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The KBS weekend drama that captured the whole country,
My Golden Life.
They've led the Golden fever.
You start finding Ji An attractive.
- But... - But in the script...
Yes.
Hello. I'm the actress playing Seo Ji An, Shin Hye Sun.
The KBS weekend drama, My Golden Life,
has been running breathlessly.
Thank you so much...
for loving each and every episode.
Part 1 of My Golden Life Special...
begins now.
It's so good that you wouldn't want...
to miss any moment of it.
(Complete mastery of episode 1 to 34)
On a snowy day,
even though the shooting continued until late,
the sound of laughter continued at the shooting site.
I love you. I love you. I love you.
Then how can I stop caring about you, you jerk?
And then it ends.
The perfect harmony of the staff and actors...
created each episode a masterpiece.
Let's conquer My Golden Life...
in just one episode.
(My Golden Life is a family drama.)
Have you noticed that every genre is in this drama?
But above all, My Golden Life is a family drama...
that helps you realize the importance of family.
- I'm home. - Okay.
Ji Soo, what took you so long?
I had to boil the soup again because of you.
- I'm home. - Okay.
(The true meaning of being a family is shown...)
(through two opposite families.)
- I'm home. I'm so hungry. - Okay.
I'm so hungry.
Come have a seat. Have some duck soup.
You said you cooked something special...
that would improve my health.
And it's just duck soup?
It has ginseng and jujube in it.
Right. I put ginseng in it.
Stop pretending to be an examinee.
You don't deserve it.
Why did you hit his head? His head is thick enough.
He studies very hard these days.
He studies until late night every day.
"Until late night every day"? I doubt that.
Blessed are those who have belief.
I'm home.
Come here.
Are we becoming one with this duck soup today?
You said you had an emergency.
I guess it was the duck soup.
Yes. That's why I called you.
I also had something to say as well.
(Tae Soo's family is happy.)
(All six family members love each other.)
Thank you, sweetheart.
Choi Jae Sung's family is completely different...
from Seo Tae Soo's family.
How were things at the Strategic Planning Team?
As I said during the presentation,
while we wait until the bio project is confirmed,
- we will carry out... - Why bother?
Father gave positive reviews earlier today.
You just learned to walk. Make sure not to fall.
Just don't try running yet.
Do you think Dad liked the project?
You don't even know that he tried...
to save your face in front of the other executives.
That's why you made a fuss with the nonsense.
Mother.
Find a way with the affiliates we have.
Don't think about starting a new business.
Understood.
Seo Hyun, you're doing well, right?
(Even the children's marriage is decided already.)
Oh, right.
Don't blow it.
Senior Secretary's wife studied music at college.
I practice the music 100 times a day.
I'm not sure if he'd like it or not,
but I'm sure I won't disappoint his mother.
(My Golden Life, Family Tree)
This is something you should never miss.
Mingled relationships between the characters.
Here's the core summary.
(Choi Do Kyung, Choi Seo Hyun)
(Choi Jae Sung, No Myung Hee)
(Seo Ji An, Choi Do Kyung)
The turbulent relationship of Ji An and Do Kyung.
Their first encounter was dangerous.
Why you...
A dangerous car chase in the middle of the night.
Hey!
Hey, miss.
(The beginning of their bad relationship)
I'm in a hurry. Sorry.
I'm really sorry.
Hey!
The car chase ended up in a collision.
They first began with a bad relationship.
(Ji An and Do Kyung met as an assailant and a victim.)
Have you lost your mind? Why did you do that?
- This is insane. - Hey.
Did you cause an accident because I passed you?
Forget that, I...
Oh, no...
I'm in a real hurry and I really have to go.
Let's take a few photos. Give me your number.
Let's call the police.
(Seo Ji An, Sunwoo Hyuk)
Between love and friendship. Ji An and Hyuk.
(Between love and friendship...)
Isn't that...
There was another extreme meeting after the accident.
Yes.
Ji An.
Hyuk found his first love, Ji An, after 10 years.
You're Seo Ji An, right?
Ji An, it's me, Hyuk. Don't you remember?
You know, Sun Woo Hyuk.
Hey, Hyuk.
You live in Seoul? Since when?
But why didn't you go to art school?
I went to Hongik University's...
art school to find you.
Then I went to all art colleges in Seoul.
So I thought you'd gone abroad to study.
I studied business management instead.
- Hey. - Business Management?
Why?
Then why didn't you call me?
You said you would when you moved.
It's not that two men love me,
but in fact, Hyuk and I...
are just friends now.
