The Scam (2009) - full transcript

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Even with
all the talk about

global recession and
the liquidity crisis,

PARK Yong-ha nothing beats
buying stocks in Korea.

KIM Min-jung
You've heard of ants', right?

PARK Hee-soon Individuals
who invest on rumors.

KIM Moo-yeolAs long as they're around,
Korean stock market will thrive.

I'll delay the legalities.

Quietly handle
the shares before then.

We're the grateful ones.



You see, there's always a reason
behind information getting out.

Omega Telecom declines

Yeah.

Shit.

No, it's nothing.

I suddenly have
a meeting to go to.

You have two days.

Won't you let your son
finish studying abroad?

Smoking is prohibited here.

I saw the text message.
Get rid of it.

It doesn't matter.
Sell it all.

Hire a fund manager
who can take it in a bulk.

I'll take care of it
whatever it takes,

so don't sell it, okay?



I didn't curse at you!

Who the hell did this?

If you invest in stocks,
you'll always hear this.

'Don't put all your eggs
in one basket. '

Which means don't get greedy
and make safe investments.

Whatever, it's all a joke.

When will I ever get rich
off this petty change?

producers KIM Su-jin and YUN In-beom Ever
heard of the phrase, 'Kick the ladder'?

The bastard who reaches
to the roof first

kicks the ladder

so that others
can't climb it.

That's human.

written and directed by LEE
Ho-jae That's capitalism.

THE SCAM

Five years ago

Mr. Kang Hyun-soo.

- You studied stage act?
- Yes.

Then you must be good
at talking in front of people.

I know that you signed up
for marketing,

but it's good to do
sales first.

If you do sales,

you'll understand
the company's product more.

You've used
our product before, right?

Power-up panties for men

Hey, Ji-hyuk!
I was planning to call you.

Never mind.
Why did you call?

Jin-young?

Korea's investment paradigm.

The general trend now is IT.

That's why I set up
a dot com biz.

I heard Internet businesses
don't make money.

You really don't get it.

Making things
don't make money lately.

Stocks make money, you see.

First, You set up
a dot com firm,

and list it
on the stock market.

Then you can lure
in millions.

Anyway, what are you
up to lately?

Oh, me?

Working in marketing.

Wait, so you
haven't listed it yet.

Then sell the stocks

at face value
to your friends first.

Sure, that's no problem.

Hyun-soo, you want in?

No, I'll think about it.

Think over what?

Wait, Then how about

I take his share
and put in more.

Come on, let's do it.

I'm telling
you it's a sure thing.

Mom, just think of it
as an early inheritance.

You're ready to dig my grave.

You're really persistent.
Mom doesn't have any money.

Mom, tell him.

Tell me what?

I bought this house.

The owner put it up
for a cheap price.

What?

So stop talking about
those stocks,

and get a job to help out.

I'm having it hard.

Who'd buy this place
when it has no future profit?

This neighborhood will
never go up.

You know nothing
about real estate.

If it's decent
and comfortable,

that's all that matters.

We're living in this mess

because of
that attitude of yours.

What's wrong with how we live?

We now have a house of our own
and I sent you both to college.

Who looks
at college diplomas lately?

A mediocre college,
a mediocre company,

a mediocre house.

Others are in stocks
and real estate,

but what about us?

Aren't you upset at all?

What's there
to get upset about?

If you are,
then work harder.

Work harder?

So you didn't
work hard enough?

You worked your butt off
to get only this far.

This crummy apartment
is your life's greatest success!

A better lifestyle,
better culture.

Sign up
for our credit card

through this special promotion.

We have special gifts
and events waiting for you.

'How I became a millionaire'

yeah, stock market is the ticket
out of this petty life.

Welcome, sir.

I'll put money in
for just three months.

Goddammit!
This is a scam!

That winter was
when the dot com boom

turned into the dot com bubble.

My friend who promised a fortune
ran off to the Philippines.

And as for me,
who trusted his promise,

I went to the river.

I didn't go home
after that day.

But I didn't jump either.

I usually can't sleep
when I get upset.

Hyun-soo's five years The
market is not a merciful place.

If I had saved up all my tuition

I could've bought
three luxury cars.

The battle starts at nine
in the morning.

Enemies are faceless
and there are no allies.

This battle is
about devouring money

from ants, institutions
and foreigners.

Your purchase has been made.

Profit rate -68%
Your sale has been made.

A minute is eternity in stocks.

If I hesitate,
someone else buys it.

Then sells it while I eat.

Sale

Total profit rate 187% Five
years of hardship and disgrace.

I became a day trader
who lives off of trading stocks.

Yes.

I am an ant.

Why is this beef
so expensive?

This is sirloin steak.

I'm treating
so don't worry and eat.

How's mom?

Street markets are dead now.

Just come home
and ask her yourself.

People go to
discount stores now.

Well, but mom
owns an apartment.

What's the price on it
lately?

You know that mom
will never sell that place.

That's what upsets me.

Just sitting on money
gets you nowhere.

You have to invest it.

Think hard
about your future.

You should've
picked a better major.

Microbiology
will get you nowhere.

Hey, you majored in theater.

Taxi!

- I'll just take the bus.
- Come here.

Give this to mom,
it's an allowance.

You should give it to her.

Not yet.

I'll go
when the time's right.

You just study hard
for your test.

To Kwacheon!

I'm busy.

I told you not to call me
during trading time.

I lost 3 grand this morning.

Help me out.

You have a job,
so what are you crying about?

Damn it.

Don't you know
that I'm under a contract?

That money was for my mom's
seventieth birthday party.

I can't just have it
at some pathetic corner diner.

Omega Telecom.

That's a stock rig for sure.

What isn't a rig in Korea?

Yeah, anyone can pick
a manipulated stock.

But the timing is important.

It's all in the charts.

Buy it now
and sell it at the end.

Don't get greedy,
or you'll kick the bucket.

This is a sure thing, right?

- Don't trust me then.
- Okay, okay.

Thank you so much, Hyun-soo.

Hey, hey.

Keep this to yourself,
don't spread it.

It's all mine, bye.

Slimy bum.

I got a sure tip.

Omega Telecom.
I'm hanging up.

My brother-in-law
gave me a good tip.

Your sale has been made.

Shit.

Ten grand in one shot.

The day I make one million,
this lifestyle is done for.

Just 10 cents short
of the target price.

Shit, you scared
shit out of me.

It's obvious.

Someone must've slipped
while drinking.

So information leaked
from inside?

I should've just
trained those bastards,

or taught them right.

