01x15 - The Head Operator of the Zelkova Tree Foundation

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LOST 100 MILLION WON

INTEGRITY, JUSTICE, HONOR

I'LL DO EVERYTHING WITH NO REGRETS

POLICE UNIVERSITY

41ST ENTRANCE CEREMONY

ALL CHARACTER, LOCATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS,

AND EVENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS

KANG DONG-YEONG, HAN YEONG-SEON

Are you watching over Sun-h*?

You know that he got into

the Police University, right?

But now that I know

he is going to become a cop,

my heart sinks

every time I hear the sirens at night.

You'd better protect Sun-h* at all times.

I wanted to be thanked

for raising him well,

but he grew up so well all on his own,

so I'm grateful every day.

Today,

I'm going to see our son.

Let's grab a drink together

in my dream when I'm back.

Yeong-seon, you should come too.

Let's go, Sun-h*.

PROFESSOR SEO SANG-HAK

The suspension is

too light of a punishment

for what this student did.

And now, you want to cancel it?

Sir.

What Professor Yu Dong-man

and Kang Sun-h* did

was dangerous indeed,

but they did it to stop the intruder

in possession of a firearm.

And I believe

what they did is in line with the ideals

that we teach and strive to achieve here.

But the rules

For that, wouldn't giving him

the same punishment

that other students received

be sufficient?

It's all my fault.

I failed to foresee

that it could lead to an accident.

How could you have foreseen the accident?

I could have.

And I had to.

LETTER OF RESIGNATION

I apologize for not being able to stay

until the end of the semester.

Professor Seo.

I made this decision for the sake

of the school and our students.

This way,

the school can protect the students

no matter what happens.

LEADERSHIP ROOM

I guess I can say

that I've done enough.

Wait, Kang-hui.

Let's stop it now.

I've finished

all the cleaning and training

I promised to complete.

You mean you finished

cleaning the ladies' room

-on the third, fourth, and fifth floor?

-Yes, ma'am.

I'm sorry

that I went out without permission

while I was on probation.

I'll make sure not to repeat

what I've done.

Can you keep your word?

-Yes.

-I'll keep an eye on you.

Okay, then. You may leave.

So who was it? Which grade was his son in?

It was the father of Kang Sun-h*,

a freshman.

He didn't know he needed prior permission

before entering the premises.

Isn't he on probation at home?

Why is his father here?

The phone is turned off.

Please leave a message after the tone.

I didn't know I had to request visitation

before coming here.

I didn't know that.

Most parents don't know.

Oh, right. Sun-h* is

not on campus because he's with

Professor Yu at the on-the-job training

for Investigation Studies.

I see

No wonder his phone was off.

That must be why.

Still, I got to see you.

It was worth the visit.

Actually, I got these for you.

Me?

Sun-h* told me that you love peaches.

He talks about you all the time

when he calls me.

So hearing him talking about you

makes me happy.

Thank you

for making him talk to me more.

I'm sorry for taking your time

when you must be busy studying.

You should get back inside.

Thank you for the peaches.

I'll enjoy them.

Thank you.

If you get a break, visit our place again.

I'll make you something delicious.

-Okay.

-See you.

ATTORNEY VISITATION ROOM

We only ran the ill*gal gambling ring

to help police officers like you.

We used that money

to defend your pathetic sense of justice!

Who told you to?

Professor Seo Sang-hak?

Did he go to his class?

ZELKOVA TREE FOUNDATION

JAN 28TH, 2019

HAN JEONG-SIK

LEDGER

ZELKOVA TREE FOUNDATION

Take a seat.

It's going to take a while.

Yes, this is Seo Sang-hak.

Are you the guardian of Mr. Seo Min-u?

We're calling

from Sangjin University Hospital.

Professor Seo Sang-hak.

-Professor Seo!

-Professor Seo.

MUNSEONG POLICE STATION

CHIEF JEONG JUN-h*

THE LATE SEO MIN-U

FATHER SEO SANG-HAK

Are you really not going in?

No.

Why did you tell him

you'll wait until the funeral is over?

Because even the inmates in prison

get furloughs

when their family members die.

Then why are you here?

The suspect

I need to keep an eye on him

since he might run.

What are you looking at, you punk?

You know

Go Deok-bae told us earlier

that he's responsible

for all the bad deeds.

That Professor Seo had no idea

how it operated.

So what?

I don't believe his nonsense,

and even if he really had no idea,

that doesn't make him innocent.

