Is the CEO not here yet?
The CEO isn't coming.
You, Nutritionist Han, will start
working somewhere new starting today.
Just think of it as a reassignment.
Is the CEO upset because of yesterday?
- Don't you love this? I do! - Why!
I love this!
I said, stop it! Stop it!
Oh, he yelled so much, telling me to stop it.
He was doggone cute.
Do you like dogs?
Dogs? You mean dogs that bark?
So about Park Se-jin in your class…
Her father just dropped by.
You don't know who CEO Park Yeong-gyu of LWU is?
I don't.
I told you at the beginning of the semester.
That he's going to enter politics next year!
That he's a sponsor of our school,
and he's generous financially, so you should look after him!
Ah, okay.
Ha, that lesbian or whatever she is…
It's just so vulgar and filthy.
Anyway, he told us to get her under control
so that weird disease of hers won't break out again.
If not, he's going to stop paying school support fees
and send her overseas to study abroad.
But isn't it a bit ignorant to call it a "weird disease?"
"Ignorant?"
Ms. Kang.
Did you say that to me?
I graduated from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
at Seoul National University!
You should try to fight someone you can beat!
Anyway, you see,
she transferred to our school because rumors spread
about her being a lesbian at her previous school.
So it means we can lose support and the school's reputation, too.
Make sure to get her under control.
Our reputation is everything.
Do you understand?
Say something so I know you understand!
I did hear what you said.
Attention. Bow.
- Hi. - Hi.
Are you girls all doing fine?
Ha, that lesbian or whatever she is…
It's just so vulgar and filthy.
Today's announcement is…
There's none.
Survive another day.
Oh, hi.
Hi, Manager.
There are so many dogs.
How can this place have so many dogs?
Because this is a dog farm.
Ah!
Did CEO Park hit on you?
No.
Then why did he say that?
Why?
Did something happen?
CEO Park, why are you here…
That wasn't really it, but it's just…
There are some girls who do that.
When they hear something while covering the story,
they try to extort money by using it to blackmail…
That's not what I did.
Then why did he say that?
I'm sure you didn't flirt with him or anything…
Anyway, it looks like he felt a bit uncomfortable.
He wants us to replace the employee in charge.
Uh, ma'am.
I'm sorry, but could I go see him one more time?
I don't think that'll be possible.
Please. I beg you.
You should do well, not beg, at work.
Let her go see him one more time.
Sir…
We didn't do anything wrong, right?
No, we didn't.
Hasn't the message been delivered?
Uh, sir…
If you felt displeased about what happened yesterday…
Did something happen yesterday?
I'm a very open-minded person.
Please sit comfortably.
Okay, thank you.
Here, I'll give you ginseng wine.
No, thank you. I must interview you today, so…
This ginseng wine is worth $20,000.
One shot is worth $2,000.
$2,000?
Isn't publishing my first autobiography
worth this much, at least?
I saw all kinds of ugly things
and worked my way up here from the very bottom.
I embraced my enemies with one arm,
and the powerless and poor with the other.
With the heart of Jesus,
I run my business like family, treating the powerless like family…
You don't summon your family to a hotel.
What did you say?
Ugh, what a crappy family.
I shouldn't have drank that.
What do you think you're doing? Huh?
You! What are you doing?
Ah!
Ah, my inner voice slipped out.
I'm sorry.
Dude, did you think I'd say that?
Wow, you impudent little CEO bastard!
How can you act up that much?
I'm going to pull all of your hair out, from the follicle!
What are you? The Buddha? Jesus? King Arthur? Or what?
You're spilling out all kinds of crap from your mouth!
You blabber all those things you heard somewhere
and put vibration on your uvula! Do you want to die?
Dude, did you have nothing to do
and called your employee, who's like "family," to a hotel?
What were you trying to do there?
You damn old piece of trash
with a nasty, stinky head!
This is just the beginning.
You doggone stupid bird brain
with beer, soju, cola, crap and insanity in your head!