Okay, that's enough.

This time it's real.

Don't you worry.

I've already mapped it out.

No.

It's time for a new plan.

With the best.

Even the invincible Cho Min-hyung
has his bad days too.

How could an educated person
like you swear at a customer?

But your punishment
isn't as severe

because of
your superb performance.

A securities company
is also a service business.

Think of it
as going back to the basics

and go work at the window.

Number 29, please.

How would you like
your withdraw?

In cash.

All of the seventy thousand?

Omega Telecom

Is there a problem?

No, sir.

Your recent profit rate
is great.

It was nothing.

I found a stock rig
and won some.

I will get
your cash ready, sir.

Will you be able to
take all of it?

You're right.

Put the rest of it back in.

Pardon?

I'm depositing it.

Can't I?

I understand, sir.

Asshole...

You've won a lot.

Yes?

I must be lucky today.

Luck is also a skill.
I'm Mi-yeon.

I'm Kang Hyun-soo.

When it rains, it pours.
Same goes for luck.

You're too aggressive.

Come on,
turn off the lights.

I need the lights to see
your undies, asshole.

Who are you people?

Bastard stutters.

Who are you?

I'm busy. You're busy.
Let's end this quickly.

Where'd you get
the information?

What are you talking about?

Rookie, go get me a long one.

He seems to
have a bad memory.

This is all
that I could find.

You fucking idiot.

This is the boss's club.

Sorry to interrupt,

but couldn't we sort
this out like civilized men?

You think we're pushovers
because we wear ties?

Wait! Wait!

Why? Does it hurt?

What do you know?

Get up, asshole.

Omega Telecom.
Does that ring the bell?

Who told you about it?

What are you talking about?

Is your head pain magnet
or are you just stupid?

Damn it.

I checked the candlestick first
and bought it.

Yeah, you should've
confessed earlier.

Is the candlestick
your gang's secret code?

It isn't a code,
it's a chart on stocks.

The candlestick chart.

Do some studying, idiot.

How the hell
did you become manager?

Hey, asshole.

Talk simply, you bastard!

Who is flapping dust
in my office?

What are you waiting for?

I heard that
you're good at stocks.

What do you do?

I'm an individual investor.

So you're unemployed.

But you tampered
with our Omega.

I didn't know anything
about it.

I just looked at the chart.

So no one told you
to buy it?

I swear on it.

Then how did you know
it was rigged?

Explain.

I became interested
in Omega Telecom

three weeks ago.

If you look at this day,
there is a huge purchase.

I predicted the rigging period
to be three months.

Despite a low BPS,

the growing trading volume
caught my eye.

A pullback here meant
that the manipulators...

I mean, the investors
were short on cash

Mr. Lee.

What is a BPS?

A BLT?
Isn't that a hamburger?

To be honest, I don't
understand a single word.

But I'll make him squeal
when I bury him.

Please leave him to me, sir.

BPS, book price per share!

Stop being a stupid thug!

Hwang Jong-ku.

He ran the Deadly Green Snake
gang in Ansan city.

Hwang Jong-ku was
very interested in stocks.

His body moved in the dark,

but his mind
was in the light.

He thought that organized
crime had no future.

And if there wasn't any change,
he wouldn't be able to survive.

Don't live like me.

When he saw a CEO
of a conglomerate

leave prison on a wheelchair,

Hwang discovered
his calling.

He disbanded his gang,

and set up
an investment company.

The name was
DGS Capital and Holdings.

Literally taking the initials
of his Deadly Green Snake gang.

Well, LG Group
came from lucky gold'

and SK came from
its owner's initials.

But he lost half his money

Financial institutions collapse
during the credit card crisis.

So he jumped into the world
of stock rigging scams.

And I unknowingly sabotaged
his prized rig.

Okay, that's enough.

So this is all it took you
to discover the target price?

- It was purely...
- Luck?

- You can look at it that way.
- Fine.

Then let's see
how lucky you are.

Now for the double earning rate
rally of DGS Capital and Holdings.

Raise the earning rate
by 20% today.

Then I'll believe you.

Twenty percent in a day?

If not, I take a finger
per each percent.

But that's not
humanly possible...

Your purchase
has been completed.

Your sale
has been completed.

Your purchase
has been completed.

Your purchase
has been canceled.

Your sale
has been completed.

Okay, that's enough.

It's 17.6%.

Wait! Wait!

There's still time
after the market closes.

That's also part of
trading day!

23% Your sale has been completed.

Can I go now?

Isn't it trade ethics for you
to pay back what you've stolen?

But it was a legal
financial transaction.

Do you live by the law?

Your name was
Kang Hyun-soo, right?

But why do you
live like that?

Pardon?

You're good at stocks,
but you look like shit.

Look.

There's one hole, right?

You know what that means?

It was made to fit my waist.

It was hand-made in Italy.

All those big name brands?

Who wears
those factory clothes?

Look.

Look very closely.

Initials instead of
brand tag, see?

H J K

Hwang Jong-ku.

That's me.

Very nice.

It's a difference
in capital.

- What?
- For the same one percent gain,

it's 10 for 1,000
and 100,000 for one million.

The rich and ants
are no match from the start.

Okay, that's exactly it.

Winners always win
no matter the odds.

Sucks, doesn't it?

It'll take a long time to pay
me back with pocket change.

Well, you can
physically pay it off.

You decide.
Go after shrimp or shark?

Wait, hold on.

Fine, I'll forget about Omega.

But you look at the chart

for this heavyweight
I'm preparing.

You want me to
look at a stock rig?

Don't kid me around.

We're just supporting
a hidden low-valued stock.

It's still a corporation,
you'll need a title.

Director? Manager?

A financial trader usually
starts as a deputy manager.

Okay, so be it.

Mr. Han, our company's deputy
manager can't be dressed like this.

Welcome.

Welcome.

What the hell is this?

Come sit down.

This is our new deputy manager,
Kang Hyun-soo.

That's deputy manager of
Sujin Assets, Cho Min-hyung.

Wait, you're
all deputy managers.

You can't bring
a nobody off the street.

Security is our lifeline.

This wouldn't have happened
if you hadn't screwed up.

He knows his shit.

This is
my high school junior.

Although you ruined
him through Omega,

he's still hell of
skimmer of this ground.

Why is everyone so late?

Hey!

Yes, sir.

We can't wait for latecomers.
Start serving.

What was that sake
we drank last time?

That Hekasake or Hanagaki...

No, it's Hakaisan.
Bring some of that.

