01x04 - Episode 4

[bunniefuu]

[dynamic music]

[roars]

[clucks]

[whimpering]

[dramatic music playing]

[groaning]

MORE THAN MACHINES

[bleeping]

[gasping]

[gasping]

[sobbing]

THE DAY BEFORE

[machine whirring]

[thumping]

Cha Eun-woo!

[energy zapping]

[hissing]

Ah, I knew it was ridiculous,

but it was worth a try.

That is not how it works.

Okay.

THE BOOKSTORE THA

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A BOOKSTORE

[panting]

[gasping]

Uh, excuse me, sir.

Hello, Mr. Store Owner?

[sighs]

Well, sorry to wake you up,

but it's urgent.

Excuse me, sir. Hello!

[suspenseful music plays]

Oh! Oh no. No, no!

- Oh! [trembling]

- [ringing tone]

Is this 911?

There's a man who's not breathing here.

Uh, yes, it's a bookstore.

Well, the name of this bookstore is

The Bookstore That

Doesn't Look Like a Bookstore.

No, it isn't my opinion that it doesn't!

Lady, please just listen to me!

An old man here isn't moving.

Oh, he just moved.

I'd like to ask

for your support in reviving

the struggling used book industry.

This is The Bookstore That Doesn't

Look Like a Bookstore. Thank you.

[sighs]

Here to buy books?

Actually, I called you earlier.

I called earlier and asked

DR. YOO IN-WON'S STUDY ON MECHANICS

- You have these books?

- Oh.

Well, they're

probably somewhere up there.

But I can't climb up ladders now.

- Oh, right.

- Mm.

I'll climb up there.

[mysterious music plays]

YOO IN-WON'S STUDY ON MECHANICS

[chuckles]

[grunts]

[straining]

Aah!

[music stops]

[crow cawing]

- [door closes, key turns in lock]

- [grunts]

Huh? Huh?

Oh! Sir!

What? No!

[gasps]

[muffled] Hello? Old man?

There's someone here! Aah!

Sir

- [clattering]

- [Choi grunting]

[grumbling]

Huh?

Uh

[yelps]

[groans]

[moaning]

[dramatic music plays]

[growls]

[roars]

[music fades]

[birdsong]

[dog barking]

[Min-ah] It's so nice.

I felt really stuffy, being kept

in a cool place without direct sunlight.

Let's do this more often.

[gasps] Oh, wait.

You're a little dry.

Look at me.

[Min-ah] You got me

the premium corn syrup?

I would have been happy

with just Ottogi corn syrup.

It was bothering me.

It was attracting flies.

This keeps the pests off.

And it should feel much lighter

on your skin.

[Min-ah] Aah That does feel really nice.

Sorry I can't do more for you.

[Min-ah] Why would you say that?

You're always doing things for me.

It's my pleasure.

It really brings me a lot of joy.

[Min-ah chuckles]

[both laugh]

Min-ah, you're starting to blush.

- Spicy chicken nugget?

- Ah, stop teasing me! [giggles]

[Baek-joong sighs]

- Min-ah.

- Yes?

[Min-ah gasps]

Baek-joong, you don't have to spend money

on this kind of stuff.

King-sized sesame seeds are

really expensive.

It's beautiful on you.

[Min-ah] Ah, I don't know

what I did to deserve this.

You deserve everything. You're

the most beautiful chicken nugget ever.

[Min-ah chuckles]

[Baek-joong laughs softly]

Oh. Tofu man.

Ah, tofu man needs a helmet.

Isn't that dangerous?

[Min-ah] It must be suffocating.

- He needs fresh air.

- [bell ringing]

- [cyclist] Ohh

- [girlfriend yelps]

- Ooh!

- [Min-ah gasps]

- [woman] Are you okay?

- [girlfriend] Oh, tofu!

- [Min-ah] Oh, no.

- [girlfriend screams]

- No, your tofu head is crumbling! [sobs]

- [tofu man groans]

- [tofu man] Oh no!

- [girlfriend wails]

- [Min-ah sighs]

- [Baek-joong] Don't worry.

Thankfully, you're not tofu.

[Min-ah] It just breaks my heart.

- Min-ah.

- Uh

- [Min-ah sighs]

- Oh uh

My sugar level's low. Uh

[Min-ah] I want some candy too.

[slurping]

How can you possibly eat candy?

[Min-ah] I can. Give me one.

- But how can you eat this?

- I said I can.

