Birth of a Beauty
Ahjumma, you can't go.
I won't let you go like this.
Let's...
...break up.
I never want to marry again.
As long as you're with him,
Tae Hee might be in danger.
I'll leave.
To...
ensure Han Tae Hee's safety.
I'm looking for a passenger on TJ flight 301.
TJ flight 301 has departed.
Will Tae Hee be okay?
I think he got hurt at the airport.
We'll take care of him nearby.
I think he's here. Hold on.
Hyung.
We waited to make you dinner.
I'll prepare, oppa.
No, let's go out instead.
The three of us should eat something good and have a little drink.
I want to be alone.
Leave.
Goodness, goodness...
Sara was Geum Ran?
No wonder.
I usually hate beautiful women, but not Sara.
It was because she's Geum Ran.
That wench Geum Ran betrayed me.
She fools me of all people?
But I'm so happy she's alive, right Mother?
Kyung Joo.
I can't reach Geum Ran right now.
She must be shocked about her canceled wedding.
Han Tae Hee is Winner Group's successor.
That marriage can't be easy.
Is Han Tae Hee that amazing?
As Winner Group's possible successor,
the media and Internet were in a frenzy. I found out then.
Yes, Mother.
Your daughter...
...left today.
Alone?
I guess I wasn't enough.
I'm sorry.
I don't want to hear that you're sorry.
Geum Ran...
Why did she decide that suddenly?
Geum Ran.
Don't ever break down no matter what.
If it's hard,
you have me.
Who is it?
Mom.
It's Geum Ran.
Geum Ran.
Oh, my daughter.
I'm glad you came.
Thank you.
Oh, my.
Hey, Sa Geum Ran!
Kyung Joo.
I pretended to go abroad.
But I was going to our hometown.
To hide where nobody knows me.
Then...
I heard your voicemail.
You don't need to explain.
I won't ask anything.
Yeah, just rest, Geum Ran.
You've struggled so much.
I'm glad you're my friend.
I'll be proud to walk around with you.
Mom.
I'm going...
to our hometown tomorrow.
I'll go, too.
Let's be together, Geum Ran.
When I wake up, ahjumma will be here.
It's a dream.
Right, ahjumma?
You just gave a divorce press conference.
Should your face look so bright?
It's been a long time since I decided.
I wandered in darkness.
Now I see the light.
I'll just stay for the time being. Don't worry.
You don't have anywhere to go.
I'll sell the building and buy a house.
Has it been decided?
Without your husband's help, you can't sell it.
I have an offer he can't refuse.
That bitch Chae Yun had someone move her stuff out.
Take care of the building.
Chae Yun's not plotting, is she?
The building is still mine.
Who is it? Chae Yun?
You still want something?
Let's talk face to face.
I'll go to your office.
Come in.
Did Sara get to Italy?
Did she arrive?
I talked to the employee who was supposed to pick her up at the airport.
But Sara wasn't on the plane.
Why?
What is it?
I don't know exactly.
Her cell is off.
Is the bus here?
I'll check. You stay here.
[16 missed calls. 4 messages]
Ahjumma, I'm at the airport.
Say good-bye before you go.
Please turn on your phone.
Ahjumma, let me hear your voice.
I'm still at the airport.
Call if you haven't left yet.
Ahjumma, please.
Please call me.
[Han Min Hyuk]
Yes, Director.
Sara.
Your phone is on.
The employee at the Rome airport...
said you weren't on the plane.
I was worried.
Actually...
I never planned to get on the plane.
Please tell the others...
I'm overseas.
So...
no one will look for me.
Alright.
Let me know where you're staying.
The bus is here.
Let's go.
Doctor.
It's your favorite clam soup.
And bean paste stew.
I added my special sauce, too.
The first stage of grief...
...is denial.
That she left me...
can't be acknowledged.
How long has it been, Yeo Ok?
Around ten years?
I wondered when you'd come.
It's so good to see you.
Can I ask for a favor, unni?
We came suddenly and haven't found a place to stay.
Of course.
The restaurant is full of rooms.
Think of it as your house and be comfortable.
But...
who's this young lady?
My daughter's...
...friend.
Ahjumma.
You're looking for a cook.
Can I take this job?
Goodness, such a pretty young lady.
You're going to be a cook?
I'm really good at cooking and cleaning.
Try me, ahjumma.
Jeez.
Mom, it's wet and slippery.
It's okay.
Give that to me.
You rest like a princess.
Princess?
