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The scene changes. Mr. Hong, Vittorio and Vincenzo were in the bar. Vincenzo was coughing and Mr. Hong smiles.
"You have a very low tolerance to alcohol" Mr. Hong says.
"It isn't about alcohol, he has not had makgeolli before" Vittorio answered.
"You have never makgeolli before?" He asks.
"I don't think so he ever had" Vittorio says and Mr. Hong nods in agreement.
"No" Vincenzo replies.
"I see. It only gives a mild hangover, so drink up. Here. Bottoms up" He pours down the glass for Vincenzo. "Here you go" All three of them drink up.
"I can finally taste it now that I have had my second glass" Vincenzo says.
"In that case, drink up. Here you go" He chuckles as he pours down another glass for the consigliere.
"Cheers" All three of them clink their glasses and drink up. "By the way, should I congratulate you both for diving headfirst in to hell?" He asks and chuckles while Vincenzo and Vittorio also smile.
Mr. Hong chuckled at this.
"I am fighting against Babel because I am stupid. But not you" He points at Vincenzo and Vittorio.
"By the way, are you also a public defender?" Vincenzo asks him.
All of them knew where this question was coming from.
"I am. For one person. I truly pity her. She was falsely charged with murder. And yet, she accepted it and made peace with her pancreatic cancer" He replies.
"Why would she do that?" Vittorio asks.
"She believes she is being punished for abandoning her sons in the past. She says feeling guilty isn't enough. There are people who readily accept their punishment. And there are those who are shameless even after committing a crimes. In any case, only the kindhearted and the weak suffer. I know you both won't get it" Mr. Hong answers and Vincenzo sighs.
"You have no idea how better we get it than anyone else" Vittorio says in a low voice.
"For the past two days, I experienced firsthand how the weak suffered. I couldn't do anything. So, I became even more furious" Vincenzo says.
"Those who are truly weak endure the feeling of helplessness and rage until the day they die" Mr. Hong tells Vincenzo as he pours another glass for himself.
"I have a question. What is the story behind your Law Firm's name?" Vittorio asks.
"Nobody has asked me that before" Mr. Hong says.
"I don't defend my clients. I become their last straw, a jipuragi. When they don't have anyone to lean on, they can still grab onto me. I am their last straw" He explains to Vincenzo.
"That is the most suitable for your law firm" Vittorio says and Mr. Hong smiled.
His phone rings. "Excuse me" He receives the call.
"Hello, Hong Yu-chan speaking." Nobody answers. There is a person standing in the rain holding an umbrella on the other side.
"That is the researcher, isn't it?" Ms. Seo asked.
"Hello, I am listening" he says but receives no response from the other side. He cuts the call.
"Was that a prank call?" Mr. Hong questions. Vincenzo takes the bottle.
"It definitely wasn't"
"I heard this is how you pour drinks here" He says and pours one for Mr. Hong.
"You see quite genuine today or have I become dull?" Mr. Hong says and Vincenzo and Vittorio chuckle.
The Cassano brothers laughed at this with their on-screen selves.
"Cheers"
"Cheers"
"Cheers" They clink their glasses again.
"You need to turn around and drink" Mr. Hong says.
"Yes" Vincenzo turns around and drinks.
"Just turn halfway. Halfway" Mr. Hong says and Vincenzo turns halfway and finishes the drink.
The scene changes. The lawyers of Wusang Law Firm were gathered for the meeting.
"We have pretty much won the Babel Pharmaceuticals case. Ms. Hong just needs to finish it up" Mr. Han says and Cha-young smiles. "Babel E&C is the problem here. We need to demolish a plaza in Geugma-dong. Brace yourselves"
"Why do they need to brace themselves?" Choi asks him.
"It's quite sly. Demolishing it the right way would be illegal, so we call in a heavy equipment for a so called clean up and accidentally damage the building. The tenants move out in fear, and Babel claims it's a mistake. The building becomes vacant in a few days. Legal or not, we will get the job done because they trust us" Mr. Han explains it to Choi.