[squelching]

[roaring]

[yells]

- [gasps]

- [dog barking outside]

[Baek-joong panting]

- [banging]

- [Baek-joong yells]

Are you there, sir?

Uh! [whimpers]

Oh no!

MR. KIM

- Mr. Kim, my phone's on one percent!

- [horn blares]

Okay. I talked about

that machine you're looking for

over a drink with someone I worked with

when I was in Professor Yoo's lab.

I heard there was a research assistant

who joined the team after I quit.

Anyway, I managed to get his contact info.

But Mr. Choi isn't answering,

so I called you.

Thank you, Mr. Kim. Text me the number.

[ringing tone]

911? I'm calling from The Bookstore

That Doesn't Look Like a Bookstore.

Oh. Are you the one I talked to earlier?

[sighs] Oh God

Well, uh

[shrieks]

[groans]

[exhales]

It's okay. It's okay.

It's been a fruitful day today.

Gosh, my blood sugar's getting low.

[breathing shakily]

CANDY

Aah!

[whimsical music plays]

There's a little treat

Inside the candy box ♪

RECEIP

There's no candy in here.

Certain death.

[yawning]

[groaning]

[Choi moaning]

- Holy sh*t, man!

- [Choi groans]

- [mumbles]

- [yelps]

- Uhh

- [shop owner whimpering]

- [joints crack]

- Nope!

[laughs]

- [joints crack]

- [high-pitched] Nope!

A are are you

[Choi] Uhh

the the guy from yesterday?

- [joints cracking]

- Uh-huhhhh

- [moaning]

- [shop owner shrieking]

[groaning loudly]

MORE THAN MACHINES

CHOI SUN-MAN

If you see that machine,

reach out.

Uh-huh!

If you find that machine,

don't go inside that thing.

[gasping] Hah!

[breathing heavily]

- [joints cracking]

- [Choi moaning]

[mumbling]

- [joints crack]

- [shop owner yelps]

Do you have a son or daughter?

One daughter, and one son.

[screams]

- That's why you shouldn't go inside.

- [gasping]

- Understand?

- Uh-huh! [sobs]

- [panting]

- It's trouble!

Yeah?

- [gasping]

- [Choi mumbling]

- Call, okay?

- Okay!

- [moaning]

- [joints cracking]

- Mmmmph!

- [shop owner gasps]

[Choi] Aaah

[shop owner] Uh

- [Choi] Quit drinking.

- Uh-huh.

- [groaning]

- [joints cracking]

Uhhh

Min-ah!

THE BOOKSTORE

THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A BOOKSTORE

CCTV IN OPERATION

[breathing shakily]

Huh?

Here to buy books?

How much are they?

[sobbing]

[spaghetti Western-style music playing]

[groaning]

Sir? Sir?

Si sir I

[groans]

Min-ah

[bleeping]

[music fades]

Huh? Mr. Ko!

[panting]

- Mr. Ko.

- [Baek-joong whimpers]

[Choi grunting]

[Baek-joong sobs]

- Mr. Ko. Huh? Huh?

- [whimpers]

- Mr. Choi.

- Yeah.

Me

Me, me, me?

Food.

- Food?

- Food.

- You want a meal?

- Big meal.

- A big meal.

- Food.

- Food.

- Feed me.

- [slurping]

- [cutlery scraping]

Good morni

You're having breakfast, I see

You know you should chew your food?

That's what teeth are for.

[suspenseful music plays]

A chicken nugget

[yawns]

[Choi snoring]

[Baek-joong sighs]

I'm curious, but I don't wanna know.

This is absolutely perfect.

I'll just go to the sauna.

Hmm.

MORE THAN MACHINES

[ringing tone]

[phone rings]

- [Choi] Thank you for calling

- Thank you for calling More Than Machines!

Oh, yes, sir. Okay.

Oh no, it's acting up again?

Why does it keep doing that?

Okay, I'm coming right now.

Mr. Choi, that machine

in the Healing Shop's acting up again.

I'll go fix it for them.

Huh? Uh, take care of it.

[sighs]

[door opens]

- [door slams]

- [gasps]

Hey. What about Professor Yoo's

research assistant?

Ah!

He said he's available during lunch today,

so I asked him to meet us at one o'clock.

We have some time till then.

I'll change

and head over to the meeting place.

- Okay.

- It looks like you should, too.

Okay, I probably should.

Why don't you try

maybe wearing yellow pants this time?