No, I'll do that, Mom.
Rest, Mom.
Station board of directors...
...attendance notice?
CEO.
Your disciplinary meeting is tomorrow.
The Canvas Building...
Turn it over to me.
It's alimony for the life...
you and Sa Geum Ran ruined.
You're the one who seduced a married man.
Who's the one who said it was a loveless marriage?
I don't want to drag it on.
Give me the building quietly.
Or I'll reveal this.
It's a black box memory card.
That night...
It contains footage of you killing Sa Geum Ran.
Tomorrow is your disciplinary meeting.
What happens if I reveal this?
The meeting's at 10am.
Send the building title transfer papers by 9am.
Or else...
I'll join the meeting.
Sara?
Yes, I'll go to your office.
What's the name of the culinary school Sara went to?
Where is she staying?
I don't know that much.
Does it make sense the PD doesn't know where her star is?
It was handled at Winner Group headquarters.
I'm not the person to ask.
I'm sorry.
Winner Group headquarters...
Did you tell Director Han about the directors meeting?
I haven't.
He's in the provinces.
Provinces?
Why didn't you go with him?
He wanted to go alone.
Sara.
I'll find a place for you to stay.
I'm comfortable here.
I know the owner.
There aren't many people who recognize me.
They'd doubt even if they did.
A person on TV yesterday...
working at a restaurant suddenly.
Now I think I know you.
I want to work as your partner.
But you don't care about money or fame.
But I still need you.
Let's find another way.
Are you asleep, Geum Ran?
It must be hard.
Go ahead.
If your body is tired,
time passes quickly.
You'll forget everything.
What's this card?
You can't open it yet, ahjumma.
My wish is written in it.
If you hang your wish on the tree and light it,
your wish will come true.
All my wishes will come true.
[Ahjumma, be happy.]
Ahjumma.
Be happy.
[Ahjumma, be happy.]
After denial comes...
the second stage.
Anger.
I'll hate you.
I'll despise and never forgive you.
Italy?
You'll never be happy there.
You'll regret forever.
Ahjumma.
Tomorrow is...
CEO Lee Kang Joon's disciplinary meeting.
You must attend.
You attend in my place.
You have enough material.
You swore to attend.
To teach him a lesson.
Handle it.
And...
Don't come by for now.
CEO.
How is it?
It's good, right unni?
What did you put in here?
It's so different from mine.
It's natural seasoning.
Ground fermented beans and shiitake mushrooms and stewed for ten hours with pollack.
It brings the food to life.
Really?
Can I use this in our restaurant's food?
Of course, ahjumma.
Add it to everything on the menu starting today.
- The customers will come swarming in. - I know.
It's amazing. It's so good.
Ahjumma!
Two hangover soups, please.
Where are you going?
I told you.
To prepare the documents by 9am.
You didn't call.
So I'm going to join the meeting.
I'll transfer the building title, so go.
Are you sure?
I said I will.
Then do it by 5pm.
[HBS Urgent Directors Meeting]
The directors meeting today...
has to do with Madam Park Man Duk
and HBS CEO Lee Kang Joon's disciplinary action.
Han Tae Hee who requested disciplinary action can't attend.
Should we postpone?
No need to postpone.
[Explanation behind Park Man Duk's arrest and HBS's perspective.]
These are explanation documents.
The report was impartial.
Han Tae Hee is injured from an accident.
Since we confirmed he has no desire to attend the meeting,
this issue...
should be dissolved.
These are additional documents showing evidence of Madam Park Man Duk's defamation.
This is magazine about marriage and divorce.
HBS status...
[Announcer Gyo Chae Yun announces divorce due to affair by husband, HBS CEO Lee Kang Joon!]
He didn't uphold its reputation.
These are materials gathered by CEO Han Tae Hee himself.
[Announcer Gyo Chae Yun announces divorce due to affair by husband, HBS CEO Lee Kang Joon!]
We'll announce the results of the meeting.
The directors have come to a decision.
The entire board...
has decided to...
suspend Lee Kang Joon for...
...three months.
Tae Hee...
quit Winner Food?
Yes, Grandmother.
If oppa is going to be nominated to lead the company,
he needs to show achievements.
There's not much time and I'm worried.
Is it because of Sara?
Jeez, I shouldn't have broken this.
My anger doesn't go away no matter what.
Ahjumma.
What?
I called regarding Winner Food.
The union keeps calling.
I'm sorry.
I can't do anything.
Ahjumma.