Nothing changes the fact

that he ran an ill*gal gambling ring.

And as soon as the funeral is over,

he'll be arrested.

Right.

You should go inside and pay respect.

You're not even in the force yet.

You're only a student

who studied with Professor Seo.

Go in there and pay respects.

Attention.

Present arms.

Order arms.

I see many alumni of KNPU.

It's only natural

since his son went to KNPU.

Was his son really in a coma

for the past ten years?

Yes. He got injured

while chasing a suspect.

How could he keep that from us?

He's been keeping it a secret from us.

He didn't have to tell us.

It's about his family,

and it's a personal matter.

-What?

-Stop it.

You've had enough to drink.

Gosh, both his wife and his son

What does he have now? Gosh.

Jae-kyeong. Have you seen Kang-hui?

Sun-h*.

Professor Seo canceled your suspension.

You can come to school starting Monday.

It's been hard, right?

And we heard about it too.

You and Kang-hui

Are you all right?

-How's Kang-hui?

-What?

Is she all right?

Kang-hui went back to school

after giving condolences.

WE RESPECTFULLY EXPRESS

OUR CONDOLENCES

JAN 28TH, 2019

HAN JEONG-SIK

Then on that day,

they used 5,000,000 won that was

donated by Zelkova Tree Foundation

as hospital bills, right?

Okay, I see. Thank you.

Only Chief Han's record is wrong,

so we must be right.

What should we do now?

Captain, Chief Han is going

on leave this afternoon.

He suddenly took sick leave during lunch.

"Sick leave," my foot.

For now, with these two documents,

I'll request a warrant for his arrest.

But we only have

the ledger and delivery records.

I don't think we can connect him

to the gambling ring.

It doesn't matter.

It's a fact that he took the money.

Find solid evidence of him

helping the ill*gal gambling ring

as fast as you can.

He took that much money from them,

so there must be something

that will connect him to it.

-Yes, sir.

-Yes, sir.

Let's go.

Hello?

I'm Professor Kwon Hyuk-phil

at the Police University.

We're going to arrest Chief Han

right away.

I'm sorry for suspecting you,

Professor Choi.

I'm sorry too.

For not telling you the real culprit

when I already knew who it was.

I told him to turn himself in.

He asked me to give him some time

to wrap up his work at school,

so I've been waiting for him.

But then, you came to see me.

How long have you known about this,

Professor Choi?

On the day

we arrested Go Deok-bae.

-Goodness.

-I'm sorry. I didn't see you.

ZELKOVA TREE FOUNDATION

The external hard drive

that we took in as evidence.

It was my husband's.

So I went to see Chief Han.

I wanted to check the evidence again.

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMEN

There's no such external hard drive

in the evidence list.

That doesn't make sense.

I saw it with my own eyes.

LIST OF EVIDENCE

Maybe you got confused

with something else.

After that, as you know,

I went to see Go Deok-bae.

I thought she was going to Daejeon.

My husband's belonging

was with the ill*gal gambling ring.

I wanted to know why it was there.

And then,

the foundation came out from nowhere.

About Zelkova Tree Foundation

Did Mr. Lee Ju-won start it

in the first place?

In the beginning, yes.

At first, Ju-won

and his partner Min-u,

and Min-u's father, Professor Seo.

These three started the foundation.

But soon

one died, and one got hurt.

I'm looking for Lee Ju-won.

He's Lee Ju-won, a police officer.

-Where are you going?

-Ma'am.

It was you, right?

He was trying to save you.

That happened to my boy because of you.

He was trying to save someone like you.

My Min-u and Ju-won

-My goodness.

-Ma'am.

Bring him back!

Bring back my son and Ju-won!

-What

-My son

-Because of you!

-What are you talking about?

Why would Ju-won

Bring him back!

I didn't know either.

That it was Professor Go

who Ju-won and Min-u saved.

What an irony.

I didn't recognize him

when he was right there.

How could you have recognized him?

It's been ten years.

But still,

if I had recognized him earlier,

I would have been able

to stop Professor Seo sooner.

What about that photo?

Five years ago,

Professor Seo said

that he would run the foundation again.

So I was there once.

Since then,

Professor Seo and I have never talked

about the foundation again.

If we bring that up,

we would have to talk about

Ju-won and Min-u again.

You said it's been ten years, right?

Do you think Professor Seo

made that wrong choice

while seeing his unconscious son

for that long time?

Everyone goes through hard times.

If you went through that,

does that give you a right

to pull a stunt like that?

