No Other Choice (어쩔수가없다)

All right.

Come on, fall!

They must really like you.

Sending you expensive eel.

It's not that they like me.

They just want to work me even harder.

Those Americans too,

must know that eels help men perform better.

They even sent it on your birthday.

The kids will hear!

I need eel! Eel!

Come and eat!

Dad sweated in the heat grilling these.

I'll go.

A snake?

Snakes don't taste this good!

Dad's company sent it, for doing a good job.

It's not even a holiday.

Couldn't they give us beef?

Ri-one.

Dinner.

Come on. Let's eat.

Let the cello take a nap.

What's this?

Honey!

Must've been expensive!

Well, I can afford decent dance shoes.

- Aren't Mom's shoes pretty? - Eat up.

These will make me dance so well!

You're not supposed to give shoes to your lover.

- Why? - Why?

Because they might run away in them.

It looks like your dad is confident.

Come on.

We need to practice when we can.

Ready, go!

One, two, three.

Two, two, three. Three, two, three.

Turn.

THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YEARS OF DEDICATION TO SOLAR PAPER

That damn paper.

Honey, come here.

Why?

Come on.

Come on, Ri-one.

Come on, guys.

RI-TWO SI-TWO

Just three minutes more.

One minute then.

Guess how I'm feeling now.

I feel like I've got it all.

You people bought Solar Paper, where I devoted 25 years of my life.

But as soon as you take over, you say you'll cut 20% of the production line?

And you ask for a list of names to fire?

Names of veterans who taught me their craft?

Names of young men who came of age in this factory?

Innocent workers who lovingly cared for these machines,

you want me to point a gun at their heads?

I can't do it.

Guns are meant to be aimed at enemies!

STOP, THINK, ACT

I cannot give you that list.

You Americans say

"axed" for getting fired, right?

Do you know what we say in Korea?

"Off with your head!"

So being fired is

having your head chopped clear off with an ax!

Understand?

SOLAR PAPER

JOB FOR LIFE OLD SHOES

"If you don't start a union, we guarantee a job for life."

That beautiful tradition was tossed out like old shoes!

And to you Americans!

Gosh, my throat hurts.

I said we should do this in the warehouse.

All because you wanted to smoke.

Quit smoking, damn it!

You put so much work into this.

He could've just ignored it, you know.

- But he acts like his job's at stake. - It is!

If you guys are fired, who will I work with?

Real sense of humanity.

Jeez.

Hello, sir.

- "Off with your head!" - Excuse me.

- So to be fired... - Give back the helmet!

...is to chop your head clear off!

Wait!

What's he going to do with the helmet?

Jeez.

They didn't

give you the eel, did they?

No way, right?

Honey.

What?

You had something to say?

I forgot.

- Aren't you going to work? - Right.

That's right.

Si-two, Ri-two, go to your houses!

Study hard.

- Ri-one, let's go. - Ri-one!

Have a good day.

Good luck!

I slaved for 25 years!

Deep breaths.

- I am... - I am...

I AM A GOOD PERSON

...a good person.

A good person.

Man-su!

I am a good person.

- Losing my job... - Losing my job...

- Losing my job! - Losing my job...

LOSING MY JOB

...is not my choice!

- My loving family... - My loving family...

My loving family...

MY LOVING FAMILY

...will support me fully as I seek new opportunities.

...as I seek new opportunities.

My loving family will support me fully as I seek new opportunities.

My loving family...

Hey, honey.

- Can you put your earphones in? - Just a sec.

HIRED IN 3 MONTHS

So, you must've had sleepless nights.

Are you crying?

Where's that brave bachelor who proposed to a single mom?

I made a new start. You can too.

Sure you can!

Take all your hopes and dreams,

and recite your own incantation.

Ready?

Now, go!

A new start...

A new start.

A new start.

I'm the head of a family.

I'll be born again.

To put bread on my family's table...

there's nothing I won't do.

In three months,

I'll get hired again!

I feel great!

3 MONTHS LATER

13 Months Later

Choi Nam-gu.

Hi Nam-gu, I know. Today at 5 o'clock.

- My boss is really curious about you. - Good.

Sorry to ask so suddenly, but can you come at noon?

Listen, I'm...

I'm at the retail store now, with my wife.

The boss suddenly booked a 5:00 p.m. flight back to China.

- Too much to ask? - No, hold on.

Wait.

I'll plead with my wife.

That's right. Come over now.

But there's a question he always asks. "What's your weak point?"

Weak point?

It's a crucial and sensitive issue, so think about it, okay?

- Okay, thanks. - No worries.

Weak point?

Sorry, I know it's absolutely impossible to answer.

What's my weak point?

Well, obviously, it's that you love plants too much.

You're a vegetable.

What? You called me an animal last night.

Nam-gu gave me this awesome tip.

Yes?

If only I can explain my weak point well.

It's a crucial and sensitive issue.

If you're hired, you'll work under your former subordinate Nam-gu.

Tell us how you feel about that.

I was a manager, true.

But I've always considered myself to be blue collar.

So, in that respect--

I don't think you understood the question.

Mr. Choi Nam-gu--

No, of course, I understand. My point is...

Nam-gu came to Papyrus first, so you'll learn from him, right?

Of course!

I am always learning.

I got hired as soon as I graduated from high school.

And while keeping that job, I earned a degree in chemistry too.

Of course, it was an online degree, though.

And of course, even after that, I kept learning.

And of course, safety management.

In 2019, When I received the Pulp Man of the Year Award,

it was that aspect that they singled out in my record.

And that same year, I finally bought my own home.

The very house I was born in.

Of course...

I'm saying "of course" too much, aren't I?

It's not so much because I'm nervous,

but self-confidence?

Assurance? That's what it is.

Of course!

If you don't mind, could you tell me about your weak point?