Undercover Miss Hong (언더커버 미쓰홍)

UNDERCOVER MISS HONG

PRESIDENT KANG NORA'S NEW YEAR PRESS CONFERENCE

Hello, I'm Kang Nora, the president of Hanmin Investment & Securities.

Before I became president,

I joined Hanmin on September 1, 1997, as an entry-level employee,

under my childhood name of Kang Eun-joo.

Chairman Kang Pil-beom wished for me to start at the bottom

and learn alongside ordinary people.

Well done, sir.

That's also when I left home

and moved into the Seoul City Dormitory for Single Female Workers

to live with roommates for three months.

That was when I learned family is about sharing meals, laughing together,

and even arguing at times.

I consider every Hanmin employee a member of my family.

Mom, I need to talk to Ms. Hong briefly before we go.

Okay.

Bom, go see what Grandma is up to.

Okay.

I want to help too.

I can do it too.

You once told us

that we have no idea how distrustful and terrifying your father can be.

We need someone who can stay by his side

and deceive him until the very end.

Do you think you can do that?

Hello?

Your outfit for the press conference

is in the women's locker room.

KANG EUN-JOO

This is my favorite hairpin.

This is a secret, but wearing it gives you strength.

For the sake of Hanmin

and for the sake of the Hanmin family,

I will exercise my shareholder rights in support of Yeouido Pirates.

What's this now?

Ms. Song!

And I know nothing

about the Swiss borrowed-name account in my name.

Please reveal the truth, National Tax Service!

Get her!

Why that little…

Why, you brat!

Get her!

Damn it.

Get her!

HANMIN INVESTMENT & SECURITIES

WE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM

So

Kang Nora just double-crossed the chairman, right?

Her own dad?

But what was that about a Swiss bank account?

I hear there's 100 billion won in that Swiss slush fund account.

- One hundred billion won? - Seriously?

One hundred billion won?

He had all that money…

Yet laid off workers, saying the company was struggling?

Damn it.

I can't talk for long.

It's all over the news right now.

Hey,

if it's all gone to hell,

let's take what's ours while we can.

Hanmin's new year press conference today

was anticipated to celebrate the official transfer of power

from Chairman Kang Pil-beom to his only daughter, President Kang Nora.

However, at the press conference,

President Kang delivered an unexpected announcement

that left the room in shock.

I will exercise my shareholder rights in support of Yeouido Pirates.

President Kang announced that she would entrust her stake

to Yeouido Pirates, the second-largest shareholder

which had demanded the removal of Chairman Kang…

Sir.

I think it'd be best for you to go overseas for a while.

I'm looking for the earliest flight out of the country.

I will gladly escort you.

No, no.

I'll need someone

to stick around to deal with the press and the police investigation.

Who else can I trust?

The only people who know about the slush funds

are you and me.

You should stay in Seoul and take care of things for now.

Afterward, we'll reconvene in Switzerland.

I have to clear out that Swiss account first.

So before the police raid us,

go to the office

and get rid of anything that could be incriminating.

I have always…

Given it my all for you and the company, sir.

This time as well,

I will follow your lead without asking any questions.

Good.

I left my stuffed animals at my office.

Should I ask the smug trio to mail them to me?

As if they'd ever do that for you.

Come on, but I put on such a passionate performance.

Auntie, we all did it together.

The police weren't charging her with anything related to Hanmin.

Ms. Go was suspected of embezzlement and theft by her former employers

before she even joined Hanmin.

So are you saying it's my fault?

You say whatever you want and order everyone around.

Why can't I?

Auntie, what's wrong with you?

I'm not like Albert.

I don't want to be arrested like Queen Bee.

Ju-ran.

It appears the soft-hearted Nora

has turned on Yeouido Pirates.

We had great teamwork.

Chairman Kang and Ms. Song let their guard down as a result.

But they won't just stand by and watch.

Someone keeps calling me, and I'm pretty sure it's Ms. Song.

Boy, she's scary.

Where's President Kang?

She hasn't come to work, has she?

She's not picking up either?

Ma'am, the NTS has requested cooperation in a tax evasion investigation.

Prosecutors have also issued a summons in the slush fund probe.

Don't respond to them until there's a directive.

Ma'am.

The police just requested a witness interview.

The police?

They said the murder investigation of Kim I-gyeong from the Songwi Branch

has been reopened.

CHAIRMAN KANG PIL-BEOM

DOMESTIC POLITICIANS' SLUSH FUND LEDGER

DOMESTIC POLITICIANS' SLUSH FUND LEDGER

Hey, if it's all gone to hell,

let's take what's ours while we can.

It's Song Ju-ran.

This is an urgent directive from the chairman.

How much cash

do you have on hand?

Ma'am.

I've reserved two tickets for a flight that leaves tonight.

They're under the chairman's name and yours.

You can cancel one.

The chairman won't be leaving.

Where are you off to?

To run an errand for the chairman.

What are you doing here?

I came to help you,

just like how you protect the chairman.

Let's go. I'll give you a ride.

It's fine.

You should lie low for a while.

I'll be in touch.

I said I'll give you a ride.

It was just as you said.

How do you know the chairman?

Ms. Song.

All this time,

I'm sure you thought

you were running the whole show

as you relayed orders between him and me.

But I…

Don't even trust my own flesh and blood.

So how could I have

trusted you alone…

And vested you with full authority?

I've devoted

every fiber of my being

to working for you and Hanmin.

It has been

thirty whole years.

Even when he enticed me to steal the slush fund together,

I stayed by your side, sir.

You must believe me.

After stealing the company's reserve fund,

she planned to leave the country alone tonight.

How dare you!

Ms. Song Ju-ran.

Thank you…

For all your hard work over the years.

Sir.

Chairman.

Sir!

Chairman!

The prosecution has resumed its investigation

into Hanmin's Chairman Kang Pil-beom.

The prosecution initially identified Chief of Staff Song Ju-ran

as a key figure in the slush fund allegations,

but the investigation has stalled, with her whereabouts still unknown.

Ms. Song was often referred to as Chairman Kang's shadow

and reportedly oversaw his secret accounts at home and abroad.

SEOUL SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT

MARCH, 1998: FIRST TRIAL FOR KANG'S SLUSH FUND EMBEZZLEMENT CASE

Any lucky signs in your dream last night?

I couldn't sleep a wink.

It took way too long to get here.

Gosh.

Right,

so if you really wanted to go after Hanmin,

you should've called me in after securing concrete evidence.

What's with him?

We're lucky he was assigned this case.

Not only was he jumped that night, but he was also banished to Tongyeong.