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(This drama won the 10th drama script writing contest,)
("Finding a Shooting Star in the Middle of the Desert".)
(All characters, organizations, places, and events are fictional.)
(Episode 15)
I have no intention of leaving...
without a fight like I did when I left this office.
Well...
Mawon-gu's residents will decide that.
You were fortunate enough...
to get this far with your numerous complaints.
It wasn't a good fortune. It was more of a miracle.
People everywhere will stone you.
If they stone me, I'll take the stoning.
Because there's something...
I must do that only I can do.
Everything you wanted to accomplish as the chairman...
such as keeping the name of Sarang-dong,
moving the memorial,
and disclosing the environmental effect report...
They are all great, you know.
But not everyone is...
interested in the good cause.
And that's why...
you continued to fail.
(Into the Ring)
So Representative Goo Se Ra of Mawon-gu...
was indeed summoned by the people?
I see. Okay.
That's odd.
To be summoned by the people,
the residents must have signed the petition.
How could they have gathered signatures so quietly?
I doubt that they visited each household on foot...
to gather the signatures.
You saw what happened when she was ousted.
The representatives...
They can be quiet meticulous when it comes to setting someone up.
That's true.
Well, don't you know our people's history?
Since the beginning of the 500 years of the Joseon Dynasty,
- Move. - when it didn't rain,
the people even dethroned the king.
We are very democratic people, aren't we?
Goo Se Ra?
If she's not good at her job, she must leave!
- All right. - What? She won't leave?
Then, we must kick her out!
Goo Se Ra keeps using Sarang-dong as leverage...
and gets in the way of the Smart One City project.
This girl, Goo Se Ra,
has no idea how the real estate market works. You know?
She's still leeching off her parents.
Of course, she knows nothing!
Hold on.
Dad.
(Mawon-gu Central Election Management Committee)
(Election Committee, Promotion Committee)
(Public Recall Consent Forms for Representative Goo Se Ra)
Since the members of Aeguk Conservative Party...
gave her the chairman position,
I thought ousting her might be fair.
Well, I knew...
that from the get-go,
you were using her to oust the former chief.
But taking away her job is a different matter.
Representative Goo Se Ra doesn't deserve this kind of treatment.
(Chairman Cho Maeng Duk)
Why are you telling me that?
When she became the chairman,
don't you remember what you said?
That Goo Se Ra is more than qualified...
and you'll make sure that she is.
But...
look at the result.
I bet the memorial probably got on your nerves.
Isn't there only one reason for it?
I'm not sure.
Looking for the reason now won't make any difference now.
To get what you want,
you must sell everything you have.
And that's how I got this far.
Can you do the same?
"Irresponsible Representative Goo spent the taxpayers' money..."
"for personal use."
"For personal use"? Me?
"She asked a local bank to hire her friend..."
"who helped her campaign."
I asked the bank to hire her?
You know that this is all preposterous.
"She just stood by her mother when she participated..."
"in inappropriate activities."
My mother?
Come on, Mom.
You're in a tight spot.
I saw this coming for you.
If you did, you should have told me.
Try to find a way out of this.
First of all, can you leave my office?
I think we need to keep some distance starting now.
("Representative Goo's Mother Works as a Marketing Director")
If you have any excuses, let me hear them.
A marketing director?
It was a part-time job.
Who on earth hires a part-timer for a director position?
You said you were trying to make a good impression on Se Ra's behalf,
but you attended meetings here and there.
I knew that you were going to cause trouble like this!
Make a good impression? Why?
I wanted you to get elected in the next election too.
And I had to pay back 50,000 dollars too.
That's so stupid!
50,000 dollars?
- Oh, no. - Darn it.
What about 50,000 dollars?
Why does she owe 50,000 dollars?
Se Ra, did you do this?
No. I didn't even see that money.
Honey.
You don't have to be so negative about this...
because Se Ra ran for office in order to pay back...
50,000 dollars.
In a way,
we were able to turn our bad luck into something good.
Se Ra ran for office, so she could pay back the money...
you owe?
You were the cause of Se Ra's ridiculous attempt...
to be a politician?
Darn you!
- No. - No.
- Dad. - Honey.
Dad!
Don't die. You can't die on me. Not me!