The tenants of Geugma Plaza were angered at this.
"You bastards are far more worse than I thought" Vittorio says and many people nodded their heads in agreement.
Mr. Hong had a look of disgust at this.
"Lawyers are better than prosecutors at making people shit their pants. Such assholes" Ms. Choi says as she chuckles.
All the lawyers got offended at this.
"Are you forgetting that you are also one of those assholes now?" Vittorio says to Myung-hee who just gave him a scowled face look.
All the lawyers look up while Han just chuckles.
"She says that all the time" Mr. Han tries to defend her. "And... Oh, dear. Your dad is once again leading the Development Opposition Committee" Mr. Han tells Cha-young.
"What a fun life he is living" Ms. Choi says.
"At least, I am not a hound bond by a leash" Mr. Hong sarcastically says. Few chuckles were heard at this while Myung-hee was murmuring in anger.
"Shouldn't we estimate the scale of damage?" Cha-young asks.
"Thankfully, it will be smaller than the redevelopment in Yucheon-dong" One of the lawyers replies.
"I believe four people still died there" Cha-young says.
"That's not bad. Twelve people died during Yonghu-dong's redevelopment" One of the lawyers said.
"It's fine. They will crawl out when push comes to shove. Right. Don't forget your dad" Mr. Han tells Cha-young. They all became engrossed in their conversation. Cha-young takes a glass of water and drinks.
"Let's see"
Cha-young comes to her cabin and Jun-woo was sitting there.
"I heard that they are demolishing it" Jun-woo says and Cha-young slams the file on the desk. Jun-woo flinched on it. "They are so cruel. There are people--"
Han-seo was again surprised by his brother's acting skills wondering when did he got the time to attend acting classes in the midst of studying business.
"It's not cruel!" Cha-young says cutting Jun-woo in between. "It wouldn't be so cruel if they moved out willingly" She finishes and sits on her chair. "What is with those people? How can they be so dense?" Cha-young says.
Some of the tenants scoffed at this while some looked at Cha-young in disbelief.
"It's easier said than done" Jun-woo replies and Cha-young looks at him.
"He is right"
"You don't know anything about it"
The tenants said to Cha-young.
"Their lawyer is the one who is the worst. If he is a lawyer, he should be more level head." Cha-young says.
Mr. Hong chuckled in disbelief at this.
The scene changes. Vincenzo was lying on the floor.
"You are so badly wasted" Vittorio says trying not to chuckle at his brother's state.
He wakes up and notices his state. He checks his phone and receives the call.
"Hello"
"Doesn't it feel like your head has been split open?" Mr. Hong asks from the other side of the line. "Mine's already smashed"
"Yes, I am having a pretty bad hangover" Vincenzo replies and groans. Mr. Hong chuckled.
"Come over. Let's eat something. I will text you my address" Mr. Hong says.
"But I..." Vincenzo was not able to complete his sentence.
The scene changes. Vincenzo was standing outside Mr. Hong's house. Vittorio also comes there.
"You are here too?" Vincenzo asks his younger brother.
"Of course, I will be invited" Vittorio says.
"Well, yeah. I also got invited. I kind of guessed you would be here, too. Let's go inside" Vittorio says and Vincenzo nods.
Both of them went inside Mr. Hong's house.
"Come in" Mr. Hong invites him inside. "It's a mess, isn't it? The soup needs to boil, so please sit down. There is noting worth looking at" Mr. Hong says but Vincenzo and Vittorio still check out his house.
"All right" Vincenzo replies and looks at the photos hung on the wall.
"You still have those hung on the wall" Cha-young says in anger and embarassment.
"That is you?" Vittorio asks in shock.
"You must have another daughter" Vincenzo says while looking at a picture.
"He surely has"
"What? No. That's Cha-young" Mr. Hong replies and Vincenzo was in shock.
