One Dollar Lawyer (One Thousand Won Lawyer / Cheonwonjjari Byeonhosa / 천원짜리 변호사)

Gathering up what's left of justice

Hidden in this lost world

Let's see who wins

It's not over until it's over

I won't give up what's precious to me

One Dollar Lawyer

One Dollar Lawyer

A warrior of justice with high intellect

Don't worry I'm the One Dollar Lawyer

ONE DOLLAR LAWYER

What is Mr. Cheon like?

Tell me how he was as a prosecutor.

We're from Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.

-You're a little too late. -You're bolder than I thought.

Mr. Choi Kitae, you're under arrest for destroying evidence.

You guys are all dead with this one phone call.

Hey, you jerk!

How dare you go there?

You'll go far if you listen to your boss.

We'll have to release him immediately as he said.

I think you should become famous, Minhyeok.

"Third Generation Chaebol and a Prosecutor Stand Together on the Red Carpet."

Why would you stand there, you jerk?

What are you going to do now?

They will hire an above-average lawyer.

Tell them to come at me.

Shouldn't a jerk like him be made to pay for his crimes?

Yes, you're right. But this is the men's room.

It's Mr. Baek's firm. What do we do?

I guess we have to go another round with the old men.

She was their lawyer.

Excuse me. Were you playing with me?

Do you want to get some coffee?

I meant… what I said earlier.

The person who committed a crime must be punished accordingly.

That's what I think.

Please win this trial.

As an attorney, I'll do my best as well.

Shall we say that whoever loses has to buy the other person a drink, Mr. Cheon?

YANG SANGGU FINANCE MANAGER OF JQ CONSTRUCTION

You have to… keep your promise.

EPISODE 7

LAW FIRM BAEK

JQ SLUSH FUND INVESTIGATION REPORT

Prior to concluding the investigation of the JQ Group slush fund,

the prosecution arrested President Choi Kitae

for destroying evidence.

For now, we stopped them from arresting him.

They were supposed to close the case

saying that a finance officer embezzled the funds and disappeared.

Yes, that's what they told us.

Then why are they doing this now, all of a sudden?

They must've found something new.

Who's the prosecutor that caused the trouble?

Yes.

It's Prosecutor Cheon Jihun. He was in charge of search and seizure.

He lived in Paris, France with his mother until high school.

After his mother passed away, he returned to Korea.

What a special case.

I looked into him because he trained with Minhyeok at the institute together.

He has no other family in Korea.

He has hardly any friends or schoolmates here either.

He's so stubborn that even the prosecution gave up on him.

It seems the senior officials had no idea about this either.

So, how do you plan to respond?

Right now, we don't know what the prosecution has.

So it will be most effective to say Yang Sanggu has embezzled and disappeared.

President Choi

prefers to be interviewed without attending as much as possible.

Can we ask for a written investigation?

I think it would be difficult

considering Prosecutor Cheon Jihun's style.

Hmm.

Don't worry too much.

I will make a call tomorrow.

Who drove the public opinion that the investigation is overly harsh?

If one has committed a crime, they must be punished accordingly. That's justice.

Please help us to ensure justice lives in Korea.

Must be punished accordingly…

That's justice.

Yes, Mr. Seo.

You can count on me.

Then President Choi Kitae will do a written investigation without attendance.

Let's get a drink sometime. Is Minhyeok doing well?

Do you mean Prosecutor Seo?

Yes.

For Choi Kitae, we will do a written investigation.

-Yes. -We can't.

We can't?

If you couldn't find Yang Sanggu,

you shouldn't have made this mess. What if he's gone off and died?

Are you gonna investigate until you find him?

It sounds like that's what you want.

What?

Have you lost your mind?

He wrote a will and disappeared.

He must've died somewhere!

Then why don't you go find him and bring him in?

We're sorry, Deputy Prosecutor General.

Come on, let's go.

You better train your juniors better.

Yes, sir. Understood.

SEOUL CENTRAL DISTRICT PROSECUTORS' OFFICE

-Did you get yelled at a lot? -Yes, a lot.

Are you going to keep causing trouble?

I'm sorry. But Yejin,

we weren't causing trouble. We were trying to fix the--

-Hey. -I just don't understand.

Everybody knows Choi Kitae committed a crime.

We do. So what?

So is it right to starve our conscience to feed their greed?

No!

Of course, not.

-Where are you going? -I'm going to feed my conscience.

Wait for me.

Mr. Yang Sanggu gave this to you?

Yes. He told me to keep it safe.

Do you think he did something bad?

The kids think he's on a business trip.

Prosecutor Cheon, please find my husband.

Yes, of course.

You're back. What happened?

Choi Kitae's attendance was approved.

But it's only for one time.

-Is that okay? -Mm.

Once...

is enough.

Really? How?

I paid you, lawyers, hundreds of millions. Why can't you take care of it?

We agreed to a one-time attendance today.

I don't want to see that lunatic again.

Don't answer questions other than the ones we practiced in advance.

"I don't know. I don't remember." Do I need to say just those two things?

And for other tricky questions, you can exercise the right to silence.

Do you have anything you're keeping from me?

Don't you believe me?

No, I do not believe you.

Are you sure you're my lawyer?

That's why I don't believe you.

If you betray me as well, then I really won't be able to defend you.

What else is there to hide?

There's nothing.

I have 2,000 people working for me.

How can I keep track of what each one is doing?

It's not me.

Go after that jerk who embezzled the company money and disappeared.

That will clear up your misunderstanding.

What was the name of that jerk?

It's Manager Yang Sanggu.

That's right, Manager Yang.

I heard he disappeared after writing a will.

Then he must be dead somewhere.

Please be careful what you say.

Okay.

Mm, why did you kill Manager Yang?

-Mr. Cheon? -What?

I'm sorry. I misspoke.

Why did you tell Manager Yang Sanggu...

to die?

Gosh.

You aren't a prosecutor. You're a novelist.

That's some piece of fiction.

-Sir. -Do you have proof?

Then have you met Manager Yang Sanggu?

You don't have to answer that.

Let's see, have I ever met…

Manager Yang?

I believe it's been quite a while since I saw him.

I haven't seen him since he disappeared.

I see. What about talking to him on the phone?

On the phone?

Yes. Before Manager Yang Sanggu died.

You talked to him last.

Oh, that.

He had called to say he was sorry.

He stole tens of billions from the company.

I told him to turn himself in.

A person's life is more important than money.

Isn't that right, Prosecutor?

I guess that's why you gave his wife…

five hundred million won. Take a look at this.

I mean, one of my employees died.

I can't just pretend I don't know about it.

Even though he embezzled tens of billion won?

Embezzlement is embezzlement. But I'm not a heartless person.

His family has to live on.

Maybe I gave too little.

What is Jihun thinking?

But…

was it a crime to talk to him on the phone?

Talking to him on the phone is not a crime, but…

it could be a crime to tell him

to either fall off the building or hang himself.

Mr. Choi, I will tell him that I did it and go to jail for however many years.

Mr. Choi, I will take all of the blame.

So, please…

-You'll take all of the blame? -Yes.

Fine. Let's do that.

I will take good care of your family.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Choi.