The Banker (더 뱅커)

No wonder you were a medalist.

You're flattering me.

Have you thought about...

the offer to go to the US as the overseas president?

I'm not sure what your intention was to give me such an offer,

but I want to give my all...

to the auditor position during my term.

My intention?

I don't have such a thing.

It looks like you misunderstood.

The reason why I offered you the role in the US...

is so you could watch and learn...

how the financial industry is moving on a global level,

and become a leader of Daehan Bank in the future.

I didn't have any other intentions.

Why do you think I chose to appoint you and Ms. Han...

in the positions you're in now...

despite all the oppositions from the executives?

Do you think it's because I like you or because you're loyal to me?

Of course not.

I did what I did...

because I believe the two of you are the talents...

who can lead Daehan Bank.

There's Vice President Lee,

but he's an elite who took all the right steps.

He can only look up. He doesn't know how to look down.

How can someone like him...

know anything about the economy of the ordinary people?

On the other hand,

Ms. Han started as a bank teller,

and you worked at a branch outside of Seoul.

I saw you two as talents who would be able...

to embrace both the upper class and the lower class.

Mr. Noh.

Please...

don't be uncomfortable with me.

If you're curious about anything, feel free...

to ask me.

Don't corner me the way...

you're doing Mr. Kim with his usage of the company card.

He's a good man.

Since you put it that way, I'll ask you right away.

Are you the one behind Seomin Agency...

and the D1 Plan?

Business class seats are amazing.

They serve you full-course meals...

with these small bottles of wine.

Whatever.

I'm not sure if it was worth sending you, though.

Were you able to meet the ex-general manager, Mr. Jung?

I was in touch...

with his employees before I left,

but when I got there, they had already closed down and ran away.

What?

Were you there to sight-see, then?

Of course not.

Who do you think I am?

That's...

Vice President Yook's work, isn't it?

The D1 Plan report had been fabricated...

even after Vice President Yook's imprisonment.

That could have been one of Yook's followers...

who felt like they needed to work their way out of it.

Even the closing of branches led by Vice President Yook...

had been fabricated.

It seems to have a relation with Seomin Agency.

Moreover, we have noticed some movements that have been trying...

to keep the Audit Office from carrying on the investigation.

Secretary Kim's company card had been used for such purposes...

and didn't you bring me over here in order to stop the audit, sir?

Auditor Noh.

The company credit card and gift certificates...

were used under regulations for reasonable business activities.

If there were any personal expenses,

I will fill it in with my money.

If you can't trust me,

you can find out for yourself by continuing the investigation.

All right, sir.

If Daehan Bank is found to have taken part in any illegal acts,

the audit won't have any exceptional ground, no matter who it is,

just as you said.

Of course.

I will support that,

so investigate it thoroughly leaving no doubt, whatsoever.

However,

please bear this in mind.

You’re going to be losing the trust of the bank,

if you continue on raising problems with just your suspicions.

That will lead to the failure of the bank.

The purpose of the Audit Office...

is to protect the bank.

Do you understand?

I will bear that in mind, sir.

Mr. Jung ran a small equity firm...

and was deep in debt due to investment failure.

But recently, he got the money from nowhere,

cleared it off all at once, and disappeared.

Where would he have gotten the money?

It's addressed to someone at Daehan Bank.

What did Mr. Jung send...

and to whom did he send it to?

Han Su Ji.

You won't be able to take disciplinary action on Mr. Kim.

I'm sure you're thinking of holding a Personnel Committee meeting...

to take disciplinary action,

but they won't hold a meeting for something like this.

Even if they did,

you won't get the results you want.

What are you trying to say?

I'm the one who should be asking what you're trying to do.

Did you really think that you could take...

disciplinary action on the chief secretary...

for something like this?

That's like telling the executives not to work.

I might as well take disciplinary action on all executives instead.

Without understanding how things actually work around here,

your small stones...

won't even put a scratch on the current system.

President Kang's system may not be perfect,

but it doesn’t deserve to be attacked like this.

That's what someone who isn't suffering from it can say.

Is that so?

Then why don't you work on your target for yourself?

Why did you want to see me?

We're at a nice bar.

Let's have a nice drink and relax, first.

We can start talking after that.

I don't know.

I only have nice drinks with nice people.

Fine, then. I'll get straight to the point.

You were the one who bought the original copy...

of the D1 Plan draft from the REITs Department's...

ex-general manager, Mr. Jung, weren't you?

Well.

I don't know what you’re talking about.

And you had a deal with President Kang...

for the place of vice president with that, didn't you?

Vice President Lee.

Is that how you think vice presidents are made in Daehan Bank?

Is that how you became vice president?

Who do you think I am?

Then who do you think I am,

to ask such a rude question?

I'm the vice president of Daehan Bank.

Please keep your respect from now on.

You were the one who bought the original copy...

of the D1 Plan draft from the REITs Department's...

ex-general manager, Mr. Jung, weren't you?

I would like to hear...

what the D1 Plan is about.

If you want to know about the D1 Plan,

then you can't do it in your current position.

Congratulations, Vice President Han.

And you had a deal with President Kang...

for the place of vice president with that, didn't you?

Hello, Mr. An?

It's me, Vice President Han.

We've met before, when you were at the Yongbuk Branch.

Do you remember me?

We've even cancelled the redevelopment...

because Auditor Noh kept nosing around about the D1 Plan.

How could you send him to the Busan Data Center,

when our financial records are kept there?

Do you think I'd allowed him to go there...

without any countermeasures?

You and your countermeasures and plans are merely words.

Either fire that auditor...

or clear things up once and for all!

Then you, as a congressman,

should change the commercial law of tenure guarantees for auditors.

What did you just say?

Are you really sure things will be all right?

I've cleared up the Data Center.

You don't have to worry about it.

The closed branches were the ones used for our slush funds.

We cannot risk any mistakes.

I am aware of it.

What about...

changing the system of the Data Center?

That would...

cost too much.

Is Daehan Bank short of money?

Also, if you want to be the leading bank,

you will need the latest system.

Don't you think?

What's keeping his thoughts?

He should just change the system...

and come up with a reason to disqualify the auditor and fire him.

Oh, and what about those youngsters...

who were making a fuss? Have they been settled?

About that...

I said I was going to sue for the restrains on the factory...

and almost got disowned by my family.

My father told me to cut ties and leave.

Gosh, I'm so annoyed!

I lost my chance at the management rights again, because of this!

I think...

we picked the wrong match.

Young Kyung, should we just go and apologize?

What's wrong with you?