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.

SON SEUNG-JIN CANDIDATE PRESS CONFERENCE

From this point on…

I will atone for my past actions.

Starting with my family, to my predecessors,

I will investigate everyone without concession.

I, Hwang Gi-seok,

as a whistle-blower myself,

will fight to establish an upright and honorable Prosecution…

until the very end.

What's your plan when you can't win an easy battle like this?

Justice without intellect

is utterly useless.

I will use Hwang Gi-seok to wipe out everyone.

Did you forget what you said me?

Do you really think Hwang will stick it out to the end?

I'll be right behind him.

He's just a chess piece

I move on my chessboard.

Fine.

Just do it by the law.

I'll arrest anyone who doesn't follow it,

whether it's Hwang,

or even you.

You know this already.

I may not be the brightest,

but I'm a persevering dumbass.

I'm not giving up until the end.

Who was behind the past stock manipulation case?

Who caused the Bawoo Fund crisis that crippled the national economy?

Do you think it's me and Lee Su-dong, whose photo you saw online?

The truth…

must be revealed

by rigorous investigations.

If Chairman Myung is really the man behind everything,

doesn't that make you the epicenter of corruption within Prosecution?

I have the evidence to prove the facts.

We've obtained from Lee Su-dong, the sponsorship bribery ledger.

Have you secured the evidence?

Which names are written in the ledger?

Are the Supreme Office seniors involved?

As a working prosecutor,

I will observe how the task force responds.

If they're willing to investigate,

I will cooperate and provide all obtained evidence.

Why did you lie?

You retrieved no such ledger from Lee.

They won't know what we have anyway.

For this sort of strategy, the setup is everything.

You need to bluff to make the opponent anxious,

so the public opinion flows in our favor.

But more importantly, if we want to use Lee effectively--

It's not a matter of whether the proof exists or not.

Oh, right. I suppose it's because you can just make evidence as needed.

If you don't like how I operate…

it's not too late to tell the truth to the press.

Why would I do that?

We put you on stage to do exactly this.

Keep it up, sir Bark and bite on command.

"Who caused the Bawoo Fund crisis?"

Your facial expression was on point.

You almost had me fooled.

Good job.

Just as our Chef Hwang predicted,

the evening news is all over this.

Headlines about tampering ledgers, and equity relationships,

the public's too busy living life to follow such drudgeries.

Leave a strong impression, then they'll mobilize.

I can guarantee this though,

you'd have made a fortune manipulating the stock market.

Are you going to be okay?

Going forward. The other side will have a target on your back.

It's easy to predict how the seniors will respond.

If all goes according to plan,

I'll be fine.

Who says I'm worried for you?

You know this well. That you might actually get killed.

Watch your back. I own you now.

You mean you really don't know where Lee Su-dong went?

I really don't know.

I told them everything I know.

Shall I knock some sense into her?

No, she's useless to us if we ruin her face.

Retrieve her house, car, and anything she received from Lee.

As for her,

sell her off someplace for a high price.

Chairman-- Wait. Please wait.

Su-dong gave me this number for when things like this happened.

You're saying that now?

It's fine.

-Give the bitch her phone. -Yes, sir.

Hello? One moment. I'll put him on the phone.

It's me. Where are you?

I'm at Prosecution.

Prosecution?

It's not Su-dong. It's a prosecutor.

Hello there, Chairman.

It's Prosecutor Jang Tae-chun.

Oh, Mr. Jang. Been a while.

Miss Kim Ju-yeon is a key witness for us.

By any chance, is she in some kind of danger?

Not at all.

Good. Don't do anything to her, even if you want to.

If you remain quiet, I'll pay a visit with a warrant soon.

That won't be necessary.

You must be busy. I'll let you go.

Goodbye.

Can I go now?

Wow.

Mr. Nam, it's as you predicted.

Myung's easy to predict.

He wouldn't do anything to her after that phone call, would he?

He's not that reckless.

He just gets clever when dealing with the powerful.

Then he's just a coward.

Weak before the strong,

but wicked to the weak.

Same goes for Hwang.

So your uncle wants to capture bad guys with the hands of a bad guy.

Correct?

Doesn't matter.

Once a bad guy, always a bad guy.

We have to arrest every one of them. Shouldn't matter who.

It's easier said than done.

I've been after Hwang for so long.

I fought so hard to get him at every opportunity.

He shattered me to pieces every time.

Damn.

In reality, trying to go by law and order

is like trying to catch lightning in a bottle.

Wait a minute.

You didn't take a stand not knowing you'd shatter.

If something's worth fighting for,

shouldn't we fight, no matter what the odds?

Am I wrong?

-You are right. -I do see your point.

I guess no experienced advice can curb your passion.

Whether you win or lose, do what you have to do.

I'll shield you from frontal attacks and take care of top brass for you.

Okay. Let's go for it.

Hwang Gi-seok, that crazy fuck.

He's challenging us?

Lock him up for defamation, libel, and disclosure of classified information.

Hwang is a clever man. We play his game, we fall for his trap.

You're right. We can't have him acquire this persecuted-prosecutor image.

I hear Hwang's wife runs a restaurant

on a VIP membership basis. Is that true?

Yeah, I'm a member there.

May I have the list of the VIP members?

Let me shake down a few people, and link them to a bribery charge.

You want to target the wife to strike him from behind?

Good direction.

Well, I guess that's fine.

But what about Lee Su-dong?

I'll do what I was taught by Hwang.

I'll take care of sealing his lips.

You have a plan?

Okay.

Who owns Bawoo Fund? Who is actually behind it?

QUESTION TAKES SOCIAL MEDIA BY STORM

Since Prosecutor Hwang's speech, social media has lit up in a frenzy.

Over 10 million posts have been posted.

According to a stock exchange tabloid, a document named,

"X Files of Corrupt Prosecutor" is spreading in the stock exchange field.

However, due to it being provided by an anonymous source,

the legitimacy of these files have yet to be confirmed.

What's this ledger Mr. Hwang obtained?

Does it even exist? How detailed is it?

Senior Chief couldn't reveal it, right?

No way.

If he does, we're done. Everyone from top to bottom.

Honestly, we only did what we were told.

Why should we become collateral damage in their fight?

What're you all chatting about?

-Good day, sir. -Good day, sir.

Hasn't been good for us all.

Here's Myung Se-hui's VIP membership list.

Mark one person each and dig.

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, CHIEF

LEGAL TRAINING INSTITUTE, DIRECTOR

Isn't Myung Se-hui Mr. Hwang's wife?

Should we really mess with family?

Listen, you bastard.

You still think Hwang's family?

The Supreme Office ordered this.

No man defeats the organization. Outcome is all but guaranteed.

Stop talking bullshit.

Do as you're told. Understood?

-Yes, sir. -Yes, sir.

Jang, my office now.

INCOMING CALL - HONG HAN-NAH ACCEPT - DECLINE

-Hey. -Where are you? It's almost time.

Yeah, I know.

I have to confirm something.

I'll be there soon. Tell Joon-gyeong to start without me.