Namib (나미브)

[Child actors were filmed safely with their guardians present and consulting with experts.]

What is it, CEO Kang?

CEO Park, did you scout Cheon Saet Byeol?

It must have cost quite a bit.

Five hundred million won?

I gave her a bit more than that.

I can't give you any more details.

By chance, this is just hypothetical.

Let's say there's a trainee like this.

A trainee goes on Star Rise and gains popularity and public attention.

He's skilled and has a good story and character.

How much would you invest in someone like that?

I'm asking how much you would pay if you bought someone like him.

You're basically saying he's a male Cheon Saet Byeol, right?

Would you spend in the billions?

It would be worth it.

You were dismissed?

Then, a loan will be difficult for you.

I need money in order to buy the factory.

And a trainee with talent is profitable.

Then...

by selling this kid, Yoo Jin Woo...

I'll talk to you again later.

- Yeah? - CEO, I found Yoo Jin Woo.

Oh? That's my school's uniform.

He's Shim Jin Woo from my class!

I found it.

But I heard something happened to him today.

As I thought, it's him. He can't hear.

He's an outcast in my class, and kids pick on him.

I hear his mom even pays for a friend to help him.

Now, shall we discuss the conditions?

Shim Jin Woo...

your son...

is being bullied in school, right?

Do I seem more appealing to you now?

CEO, buy me.

I'll protect your son.

You?

Protect him?

You will protect my son?

Don't talk about

my son carelessly.

Issue on the Scene!

We came today hearing that there was a musical prodigy.

Hello!

- What's your name? - I'm Yoo Jin Woo.

What talent does this boy have?

He can dance along to any song he sees once.

He can dance along to a song after seeing it once. Incredible talent!

Yoo Jin Woo.

What do you mean? Why are you asking me that?

Why are you asking me, then?

All this happened because I trusted you with it.

I'm trying my best right now!

Your best? This is your best? What nonsense.

Go out and earn some money.

You think I'm just loafing around?

You're just loafing around. What do you do at home?

You said you were confident.

I take Jin Woo around and do that!

Jin Woo.

Jin Woo!

Drink it.

So, you met with Kang Su Hyeon?

- Yeah. - Don't trust her too much.

She uses people and casts them away. She's terrible.

It's not like you'll work hard anyway.

People who are chosen are already decided.

You know we're not among them, right?

Yeah, I know.

At night, come here and work with me, okay?

Okay.

I'll sleep with Dad and go to school on my own.

Dad.

Dad!

Ahjussi.

Hong Jung Hwa.

The first singer I produced.

You were my youth.

What are you saying?

Please get up.

You were my youth

- and my masterpiece. - Get up!

Give me back my masterpiece.

Gosh, seriously.

If you're going to eat, eat properly.

It's my habit.

Yeah, I guess being pathetic is a habit, too.

What happened?

I heard Su Hyeon got kicked out of the company.

She got what was coming to her.

You speak as if she's a stranger.

That would have been better.

It's a problem because she's not a stranger.

What is it? What's the problem with you two?

After Jin Woo got hurt,

we decided one of us would stop working.

- I know. - I don't know why,

but I stopped working,

- and Su Hyeon stayed at the company. - I know that.

I told myself that I'd return after caring for Jin Woo for just a year,

but I kept saying, "one more year, one more year," and here I am.

In the meantime, Jin Woo became a 12th-grader

and I've become a man with a career gap.

Shim Jun Seok?

Others see me as a Mr. Mom, but I never thought of myself that way.

It was a paternity leave taken because my son got hurt.

I'm in the midst of a very, very long paternity leave.

I know. I know it, you know it, and Su Hyeon knows it, too!

No.

Kang Su Hyeon thinks nothing of all that time I endured by myself.

All because of her weird insistence on buying our son a factory.

Okay. But Su Hyeon said she'll fix everything, so-

Fix, my foot.

The only way she can fix this is to return to Pandora and restore things.

If she doesn't,

if she doesn't...

- Give me some coffee. - Shit.

Jae Hyeon.

Why did you come? It was a mess because of you, Ahjumma.

Tell me exactly what happened yesterday.

Wouldn't it be better to hear it from the teacher?

You were there and saw it.

How about you ask him directly?

In the past, they only went as far as picking a fight or bothering him.

They pretended to be careful after you came by the school.

But they saw me return the money yesterday.

As soon as they saw the money, they immediately came...

Then, what will you do now?

I want to quit being a class helper.

If you quit, who will help my son with classes?

I have to do my own studies

and I don't want to get involved with those guys.

It's severance pay.

It's a token of gratitude for helping me out up until now, so take it.

Thanks for everything.

Mom.

We really have to go now.

What about your unni?

Unni is busy. You know that.

My daughter...

My daughter... Su Hyeon is all I have.

Su Hyeon is all I have.

I must hear her voice.

Okay, Mom!

Then let's go first and call her there.

Okay.

Let's go.

Where is this place?

It's your new house, Mom.

The house with a yard?

That darn house with a yard...

Let's go, Mom.

This isn't a house with a yard.

This is a multiple-person room.

And that is a single-person room.

Please give her the best possible room.

There are treatment and service programs for the patient as well.

- Provide her with the most expensive ones. - Okay.

Mom. Don't worry.

Unni will do everything for you.

- Su Hyeon? - Yeah!

Your daughter, your eldest daughter, Kang Su Hyeon.

Su Hyeon, Su Hyeon.

My daughter.

I need to call her...

I told you you can't call her.

She's busy.

I need to call Su Hyeon, though.

Unni will come really soon, Mom.

When?

When?

She'll come soon.

There's nothing wrong

with Su Hyeon, right?

- Yeah? - CEO.

CEO Kim asked if you met with Yoo Jin Woo yet.

When did Yoo Jin Woo come to Pandora again?

It was when you went to the States and weren't at the company.

He had low assessment scores and didn't really stand out.

He was a potential debut member briefly.

- A potential debut member? - It was just for a few days.

After the potential debut members were announced, he suddenly disappeared,

so he was disqualified.

Could you find out what happened in those few days?

I'll look into it.

Do you have any other info on him?

Well... Yoo Jin Woo's mom...

- His mom? - She came by the company often to borrow money

while you were in the US.

Gather all the files on Yoo Jin Woo for me, including every little detail.

And could you let him know that I want to see him again?

How did it go? Did she want to sign you?

She was looking for someone who would win Star Rise.

Star Rise? Daebak!

Each agency can only send one or two trainees for that.

- What about that? - If you win first place there,

you'll debut in South Korea, the US, and Japan simultaneously!

But, too bad, Yoo Jin Woo.