Even if you beg me to spare you, I'd hit you, slap you, punch you,
whip you on the spot I just whipped you, and hit you again
with the bottle of soju with wild ginseng!
And I want to snap your weak, fragile, stupid, dumb,
and crooked neck with bird brain sitting on top of it,
and fold it inward, outward, on the front and on the back,
and put it in a mortar and grind it and smash it
and crack it and mash it and kill you!
And punch you on the head!
Get some common sense, you crazy CEO bastard!
Buddha? Shut up!
If the gibberish you spewed is published into a book,
I'll use that book as toilet paper for the rest of my life!
Get it?
Hey, call the police… uh, call 911!
Shut the hell up!
Boo!
Hello!
This is mine.
I thought that my ordinary life wasn't too bad
because at least the world was mine when I was drunk.
Hey, Ji-yeon.
Where are you?
Hey, So-hee, I'll call you later. I'm taking care of dogs now.
Okay, see you later.
Manager, if you're at the farm, can you please check
the tip of No. 32's nose?
I checked him in the morning, and his nose is too dry.
Ah, you left work with the walkie-talkie?
Then I'll do it. Don't worry, don't worry.
Sir, I'm here.
Where did you go to drink that much?
I'd like some hangover relief alcohol, please.
Sir, get me one, too, please. The one I always have.
- You're here. - Yeah.
Hey, how was the interview?
Don't ask. I messed up.
Why? Because of Ji-yeon?
Girls!
This is awesome.
There are more than 100 dogs.
But they're so cute.
You smell like crap.
Ah, this? This is the smell of doggy poop.
Looks like dogs like pretty girls, too.
They love me so much, you know,
and they pee whenever they see me.
Is that crap?
- Ji-yeon. - Yes?
You know, your job at the dog farm…
It's a demotion.
It's so delicious.
So it's clear that he called you with an ulterior motive.
I know that much, I told you.
But what about it?
What about it?
This is how Ji-yeon is.
Hey, then you should've just had fun with that bastard
and dated him. Why did you call us?
Hey, you know me.
I can never date that CEO.
I can date old men, men with a fat belly, and bald men,
but I can never date men who are dark on back of their necks!
The CEO's neck is covered in dark skin patches!
So that was why, Ji-yeon.
Hey, can't you take it and eat it over there?
We should be away from each other for a moment.
Ugh, why?
- Are you okay? - Huh?
You don't summon your family to a hotel.
Even if you beg me to spare you, I'd hit you, slap you, punch you…
Why? So-hee, is something wrong?
Nothing.
As long as Ji-yeon is happy, I'm fine.
Sir, do you have leftover rice?
I'm going to eat it with this.
Hey, order your own.
Don't put your rice into my ramen.
Aren't you done?
No.
Ji-yeon, you eat mine.
I don't feel like eating mine.
No, thanks. Yours smells like alcohol.
Are neither of you going to answer your phones?
I'm not. I'm going to die tomorrow.
I'm leaving first.
You shove this in your throat.
By the way, doesn't Ji-goo seem angry today?
Ji-yeon, as long as you're happy, I'm totally fine with it.
Want a drink?
Or do you want me to buy you cigarettes?
I don't want anything.
You don't want it when someone offers it to you.
"That's why you're attracted to something you're told not to do."
Are you trying to say this?
But that's not totally wrong, is it?
It's an instinct to be attracted to something forbidden.
What if the instinct came first?
It was when I was in kindergarten.
When we had birthday parties, the kids kissed each other.
Boys kissed girls, and girls kissed boys.
And I said I hated that.
Everyone just thought that I was embarrassed, but…
that was when I knew
that I'm different from other kids.
Do you think I'm going backward, too?
When it comes to numbers, you are outnumbered, yes.
But who cares?
Whether you're born backwards
or turned backwards for some reason,
if you say it's forward, then it's forward.
Walk forward, kid,
no matter what anyone says.