Yes, sir.

And Miss, don't stand
in front of the door.

Yes, sir.

Also, give us
that Ginzou, too.

She heard me, right?

Hey! What's up! guys.
Dude, sorry.

Traffic is fucking jammed.
It's crazy out there.

- Damn English before dinner?
- Yesterday,

I played golf with your boss.

He kept missing his swings.
It was like farming, not golf.

Hey! Who the fuck is he?

I'm not working
with fucking stranger.

Fuck you, asshole.

Talk Korean,
are you a fucking Yankee?

Hey. You know...

You know we don't work
with just anyone.

'Just anyone'?

I brought him here,
you bastard.

That over there is Bri...

Bri, what was
your name again?

Brian Choi.

Say it right in Korean,
asshole.

Choi Brian, fund manager,

but no fucking manners.

Bri, say hello
to my new deputy manager.

Kang Hyun-soo,
he's working under me.

Hey! I'm Brian.

No hard feelings, okay?

No hard feelings, ok?
Nothing...

Nothing personal.

If others can't do it properly,
don't do it, asshole.

How are you related
to Park Chang-joo?

The most famous
rich playboy in Korea.

I met him when I worked
in construction.

You know
Daesan Construction, right?

It did well during
the Middle East development period.

That was when his father
was the president.

When the princes inherit
the companies, they ruin them.

It's nothing
but a shell right now.

Gas should be
ten dollars a gallon.

Why are there so many
cars out there?

Hey, Jong-ku!

Park Chang-joo,
Daesan Construction's president.

The origin of our scam.

Schematic

What's the estimate?

The plan looks good.
We can harvest $60 million.

That's all you can make
out of this great idea?

The experts will
handle the details.

Mr. Park, you just
hold on to the share.

The major shareholder
has to hold steady

for the ants to
come chase after him.

What's the company
you're merging with?

Hankyul, an environmental
venture company.

The president
is my old classmate.

I didn't know
him back in school.

He studied while I partied.

You know I have
an allergy for nerds.

And?

But

He came to
our high school reunion

for the first time
in twenty years.

Why'd a successful guy like him
pop up at our reunion?

There are two types
who come to reunions.

One, those who come
to brag about his money.

While the other come
to borrow some.

I heard

He wasted all his money
on his research.

But it turned out
to be something.

He's developing this thing,

which purifies
even the shit water,

into drinkable water.

They call it
a water-purifying bacteria.

Anyway, I merge with
that research center.

- Sang-tae, long time no see.
- Hey!

And I skyrocket
my stocks with that.

Thank you, Chang-joo!

Backdoor listing!

Thank you so much.

So when the stocks go up, boom!

We sell them and we're out.

That's right.

Mr. Kang, what do you think?

Yes?

A new drug, alternative energy,
environmental technology.

Three poular themes
for the stock fraud.

Who is he?

Don't worry about him.

Mr. Hwang brought this nobody
in to roll the dice.

At first, Ji-yong
was going to do this.

But his company is being audited
by tax authorities.

Got someone else
to back you up?

How about
we go somewhere else?

Okay.

We should've just gone
to a gentlemen's club.

Not just anyone
can come in here.

It's a membership-only club.

Who's a member here?

You must be
Ms. Yoo Seo-yeon's guests.

Please come this way.

Who's Yoo Seo-yeon?

I'm asking you
who's Yoo Seo-yeon?

You said you were worried
about money, right?

This woman is
our source of the fund.

How does she have
so much money?

It's not her money.

She manages
rich people's money.

It's a hefty amount.

Remember
when HS Group was about

to be bought out
by foreigners?

Yeah, some national stock
was offered

and managerial control
was protected.

That's what everybody thought.

But it was Yoo Seo-yeon
who mobilized

all the fake-named
shareholders.

I heard that Masan Venture Capital
is one of her clients.

What kind of company is it?

It's not a company,
it's a person.

A super ant
who lives in Masan city.

He has more money
than an investment company.

It's a nickname.

So there's no way to fold
after playing the cards, right?

Men have even bigger mouths,
isn't that right, Mr. Hwang?

Hello.

Private banker,
Yoo Seo-yeon.

She's an asset manager for people
who can't go to banks.

For people
with credit defaults?

No, for those
ethically-challenged.

Overnight millionaires
who hate taxes.

Politicians
who need to launder.

They all come
looking for her.

High profit
and tight confidentiality

make her attractive.

Clients are her assets.

Her strength is safely protecting
her clients.

Not only money
but power is deposited

and withdrawn from her bank.

It's not a bad idea.

But let's be clear
about one thing.

Anything you'd like.

Please don't look too much
into the investment fund.

Okay, we like to
be clear as well.

Who's he?

Kang Hyun-soo,
my new deputy manager.

eputy manager, my ass.

He just looks at the charts.

This isn't a place
for just anyone.

Miss, is there someone here
who was born to scam?

I'd like to get involved
directly this time.

Ms. Yoo, directly?

Come to my office.

We'll talk in detail then.

We can't talk about this
in front of anyone.

Wow!

She's tough.

Even I'm impressed, Man!

I told you to speak
in Korean, asshole.

This uptight shit
makes me dizzy.

Let's fuck out of here.

Okay! Everybody listen up.
This is the bomb. Okay?

I told you
to talk in Korean, idiot.

If you don't drink this,
you can't go home.

This is called the Dracula.
You drink it like this.

Yeah! I am a Dracula!

I'm telling you this...

I trust you...

Kang Hyun-soo,
you son of a bitch.

Nobody here is
better than you.

There will be
plenty of scams like this.

So do a good job.

You've spent five years on stocks,
but you sleep past six?

It's a basic rule to check the U.S.
stock market before the market opens.

Your job is
to quietly buy Daesan stocks.

Buy it when it's cheap
and sell it when it's expensive.

Isn't that
the basics of trading?

Are you locking me in?

Loser, just think of it
as a business trip.

You want me to buy stocks all day
in this run-down place?

You're used to it.

I'm holding onto this
while you're here.

The game kicks off
after the M&A news gets out.

The ants will
only observe at first.

If it keeps going up for two days,
no one can resist it.

No need to drag it on.
Finish it in a month.

That's why we need a media star
like Kim Seung-bum.

A famous analyst
from Korean Finance TV.

Here he comes.

Seung-bum!

Hey!

Kim Seung-bum.

Kim Seung-bum.

You're more handsome
in person.

You have great skin.

Where do you get it managed?

Seriously

Do you know
what his nickname is?

The Pope.