Although I'm his first love,
but I'm more like an old friend...
rather than love.
I find the expression that Hyuk loves me...
is a bit too much to say.
(Seo Ji Soo, Sunwoo Hyuk)
It's a sweet crush now.
Ji Soo and Hyuk.
(Sweet crush)
(Someone has a crush on Hyuk too!)
Did the arrow go astray?
(Ji Soo can't take her eyes off Hyuk.)
Ji An's sister, Ji Soo, has a crush on someone.
Her crush is Hyuk.
Hyuk had no interest in Ji Soo.
I told her to hire a part-timer.
Did you hire her?
What do you mean?
Over there.
However, a spell is cast.
Will Ji Soo's crush continue?
Hello.
I didn't recognize you.
You look great.
My brother is getting married today.
Ji Soo is really honest with her feelings.
I'm envious of her.
She does what she likes.
She meets people she likes.
So I've learned a lot from Ji Soo.
If there are any similarities between us,
it'd be that we're both doing what we like...
and love our sisters more than anyone else.
Also, we both love bread.
(Kang Nam Goo loves Sunwoo Hee.)
It's not only about the love between young people.
There's also Nam Goo's pure love...
towards the same woman for 17 years.
(The strongest couple of My Golden Life)
I'm hungry. Let's have bread.
Kang Nam Goo.
Go ahead.
You must've misunderstood something.
Right. I'm divorced.
It's been five years.
But it has nothing to do with you.
We were over when I got married.
(Nam Goo's unconditional love for his first love, Hee)
Is that so?
Yes.
What are you doing right now?
You're still pretty bad at lying, Hee.
I was worried at first.
I wasn't sure why the director cast me for this role.
The director must've bet his position to cast me.
He said that I must do well.
I had to do well for myself as well.
I had to do well for the sake of the director.
I was very worried.
But since the romance started slowly,
I got into it...
before even realizing it myself.
(Ji Tae and Soo A are for dating and against marriage.)
What did you say who this was for this year?
For a friend I met in the army who lives alone.
(They agree to date, but won't marry or have kids.)
What will you say next year then?
We don't live for tomorrow.
(They are the Giving up Generation who live for today.)
You're right on that.
Eat up.
The playful encounters of the youngest children...
breathe life into the drama as well.
You peeped like a rat.
(Their unpredictable relationship is never peaceful.)
- You also peeked through like a rat too. - A rat?
Did you just call me a rat?
What goes around comes around.
(Special relationships of charming characters)
Special relationships of charming characters.
Stay tuned to find out what will happen...
to them in the end.
(My Golden Life is a drama with twists.)
The plotline of the drama makes your hands sweat.
The twists catch you off guard.
In our drama, My Golden Life, every episode...
is tightly knotted with stories.
Viewers, why don't we jump into those twists?
(The lost daughter is alive!)
A mail was delivered to the secretary department.
(Myung Hee receives a mail.)
I know where your daughter,
whom you lost 25 years ago, is right now.
I will send you the evidence soon.
You have a delivery, ma'am.
(A parcel has arrived next.)
- "Delivery"? - It only said, "Choi Eun Seok".
"Choi Eun Seok"?
A letter was delivered with two toothbrushes.
Run a DNA test.
One of them is your daughter.
Myung Hee tries to disregard the parcel,
but she receives a conclusive photo.
(The photo of the decisive piece of evidence.)
It was the hairpin with pink diamonds...
she gave to Eun Seok 25 years ago.
Eun Seok.
(Eun Seok is alive!)
Myung Hee visits Mi Jung's house where the twins live.
(Myung Hee pays Mi Jung a visit.)
Finally, the two mothers face each other.
Seo Ji An. Seo Ji Soo.
I know one of them isn't your daughter.
(Which one is my daughter?)
I should get both of them...
and run a DNA test for both.
Why... Why are you saying such a thing?
What right do you have?
Who are you to run DNA tests on my daughter?
Because I'm her mother. I am her mother.
Which one is it?
Please. Don't back me into a corner, Ms. Yang.
Which one is my daughter?
Which one?
Which one is it? Which one?
Which one is my daughter?
It's Ji An!
Mi Jung tells Myung Hee that Ji An is her daughter.
Mi Jung takes Ji An,
who has no idea, to Myung Hee and Jae Sung.
They are...
your real parents, Ji An.
Mom, what did you just tell me?
They are your parents.
(She became a daughter of a rich family overnight.)
Will Ji An be able to turn her life around?
(Seo Ji An is not their real daughter!)
Thank you.
Leave it, ma'am.