Sun-h*. Let's meet

at school after the weekend.

Leaving just you and Jae-kyeong

I don't think this is right.

-Let's stay here together, Sun-h*.

-Come here.

Let's go eat something, okay?

Please don't be like this.

Professor Seo.

You need to eat.

You have to eat something

to be able to give your statement.

You must tell them

why you did such a thing

and who else was in on it.

They'll go through

every single piece of evidence

that they've found so far,

so you need to eat

and get your energy back.

You see, I don't understand

why you did such a thing.

No, I refuse to understand you.

Even if you say you helped the police

with that money,

you can't deny

that you used your power

to commit a crime.

So please

don't say that you did it

to protect the police.

Officer Kim Eun-ju lost her life

while trying to track down

the ill*gal gambling ring that you ran.

Inspector Park Cheol-jin,

who believed that it was justice,

is in jail now,

and Go Deok-bae committed another crime

because of you

after serving his time.

And because of what you did,

we have a corrupt officer

like Han Jeong-sik.

That fact will never change.

So don't you dare say again

that you did it to protect

that darn belief of yours.

I am

sorry for everything.

If you want to apologize,

do it to the court and our students,

not to me.

You'll be transferred

first thing tomorrow morning.

Okay.

Let's do that.

Hey, did you arrest Chief Han?

LEDGER

Darn it.

Get him. Go.

-Hey, stop!

-Get him!

Goodness.

RECORDING 01

I was wondering how the money grew,

but then I found out

that you deliberately grew it.

What do you mean, Chief Han?

Come on. Don't be like this.

You and I both know that I have

some shares in the foundation.

I worked very hard

to help you stay anonymous.

Have you already forgotten all about it?

Let's talk at the precinct.

I'll tell them everything.

Tell them what?

You see, I respect your wishes.

When you're making a donation

to the Seoul Police Agency,

just add a little extra for me.

That's all I ask for.

About 10,000,000 won a month.

Since you got your noble hands dirty,

you should go the full distance, sir.

Even if you quit now,

the crimes you committed won't go away.

You don't want another officer

to get hurt like Min-u did, right?

Get him.

Let go!

Chief Han

Han Jeong-sik,

you're under arrest

for aiding and abetting

the operation of an ill*gal casino

and accepting bribes.

No, you got the wrong person!

All I did was accept a personal donation.

-You have the right to an attorney.

-Darn it.

Hey, this is all part of

Seo Sang-hak's scheme.

I said, let go. Let go of me!

-Hands off!

-My goodness.

He should be charged

with brawling as well.

I am warning you. You'll regret this.

You're wrongfully accusing

an innocent person!

Let go.

Let go. Hey! I said, let go!

You will regret this!

Darn it. Let go of me!

Let go!

If you want to apologize,

do it to the court and our students,

not to me.

Is it wrong to steal from bad people?

But it's not like

the law will go easy on you

just because you're poor

and had no choice.

WE RESPECTFULLY EXPRESS

OUR CONDOLENCES

Professor Yu.

KNPU NOTICE OF DEATH

INSPECTOR KIM HAN-SOL, AGE 27

HANEUL FUNERAL HALL, 1ST FLOOR

I'm sorry.

What should I do

so that

no one gets hurt anymore?

What

must I do?

Is that your conclusion?

Is that the conclusion you reached

after everything you have done?

I also committed a crime

just like you did.

I needed money

for my father's hospital bill.

That's why

I hacked the ill*gal gambling ring

and stole their money.

I thought it wasn't a crime

to use the money

stolen from the bad guys.

But Professor Yu told me this.

Just because we have

our stories and excuses,

that doesn't mean we can break the law.

But

seeing where you are now made it clear.

That we should never break laws.

That we can't protect anyone

by breaking laws,

and that running away

doesn't excuse my wrongdoings.

So please come with me, Professor Seo.

Come with me,

and show me

how you pay for your crimes.

You need to show me

so that I can learn from you,

Professor Seo.

Your initial decision

might have been wrong,

but this time,

you can do the right thing.

I

I don't deserve to do that.

Of course, you don't.

You're trying to run away like a coward

without paying for what you've done.

It's just as Sun-h* said. Is this it?

I once admired you

as my senior.

Opening the gambling house,

seizure of proceeds from crime,

and additional charges on bribery.

You admitted to all of them.

Mr. Seo.

Come down to the station with me.

Just like that,

the cooperative investigation

between Professor Yu and me

came to an end.