Everyone flocks,
no questions asked,

when he points
his magical finger.

It's amazing.

After this scam,
some of your fans may lose faith.

He's right.

I'm just someone who recommends.
They're the ones who decide.

My followers won't lose faith
after one or two failures.

Good shot!

How much goes to
Masan Venture Capital?

Normally, the money lender
gets seventy percent.

The bear does the tricks,
but the owner gets paid.

That's not all.

Kim Seung-bum has expenses
on top of everything else.

And at least one million
goes to Brian.

Do we have to give so much
to that Yankee?

Jong-ku.

If this job goes well,
I have someone to introduce you to.

Someone at your
inheritors' gathering?

There's this one guy.
His family is loaded.

He develops gas fields.

If the deal goes well
with the Indonesian King,

he'll make 100 million.

I'm always interested.
Just set up a meeting for me.

Okay, nice putt!

Okay, 30, 20,
three bills, two bills.

You got a double bogey.

You have to give me 20.

It won't
even make up my fee.

Cut me five.

Why are the rich stingier?

This is humiliating.

That's ten.

Excuse me.

There's no hot water in...

Women's locker room

Gym

You won't reach the volume
like this in time.

If I raise the trading volume,
others will quickly follow suit.

That's what ants
like you would think.

'Flooring paper' is
faxed each morning.

Know what that is?

It lists who bought what and for how
much during yesterday's market.

We know it all
in the morning.

We can even look
into their accounts.

So don't use
your worthless brain

and just do
what you're told.

This is why
ants always lose money.

Fucking thieves.

You all cry
about being victims

of stock rigs
and speculators, huh?

But never once
blame self stupidity.

The Korean economy?

We are the ones who run it.

You think the stock market
runs on its own?

People like us need to
stimulate it, shake it up,

and excite it
for it to move forward.

that to those who jumped the bridge
after loosing their savings.

Nobody forced
them into anything.

The stock market is a war.

The ants carry a popgun
into a battlefield with missiles.

So who can stop them?

Get started!

Senator Jung said
you're quite good,

but you're younger
than I had thought.

I don't need interest,
but do your best with my money.

Isn't your nomination screening
in three months?

Your money will be withdrawn
as an unregistered bond.

Is that okay with you?

Let's have dinner
with Senator Jung later.

Of course.

Take care.

The person you had mentioned,
Kang Hyun-soo.

There are no records of him working
at a company or anything.

No affiliation to any company?
Nothing?

He was once part of a theater
troupe called Daybreak.

Theater?

Keep looking into it.

I don't know why you brought in
a nobody like Kang Hyun-soo.

He's a nobody,
but he's good at analyzing charts.

That damn Ivy League pride.

I know a lot of guys
who are good at charts.

It's not just charts.

Leave this to me,
this is my field.

What is this?

Accounts under a false name.

Make the deals
with what's in there.

They are untraceable accounts.

The official certificates
are inside.

Purchases have already started.

How could you do this now?

So you can't trust us?

Drinking and looking for
camaraderie are for men.

So we just change it
with this?

I'd also like to know
where you are dealing.

Kang Hyun-soo,
you're the best.

For someone who does a lot of
trading, what's with your face?

Smile.

Like this.

See? It's nice to smile.

Hyun-soo, my boy,
let's hug it out.

Hyun-soo, I love you.

15 days till M&A announcement
at stockholders meeting.

We raise it to fifty a share,

and sell it all
after the meeting.

I wouldn't go to fifty.

Why not?

The majority share hold
is too small.

And you bought too much
from the start.

Look, you already

have a lot of buyers
who've sniffed it out.

What?

Who's screwing
with our rigged stocks?

First, sell the bought shares
and bring down the price.

They'll get scared and leave,

and we buy it
at a low price again.

But if they buy our shares,
then we're through.

They look like day traders
coming in at the last minute.

They bail in a split
if it doesn't look promising.

200,000 shares?

Your sale
has been completed.

Are you fucking nuts?!

This will scare them off.
Don't be a chicken.

Your purchase
has been completed.

See? Our shares have gone up.

You bastard.

Hey asshole,

you know you could've
just ruined a huge rig?

That's enough.

Shit.

I admire your audacity.

Being on the fence
is just not me.

But you'll fail some day.
You know why?

Because you always
risk everything.

Even with a winning streak,

you can lose everything
in one big pot.

Mr. Cho, reset the target price.
As well as that graph.

Ms. Yoo, are you saying
that we listen to this loser?

I'm the one who plans things.

I'm not investing
into your pride Mr. Cho.

Daesan stock price, $2

Daesan stock price, $2

Financial Supervisory Service
Investigation Team 6

Take a look at this.
It's Daesan Construction.

What's the problem?

The trading volume
keeps rising,

but it avoids surveillance.

Feels like someone
is manipulating it.

Got another feeling' again?

If it's not certain,
then drop it.

We have seven-hundred items
to monitor.

Deputy manager.

Yes.

Are you busy?

Well, not really.

Do I need to go to
college to do that?

Do what?

Stocks?

I've been a gangster
for three years,

but I can't
save up any money.

So I thought
I'd learn that.

Smokers don't tell others
to smoke, right?

It's the same thing.

You don't make any money
and ruin your health too.

Does this look great to you?

It wouldn't be any harder
than what I'm doing now.

Where is Mr. Hwang?

He went to play golf.

Does he have
to play ball every day?

That's too bad.

Mr. Kang, come with me.

He's not supposed
to go anywhere.

I told Mr. Hwang
that I had to go to Hankyul

before we go public.

Since Mr. Hwang isn't here,
will you go?

Mr. Kang has to go at least.

Mr. Kang, what are you doing?
We're late, get ready.

You should've called in advance.
The test results will be out soon.

What would I know?
You take care of it.

The second tests are almost done
and our researchers' pay...

You call this a research center?
Clean this place up!

Think I'll be able to bring
investors here?

Data comes in at any time,
so it gets crazy here.

Hello? What are you talking about?
It's almost done.

Of course.

No thank you, I have one.

I saw on TV that it will be
commercialized soon.

I told them not to say that.

You haven't
read the monthly report?

So you're saying
that it could fail?

Science
is never a 100% surefire.

We can't guarantee anything
from the start.

We can only raise the possibility
through trial and error.

I see.

They must be your daughters.

Yes.

Mr. Kang, what are you doing?
We have to go.

Oh, right.

May I take this?

Yes.

Thank you.

You need to get some fresh air.

It's nice, isn't it?

- Hyun-soo.
- Yes?

