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.

Let's make a deal.

A deal…

You have cards left to play?

I'll take the chairman's wealth

and give it to your wife.

If you make this deal with me, I'll make the chairman…

kneel before you.

You've seen me in action. I'm always a step ahead of him.

There is no one more qualified than me to go against Chairman Myung.

A deal?

What is it you want?

Start by immediately reinstating Prosecutor Jang Tae-chun.

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS CHIEF PROSECUTOR LEE YEONG-JIN

I'm here to report that I, Prosecutor Jang Tae-chun,

have been reinstated to Criminal Division 5

following my disciplinary suspension.

Jang Tae-chun.

Yes, sir.

Louder.

Yes, sir!

Don't cause any trouble.

Yes, sir.

CHIEF PROSECUTOR LEE YEONG-JIN

PUBLIC OFFICIAL ID

Thank you, sir.

Hello, everyone.

Good morning. It's been a while.

You were reinstated earlier than expected.

-Congratulations on your return. -Don't congratulate him just yet.

Gosh.

Wow. The office became spacious.

We have more people now.

My suspension was terminated, so I was reinstated.

As for my uncle, he was given a dedicated seat

for as long as the investigation needed his advice.

This was the deal he made with Senior Chief Hwang.

Hey, you're early.

The market just opened, so I'm a little busy here.

What's all this?

FSS data and other information Hwang Gi-seok sent over.

-Do you trust him? -No.

Why are you doing all this when you don't even trust him?

Because we made a deal.

That's why you're standing there and I'm seated here.

Yes, for now. But it's obvious he's going to use you

to bring Chairman Myung down and stab you in the back.

I'm sure he'll try.

But I won't let him have his way.

Neither will you, for that matter.

Use money against the law and law against money?

Don't worry about the future just yet. Here's a list of things I need.

Request these from the stock exchange and the Financial Services Commission.

If you send an official note of request, how long will it take?

My people would do it in no time.

Get ready for Mr. Nam to surprise you.

I'll bring it to you before the ink dries.

Jang is back in his office.

Eun Yong is here too. He's begun the analysis work.

Criminal Investigations must be busy too. Shall I dismiss you from the new unit?

No need, sir. I'll serve you by your side.

Of course, Chief Lee. I expect you to be by my side.

I'll do my best, sir.

SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS SECURITIES FRAUD UNIT

Mr. Hwang. Congratulations on your promotion, sir.

Congratulations, sir!

Thank you all. That'll be enough with the congratulations.

This is a unit specifically created by the attorney general.

The first case is essential. You already know that.

Well, then, why don't we take a look at the cases

you have all prepared today?

Let's begin.

Here are the documents you requested. Take a look.

You got them already?

You really are quick.

Thank you.

I'm the one who should thank you.

What? Why?

Do you know why I decided to work with you?

While working here, I've seen far too many people

take advantage of their prosecutors' family members,

but I've never seen an uncle go to jail to protect his prosecutor nephew.

That's why I decided to put my trust in you.

Thank you. I won't let you down.

You'd better keep your word, or else I won't let you off easy.

Mr. Nam.

I'm so grateful and relieved that someone like you

is working alongside Prosecutor Jang.

Then treat me to dinner next time.

According to inspection reports from FSS, the manager of Baekdu Securities

obtained insider information and purchased shares by front-running.

-We will root out this malpractice and-- -Okay.

I'm all for rooting out and all,

but step out the room and check the name of our unit again.

This is our first case as a unit,

and you want to catch some securities-firm guy?

-Next. -Buksan Heavy Industries

cooked the books to conceal their loss--

Isn't Buksan Heavy Industries a politically-themed stock?

The election is around the corner.

Don't you know it'll only burden our office

if we get involved in political scandals?

BUKSAN INVESTIGATION PLAN

Next.

Next.

Next.

Next.

How about Bawoo Fund, sir?

Some analysts say the plan itself is misleading.

Hey, you bastard. Those are just tabloid rumors.

No.

Well, there are some rumors and conspiracies we can use for reference.

But the problem is,

the fund is run by my father-in-law.

I'm the head of this investigation unit.

But if I investigate that here…

don't you think people will get the wrong idea?

My apologies, sir. I wasn't thinking straight.

It's fine. No need to apologize.

Let's call it a day. We'll continue tomorrow.

But it'd better be different from today.

Go out there in the field and by any means

find a workable case.

-Got it? -Yes, sir!

-Where did you pick him up from? -The Daegu district office.

He's the one who indicted the three-time mayor for bribery.

Actually, you complimented him for having guts.

I remember.

He does have guts.

Get rid of the bastard. I don't want to see him.

Yes, sir.

Look here.

In order for stock or market manipulation to be legally valid,

there must be evidence of unjust enrichment.

But you, Prosecutor Ham Jin, whom I admire and respect,

have raided all the firms I invested in.

What does that mean?

The stocks crashed, and I lost a hefty amount of money.

In other words, I'm the victim here!

Don't you agree?

Chairman Myung, you must be sour.

Despite your efforts to profit big through a crafty operation, you lost a fortune.

Do you have more questions for me?

Let's wrap it up for today.

Stop making me come in for no reason.

Okay? Let me run my business.

Gosh. I guess I'll be seeing you soon, then.

Whenever you run your business, you create more work for us prosecutors.

My goodness.

Oh, dear.

OUTGOING CALL SON-IN-LAW

So, how was the questioning?

-A walk in the park, right? -Damn it.

Gi-seok must be really upset.

Chief Hwang-- He's still not picking up?

He's no longer a chief.

He's the senior chief now. He got promoted.

If he's so great and honorable, why did you beat him up?

Look here.

Do you even know how much I lost?

Damn, that trash--

-My goodness. -Damn it.

He's not the one who made you lose it. You know who the real culprit is.

I knew it. Your instincts were right.

The one who ratted me out is Eun Yong, right?

Apparently, Chief Hwang and Park Joon-gyeong meet quite often.

And now that she's Eun Yong's attorney-- Well, doesn't everything add up?

Damn.

These little fuckers.

I'm going to destroy them all.

I've added the clause you mentioned about Attorney Park to the contract.

Thanks.

You sure you gave her competent bodyguards?

Of course.

We had to pay them more than what MLB baseball players make.

What's with the sarcastic tone? What are you so unhappy about?

Hiring expensive security to protect Attorney Park?

I completely understand.

I worry as much as you do.

But how come I'm the only one who cares about our fund?

I carried out all your requests,

so you should at least review the materials I send you

and give me some feedback.

Do you even know the shareholders' meeting is next month?

Didn't we make some profit

by shorting Myung's stocks?

Look here.

Did you forget how much money you used to make by the hour?

You think our investors will be satisfied with that?

Just buy their shares if they want out.

Hey! Are you seriously going to be like this?

I'm taking responsibility for the fund's performance, no?

I'll make sure you get paid enough without issues, so just do as I say!

So what you're saying is I should shut up, do as you say, and just get paid?

That's what you call a partnership?