Did you share

any investigation information

with the operator

of the ill*gal gambling ring

that was run

from December 2016 to June 2021?

Yes. I constantly shared

what Senior Inspector Yu,

the detective in charge, was investigating

on the ill*gal gambling ring

with Go Deok-bae.

How can you explain

the reopening of the site on June 24

when it went quiet

after the arrest of Park Cheol-jin?

We wanted to make a quick buck

before fleeing to another country.

I'm sorry!

But sir, I'm telling you,

I don't know anything.

I only followed the orders

from the higher-ups!

Go Deok-bae, that jerk,

had an officer who could back him up.

So he reassured us

that we'll never get caught.

You can use a lie detector on me!

In return, you pocketed

a total of over 200,000,000 won

for the past two years.

You even tried to k*ll an officer,

after Go Deok-bae got caught!

I did not do anything like that.

Why don't we talk

when my attorney gets here?

No.

Chief Han asked for a slush fund himself.

How did it exactly happen?

Two years ago, Chief Han Jeong-sik

blackmailed us

after finding out the source of funds.

We wired 10,000,000 won

to his fake account

to keep his mouth shut.

I have backup data

that has the texts from him,

demanding me to make a fake account.

I'll submit that as evidence.

You opened the ill*gal gambling site

and the ill*gal gambling house

and operated them.

And through the Zelkova Tree Foundation,

you bribed some of its profits

to Chief Han Jeong-sik

of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.

Do you admit all your charges?

I do.

I admit all of my charges.

PROFESSOR SEO SANG-HAK

For the time being, Professor Kwon

will stand in as the head professor.

The students are agitated

by what happened on campus.

Please focus on your classes

so that the students can stay on track.

-Okay.

-All right.

I think I get him though.

Why Professor Seo

had to make such decisions.

Me too.

When my parents see an article

that says

someone from our school got hurt,

they throw a fit and tell me to quit.

I get what you mean,

but please don't follow them.

I'm sure many others also thought

of helping the good guys

with the money from the bad guys.

But we're all restraining ourselves

from it.

Because it's wrong.

That's why we have laws and society.

Got it?

CHUNGRAM LOUNGE

It's been a week already,

and everyone is still talking

about Professor Seo.

Then let's talk about something else.

Oh, I heard Kang-hui and Sun-h* broke up.

Is that true?

I don't know.

But I don't care now.

Unless Kang-hui wants me,

I can't force her.

Look at you. That was kind of cool.

Oh, right. Why didn't you ask for my help?

You said we should work on it together.

Just because.

It looked like you no longer wanted to.

That's why.

But I think

we did our best to get our crushes

to like us back.

What?

What is this?

My gosh! What is this?

TRADITIONAL TEA HOUSE

You must've been surprised

to get a call from me.

No, it's okay.

What did you want to talk to me about?

I visited the school recently.

I was told Sun-h* was out with you

for on-the-job training.

Right. We were

investigating something together.

But the leadership professor

came out and told me

that Sun-h* was suspended.

Right, that's

Professor Yu.

What has Sun-h* been up to?

You must be responsible

for your own choices.

The most important part

of an investigation

is catching the culprit.

You're wrong, you punk.

The most important part of

an investigation

is catching the culprit.

What a cop needs the most is

a good partner.

I am wrong sometimes,

and I also make mistakes.

That's why every cop needs a partner

and why two are better than one.

What are you doing here?

Let's go together.

Calm down.

That little rat.

Okay. I will.

Don't avoid anything.

Don't stop. Just keep going.

You can't avoid it even if you want to.

Nothing will change if I stop.

You crazy idiot!

I should at least keep going

to get something out of it, right?

Professor Seo Sang-hak.

Justice always prevails

as long as we don't give up.

However, if we do not give up

If the police persevere

and do not give up,

justice will certainly prevail.

So no matter what the case is,

let's never give up.

Do you understand?

-Yes, sir!

-Yes, sir!

I'm proud of you

for not dozing off in class.

I want to become a cop soon.

-Me too.

-We can do this.

Did you call your dad?

-My dad?

-Yes.

No.

I've been all over the place.

You know,

on the day we were at the funeral,

your dad visited the school.

What?

He said he was in the area

and stopped by to see you.

I told him you were out

with Professor Yu Dong-man

for on-the-job training.

He asked me

if things were still good between us,

and I said yes.

So if he calls you,

just explain the situation to him.

He bought

some peaches for me,

and he made sure

to only pick out flawless ones.