Dad, breathe. Dad, breathe in and out.
I can't live alone.
- Honey. - Breathe.
Honey. Sweetheart!
To get what you want,
you must sell everything you have.
And that's how I got this far.
Can you do the same?
Hello, sir. This is Seo Gong Myung.
I'm sorry to call you at this hour.
I called you to discuss Representative Goo Se Ra.
Regarding your vote to dismiss Representative Goo...
and your request to investigate the former chief,
I made some rude comments.
I'm sorry.
Gosh, no. You weren't wrong.
When Representative Goo was dismissed as the chairman,
my vote didn't count.
And I did proceed with the materials...
I received to report the former chief.
If she gave them to me,
she would have given them to me in person.
Just like you said,
I might have used Representative Goo...
with the excuse that I was giving her a chance.
That's all the more reason why I don't want...
Representative Goo to get dismissed from her post.
I need your help...
from and outside the district assembly.
I'm happy to join you.
Thank you.
Just stick to one thing.
If you're upset, don't visit me.
If you're here, don't pout.
You don't have the right to control my facial expression.
You didn't listen to me again.
You signed the form as soon as Representative Cho...
visited you.
What did he give you for signing the consent form?
Did he tell you that the memorial didn't have a place to go?
Or did he beg you to sign the form...
since you were the last one?
He said he and I were in the same boat...
although it sure didn't look like it.
Then, why did you...
When someone volunteered to look after it,
I should be thankful and sign the form.
My days are numbered now.
Why do you keep saying that?
You were sprightly when you tried to hit me that day.
You still managed to get away.
Where's your bag? Here it is.
What about my bag?
What are you looking for?
(If Park Jeong Rae's in danger, please call Goo Se Ra.)
You might lose your phone.
What good is a business card?
You're about to lose your position.
Who told you that?
That Cho-something guy who came to the hospital.
"Representative Goo has been ruffling a lot of feathers,"
"and people dislike her very much."
Don't you get fired. Hang in there.
Remain district representative until the very end.
You bet.
I'll stay until my contract expires.
That night,
why were you at the construction site?
To steal the memorial.
I wanted to steal it and put it in my garden.
Open your mouth.
Eat this.
Okay, okay. Open up. This is a really tasty apple.
Come on.
The public recall voting day is...
September 9.
Se Ra. Are you entering another election?
Two weeks is a long time.
We only had 13 days before the by-election.
It's much more positive.
- That's what I think. - That's what I think too.
Mawon-gu Office will have to pay for that too.
They might try to persuade people...
this is a waste of tax, and that this is just ridiculous.
I won't let them shove me out.
They picked me to become chairman,
but I was elected district representative.
Ja Ryong, cover Yeo Reum's ears for 30 seconds.
Quick!
A public recall vote? After all we did to get you there?
Jang Han Bi, host of her election camp. What did you do?
Mr. Seo, ex-chairman Se Ra's ex-secretary, what did you do?
Ex-chairman, current representative Se Ra, what did you do?
Why give them something to use against you?
You're the biggest problem!
Shoot.
You're the best, Woo Young.
A true socialite who puts bad news over good news.
Goo Se Ra!
I won't get kicked out.
I promise.
There was another accident at Smart One City's Area Six.
I heard.
Should we let Q Construction stay on the job?
If we gave them the job, they must do it.
How about an exorcism to placate...
We keep Q Construction on.
And keep them quiet so news of more accidents doesn't get out.
Smart One City is now everyone's brand,
and a product every one of us must sell.
Do you understand?
Yes.
Ladies, have some green vegetable juice.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
There was another accident at Smart One City's Sarang-dong site.
Will the building be completed on time?
Well, that's...
You know, after Mawon-gu's chief was arrested,
The gu office and district assembly are a mess.
- Really? - Yes.
The possibility and threat of accidents exist everywhere.
On busy roads, we're wary of cars. By beaches and streams, the water.
It's the same as that.
Just because a few men get hurt,
it won't affect the bigger scale of things.
How can you say that? What's the bigger scale of things?
What is it?
- I mean... - You can't say that.
Get out of here! Get lost!
Don't come back!
Why did you throw my bag?
You...
My gosh. What rotten luck.
