Color of Woman
Episode 17
[The Color of Love]
Tell me.
Are you really breaking up with Jun Su hyung?
We've already broken up.
It isn't over yet for Jun Su hyung.
What is your heart really telling you?
Do you really want to break up?
Yeah, I want to end it.
It's what I must do.
Don't move.
What?
Kang Chan Jin.
Don't move.
Jun Su hyung is watching.
Must you be so cruel?
It's the fastest and most effective way.
But, you still can't do that.
Do you...
hate me?
That's not what I mean.
- You and I... - Are friends.
Not to me.
I'm tired.
I'm going in first.
Do you want a drink?
Do you have something to say to me?
You're the one who has something to say to me.
I know you saw So Ra and me.
I don't want to justify myself.
I know you and So Ra broke up
and I don't want to suppress my feelings anymore.
You already know I like So Ra, don't you?
I want to officially start dating So Ra.
Is that how So Ra feels too?
So Ra knows her own feelings.
What's you reason for telling me this?
I don't want to lie.
I hate lying the most.
That's what I should be saying.
Aren't you and So Ra friends?
We were friends... not long ago.
You're the one who turned me into this.
Thank you for giving me courage.
I know you won't give up So Ra so easily.
Let's have a fair competition.
Alright, let's do it then.
Kang Chan Jin.
Don't move.
Jun Su hyung is watching.
[Jun Su Sunbae]
Why? Are you scared?
I don't know what I'm doing.
There's a price for everything.
Just shut your eyes once.
When you open them again,
love and everything else will be yours.
What if the head manager hates me?
It's too late for regrets.
If you can't dodge it, then approach the battle head on.
You've already become Cinderella.
So Ra.
You feel uncomfortable seeing me too, right?
I feel the same.
I'm sorry, So Ra.
Do you think I'm mad only because you lied to the media
that you and Jun Su sunbae are lovers?
I told you all my secrets because we're friends.
But you betrayed my trust in you.
I was wrong.
You stole my memories...
and my first love.
Jin Ju?
Jin Ju.
Head Manager.
You didn't go home?
I did...
Did So Ra kick you out?
If it had been me, I'd have done the same.
Why did you do that?
I want to survive.
I don't want to be a mere plaything for a 2nd generation chaebol.
Instead...
I just want to be the woman who loves that man.
That way I can survive,
you also,
and the company can survive too.
You should've discussed with me first.
Also, that ring...
The ring was my mistake.
When I was cleaning up your office,
I put it on for fun, not knowing it wouldn't come off.
I didn't purposely plan to wear it.
Please believe me.
No matter what you say now,
I'm unable to believe you.
Did you consider how your actions would hurt So Ra?
What about my pain?
Why does everyone only think about So Ra?
Do you know what kind of gossip I've had to withstand
because of this scandal?
The woman who seduced a chaebol to become a model.
Because of me, my parents...
Regardless,
I didn't blame anyone else.
But why does everyone call me a bad person?
Why only me?!
Why won't it come off? Why?
I'm sorry.
Have you eaten?
What have you been doing up until now and not eating?
I have so much on my mind
I forgot I hadn't eaten.
Same here.
Is So Ra very angry?
So Ra being so angry...
No, scary... that's the first time I've seen her like that.
I wish she'd just get mad and be done with it.
But instead, she just kicked me out without saying anything.
It's extra scary when a mild-tempered person gets angry.
Wang Jin Ju, you...!
Why should I bother with it?
We've already broken up.
I still think it's best if I just sleep in the car.
Don't you care about your skin more than anything else?
Come in.
Sleep here tonight.
What about you?
I'll figure something out.
Relax and rest.
Okay.
Do you... hate me?
That's not what I mean.
- You and I... - Are friends.
Not to me.
Why does your face look like that?
Did you not sleep well?
Oh, kind of.
I couldn't sleep at all either.
I kept thinking about you.
Yesterday was great.
I was so happy to be with you
that I couldn't even sleep last night.
I want to do it again.
Let's do it again.
Are you crazy?
Yesterday, the kiss...
What are you talking about?
I'm talking about the performance we put on yesterday.
Why?
Do you want to kiss me again?
We can kiss if you want.
I'm always available.
Hey, Kang Chan Jin!
That TV broadcast was amazingly effective.
The offensive posts are all gone too.
There are a lot of posts
in support of Wang Jin Ju and Head Manager being together.
There are lots of people jealous of Wang Jin Ju too.
It's normal to be the object of envy
when you're a 2nd generation chaebol's woman.
Oh my. Poor Assistant Manager Byun.
Alright, there's a marketing and sales meeting in an hour.