My dad said he can't stand that, and tells me to go study abroad.
I seriously don't want to go study abroad, Ms. Kang.
Come to my house. You can sleep there.
Really?
Yes.
But my dad is a pastor.
And my mom will ask about your rank first.
I like you, Ms. Kang.
Yeah.
I got tons of love letters from girls when I was in school.
It seems like girls find me attractive for some reason.
But those girls who sent love letters to me
are now all married, and living happily.
Uh, no, I'm not telling you to do that, too.
Just…
take tour time and look deep inside yourself.
Because you have a lot of time.
I like the mountains more than the sea.
I like summer more than winter,
like the radio more than the TV,
like bugs more than birds,
and like women more than men.
Well, that may change someday, too,
but this is certain for now.
It's not wrong to like someone or something.
It's more miserable to be unable to do what you like.
Hey, it would've been great if you were my homeroom teacher.
Would my life have changed if that was the case?
Forget it.
Buy me cup ramen. I'm hungry.
But I just ate ramen.
What?
Yeah, sure, I couldn't eat that much, anyway.
Because someome really pissed me off.
Who really pissed you off?
There's this person.
Some crazy witch from a different neighborhood.
Is it okay for a teacher to curse?
Why not? You curse, too, so why can't I curse?
By the way, does alcohol really taste good?
To be honest, it's just bitter to me.
Alcohol will taste sweet someday.
Oh, you are a grown-up.
Wait, wait, wait.
Wait.
Thank you.
I caught the bus, which I could never do after I got started my job.
What was the ending of "A Lucky Day"?
Hi.
Nice catch.
I'm sorry. I was able to catch this?
Hey, you begged me to let you go see him one more time, and…
You did what?
Buddha? Shut up!
If the gibberish you spewed is published into a book,
I'll use that book as toilet paper for the rest of my life!
Get it?
I drank ginseng wine yesterday…
Hey, do you think you'd have a chance
to meet a CEO of a large company so easily?
That book will be a hit even if it's written with feet!
You are such a horrible worker, but you blabber uncontrollably…
You rude, clueless little bumpkin…
How dare you get in here and
crap on everything!
Then you should write it.
What did you just say?
Uh, if the book can be a big hit even if it's written with feet…
What?
I'm sorry.
You see, there are a lot of papers under your feet,
so I thought you just need to write the book on them with your feet.
Oh, you crazy little…
Oh, my.
Hey, you damn piece of crap!
Let's go eat.
Now?
I forgot to eat breakfast.
Please enjoy.
Department Head.
I'm sorry.
I do deserve to be beaten up.
If only it wasn't for the alcohol…
Alcohol messes up everything!
Want to have a drink?
No, thank you.
It doesn't look good to toast when you're getting fired, so…
just drink comfortably.
Yes, sir.
Ah, so I got fired.
And I can still swallow soju at this moment.
What the heck?
Why is it so delicious?
Wait, this is how delicious it is?
Actually, this is the only place with good food around here.
This is a pretty good restaurant.
I think so.
Still, when you get a different job,
just tell your boss confidently that you want to eat pork cutlet.
I should've watched you yelling at CEO Park with my own eyes.
It's a shame that I could only hear about it.
Alcohol always makes stories.
I like humane stories, like yours.
Is it right… to be thankful?
You've worked so hard until now.
It's not much, so keep it.
It was a bit salty today.
Who should I eat lunch with now?
That geezer…
How cute.
Thank you!
This is a perfect day to drink.
I don't see Se-jin.
Why? What is it?
Social media and the school bulletin board are in an uproar.
That she's an "L."
"L?"
Lesbian.
Rumors say Park Se-jin
at Hanbit Girls' High School got bullied at Hwiwoon High
because she's an "L," and it seems to be true.
A lesbian! That's crazy.
So she's been pretending to be a slut all this time?
What if she's just trolling
to cover up the rumors about her being a slut?