[snorts]

[both laughing]

[both coughing and wheezing]

[spluttering] Ugh

- [Choi] See you later.

- Okay.

[Choi] Mm. I'll be back.

My dear Min-ah.

[Baek-joong whimpers]

1-0-0-4, star. Easy four digits.

[whirring]

Only one CCTV.

How naive.

That's how you lose

something valuable, idiots.

REALLY GOOD RESTAURAN

Yes, please write your name here

and your signature here.

Sir, please, the same,

and check the agreement box too.

[customer] Order, please. One galbijim

Could we get one soy sauce bulgogi

and two gochujang bulgogi.

- Rice in stone pots, please.

- [server] Okay.

[assistant] You'll get a call

in a few days.

Just need to tell them

you've been fully informed,

and that you understand everything.

You'll get asked quite a lot of questions,

but that's because they need

to check each item off one by one.

- Should I just check all

- Yeah, just check "no" on everything.

The insurance coverage

for this plan is very simple.

More pain in death, more money.

Straightforward, right?

Hope you get a lot.

[laughs]

Will the compensation increase

if I pretend to be really sick?

- Your joke is really not funny, man.

- Do you think you're being funny?

[chuckles]

So, you you worked with

Professor Yoo, right?

Of course I did.

I may be an insurance planner now,

but I was a proud researcher

with no future.

[chuckles]

- Stop laughing. It's not funny.

- [Choi continues laughing]

- [mouths]

- So, um, this is why No, no, I mean

So, you quit all on your own?

It shows how unfortunate

the Korean science community is.

No matter how small it may seem,

I'd appreciate any information.

- Please, tell us something.

- Please.

I'll just be honest with you.

I was definitely hired

as Professor Yoo's research assistant.

I'll I'll tell you why I was hired.

Oh. Uh-huh

[assistant] He was obsessed

with some kind of metal junk.

I just sat on my a*s all day long.

He only hired me so he could meet the

requirements for the government funding.

So when the funding was cut off,

I got canned.

I didn't even have any regrets,

because I did nothing.

Uh, well I mean, that junk, um

Uh did you ever, I mean

get any results from it or anything?

- Not that I know of.

- [sighs]

- Is there anything to

- I have a picture.

- Here.

- [Baek-joong gasps] This

This one right here is what

Professor Yoo was obsessed with.

But he kept saying some lunatic stuff,

saying that the machine and this drawing

were 200 years old.

But what's surprising is

that it was all true.

Just how did you verify that?

I took it to Professor Wang Jong-geun

at the K1 University.

Wang Jong-geun?

It's an old craft paper.

Crap paper?

No, craft paper.

Paper to make fans.

- Oh.

- It's very durable.

And this one

seems to be around 200 years old.

- Really?

- But are they scribbles, or a drawing?

This even has a seal,

as well as some thumbprints.

I think someone made it as a joke.

- You want me to appraise this sh*t?

- Yes, please.

We're researching

a machine like this at work.

- What machine is it?

- A machine to look at.

- A machine just to look at?

- Yeah, we've just been looking at it.

sh*t.

Professor Yoo f*cking with me, or what?

- I have no f*cking idea. I'll go.

- Wait, wait. Wait a moment.

[Jong-geun] They're the same, right?

- How come it has this seal?

- Wh why?

- This is Jeong Hyo-bong's seal.

- Jeong Hyo-bong?

[Jong-geun] Who's Jeong Hyo-bong?

JEONGJO: 22ND MONARCH

OF JOSEON DYNASTY

In Joseon history, he was one

of the brightest prodigies,

born into a prestigious family.

Are you Seol Min-seok?

What's with the history lesson?

His family even once had a prime minister.

His father was a genuine scholar.

King Jeongjo wanted to appoint him,

but he didn't like politics.

- INTERESTED IN WORKING FOR ME?

- NO

Why? He was a Catholic!

His son is Jeong Hyo-bong.

This guy started writing

while learning to talk.

He started to write poems

and paint at the age of five.

The Veritable Records show the King

called the little boy to the palace.

- YOU TAKE AFTER YOUR DAD, DON'T YOU?

- MOM, ACTUALLY.

He thought they were outstanding

and wanted to exchange them.

He was a prodigy,

starting on his road to success.

Why would he do random doodles like this?

We don't really know.

As Queen Dowager Jeongsun served

as regent after King Jeongjo passed away,

the conservative ruling faction

began a full-scale Catholic persecution.

