Midas (마이더스)

Episode 17

I take it you've considered our proposals?

With the Chairman of the Financial Reforms Commission watching us so closely,

I naturally had to consider them.

I believe you know Chairman Han rather well?

Well, we're casual acquaintances.

But I wouldn't say we were friends.

I see... So if you're mere acquaintances, he can't be exercising any direct pressure here, I suppose?

That wasn't what I meant at all.

Please don't misunderstand me.

Whatever, since you're targeting us,

we can't help considering your offer.

If the merger goes through, your position, and that of all the other Shinheung Bank employees,

will be completely secure.

We've recruited an expert to represent us in the merger negotiations.

Would you like me to call him in and introduce you?

Of course.

I'd like to meet him too.

Send him in.

This is the man who will be acting on our behalf from now on in the merger talks,

Kim Do Hyun.

You know the relationship between Kim Do Hyun and myself, I take it?

Of course!

In view of the waves it created in the banking world,

how could I fail to know about the Lone Korea affair?

So your appointment of Kim Do Hyun

was intended as a deliberate slight to me?

You're free to interpret it that way if you so choose.

My view... was that we needed someone on our side who knew you very well.

Kim Do Hyun is not a banking expert at all. I'm at a loss to know what his role can possibly be.

Deliberately provoking me like this will do you and your bank absolutely no good at all.

In any event,

it was always going to have to be a dog-eat-dog battle.

In my judgment, you've absolutely no reason to treat us with consideration.

Can I have a word with you in private?

This is an offensive I never expected.

Didn't I already tell you?

Every single thing you taught me, I will use as a weapon against you.

The fact that they chose you makes me feel sorry for the Bank's President and staff.

The weapons I placed in your hands are extremely powerful.

They can cause massive destruction.

That's absolutely not going to happen.

The reason why ShinHeung Bank chose me...

is that I can outsmart you.

Deep in my heart...

I always felt guilty towards you.

Now I can cast that guilt aside.

And I'm really glad I can.

Now my guilt feelings have all gone...

I can destroy you without the slightest compunction.

I have faith in you. You're able and courageous,

but to be perfectly frank with you, I have to admit I'm worried.

You probably know this

but behind Yoo In Hye is Han Jin Soo

I'm sure you know how big of an advantage that is.

Yes I do

But there must be limits to the support that Han Jin Soo can give to Yoo In Hye.

Violating the rules of due process by pushing the cause of the Han Young Bank

could land him in big political trouble.

Trust me, and leave it to me.

Fine.

I have decided to trust you,

but winning the consent of the Board is not within my power.

That's something you will have to achieve by your own efforts.

if you can arrange a meeting for me, I'll take care of the rest.

How did it go?

Did you meet Yoo In Hye?

Yeah.

How did she react?

What do you think's going to happen?

If I were Yoo In Hye, I'd be really furious to find you pursuing me even to here.

In all the time I've known her, I've never before seen her so upset... or so angry.

Hey! Do Hyun!

There's one thing I'm curious about.

How did you know In Hye was going to choose the Shin Heung Bank?

Because it's taken on so much toxic debt, the Shin Heung Bank stock is currently undervalued.

Yet only two years ago, when it joined with IJ Investments in the takeover of Han Young Bank,

it was regarded as a blue chip company.

Well, that's true.

If it could be cleared of those toxic debts, it has strong chances of recovery.

I was sure that fact wouldn't have escaped Yoo In Hye, hence my correct hunch.

Did you meet the Shin Heung Bank President?

Yes I met him.

Is he going to accept our offer?

The Shin Heung Bank...

has appointed as a partner to negotiate on its behalf...

none other than Kim Do Hyun.

So what seemed an easy task

has now become very difficult.

The fact that Kim Do Hyun joined them,

doesn't that suggest he knew the Shin Heung Bank was our target, and intervened quite deliberately?

That must be it.

Then it looks like we're going to need to take some fundamental measures.

What fundamental measures do you mean?

If Kim Do Hyun carries on intervening like this, he will be an obstacle to all our future projects.

