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(Yoo Ji Tae)
(Lee Bo Young)
(Park Jin Young, Jeon So Nee)
(When My Love Blooms)
What is it that you want to say?
If you really believe that...
you shouldn’t turn a blind eye to a loved one’s wrongdoings,
please stop Jae Hyun.
You're the only one who can stop him.
(Petition for Uncontested Divorce)
(Han Jae Hyun, Jang Seo Kyung)
If you can stop Jae Hyun,
I will leave him...
for good.
I'm sorry,
but I won't stop him.
Fine, then.
Continue living as a mistress and adulteress...
for the rest of your life.
Tell me. Why does the justice you people seek...
hurt my dad and me?
If you're rich,
is it okay to have what's yours taken from you?
He won't take anything from you.
If Jae Hyun is back to who he really is,
he won't take anything from anyone else.
I must seem silly to you...
since I offered...
to give up love and everything just to save my money.
I would've done the same.
If I could...
save my dad, mom, and sister...
I would've done anything I could...
for my family too.
Exactly.
I plan to do anything I can for as long as I can.
I need your support.
First,
you must wonder what right I have to say this.
"Top Three Handsome Middle-Aged Sons-in-law..."
Owner's family, shares in borrowed names, Scissorhands,
and recently, even gossip about my personal life.
I know many people condemn me.
I believe...
all of that is my burden to bear alone.
However, what I'd like to tell you today...
is about my place of work and yours,
Hyungsung.
As you all know,
Hyungsung Holdings is holding a shareholders' meeting next week.
That day,
I need your support...
to create a new Hyungsung.
Hey, you!
Once you know how many people...
were fired by Hyungsung without cause and are protesting...
- before saying... - There are 547 people.
137 from Hyungsung Mart.
292 from Hyungsung Steel.
35 from Hyungsung Logistics.
83 from Hyungsung Steelmaking.
The phone is turned off.
Please call Mr. Hwang and Mr. Lee.
Yes, ma'am.
The phone is turned off. Please leave a message...
Our attorney, Mr. Kim too.
Yes, ma'am.
- This is Jang Seo Kyung. - Yes, ma'am.
How's Dad?
The hearing on the legality of his detainment that we requested...
will be held tomorrow.
How does it look?
It doesn't look good.
In the new Hyungsung,
ownership and management will be completely separated.
At the shareholders' meeting, I plan to propose...
the dismissal of Chairman Jang San and CEO Jang Seo Kyung.
And I...
will resign...
during the shareholders' meeting.
All of Hyungsung's subsidiaries...
will be managed by the board or a management specialist.
They will be audited regularly by an independent...
compliance committee.
I will institute...
all of this permanently at the shareholders' meeting.
In order to bring about...
that new start, I need your 8.97 percent...
to support me.
(Final Episode)
How do you know how to play that?
I've been watching you for three years.
Was that lady earlier Joon Seo's mom?
Yes.
Is something wrong?
Joon Seo's grandfather is being investigated.
That's why.
Young Min.
Can I get a hug?
I'm depleted.
What do you mean?
The battery of love. Charge it for me.
Mom, that is super corny.
It wasn't that bad.
(Vice President Han Jae Hyun)
Mr. Han.
What is going on?
You're forfeiting management rights?
Let's sit down and talk.
The articles are wrong, aren't they?
No. What you read is true.
How could you do that without discussing it with us?
I know that you two are against the idea of the new Hyungsung.
Because we didn't invest our money...
to effectuate compliance or economic justice.
The two of you also have a choice.
You can either help me...
build the new Hyungsung as investors,
or sell your Hyungsung shares...
that you've been buying while the price was high.
Why are you being like this all of a sudden?
We went through so much,
and our efforts will finally pay off.
I used to think the same as you do.
I wanted to climb up to Chairman Jang's position...
to enjoy the power and comfort that position could give.
However, someone asked me...
if my getting that position...
would be just.
("Vice President Han Announces He Will Forfeit Management Rights")
(Sun Hee)
Everyone's flipping out over Mr. Han's announcement.
