Race (Reiseu - 레이스)

ALL CHARACTERS, INCIDENTS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND SETTINGS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS

"DOES SEYONG HIRE EMPLOYEES FOR PUBLICITY?"

Why did I waste four years of my life on college?

Yeah, when you could've just sat

on your ass and took classes online, right?

It's crazy, all that money...

That girl in PR was hired by the VP!

Oh, yeah, I heard that too. It's insane.

I heard the team leaders fought

- to avoid putting her on their team. - Seriously,

- what is this place coming to? - Tell me about it.

This place is falling apart...

I mean, we should not have to do the same job

if our hiring credentials were that different.

Ms. Lee, can you find the documents?

Uh, yeah, just a second.

You need something?

Uh, I asked for the evaluation reports for the recruitment.

And why is that?

Uh, to double-check that it's all correct.

We can't reveal personnel-related documentation.

We're not supposed to just hand it out even to members of the PR department.

But the eval reports aren't personnel-related docu...

Even if they're not.

Mr. Ga.

You know how people are reacting. It's a complete disaster.

In order to fix that, we need to show them proof that this wasn't rigged.

And the evaluation reports prove that.

Did someone tell you to do this?

Mr. Song? Byungman?

There's no way you would've decided to do this on your own, correct?

Listen, if you need to do this, make an official request with Byungman.

Okay? That's how we operate.

I know you two are friends and all, but this is still your workplace.

I'm sorry.

Please wait, Mr. Ga.

Hey, Mr. Ga.

Ah, yes.

You heard him. Can't help you anymore.

Since when was this company protocol?

An assistant manager like me can't do shit?

Precisely right.

I want you to get those eval reports.

There might be other departments with access to them.

Hey.

He told you to stop, so stop.

But doesn't that seem strange to you?

Hello.

Mr. Jin, do you still have the evaluation reports

for the special recruitment candidates?

I don't think so. Once we uploaded them, they were stored in the HR server.

Hello, hello,

sorry to bother you.

I was wondering if you have the eval reports

for the special recruitment...

Oh, no, we already sent them out.

Are you sure you still don't have a copy of it?

Can't you check again?

I'm sorry, Jaemin. They're not here.

But...

What's up with these weird comments on your Instar posts ?

Dislike... dislike... dislike...

You're dragging Seyong's name through the mud.

You don't deserve to work for us.

You seem so happy stealing jobs from qualified people.

People like you make me sick.

Diversity hire at its finest.

"The clear sky always calms my nerves"?

I'm sure it does, job thief.

I hate you.

Is it true what they're saying on Blahbla?

You're just telling lie after lie.

You're bringing down Seyong's reputation.

Anyone with a brain can tell

you don't deserve assistant manager.

You must be pretty proud of yourself

to keep your account set to public.

PRIVACY

SWITCH ACCOUNT TO PRIVATE?

SWITCH TO PRIVATE

I told you I was starving, it's time to go.

How about sushi?

Hmm, I'm fine with anything, to be honest.

What?

"I'd love to get sushi. That's a great choice, Jihyeon!"

That's what you should say.

But I hate sushi.

We're having sushi.

Because I like it.

Fine.

Now, someone posted an appeal.

See it?

This guy's a crybaby.

WHY DID YOU EVEN BOTHER WITH THE VOTING AND THE RECRUITMENT PROMOTION?

Can you hack into the HR server?

Are you crazy?

All the other departments said they've uploaded the evals to that server.

You know, that stuff...

about that woman...

Is it true?

She was hired with no experience?

Of course it's not.

Hey.

You think Seyong is like a convenience store...

- that hires anyone? - I mean,

they wouldn't show you the evals, though.

They're hiding something.

I said they're not.

Ah...

See you later.

See ya.

Hey, it's not true!

Hey, stop it.

It's not.

Okay, so Mr. Song and Ms. Eunjeong

had an argument in this room.

Because of that girl.

Honestly, I think

you pushed for that underqualified kid to get hired...

- for diversity. - Stop!

You need to reel it in.

Didn't you read her resume?

She's worked in digital PR.

You put the newbie on my team.

Are you actively trying to ruin

- my division? - So what, what do you want?

I want you to put her on your team.

Where were you at that time?

What is this?

We're trying to figure out who the PR blabbermouth was,

the one who started this whole mess.

How is that gonna fix this?

Did Song tell you to do this?

Yeah, it was his idea. Sniff out the rat.

I was in the hallway here.

I was right outside their door, and I could hear them arguing.

So, I guess...

...that makes me the rat.

Mr. Maeng!

Oh, yes... Yes, sir!

It should not be taking you this long to question the PR staff.

Ah...

Jeez.

Mr. Ryu.

-Yes. -What does PR stand for?

Prevent bad things and Report!

Jesus.

Well, it is part of our job to decide what to prevent and what to report.

To plug the holes to prevent the dam from bursting, right?

Not drilling another damned hole!

Is that what PR is?

How can you call yourselves publicists when you don't know how to do your job?

And if you can't do your job correctly, then you should quit this job right now.

That would be better for you and would be better for us.

- Wait, sir... - Stop!

The first step in crisis management is determining the direct cause of the issue.

That's something you taught me, Mr. Song.

Okay?

As far as I'm concerned,

this situation wasn't started because of some rat.

It was the way we handled this project from the beginning.

We didn't take it seriously.

You're saying...

that this was all our fault, then.

- Mr. Maeng! - Yes, sir!

Is that what he's trying to say to us?

Uh, well, um...

What do we do, then? Beg for forgiveness?

Should we all just quit because apparently,

all of us are to blame, huh?

Is that what you want, Jaemin?

- That's not what I meant. - Then what, then?

Make the eval reports public.

We can't do that.

It's not fair to publicize the evaluations of the other candidates

just to patch things up with Ms. Park.

Not "fair"?

That's enough.

End of discussion.

Don't bring this up again.

Can I meet you by the stairs?

Hey.

Um, I need to ask you something.

What everyone's saying, is it true?

The team leaders fought over me?

Oh, wow.

No, uh, it's not.

I mean, it's true Song and Ji got into an argument,

but it wasn't about you.

Then what was it about?

Everyone thinks it was about me.

Even the PR teams.

It's not true, Yoonjo. Don't worry about it.

A... Are you positive?

Do you believe what they're saying?

That I was underqualified and hired for diversity?

No way.

I don't believe that.

You're lying.

I think you believe that might be the truth.