"What?" Vittorio, exclaims in shock while Vincenzo looks at the photos once again. "I see" Vincenzo says as he takes a glance on the photos again.
The scene changes. Mr. Han was calling the Chairman of Babel groups, Jang Han-seo.
"Hello, Chairman Jang. They have informed me that they are ready for the demolition. We will be ready by tomorrow as well. Yes, sir. Don't worry. This is our job. I believe that they will start working around 11 p.m. tomorrow. Yes, sir. Goodbye"
The tenants were worried listening this but they belived in the Cassano brothers knowing they wouldn't let the building get demolished so easily.
Jang Jun-woo who was in his room listened to the whole conversation and immediately rushed towards Cha-young's cabin to inform her about this.
"He heard everything" Larry says.
"Cha-young!"
"What is it this time?" Cha-young asks him.
"They are--" Jun-woo wasn't able to complete his sentence and Cha-young hits him.
"Give the poor boy rest" Mr. Hong says.
"What? What is it?" She asks again.
"Tomorrow at 11 p.m. That's when they will demolish the building. I heard Mr. Han speaking with that impudent chairman. They are ready and they will do it tomorrow" Jun-woo says and Cha-young was shocked.
"What?"
The scene changes. Mr. Hong, Vittorio and Vincenzo were eating the soup together.
"How is it? Don't you feel so much better? Right?" Mr. Hong asks him.
"Yes" Vincenzo answers adjusting his tie and Mr. Hong smiles.
"I make the best--" Mr. Hong gets cut off in between as Cha-young enters the house.
Vittorio sighs knowing they have to father-daughter duo bicker again.
"Can you please pick up?" She asks him. "I called you more than thirty times."
"You are so noisy" Mr. Hong says. "What is it this time?" He asks her. Cha-young turns around and sees the photos.
"Why do you still have these hanging?" Cha-young asks as she starts removing them. "You are going to donate them?"
"Eat while you are here. Come" Mr. Hong says and Cha-young huffs. She walks near her dad.
"There is a serious problem. This is not a time to be eating" Cha-young says.
"First time it is a serious problem" Mr. Hong says and Cha-young glared at him.
"What is it?" Mr. Hong asks. Vincenzo and Vittorio also lean to hear what happened while Cha-young gives them a 'what' look.
"Hello, Hong Yu-chan speaking." Mr. Hong says while talking to someone on phone.
"See? You screen my calls. Why do you ignore my calls? Why?" Cha-young says loudly and Mr. Hong signals her to slow her voice down.
"It is the researcher" Jun-woo says.
"Sorry? I see. One moment, please" He gets up from the chair and leaves. Cha-young huffs again. Mr. Hong enters his bedroom.
"I would like to tell you about what they did to their test subjects" The person says on the other side.
Jun-woo was fidgeting his fingers, if the researcher opens his mouth everything will be destroyed.
"So there were problems, weren't there?" Mr. Hong says.
"Yes. I can't tell you the details over the phone. I would like to meet soon" He says.
"Of course. Go ahead. All right. I will head over there right now. Goodbye." Mr. Hong says and hangs up the phone.
"Babel E&C--" Cha-young starts to say but Mr. Hong cuts her in between.
Cha-young sighs at this.
"This is urgent. Speak with them, okay?" He tells Cha-young while pointing over at Vincenzo and Vittorio and leaves.
"Dad! Mr. Hong!" She shouts and hits the wall. Vincenzo sits on his chair back.
"What is it?" He asks her while eating his food. Cha-young walks near him and Vittorio.
"They will demolish the building at 11 p.m. tomorrow. Evacuate the tenants right now. They said they will avoid the residential area, but who knows what will happen?" Cha-young tells Vincenzo and Vittorio.
All of them knew she was genuinely worried.
"I have only met you three days ago, but this is the first time you seem worried" Vincenzo says.