Especially since he made that announcement...
right when Chairman Jang was charged,
people say it must've been a part of his plan.
People are wondering how the man...
who used to be called the heartless Scissorhands,
and Jang San's loyal hunting dog,
turned over a new leaf overnight.
But I think I know the answer.
What's the answer?
The answer is Yoon Ji Su.
I don't know what happened between you and him,
but the Ji Su I know...
is more than capable of having such an effect.
- Sun Hee. - Yes?
Do you want another cup of coffee?
Or chicken and beer?
Hey, the man with broad shoulders.
Are you looking for something?
I'm sorry. I'm waiting for someone.
Are you waiting for my daughter?
No, not your daughter.
I think I'm right. You're the one who came with my dear Ji Su.
"My dear Ji Su"?
Why don't we sit down and talk? My neck hurts.
Sure.
Well...
How do you know my dear Ji Su?
I call her "my dear Ji Su", and she calls me "my dear Jae Hyun".
Then you two must be really close.
Jae Hyun.
Hi.
Ji Su.
She's really nice.
I asked her to be my mom, but she refused.
She called you her daughter.
- Really? - Yes.
She's such a typical Gyeongsang granny.
Do you know why I was waiting here?
I know what happened earlier this afternoon.
This place is where it began.
You said, "There are still people there."
Aren't you going to compliment me?
Come here.
Okay.
Good job. Someone told me this was a compliment.
- Step aside, please. - Make way.
- Step aside. - Did you hear...
about Mr. Han's announcement?
How do you expect the hearing to go?
Do you admit to tax evasion and embezzlement?
- Say a few words please. - A statement please.
- A word please! - Is it true?
- A statement please.
The court determined...
that the detention of Hyungsung's Chairman Jang...
was indeed legal and proper,
which he had challenged within a day of being charged.
- The court said... - Is he Joon Seo's grandpa?
that due to the risk of destruction of evidence and escape,
- and the severity of his crimes, - Yes.
the court decided that detention...
- is required. - It must be hard for Joon Seo.
Last night, Chairman Jang was...
locked up at Seoul Detention Center.
The court also determined...
that the detention of Hwang Hak Soo...
and Lee Myung Geun were also legal and proper.
(Hyungsung Holdings' Extraordinary General Meeting)
Ms. Jang.
Speak.
The result of the meeting is out.
The proposal to dismiss you and the chairman...
was approved.
And Mr. Han resigned.
The employee shareholders and minority shareholders...
voted with Mr. Han.
(Courthouse)
Through the trial until now,
it has been confirmed that Jang San, Hwang Hak Soo,
and Lee Myung Geun's claims are...
clearly contrary to the evidence.
(Defendant)
As if showing the old history...
of corrupt relationships between politics and business...
and corruption of conglomerates,
The defendants have been...
repeatedly committing organized crimes...
that are outright against the nation's judicial order...
for several decades...
to benefit the owner's family...
and ensure they retain management rights.
The number of other crimes that we couldn't indict them for...
because the statute of limitations had expired...
is as high as 42.
Those crimes include...
the crimes against labor rights and human rights...
that made two employees end their own lives...
by framing them for being a corrupt informant...
who broke up the union and taking bribes.
Nevertheless,
the defendants denied all of their crimes...
and made excuses throughout the trial.
They even made false statements...
and denounced this trial,
which hurt the public who had been closely following...
the investigation...
and this trial once again.
Your Honor,
please let this case...
be used to set right the principles of law and justice...
and a model of supporting the hard work of honest people in business...
by making a fair evaluation of the crimes...
committed by the defendants...
and giving them heavy punishment that they deserve.
We should have a drink on a day like this.
For completely different reasons.
Other than the fact that you won't run the company anymore,
nothing will change for you.
The largest shareholders are still you and Chairman Jang.
All my shares...
will belong to the non-profit foundation I will found.
Its articles of association will prohibit the foundation...
from challenging your ownership.
If Hyungsung becomes a wholesome company,
it can be much better than it is now.
I'm not giving you this because I'm touched by your words.