Darn him.
Shoot.
My precious green vegetable juices.
(Simsung Real Estate)
Why did he toss my bag?
I'm even more sure that something's not right.
Ms. Goo.
You're about to lose your job.
You need to focus.
Mr. Seo.
I won't go out so easily.
I'll stay on until the end of my term.
More than anything,
I want to keep my promise.
The protesters haven't been calling,
and they won't expect much now.
It's not that they don't expect. All they can do is give up hope.
Is living without a better tomorrow the same as...
living from day to day? Is it?
I'm sorry.
I apologize.
Let's do what we can do.
I don't believe what you say. Seal that.
Come on.
Again.
There're three attempts for everything.
Well done.
I want to sort out Smart One City's laborer complaint first.
We didn't gather to discuss complaints.
What are you thinking about when you might lose your job?
Right, Gong Myung?
Yes.
I don't think the public recall vote and...
the Smart One City issue are separate.
Before the by-election,
Ms. Goo already explained...
why Mawon-gu needs a person like her.
This time,
don't you think we must explain and prove...
why Ms. Goo is needed in Mawon-gu?
Don't you think?
Don't you think we can do that?
The total amount that...
Mawon-gu's Central Election Management Committee...
will spend on Ms. Goo's public recall vote is 100,740 dollars.
Mawon-gu Office will foot the bill.
Why must we go to such extents?
Can't we show by example...
and give the next generation a chance?
Why are we paving the way...
to waste taxes to kick out a young politician?
These people...
are the ones who must resign instead!
Is it different to use...
a young politician in the name of giving them a chance?
You should set a good example yourself.
I warned you many times in ways that you would understand.
You didn't have to...
take the stand to defend Ms. Goo.
The residents are the ones to vote.
The residents will vote,
but it all starts with the representatives.
May I ask what Chairman Cho said?
He said he warned you many times in ways...
that you'd understand.
I can't say.
"Irresponsible Representative Goo spent the taxpayers' money..."
"for personal use."
I'll tell you how I spent 3,000 dollars...
meant for business operations in three days.
Side dishes for the elderly.
Volunteer Patrol Activities.
After-school lessons for kids.
"She asked a local bank to hire her friend..."
"who helped her campaign."
I can fill 100 sheets of A4 paper on how I feel.
No one would read it.
"She just stood by her mother when she participated..."
"in inappropriate activities"?
What does "mother" mean?
That's my mom.
I can only apologize for that.
The three reasons I'm being recalled.
I will refute them all.
However, I must admit to one.
Goo Se Ra's public recall vote is September 9.
You get to decide whether Goo Se Ra must leave her job.
The date of the public recall vote...
happens to be September 9,
which is a monumental day for us.
Since when were we a unit?
Neither of you works for the district assembly anymore.
Will you stop coming here?
Especially you, Mr. Seo Gong Myung.
I'm here for a reason.
Don't you come any closer.
I signed an NDA,
so I can't help you anyway.
Don't touch me.
I think four-fifths of him is on our side.
Some man told me to give this to you.
Some man?
I won't fall for this again.
Who's trying to confuse me with a flash drive...
He left in his car.
He's gone?
Shall I just check?
Let's see.
(Representative Cho Maeng Duk)
Why did you give me this?
Because you'll need it.
Whether you fight him now,
or use it against him later,
that's up to you.
Then and now,
I meant it when I said I wish...
you finish your term.
By the way,
I'm returning to my family.
Take care.
Thanks a lot.
(D-day of Goo Se Ra's public recall vote)
Why are you here?
It's Wednesday,
and you should be hard at work.
I took the day off.
You can't use...
a precious holiday on something like this.
I should use it today...
for someone precious.
To work together.
Do what together?
Today's the day I get beaten and scolded.
I have a question.
Very long ago, on a rainy night,
what were you going to give me...
instead of taking my fear?
Don't worry.
Come to my place.
I can't because...
If you're afraid, give me a little of your fear.
In return, I'll give you...
Courage.
Courage?
Today is...
the day of Ms. Goo's public recall vote.
Before we end this meeting,
how about we hear from Ms. Goo...
as this may be her final day in these chambers?