"I am worried about none other than myself. If my dad gets hurt during the demolition, it will do me no good. Think about it. What will my colleagues think of me?" Cha-young says.
"Yeah, sure" Vittorio says, clearly not believing her.
"I see" Vincenzo says and Vittorio nods as they continue eating the soup.
"What is this place? A crim scene?" Cha-young asks looking at the mess. "Darn it. You both are done, right?" She says and takes the bowl away from them.
"Remind me to never get in between them" Vittorio says to Vincenzo pointing at Mr. Hong and Cha-young.
"Unbelievable. I told him not to pile up the dirty dishes"
Mr. Hong sighs at this.
The scene changes. Mr. Hong gets out of the taxi and looks at the building to check the address. He goes inside the building and knocks on the door. The person opens the door a bit to see Mr. Hong standing outside.
"Hello, Mr. Yu Min-chul" Mr. Hong greets him and Min-chul opens the door. Mr. Hong goes inside.
Vittorio had a feeling this isn't going to end well.
The scene changes. Vincenzo was sitting inside the room and the bulb was getting on and off.
"They will demolish the building at 11 p.m. tomorrow. Evacuate the tenants right now" He thinks of Cha-young's words and sighs. He leans on the sofa.
"How can I stop them? How?" He thinks as he plays with his lighter and looks at his brother who was worried too.
By now Jun-woo knew that the Cassano brothers won't stop until they retrive the gold and he knew that he will be a fool to underestimate them.
The scene changes. The tenants were gathered in the dance studio. They have been told that the building is going to be demolished.
"What?"
"Tonight?"
"Yes, at 11 p.m." Mr. Nam answers.
"How could you tell us now? You are unbelievable" The laundromat owner says.
"When they come, I could grab them and nail them to the ground" Lee says from behind while his wife looks at him in disbelief. "Since I know martial arts, I am afraid I might kill them"
Her wife was looking at him in disbelief this time too.
"Nail them, my foot. We should evacuate. Do you want to die?" His wife asks him.
"Goodness. Babel, those assholes. I hope they all go under!" The laundromat owner curses.
"Is there a solution?" Larry asks Mr. Hong.
"Mr. Hong is busily--" Nam says but get cuts in between by other tenants.
"Busy doing what? Tell us" One of the tenants said.
Vittorio sweared he would have said that Mr. Hong was busy stripping at a club. Of course, he was doing something important that he priortised over the plaza plus, he wasn't aware of the situation. But at the same time he could not blame the tenants too.
"I didn't see him all day" Mr. Nam says.
"This is where we live and work. If we evacuate, we will be leaving behind everything" Ms. Kwak says as she cries. The laundromat owner tries to console her.
"I bought all my utensils new last month" The chef says holding a utensil in his hand.
"Me too. I got a loan two months ago and bought a new piano" Ms. Seo says.
"Those Babel bastards only value their money, they will never understand what we are going through" Mr. Tak says.
"Mamma mia" The chef says.
"Mr. Cassano. Mr. Park" Ms. Kwak calls their name but they totally ignore her, busy doing something in Vincenzo's phone. "Say something, will you?" The Cassano brothers still ignored her. "Goodness, those damn men"
"What the hell are they doing?" The laundromat owner asks.
"What the hell you were doing?" Cha-young asks the Cassano brothers.
"How are we suppose to know? That are our future selves" Vincenzo answered and Vittorio nodded in agreement.
"Who cares? Let's go pack our things" Mrs. Jang says as she stands up.
"I will protest outside and distract them" Mr. Nam sighs and goes towards Vincenzo and Vittorio's direction to see what they are doing.
"What the hell are you doing?" Mr. Nam asked, having enough as he saw Vincenzo's activity.
"You were liking photos online?" Larry says in confusion and shock.
"Sir, you both don't have time to be liking photos online" he said as the tenants looked at them in surprise.
"What?"
"What is he liking?"