(Petition for Uncontested Divorce)
(Han Jae Hyun, Jang Seo Kyung)
Before you met the employees,
I met Ji Su.
I still don't know you,
but she...
had confidence in you.
Also,
while watching my dad's first trial earlier today,
a lot of thoughts crossed my mind.
I thought about you and your father too.
Of course, I'll raise Joon Seo.
He said he wanted that too.
I'll keep talking to him too.
By the way,
let me ask you one last thing.
Why did you marry me?
Because I threatened to kill myself?
Or because you felt sorry for me?
It wasn't completely because I felt sorry for you.
I had lost my love and conviction.
So I lived like a man who didn't deserve to be happy...
as if I had thrown myself into a fiery pit.
But you gave me comfort.
You made me laugh at least for a moment.
So I thought...
I could fall in love with you through effort.
I was the same.
I thought that I could...
make you mine just like other men with a little effort.
Then again,
I decided to marry you...
because you were different from those men.
I hope you will be happy.
Don't worry.
Of course, I will be.
Mr. Lee Se Hoon.
You're free to go.
I'm sorry for causing you trouble by asking you to come.
Pardon me?
The suspect...
I mean, Kwon Pil Oh, withdrew his statement.
What do you mean by that?
He said that he committed the crime...
because of your advice,
and you were the one who told him...
where Han Jae Hyun was at the time of the crime.
But he changed his statement...
saying he did it alone.
Because we couldn't find any evidence,
the statement of the person involved in the case matters most.
You know that, don't you?
Will you say something...
regarding this case that differs from his statement?
But of course, we won't close the case...
relying solely on the suspect's statement.
We received a tip about you...
and figured out what had transpired.
Nevertheless,
we've decided to close the case.
And here's the biggest reason for that.
The victim, Han Jae Hyun,
submitted a petition requesting leniency for Kwon Pil Oh.
Never during my career as a detective...
have I seen a victim write such a long petition...
requesting leniency for his assailant.
That's not all. He told us...
you weren't involved in this case several times...
although we didn't even ask.
We can tell what really happened...
based on what we've seen and heard.
But we decided to respect their decisions.
As you must know, the law isn't blind.
Let's end this here.
Sorry for making you come in today.
I couldn't forgive you.
If Jae Hyun had lost his life that day,
that would've meant you took...
the lives of two people, Jae Hyun and Mr. Kwon.
You also would have scarred Young Min for life.
"Should I just forget about it since Jae Hyun lived?"
"Should I just keep everyone else in the world from knowing?"
"Should I just turn a blind eye?"
I agonized greatly over it.
But I couldn't do that.
Because you're Young Min's father.
And Young Min would keep seeing you.
Thinking that you would keep seeing Young Min...
without paying for what you had done...
and without feeling regret or remorse...
I was afraid.
I know how you got out today.
I know that Jae Hyun claimed you were innocent.
There's only one thing I want.
Since nothing can change the fact that you're Young Min's father,
I want you to change.
I believe you can change.
When you said I looked like I was standing on the edge of a cliff,
and that you only wanted to keep me from falling off...
You were a good person when you said that.
If you go back to how you were back then,
I'll consider forgiving you.
Young Min.
You were coming over today.
Yes.
Is something wrong?
I'm sorry, Young Min,
for being such a loser.
You didn't mean it when you said...
you wanted to live with me, right?
To be honest, I lost my confidence.
Why?
Do you know...
that you're becoming more and more like your mom?
I don't think I can handle...
more than one person like your mom in my life.
Did you not like that?
I liked it.
So much that I couldn't give it up.
Then why did you and Mom break up?
Because I was insecure.
I wanted to confirm whether or not...
she liked me.
So I did a lot of nasty and bad things.
Stay with Mom, Young Min.
You need to be with her so that she can smile.
Will you keep seeing me too?
I'll become a dad that you're not ashamed of.
Okay.
(Joon Seo, I'll wait until you come out.)
Joon Seo, I'll wait until you come out.
The person you have reached is not available.
Is it boring?
Yes.
Should we have gone somewhere else?
