Climax (클라이맥스)

Candidate Bang Tae Seop is gaining on Candidate Park Hong Jip.

With Park Hong Jip at 31.6 percent and Bang Tae Seop at 29.7 percent,

the approval rating gap in Dongnam A continues to shrink.

With polls increasingly predicting a victory for Bang Tae Seop,

public opinion in the district is in turmoil.

While Park's camp is scrambling to maintain their lead,

Bang's camp is on an all-out attack, claiming they've ensured a comeback.

A tanking stock always shoots up the moment you sell it.

I just can't get him out of my head.

Bang Tae Seop?

Bang Tae Seop.

Is he watching me?

Is he watching me or something?

(Bang Tae Seop: Here's the latest on Lee Yang Mi.)

What is she trying to pull now?

Bang Tae Seop...

No!

Don't do it. The first one to call loses.

Yes.

I was reckless back then.

What is this?

And I regret it.

You'd better have learned your lesson.

Believe me, I feel it in my bones.

Lee Yang Mi's been making some suspicious moves lately.

- Are you just going to take it? - Not a chance.

I want to team up with you again to take down Lee Yang Mi,

so I even brought the documents you asked for.

The movie Lee Yang Mi is investing in.

The budget is 30 million dollars,

but the actual internal estimate for production costs

is under ten million dollars.

As for that other 20 million,

she must be planning to funnel it into Son Guk Won's slush fund.

To prepare for the presidential election,

she's using the movie for laundering money?

Exactly.

If this were to leak to the press, all hell would break loose,

so she's using Sang Ah as a pawn, knowing her network is safe.

We can use this to take down Lee Yang Mi first.

Let's leave that movie alone.

What? Why not?

If we go after it, Sang Ah will face the fallout too.

Just knowing the details is enough for now.

We need to get our hands on an even bigger bombshell.

First,

set me up with a meeting with Assemblyman Choi.

Meeting with Assemblyman Choi? That's not a problem.

I...

have a project I'm secretly working on.

Okay.

Gosh, the dust. Seriously!

Gosh, the dust!

Goodness.

What on earth?

You're not kidnapping me, are you?

What would I do with you?

Seriously...

Son Guk Won used Daeyang Fund to build his slush fund.

You're aware of the death of its CEO, Yoon, right?

Yes, that's Son Guk Won's Achilles' heel.

Our party tried everything to exploit it,

but we could never find the right angle.

The day CEO Yoon scheduled a meeting with reporters about Son Guk Won,

he died in an accident.

It was ruled an accident from unintended acceleration,

but there were rumors it was a homicide.

Rumor has it there's someone behind Son Guk Won handling things.

A figure they call "the Shadow."

Right. We tried to find that "Shadow" too, but we never did.

About that Shadow...

We found him.

Really?

This is the file on Shadow...

I got from a senior prosecutor who was investigating Son Guk Won.

(Report: Park's Illegal Acts and Son's Slush Fund)

This is the man currently working as Son Guk Won's aide.

So you're telling me this jerk is Shadow?

I'm 98 percent certain.

No, 99 percent.

The timing of his trips abroad lines up perfectly.

The slush fund money was moved to accounts in a third country,

making it impossible to trace.

This confirmed that he's Son Guk Won's right-hand man.

So, our plan is to take Shadow,

frame him as the one who killed CEO Yoon,

and get the dirt on Son Guk Won's Daeyang Fund slush fund.

If Candidate Bang brings that intel to the Creation Party,

the next presidential election is in the bag.

So, obviously, you'll make it worth our while, right?

As long as your intel is solid.

For this general election, give us the party's full support,

and promise that you'll stump for me.

And for the next presidential election,

give me the chief of staff position in the campaign.

Come on. Don't be so petty.

- I guess you don't want the intel. - No, that's not it.

Fine. It's a deal.

- Here you go. - Okay.

I need one last masterpiece before you retire.

First, make him suspect that Son Guk Won was the mole.

Your job is to drive a wedge

between Son Guk Won and Shadow.

By the way,

how did you know I was putting in my papers?

You said you'd quit the Prosecution if you didn't get promoted again.

Go see this man. He'll give you a position.

Okay.

- Just as you've always done... - Yes.

Oh, boy.

Hello, there.

The legendary Shadow himself.

It's an honor to finally meet you.

The victim's cell phone.

We'll find everything once we run forensics on this,

so you might as well start talking. All right?

We also have proof you last spoke to CEO Yoon Sang Hyun before he died.

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

What is there for me to say?

Run your forensics or whatever else you need to do.

You people

can't touch me anyway.

I think it might be different this time.

The person who tipped us off

is one of your own.

The evidence is ironclad,

which is why we could arrest you on the spot.

Gosh, why does this guy keep calling me like this?

You're making a mistake if you're trying to call Son Guk Won.

Son Guk Won

has already thrown you away.

You people clearly don't know Assemblyman Son.

He's not the type to just cast me aside like this.

He would've just had me killed.

It's different this time.

If I were Son Guk Won, with the presidency on the line,

I'd start by removing dirty aides, the ones who could hold me back.

It's the only way to secure the presidency,

and avoid being blackmailed for his entire term.

From the moment Son Guk Won emerged as a leading presidential candidate,

he was already planning to get rid of you.

CEO Yoon's death just happened to be the perfect opportunity,

and he used it to report you to the Prosecution.

Spare me the fiction.

Fine. Be loyal.

You'll just be the loyal hunting dog who knew what his master was up to,

served him faithfully, and then got tossed aside.

Then you'll end up rotting in prison for the rest of your life.

Hey.

If you want to survive this,

you need to give us all the evidence you have,

so Son Guk Won is forced to drop out of the presidential race,

and face a proper investigation. That's the only way.

If you had hard evidence that I murdered CEO Yoon,

you would've just come at me head-on.

You wouldn't be resorting

to these underhanded tactics, would you?

The truth is,

you've got nothing on me.

Why? Am I wrong?

Good grief.

Park Sang Hyun.

This is the last chance I can give you

to save yourself.

The choice is yours.

And all the consequences

are yours to bear.

The future of Dongnam District A!

Please support our candidate, Bang Tae Seop!

("Campaign Chairman Gu Hong Seo Rallies Support for Bang Tae Seop")

- Bang Tae Seop! - Bang Tae Seop!

- Bang Tae Seop! - Bang Tae Seop!

("Creation Party Aims for First Win Over Reform Party in Dongnam A")

- Bang Tae Seop! - Bang Tae Seop!

This way.

Right this way.

Hello.

- Hello. - Hi. Thanks for coming.

- Why isn't she here yet? - I've been trying to call her.

Are you sure you told her the correct call time?

Yes.

- She said she'd be here in ten. - Then why...

- Goodness. - Gosh.

Okay, everyone's here. Let's start the table read.

Right.

We have an intimate scene scheduled for the very first day of shooting.

I know this might be awkward for you two,

but the director feels that

the authentic awkwardness might help the scene.

It just really wasn't easy to make any adjustments.

It's fine. Don't worry about it.

You're okay with that, right?

I asked if you were okay with it.

I'm not okay with it.

Is the director lost?

I'll be right back. I'll go check.

Want a drink?

How have you been?

And you, senior?

"Senior?"