killer?
How absurd it is...
Hello.
Excuse me . . .
Ah, because of that damn Kim Bong Dal, I can't focus on the right feeling.
Kim Bong Dal's Birthday!
What is it? Didn't you go home?
I have some business to do with you, Representative.
Business?
Anthony, Anthony, Anthony~
Happy birthday to you~ Happy birthday to you~ Happy birthday, dear Representative!
Happy birthday to you~~!!!!
Representative, happy birthday!
What are you doing now?
Today is your birthday, Representative.
Your ID number...
Kimchi, Bongwoori ("peak"), Daldeongee ("moon face")!
I'm sorry, but can't you see I'm working now?
Stop interrupting and get out, please.
That's what I'm saying!
Geez.
Maybe today isn't his birthday.
That's weird, because I heard it clearly.
Maybe he had something bad earlier.
Is he sulking now? Anyway, I'm sorry!
No. What are you sorry for?
We'll escort you to your studio.
Ah, really?
- Yes. - Oh, we're mannered guys.
Alright!
By the way, what are they about, Kimchi, Bongwoori, Dalmaji ("viewing the moon")?
No, it's Daldeongee ("Moon face")!
Can I meet you now?
I will wait at the cafe.
Happy birthday!
It's the ring, which you cherished as if it was your life because you believed it protected your success.
It won't be exactly same as that one, but it will look almost same.
Please make sure to succeed with this drama too.
Thank you, but I'd like to decline this present.
Please just accept it.
I'm sorry but this one... can't be that ring.
It's the ring, which you cherished as if it was your life because you believed it protected your success.
Don't worry about me.
Even when you're in the States, don't skip your meals, and take good care of your health.
Understand?
Mom . . .
What?
Your attention, please. Passengers for New York, ...
Oh, dear. You'd better go now.
I will go, then.
He-hey!
This is your father's ring.
Take this ring.
Hurry up, or you will be late.
Hurry up, go!
It seems you're busy these days.
Today she was anticipating you more than usual,
wanting to stay up until late, and just went to bed.
Did you have some seaweed soup? [Seaweed soup is traditionally eaten on b-days]
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Weren't you asleep?
I'm sorry.
I should have taken care of it
but since my body's like this.
That's why you have to quickly get up and leave this place.
So that you can cook seaweed soup for me.
Right.
I have to.
Since I saw your face, it's okay now.
You must be busy.
Hurry and leave.
Be careful when you leave.
I look forward to the first broadcast tomorrow.
It'll go well, don't worry too much.
You are your mom's son.
Finally, it's tomorrow.
<i?Now, when the sun rises tomorrow morning,
my new destiny will start.
Will I be smiling at the end of that destiny?
I'll be able to smile.
No, I just hope that I will be able to smile.
Today, the food is free in celebration of 'Morning in Kyeongseong's' first broadcast!!
Welcome!
Today, the food is on me!
Yes, it's all free!
Assa~!
The day we've all been waiting for, the first broadcast day of "Morning in Kyeongseong," has finally arrived.
Send the press release materials to all media venues,
as we have to let the whole country know about the premier of our drama!
Yes, understood!
Revise the final trailer and get it aired starting 9 hours before the premier.
Include scenes that haven't been relased so far... I think that'd be better.
Here it is.
Ok, start music here.
Team Leader Han, make sure that the entertainment news show, that airs tonight, goes smoothly.
Lastly, each of you can leave a message to the viewers throughout the country.
Dear Viewers, 'Morning in Kyeongseong', the show you've been waiting for will have its first broadcast tonight at 9:55.
Yes, I hope that many of you will watch it.
Fighting!
This concludes the coverage of "Morning in Kyeongseong.
Have you had dinner?
Good work people.
It's a wrap for today.
Tonight, let's all enjoy the first episode in the comfort of our own respective homes.
Ah, time is so slow. How many more minutes?
30 minutes.
What?
30 minutes.
Are you really not going to watch the first episode?
Unni, you know about my jinx.
If I watch the first episode, the viewership rating sucks.
Ok, I understand.