Mr. Lee stood beside Mr. Nam, glancing at Vincenzo's phone "Come up with a solution, will you?"
He said as Mr. Nam leaned and liked a photo of a beautiful girl in a bikini Vincenzo looked at Mr. Nam, pointing at his phone with a surprised look while Mr. Lee nudged him on his rib, looking at him with a questioning look. Vittorio snickered and nudged him on the rib like Lee did.
"Mr. Nam" Vittorio teased Mr. Nam whose cheeks turned red.
Vincenzo sent him a small smile to Mr. Nam as he went back to liking everyone's posts.
The scene changes. Mr. An was in a meeting hall. A notification appears on his laptop. 'IMAGES MATCHING WITH VINCENZO CASSANO SEARCHED ON 13:11' He immediately sits up straight and looks into his computer.
"Isn't anyone in here?" He hears someone's voice.
"Hold on"
"Who locked the door?" The person asks while trying to open the door. Mr. An was trying to work fast. "Damn it. Hey, open up"
Mr. An smiles as he finally gets a match of Vincenzo's face. "Vincenzo Cassano. O sole mio!"
Vincenzo simply smirked at this.
The scene changes. Mr. Hong comes and sees the tenants packing up their stuff.
"Pack everything!"
"Goodness!"
He opens the window. "Hey..." He tries to call them but no one hears. He calls Vincenzo and Vittorio in his office.
"Is that true?" Mr. Hong asks him.
"Yes. I called you yesterday, but you weren't picking up" Vincenzo replied.
"I am sorry. Something urgent came up. What time is it?" He checks his watch. "Let me think. What should I do? What should I do?"
"You didn't need to do anything with the carefree look they had on their face, it is clear that they have thought about something" Cha-young says.
The scene changes to Cha-young's cabin. She also looks at the watch and becomes worried.
The scene changes to Mr. Han and Choi dining together.
"I will call you back. Nothing is easy these days. Everything requires so much hard work. It's such a headache." Mr. Han says. "All notable paintings have several layers of paint. But then again, it's our job to paint over without leaving a trace" Ms. Choi nods.
"Of course, it is"
"When will I get to see the chairman?" She asks.
"Right. In two days. He has great expectations for you" Mr. Han answers as they clink their glasses.
"I need to see for myself how crazy he is" Ms. Choi says and Mr. Han chuckles. Suddenly, a lawyer from Wusang comes there.
"Sir"
"Why are you here?" Mr. Han asks.
"I have something urgent to report" He says.
"What is it?" Mr. Han asks.
"I caught wind of something at Babel headquarters. One of the researchers of Babel Pharmaceuticals ran away during quarantine" He says and both him and Choi were in shock.
"It's too late" Myung-hee says.
"What?" Mr. Han asks.
"Damn it. They have dropped a giant bomb on us" Choi says as she wipes her hands.
"Let's go"
"Okay" And all of them leave.
The scene changes. Cha-young is working in her cabin and it's past 10 p.m. Jun-woo comes in her office.
"Shouldn't you go?" He asks.
"There is nothing I can do" She replies and takes a book to read but holds it in the opposite way.
Some of them chuckled at how she was holding the book.
Jun-woo takes the book and makes her hold it properly. Cha-young slams the book on the table. She gets up and takes her phone. She calls her father.
"Where are you, Dad?" She asks him. "Why are you still there?"
"Don't worry. I won't die" Mr. Hong replies.
"Can't you ever give me a proper answer?" Cha-young says in anger.
"Cut that nonsense and get out of there" Cha-young says.
"I am turning off my phone off again. You are distracting me" He says and hangs up the phone.
Cha-young scoffs at this.
"Dad! Oh, come on!" Cha-young says and Jun-woo looks at her in worry. She starts to run from the office.
"Wait!" Jun-woo says and throws her purse. She catches it and runs away while Jun-woo just looks at her leaving. Cha-young gets in the car.
