(Area: 2.9km²)
(Population: About 35,000)
(The hub of politics, economy and the media)
(We collect toasts in Yeouido)
I can smell great food from the street stalls.
(Various types of dishes look appetizing)
(A drink?)
(Peek)
(Ha ha)
(He enters with an awkward laugh)
Hello. Hello.
Hello.
(These businessmen have finally noticed Jaewook)
What? What is this?
If it is okay with you...
(He tries to join a team)
Would it be okay
to join you today?
(Succeeds in joining a table)
First of all...
(Food is served at the right time)
Let me ask you why you've gathered here today.
We are colleagues working at the same company.
Where do you work?
A financial investment firm.
S Finance.
Do you get together often
after work to drink?
There's a reason for today's meeting.
She's getting married.
She's here to give us the wedding invitations.
- Oh, really? / - She asked us to get together today.
Did you set a date?
July 20.
(Congratulations! The bride of July)
For how long have you worked here?
We joined in December of 2009.
So this is our 9th year?
Then aren't you seniors in your department?
I wouldn't say I'm a senior.
There's one person who joined after I did.
Really? Even though you've worked for 9 years?
It depends on the department.
I'm starring on a program called We Like Zines!
It's a program where we each write a book
on a certain topic.
I'm writing about toasts.
Some people always ask to make toasts.
I think it's for a good cause.
Toasts are the source of trouble.
It's always a nerve-racking moment.
It's quite stressful.
Our department head chose
a certain toast that we must always say.
- Please tell me about those. / - It's quite stressful.
I'm in the Investment Products Department.
We create investment goods for people.
We shorten that to IPD.
IPD?
So the chief shouts, "FSE!" for fighting spirit energy,
the rest of us shout, "IPD!"
FSE? IPD?
So the chief yells, "FSE!" And you say,
"IPD!"
Every time you have a drink together?
Yes, every time.
What else do you have?
What department are you in?
I'm in Public Relations.
Since I'm from overseas,
I'm sometimes asked to make a toast in English.
- In English? / - That's good.
(Show us your English)
No matter what you say, we won't understand.
Wait. How do I jot this down?
How do I jot this down?
First of all I would like to
show my sincere gratitude for such an occasion.
Let's drink.
(English toast has a way of uniting people)
FSE. IPD.
Congratulations on your marriage.
- It's over? / - It must be over.
What else is there?
I'm in the IB Planning and Management team.
- Our toast is HCLB. / - H?
- CLB. / - HCLB?
- H. / - Let's hear it.
- Hearts... / - C.
- To the Corporation. / - L.
Livers...
To the Boss.
(Your worldly wisdom has gone up a level)
When I have drinks with people and
talk about toasts with them,
I think the department chief must rule the world.
People don't usually meet the CEO too often.
In my next life, I want to become a chief.
"Our livers to the boss chief."
We must give our liver and guts.
What department are you in?
I'm in the Financial Management team.
But unlike him,
I'm in the second highest position in the team.
I'm right below the team manager,
so no one dares tell me to make a speech.
(We're all in different positions)
So you would in turn tell others to do it.
Yes. I don't ever do it myself.
Someone get up and make an interesting toast.
You have to tell others to do it.
Do you have a good way of doing it?
No. I just tell them.
You just tell them to do it?
That's power.
When you compare to 9 years ago,
do you drink after work more now
or did it happen more often in the past?
What do you think?
We drink a lot less now.
You do?
Every employee is told to go home on time
every Wednesday and Friday.
It's called Smart Day.
We can't hold business dinners on Smart Days.
(There is such a thing?)
We have fewer days that we can drink together.
We are now in the position of seeing younger staff...
(Sudden appearance)
(Someone new has come)
He's our...
(He comes back)
(And Ahn Jaewook is here!)
I thought you were the department chief.
I'm in sales.
You are?
You must be a professional with toasts.
That's what we were talking about.
The bitter reality of drinking less.
As for me,
there are times when I want to have a drink.
When seniors wanted to have drinks with me,
I felt burdened by it.
So now that I'm a senior,
I get worried that I might be burdening the juniors.
That's the dilemma I feel these days.
So everyone feels the same burden.
What people usually say is that
they don't know if having a drink is a consideration
for juniors or if it's a burden.
Many people do have concerns about that.
I just thought of the perfect toast.
YMPM.
- YMPM? / - YMPM.
- Y. / - For Yours...
- M. / - And My...
- PM. / - Precious Meeting.
A love shot.
(Amicable)
Say YMPE.
- Y. / - Are You...
- M. / - And Me...
- PE. / - Pestering Each other?
That's a good one?
I don't know much about stock,
so I'd like to ask you a question.
This is what happened to me in the past.
I had a savings account in a bank.
Then one day a team manager in PB told me that
if I plan on leaving the money in a bank for a year,
wouldn't it be better to get higher interests?
I thought if the interest rate is at least 2 to 3%
higher it would be better to invest in that.
So I invested a certain amount in that product.
Then I thought
at that interest rate, I'd like to invest more.
So instead of investing, let's say, $1,
I invested $3 in that product.
But then...
If I think about it now...
It is now 30 cents.
This was 10 years ago.
Right around the time you joined this company.
When things weren't too good.
It is 85% in the minus now.
Is there advice you'd like to give someone like me?
I think breaking that bias against investments
is my role here.
The time has come.
Here's my business card.
I didn't even get back my principal.
The times have changed.