The boy's father was ex*cuted

during the Catholic Persecution,

and the rest of his family

was either demoted to the lowest class

or taken as sl*ves.

And after that, he disappeared.

So what you're telling me is

we can assume

the drawing's 200 years old, right?

I mean, apart from

that craft paper or whatever,

if the drawing or the metal is older,

why would I care?

Also, Jeong Hyo-bong's seal?

I mean, a seal

from someone who became a sl*ve?

Why do I care if that seal was just

somehow stamped on that scribble?

So I guess Professor Yoo grew

even more obsessed after he found out.

Who who told you that?

Yeah, he got crazier after that point.

He kept arguing

that there was another machine

and he needed both of them

to make them work.

- So he started making a machine tracker.

- [both] Machine tracker?

- Jinx. You owe me

- A device that tracks these machines.

Ah, actually, Professor Yoo's

nephew egged him on about this.

[both] His nephew?

Come to think of it, I wasn't

the only research assistant there.

He wasn't technically a researcher,

but he was spending a lot of time

in the lab, suddenly.

The younger one was

a smart, promising kid.

But he followed his machine-crazy uncle

around and went crazy too.

I don't know where he is now.

Professor Yoo said he was a real genius.

But if you ask me,

he was a f*cking nutjob.

He kept saying that he was 22,

but he had the face of a 50-year-old.

[Baek-joong] Professor Yoo was looking

for the machine we have,

and we're looking for the one he had.

And remember, we're looking for him also.

It's possible that he could've

turned into something too.

Why do they have different marks

if they do the same thing?

I know, right?

It seems like a brand of some kind

Maybe they're characters.

[sighs]

- Oh!

- Oh!

[dramatic music playing]

Oh, it's gone!

- Min-ah?

- Min-ah?

- [Baek-joong yelping]

- [Choi] Min-ah.

Min-ah!

[Baek-joong gasping]

- Min-ah. Min-ah!

- Aaah! Min-ah!

- Min-ah! Min-ah!

- Min-ah!

Min-ah!

[Baek-joong] No! Aah!

- [Choi] Min-ah! Min-ah!

- [Baek-joong wails]

- Min-ah!

- Min-ah!

Min-ah! Min-ah!

- [screams]

- Min-ah!

[wails] Min-ah! Min-ah!

Min-ah!

[yells] Min-ah!

Min-ah!

[music fades]

I thought it could only

turn things into humans. f*ck.

[suspenseful music plays]

A mirror

should tell the truth.

Why are you lying to me?

[chuckles softly]

[gasping]

Oh

Where are you going?

Huh?

[panting] The office.

I'm going there too.

That means one of us is facing

the wrong direction, right?

[door opens]

You couldn't find her?

[emotional music plays]

- [colleague] Guys, the camera's broken.

- [Choi] Min-ah

- [colleague] What's going on?

- [Choi whimpering]

- What? Where'd that machine go?

- [Choi groans]

Did we get robbed?

I mean, there's nothing valuable here.

So they took something useless

out of spite?

- I'd better call the police.

- [Choi] There's nothing valuable?

What? What do you know?

Taking this scrap metal alone

is worth something.

Why are you angry?

Let's say there's nothing worth taking.

So they took something useless

out of spite? That doesn't make sense.

You really think robbers get

that emotional while they're robbing?

They'd end up getting caught.

Robbers should be calm.

Why are you worried about

some robber's personality?

What do you mean there's nothing valuable?

Nothing to take?

There is! My life!

My life belongs to me ♪

You see? They took it.

My everything.

All right. Then I'll report

that your life has been stolen.

No need.

[gasps]

Mr. Ko broke it while moving it.

Wait. Me?

How long are you going to

work carelessly like that?

Follow me.

[sighs]

[shuffling footsteps]

- [door opens]

- [Choi sobs]

[intriguing music playing]

[chuckles softly]

Soon you're gonna die.

You will die.

You won't, technically.

Since I'm going to become you.

[whirring]

[loud whooshing and rattling]

[energy zapping]

[loud whooshing]

[assistant] The hell? Go away. Go away!

Stop!

[screams]

Go away! [screams]

[dramatic music playing]

[music softens]

[music fades]

[cheerful music]

500 nights, I have my plan ♪

To have a good time

With you, my friend ♪

So we don't have much time

'Cause we've got many things to do ♪

One year is so short

With you, my friend ♪

Ah-ah-ah, with you, my friend ♪

Ah-ah-ah, with you, my friend ♪

[music fades]