I'm leaving, rest well - Yes.
Why did you want me to come all the way here?
Monitor the live viewership ratings along with your script of the episode.
See for yourself what element excites the viewers and what makes them change the channel.
From now on until the 20th episode, you are breathing with the viewers.
You're here?
Representative Kim, congratulations. You've made a comeback after 3 years.
I'll accept that after 70 minutes.
Sure.
Congratulaitons, Writer Lee.
Finally, you've become a real writer.
Thank you.
Broadcasting in 3 minutes.
Watch that viewership rating graph carefully.
The life and death of us all is on that line of destiny.
2 minutes.
1 minute.
In a few minutes, the drama my daughter wrote will be on.
10 seconds.
5 seconds
4, 3, 2, 1 Start!
We have a start with 7.1%
Not a great start.
What do we do? It's been 30 minutes, and it's at 6.8%.
We're still the lowest.
Where are you going? It's still in the middle of the broadcast!
It's all over.
It's only been 30 minutes since the show started.
Half an hour has passed already and the rating is in the pits.
We have lost.
In total misery.
So you're here.
That's why I told you.
We need to go for melodrama, not Noir.
Ajummah, can I get a glass here, too?
What are you doing?
I'm going to drink too.
Go work on your script. I want to be alone.
Thank you.
Representative Kim.
The show just finished.
I suppose.
The average viewership rating has been calculated.
Speak.
Yes.
I understand.
The viewership rating result is in?
We must have had a spike towards the end.
Viewership rating is 15.7%. We're in the lead!
Oh my!
15.7!!! This is awesome!!!
We've hit it off big!
- Congratulations! - Jackpot! Jackpot!
Congratulations!
This is just the beginning.
Awesome!
We're first! 15.7%
- 15.7% - Thanks, Lord!
Yes? 15.7%?
First?
Oh my!
Yes, what did I tell you?
Didn't I tell you 'Morning in Kyeongseong' would be a success?
I'm Anthony after all.
Where are you going?
I should go work on the script with this energy!
Forget the script, tonight you should drink!
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes, I understand.
Finally the era of Kang Hyun Min has started.
Conquer Korea, then Japan, China, Taiwan, and
then the whole world!
Didn't I tell you we'd definitely be success?
Tch! Don't you remember what you just said a while ago?
What did I tell you? We shouldn't have gone with Noir.
When did I?
At any rate, I think this is meaningful in so many different ways.
Especially that we got the highest rating with a genre that hadn't been attempted in Korea before.
Of course,
the producer's eye in discerning the right script was especially crucial.
What about the promising writer's writing skills with tenacity?
You sure are a promising writer, but you still have a long way to go.
At any rate, a drama writer needs to know how to write good melodrama.
Nothing like that pathetic kissing scene.
That talk again!
Tell me truthfully,
you've never had a kiss right?
That of cours-
You haven't felt your heart beating for a man.
I've felt it before.
Not just a childish crush.
I've definitely,
You've definitely not experienced that.
Seriously, aren't you drinking a little too much?
You were already drinking before I came here.
I'm Anthony.
Mere alcohol can't defeat me.
PD Joo, where are you?
Eh? Soowon?
It's nothing.
Well, it's just... no, never mind.
Ah man, ah, darn!
Mere alcohol what?
Can't defeat me? Seriously!
I guess... it's my fault... for drinking with him.
Sleep well. [dropping the honorifics]
Don't ever drink again!
What do you think about me?
Yes?
How do you think of me as a man?
See you tomorrow~
Preview
So what you two are saying right now..
..is that you have a problem with the kiss scene in episode 7?
That's right.
You are under arrest for professional negligence and misappropriation of funds.
Exactly why do you hate me so much?
I'll kill you.
Stop sabotaging the production of "Morning in Kyeonseong," alread! Please!
How dare you order me around?
If you've got a nice lady friend, you can bring her to me.
I'll show you when I find one.
What have you been doing all those years without ever dating a boyfriend?
How I hate him, hate him.
The mother of Mr. Kim Bong Dal is seriously ill.
Mo, mother?
Mom! Mom!