Mr. Myung will bring it in for you.
Okay.
(Ji An begins her life with the rich family.)
Eun Seok.
Have you been well?
I'm your mother.
Don't be so distant.
I propose a toast for Eun Seok's return.
Ji An, that's water.
Raise the one next to it.
(Her new life is unfamiliar and scary for her.)
That's your schedule. Take a look.
My schedule?
(Her lessons to become part of the family begin.)
(The schedule is tight and has no breaks.)
You were to start next week, but I must return to work.
Let's start getting you in shape at the gym.
After the training, Ms. Yang will be here at 2pm.
At 2pm?
But I have a lunch appointment with my friend today.
(Her freedom has been seized all of a sudden.)
Don't you want to...
get back those 25 years you lost?
Ji Soo!
Despite Myung Hee's order,
Ji An goes to Ji Soo when Ji Soo calls her.
Who are you?
Why do you look like Ji An?
Ji Soo! Gosh.
Goodness, are you all right, Ji Soo?
- What's wrong with her? - She takes Ji Soo home.
What happened to her?
My goodness.
Remove everything Eun Seok brought.
(Myung Hee is disappointed and furious at Ji An.)
Ji An finds out that her belongs are gone.
(The traces of her old life have disappeared.)
I got rid of them on Ms. No's orders.
You got rid of them? Where did you put them?
I threw all of them out.
What? You threw them out?
It's a way of pressuring Ji An to forget her old life.
It's an unhappy story of Cinderella.
What should I do?
Ji An weeps as she feels lonely.
Ji An endures her new life as she focuses on work.
(Ji An barely manages to hang on.)
Myung Hee calls Ji An for a pressing matter.
Yes, Mom.
(Myung Hee calls her all of a sudden.)
Since you must be getting off work soon...
(She must introduce herself in a meeting.)
I'd like to introduce some people to you.
Right now?
Mom, I have been...
working in the storage room for files.
It's really dusty in here.
Both my hair and outfit is a mess.
Come within an hour.
(Ji An)
Hey, it's me.
Get in.
Do Kyung's quick thinking...
helps Ji An from trouble.
It's been 10 hours since morning.
(She's having a makeover under Do Kyung's command.)
Yes, sir.
- Try this on. - Okay.
Gosh, why are they so tight?
She's fully ready.
You must go in by yourself now.
"I am not Seo Ji An."
I am...
(She forgets her old name...)
(and becomes Choi Eun Seok.)
I'm Choi Eun Seok.
Your guest has arrived.
(Her introduction goes well with a perfect makeover.)
I'm sorry to have interrupted your meeting.
I'm just here since my mother has called for me.
My name is Choi Eun Seok.
You're here.
At first, I thought it was a picture,
but the space structure surprised me.
An actual photo of a bowl,
and a painting that creates an illusion.
But I prefer Kokoschka's "Bride of the Wind".
It was more touching.
He loved only one woman, Alma.
I think that love...
isn't about not changing. It is something eternal.
That moment, Ji An is finally approved as her daughter.
My dear daughter. I'm so proud of you.
Ji An, free from her obligation,
visits her resting place she used to visit often.
Do your feet hurt much?
They're just a bit achy.
I'm afraid someone might see us.
Gosh, that's refreshing.
What's that? You got a scar on your toe.
A memory flashes through her mind.
We should've taken her to a cosmetic surgeon.
I know.
Coke bottle caps are really sharp, you know.
And she fell down while stepping on that.
How could a one-year-old not get hurt from it?
If I was just a year old back then,
it must've been 1991.
Eun Seok was lost...
in August 1992 when she was 3.
If I got hurt in 1991,
I am...
(I am not Choi Eun Seok!)
(She faces the shocking truth.)
So you...
You're the real Ji Soo.
Are you...
my dead sister?
Ji An, you can't go to that house.
Ji An finds out that her mom switched Ji Soo with her.
Mom, Dad. What should I do?
What should I do?
Who are you?
I already know that you're not my daughter.
You... You're not my daughter?
Are you sure about that? Did you know?
I am sorry.
Ms. Min!
Get this girl out of this house!
The truth is revealed.
I am not Eun Seok. I'm a fraud.
Ji An falls into the abyss. What will happen to her?
(Did Seo Ji An die?)
(Ji An miserably falls.)
Since Jae Sung and Myung Hee found out the truth,
they won't leave Ji An's family alone.
Engulfed in fear, Ji An falters.
Ji Soo.
(Amid chaos, Tae Soo is worried about his children.)
Ji Soo. Ji Soo.
Ji Soo.