Nobody would come at this hour.
Ahjumma!
You quit Winner Food?
You...
are the person who'll take over Winner Group.
It's an important time before the shareholders meeting but because of a woman...
You shouldn't do this.
You're the only one struggling.
Sara isn't.
What do you mean?
Sara brought up separating first.
In the end, she went to study abroad for herself.
Sara doesn't feel like you.
Accept that truth.
Find your place.
Why do you need to know...
where Sara is?
It's personal.
I heard you got suspended for there months at the directors meeting.
I dislike you more and more.
The reason I got disciplined...
was because of Madam Park's report.
Han Tae Hee...
used your personal life as an issue.
Why give them fodder?
Why handle it like that?
And...
why look for Sara when you have such bad rumors?
For Birth of a Chef.
Sara's past isn't important to me.
I'm going to make decisions for her myself now.
I'm going to become her patron.
I don't want you to get further...
involved with Sara.
Leave.
You didn't feel the same?
Really, ahjumma?
Did I love you like a madman alone?
I loved by myself...
and I suffer alone.
What happened in the competition?
Are you curious?
Of course.
Then...
watch the show.
This beef meatball soup...
To make a broth out of mussel...
is highly regarded.
Ingredients, seasoning...
and taste are all combined well.
Oh Kyung Hee's table is extravagant and full.
Any family would be 100% satisfied with it.
Shall we see Sara's dish?
Bean paste stew and tuna.
The taste is amazing.
But why tuna?
Recently...
I agreed to marry the man I love.
If it's a dish I want to make for my family,
I thought of that person.
That person...
is a bit sick...
I prepared dishes that are good for the heart for him.
I made broth using tuna bones to lower cholesterol.
And used tuna as an ingredient.
Brown rice with oats.
Anchovy and walnut.
Onion salad.
And I made duck bulgogi.
All four dishes share a similar taste.
I added my own...
natural seasoning to all the dishes.
The tasters should taste.
How was Sara's seasoning made?
I...
can only say it's the best.
In the competition today,
Seven points for ingredient accord.
Four points for originality.
Five points for nutrition.
Ten points for taste.
Sara wins.
Sara, you won round three.
Thank you.
Those eyes can't be a lie.
Never.
Team Leader Choi.
Where's Han Min Hyuk?
I heard you were looking for me.
You appear in person.
What is it?
Tell me where you sent Sara.
You think I can choose to hide Sara?
She chose to leave.
What happened to the Han Tae Hee with nothing to lose?
Did you approach Sara to show off to me?
The reason isn't important.
The result is.
Han Tae Hee...
You couldn't protect your woman in the end.
Just like your father who died twenty years ago.
Han Min Hyuk.
The car is ready.
Han Tae Hee...
quit Winner Food completely?
He loves Sara that much?
He's lost all reason.
It got easier.
If Han Tae Hee can't save Winner Food,
I'm the only candidate for the directors meeting.
I'll easily pass the shareholders meeting.
Winner Group leader...
and Sara...
I'll take both.
Then do it by 5pm.
What are you trusting in this situation?
I was suspended as CEO.
Really?
The building...
Let's settle.
We'll divide it in half.
Call home...
in an hour.
What do you mean?
It's Chae Yun.
Why are you calling?
We can't leave the house after you made Kang Joon into a jerk.
This is the start.
It'll be bad if you already moan.
Check your email.
What is it?
That bitch Chae Yun wants me to check my email.
Huh?
This is black box footage from Kang Joon's car black box.
It shows him murdering Sa Geum Ran?
What?
What is this?
Isn't that Geum Ran's car?
He's following her?
Goodness, Kang Joon is?
What?
Then...
Kang Joon mur...
He really...
...murdered her?
It's confirmed by the video.
On the road Pig Sister-in-law died on,
oppa was driving really fast.
The date and time are the same.
Ka... Kang Joon?
That's why someone reported him to police for murder.
And he was arrested.
What to do?
I have goosebumps.
Goodness.
Why are you all gathered?
What's wrong?
Did you commit a sin?
Huh?
N... No.
What sin?
What is it!
Nothing, honey.
I'm home.
Kang Joon, you jerk.
Why did you do it? How could you?
If that comes out, your life is over.
It's over.
What to do?
What do we do?
No.
Never.
Who trusts that?
Even if you deny,
what if the world sees the video?
It's completely over for you.
What to do?
What do we do?
Chae Yun fabricated it out of evil intent.
Don't say anything to Father.