This is between us,

but you'll get nothing
from this scam.

So I have a proposition.

I want you on my side.

When Hwang's about to sell,

just give me a call.

I'll take care of the rest.

And of course,
you'll be rewarded.

Rather handsomely.

Lee Jae-hak,
investigation team six.

He's famous for being a loony in
the Financial Supervisory Service.

You know, the type who thinks
that he's a detective.

What a pain in the neck.

It won't be anytime soon,

but when the game begins,
he could be problematic.

What was his name?

Lee Jae-hak.

He seems to be a hard worker.
He deserves more.

Hello Vice-Minister,
this is Yoo Seo-yeon.

How have you been?

Have you been lobbying
behind my back?

Lobbying?

I thought you were simple and
honest, but you're a cunning fox.

What are you
talking about, sir?

I got a call to send you to
the Planning & Coordination Office.

That's the core of
our organization.

To the Planning &
Coordination Office?

Stop acting so surprised.
It shows.

You'll be loaded with work
when you go there.

I wouldn't go
if they had asked me to.

No one-man show today?

What brings you here
at this hour?

I came to see a play.

Isn't it better
than Choco Pie?

I like Choco Pie
just fine.

I thought you'd
have the sense to know

when an opportunity
came knocking.

So you want me to call you
with this before I sell.

But for me, you can't...

One call is all it takes.

And in return?

You'll find out.

If I oppose?

I don't think
you're that stupid.

Did you change
your number?

This civil service exam
is no joke.

The odds of me passing
are 100:1

Is it that hard to live
an ordinary life?

Never mind that.

Come see me at once.

At this hour?
The buses won't be running.

Just do as I told,
you idiot!

Get here fast.

Why did you drink so much?

What's your name?

Ho-jae.

You're good-looking.

Okay, that's enough.

Get out, let me be.

We should go too.

Now it's time to talk
about the real scam.

The real scam?

Joon-soo!

Going up and down,
up and down.

It drives me up the wall.
Stocks don't seem to suit me.

Once we start the matching
transaction, it'll be over soon.

Why'd you want to meet
this late?

How much will we make
if we succeed?

Minus this and that,
at least 10 million.

How much money
do we have in stocks?

20 million.

We have more in our hands,
so why go through this crap?

Stocks ruined you again, huh?
Are you running away?

No, idiot. I'm in
the middle of an operation.

An operation?

Are you back in the army?

No, stocks!

Listen very carefully
to what I say.

This is an account that I made.
Switch the stocks over to this.

What's this all of a sudden?
You think they'll let this slide?

You think I'm asking for
your opinion?

Don't worry.

I've already coaxed someone.

The stocks will go up
like crazy soon.

You know
where my studio is, right?

There's an account book
in my second drawer.

Yoo Seo-yeon,
Park Chang-joo.

All swept away.

This will be over in one stroke.

Joon-soo, listen carefully.

This is the chance of a lifetime.

The election will be held soon.

It'll take about 2 or 3 million
to get nominated.

I didn't know
you were into politics.

In this country,
you can't just have money.

Money.

Power.

You need to have them
in both hands

to be on top of everyone.

What about that
bastard Hyun-soo?

There should be at least 70,000
in my account.

Use all of it to buy
Daesan Construction's shares.

I'll make at least ten-fold.

Then 700,000?

At least.

Listen carefully.

We steal
Masan Venture Capital's money.

Then they'll be looking
everywhere for the money.

But who is
the most suspicious of us all?

- Kang Hyun-soo.
- Exactly.

But if Yoo Seo-yeon
finds him first,

then she'll know it's us.

She won't find him.

Never.

The one thing that my guys
are good at is burying people.

But isn't this dangerous?

There are millions being traded,

so a few hundred thousand
won't be noticed.

Plus, it's my rig,
so how will I get caught?

Don't worry and buy the stocks
once the market opens.

Daesan Construction?

But shouldn't you know
what you're buying?

It's just an empty shell.

It's merging
with a firm called Hankyul.

This is the research report.

Isn't this Professor
Yoon Sang-tae's research center?

How did you know that?

He was my professor back in college.
So he's still working on this.

Great, then you take a look
at the research.

It's money
without an owner anyway.

Better me than someone else.

See you later.

The scam begins
Stand-by.

Five, four, three, two...

Good morning.

Today's financial news.

We have with us
Mr. Kim Seung-bum,

Korea Financial
TV's exclusive analyst.

He'll give us
an overview of the market.

Mr. Kim, what news do you have
for us today?

The market remained steady
throughout the day.

The biggest issue of today

was the M&A
between Daesan Construction

and Hankyul Environment
and Engineering.

Hankyul is a bio venture

that succeeded
in creating a bacteria

that improves
the quality of water.

Let's meet Park Chang-joo,
owner of Daesan Construction.

We have always been
interested in the environment.

The merger with Hankyul is

our duty to society by
improving the environment.

It is also meaningful

in terms of dominating the future
of environmental technology.

I look pretty handsome on TV,
don't I?

Daesan has reached its highest share
price on the news of its merger.

The closing price is at $15

Trading volume reached
as high as 15,420,000 shares.

It looks nice.

Very nice.

Don't sell yet.
We now lower the price.

T o reach the target price of $40,

we do away with the small fries,
and we lure the big ants.

Stop dragging it
and let's end it quickly.

Wait a little longer.

When the major shareholder exits,
there's no scam.

Worried about
not getting your share?

Stop whining, you baby.

Who are you calling a baby?

Aren't you lowering it too much?

How will you raise it again?

That's why ants
can only crawl so far.

Hey! Man!

I'm at the gym. What's up?
Yeah! I was born ready for this.

Brian Choi's day

You know what Koreans
can't resist the most?

Foreign goods.

Damn Koreans would buy fake
luxury brands if they have to.

In stocks there are
foreign goods as well.

The fund that Brian manages is
owned by a U. S. investment firm.

So it's made in America.

So when he buys stocks

then the market
thinks it's an American.

The ants love to latch on
when foreigners buy them.

Brian is what you call
a black-haired foreigner.

Hell no.

I raised it by forty percent
in three days.

What are you guys talking about?
Let me in the loop.

Go outside.

Hey.

Get out of here.

Fucking bitch.

When Joo-hee comes into our room,
she never leaves.

She hears what we say and
buys the stocks instantly.

Crazy bitch.

Anyways, what do you
wanna talk about?

Since we've raised it to its max,
it's time.

Aha,
matching transaction, right?

I love it.

Can you handle it?