Getting beaten and begging for his children,
Tae Soo bears all humiliation.
Upon seeing this, Ji An gets shattered.
And all she can do is to run away from it.
(She can't bear watching the horrible scene.)
However, there's nowhere to go for her.
Having no strength or reason to live on,
Ji An chooses an extreme path.
Mother.
Father.
I am sorry.
I...
can't forgive myself.
Tae Soo searches for Ji An as she goes missing.
Worried for her, he can't sleep or eat.
(He's not sure if Ji An is alive.)
Ji An.
You're alive, aren't you?
Please call me, would you?
By any chance,
did you find the body...
of a woman in her 20s?
His intuition tells him that something went wrong.
Thinking that he's ruined his daughter's life,
he sheds tears of regret.
(He cries in regret.)
Hyuk goes to a fishing village,
and someone catches his attention.
(Ji An is alive!)
What are you doing here?
I told you. I'm working.
How can you work at a place like this?
I like it here.
I am here because I like it here.
Why do you like it here?
I just like it.
So don't mind me, and just leave.
Look at the state you're in.
How can I just leave you here?
All right.
Let's do this together.
(Hyuk does not give up on Ji An.)
I will stay here until you leave.
You're handsome, and you work well too.
The ladies here...
Ji An refuses Hyuk's offer to go back.
- Just live here. - Should I?
Hyuk stays by Ji An's side...
and never gives up on her.
Finally, Ji An holds Hyuk's hand.
Hyuk.
(He's been desperate to hear Ji An say this.)
Let's go home.
Okay. Let's go.
(Ji An returns home with Hyuk.)
Okay.
But there's a car that stops Hyuk and Ji An.
It's Do Kyung, who's been desperately...
searching for Ji An.
Seo Ji An!
Get off!
(Ji An and Do Kyung meet again.)
Get off.
What happened to you?
How can you be completely out of reach?
Why were you there? Were you staying there until now?
Why do you care?
What?
I don't know why you're doing this.
Seo Ji An.
Will Ji An be able to go back to her old self?
(The lovely girl, Seo Eun Su, changes!)
The innocent and cheerful Ji Soo...
always gives off cheerful energy.
My goodness!
Gosh, you surprised me.
Did I make it then?
You will only be the cashier. You won't be baking.
I can learn it later.
When did I say I'm going to teach you?
If that's your intention, don't even bother...
No. I'll see you tomorrow then.
Yes!
This is amazing! I am so lucky today.
What's this, Mom?
You were sleeping in, so I cooked it.
What's gotten into you?
You never let me eat bread at home.
(She was raised with love as a bubbly girl.)
It's so good.
After finding out the truth, she becomes confused.
She ends up moving to Myung Hee's house.
However, she acts and talks completely differently.
Welcome.
- How... - I heard this is my home.
I heard I'm your daughter, so I've come to live here.
Is this the room Ji An once used? It's my room.
Yes.
So these must be all Ji An's.
(She feels betrayed by Ji An.)
I don't like it.
Please change everything.
I will do it tomorrow.
Don't you have spare bed sheets?
I will get them right away.
You will be presented with...
After harsh training, Ji Soo is to introduce herself...
at the company foundation day event.
That person is...
She's confused about being an alternative to Ji An.
(She arrives at a crossroad.)
She refuses to live as Choi Eun Seok...
and chooses to live as Seo Ji Soo.
What will the future have in store for her?
(My Golden Life, Behind the scenes)
Ji An went to make seaweed.
It was very cold then.
So in my mind, I was thinking,
"Should I not take her home?"
I thought about that.
(The bone-piercing cold wind blows.)
(It's cold, Ji An.)
(Can't you hurry up?)
Actually, it's unbelievably cold at the bakery too.
But while I wore only thin clothes and an apron,
I had to act like I'm enjoying the warm sunshine.
(It's actually freezing in the bakery.)
Hello.
(Hyuk is dressed in thick clothes.)
(Ji Soo is dressed in thin clothes.)
But I never ordered them.
(The war against the cold!)
(My Golden Life reflects our society.)
Do you remember Ji An doing everything...
to become a regular employee?
My Golden Life portrays Korea's tough reality...
in a realistic and desperate way.
That's why some people say it's a social drama.
Having been a temporary employee for two years,
Ji An does everything to become a regular employee.
Finally, it's the day of the announcement.
Let's all welcome her to the team.
She's the new employee who will be joining us.
Someone else pulls strings and gets the position.
(Ji An's old friend, Yoon Ha Jung, )
(arrives as the new regular employee.)
So we decided to hire her.