Let's meet in the conference room shortly.
- Okay. - Okay.
Did you see the responses?
After last night's broadcast,
the attitude towards our company is becoming increasingly favorable.
Even though it's not immediately seen,
the promotional effect is considerable, right?
Director Seong you are so amazing.
Yesterday's TV program was truly a stroke of genius.
That pure image of first love reunited after 10 years,
if we just repackage that concept a little,
it'll bring a huge amount of benefit to our...
That's it.
The core concept of this marketing campaign
is an emotional story.
To put it simply, instead of saying you buy it,
we change it to come and buy a present.
This type of terminology will move the consumers' hearts.
It's not about how these cosmetics will make you look younger,
but how they'll transport you
back to the days of your youthful first love.
Head Manager and Jin Ju's love story
can be used as the concept for the ad.
I doubt the head manager will grant permission for that.
No,
it's a good idea.
Run print ads and television ads simultaneously.
Isn't that akin to publicly acknowledging the relationship?
You've all made sacrifices for the Yoon Line.
How could I, the head manager, stand by and do nothing?
What was the content of yesterday's broadcast?
Oh, a library romance, right?
It's a good idea to use a library as the setting for the ad.
Assistant Manager Byun?
Yes?
You'll be in charge of the concept for this ad.
Okay.
Bravo!
Our Yoon Line is going to be a success!
If Wang Jin Ju survives, then our Yoon Line will survive too.
Let's do what we can to create a concept for Wang Jin Ju shoot this commercial.
That's the end of this meeting.
I'll go to the research room and start researching.
Hang on, even if there's really something going on between them,
how could he just broadcast it so maliciously?
Why are all men like that?
Seriously!
Why is a man's world always subject to misunderstandings?
But the head manager doesn't seem like that type of person.
He has no choice if he wants to save Yoon Line.
It'll be fine if Assistant Manager Byun finds another man to date.
Oh my!
Why not?
I have something to say.
Oh, okay.
The head manager and I have broken up.
What?
Since when?
Why?
Assistant Manager Byun, what was the problem?
We just broke up naturally.
So everything they said on TV last night,
it wasn't fake, it was true?
So Ra, is it true?
Why are you all so interested in another person's dating history?
Focus your attention on Yoon Line's marketing campaign.
Assistant Manager Byun, come out for a moment.
Oh my...
One person who has always been in a one sided relationship
now has his eye on someone, I wonder what he is feeling now.
[Yoon Line Commercial Concept]
You don't have to head this ad campaign.
Do I look like I don't have the ability?
I can keep my private and work life separate.
I know.
But I've already done the prep work for this ad.
I have a more important task to assign to you.
What is it?
I'll tell you when I get back.
Where are you going?
I haven't been here in so long.
You like the soyabean stew at this place, don't you?
You're the only one who cares about me.
Hyung doesn't know how to show it,
but he cares about you a lot too.
If he cared about me,
would he get embroiled in these distasteful scandals?
I heard it only got resolved because you were there.
So continue as you're doing and help Jun Su manage the company.
Jun Su hyung hasn't been back in Korea long,
so he isn't familiar with the company matters yet.
The Yoon Line is developing well.
How about we launch the special line as well?
If the special line is assigned to Jun Su,
he'll have too much on his plate.
Leave it to me.
I'll set up the foundations for it and then hand it to Jun Su hyung.
That's a great idea!
Alright, I'll assign it to you.
I have another request to ask of you.
What?
What do you have to ask me?
Tell me.
Please allow Assistant Manager Byun to participate in the project.
That child won't do.
Assistant Manager Byun is the core of the special line.
Please trust me as you always have.
I won't let you down.
Do you know what I'm worried about?
Yes.
I hope that you won't disappoint me.
You're like a father to me.
You raised me with care into adulthood,
of course I will repay you for that.
That will make my mother in heaven happy too.
What are you saying? What do you mean repay me?
To me, you're like a son, just as Jun Su is.
Go on and eat.
I thought the head manager would be against the ad concept.
What's going on here?
Why is he agreeing with Director Seong?
Don't you think that this is the tactic he is using?
No matter what, he's still the head manager
and he has the chairman backing him.
If the head manager packs up and returns to the States,
then the show's over.
What did the director say?
She said he will become the crown prince very soon.
We have to get ready too, got it?
Something big's about to happen.
But, is it really true?
The news about you and the head manager dating?
It's not, right?
What's there to ask?
The truth will gradually be revealed.
Let's go eat.
We're going to go eat.
Let's eat together.
You really have no sense.
Let's go.
Goodbye.
Who will I eat with?
