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

ALL CHARACTERS, PLACES, ORGANIZATIONS, CASES,

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

Hey, Jang Tae-chun.

How dare you bring this to light without reporting it to me?

Actually, Mr. Hwang suddenly called for me, and--

You little bastard. Hey!

Great work.

Thanks to you, our department's reputation has improved.

That bastard, Hwang Gi-seok, is great at sly things like this.

Man, that sneaky son of a bitch.

Will you be questioning Kim Seong-tae this morning?

At least he turned himself in. So don't be too harsh on him.

I won't summon him.

I have everything I need anyway. Plus I've got a pile of other cases.

I bet Gi-seok is going to treat you to a feast.

Keep up the good work.

Goodbye, sir.

Oh, Mr. Nam.

-Good morning. -Yes, good morning.

Have you decided to accept Mr. Hwang's drink?

Mr. Nam.

Yes?

If a rookie like me captures Chairman Myeong,

the loan shark king, it'd be unbelievable, right?

Only if you get him.

-If you fail, you'll die. -I'm aware.

I'm too young to die, you know.

I'm going to step out for a bit. Meeting at 9:00 about Chairman Myeong.

Work with me.

I'll make you the most powerful prosecutor in the country.

Come on.

Careful.

Wow!

Only when you're standing up this high can you see far ahead

and broaden your horizons.

Got it?

So,

what's your plan with Major Park?

The law serves no purpose for them.

Doing time in prison will only affect their health.

If they still have everything even after they get released,

this cycle will just repeat itself.

We need to take away what Chairman Myeong cherishes more than his life: money.

As for Hwang Gi-seok, we'll take away his power.

Connecting them to CEO Oh won't be enough to make that happen.

I'm a businessman.

My weapon is money, not the law.

Money?

Money.

I'm going to buy the entire prosecution service of South Korea.

You hear me?

This feels great!

ATTACHED FILE JANG TAE-CHUN

SEND

Hey, Jang Tae-chun!

- I just sent it. -Okay.

All right. Great.

Let's see.

You know leaking confidential information is illegal, right?

Of course. All investments come with a risk.

I'm risking my life here, not my money.

I don't need deposit guarantees. Just make sure you get results.

Hey, Tae-chun--

He sure does take after me.

All right.

Hello, Mr. Oh. Nice to meet you.

Yes, nice to meet you too.

The view here is amazing.

I thought it'd be best to talk in a relaxed environment.

Of course. I've had it rough lately, so this is great.

Please take a seat.

My name is Eun Yong. I'm in the moneylending business.

Ah, yes.

I was trained under Chairman Myeong In-ju in the past.

Yes, I've heard a lot about you.

You're the only one that extorted money from Chairman Myeong in Myeong-dong.

Yeah, we go way back.

I'm sure you know about my relationship with Chairman Myeong, so why call me here?

I want to invest in your company instead of Chairman Myeong.

If I want to do business in Korea, isn't it critical to have connections like you?

Gosh, I'm flattered by your words.

But loyalty is of great value to me.

You've had two elections since you retired.

But Chairman Myeong couldn't make you a congressman.

I think you have a better chance with me.

He's over the hill now. So cut your ties with that old fox

and accept my offer.

There are tons of rich people out there.

But you know who Chairman Myeong's son-in-law is, right?

You mean Chief Hwang Gi-seok? The so-called Chef Hwang?

Yes, you're right.

I know I trained him, but he's going to make it big.

Take a look at this.

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This is a document you signed saying you earned cash from stock manipulation.

I got it from Dongdaemun.

So? Are you trying to blackmail me with this?

What do you mean by blackmail? I'm proposing an investment.

How dare you try to fool me?

Hey, you loan shark.

You think you are on par with me because you have some money?

You should've brought gifts if you wanted to build connections.

How dare you shove this in my face?

I wonder what will happen if this goes into Chef Hwang's hands.

What if this cripples his success?

With what he can cook up,

I'm sure he'll boil you in hot water.

For your sake, I'm safely keeping evidence from the prosecution.

We'll just call it collateral for our trust.

And I think you misunderstood me. I asked you to meet me today

not because I wanted to beg for your connections

but because I want to buy them.

Buy my connections?

What will you do with them?

With investment comes restructuring.

I'm sure you're feeling uneasy

because the dog you trained has grown too big.

They won't budge that easily.

Chairman Myeong and his son-in-law committed a crime together.

Current GMI Bank, former Bluenet.

Do you remember CEO Yoon?

There's nothing you can do with a past incident.

That case has been closed with CEO Yoon's death.

The accomplice is still here to reveal the truth.

An accomplice?

Come in.

I'm Park Joon-gyeong.

CERTIFICATE OF ENTRY & EXIT

I've contacted the immigration office at the airport,

and it turns out that he recently flew in on a private plane from Mongolia.

He has a private plane?

My father-in-law was right.

-Who's the girl next to him? -Her real name is Hong Han-na.

In the capital market, she's known as Butterfly Hong or Teacher Hong.

-A butterfly? -No, not a butterfly in the wild.

She's the "social butterfly" Hong.

She has global and domestic connections to the financial and political world.

She's also the co-owner of the hedge fund Eun Yong runs.

She manages the investors.

But there's never any return without risk.

Why would a global hedge fund owner come to Korea?

If you want, we can call her in and ask.

I'm sure we can find something in her foreign exchange records.

No, no. It would look suspicious if we make the first move.

Put me through to Director Choi from Financial Supervisory Service.

Minimizing risk. Wouldn't you agree this is the role of a hedge fund?

Are you sure? I hear that the investment is to Korea and not Mongolian real estate.

Where did he hear that news?

Don't you think that profits matter?

I'll be back here on the payment dates

with a large amount of money to make you happy.

Inshallah.

These good-for-nothing rich wimps.

They keep whining like little kids.

You have the campaign funds for CEO Oh all prepared, right?

I've been making excuses in six different languages because of that.

Oh, a very good job.

-How did it go with CEO Oh? -Yeah.

How is he as a person?

Decent. He's quite ambitious. But he's also a coward.

-You saw the files I sent you, right? -No. What is it?

Information from the prosecution acquired by seize-and-search.

What the-- Damn it!

Goddamn it!

Are you unaware of the consequences if I get caught with these files on my PC?

Trying to put us out of business?

We're giving money to CEO Oh so he can stop that from happening.

Isn't this how you do business in Korea?

Take a look. The information on there is all money.

You found something that's worth something in here while all this was happening?

Isn't money the only thing that moves those like you, me, Chairman Myeong,

and everyone else in the capital market?

Come on. Just take a look. Please?

Will CEO Oh take care of the core members of the prosecution?

Yes.

Is your friend Eun Yong a person you can trust?

He's family.

We will finalize everything with the party leader this evening.

If the investigation starts after you turn yourself in,

the party will initiate their attack too.

-Okay. -There's no turning back after that.

There's no limit as to what kind of dirty tricks they'll play on you.

My military uniform probably can't protect me this time.

Even If they find a tiny flaw,

Hwang Gi-seok will stab me to death with the power he wields.

If you are willing to stop here--

Revealing the truth, punishing the culprit.

My mom always told me

those two things never happened, although she protested with all her might.

I'm going to do it right this time.

If your mom were here, she'd never forgive me.

No.

I'm sure…

Mom would've supported us.

MYUNG SE-HU HWANG GI-SEOK'S WIFE

The chairman of the board wants to see you after the reception.

It's about the rebate case in the Seoul western prosecutors' office.

The accused won't be in custody.

Good job.

Your father told you, right?