What's he saying?

Know what
a matching transaction is?

I've heard about it.

Hearing about it and doing it
are different.

Let's assume that this is
the stocks we own.

Now I raise the price a little,

and hand it to Brian.

Then I add a little more,

and hand it to you.

That's right, and then you hand
the stocks over to me.

The stocks keep rising
as it goes around between us.

The ants will go crazy
wanting to buy it.

But they can't.

The trading volume

and timing are matched
exactly in this transaction.

They are traded in a flash.

There's no time to get in.

Bottoms up! Baby!

The stocks are traded like that
and raise it to the price we want.

Are you guys done talking?

Come on, this is no fun.

Okay, you come in.

Then we slip out.

Now the ants swarm in and
go after whatever we sell.

Pump and dump, baby!

What are you doing?
Bottoms up.

Are you crazy?
How can I drink all of this?

If you drink it all,
this grand is yours.

Hey, didn't you hear him?

Drink up.

That's enough.

Am I forcing her?
She wants to drink it.

Motherfucker,
that's what you're doing!

Shall I ask her again?

You don't have to drink this
if you don't want to.

But if you do,
I'll give you double.

Two thousand.

I said enough, asshole!

Why, you jealous?

Then work hard
and earn your share.

Bastards like you
con and cheat.

What? 'Work hard'?

Then what's a righteous bastard
like you involved in this?

Fucking idiot.

A matching transaction
depends on timing.

Don't slack off.

When did the matching
transaction start?

A week ago.

The price reached
over forty today.

Time to slowly get out.

It'll go over
to Hyun-soo tomorrow.

I've matched everything
with Brian.

Pity, I'm going to miss
my deputy manager Kang.

Deputy manager, my ass.

He'll be a con from tomorrow.

Don't take your eyes off
the monitor when you're trading.

What are you waiting for?

Drag him out right now.

What's going on?

Let's go.

You can't trade without this.

Don't come near me.

Stay away, you bastard!

I said stay away!

You son of a bitch!

Open the door,
you son of bitch!

Loser

That asshole.

Excuse me.

Don't let me bother you.

Trying too hard.

Well, there isn't much
to talk about.

Let's meet again later.

Freeze all Daesan
accounts right away.

Ms. Yoo, I'm off then!

Too bad.

You're not needed anymore.

You planned this
from the beginning?

I sure did.

Did I upset you, Mr. Kang?

Consumer items are usually
expendable, you see.

1,590,000 shares.

They've all been handed over.

Okay.

Ms. Yoo, where are you?

I was about to call you.

Something's up, Kang gone.

What are you talking about?

He must've took off
after stealing the shares.

Kang Hyun-soo
stole the shares?

How did you find out?

The stocks didn't
come in on time.

I checked and he was gone.

If they're the accounts
I gave you,

then you couldn't have
checked them.

You're right.

Min-hyung,
we need to hurry up.

Mr. Kang, thanks for
all your trouble.

Have a good rest.

Hello? Hello?

Who the hell are you?

Okay.

Take care of it and call me.

He was doing a lot
behind our backs.

He was hiding
some cell phones.

There goes Korea for you.

It can't improve because of
backstabbers like him.

Wait.

He could've been
plotting something

with Park Chang-joo
or Yoo Seo-yeon.

They're involved in some way
so they can't go to the police.

Then the one who holds the stocks
is the winner.

Your sale has been completed.
Shit!

What?

What's wrong?

What's with the stocks?

1,250,000 shares
have been sold.

Which bastard did this?

The major shareholder.

Park Chang-joo, that fucker.

Shit!

The share prices are plummeting.

Hey.

You want to get stabbed first?
Or just buried alive?

I personally
recommend the first one.

Yes, sir.

Find Park Chang-joo right now.

Right now!

Yes, sir.

Leave this with the rookie
and let's go.

The boss wants us
to find Park Chang-joo.

Gangster life is better
than this shit.

Duk-sang, that's enough.

Join us after
you finish things here.

Yes, sir.

Fuck it.

Shit.

Duk-sang, don't do this.

If you kill someone,
things will never be the same again.

Your life will be over!

You said you wanted to do stocks
and quit this, right?

I'll teach you everything.

You need to think about
your mom back home!

What's wrong?

What're you doing?

Duk-sang.

You made a good decision.

You may be scared
about betraying your gang,

but that gang is no big deal.

Ms. Yoo, it's me.
I'm near Youngjong Island.

Yes, I'll be waiting.

Ms. Yoo scouted me.

Also, I live with my mom now.

Jack the reaper of stock market

Who are we meeting?

He's notorious for resolving
screwed-up scams.

An ant' dies
for every stock he touches.

So he's called
the stock killer.

Doctor Woo?

He doesn't move
unless he gets paid in advance.

You think
I don't know that, idiot?

Yoo Seo-yeon will discover
the fake bank account in no time.

If we can't cash in fast,
we're both going to kick the bucket.

Looks like
you stuck in a dead end.

The game is over, son.

I checked all the accounts.
He hid them away.

Let's just drop it.

But we've overlooked
Park Chang-joo.

He owes millions
in gambling debt.

Because of his debt in Macao,

a Chinese gang came
looking for him.

Find this amusing?
I almost died back there.

Hwang is probably dumfounded.

He stole the shares, but he can't
cash in because they've crashed.

I'm sure he'll do

whatever it takes to
sell the stocks.

If we get the timing right
and sell first...

You have stocks to sell?

There's a stock I secured
when we first started.

I also bought some shares that
Hwang doesn't know about.

Man, everyone was busy
looking after their own ass.

All of you rich scammers
do what you want.

You're the one who said that
people weren't born as scammers.

And now you're
an innocent victim?

You all started all this.
Why are you blaming me for it?

So is that why you told your
brother to buy Daesan stocks?

This is your only chance
to recover your money as well.

You also risked
everything this time.

This isn't the first time
I've kicked the bucket.

I got you all wrong.

If I had known you were like this,
I wouldn't have come this far.

Is that so?

How shall I repay you for
saving my sorry life?

One million? Ten million?

What a pity, I'm flat out broke.

How'd you end up doing
this worthless job?

I'm sorry.

But I don't want to risk my life
to make money.

I looked at the chart,
and it doesn't look good.

Well, there have been
cases like this.

And some were
even more severe.

This will take a lot of effort.

Start as soon as possible,
and let's settle it at one million.

Call me
when you've decided.

5 million

Shit. I knew it
efore I saw it.

at a fucking mess.

it here.