[Jun Su]
That's Wang Jin Ju.
She's really something.
How did she manage to hook the head manager?
She stole her friend's boyfriend, right?
I heard it was the head manager's first love from 10 years ago.
Of course.
Didn't Assistant Manager Byun steal the head manager
away from Hwang Jin Ju?
Snatching back and forth.
That's so childish.
You call that being friends?
She's so shameless.
What's this? What's this?
She lives only for herself and she's eating.
That's evil.
How is she still able to eat?
It's not a sin to eat a sandwich.
Love is the culprit.
The one who stole her friend's boyfriend is so thick-skinned,
she still has the nerve to show up here.
Don't say that.
Jin Ju isn't that kind of person.
Oh my! Oh my!
Oh my!
Everyone, our Byun So Ra is too kind-hearted.
What an angel, an angel.
So Ra, you didn't eat much earlier.
Eat some bread.
Eat more, eat more.
May I sit here?
Yes.
How could he do that?
His ex-girlfriend is sitting here in plain sight
and he's going to sit there and flirt.
Oh my. Men are really all the same.
Stop pretending to be nice.
Can't you be honest?
You like the head manager, don't you?
You broke up with him because of the chairman,
why don't you just tell him that?
Are you waiting for me to tell him for you?
I told you I broke up with him because I wanted to,
not because of the chairman, didn't I?
Are you telling the truth
about breaking up with the head manager?
Yes.
I slept at the head manager's house last night.
I see.
You see?
Is that fine?
How I feel doesn't matter,
we've already broken up.
You...
can't repeat what you did last time
and backtrack later.
Fine.
How was lunch with the chairman?
I received a message from the chairman
saying I should support you unconditionally.
I'm going to win via the special line.
Please prepare a list of all the potential candidates for me.
And be sure to do it secretly.
Your mother will be so proud in heaven,
to have such a capable son.
But there's one thing.
It's best if Assistant Manager Byun isn't included this time.
Assistant Manager Byun is the core of the special line, don't you know?
How much do you trust her?
Assistant Manager Byun's heart is still with the head manager.
It's dangerous to keep someone by your side
who may betray you at any given moment.
This issue has nothing to do with Assistant Manager Byun.
I won't let anyone who hurts So Ra off the hook.
How cute.
Kang Chan Jin, your Achille's heel is also Byun So Ra.
Interesting. How very interesting.
Then I'll buy myself some insurance.
Where are you now?
The special line being a matter in China now,
should be developed further.
It's a bad idea to just use data from other companies.
I will provide the information on that for you, so just alter it.
For that section, I can add more data.
Also,
we need more people for the special line project.
We are a bit short-handed,
so find some people who speak Chinese well...
I plan to add So Ra to the product launch team.
Didn't we already reach an agreement about that?
Father issued orders too.
I've already obtained the chairman's permission.
If you are against it,
then I won't do it.
Although, I don't think you'll oppose it.
I thought it would make things easier for So Ra
if I found her work that she enjoys doing.
Of course, from a business perspective,
we need talented people like her.
Should I thank you right now?
I didn't do it so you'd thank me.
I was just thinking on So Ra's behalf.
I just want to guard the happiness of the woman I like.
I know you're still in So Ra's heart,
but don't get too complacent
because I'm adept at turning the game around.
Oh, have a seat.
A present.
What's this?
Why is your work a gift to me?
This is data on the special line.
That's why I'm asking why you're handing this to me?
It's like dangling candy out of my reach.
Congratulations on becoming a member of the special line project team.
What?
Work hard from now on.
Of course you'll work hard, Assistant Manager Byun.
Are you teasing me right now?
You're not joking?
It's nice to have a dependable friend, isn't it?
Yes, it's very nice.
I'm so happy.
How has Assistant Manager Byun been lately.
She's so pitiful lately.
The dark circles under her eyes are down to here.
When people in a relationship break up,
it's always the women who suffer the most.
That's why I'm opposed to dating within the company, got it?
Yes. In any case, it's great that Assistant Manager Byun
has joined the special line project team.
She's a person who loves to work.
Assistant Manager Byun has a personal computer, doesn't she?
Yes, I've seen her with it.
Make a copy of it for me.
Don't let anyone find out.
Do it secretly, got it?
Come in.
Oh.
You brought it without my asking.
Thanks, Jin Ju.
Thanks.
I'm sorry but could you step out and drink your tea?
I have something to speak to the director about.
It's something you can't say in front of So Ra?
Yes.
Okay, I understand.
I'll step out.
Thanks for the tea.
Congratulations, Assistant Manager Byun.
I hear you've joined the special line team.
