Undercover Miss Hong (언더커버 미쓰홍)

UNDERCOVER MISS HONG

Stop interfering and go back to where you belong, Hong Keum-bo.

You did it all on purpose, didn't you?

You intentionally put me on the task force

and took those documents.

It's what you wanted.

Wait. We're on a tight schedule.

Don't we need a clerical assistant for menial tasks

like coffee runs, copies, and lunch delivery?

Please help out as much as you can.

DETAILS OF OUTSTANDING LIABILITIES

HANMIN INVESTMENT & SECURITIES

I've gotten in touch with an overseas investment firm

that can provide short-term funding.

It's called DK Ventures,

and they'll be in Seoul for due diligence.

What if they try to assert their leverage to strong-arm us?

There's no need for concern.

I believe this is where my role comes in.

I'll handle the negotiations to ensure the terms are favorable for us.

All right. Excellent.

Come in.

President Shin.

Let Ms. Song know once the investor confirms their flight.

We must show our special guests the warmest hospitality.

Yes, sir.

I'll let her know as soon as possible.

Good.

Ms. Song.

Do you know why I chose to appoint

Shin Jung-woo as the president of Hanmin?

He reached out first back then.

I remember he sent his condolences when President Kang passed away.

Condolences were just an excuse.

That's how he asserted his presence to me.

I was also like that when I was younger.

Shin has agreed to introduce us to an investor,

so we must take advantage of that.

Sir, are you also considering President Shin

as a potential son-in-law, as Madam Choi does?

We'll have to see if he's got what it takes.

Right.

About the hidden Swiss bank account under Nora's name…

Are you certain she and her mother are still in the dark about it?

You and I are the only ones who know about that account.

All right.

It's time I bring Nora into my house.

A storm is coming,

so let us fortify the granary first.

All right?

FOR LEASE

Jeez, what is happening to this country's economy?

CLOSING NOTICE

- Two orders of noodles for you. - Thank you.

I told you to go easy on Yehppee and coax him,

not finish him off.

Then should I have helped them with the hidden slush fund

and shamelessly looted the taxpayers' money?

Bang Jin-mok wasn't wrong, you know.

Even if the IMF crisis makes Hanmin falter now,

Chairman Kang won't be affected in the slightest.

Only the innocent employees will suffer the hit and fallout.

I think Shin Jung-woo was onto our investigation

and sabotaged it on purpose.

He knew exactly what he was doing

when he put me on that task force and took the document I prepared.

It's still too early to jump to conclusions.

If he wanted to score major points,

he would've simply handed you over to Chairman Kang.

Who knows?

Shin Jung-woo might be helping you out without you knowing,

just like he did in the past.

What do you mean?

When did he ever help me?

Firing her for whistle blowing alone…

9 YEARS AGO, 1988

…would be enough to send a warning

not just to Hong Keum-bo, but to the whole office.

And if she leaks those files she has? What then?

That won't happen,

and I'll take responsibility if it ever does.

Even now, the company needs people to do the work.

I'll take over…

The work Mr. Yun was doing.

Please just drop the lawsuit against Hong Keum-bo.

Back then,

Shin Jung-woo ran around as if his life depended on it

to stop your old firm from pursuing a retaliatory lawsuit.

Why the hell didn't you tell me sooner?

That scared me.

Don't get mad at me.

What if you had known sooner? Would that have changed anything?

I guess deep down you still have

at least a spoonful of hope left for him.

Hope, my ass.

Why would he bother to help me?

He's about to marry into the Kang family.

You think he'd walk away from that opportunity?

Damn it.

You have a point.

Anyway, all signs point to us ending the operation.

Let's wrap it up.

I mean,

you went undercover to expose

corruption within Hanmin's ownership and management.

The livelihoods of its employees aren't our responsibility.

Besides, we're barely keeping our heads above water as it is.

They're talking about financial reform laws and whatnot

and even possibly disbanding the FSS.

Talk of restructuring has everyone feeling uneasy,

so you'll return to the office by December 8th at the latest.

You pay for that.

Amid the worst economic crisis in history, stock prices have hit a ten-year low.

Banks and securities firms

are being hit by waves of withdrawals and intense client backlash.

Clients hoping to withdraw their funds have been gathering in droves

at these financial institutions, even before business hours.

FRAUD

KIM MI-SOOK

THE COMPLAINANT SEEKS DAMAGES FOR FINANCIAL LOSSES…

Did you hear?

The branch manager's playing dumb again.

Even the head office made it clear

that the employees are responsible for the funds they sold.

At our branch, Kim Mi-sook is in the most trouble.

I hear she even received a criminal complaint.

How could she possibly compensate them all?

She's done for.

At least she's a single woman without kids.

You know those debts can be passed down.

I know, right?

I knew it.

I clearly have an eye for these things.

Let's accentuate that waist a bit more.

Mom, I just snuck out briefly during my lunch break.

I told you earlier, right?

My daughter's being trained as an heiress.

We should start bride lessons soon too.

Oh, right.

Nora, let's move you into Dad's place as soon as possible.

Your dad gave a special order for you to move in.

Albert has been living it up

in your dad's palace of a house all this time,

while you've been crammed into that shoebox with three others.

It upsets me so much.

There are five of us, not four.

What? Five?

What? It's nothing.

I think we should lower the shoulders a bit.

It's so pretty.

This side too.

Hong Jang-mi is actually Hong Keum-bo,

and Hong Keum-bo works for the FSS.

The FSS was in charge of investigating Hanmin's slush fund,

so did Hong Keum-bo lie her way in here to dig into the slush fund?

Is that why…

Where did you get that notebook from?

You took it from the president's office.

Did you take it knowing about the raid?

Who told you to?

Hold on.

She even knew the ledger was in the president's office.

Hong Jang-mi, that crazy brat!

Jang-mi, how did you know…

I mean, Ms. Hong, how did you know about the ledger?

Because President Kang had offered it to me as evidence.

You knew my President Kang?

Wait.

But I thought he had that ledger because he was managing the slush fund.

You call him your President Kang, yet know nothing about him.

So you had no shame about wanting to steal that money

because you thought he was managing the slush fund?

Hey!

Anyone would think that.

Even though he showed me nothing but respect and kindness,

he was still the son of a rich chairman.

He and I came from different worlds.

President Kang Myeong-hwi wished to set Hanmin on the right path,

although he never even got a chance to stand up to Chairman Kang.

We met a few times

to discuss the slush fund probe.

Let's meet up

at our spot tonight.

All right.

Could it be

that the woman he met the night before his accident

was you, Hong Keum-bo?

How do you know about that?

Ms. Song knows about it too.

Could she be suspecting you?

She did ask me for your personnel file back then.

If she knew, she would've done something by now.

Don't worry.

Anyway,

I'm quitting in the first week of December.

So let's just play dumb until then.

We'll part ways then and live our lives.

I'll treat you as Queen Bee until my last day.

You're only saying that because it'd hurt you if I dug any deeper.

That's bold coming from you,