Should we wrap up here and go camping?
It's fine.
Joon Seo.
You hate me, don't you?
Yes.
I like your honesty.
But...
I understand too.
I know it was hard for you.
Grandpa was always getting mad at you,
and you didn't get along with Mom either.
Joon Seo.
Wherever you are, I am your dad,
and I'll always be on your side.
I hope you'll take good care of Mom,
and tell me about all the good...
and bad things.
Because I'll visit you every week.
But you can't do bad things, okay?
I said I'll be on your side unconditionally,
so if you do bad things, I'll have to...
go to jail again.
Let's go fishing like this,
go camping, play basketball...
No more fishing.
Is it that lame?
I love you, Joon Seo.
Me too.
Young Woo's bar?
Yes.
Why?
Dong Jin got a bonus and wants to treat everyone.
Okay, I'll be there.
Okay. See you later.
Hey.
(June 1994)
What's a good birthday present?
My birthday isn't coming up.
Not you.
Ji Su?
Take her to a buffet.
But buffets are expensive.
You don't have a dollar and fifty cents?
There's a buffet for that cheap?
The school cafeteria.
Or if you want to take her to eat something western...
and more luxurious,
go to the Language Arts cafeteria for tonkatsu.
You punk.
I don't know either! I have no experience.
My bad. I'm sorry.
So? When is her birthday?
The 29th.
That's coming up.
Yes.
You don't have any money. Just use your words.
Or sing her a song.
Hey. I'll teach you a song.
That again?
- Your silence - Shut it.
- When the stormy ocean - When the stormy ocean
- Becomes serene - Becomes serene
- Will my love come to me - Get the beat right.
From across the sea
Is C the only chord you know?
- Forget it. - Practice a little.
Forget it.
Enjoy.
Eat while it's hot.
You don't have money for a place like this.
I like the school cafeteria.
I have a lot of money.
If you don't eat, I'll finish it all.
Does it taste good?
It's super yummy.
This must be why people like their birthdays so much.
Eat more.
Don't cry. It's really nothing much.
I'll give you something much nicer later on.
No...
I don't need a present.
You're a present already. Why are you giving me another one?
Take it.
Thank you.
I really never imagined this.
I don't know if I can accept this.
If I have to give you gifts according to your worth,
I'll need tens of millions of dollars.
("When Does the Rolling Stone Awake?")
("The Faraway Home You Go To Alone")
(Blessing, Never Leave Me, Etude of Memories)
(Calling Card, Being Forgotten)
(Unrequited Love, The First Day)
When did you have time to record these?
You said you liked it when I listened to music.
More than I can express.
May I listen to it now?
Now?
Then let me run to the bathroom.
You can listen to it.
Today, all of us
Gather here together
And bless
Your future
Today, all of us
Gather here together
And bless Ji Su's birthday
3, 4.
Yes!
What is all this?
Happy birthday, Ji Su.
Thank you.
- Happy birthday. - Happy birthday, Ji Su.
Happy birthday, Yoon Ji Su.
Happy birthday to you.
What is this? Why didn't you tell me?
Blow out the candles.
Here I go.
A wish. I forgot to make a wish.
I'll make it now.
Ji Su!
- Hey! How could you do that? - Nice!
- Are you okay? - He's so mean.
Take that.
- Get in. - Okay.
- You look so pretty. - I'm prettier.
Hurry.
1, 2, 3.
Where's the owner?
Today, all of us
Gather here together
And bless
Ji Su's birthday
Happy birthday, Ji Su.
Happy birthday, sweetie.
Happy birthday, Yoon Ji Su.
I haven't said that since 1994.
Happy birthday, Yoon Ji Su.
Should we sing you another song?
Come here.
Make a wish and blow out the candles.
I can't.
I don't have a birthday.
Ji Su.
Since they passed away on your birthday,
you'll remember them more...
and you will never forget them.
So your mom and Ji Young...
may be more grateful for that.
The candles are melting. Blow them out.
You have to eat a lot of the cake.
You have a lot to make up for.
Get 20 years' worth of birthday presents from Jae Hyun too.