Thank you. I will do my best.
This document is for you.
Both of them are acting oddly.
Do they both still like each other?
Did you really make this yourself?
Is it strange?
No.
You meticulously documented the before and after effects of these cosmetics.
The photos are very lively. It's quite good.
I take a lot of pictures of myself
so I'm very good at taking photos.
You've truthfully described the side effects which increases credibility.
Is it really okay?
It's really good.
Looks like you've been working hard.
Good job.
Geez!
You scared me to death!
What? A baby?
No, that's not it.
Am I going to be a daddy?
SNS marketing?
SNS marketing is without a doubt effective.
Jin Ju's idea is to
post a report detailing her makeup usage experience on an SNS
and then combine it with your love story.
Then we can achieve our goal of emotional marketing.
But if people find out it's fake,
how will we handle the repercussions?
We're business people,
those kinds of risks are inevitable.
If you have no confidence, say it now.
This is great material for our special line team.
Fine, let's do it then.
What should we do?
That's pretty.
Hold this up in front of me.
Okay.
Yes.
I'll take a picture.
1, 2, 3.
Come over here.
Try this.
You have to try this.
There are so many people watching.
That's why you have to do it.
Isn't that our concept?
Let's take a photo.
1, 2, 3.
Unni, aren't you the cosmetics model, Wang Jin Ju?
What?
You know who I am?
I saw you on TV!
This is your 2nd generation chaebol boyfriend?
Yes.
He's so handsome.
Unni, can we take pictures?
Sure.
Here.
You're like a hyena, a hyena that gobbles up work.
You know how badly I wanted to work on this project, right?
I've been starving for work.
I'm the one starving here, alright?
I'll come over and you can cook for me.
I'm dying of hunger.
My place?
My place is a bit...
Why?
I used to go in and out of there all the time.
Nothing.
This feels like a good sign.
Are you seeing me as a man?
Says who?
I'm just tired.
You made me work all day, now you want me to cook for you?
Which country has that sort of custom?
Then let's eat and go home.
What do you want to eat?
There's something I'm craving.
The picture came out well.
Aren't they a little fake?
Isn't this similar to those interviews
that politicians make during election time?
It's the story of how a 2nd generation chaebol
transforms into a commoner.
You guys don't need to be so sarcastic.
I'm not doing this because I like it.
Um...
Um... I don't mean I dislike you.
It's just this situation is a little ridiculous.
I know.
But you're handsome
so the pictures should come out well.
Jun Sang, make two bowls of udon.
For the two of them?
Hello.
You said you wanted udon, right?
Hyung, please bring us two bowls of udon.
Sure.
Let's sit elsewhere.
That would be awkward.
Can we sit together?
Come on.
Are you taking photos for the promotional album?
A date at a tent restaurant, that's a pretty good concept.
Your date looks pretty good too.
This isn't a date.
What's a date anyway?
You eat together, chat,
and hold hands and it's a date.
Right, Jin Ju?
That's right.
Take a photo for us too.
What are you doing?
Let's go.
Let's not disrupt their date.
Head Manager!
Kang Chan Jin, seriously, what are you doing?
What are you doing?
Are you still hung up on him?
That's not it.
Then you must learn to adapt.
You need to consider the feelings of others.
Starting today, I'll stay at a friend's place.
People are watching us.
I'll go get my luggage.
Fine then.
Wow.
Miss Wang Jin Ju is very popular.
Cinderella's story really is popular, historically as well as now.
But what's wrong with the head manager's expression?
He looks like he's being forcefully dragged into it.
Yeah. He's supposed to be in love,
but his expression is really awkward.
He's not cheerful like me.
Didn't you say we're doing market research?
Isn't this across from our old school?
Is it illegal to do market research in front of a school?
I think you're using market research as an excuse to play hooky.
Correct.
Give me your phone.
Here.
Why?
Didn't we used to have a special code for playing hooky?
- Did you turn off your phone? - Did you turn off your phone?
Me too.
When I read magazines,
companies are always handing out products to women
and asking for their feedback.
Then how do we select our user groups?
That's up to you to decide.
- Me? - Yeah.
Hello. We're conducting market research for L'aura Cosmetics.
I'll explain our products to you
and then ask you to write down your thoughts.
Will people believe it when they see this?
No matter what you say now,
I'm unable to believe you.
Did you consider how your actions would hurt So Ra?
Hello?
Mom?
Right, it's today.
If you hadn't remind me, I would've forgotten.
Thanks. I know.
Okay. I'll take care of it.
Yes.
How do I look?
Very pretty.
You're lying.
Who looks like that next to a pretty woman?