Don't know if it'll help,
but I have something to give you.

What are you doing here
this late?

The stocks went bad.

What?

The stocks got ruined.

Don't worry.
It's only money.

I won't die over seventy thousand.
Don't worry.

Hyun-soo...

Mom's apartment...

What?

I used mom's apartment
as collateral...

What the fuck
are you saying?

You said it was a sure-thing.

I borrowed money from
a loan shark with her apartment,

and put it all in the stocks.

Mom doesn't know anything.

You did it on your own
without mom knowing?

You said it was a chance
of a lifetime.

I just trusted you.

Let's go.

They're not answering.

Don't you get it?

They're hiding out without you.

You almost became
a murderer.

If you go here they'll arrange
a place for you to stay.

I'll call you
once the job is over.

Yes, ma'am.

The purchase timing
you mentioned before...

What's the probability for us
to match it?

Less than half, at best.

I know what you're thinking,
but this is the only way.

If we can't match it,
then we make our own chance.

Have you seen this before?

Jong-ku, spare me.

I must've lost my mind.

Hey asshole.

Didn't know that my guys
were pros at finding people?

How much is left?

Seven-hundred thousand.

How much gambling debt did
this bastard have?

Useless motherfucker.

Hey, pretty boy.

Cough up all your money
by tomorrow.

Yes, sir!

I'll go on my own feet,
damn it.

Oh! Shit! What the fuck!

Hey, Bri!

Shit, what the hell was
your Korean name?

Yo... yo... Man.
What's a... What's going on?

What's your Korean name,
you son of a bitch?

It's, Choi...
Choi Hong-man.

You fucking Bri bastard.

Cough up all the money
you took, got it?

Okay.

Shit, but we're still
short of money.

Can't Doctor Woo
lower the price a little?

Money is the gangster, damn it.

Call that Doctor Woo or whatever.
Let's get it over with.

You're the first person
to mention the report.

How to package it is important,
not what's inside it.

Hwang Jong-ku had no interest
in the research from the start.

But we have to raise
the share price

for him to not sell it today.

It all boils down to money.

Hyun-soo.

I have someone
to introduce you to.

Must've been very urgent.

I presume
it's Daesan Construction.

I also wanted you
to meet someone.

So, you're the one who needed
to meet Masan country hick?

Masan Venture Capital?

The super ant?

Have you written a book
on stocks by any chance?

So there's still someone
who remembers that book.

I learned about stocks
with that book.

Is that so?

Then you've learned nothing.

You must've taught him
the wrong thing.

I have ten minutes.

With that, it'll be enough.

Count it if you'd like.

You don't have to work with me
if it doesn't feel right.

I never said that I wouldn't.

I got a call last month
about a clean-up job.

He said he'd give me
a sizable sum after the job

but I hung up.

I don't know whether
he's alive or not.

I get it, so do this right.

The value of Doctor Yoon's research
can be seen as almost infinite.

And?

Now is the time
to buy and not sell.

If Hwang sells, then
the price will go down further.

But why now?

Then they will live off
of your money forever.

So buy instead of sell?

Do I look like someone who would
fall for this kind of plan?

Nice place.

I thought you ran with my money,
I almost unleashed my boys.

I clean others' dirty dishes,
but I don't cheat.

Now let's see things through.

Even if I start the job,
it won't take effect now.

Once everyone is out,

I set up a trap
and then I sell it all.

Heard of 'buy low'?

Buying the stock at
a low price?

It's what ants
who've taken the last train do.

Believing that the stock will
rise after it has hit bottom.

That's what
I'll take advantage of.

I'll put in a fake order
in the afternoon.

There's always someone
who comes in,

thinking that
the stock has hit bottom.

I sell it all to him and get out.
Then the game's over.

A fake order in a bearish market.

It won't be easy.

That's why a cleaning job
is a scam's highlight.

I'll show them just how
bottomless this thing is.

Yes.

I think Hwang Jong-ku's team
has started to move.

A huge purchase
has been reserved.

That's a fake order.

When it goes up,

they'll cancel
the order and sell the stock.

But we can't
just watch this happen.

If we put it out early,

we can't sell it all
and it'll plummet.

We could buy some time
if Doctor Yoon's research

is publicized.

Yeah, Joon-soo.

The stocks are going up again.
Isn't it time to sell them?

You won't be able
to sell half of it.

Mom's apartment will be history.

We've to retrieve
at least that much.

What if it falls again?

Joon-soo, listen!

Let's wait it
out a little more.

If this doesn't materialize,

then you
and I will be in trouble.

Of course.

So will this pay off
my debt to you?

Yes, Senator,
if you don't need me any longer.

Government designates Hankyul
as key science technology

Isn't Yoon Sang-tae related
to that research?

What's this?

What the?

Agents send out
these flash reports.

It's a source of
top-class insider info.

These guys know
about everything

that goes on in Korea.

Can we trust this info?

The monthly subscription fee
is several thousand.

This will be
on tomorrow's news.

So his research was for real?

How should I know,
you bastard?

Why does everyone
come to me

when they have
computer problems?

Am I some computer doctor
or something?

So will it work or not?

It will work,

but it won't be fixed right away.

Look at the shape it's in.
This will take two hours.

Now let's sell it.

Wait.

You want us to sell a stock
that's starting to rise for real?

I won't do work that's not
part of the contract.

When something like this happens,
shouldn't we adapt?

It's your stock
so you do what you want with it.

If you're not going to sell,
then I'm out.

Hey Doc.

Then cough up the money.
What did you do for it?

Don't you know that
there's no refund in this field?

Now you're being
the true thug you are.

Thug?

Sung-shik,
he called us thugs.

What's this?

You thought I wouldn't carry
an insurance while out on a job?

I'll make you a new hole
if anyone moves.

Just let him leave.
We don't need him anymore.

Shut the hell up, you bastard!

What about my money?

You son of a bitch,
you're dead meat.

Stand him up. Hurry up, idiot!

Boss, he's dead for real.

Shit.

You son of a bitch!

- Boss, what's wrong?
- You son of a bitch!

We kill him,

After we get our money back.
Motherfucker!

Have you found
anything at the gym?

I found a banged-up hard disk drive,
I'm trying to restore it.

A pro like Min-hyung
wouldn't leave

behind any evidence so easily.

Hyun-soo.

Sell the stocks you have now.

What are you talking about?

Then they'll sell theirs,
and no one will be able to sell.

Your seventy-thousand
won't have an effect.

Just get out at this point.

That's all that you have.

Cover him up at least.