Tell him I'm very grateful to him

for cherishing me with all his heart.

I just thought about

how awkward it would be if we broke up

and thought all would be fine

if we didn't run into each other.

But I was wrong.

This is really hard.

I'm

I'm really sorry, Kang-hui.

I thought it'd be okay for me

to stay by your side if I did this.

I thought

I'd feel confident enough

to be by your side

after I caught the culprit.

I thought

I'd be qualified

to become a police officer alongside you.

But that was foolish of me

because I was wrong.

With that said

Kang-hui.

We can go out tomorrow, you know.

Meet me at the front gate

at 11 a.m. tomorrow.

I should go.

KOREAN NATIONAL POLICE UNIVERSITY

PROFESSOR YU DONG-MAN

Wait, Min-gyu.

WELCOME TO

KOREAN NATIONAL POLICE UNIVERSITY

Shall we?

AYANG FOREST OF LOVE

It's so pretty.

Why did you ask me to come here with you?

It's where my grandma's house is.

I used to live there

whenever my mom went to prison.

Whenever I came to this park

when I was young,

I always wanted to have this ice cream.

It wasn't even a big deal,

but I couldn't ask my grandma

to buy me one.

I guess I was always on eggshells.

I'm sure

Grandma didn't think much about it at all.

YU DONG-MAN

PROFESSOR YU DONG-MAN

Shall we take photos too?

-I'll take one for you.

-Let's take it together.

Excuse me. Would you take a photo of us?

Sure.

Here. One second.

Stand there. In three, two, one.

Can you stand here?

Smile. In two, one.

All right. In three, two, one.

It looks nice.

We've never been on a proper date

while we were seeing each other.

-Kang-hui.

-I know.

I know you're trying to quit school.

I told you earlier

that I came here

every time my mom went to prison.

It's where I say goodbye.

For me, it's where

I said goodbye to mom, waited for her,

and met her again.

But this time, it's you.

I

I don't want to break up with you.

I really don't want to,

but I am

not good enough to stay by your side.

-That's why

-Didn't you hear me?

I told you it's where I met my mom again.

What I'm saying is

that you should come back.

You should come back

and meet me here again.

When you don't have to leave me,

come back to me.

DISCONTINUATION REQUISITION LETTER

KANG SUN-h*

Please sign it for me, Professor Yu.

-Hey.

-I've been

so grateful that you admitted me

into this school.

Thank you for letting such a fool like me

have a dream.

Sun-h*. Listen, you punk.

What I told Professor Seo Sang-hak

I meant all of it.

I want to stop running away.

When I can stand tall with confidence,

I'll apply to the school again.

I'm sorry for everything,

and thank you for everything.

Having your back made me feel reassured,

and it was really supportive.

I was really happy

DISCONTINUATION REQUISITION LETTER

KANG SUN-h*

KOREAN NATIONAL POLICE UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL REGULATIONS

KOREAN NATIONAL POLICE UNIVERSITY

Wait, Min-gyu.

Kang-hui,

Beom-tae, and Joon-wuk.

Please take good care of them.

What are you talking about?

You know

I hope you'll cut them some slack.

Also

next time we meet again

let's be friends.

WOMEN'S DORMITORY

Is Sun-h* really gone?

That jerk.

PROFESSOR YU DONG-MAN

Hey, Detective Joo.

KOREAN NATIONAL POLICE UNIVERSITY

Because it's my dream

to become a police officer.

Dream?

My son, Sun-h*,

wants to become a police officer.

Dad!

I

I will make sure to get in!

Let's go.

Sun-h*.

Among everyone I met

at the Police University,

I think you would make the best cop.

It's not over until it's over.

-Third unit, we can make it!

-Yes!

-Let's do this.

-Let's go.

That means you all passed, you airheads.

But I've actually

never given it a thought.

What it means to become an officer

and to protect the citizens.

Then you can find your answer now.

We just got into this school.

We just started this journey.

I also won't

run from it any longer.

A way to protect my people.

The right way to protect them.

Not as Hacker Yoon,

but as a student of this school.

Can I find the right way

as I work with you?

You won't regret this?

You don't know what will happen,

who you'll meet,

and what kinds of dangerous things

await you.

Will you really be okay?

Yes.

It's because I trust him.

I mean Bird, not you.

-We won!

-Yes!

We won!

-Go, Team White!

-Go, Team White!

-We're invincible!

-We're invincible!

Son!

Dad.

SPECIAL THANKS TO KIM BYUNG-KI