"The stress is killing me" She picks up her phone. "Hello, sir"
"Hey! Where are you?" Mr. Han asks from the other side of the line.
"I am sorry, but I am busy right now" She says and hangs up her phone and starts driving.
"How dare you hang up on me?" Mr. Han asked in anger.
"Just like I did few moments ago" Cha-young replied.
The scene changes. There were cranes and many other heavy vehicles standing.
"Come over here" Seok-do says and Seo-nam comes there.
"All right. Sir, we are ready" He says. "All right! Let's go!" He signals the vehicles and the men to move forward.
The scene changes, Cha-young was driving her car. She sees the cranes and other vehicles and she honks the horn.
"Come on."
She speeds up her car and tries to takeover.
"Damn it" She and the cars, cranes reach there. Cha-young gets off her car and starts running. She sees all the smoke and tries to remove it.
"What is this?" She walks ahead and sees a party going on there. 'TRADITIONAL SICILIAN WINE PARTY FOR INSIDERS' was written on the board. She walks inside.
All of them were shocked at this.
"A party?"
Vittorio smirked realizing what his future self planned to do.
"What is this?"
The men from the ANT company also come there and see the party.
"What?"
"What is that?"
"A party"
All the tenants were also enjoying the party while Cha-young looks at everything in surprise.
"Cheers"
"Cheers" Vincenzo and Vittorio clink their glasses with the guests. "Mr. Nam"
"Sir. These men love this party. They have been complimenting"
"Of course, they will enjoy it. Who wouldn't enjoy a party thrown by the Cassanos?" Vincenzo says.
"Hello. Thank you for coming"
"Cheers"
"How nice."
"We still have a lot of time, so please enjoy the party" Vincenzo says to the man. Mr. An was also there in the party.
"He is also there" Vittorio says.
He looks at Vincenzo drinking his wine. He drinks his wine while continuing to stare at him.
The party bomb exploded and they all were happy. Mr. Hong smiles at Vincenzo and Vittorio from the terrace. The Cassano brothers also smile at him.
They were smiling even the tenants were. The only ones who were angered were Myung-hee, Mr. Han and Jun-woo.
First, the researcher and now, the plaza. Jun-woo didn't like defeat, not at all. And what sucked the most that he was fighting against the person he loved the most.
The scene changes. It's a flashback.
Vincenzo was playing with his lighter and Vittorio was looking at his laptop. He keeps it away but finally gets an idea. He takes the laptop and sees a video of people doing traditional dance and partying. The brothers look at each other and smile.
"This is where you got the idea" Mr. Lee said.
The scene changes to the dance studio where they all were discussing.
The tenants then started to walk away with complains.
"Let's go"
"Gosh"
"We don't need them"
"Wait" Vincenzo called out. All of them turned around, facing the Italian-Korean men who were standing up straight.
"How about we have a party here tonight?" Vittorio says.
"I never refuse to a party" Larry says.
"Nor do we" The rest of the tenants said.
A photo of Vincenzo holding a wine glass as an invitation gets viral over the social media. People from all over the world saw his post.
The scene changes to present. Vincenzo drinks his wine while smiling. Cha-young also smiles and then, checks her phone. She sees Vincenzo's post and likes it and then, looks at him.
Vincenzo and Cha-young smiled at this.
"Excuse me for a second, sir" Mr. Nam says and takes Vincenzo to meet a person. "He's the owner of the shop next door"
"I see. Hello. Thank you for coming"
"That spaghetti is good"
"Please escort them"
"This way" Vincenzo finally notices Cha-young there. Everything was slow motion and Cha-young was mesmerized by Vincenzo. Vincenzo smiles at her and she smiles back.
"Got yourself an admirer, brother" Vittorio says as he chuckled.
Vittorio who was observing this chuckles to himself.
"Looks like you are not going to die single after all, hyung"
Most of them chuckled at this while Vincenzo smacked his brother's shoulder.
"Ow... that hurts" Vittorio says as he whined.
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