The Banker (더 뱅커)

We don't have anything on REITs Department or the D1 Plan.

That's impossible.

This is something...

our employee photocopied from here today.

It's not in our list of documents.

Are you sure they photocopied it from here?

Yes.

2014, REITs Department.

The draft of D1 Plan.

That's strange.

Was it omitted?

The logo...

is different.

If you can't trust me, I'll show you just a glimpse of it as a sample.

Let's talk. I'm in your neighborhood.

What is it?

I went to the Seosomun Head Office.

You went there in person? Why?

If I get right to the point,

the D1 Plan's draft you have is fake.

What do you mean? - I couldn't find D1 Plan's draft,

nor anything on REITs Department.

How is that possible?

Do you really not know?

Are you saying someone made a fake draft of the D1 Plan...

and left it there for the Audit Office to take it?

I think they made it in a hurry.

The document is supposed to be from the 1st quarter of 2014,

but they used the current logo.

Mr. Yook wasn't at the end of this.

Do you think...

Mr. Kang is involved?

It's not for sure yet.

We need to look into it more.

I better meet with Mr. Kang again.

You said that he told you...

to stop your investigation on the D1 Plan.

Isn't it useless to ask him?

A bank's auditor...

exists for the bank.

Your position...

exists to protect the bank.

Now,

stop digging into the past...

and focus your efforts...

on making sure this doesn't happen...

in the future.

That is...

your job and duty.

I probably won't get a different answer out of him.

Mr. Bae and The Best members aren't picking up my calls.

Is that so?

You should report it to your group.

No.

We still need each other for now.

It's best not to make the situation bigger than it has to be.

Also,

Mr. Jung of REITs Department called me.

Mr. Jung?

Ms. Han seems to have called him...

to ask him about REITs Department.

Perhaps Mr. Noh went to Ms. Han for some advice.

Maybe that's why she's digging into the REITs Department.

It looks like you're missing out...

on what the Audit Office is doing.

I'll look into everything more meticulously.

Get every detail. - Yes, sir.

I'll handle everything well so you're not worried in Frankfurt.

This business trip...

is becoming burdensome in many ways.

This time,

the members of The Best made some trouble.

What kind of trouble?

The fire at D1 District...

wasn't Sam Do's doing.

The Best hired Mr. Bae to do it.

Without consulting us?

It's offending,

but Mr. Choi seems to be happy with it,

so Sam Do also didn't say anything about it.

I looked into it because I found it strange.

And?

Well, the building...

being burnt down was good for all of us.

It's Sam Do's fault that he couldn't control...

The Best and the Seomin people.

If we use this to our advantage...

You can break the trust Mr. Choi has...

in Sam Do.

If we're lucky,

he might be removed from the bank's president position.

Right. That bank...

has a dull auditor, doesn't it?

If we're lucky,

we might need a new partner.

If we dig too deep,

we might get in trouble too.

As long as Mr. Choi is with us,

Sam Do won't be able to say anything.

He'll have to step back without making a squeak.

What was that?

Gosh, this is really hard to do.

Good morning, Ms. Jang.

Are you looking for something?

Me? Looking for what?

Why don't you ask the General Affairs Department?

The General Affairs Department?

They came and took your tent. - What?

They were wondering if someone was lodging in the office...

and said that they would hunt him down for sure.

What do you mean, hunt down?

Someone could have brought it to go camping.

They don't have proof that someone was lodging here.

Sir! I...

Seo Bo Geol?

The General Affairs Department wants you to come...

and get your tent by lunch time.

Yes, sir.

There's someone out there who's trying to stop the Audit Office...

from investigating the D1 Plan.

It can't be Vice President Yook, who's in jail.

They're trying to make it look like Vice President Yook did it...

and we took the bait.

Bo Geol's effort has gone to waste.

Then who could it be?

Who would do this?

Wow. - Come on.

You're out often.

The office atmosphere is great thanks to you all.

They were the ones who led me to the Seosomun Head Office.

The REITs Department?

Are you investigating the REITs Department?

You should have come right up to us.

We've practically been around here the longest.

They have a document storage room...

at Seosomun Head Office, where they keep the files...

that are past the retention period.

If you check over there, you'll probably be able to find...

quite a lot of documents related to the real estate business.

They've been working with President Kang...

for a long time now.

I'm dealing directly with your higher-ups.

If the higher-up that Mr. Park of Seomin Agency was talking about...

is not Vice President Yook,

could it be President Kang?

I shouldn't be jumping to conclusions.

Those under President Kang could be the ones setting him up.

Mr. Auditor, it's not of virtue for a salaried worker...

to work on a task that wasn't given to him.

He could even afford to...

threaten Daehan Bank's Audit Office.

That means someone's got his back, for sure.

Could it be too much of a risk to work on a case...

President Kang told me to drop?

It's not just my own risk.

Do you think the D1 Plan and the documents from...

the closed branches being destroyed could be correlated?

Oh, sorry. I couldn't help it.

Don't press yourself.

How can I not? When a company commits a corruption,

it's always the innocent employees who are sacrificed.

Shouldn't we settle it as soon as possible?

Well, that's true.

Can you imagine how much misdeeds...

the bank must've done, in the name of business?

It's not just a sin against others,

it's also a sin against family and your own self as well.

I received an offer proposing to sell us the original D1 report.

What do you mean, "the original"?

Who would have such a copy?

The retired general manager of the REITs Department.

He's the one who wrote the draft, so I think he's trustworthy.

He wants to sell it to us.

Contact him.

Who is he?

Someone who took all means in order to win.

That's why people considered him competent.

He's just the opposite of you.

Anyway, make sure to get that original copy.

I'll try giving him a call. Thank you.

Do you have time after work?

I need to look for a house,

but I'm not familiar with Seoul.

I want to check out your neighborhood.

I have a lot of work to catch up on after work hours.

Work?

You should show him around the neighborhood.

I don't need to see his neighborhood.

His neighborhood is my neighborhood.

We live in the same area.