(Shocked)
My name is Yoon Ha Jung. It's nice to meet you.
What are you all doing?
You start tomorrow, so let's introduce each other then.
I will see you tomorrow then.
She even gets her entry denied.
What's going on?
My card is not working.
You are Ms. Seo from the marketing team.
Please come this way.
What?
You came to get your things, right?
(She was even denied the chance to say goodbye.)
They left it with us.
They left it with you?
The shabby reality she faces...
makes her clench her teeth tightly.
But she's got no plans for tomorrow.
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Won't you kneel down?
She ends up going through part-time jobs.
(Ji An takes part-time positions.)
I am sorry, ma'am.
You just keep apologizing with your mouth.
We spent 10,000 dollars here today.
I apologize, ma'am.
Kneel down.
(She lowers her head to an abusive customer.)
She gets humiliated by an abusive customer...
and ends up kneeling down before her.
She's not trying to achieve her dream.
She's just desperately trying to make a living.
I feel bad for her.
She faces the harsh wall of reality.
Yes. I won't get married.
I am not getting married.
(Marriage is nothing but luxury for a man like Ji Tae.)
My family lives in a rental house.
There's no hope for me, so I won't get married.
I don't want my child...
to inherit my poverty.
So I am not getting married.
Because I can't afford...
the apartment you like,
I won't get married.
I will never get married!
Tae Soo finds out that his youngest son...
is working instead of studying for college.
And Ji Ho shocks him with his story.
I hate studying. What's the point of college?
(Ji Ho refuses to go to college!)
This society is full of elites...
from prestigious schools and from abroad.
No matter how hard I try,
I can't go to a decent college.
So why should I go to college?
It's wasting my life and money.
That's why you should study.
You have to try harder.
Dad. Dad.
What's the point of going to college?
Does every college graduate succeed?
I could've become a regular employee.
But...
But my friend pulled strings and got the job.
This is the society we live in.
No matter how hard I try,
I will always be unqualified.
My GPA and qualifications lack too.
I had to make money while studying.
How could I get decent grades?
How could I beat kids who got money...
from their parents and studied abroad?
I am sorry.
Why can't I become a rich man's daughter?
My biological parents are rich.
Why can't I go live with them?
No.
Why did you raise me in the first place?
I am sorry.
The frustration and despair...
she had been through...
pierces through Tae Soo's heart.
(The day Ji An left.)
On the day Ji An left for her rich family.
Why are you all outside?
Didn't you go straight to Daejeon?
Did you come to see Ji An off?
She just left. That's her.
- Dad! - Honey!
Tae Soo runs to get his daughter back.
Ji An!
- Miss. - Yes?
Don't introduce yourself as Seo Ji An.
Then what should I say?
You are Choi Eun Seok now.
I don't know.
Ji An!
Let's hurry. They must be waiting.
Yes, ma'am.
Ji An.
(He's desperate to stop his daughter from leaving.)
Ji An!
He ends up failing to stop his daughter from leaving.
Ji An.
However, Tae Soo can't give up.
You must've lost your game.
How can you start a business?
It's to bring Ji An back.
I have to succeed.
I have to do whatever it takes.
Now...
(The children complain more as time goes by.)
Why do you keep making me uncomfortable?
- Ji Tae. - What is it?
I gave you tough times for only two years...
(The father is upset by his children's complains.)
Before that, I gave you everything you needed...
and everything you wanted.
I got you tutors,
and I sent you to study abroad in college.
Why bring up the past? That was a long time ago.
Yes. When you got a job,
I made you get in debt.
We needed money for Grandmother's surgery.
I had to get the lease deposit...
to get her the surgery.
I am sorry, boy.
My mother, who gave birth to me,
wanted to have a surgery to live.
I couldn't tell her to just die...
because I can't let make life tough for my children.
I couldn't talk her out of having the surgery.
I couldn't say that, so I got the lease deposit...
and made you get in debt.
I am sorry for all that.
That's not what I was saying.
Why would you twist it like that?
So I am going to return that money to you.
I'll give you 30,000 dollars...
from the deposit of this house.
So get a room with that money, and live with Soo A.
Stop being ridiculous. How would you live then?
(After devoting his life for his family, )
(he is blamed for, )
(looked down upon, )
(and despised.)
When did I ever despise you? You're unbelievable.
Never mind. All right.
I'm sorry that I'm your father.
Mi Jung is just afraid of the change in her husband.
You...
What's wrong with you?
(Her husband has changed.)
I'll get the deposit back and give it to Ji Tae.
What?