(Si Dan Gyu)
(Goo Se Ra)
(Yoon Hee Su)
Hello. I'm Goo Se Ra...
of Mawon-gu.
I don't want to...
part with...
you, my colleagues, or with the residents I serve.
(District Assembly)
So instead of saying farewell,
I'll explain why I can't part with you just yet.
A wrongful dismissal.
That happened to me so many times.
The worst of all might just be today.
Not long ago,
I was told that the people...
don't agree with the great cause.
The first thought I had was,
"Then what do the public..."
"really agree with?"
But then,
I thought about it again.
Why should the public care about causes?
Ordinary people...
who work from dawn to dusk...
are too busy living from day to day.
They sent us here to work hard...
in their stead.
(Mawon-gu)
With a small, sparkly...
identification badge...
that is heavier than it looks.
(District Assembly)
(For the many Goo Se Ras in this world.)
For the many Goo Se Ras in this world.
Someone who voted for me...
in the by-election said this.
"If Goo Se Ra is elected,"
"it will open up more doors for ordinary people to try."
I can't close that door myself.
I have no intention of leaving like this.
I'll work hard to make up for...
the 100,000 dollars that this public recall vote will cost.
No. I will work even harder.
Please guarantee the chance for Goo Se Ra...
to keep working.
(Agree, Disagree)
This is Goo Se Ra speaking.
"Agree" was not the majority vote.
That means that more people are against...
kicking you out.
You can return to work as usual tomorrow.
Okay.
Are you at your office? I'll come and...
No.
I'll go home on my own today.
Darn. My feet hurt.
Shoot.
Dad.
Hey. It's my daughter.
You just got off work?
Were you waiting for your daughter?
As if I'd be waiting.
What's that? Rice wine?
Good. We can drink together tonight.
It's not rice wine.
Your feet must hurt so much.
Wearing these heels all day.
Take these off.
There you go.
Let's go now.
Let's go.
I was hoping to delete today's memory.
Why would you do that?
Remember this day until your term's over.
Things you want to forget...
are things you must not forget.
Thank the residents who voted to save your skin,
- and then... - I know.
You can stop it.
Did you see Gong Myung?
I'll see him tomorrow.
Today, I'll spend time with you and Mom.
Don't say what you don't mean.
It's so nice to walk with my daughter in a long time.
Gong!
Se Ra must be tired after yesterday.
Leave her alone.
Honey.
From now on,
let's not do anything to hurt Se Ra.
Okay.
It started with me.
What?
If I hadn't quit being a civil servant over that,
I know you wouldn't have gotten your pipe dreams.
We weren't well-off...
and you did what you could to get us back on track.
I know you tried.
Why are you...
suddenly saying that?
Because I feel bad.
Things keep happening to Se Ra,
and it makes me wonder what went wrong.
I keep thinking about the past.
Let's eat.
You like a rolled omelet, right? Have some.
We're in such a pickle...
due to the Sarang Resort fire.
(Mawon-gu Office Disciplinary Committee)
They keep pointing out...
the issues regarding poor facility and safety management.
Someone needs to take responsibility.
I will quit.
You will?
It wasn't even your job. For what?
Since I'm the person in charge.
Run, kids!
Come on!
Hurry up.
- Hello. - Hello. Hi.
- Run, run! Hello. - Hello.
Hello. Hello, there.
Hurry up, kids!
- Hello, sir. - Hello.
Come on, run!
- What do you want for lunch? - How about some pork belly?
Again?
What about something else?
- Good morning. - I felt so full last time.
Good morning.
Who told her to come?
This is the same as the first day of work after I got elected.
Who knows what she will do next?
Fine. I'll consider it my first day again.
You seem busy lately.
How is that thing going?
(Yang Nae Sung)
Sarang Resort and Smart One City.
There could be something I don't know.
(Daily notes)
(Things to check)
(Heo Deok Gu)
What is this about?
How about we grab something good for lunch?
Yes, that sounds great.
It'll be my treat today.
What is wrong with him?
Darn it.
"Bury"?
How have you been?
Bury.
Where is she going?
(Come to the rooftop of Mawon-gu District Assembly by 3 p.m. today.)
"Come to the rooftop of..."
"Mawon-gu District Assembly by 3 p.m. today?"
