Numbers (넘버스: 빌딩숲의 감시자들)

Disclaimer of opinion.

You told me not to worry,

but this is the result you achieved?

From now on, Taeil will support...

the disclaimer of opinion as a whole.

It's obvious it'll be publicly announced.

They can't make a correcting disclosure.

Accounting firms don't sell reports.

They sell their reputation...

for never being wrong in any situation.

If we say this year's disclaimer of opinion is correct,

they'll raise an issue with last year's unqualified opinion.

Are you saying we need to prove...

that the conflicting opinions from this year and last year...

are both correct?

It's a spear against a shield.

Taeil must win at both.

So...

there's something you need to do from now on.

Grab everything.

We can't have any gaps...

in the face or footnotes.

Do what you need to do to make sure there aren't any.

If things go wrong,

who in this firm...

will suffer from that?

Hey.

They're here.

One moment, please. - What?

What's going on? - Come with us.

Wait. Why are you taking my bag?

What are you doing? - What's going on?

You at least need to tell us what's going on.

Give that back. - What?

Wait.

Tell us what's going on. - Stop it.

Because of the rock I threw into the calm lake,

my team will suffer a lot.

I know it's shameless of me, but please take care of them.

Why are you taking our laptops?

Mr. Han.

What would you do first after capturing enemies alive in war?

I would take their weapons.

This is also a battlefield.

Laptops that belong to new hires like yourself may be useless,

but accountants' laptops contain secrets of various corporations.

It's basically a bomb.

If it explodes when nobody expects it,

it'll kill everyone, us and the enemy both.

Are they doing that because...

they're worried the accountants might sell company information?

People can do anything when they're backed into a corner.

It's easy to back someone into a corner here.

We found an issue in last year's report.

It was indeed our firm's mistake.

Accounting firms don't make mistakes.

Individual accountants may.

Why did VP An Seung Yeon...

have to be on sick leave now?

What if we're left without any connections here?

I wish Mr. Kang had discussed this with us first.

If he had discussed it with us, would we have let him do that?

Nobody can save us except ourselves.

It's not a sin to issue a disclaimer of opinion.

Our firm won't make you take responsibility...

for this year's disclaimer of opinion.

However, what the firm is worried about right now...

is last year.

"Last year?"

Technically,

we looked at two similar sets of financial statements...

and gave an unqualified opinion for last year's statement.

But said we couldn't trust this company this year.

To make sure there are no issues,

we need to explain why we said last year's were okay.

I'm sure...

you were aware they couldn't release their film...

and what kind of situation they had with their merchandise...

when you said this company was doing well.

An accounting firm giving an unqualified opinion...

isn't a simple matter.

You worked so hard to search through board meeting minutes...

and wrote the report.

You must be wondering why I'm saying such obvious things.

But please understand.

Board meeting minutes?

Yes.

Board meeting minutes.

I mean,

what can an accountant do...

when that's what the board decided?

I can understand why it felt most appropriate...

to give an unqualified opinion.

The fact that you referred to People's Entertainment's...

board meeting minutes is written in last year's report, right?

I'm sure you also kept a copy of the board meeting minutes.

There were no board meeting minutes.

Yes. I'm sure.

So...

It's their fault for not sensing danger.

They should admit their mistake like Mr. Kang.

Or they should avoid responsibility by creating board meeting minutes...

that never existed...

to cover up their mistake.

They must pick one of the two.

Are you asking me to order them to commit forgery...

and create fake board meeting minutes?

If things go wrong,

we might get in trouble for instigating forgery.

Hyung Woo.

Are you going to order them...

to create fake board meeting minutes?

I'm asking you...

if you're going to tell them that if we are sued,

they will take all the blame and that if they're scared,

they should prepare fake board meeting minutes while they can.

You won't, right?

Of course, I won't either.

There's no need to get blood on our hands.

All we have to do...

is set the scene for them.

Whatever they do in the scene we set for them...

is their choice...

and their responsibility. Don't you think?

Go and keep a lookout.

Look carefully. Do you see the board meeting minutes?

Of course, they're not here. We've never seen them before.

I've never even seen them.

What should we do now?

We need that...

for our decision from last year to make sense.

Why are you all looking at me?

You're in charge of our team now.

Gather around me.

Who's in charge here? - Move!

I want to talk to someone. - Move!

Bring out whoever's in charge! - Hey!

Let us through. - Please!

Move! - Let us through!

Darn it. Stop them!

Jang Ho Woo, come immediately.

Jang Ho Woo.

Why do you think those people are here?

People's Entertainment is at risk of being de-listed...

because of the disclaimer of opinion.

Isn't that why they're here?

Is that so?

Then what about the major shareholders?

The losses they suffered must be bigger than anyone else's.

It's because the accountants go directly to them.

They'll help come up with countermeasures and solutions.

But what about those people?

An accountant's role and responsibility...

is not for people who work for their money.

It's for people whose money works for them.

It's an expensive product...

that's sold on a marble table, not on the streets like that.

Did you say you wanted to become a major talent for Taeil Accounting?

If so, don't waste your emotions on useless things...

and pick the right stance.

Remember...

how you start here will decide your end.

He's here! - He's here!

As People's Entertainment's CEO... - Please answer a few questions.

Innocent people are suffering... - Please tell us your thoughts.

Was Chairman Lee Chan Ju aware of this situation?

Please tell us what happened. - What would you say to those...

What's going to happen next? - Tell us.

Was it intentional or a mistake? - Please move.

Hey! - You can't go in there, sir.

Get out of the way. - You can't...

VP Han Je Kyun! - go in there, sir.

You can't go in there!

You can't... - Hey, Han Je Kyun!

How dare you stab me in the back?

How dare you give a disclaimer of opinion?

If my son gets arrested,

I'll make you pay.

All of you be ready.

Got it?

I'll take responsibility.

I'll take responsibility...

and stop things so your son doesn't get arrested.

Fake board meeting minutes?

Your son's embezzlement and negligence charges...

came from pushing for unreasonable business plans...

on his own.

That means,

as long as we prove the decision was made in a board meeting,

we can say it was simply a failed investment...

rather than embezzlement and negligence.

So you're saying...

that he won't be arrested...

as long as we have board meeting minutes.

And that Taeil will prepare...

the fake board meeting minutes. Is that right?

That's correct.

It doesn't matter if it's an original or a copy.

Look for any piece of paper with the company's official seal...

and the words "board meeting minutes" on it.