Ji Soo is gone, Ji An won't come back,
And Ji Ho already moved out.
And Ji Tae is married, so I'm not worried about him.
You...
should get a studio and live alone.
What's wrong with you? What are you talking about?
I'm done with being the breadwinner of this family.
You should make a living from now on too.
I wasn't born to feed you my entire life.
Ending the role of supporting my family?
(Can you understand Tae Soo's choice?)
If I were him...
He just said that...
because he was in so much pain.
Confucianism still has deep roots in our society.
So most people believe that the father...
should do everything difficult to support his family.
In reality, it would lead to...
the breakdown of a family or such.
But I wanted to say it some time at least once.
It's just my wish.
(Family breakdown)
Tae Soo meets his daughter he had been searching for.
You... You were alive.
You were alive.
It must not be easy to face me and your mom.
You must've been very upset and disappointed.
We should still work it out.
(Tae Soo insists that a family should live together.)
(He begs Ji An to give him another chance.)
We're family, aren't we?
You should give us a chance to make it up to you.
Why should I?
(Ji An gives him a flat refusal.)
Must we work it out...
if we're family?
Why?
Must families live together...
even when it's not easy to do so?
Ji An misses her family while living in a share house.
(Ji An moves into a share house.)
But she doesn't want to go back to her family.
Ji Soo is always alone in her large house.
She has a lonely life here without anyone to count on.
Mom.
Ji Ho lives alone in a gosiwon.
I forgot to put it on silent mode.
Darn it. Let me sleep. I'm tired.
Who is it?
Hello?
Ji Ho, it's me.
Ji An. Ji An.
I'm calling you to ask if you did well on your exam.
Ji An. I need to see you. I'll go now.
I'll come to you wherever you are. Where are you?
Later. I'll see you next time.
Ji An, don't hang up.
Ji An, please. Please let me see you.
I need to tell you something.
Please, Ji An. I'm begging you.
Ji Tae and his wife live with Tae Soo.
- You're home. - Hello.
Hi.
Dad.
We have something to tell you.
(Ji Tae starts talking carefully.)
Go ahead.
Please have a seat for a moment.
What is it about? Just say it.
We will move out.
(He tells his father that they will move out.)
Okay.
Do you think he's upset?
They used to share everything...
and count on each other,
but they are split apart now.
(It's a portrait of our generation's family break-ups.)
(My Golden Live is a mysterious drama.)
Our drama still has unsolved mysteries.
Unfortunately, even I don't know the answers yet.
Let's get into the mysteries of My Golden Life.
You've got mail.
One day, Jae Sung receives a mysterious letter.
(Kang Chul Min)
Who is it? Is he a scholarship student?
(Seo Ji An is not Choi Eun Seok.)
The sender of the letter seems to know everything.
Who could that be?
(Seo Ji An is not Choi Eun Seok.)
(Who's the mysterious person who knows the secrets?)
On the day Eun Seok went missing 25 years ago,
Myung Hee's whereabouts are questionable.
Let's go to the restroom.
She went to the restroom...
while leaving Eun Seok alone in her car...
and got a call from her sister.
Your husband put a tail on you.
You didn't get caught yet?
Jae Sung put a tail on me?
Why did Jae Sung put a tail on Myung Hee?
And who was Myung Hee going to meet that day?
(Myung Hee left without knowing her daughter is gone.)
What made her so urgent that she didn't even know...
that Eun Seok wasn't in her car?
(What happened to Myung Hee that day remains unknown.)
(The actors' favorite scenes and lines)
The scene where Ji An beats Ha Jung.
I felt great shooting that scene.
When we shot the scene,
Baek Seo E, who plays Ha Jung, and I...
were in great sync.
I pretended to hit her, and she pretended to be hit.
We had a lot of fun shooting the scene.
Did you think I'd beg you...
if you did this?
Do you think I'll just sit back?
Do you think I'll go home crying silently?
I'm ready to get slapped in the face.
(Ji An takes revenge on her friend in her own way.)
I'll kill you and then kill myself.
Gosh. Hey!
Many people felt catharsis by watching that scene.
Ji An fought in hand-to-hand combat to punish Ha Jung.
Go take care of it.
No. Just call the police.
Tae Soo makes a big heart using his arms...
to encourage his children.
Even though he doesn't say anything,
his eyes say everything to cheer them up.
Even though he doesn't make much money,
he's always there for his children.
His sad eyes say those kind of things.
I think it was very touching.
Dad, have a safe trip back to Daejeon.
Okay. Just go home.
I want to see you off.