Do you know when a woman looks most beautiful?
When?
When the person she loves gazes back at her lovingly.
There was only one time when I felt So Ra was prettier than me.
It was the day...
the two of you started dating again.
She was too pretty.
She was really pretty that it was blinding.
Stop hiding the couples ring
and stop hiding your feelings.
You love So Ra, don't you?
You can't forget her, right?
So Ra feels the same way.
So Ra has a reason for pushing you away.
What are you talking about?
I can't betray my promise to So Ra.
Please ask her yourself.
Also, today...
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So Ra, where are you now?
Are you ready?
Put it in.
Ready to begin?
Loser gets whacked on the head.
No,
the loser has to fulfill the winner's wish.
Who knows what the wish will be?
What? No confidence?
Fine. Deal.
Look at how competitive you are.
Hey, the buttons don't work right.
Alright, I lost.
What's your wish?
I can't think of one right now.
I'll tell you tomorrow.
What?!
What is it?
Tell me now.
I'll tell you tomorrow.
You can't back out,
or I'm kicking you off the special line project.
You're so petty.
You wouldn't dare.
Where are you going?
Hey, what's your wish?
I said I'll tell you tomorrow.
If you don't tell me today, the wish expires.
I'll kick you off the special line...
Wow..
This place hasn't changed at all.
We used to come here once a week.
During exam time, we were here pretty much all day.
Back then, the owner used to give us a tough time.
Yeah.
Why is there no one here today?
They're on school break.
- Really? - Oh my, looks who's here!
Welcome.
Oh my!
- Hello. - Hello.
You're beautiful as always.
What would you like to drink?
- I... - Hot chocolate.
- And me? - Grapefruit tea.
Wow. That's amazing.
Wow.
Oh my.
Isn't this our old photo? It's still here.
Wow, Byun So Ra looks so ugly.
What about you?
Of course I was the good looking one.
Don't you remember I had two or three dates everyday?
How could I forget?
I had to deal with a bunch of girlfriends for you.
I was kind of young back then,
that's why I didn't recognize a true gem.
I'm going to the restroom.
Jun Su *heart* Sora
Forever in love. 2001.11.
Happy Birthday, Byun So Ra.
Blow out the candles.
Did you make a wish?
Oh, right.
I forgot.
Don't worry. I made a wish for you already.
What?
It's a secret.
Oh, what's wrong with me?
I forgot today is my birthday.
Thanks, you're the only one who remembered.
I have something else that'll move you even more.
It's pretty.
Do you know what a January birthday signifies?
What?
A sincere heart and friendship.
I'd like to use that to end our friendship.
I don't want to be your friend anymore.
I want us to officially date,
as man and woman.
- Chan Jin, I... - No, don't say it now.
I'll give you time.
Take your time thinking it over.
So Ra has a reason for pushing you away.
Today is So Ra's birthday.
Just like you did that day,
bring back So Ra's smile.
You're late.
I'm a little late,
but the person who called me out ten years late, is more at fault.
You're ten years late in calling for me.
I only confessed my feelings because I want to get closer to you.
But you're more distant now.
- Chan Jin, I... - So Ra.
We've been friends for 10 years.
Just like how I've been by your side for the past 10 years,
for the next 10 years, I want to be even closer to you.
Not as a friend but under a different title.
I won't pressure you.
Think it over first and then answer me.
But you have to deliberate carefully, okay?
Oh my. I'll go home first today.
I feel a little embarrassed.
I don't know how I'm supposed to act.
Goodnight.
Happy birthday.
Okay.
Why are you coming out from there?
Where have you been?
You didn't see the head manager?
Jun Su sunbae?
I haven't seen him.
He went out looking for you awhile back.
He didn't call you?
My phone is off.
So Ra,
I concede.
We broke up.
So...
from today on, let's start over again.
This time, I won't be late in calling for you.
Can you come out now?
Come to the place where we started over again.
Don't make me wait too long.
I love you.
Byun So Ra,
Happy Birthday.
I don't want to be your friend anymore.
I want us to officially date,
as man and woman.
Kang Chan Jin, what did you just say?
I feel apologetic towards your forceful behaviour.
I'm the head manager.
But I'm the leader of the special line.
I'm Director Seong.
I don't need to be dragged into your battle.
Something big has happened!
The Cinderella storyline has been blown.
I never imagined I'd get stabbed in the back like this.
You're the one backstabbing, not me.
What did you say?!
Chan Jin knows?!
I told you there are no secrets in this world, didn't I?
Go see Chan Jin now and ask for his forgiveness.
Jun Su...
Father!
Fa... Father!
Father!