(Satisfied)
I was just reminded of my past experience.
Please give me a call.
(Feeling bad)
You feel like an older brother to me.
(No. 1 person to avoid)
You've been working here for 9 years now.
I'm sure you're in different positions,
but what are your biggest concerns?
As for me, I'm married
and I have a child.
Our expenditure is growing.
I wonder if I'll be able to provide enough for them
and whether it's right for me to continue to work here.
I think this is our turning point.
If we don't make the decision now,
we won't have the opportunity to do so ever again.
It's been a long time since
the term "jobs for life" doesn't apply.
4 out of 10 college-graduate new employees
are considering changing jobs.
There were 100 of us at first.
100 people joined the company together?
But many of them left.
There are only about 54 people left.
- Almost half left? / - Yes.
Now that I've been working for 9 years
I realize that we may have joined at the same time,
but some of us will succeed and go all the way.
Some of us will stop here.
Shouldn't I consider changing jobs
before it is too late?
I've been concerned about that, too.
If I take maternity leave when I'm to be promoted,
I would be falling behind everyone else.
Once I fall behind,
I could continue to be behind.
(These concerns still remain even after 10 years)
We met today by chance.
Would you be able to come up with a toast
right on the spot?
Since we have a special guest here
we'll finish with AJW, Ahn Jaewook.
With Ahn Jaewook? That would be hard.
1, 2, 3. A.
A regret if you don't watch We Like Zines!
J.
Joy is guaranteed on We Likes Zines!
W.
We'll make you laugh on We Like Zines!
(A fun meeting with witty financiers)
(I pray the green light turns on in your life - Jaewook)
Hello.
Hello.
I heard that you are professionals in toasts,
so here I am.
- Nice to meet you. / - Hello.
Please introduce yourselves first.
What do you do?
I work at a confectionary company.
♪ When you want gum, get... ♪
There's that commercial.
What about you?
I work at a soju company.
I work at a good soju company.
What about you?
A fund manager at an asset management company.
Then you must drink quite often.
- Every day. / - Almost every day?
People say that I haven't gained any weight,
but I have a pot-belly. I drink every day.
What about you?
I'm in advertisement for a pharmaceutical company.
Lee Gyeonggyu is our company's model.
- Oh, the digestive medicine. / - Yes.
If you work at a pharmaceutical company...
I heard that the employees give out medicinal drinks.
He brought some. He'll give it to us later.
- You must empty your glass first. / - And you?
I work at one of the gas stations you see often.
I work at G Company.
Oh, I thought you meant you work at a gas station.
I get that a lot.
I heard that each company has its own special drink.
Ours is called the shark's fin drink.
It's only made for those we love.
He's a pro.
So I brought a shark.
(Searching)
You remember the shark ice cream from childhood?
The one that turned our tongues black.
It's made into a jelly now.
An entire shark is put into your glass.
That's why it's called shark's fin.
So if I drink this,
I must chew the jelly, too?
Is there a toast for a confectionary company?
I really love the Giants.
Since I love the baseball culture,
I like to say, "We're not strangers!"
We're not strangers!
Let's say that with the shark's fin drink.
We're not strangers!
(He finally tastes the shark's fin drink!)
Oh, the taste of the shark.
(From a frown, he starts to smile)
We're not strangers. Then there's...
Give it away.
Give it away. Give it away.
I shouldn't have eaten this. Is my tongue black?
- No. / - Jellies don't turn our tongues black?
You're from a soju company.
Amazon.
Our branch manager likes to say "Amazon."
We'll yell it out for you.
- A. / - Until we're down sick.
- Ma. / - Let's drink.
Zon.
Good day!
(A relief)
I thought he may say something vulgar in the end.
Me too. Me too. Me too.
Do you think a traditional toast is better?
Or do you think funny and immature is better?
Today's trend is to
use words from current affairs.
Choi Soonsil?
Choi.
Drink up as much as we can.
- Soon. / - Drink up voluntarily.
- Sil. / - Drink until we're carried out.
(The fun of satirizing current issues)
See?
We end up laughing while we drink.
(Is it fun to be in a company dinner?)
I believe that a company dinner
is the smallest unit in which the organization
can communicate all together.
But young people don't like company dinners.
Company dinners are becoming meaningless.
I think it's because
the concept of "jobs for life" has disappeared.
In the past, when we joined a company,
we thought that we would work hard at this company,
form a family and buy a house.
But people are let go at an earlier age.
Some people must leave in their 30s or 40s.
That's less than 20 years.
I have to leave within 20 years?
I won't be working in this company that long?
Then I don't have much time with this company?
I see.
So people don't think of it as a community anymore.
So when a company suggests a goal or a vision,
people don't relate to it much.
(Bitter)
So during company dinners,
the toasts that we usually propose
are mostly about families.
For example, people don't know my son's name.
So as a toast,
I would say that my son's name is Homin.
It means a beautiful hero.
I hope you all become beautiful heroes.
Let us all cheer for Homin.
So instead of motivating to work harder,
we try to commune with others.
(It's time to go back to our families)
- Thank you so much for today. / - It was fun.
This program contains joys and sorrows of workers.
We hope the book is published soon.
When I say "we" please yell out "possible."
We can do it.
We possible. Alright.
1, 2, 3.
We! Possible!
(We! Possible! We can do it)
For Ahn Jaewook's book on We Like Zines!
(Ahn Jaewook's interview will continue)
(Ahn Jaewook's Yeouido toasts, the end)
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