I heard she also told an oppa
at a gas station that she likes girls.
To be honest, it's disgusting. Her dad is doomed, too.
So, no one has been able to reach her?
She was smoking in the restroom on the 1st floor,
and her face looked totally trashed.
Ms. Kang, I'm free now.
Ms. Kang!
I told you to get her under control!
But it ended up like this!
You saw the photo, didn't you?
How can a girl like a girl…
Is it wrong for a girl to like a girl?
Of course it's wrong!
It's gone.
I'm not working as a principal to see this kind of vulgar nonsense!
Principal, I think Se-jin went to the rooftop.
Who cares if she went to the rooftop!
Wait.
The rooftop…
Does that mean she went to commit suicide?
This is driving me crazy.
Why is this happening at our school?
Are you sure she went to the rooftop?
I'll go up to the rooftop,
so please call 911. Hurry.
Ms. Kang.
I don't know the number for 911.
Dial 911 on your phone!
You're from SNU and you don't even know that?
The CEO is here.
Welcome, sir.
CEO! How have you been doing?
I've missed you so much.
You're still bright.
And you got sexier.
Did you become more keen after having it rough for a bit?
Go make a cup of coffee.
Ah, CEO, the coffee is over there,
so you can go make it on your own.
Did you just laugh?
I'm sorry.
Who's the most energetic?
Yes, No. 32 and No. 27 are in the best condition.
Ever since Secretary Han came here, she took care of them well,
so they're in great condition.
No. 32 looks better.
It has better color fur, too.
That's right, CEO.
He can jump so well.
He can jump up to here…
See? He can jump up to here.
So it's not sick, huh?
I'm so doggone touched by your love for animals!
CEO, it's a call from your wife.
Something happened to Se-jin…
Let's go.
Get that one.
Yes, sir.
Tomorrow's a dog day of summer, so he'll eat it for lunch tomorrow.
Yes, sir.
Manager.
"Get" the dog?
"Eat" the dog?
Nutritionist Han, don't you know what your job is?
So, my job is…
I'm not sure if I manage the CEO's nutrition or the dogs' nutrition.
Same difference.
The CEO will eat them, anyway,
so he must eat a nutritious one
to get nutrition for himself, don't you think?
Shall I really go get the dogs, then?
Hey, why?
Hey, I'm day drinking. Want to come?
I'm busy.
Why is it taking so long to come down?
No, wait.
The elevator is faster than you.
Okay.
Park Se-jin!
What are you doing?
I guess I'm a grown-up now.
The soju tastes sweet.
It's because these corn snacks are sweet.
I got beaten up all night long.
I got beaten up because I refused to go study abroad,
and because I said it's not a crime to like someone.
I told you to come to my house.
At times like this, I wanted to go to a friend's house,
instead of the house of someone I like…
But I have no friends.
Isn't it funny?
I'm fine.
Because I lived as you told us to live.
My name is Kang Ji-goo, and I'm your homeroom teacher. The end.
Oh, come on! Say something more.
Nikos Kazantzakis, the author of "Zorba the Greek," said this.
"I hope nothing.
I fear nothing.
I am free."
Since that day, I've been stuck in that moment.
So, there is nothing I want or hope from you.
I am very free right now.
Dismissed.
- Ms. Kang! - Say something more!
I finally knew how I should live my life.
I just said it, because I had to say something.
I don't really know much about freedom.
I've never lived like that, either.
To be honest, my life may be even more hopeless than yours.
Too bad.
Then you should start looking for an answer.
I found my answer already.
Hey, what are you trying to do?
Don't get up!
Since I was born backwards, I just need to go backwards.
Hey, Se-jin, don't you think that path is too cliched?
You didn't come all the way here to take that cliched route.
Right? Huh?
Damn it.
I'm getting drunk.
I have a fear of heights.
I can't hold you.
If you get one step closer, I really will kill myself.
By the way, this place is really scary.
Se-jin.
Please come down, okay?