Tell noona and Min Young...
to erase the email.
Our family is done for.
Our family is completely finished.
What to do?
How was it?
Did you change your mind?
Where are you?
Prepare the documents.
If you don't give me the building,
we don't need to meet.
You must not be ready.
Fine then.
Right now,
I'm gathering the board of directors' emails.
I'm going to send the black box
video to the directors' personal emails.
You better stop.
Are you ready then?
To hand over the building?
Did you bring the title...
transfer documents?
[Title transfer of ownership document]
[Requestor: Lee Kang Joon]
Don't be regretful.
Think of it as punishment for throwing a woman away.
Why can't you look me in the eyes if it's not big deal?
Well...
My eyes are bleary lately.
What's eating you?
Eating me?
It's nothing.
You and Kang Joon...
What's with the building?
We agreed to give it back awhile ago. Why nothing?
Bring the documents!
I'll handle it.
Yes.
Okay.
Kang Joon.
Hey.
I think your father senses something.
He wants the building documents.
What'd Chae Yun say?
Calm down. Father might hear.
I can't calm down.
What's going on, Kang Joon?
You're losing the building?
I won't give it up.
Didn't you give her the document?
Chae Yun is threatening. How can you not give up?
I still have a solution left.
What solution?
The more you hold out...
Han Tae Hee will be in more danger.
You know me well.
You know what I did to Sa Geum Ran.
You have to give me time to think or prepare.
So urgently and suddenly...
That's not right, ahjumma.
Your call cannot be completed. You will be connected to the voicemail.
Please leave a message after the tone.
Kyung Joo.
I wondered if Han Tae Hee called.
If you reach or meet him,
tell me if he's okay.
He was sick recently.
And...
whether he's eating.
Sara's mother isn't here?
Where is she?
She had business in the provinces.
She didn't answer my calls.
Her battery must be dead.
I must find out where Sara is.
I don't know.
I have to go.
Can you leave?
[Geum Ran]
Geum Ran...
You do know about Sara.
What's this number?
Isn't Sara abroad?
She's in Korea?
A friend who's like a sister to Mother...
runs a restaurant in the country.
Geum Ran's there.
With Mother.
Ahjumma.
The director is going down to the provinces.
He's going alone today as well.
This is Han Min Hyuk.
I'm going to Sara.
I have to discuss work.
Yes.
More radish kimchi please.
Okay! More radish kimchi here.
Radish kimchi coming.
- Okay. - Welcome.
Two kimbops please.
Okay.
Here it is.
Thank you.
Here it comes.
More kimchi please.
Okay.
You must have been hungry.
Thank you.
Enjoy.
Ahjumma.
Enjoy.
Okay.
Han Tae Hee?
I was curious if Sara was doing well.
She's doing well.
I'm not glad to see you.
I begged you.
Not to hurt Geum Ran twice.
I blame you.
Sara...
Is she okay?
She's better now.
You're Winner Group's son.
Geum Ran's living with another's identity.
You two don't fit and are shaky.
You should start fresh since you broke up.
Be strong.
I hope you don't come back.
Your noodles are so chewy.
Teach me your secret.
The secret...
is power.
Powerful hands that can crush an apple.
You're funny.
You'd succeed on TV, too.
On those cooking competitions.
Go on one of those shows.
Cooking competition?
Go for my sake.
And win if you can.
For sure.
Kyung Joo.
Did Han Tae Hee call?
Yeah, he came.
I had no choice but to tell him where you are.
He seemed to be going to you.
Doctor.
Sara.
Sa Geum Ran.
You were hiding here.
Winner Food...
is going bankrupt?
After you left,
Tae Hee is ignoring work.
This isn't all.
It'll be worse for Tae Hee.
The union is making unusual movements.
She's better now.
Sara doesn't feel like you.
You're the only one struggling.
Recently...
I agreed to marry the man I love.
You were badly hurt.
I thought I'd never see you again.
If it has to do with Winner Food,
let me know.
Alright.
But Sara...
are you...
really okay here?
I'm doing well.
Don't worry.
I'll see you again.
Ahjumma.
You look good.
It's not bad.
Are you okay, doctor?
Are you eating?
You said you were going abroad.
Why are you here?
I want to live quietly...
making plans...
and figuring things out.
I hear you're neglecting Winner Food work.
It's an important time.
You can't neglect.
Because of you...
I've become a useless idiot.
Because we broke up...
you can't do anything?
That's an excuse.