(Tae Soo feels bad for his daughter.)
Make sure not to skip meals.
If you want to take a rest from work, just tell me.
I have money.
Okay.
Then I'll see you later.
Bye.
(Ji An feels sorry to see her dad walk away.)
Tae Soo feels bad to see Ji An's drooping shoulders.
He turns around and watches his daughter leave.
Go on.
(A father's touching message of support)
Bye.
There's a scene where Ji An and I argue in the streets.
It was so sad that I felt like crying...
even when I was doing nothing.
The scene where I scream and cry about Ji An leaving...
is what I think as our special scene.
You're going because your parents are rich.
Because they're rich.
Can't I do that?
You can't.
Why not? They're my birth parents.
I'm just going to my real parents.
Because you're hurting Mom and Dad.
What?
You're leaving because...
you had to work through college...
since our parents are poor and can't support us.
You're blaming them for...
making your life hard.
How could you hurt our parents like that?
Are you done?
Take it back. Say you won't leave.
What do you know?
Do you know how much I struggled?
What do you know when you wasted your life away?
Others can blame me,
but you can't, you brat. You don't deserve to say that.
(The fate of the two sisters end up being twisted.)
If you walk away now, we're totally over!
Don't do this, Ji Soo. This is hard for me too.
Many viewers mentioned the Incheon scene...
where Ji An is drying seaweed and...
I go to get her.
"You're pretending to be dead to survive."
I thought that was a good line even as I said it.
If I at least had your parents' number...
You won't give it to me anyway.
You won't let me call Choi Do Kyung either.
(Hyuk can't leave Ji An)
That's why I have to be your guardian.
Hyuk.
I don't need a guardian.
Then live like you don't need one.
You aren't dead, but you're alive.
Why live like you're dead?
What are your plans? Do you have one?
I don't.
I can't think. I don't want to think.
That's a dead person.
A person pretending to be dead to survive.
What?
You're right by the sea.
You aren't jumping in.
You could've died many times if you wanted to,
but you didn't go in.
You want to live.
Call your family, come with me,
or let me stay.
Pick one.
(My Golden Life is a drama about growth)
Who am I?
What is it that I truly want?
Every character in My Golden Life...
face the most important question in their lives.
And they pave their own way.
That's why we can also call this drama...
a drama of growth.
Ji An starts a new life at the woodwork shop...
where she looks back on her past.
Instead of cold coffee, how about a beer?
Forget it. We're working.
Why didn't you go to the interview?
Do you think Choi Do Kyung influenced the first round?
No. I don't want to do that anymore.
"That"?
Looking for better companies...
or companies that pay more...
and applying to all large companies.
It's pointless.
After Dad's business failed,
I gave up going to art school.
So I wanted to succeed on my own.
Working at a large company was the only way.
But that was really hard.
If I'd joined a mediocre company,
I'd have settled right away,
but I didn't because I wanted a job I could brag about.
I wanted a job that paid much.
That's why I joined my rich family...
without knowing I wasn't their real daughter.
I'll say it again, but it wasn't your fault.
I went for their money.
Like you said, if they'd been poor,
would I have gone to them in just a few days?
If I were their daughter,
(Ji An acknowledges her greed and shame)
does it make it okay for me...
to abandon them just like that?
(Ji An acknowledges her greed and shame)
That's the person I was after all.
What do you plan to do?
You said you want to study business.
(She gave up being a sculptor because she was poor.)
She worked and fought harder than anyone,
but in the end, she lost what was most important.
(Despite the hard work)
There's no "we" among temporary workers.
I don't like being grouped in with everyone else.
(Success evaded her)
We can only survive when there's no "we".
Isn't that why you fought for years...
to join a large company...
when you lacked the qualifications?
I could've become a regular employee.
But...
(She lost what was most important to her by her greed.)
This is the society we live in.
No matter how hard I try,
I will always be unqualified.
(I must... I must find the identity I lost.)
Now, she wants to find the identity she lost.
All characters experience strife and conflict,
and they grow and mature through such experience.
As they do that, they find their own happiness.
I think that's the main point of the later episodes.
Do Kyung comes from a rich family...
with a luxurious life planned out for him.
(No life could be more extravagant!)
(Third-generation tycoon, Choi Do Kyung)
Well done.
Many developed countries like America and Japan...
have been making huge investments...
in bio-plastic products for many years.
Our group currently has...
a hotel, clothing company, and franchise restaurants.
They're all consumer goods.
Our sales and profits will fluctuate with the economy.
I thought we should take another step...
and invest in the future.
Do Kyung experiences a turning point...
that changes his life completely.
