Payback: Money and Power (Law Money / Beopjjeon / 법쩐)

LEE SUN-KYUN

MOON CHAE-WON

KANG YOU-SEOK

PARK HOON KIM HONG-PA

ALL CHARACTERS, PLACES, ORGANIZATIONS, CASES,

AND THE SETTINGS OF THE PROSECUTION IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS.

NEW YEAR'S DISCIPLINARY TOUR PERIOD

Hey, kid.

What are you in here for?

Mugging? Theft?

I was 12 years old that winter.

I got locked up for my first attempt at a dine and dash.

It was cold and scary.

He's my brother. Why can't I see him?

Bring your parents first.

We don't have one.

I'm his guardian!

Minors aren't qualified whatsoever.

Any adult will do, if you don't have parents.

Hurry up and go.

Detective, on that day…

I keep telling you…

It wasn't me.

Hey!

What do you think you're doing? Have you lost your mind?

I don't need parents to get arrested, right?

-Yong! -Sis!

Yong, are you okay? It's all right, I'm here now.

-Come here. -Sis!

-Come here! -Hey!

If anyone of you thugs mess with Yong,

-I'm going to kill you all! -Sis!

Yong, are you okay? Are you injured?

I'm sorry.

Don't cry. Sorry for coming so late.

I'm sorry, there's no need to cry.

We didn't do anything wrong.

You must've been scared.

My sister did whatever it took to make money.

She was the breadwinner.

-I'm here, it's okay now. - She was my guardian

who always stood by my side.

Don't worry, I'll protect you.

One spring day, when flowers were fully bloomed,

my 19-year-old sister mothered a son.

Eun Yong, you're here.

Say hello to your sister and your nephew.

Yong.

I am a mother now.

Commend me for it.

A fatherless child.

I thought this would be another burden and tragedy for my sister.

Dear Lord, please shepherd this child

towards the way of righteousness.

I pray his words will spread your gospel

and his actions will spread your love.

As the flowers bloom in spring, the warm love of spring…

The poetry-loving nun named him…

-In Jesus' name I pray. - …"peaceful spring."

-Amen. -Jang Tae-chun.

His name was Tae-chun.

Have you lost your mind?

You're a wanted man. You shouldn't be here.

If I hide, you'll pay the price.

There's only one way out.

Hey, Jang Tae-chun.

Cuff me…

with your own hands.

WANTED FOR BLACKMAILING CEO OH OF GMI BANK

Yes, sir.

For the time being, I have Hwang Gi-seok in my office.

Questioning him won't lead us anywhere.

He'll just elude our questions.

I'll figure out what happened first.

Yes, sir.

Don't worry. I'll let you know soon.

Hey.

What the hell is this?

EVIDENCE COLLECTED

This your father-in-law's villa?

Yes. You've been there a few times.

This is why Oh killed himself?

Hey, you son of a bitch.

You think you're so clean?

You took our bribes, then backstabbed us.

You're not so clean either.

You little bastard.

Fuck.

Hello?

Why?

What?

Fucking damn it.

Is it true you blackmailed CEO Oh into committing suicide?

Any comment on the suicide note he left behind?

The late CEO Oh was a great business partner of mine.

We have reliable friends who can vouch for our relationship.

And as for everything else,

I'll tell the prosecution in detail.

Who are these reliable friends?

Did you meet high-profile officials?

All right, we'll stop here.

He turned himself in?

- Wait! - One more question!

- Give us one comment! - One more question!

Do you know who these "reliable friends" are?

I hope it's not you, Chief.

-What'd you say? -Looks like you lost the initiative.

If he turns himself in like that, the press will move on.

They'll focus on finding these so-called "reliable friends"

rather than the wanted criminal.

You little shit--

Just let me take care of it.

I'll wrap it up neatly,

so that no harm comes to you either.

With that brought to light, you want me to trust you?

Take care of it yourself then.

You bastard.

Trust me.

I'm Hwang Gi-seok.

Damn.

You can uncuff him now.

You've entered the lion's den on your own.

It won't be easy.

You're Chief Nam Sang-il, right?

Please take good care of Prosecutor Jang.

Gosh.

You should worry about yourself.

Hand over the suspect to us.

No.

He's our wanted criminal.

He notified us he'd be coming in.

And I'm the prosecutor in charge of the GMI Bank Case.

Not anymore.

I'm from Inspection. Prosecutor Jang Tae-chun.

You're under arrest for leaking confidential information.

You can't arrest me. I wasn't even caught in the act.

Have you lost it? Who do you think you're arresting?

What do you think you're doing?

Get rid of the cuffs.

Just take him, Prosecutor Jang.

You're still a prosecutor, after all.

And you had such a bright future too.

Thanks to your uncle, you're about to be in cuffs.

A prosecutor strikes a suspicious deal with his ex-con uncle

who runs a hedge fund.

Nice headline.

The sanatorium fees for Jang's mother, it costs 30 million won a month.

That's 400 million won a year.

A hedge fund owner uncle and a 400 million won sanatorium.

That's enough to infuriate the citizens.

They'll sentence him themselves.

Why did you kill CEO Oh?

Haven't you seen his suicide note?

On the note,

it stated that he committed suicide because of your blackmailing.

You are aware of that, no?

Gosh, but I really didn't see this coming.

I wasn't expecting for you to turn yourself in like this.

I'm sure it was your plan to up my charge count

while I was on the run,

and make me out to be the vilest criminal before arresting me.

Am I wrong?

Well, I didn't expect you'd threaten me so publicly in front of the reporters.

Mentioning your reliable friends and all.

Right.

That was unexpected.

Nice one.

I didn't expect my reliable friends to arrange a meeting with you

so quickly either.

What a shame.

If we didn't meet as enemies, we could've been good friends.

You and I are enemies?

Well, I don't think so.

My enemy is Chairman Myung.

You're just a leech sucking on your father-in-law's blood.

I thought you were with CEO Eun.

We saw the investigators out front, so we parted ways.

I told him to go to my house for now.

You know he's not the type to listen.

Whenever there's a problem, he's always in the lead.

He's all about making the first move to win a fight.

He turned himself in because of Prosecutor Jang, right?

I think so, but that's not the issue.

Thanks to him for making it on the news in cuffs,

our company is a complete mess.

Do you have any idea how much money we lost today?

Well, it was his choice, so I don't want to give you an earful.

But honestly, I kind of want to.

Go ahead.

I'm just worried for him in the prosecution.

Hwang Gi-seok won't let him off easy.

Don't worry about that.

We hired the most expensive attorney we could buy.

Sir! Welcome!

KIM OH-CHEOL ATTORNEY GENERAL

Hey, guys.

Oh, Chief Hwang. It's been a while.

-Allow me to lead the way, sir. -Okay.

I've prepared some chrysanthemum tea, the one you used to enjoy, sir.

Let's go to my office first and--