If you don't hurry,
it'll make things tough for me again because of Mr. Han.
Why are you blaming me?
Come on.
Happy birthday.
How did you get that picture?
I asked Young Min for help.
It was all in films in the past.
I asked him to look for it.
What if my dad had thrown them away?
I would've created one.
Ji Su.
You can't cut off a finger...
just because it hurts.
You have to tend to it more often and more carefully.
If I look at it every day,
would I be able to see Mom and Ji Young again?
I'm sure you will.
I guess you'll be sleeping in every day.
We're going to the department store to get my watch fixed.
Should I pick up their strawberry cake?
As you please.
Hurry up. Dad will get mad again.
Okay.
Look at that brat leaving without even looking at us.
I'm going to forget what you look like.
Mom.
Ji Young.
Mom!
Ji Young!
Mom! Please look at me!
Ji Young!
Please look at me!
I'm begging you.
(Jae Hyun and Ji Su will love each other for a million years)
(Our love will bloom for a million years)
When did you write this?
When I came last time.
I want to write something too. Give me a pen.
Sure.
It was lacking something.
Was it?
There are still so many stars.
They didn't go anywhere...
and stayed put. How nice of them.
They sparkle and are unreasonably cute...
just like my Ji Su.
It was hard staying put, wasn't it?
It couldn't have been easy.
Well, my legs did cramp up a bit.
Do you remember what I said here?
Every single word. And the order too.
What did I say?
"Because I'm sorry."
"Because I love you."
Not that.
That was the highlight.
That you were precious.
Now,
you're not just precious.
You're mine.
Bring back the patriotic martyrs of democracy!
- Bring them back to life! - Bring them back to life!
Bring back the patriotic martyrs of democracy!
- Bring them back to life! - Bring them back to life!
Bring back the patriotic martyrs of democracy!
- Bring them back to life! - Bring them back to life!
Bring back the patriotic martyrs of democracy!
Will this really work?
Bring back the patriotic martyrs of democracy!
- Bring them back to life! - Bring them back to life!
Bring back...
He went that way.
Are you okay?
Sorry. I just wanted to help.
It's the tear gas.
They went that way, so you should go this way.
(Yoon Ji Su)
Take this.
They say it helps with tear gas if you put it under your eyes.
But...
You laughed.
So that baby-faced college student that I could tell was cute...
just from his eyes was you.
I went to that alley now and then after that day,
but I could never find you, Yoon Ji Su.
Why didn't you tell me before?
Because I was embarrassed.
There was a rally every day since the day I started school,
and I was scared every day.
That was the first street fight, so I was particularly scared.
Were you crying because you were scared?
No. My eyes burned.
So you liked me first, then.
I did not.
Whatever.
You were so random and funny, that I was intrigued.
It's not like I liked you.
Whatever. I was so pretty back then.
Yes, you were.
How was I back then?
Your freshman year or mine?
Both.
That freshman whose eyes were all I could see...
I felt bad for him, but he was super cute.
When I was a freshman,
you acted all tough in front of me, so that was cute too.
I had forgotten that my Ji Su's ID was Noire.
(Our love and everyone's love will bloom for a million years)
(Twinkle Twinkle Piano House)
(Award)
I'll be back later, Ms. Kim.
Okay. I'll see you later, Ms. Yoon.
Okay.
Next Monday, we have to check the gardens...
the Gyerim Grade School kids made for their after school program.
And from Tuesday to Thursday,
there's the middle-school English speech competition in Chungbuk.
And on Friday, we're back in Seoul and... Hold on.
Dongsun-dong Community Center.
You have the fifth class of the Exciting Coding program.
I wanted to talk to you about that, actually.
In order to make coding more fun to learn,
it would be nice to have a wooden robot...
that is moved by the codes that the kids write.
Yes. If there is something like that as you suggest, Love Letter,
we can show them immediately what they can do through coding.
It's very easy to explain as well.
Candy, I always like your enthusiasm.
Which gets me thinking...
I sense dark clouds approaching.
Why don't you be that wooden robot, Running Man?