Got you!
Gosh!
Oh, my!
Hey, hey!
Hey, are you okay?
Why did you do that?
I said, why did you do that?
Why did you jump down?
Because I'm your homeroom teacher.
Wow, this is thrilling.
Miss, are you okay?
Miss!
I'm okay.
- Are you okay? - Yes, I'm okay.
Ms. Kang!
Are you crazy? Were you trying to get yourself killed?
Our school almost had to hold funerals for two people!
You survived because I called 911.
Well done. You did great.
Are you okay?
Well, yes, I think so.
By the way, can I leave early today, please?
I'm so startled
I need a drink.
I'm here.
Welcome.
What's wrong with her?
She came here even before I came.
Hey, Ahn So-hee.
What time did you start drinking?
- Sir, Ji-yeon is here. - Okay.
Hey, why are you here so early?
Is So-hee totally drunk already?
She's knocked out.
Girls, as of today, I'm jobless for real.
Totally jobless.
Jinx.
You too?
About 100 dogs that were being raised by CEO Park
of "L" food company for the purpose of eating them himself
were just barely rescued by the animal rescue team,
shocking everyone.
The dogs were transferred to the temporary shelter earlier today,
and it's been revealed that CEO Park has been illgally raising them
for five years in Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, for the purpose
of eating them,
and the truth was revealed by a female employee who worked there.
Hey, that's crazy.
Hey, that's really you?
You did that, and you're here, eating pollack roe soup?
Yeah, the organs are so delicious.
Hey, weren't you scared?
Scared? Not at all. I felt totally thrilled.
Hey, what is this?
Well, I happened to save someone's life.
Jeez.
How can all of my friends be so awesome?
Hey, this won't do. Let's pop some champagne.
We've been waiting.
Champagne!
- Nice, I've been waiting for this. - It's been a long time, so...
Let's do this!
- Let's drink! - Okay.
Let's go and drink!
- Let's go! - Let's drink!
Quitting a job means
that all of the jobs in the world are ours.
Girls.
Shall I become a comedian?
How are you going to make people laugh?
I didn't think about that yet.
Shall I become a flight attendant?
Wow, that's awesome. A flight attendant totally suits you.
Hey, you can't swim. Then you can't become that.
Oh, really? Then that won't work.
Then how about Miss Korea?
But do they still do that?
Is that a job?
Then there's another job I want.
A super sexy female professor.
What the heck? All of a sudden?
- I'll whip you. - Let's stop this.
Hey, Kang Ji-goo.
You have to pay for the drinks until Ji-yeon and I get a job, okay?
Yes.
Does my job look stable, then?
Hey, a civil servant is a job for life.
- Here, a hard roe. You love this. - I love it.
Hello?
Ji-goo, what's wrong?
What is it? What's wrong?
Mom.
If you're drunk, go to bed.
Aren't you going to go to work tomorrow morning?
I don't know what to teach.
History.
A history teacher should teach history.
But that's what you wanted.
Has anything I wanted ever gone wrong?
Go wash up and go to bed!
Okay.
And I made him able to live like a human being, too.
You know, Mom…
I wanted to do art.
I wanted to do kendo, too.
So what?
Are you going to live your life throwing fists, like your father?
Or slicing sashimi, like me?
I worked hard to raise you so you wouldn't end up like us.
Enough with nonsense,
and you go to bed, too!
A kid in my class
died.
I
am not qualified
to save her life,
or to stop her.
I just killed her twice.
Wake up, Kang Ji-goo!
Someone who will become big experience big tragedies, too.
I want you to become the best educator ever.
The youngest school principal in our family.
That's my next goal.
Wow...
That really woke me up.
Your father is my karma,
but you and Ji-hoo are my dream.
Stop folding my laundry, Mom.
Ji-goo left her house the next day.
And then she disappeared.
From her school,
and from us, too.
If we just try to take it easy and take the path…
The number you dialed is not available.
that someone else has set and made,
then what lies at the end of that path?