How dare you order an adult...
to come and go as you please by sending a text like this?
What's the problem?
I guess you were curious, seeing you're here.
I've heard things about you.
Here.
From now on, our conversation will be recorded officially.
Go on, then. What is it?
What comes to your mind first...
when you hear the word "bury"?
- A waste disposal site. - Right.
In the dictionary, that word means to bury things like...
trash or waste in the ground.
Is this some word game? Are we kids or what?
(Heo Deok Gu, gambling addict, bury)
Why did Mr. Yang...
use the word "bury" in his notes about you?
Too bad I can't record your expression right now.
You seem so flustered.
Darn you. What did you hear?
Why are you mentioning Mr. Yang?
The owner of the hidden land in Sarang Resort.
The suspicious accidents at Area Six of Smart One City.
The word "bury" next to your name.
Now, all I have to do is...
connect the dots to this rotten triangle.
Like this, this, and this...
- Give me that. - Hey, wait!
What are you doing?
Hey, no!
Goodness, what are you doing?
No! Hey, stop!
My goodness, what on earth?
You really just throw away anything, don't you?
You piece of trash.
I'll make sure I get rid of you first.
You can look forward to it.
(Mawon-gu Office)
- "Bury"? - Yes.
As soon as I said that word,
Mr. Heo's face turned so pale...
but I was the only one who saw it.
Before that, you need to explain why you have Mr. Yang's notebook.
He was my predecessor.
His notebook was on the desk of my office by coincidence...
and I happened to see it...
and read the whole thing.
No wonder you covered for him so much.
Let me see that notebook.
Mr. Heo ripped it and threw it over the rooftop...
and I couldn't find it.
Did he run back down...
to pick it up and get rid of the evidence?
For now, let's focus on the word "bury".
According to your assumption,
Mr. Heo buried trash and waste...
under Sarang Resort,
and this is the cause of the accidents...
at Area Six of Smart One City.
That's right, old habits die hard.
He threw away trash every time I saw him.
If there were garbage trucks going back and forth,
someone probably saw them.
Since they would've been loud.
Right.
What...
Do you see this?
What? I can't see properly...
(List of Mawon-gu Office Complaints)
These are the list of complaints filed at our office.
These are complaints regarding...
the trucks going back and forth at Sarang Resort.
The last complaint was filed three years ago.
How could I remember something from three...
Oh, this!
Someone called my line directly...
so it was quite a pain in the neck,
but I heard that land was included as the site for Smart One City,
so I stopped following that up.
- Who called you? - Who called you?
Heo Deok Gu.
What? Is that it?
What does Mr. Heo have to do with this? Hey.
(Park Jeong Rae, the family of victim of Sarang Resort fire)
(Jung Yeong Cheon,)
(a construction worker at Area 6 of Smart One City)
The woman on the left is a family member of a victim of...
the Sarang Resort fire, Ms. Park Jeong Rae.
The man on the right is a construction worker...
who used to work at Area Six of Smart One City,
Mr. Jung Yeong Cheon.
Although their sex, age,
and residence are different, what they have in common is...
that in order to mourn for a loved one and to make a living,
they both frequented...
the former Sarang Resort,
which is now Area Six of Smart One City.
(Hospital Records for Park Jeong Rae and Jung Yeong Cheon)
According to the test results,
a class one carcinogen, arsenic, was found in both of their bodies,
and the doctors diagnosed that their symptoms...
were due to the accumulation of arsenic.
There aren't enough samples to compare!
That's a good point.
You just emphasized...
why the environmental effect report for Area Six of Smart One City...
should be revealed immediately.
I did?
(Chairman)
Please sign the petition to reveal...
the environmental effect report!
- Please sign it. - Please sign here.
Thank you.
Please protect the safety of our children!
Please sign the petition.
Please sign the petition for us.
Can you please sign?
(A suspicious environmental report...)
(and Mawon-gu Office's frustrating work)
What did I tell you?
We need to get rid of Mr. Heo.
Dong Chan, how could you raise your hand and say that?
I didn't raise my hand.
Sir, I really swear I just wanted to help you...
and pointed out a fact.
Goo, that brat!
We pushed her into a corner.
When we could've coaxed her peacefully.