What? Mr. Han... I mean, Love Letter.
We have Candy, Anne of Green Gables, and John Snow.
Why must I be the robot?
I'm old. I'm not as nimble anymore.
You're not old.
Thanks.
Yes, sir. I understand.
The coding behind Love Letter saying, "Thanks,"
makes my body respond automatically.
People get the wrong idea when you say...
"music therapy".
Some say it's a treatment...
that helps heal autism...
if you play certain pieces by Mozart.
But you all know that is not the case, right?
You're really impressive.
- What do you mean? - You got your bachelor's...
and got into grad school in that short amount of time.
I really wanted to come here, so I worked my butt off.
You're impressive for another reason.
- What else? - You're super popular.
Everyone says you're the top-three most beautiful in the entire school.
They have no clue about your age.
Who are the other two? I'd like to see them.
Should I tell them to meet you quietly behind the main building?
Will you?
We are thoroughly prepared,
so they won't be able to refute anything.
The distribution of assets was flawless,
so we emptied him out and...
Will you please stop talking?
Yes, ma'am. I'm sorry.
- Have a nice day. - Have a nice day.
Don't forfeit child support.
Whether or not he has money,
whether the money is clean or dirty,
it's the right of the person with custody.
Thank you. I don't know how to thank you.
You represented me pro bono in my divorce proceedings.
I've done too much wrong to receive your thanks.
That's Lee Se Hoon.
He left the prestigious law firm...
and takes on divorce cases pro bono.
What is this strange feeling?
I feel like I've lost for some reason.
How have you been? I've been well too.
I'm out for a walk with Mondo and Kao along the Han River.
You are? They are adorable.
I want to meet them.
I'll raise my babies just fine,
so don't mind them. You're so busy already.
Okay.
Oh no!
I'm so sorry. Oh no.
It's okay.
It's not okay. Let me reimburse you.
No one can see if I carry them, so it's fine.
Let's go.
I'll carry one of them.
They look heavy.
It's fine.
The stain is only on one side.
I said it's fine.
It doesn't look fine.
They look uncomfortable.
You're making it more uncomfortable.
Then...
Where do you live?
Excuse me?
I'll drive you home.
Why?
Your hands are tied.
I have a car too.
Then...
At least give me your number.
I'm finally leaving to slather on suntan oil.
Lucky. I want to go too.
You're busy with school and the academy.
And everyone is asking you for private lessons.
Send me a lot of pictures.
Let me enjoy vicariously.
I don't know...
if I'll have time to take pictures.
Joon Seo and I came to visit since he's on vacation.
I don't feel like meeting anyone.
Yes, I'm busy, but I have a boyfriend.
Someone really good looking who adores me.
What is this?
Found you.
Yoon Ji Su.
Do you feel at peace now?
Because I met you again.
We've...
endured well, haven't we?
I told you...
the moments as pretty as the flowers will let me go on.
And I knew we'd meet again.
Thanks...
for recognizing me although I had changed.
I would've recognized you no matter how much you had changed.
Because I was always looking only at you.
I've really wanted to give you a hug.
You did well getting here, Ji Su.
You did the absolute best.
We'll never forget you...
since that was when our love bloomed...
And you were flowers.
Our love is still blooming now...
Since we're together.
But Ji Su.
I thought we'd have a sad ending, but doesn't this seem happy?
It's totally a happy ending.
They're so happy, they can't stop smiling.
On earth, where there are seven billion people,
there are seven billion loves blooming.
In other words, everyone has his or her own love blooming.
Love blooms.
There's no need to be sad that the moment...
your life becomes a flower has not yet come,
or that it has already passed.
Yesterday is connected to today,
I am connected to you, and you are connected to us.
Life is always flowing,
and flowers are always ready to bloom.
Love your comrades
(April 1993, Sinchon)
Side by side
To struggle to the end
Found you.
Yoon Ji Su.
Jae Hyun. Weren't we kind of adorable back then?
No.
We were very adorable.
(Thank you for watching "When My Love Blooms".)
(May your love bloom for a million years.)