If he could be persuaded to shed his animosity towards you, we might find some comprom...

Too late for that. We've crossed the river and there's no going back.

All-out conflict is the only option.

We'll need to alter our entire strategy for the Shin Heung takeover. Make the necessary preparations.

I understand.

Find out Shin Heung Bank's financing

Kim Chi Soo, from Ahyeon... Ask her to resubmit her loan application.

She needs to be more specific about the purpose of the loan and provide supporting evidence.

Check carefully yourself that she's willing and able to meet her business plan,.

Right.

Hey, weren't you supposed to be on the night shift today?

Yeah.

How is his condition right now?

Okay. I got it.

Are you okay?

What'd you come here for?

How's his condition?

I've just given him his prescribed pain medication.

I thought that for a while now you hadn't needed pain control.

It's not anything serious, so

Don't worry.

You don't look too good.

It'd be weird if I looked good in my condition right now.

It's okay.

Go on in.

How did you know?

Lee Ji phoned me.

That was a breach of patient confidentiality. I'll have to report her to the Head Nurse.

Did you get your pain killers?

But the pain I'm feeling now is a sort of phantom pain, rather than physical.

Pain killers don't really have an effect.

When I heard talk of people having phantom pains, I wondered whether there was any such thing.

It's telling me I'm really going to die.

But after seeing you, I feel a little better.

Can we talk for a moment?

Yes.

Please take a seat.

While I want to thank you for giving up your time for Myeong Jeon's benefit,

Everytime I see you

my feelings are ambiguous, to be honest.

I don't really see the point of you telling me this.

Recently,

you've gotten back together with Do Hyun, haven't you?

The fact that Kim Do Hyun

feels an attachment to you...

makes me feel very uneasy.

Your feelings aren't of any particular concern to me.

That makes sense.

From the beginning, we weren't on good terms with each other.

If you don't want to see Kim Do Hyun plung into an even deeper abyss,

make him give up what he's doing now.

You have cared for Myeong Jeon so well all this time,

so I'm telling you this for you own sake.

While Shin Heung Bank was increasing its business 2 years ago

We encountered a problem.

First overseas investors left including the Malaysian National Fund.

as the bad bonds increased, the business got worse

Accordingly I think the best solution is to bring back the lost overseas investors

and to discard the bad bonds

if we reduce the bad bonds and restructure the company

we will not be called a risky bank anymore, and will not be a bank to be taken by others

I am sure that our bank can take over other banks instead.

I don't understand why you want to help us

Are you sure you don't have ulterior motives like when you used to work for Lone Korea?

Like everyone else here,

I have a personal stake in the Shin Heung Bank. I've acquired 4 percent ot its stock.

Revitalizing this bank by getting rid of the toxic assets

It's for myself, not for a different purpose.

If you allow me to work for you

Mark my words

I will make it so that ShinHeung Bank is no longer the target

but the acquirer in a takeover of Han Young Bank

That's my objective

and my guarantee

It's a load off my mind

that the Board members have given you their approval.

I will do my best to live up to your expectations, and the Board's.

Have Lee Jung Do come in.

This is Kim Do Hyun, Director of AssetValue21

He'll be negotiating on our behalf.

I'm Kim Do Hyun.

I'm Lee Jung Do.

I trust we'll work well together.

Although I investigated for the ShinHeung bank, it was limited as it was from the outside

First, please arrange the financial status of the bank to submit to me

Do you mean I should disclose all of our weaknesses?

I do not know why the board of directors and the president of the bank made this decision but

I can't trust you.

I know very well why you would think that,

but we don't have much time for internal dispute.

internal?

how come you are part of us?

Aren't you too harsh?

If you act like this, I can't work with you!

Calm down.

Does it make sense that you're acting like this

when we came here to save you?

I never asked for you guys to save us.

I can't believe him!!!

Stop and find out more about him.

I'm positive that he's misunderstanding something.

How's Yoo In Hye?

Your warning didn't seem to work at all

She is being more aggressve about the take-over

Huh...so she's planning to fight till the end.