Even married couples divorce,
a man and woman breaking up is no big deal.
I'm doing well.
You return to your place.
Don't come see me anymore.
Ahjumma.
Is that possible?
Wasn't it hard?
You told me...
I was like wood and stone.
I'm dull.
After being a housewife,
I became realistic.
I work, eat and...
get along comfortably with others.
You're different from me.
I saw you laughing.
After seeing you doing well,
honestly, I hated you.
Fine. Let's leave.
Pretend not to see.
I was going back to Seoul like that.
But I turned around.
Why?
Because...
I missed you.
Not me.
It's over.
I don't want to see you anymore.
I like being alone.
I want to stop being tangled with someone.
You like being alone, but you called Han Min Hyuk?
Why him?
We're finished.
So...
why do I have to explain?
That's too much, ahjumma.
It's severe.
So, don't have regret.
Don't care about me.
The energy going to me...
should be used for work.
Geum Ran.
I'm going to ahjumma's house.
I'm going to get a blanket.
Geum Ran.
Mom, I'm going to get groceries.
The restaurant is out of ingredients.
The last stage of grief...
...is acceptance.
Accepting.
Get out.
This is a restaurant.
I came to eat.
What do you want?
Chae Yun threatened me and took the building.
The day of the car accident...
Chae Yun has the black box video.
It shows me pushing you off the cliff.
You have to save me.
You can take care of it by revealing you're Sa Geum Ran.
The building is yours.
Get it back after revealing yourself.
And...
testify I didn't murder you.
Why should I?
If not...
I'll come everyday.
I've been suspended as CEO.
I've been divorced.
Now the building was taken.
What do I have left?
I have no choice but to drag you down.
Marriage fights are like cutting water with a knife.
Why are you here?
How did you know?
Are you okay?
Get out.
Get out before I...
...call the police.
Now you know who I am.
Honey.
You're a good daughter.
Protect this happiness.
Get out!
Get away from Geum Ran!
Think over what I said.
Ugh.
That disgusting bastard.
How dare he follow you here?
Let's move.
He'll still find me.
We're in the same boat.
You have to keep helping.
If I become head of Winner Group,
it won't be bad for you either.
It's our chance now that Han Tae Hee is weak.
I'm going to falsify documents and prosecute Han Tae Hee.
I'll take care of it.
Grandmother's trial...
Speed up the sentencing as much as possible.
I'm gonna send her to prison.
This...
is your job, Director Kim.
[Expenditure funds loan contract]
What is this?
In order to delay bankruptcy, CEO Han Tae Hee
made a deal with loan sharks using the company.
He intended to save the company.
[Expenditure funds loan contract]
But his method was wrong.
He used illegal funds.
I fabricated the contract to show union agreement.
If bankruptcy is adjudicated,
it's five years in prison.
Since the union agreed, it's the same crime.
CEO Han Tae Hee...
Where is he?
Would he come to work...
after doing that?
He left Winner Food awhile ago.
What?
CEO used loan shark funds?
That's impossible.
To save the company,
he uses loan sharks for fraud.
Is that how to save the company?
We...
won't just take it.
CEO!
CEO, it's big trouble!
You can't stay still!
Please answer your phone, CEO!
Han Tae Hee...
will be prosecuted?
I can't reach him.
It'll be bad if we just leave it.
The union...
is going to prosecute Han Tae Hee?
Everything's going our way.
This time...
prosecution isn't our goal.
Sara is.
Director Han?
It's Sara.
Can I see you?
I'll go down.
Yes.
Han Tae Hee...
I heard the union reported him to prosecution.
But...
Tae Hee isn't doing anything.
It's my fault...
he's like that.
Help him overcome this hurdle.
He'll take care of it once he feels better.
He's that type of person.
Please help him.
I beg you, Director.
Then...
how about we help each other?
I told you.
I'm a businessman.
This is great timing.
I'll do my best to save Tae Hee. In exchange...
you accept my offer.
The union is reporting me to prosecution?
Yes, CEO.
I'm worried it's too late.
Where's the union leader?
The union is having a meeting at headquarters.
Yes.
You're here.
Are you ready?
The forum preparations went well.
Today...
the star of the business dinner...
...is you.
Hansang Group Chairman Jung leaving the announcement to you...
means that he thinks you're Winner Group's successor.
Is that so?
Let's go.
Mother...
Is it okay if someone joins us?
I know...
how hard you worked for this.
Of course I am.
The car is here.
Sara.