Level Up (레벨업)

Dad, can you stop running the arcade?

Why?

You don't make a lot of money, and it's too loud.

I don't think it's too great.

Do you think I do this to make money?

Then why do you do this?

I've taken up manual labor,

worked at a market, and everything else,

but this is the noisiest job I had.

When I stay in a place where it's always noisy,

it helps me to not think about your late mother.

Are you not allowed to think of her?

Why do you have to forget her?

Do you think it's great to remember something for long?

It's the most painful thing.

After she passed away,

all the things I did wrong began to come back to me.

I need to...

...erase her from my memories so that I can keep living.

You can't understand this anyway.

When you become as old as me and think of this moment...

...you'll finally realize what I meant...

...by what I just said.

If you don't remember, just forget it.

My gosh, man.

I told you to get some rest.

How will you focus on work with so much to think about?

I won't have to think if I stay in an arcade.

What? What kind of nonsense is that?

Our next operation has been decided.

Gather all of our team members.

Did you make a decision?

Let's play a round of game.

What?

We're going to Joybuster.

Wait.

Goodness.

You're going to take on Joybuster?

Why did you suddenly change your mind?

People tend to change their minds.

You were one of us?

I'm not a deity.

Wow, you're taking it that way?

You're definitely one of a kind.

We have no time. Tell Mr. Kang to bring me all the documents...

...for the intensive and focused solutions.

What? Mr. Kang is about to quit.

He's probably busy handing over his duties to

Mr. Song.

Did he already quit?

He's still getting paid by us.

Tell him to put everything together and have it ready by today.

I doubt he can finish it by today.

I wouldn't have hired him if he couldn't do that much.

That's why he ended up quitting because he got sick of this.

Then you can make him feel better.

Go.

Yes, fine. As you wish.

Enjoy.

Son, why do you look so gloomy?

No idea.

It's because of that pretty young lady.

Come on, Mom. It's not like that.

Really?

It's just that unemployed people periodically get depressed.

Right, the pretty young lady asked me

to give something to you.

What? What is it? What is it?

Here it is.

This.

Come on, Mom.

Are you having fun teasing me?

So get a job and go back to Seoul.

You need to reach for the stars to take the star.

Getting a job is way harder than taking down a star.

Don't say that.

Gosh!

Come in.

Did you put everything together?

Yes, right here.

You're doing your job perfectly fine.

Why are you quitting?

I'm sorry that I'm quitting so suddenly.

TK Electronics does pay more than us.

I understand why you're leaving.

It's not just because of money.

Mr. Ahn...

Mr. Kang, you're done already?

We have to give you a farewell party.

What kind of a farewell party...

...are we going to throw for a person

who's abandoning our company?

Are we celebrating? Or are we cursing him?

He's right here. Don't make him feel bad.

And I wasn't talking to you.

Let's grab a drink, okay?

Okay.

Why are you here?

Oh, right. I have fresh resumes...

...of the candidates who will replace Mr. Kang.

The Human Resources Team screened them twice already.

You can just take on the interviews.

I told them to stop screening people

just by their qualifications on paper.

Wait! Even if you pick out a random person,

everyone has these qualifications nowadays.

People who fall below that don't even apply.

Ouch! Gosh.

Man.

Yes, this is the director of Division One.

Send me every single applicant's resume.

Yes, everyone's.

Why are you doing this?

Do you want Human Resources to have no work to do?

How many companies did you apply to until you got a job here?

Me? I applied to...

I'm not asking the guy with connections.

I'm asking someone who underwent a normal application process.

Including a few head hunters who called me...

...about 30 companies.

And the result?

I got called back from at least half.

Wow, you have a great success rate...

...thanks to your qualifications.

I applied to all 269 financial companies...

...that are under the management of the Korea

Deposit Insurance Corporation.

And only one place...

- ...our company called me back. - Really?

The competition was too high for an inexperienced guy...

...with a GED to jump in.

It's very unlike you...

...to be so harsh on yourself.

You must have gnashed your teeth after you got your job.

"I can't believe no one recognized my potential.

I'll get my revenge on those companies

who rejected me."

I don't have such narrow-minded thoughts.

I'm sorry.

Hey, Mr. Kang.

He wouldn't have told us this story if it were something

ordinary like that.

I'm sure he'll tell us a dramatic conclusion

that shows off how great he is.

Listen up.

"If I rise to a powerful position,

I will not put away the ladder which I have climbed up.

I'll leave it around so someone who has

a background like mine can climb up again."

Bravo.

That's noblesse oblige.

I haven't come to my conclusion yet.

Then we'll be on standby.

A blind open recruitment?

We say we do that to avoid public controversies.

Look.

This is the reality.

Why do we ask for their experience if we're hiring a new recruit?

And experienced employees like you with many qualifications...

...move from this company to another

and raise your salary by many times...

...making it harder for everyone.

If a person has many things on their resume...

...it also means that the person can

always go work in another place.

You played a part in that culture.

I'm sorry.

Gosh, you're so nice to a guy who's about to leave.

Forget it. You may go.

Goodness.

Don't be disappointed about what he said.

Yes.

Once I put that through the Ahn Dan-te translator...

...it says he doesn't want to let go of you,

whom he considered like family.

I know. I've worked with him long enough.

Goodness. He must be lonely.

He had to say goodbye to his family.

I'll take care of that guy.

After work, let's go...

Okay.

- Is it on you? - No way.

This is our company sign.

I said it was okay to take it down.

Who said you could break it?

Thanks anyway.

You really seemed like my bodyguard.

Gosh.

Why did you let her go like a fool?

Goodness. Darn it.

I wanted to put to my major to use...

...and decided to apply for a management position.

Liberal arts?

This is a huge challenge for someone who is timid like me.

But I've made up my mind...

...and I'm ready to face any and all difficulties.

You!

Yes.

You do have the courage to face your enemy.

He's probably going to get angry at me