Hometown Flex (Seoul Bumpkin / Seoul Chonnom / 서울 촌놈)

You came first.

I'm already tired.

Hello!

You got me a very pretty local buddy.

Hello. - Hello.

How have you been? - I've been well.

You seem very busy these days,

with the new house and all.

My home is here.

You moved to Seoul just for a short period of time?

No, the house in Seoul is...

where I'm staying when I have a schedule in Seoul.

My home is here.

I think of this every time I see Se Ri on TV,

but Se Ri is so feminine.

She has a garden,

and her home is beautiful.

I just love to keep my space clean.

And I just got into flowers and plants,

and it's so difficult. - Right?

I hear that I'm supposed to give a lot of attention to them,

I'm sorry. - so...

Sorry I'm late. - Hello.

Hello. - Hello. Sorry.

Shouldn't the man be waiting first?

I just had to drop by my home in Daejeon.

I also live in Daejeon.

Really? You live here? - Yes.

Your hometown is Daejeon? - Yes, it is.

I thought you were from Gongju.

No, I'm from Daejeon. - Is that right?

I see.

I went to high school in Gongju,

but my hometown is Daejeon. - I see.

I'm the pride of Daejeon. - I'm sorry.

You're talking nonsense. - I'm sorry.

Eun Jung, you're also from Daejeon, right?

I'm Da Gam.

Right, you changed your name.

Dae Gam,

you're also from Daejeon, right?

Yes, I was born in Daejeon.

I've heard of her when I went to an acting school.

Didn't you attend an acting school?

Yes, I went for a short time.

I knew you back then. - How did you know?

Because you're so beautiful.

You must be into pretty women.

You took the train, right?

How did you know? Were you my stalker?

No, I wasn't a stalker. - He followed you around.

But I've seen you pass by.

That's what it was. - You've seen me?

Yes, I have.

This is such a famous landmark, Daejeon EXPO's tower.

EXPO. - You know...

how Daejeon EXPO took place in 1993?

Was it 1993? - Yes, and I came here.

As a baby? - Yes.

You remember the mascot, right? The yellow mascot.

It's shaped like this tower. - You're right.

I see them over there.

Seems like you've all become friends.

Hello. - Hello.

Hello!

It's been a long while!

Nice to meet you.

It's been so long. - Hello.

We're finally in a shot together after a whole year and a half.

This is a historic moment.

Should we stay further away from each other?

Sure. - It's too soon.

Why don't I stand in between for a little?

Just for a little while. - Sounds good.

Anyway, welcome to the fourth city, Daejeon.

Thank you.

We can't skip Daejeon. - Welcome.

You have to pass through Daejeon...

to get across the country. - That's right.

It's Korea's heart of transportation.

And when I was a child,

the opening of this tower was such a big deal...

that I came here as well. - To Daejeon EXPO?

Yes. - Me too, when I was a teenager.

Do you remember...

what you saw when you came as a little kid?

Me? - Yes.

I came here from Seoul.

There was just this,

and this whole area surrounding the tower was just empty.

No, there was the Dream Land here.

I went on rides here. - That's right.

Are you sure this is the place you came to?

You must've gone elsewhere. - He's lying.

Really?

Isn't the floor made of glass at the top of the tower?

Right? You can see the bottom through the floor.

I've never been up the tower. - Nobody goes up the tower.

Nobody does that.

When Seoul hillbillies come,

it's a must for them to get to the top of the tower.

Like getting up the 63 Building? - Indeed.

It's like how Seoul locals don't get up to the Seoul N Tower,

but visitors from other cities do.

Who goes to the amusement park? You have to go up the tower.

Us locals didn't go up the tower.

We went to the amusement park instead.

Where is that? - There were so many rides.

It's gone now. - It is?

It got demolished.

You're not...

very familiar with each other, right?

Is there anything you'd like to ask of others first?

Because I know that Se Ri is very strict about being punctual.

Yes, punctuality. - She hates people being late.

Coach Park was...

standing over there, looking like a real coach.

I never run,

but just seeing her made me run.

That's why you looked so apologetic.

I was apologizing very politely,

but I'm older than her. - Really?

Really? - I'm a year older.

I was born in 1975. - I was born in 1977.

We should decide how to address each other.

You can't talk to me about that.

You should talk to her.

Look at her eyes. - Why are you talking to me?

I need a middleman here.

What do we have to decide?

I'd like her to talk to me with some respect.

Whom are you talking to now?

With some respect? - Respect.

Do you want them to add some captions?

He could just say they are hometown friends,

but he can't.

It's not like I should call her Ms. Park though.

That's not going to happen.

Not at all? - It never happens.

They can't be close friends.

I'll just call you Joon Ho.

And I'll call him Tae Hyun.

There's no way we can be best friends.

She's drawing a line here. - She sounds firm.

All right then. - What do I do then?

What should I call you?

Aren't you going to say he's your friend?

Isn't he your hometown friend?

We're in our hometown. Can't you be more friendly?

Should I call you Mr. Kim since you're my senior?

It's not like I'm your senior. I'm a comedian.

You're my senior in show business.

In show business? - Yes.

People from Chungcheong Province...

don't become intimate immediately.

That's not easy.

That's true. - It takes some time.

We should wait a while. - Exactly.

People from Daejeon are difficult to become friends with.

And I think you're the most difficult one.

The top-tier Daejeon citizen. - That's not true.

And people from Daejeon don't easily open...

their minds.

They rather wait and see for a long time.

So it takes them some time to become intimate.

When people from Gyeongsang Province meet someone at work...

"Are you from Busan?"

"We have to eat together sometime." They are like this.

But when people from Chungcheong Province...

meet someone... - Do they approach?

No. They just look the other way.

That's funny.

Then they talk about their hometown later on.

Later on? When they go home? - Yes.

Yes, when they go home. "Let's eat together sometime."

Exactly.

They are thoughtful, but they just don't show it.

I see. - That's what we do.

I told someone from Daejeon I know...