We need to turn people's attention to something else.
You may leave.
There will be a recording file...
dated February 20 this year.
(Petition to Release Environmental Effect Report)
Woo Young, you need to find another job.
I should, you bet I should.
You say you don't want to get noticed,
but once you're outside, you work harder than anyone.
She was always like that.
Does it suit her?
What suits me is a salary.
Shall I leave a sweet comment for the ladies in the mommy's group?
We're done at last.
What's this?
What's what?
Well, Bong Chu San is...
Why would his name come up in the mommy's group?
Let me see.
I don't know.
No way.
(Bong Chu San Involved in Colleague's Hit-and-run)
(He witnessed but ignored the accident)
(Bong Chu San Involved in Colleague's Hit-and-run)
What are you saying, Mr. Bong?
I'm asking if Chairman Cho...
helped you in any way during the regional election!
Why would he help with my campaign?
We're in different parties,
and we have different beliefs, values, and everything!
I honestly never ate with him in private,
or even spoke to him on the phone.
In public, you disagreed to renaming the areas around Smart One City,
but in secret, you had...
the village leaders get the residents to sign petitions.
That's a conspiracy...
someone spread to cause a rift between us!
What about the money...
you made companies pay you to cover up complaints?
What about the bribes you took to manage public facilities?
Who said I took the money?
Was it Yoon Hee Su?
Don't blame the innocent!
I'm really disappointed.
Regardless of who said what,
you should believe me.
Tomorrow,
we'll find out when I sue you.
We'll discuss your future when the result is out.
Mr. Bong!
(Cho Maeng Duk)
Bong Chu San knows everything, and he confronted me.
He knows all about what we did.
What did we do?
You and Mr. Bong's problem is for you to sort out.
Unbelievable.
You can't back out now, and not like this.
Darn it.
You be careful.
The kickbacks I got from the companies.
The bribes I took to manage public facilities.
What about them?
What if I say that...
I split the money with you, Bong Chu San?
You pretended to be touched after my three-hour speech.
Acknowledge the hard work I put in for three years!
At your old age, you should be a better judge of character.
Who are you blaming?
You're a failure.
That's why your politics are always a failure.
Darn you.
Are you crazy?
Did you hear what I just said?
It's not just Bong Chu San.
It applies to you too, Cho Maeng Duk.
(Cho Maeng Duk)
(Bong Chu San Resigns After Hit-and-run Scandal)
(Vice-chairman Yoon Hee Su)
Did Mr. Bong have to resign?
If he did wrong, he should pay the price.
I didn't think he'd be like that.
You wouldn't think so.
But focus on the facts alone.
(A cactus withstands a desert's hot days...)
(as well as its cold nights.)
Don't worry too much.
It's not that people are following hardcore articles.
It's just that we lost their trust and don't care at all.
(Smart One City)
I'm not worrying. I just can't give up.
I know.
I'll complain until it's fixed.
I'll keep trying.
(Mawon-gu District Assembly)
Ms. Goo Se Ra and Ms. Yoon Hee Su are absent?
Take a seat.
Everyone is here, then. Let's proceed.
On today's agenda is...
(Goo Se Ra)
Ja Ryong. Cheers. Cheers.
Yes.
Two seasons have passed.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
I became Queen of Green Vegetable Juice Sales twice.
(Queen of Sales Goo Se Ra!)
(Cho Maeng Duk)
And again, it is spring.
(Fair and Just, Cho Maeng Duk)
I want you to enter this election...
and become Chief of Mawon-gu Office.
Ms. Goo.
That puts me up against three-time representative Cho Maeng Duk.
To others,
I'm just a politician wannabe...
who failed twice already.
Opportunities don't come easily.
Don't wait for someone to give you an opportunity.
Let's make our own.
Life...
is about three attempts.
Mr. Bong.
Why did you give me a chance?
The revised ordinance...
and the supplementary budget.
I failed you on both.
If you didn't have...
the will to work,
what I said wouldn't have meant anything.
Later on,
even if you feel that everything I said was fake,
I hope that you remember this.
If you have just one person on your side,
you can keep your beliefs alive.
I wish that...
you become someone who keeps someone else's beliefs alive.
Okay.
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