Kkondae Intern (Old School Intern / 꼰대인턴)

Hello!

I'm a Senior Intern Lee Man Sik.

"Kkondae Intern" is MBC's new ambitious miniseries...

on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

A bunch of losers came at once.

The genre of this drama is comedy, based in an office setting.

It's a so-called office comedy.

It is a favorite subject in movies and dramas.

You must be aware of the changing trends...

and lead that trend in the industry.

With changing times, office dramas have also evolved.

15 years ago, there was an office drama called "Super Rookie".

The title basically gave it away.

At least in this drama, he starts off working full time.

Many young people are having a hard time finding jobs.

You must have struggled a lot. You look slightly mature.

In order to become an employee now, you must start as a contract worker.

Who are they?

They're the recently hired contract workers.

You work double the full-time workers,

but get treated worse than a dog. It's truly not fair.

Tell your boss.

Jo Jang Poong is here.

Labor inspector at the Ministry of Employment and Labor is the lead.

He tries to punish corrupt business owners,

but even he couldn't get around this.

I made myself clear. Don't do it.

His senior at work never approves anything.

On top of that...

I've been a public servant for 30 years.

20 years of that was in the Ministry of Labor.

I have three times more experience than you.

You saw that coming. He's talking about the old days.

So? - When the time is right.

When's that?

At the right time, this relatable office drama is here.

It's an unbelievable situation where a senior who harassed me...

becomes my junior at work.

People can be wrong...

or have different opinions,

but they don't allow it.

They think people whose opinions are different from them are wrong.

I would call them old farts or "kkondae".

"Kkondae" could be somebody who's older...

and has a senior position at work. Superiors or bosses.

But it's not exclusive to them.

There are young people too.

If you're in a situation or a position...

to act like an old fart, you do.

This is a gratifying and touching revenge story...

surrounding their switched roles.

You're here as an intern, not a general director. An intern!

Not all interns are the same.

You must be wondering, so let's look into the main characters.

He turns from a gentle boss to a kkondae.

He's a manager in marketing at Joonsoo Food...

and maker of Spicy Chicken Ramyeon. It's General Manager Ga Yeol Chan.

Hello, I play Ga Yeol Chan on "Kkondae Intern".

I'm Park Hae Jin.

He's handsome, tall, and fits perfectly in a suit.

Male employees are envious of him, and female employees cheer for him.

His abilities are widely recognized.

The recipient is General Manager Ga Yeol Chan.

My focus is not on increasing exports.

Through our Spicy Chicken brand,

we'll lead the way for the K-Food wave.

He invents Spicy Chicken Ramyeon which gains huge popularity,

and this self-made man gets promoted to a general manager in no time.

Team lunches are a new trend.

When I heard...

"Team dinners are an extension of work," I thought this.

When I become a boss,

I will have team gatherings during work.

He's an open-minded boss who has team gatherings during work hours.

Furthermore...

It's 6 p.m. already.

What are you doing? Aren't you going home?

Oh, right.

He's a work-and-life balance angel who lets people go home on time.

My employees will enjoy their evenings today as well.

It's hard to tell...

whether he cares about his employees or their perception of him.

General Manager Ga,

I analyzed our products.

Did you?

He might be cursing in his head.

He underlined everything.

But he keeps his manners.

I'll look through this in detail.

No wonder.

There's no boss like him.

He's an angel. An angel.

His employees love and respect him.

He looks good.

The executives trust him as well.

However,

he may look perfect, but he has a humiliating past.

Who keeps on giving that punk work?

Don't give him work!

When he was a rookie at work, his senior wasn't fond of him,

and he looked useless.

Hey, Yeol Chan. - Yes, sir.

There's something for you to do.

Yes, sir.

This was what he made Yeol Chan do.

You need more sticks, right?

His chubby son's homework.

This is all for you.

Your job is to reassure your senior.

What else could it be?

Besides this strange logic...

Who called that punk?

He's going to spoil the mood. Who called him?

Get rid of that!

He could have been arrested for assault with his verbal abuse.

Move that thing!

He was an evil senior who was also physically violent.

He's an intern now.

What brings you here?

His shining life becomes troubled.

I don't know if you call it a coincidence or ill-fated,

but it's a resilient relationship.

We'll be facing hardships and adversities together.

Yeol Chan must have things he wants to say...

and things he doesn't like about his employees,

but he keeps it to himself, and you can tell.

I also can't express my feelings well.

I'm similar to him in that way.

Due to his sudden honorary retirement,

he went straight back to being a senior intern.

Hello, I'm Kim Eung Soo,

playing the role of Lee Man Sik in "Kkondae Intern".

I'm hard at work, being a kkondae.

Let's see how kkondae he is.

How dare an intern talk? What do you know?

Before his retirement, he was always picking at his subordinates.

Seriously?

And although he retired and is now a senior intern,

his old habits are still there.

What's up with your hair?

Excuse me? - You're here to work, not to party.

Since he keeps spitting out kkondae comments,

his coworkers have given him a new nickname,

the Kkondae Intern!

Kkon-tern?

How dare they call me that? Do they know who I am?

I got a job at the ramyeon company right out of high school,

and I worked hard at the company my whole life.

I got promoted up to Team Leader, but...

What did I do wrong?

It's not that you did anything wrong.

Then what? Because I'm old?

You know...

how they consider firing us first when we reach this age.

It's sad, being forced to retire from a company...

that I've dedicated my whole life for.

I worked hard,

for my family and for the company.

And all that there's left after all of that hard work is...

my kkondae personality.

Man Sik cannot stop here, he has a family.

He tries hard to get back into the job market, but...

I can't even evaluate it, it's too crappy.

Thanks to Yeol Chan, who is getting right back at Man Sik,

Man Sik is struggling every day.

He tries to make peace with Yeol Chan in his own way.

There is no relationship that is entirely bad.

Will Man Sik be able to sort out...

this terrible relationship?

She's a boxer who loves to eat.

She's crazy from the first day, but she loves justice.

Here's the justice warrior and an intern, Lee Tae Lee.

Nice to meet you all!

I'm Tae Lee, Lee Tae Lee!

She's a very bright and confident character.

How she comes off may leave you to think,

how did someone like her get a job at such a big company?

But she's just very unique...

and she works very hard.

I'm the queen of the copy machine.

People say that there's a way for those who try their best...

in everything they do, no matter how small the task is.

She tries to comfort herself, but the real world is a cold one.

I feel like I'm just going to end up copying forever.

Eating is her way of de-stressing.

Meet the queen of eating, Lee Tae Lee!

This is absolutely delicious.

Boy, can you eat. - It's delicious.

Tae Lee is...

someone who's very careful with her words.

And here's her superior that just began picking on her,

seemingly having no idea of what kind of a person she is.

Can you get me lunch?

Yes, sir.

This is somewhat acceptable, but...

I'm sorry.

I suddenly really want sundae soup.

It's not just once, nor twice.

Isn't it a little too much to change the menu three times?

That's Lee Tae Lee,