I would like to live on my own.
What?
What did you say?
(Do Kyung announces he'll move out.)
Now, he tries to do what he really wanted to do.
(Resignation)
I will...
leave Haesung Group...
and be independent.
I want to...
(He wants to stand alone)
You want your own business?
Yes.
Do you think you're making sense?
What did you mean when you said you can't marry So Ra?
(Thirsty for a new life)
I meant just that.
I thought...
I'd like to make...
my own life decisions.
Do Kyung leaves home penniless,
so he must work to make a living.
(Working various part-time jobs)
Hey, hey, hey.
Heavy on the bottom, light on top.
Stack them like you're playing Tetris.
I'll do that, but let's not speak like you own me.
Let's work harder.
Hurry up.
Okay. Move faster.
He finds daily part-time jobs.
(Every day is a battle to survive.)
He's insulted every day.
(The tables are turned)
What's that?
Do you expect me to use a stinky towel?
Did you just throw a towel on me?
Yes, you should smell it yourself.
He even has to cook for the first time in his life.
First, soak the seaweed.
(Cooking for Ji An's birthday)
Do Kyung cooks a birthday feast for Ji An.
That's how he spends every precious day.
Put on a band-aid.
(He's settled in!)
Are you okay?
Yes.
(His first taste of happiness in his daily life)
The work's not too hard here. Why don't you stay?
We work to make money, not to be comfortable.
The hours are too short, and the pay is too little.
You said your kids all went to college and work now.
(Tae Soo goes through anything to support his family.)
I'd work just enough to make my allowance.
Do you know what happens to an old lion?
They get chased out of their pride.
What? Lions do that?
Yes, when the male's too old to protect their pride...
and eat more than they're worth.
Gosh. Are you saying that you're a lion?
I am. All fathers are.
A man's life is that of a lion's.
So you're making money since you might get kicked out?
It's not that.
I want to be able to provide for and feed my family.
Even lions get kicked out when they're old.
I can't give up providing for my family as a father.
When I'm still able to do so?
If I can't do that, I'd rather die.
(Working for his family's happiness)
If I can't even feed my family.
She didn't know.
(It's too late when he learns about his wife's lies.)
How could you...
How... How could you let things get this far...
without even telling me?
How... How could you...
If I told you,
it wouldn't have worked out.
Why are you so foolish?
(He cannot understand his wife's behavior.)
No secret stays as a secret forever.
She can study abroad...
as soon as she moves in.
What?
I'll tell her to study abroad as soon as possible.
You know that Ji An wanted to study sculpting...
since she was in elementary school.
She loved to make things more than her brother did.
You lied just to send her for studies abroad?
It's not "just" studying abroad.
You say it like it's nothing.
It's not "just" studying. She'll get her dream back.
Whose fault is it that she had to give it up?
She worked through college to earn her tuition,
never got to take a language course,
or have the chance to upgrade her resume.
Whose fault is it that she had to live like that?
(Whose fault is it?)
He knew nothing but his family...
and did his best for them.
But in the end, he became an outcast.
I miss you so much today, Mom.
(The father feels isolated within the family.)
Mom.
What must I do?
Ji Tae, Ji An, Ji Soo, and Ji Ho.
(He can't put down the burden...)
(of providing for his family.)
Dad, Mom.
Tell them to give me just a little more time.
Tell the deities to give Tae Soo a little more time.
Make them let me make some more money.
Talk to the deities for me, please, Mom.
I felt a sharp pain. I vomited, had stomach aches,
and I even vomited blood later.
My mom had surgery in stage three...
and died just two months later.
Tae Soo realizes his end is near.
(Breathtaking fear)
(The realization suddenly hits him)
Are you okay?
Excuse me for a bit.
The shadow of death closes in on him.
Tae Soo had been full of fear,
but he is slowly overcome by peace.
(For a long time, )
(his life had been weary)
As a husband, father, and head of the household,
he struggled through his entire life.
Now, will he be able to leave the burden behind?
Sir, did you have a good day?
What?
You're standing alone, but you were smiling.
Of course. I had a great day.
It must be a Christmas gift.
(It must be a Christmas gift.)
I was given rest at last.
Each of our characters will go on...
changing, suffering, and growing.
In just one hour, we summarized...
what happened so far in My Golden Life.
What did you think? I enjoyed it so much.
Did you too?
Tomorrow, we'll air part two of our special...
and focus on why our drama's so popular.
Please watch us tomorrow as well.
See you tomorrow. Bye.
(Part 2 will be aired tomorrow.)