Don't worry about him
and worry about this.

What's the mood like?

It's been bullish
for three days.

If we hold on till tomorrow,

we'll make at least
four million more.

Four million...

Four million, you say.

Four million...

What's wrong?

The market is closed.

Didn't you say
you'll sell tomorrow?

So what's with the sigh,
you bastard?

It will rise for sure tomorrow.

I can sell it tomorrow.

I can sell it tomorrow.

Hey, Min-hyung.

You know how
we got here, right?

Another body
won't make a difference.

Got it?

Let's do a good job.

- Hello?
- Hyun-soo,

I tried to fix
the hard disk drive you gave me.

But it's completely broken.
There's nothing to retrieve.

Was it important?

You haven't eaten
dinner, right?

We made them hold today.

Everything will be
over tomorrow.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Come to think of it,

I've spent five years
looking at this tiny monitor.

My life would've gone beyond the
monitor if I had lived differently.

How'd you first
get involved in stocks?

Don't ask.
My life is a long soap opera.

Start from the first episode.

I went on top of
the Han River bridge.

Actually, I was going to jump.

But I made up my mind while
throwing away my credit cards.

'I'm going to
make it big with stocks. '

But you know where
that friend of mine is now?

He ran off to the Philippines
and can't be reached.

I didn't know since I was out
all day yesterday.

But when I went to work
this morning,

some strange guy
was wearing my clothes.

Kang Hyun-soo is in
Yoo Seo-yeon's office?

Duk-sang,
that ungrateful bastard.

I told you I'm smarter in this field.
Say hello.

Nam Keun-woo,
Yoo Seo-yeon's trusted secretary.

He's too good to be rotting away
under an ingenue.

So Kang Hyun-soo is at
Yoo Seo-yeon's office.

Shit!

It's Yoo Seo-yeon!

What is it now?

The stock price.

It's that bitch's work.

I got the transaction report.

You know who raised the price
yesterday?

Just say it! Stop asking, idiot!

Somebody named Park Won-suk.
The address is in Masan city.

Masan Venture Capital?

Shit, what the hell is going on?

If they throw out their stocks,
we're done for.

Damn it!

Wait.

Yoo Seo-yeon doesn't know
that we know this, right?

Then all we need to do is
stop her from dealing, right?

Start the engine!

Damn idiot.

Hurry and get in, you moron!

Got everything ready for us
to sell right away?

But you need me
to go as well?

If you catch them
and then call me...

Shut the fuck up, asshole!

Am I to just trust you?

Stop thinking and
just follow my fucking lead.

Answer me, asshole!

- I got it.
- Answer me with respect, asshole.

I understand, sir.

Okay, that's enough.

Mr. Kang.

I have some stocks to sell.

So you've resorted to this?

What's wrong with it?

It's honest.

Where's Yoo Seo-yeon?

No one's here.

I thought she was with him.

Shit.

Where's Yoo Seo-yeon?

Is she somewhere else
ready to sell it?

You saw the flash report?

What is this?

Don't blindly trust floating
info so much.

You don't know
who's controlling it.

Mr. Hwang!

Daesan Construction's future
looked bright.

Try burying the stocks
and not just people.

Boss.

Let's see
who will bury it first.

Since whoever's
a second faster wins.

Asshole.

Whether I sell it or not,
I'll finish you myself.

Market opens in 3 seconds

Market opens in 2 seconds

Market opens

- Your sale has been completed.
- Yes! It's sold!

Okay, that's enough.

Winner always wins
no matter odds.

Sucks, doesn't it?

You think the Financial Supervisory
Service will let this slide?

It takes them a month
to finish investigating.

Is that so?

You're a big entrepreneur now.

This is the police.

You're all under arrest
for a flagrant offense.

Put the gun down!

Hwang Jong-ku,
Cho Min-hyung.

You will be charged with stock
manipulation and faking accounts.

Hey, aren't you the boss of
the Deadly Green Shit gang.

Now, you want
to be a smart ass?

Detective Goh, I'm
a violator of economic laws.

Why is a violent
crime officer here?

Detective, there's a body
in the suspect's car!

Well, what a surprise.

Is kidnapping and murder
an economic offense?

No matter
how much you struggle,

only the fittest succeed.

It sucks.

Hyun-soo.

I told you Hwang Jong-ku
would pop up.

I'm the one who suggested using
your secretary to lure them in.

And I'm the one who let out
information on our transaction.

I'm the one who risked
my life to be the bait.

Just be patient.
I'll look for a way.

The Ministry of
Science and Technology

announced its authorization

of the water-purifying bacteria
research at Hankyul.

I'm Lee Jae-hak.

DGS Holdings president,
Hwang Jong-ku.

I kept my eyes
on Daesan Construction.

Kang Hyun-soo?

I borrowed this suit,
and a card I know came out of it.

If your testimony holds true,
we can make the charges.

By the time
you find all the evidence,

they'll be out of the country.

Even if you catch them, he'll
do a stint and live a rich life.

There is a fine.

Who's scared of having
to pay those charges?

Do you have any other idea?

Catching them
in the act of selling

the stocks would be
a sure thing.

Everyone knows that.

If we can't catch them,
then we'll bring them to us.

A scam isn't used for
just stocks, you know.

Today's weather.

After the news got out,

Hankyul's stocks kept rising,

and mom's apartment was safe.

So what happened
to my seventy-thousand?

Well...

1 year later

Doctor Yoon Sang-tae
becomes globally

recognized
for breakthrough bacteria

Actor Kang Hyun-soo

I'm sorry,
please excuse me.

Hey, it's been a long time.
When do you start the play?

It starts tomorrow.
When will you come?

You're not one of the villagers
again like last time, right?

I have lines this time!

This time it's for real, right?

You're really
underestimating me.

I'll go if
you send me an invitation.

An invitation?

The rich are stingier,
I tell you.

Forget it, don't come!

Okay, you're probably busy
making rich people richer.

See you later.

Hello, sir. Have
Hankyul's dividends come out?

How much?
Two-hundred thousand?

I've found a good company.
Put it in there for three years.

I'm not proud of that book.

After I published it, I became
penniless six months later.

I 'kicked the bucket',
as you call it.

Companies don't grow double or
triple in a day or fail in a day.

But in the stock market,

billions are gained
and lost in a day.

What meaning does that have?

It has no meaning at all.

Only greed gets
tangled up there.

If you know that and invest,

you end up looking at the people
before the stock price.

People who
actually do the work.

It doesn't look easy.

But it's not over just yet.