If you repeat what others can do in your life,
then your life is like that of a slave.
Find something that only you can do.
Then you will find a life which you can be the owner of.
So-hee, I decided what to do.
The policies made by the government and society…
Hey, what if something bad did happen to Ji-goo?
Hey, look at this, So-hee.
Aren't you worried?
You can't even live a day without Ji-goo.
Let's give Ji-goo some alone time, okay?
Awesome. I can do the splits vertically, too.
This is something only I can do, right?
Yeah, I guess that's what you're born to do.
You never know what will happen in life.
A job you never dreamed of
suddenly becomes what you're born to do, and…
No. 7, Ms. Ahn So-hee, please come in.
Okay.
And sometimes, you suddenly take out the dream
you've been sealed inside your entire life.
Hi! No. 7, Ahn So-hee. I'd like to begin.
Everyone, aren't you all tired?
How about some hot lemon tea?
Here are the lemons!
You don't like lemons? Then here are jujubes!
So you don't like lemons and jujubes.
Then try this hypnosis of mine.
I will dip lemon in sand lance sauce and eat it!
Lemon and sand lance sauce is as sweet as bananas
and as tangy as apples!
It's so delicious!
Now, I will dip ginger into chili pepper oil and eat it!
Ginger and chili pepper oil taste like sauced chicken!
I've been your star, the Damn Obsessive Girl!
"Obsessive?"
They're focusing more than before,
but they still couldn't find the point to laugh.
Wow, aren't you all thirsty?
That can't be, my dear unnies and oppas.
Have a drink and laugh, okay?
What? Did he laugh? Did he burst into laughter? Did I pass?
This is awesome!
Awesome!
Well done.
Huh? Does that "Well done" mean…
Did I fail?
Yes, well done. You may leave now.
Next.
Okay.
The judges' eyes changed suddenly.
They looked convinced that I am not the one.
Why did they suddenly change?
You look like someone who'd live and die at the broadcasting station.
Who are you?
Hi.
I can figure people out when I see them.
I'm not interested.
Want to work at the broadcasting station?
But no one can give me that job that easily.
I can.
My goodness.
Your face is filled with writings.
But you shouldn't release them through writing.
You should release them with your feet.
By running. Right now.
Let's go.
That was how I became a substitute writer right away,
and since that day, I've been working at the broadcasting station,
not as a comedian,
but as a scripwriter.
- Let's drink! - Cheers!
Ji-yeon, congratulations on becoming a yoga instructor.
Doing the splits is the easiest thing ever.
These look like my legs.
By the way, are you a writer now?
Then are you going to wear horn-rimmed glasses
and write in your room every day?
I heard that writers have to run around every day.
That's good. You love to run.
Is that so?
Ah, this must be what I was born to do.
So-hee, this is crazy!
Look at all this meat.
Let's eat the snow crabs.
Ji-goo is good at
breaking snow crabs.
And the shell, too.
Is she eating, at least?
I'll call her tomorrow.
Well, I'm sure she'll come out to drink, at least.
What the heck?
Hey, do you know Ji-goo's contact info?
Yeah.
How?
Ji-goo's old number was 0965-3771.
So I dialed 3772 for the last digits.
She answered the next day.
She really is a genius.
Hey, wait.
Then why didn't you tell me that you reached Ji-goo?
I reached her too quickly, and she seemed embarrassed,
so I told her I'll call her around the snow crab season.
You're so slow-witted, you damn girl.
It's so delicious!
Who said that Ji-yeon is slow-witted?
Ji-goo, come out.
Ji-goo, come play with us.
We didn’t ask her
about what made her suffer so much and cut herself off from the world.
But that's not important.
Just because we’re friends,
doesn't mean we have to know everything.
And then eventually,
we get to know.
It's not wrong to like someone or something.
It's more miserable to be unable to do what you like.
Since I was born backwards, I just need to go backwards.