A red sports car.
A luxury watch.
Good looks. Intelligence.
The doctors I saw on TV when I was young looked so cool.
(Luxury Clinic)
They had luxurious lives,
and they impressively saved people in emergency situations.
- Doctor, how much should we donate? - Send $5,000.
- The staff trusted and followed them. - Doctor!
- Thanks to you, I'm all better now. - That's great.
And patients respected them.
- We have a new model. - I'll buy three of them.
- What about the gifts? - Send the most expensive flowers and wine.
That's why I decided to become a doctor.
After painstaking efforts,
I finally became a doctor.
(Director/Internal Medicine Specialist: Park Sung-woon)
Today's schedule is...
Come in.
What seems to be the problem?
I'll make sure to save your life.
Doctor,
- do hospitals also have opening luck? - "Opening luck"?
Are you saying your arm hurts? This is an internal medicine clinic.
Patients will line up as soon as you open up a clinic, right?
By any chance...
are you a doctor?
Will I be able to ride a sports car like you?
Will I be able to get rich like you?
Please tell me!
Before I go, you could at least give me a cigarette!
Let's smoke together! Perhaps that'll give me some of your luck!
You look just like a gangster!
It's the perfect weather to get dragged out! God, let go of me!
(Dr. Park's Clinic)
Dr. Park, the coffee here is so sweet!
That's great.
We have a new ice purifier.
- I'll have three of the cheapest ones. - Sure thing.
What should we do about the wireless internet?
Just use the cafe's wifi.
(Director's Office)
(Director/Internal Medicine Specialist: Park Won-jang)
(Dr. Park's Clinic: Ep 1 - From now on, I'm a self-employed medical worker!)
Every month, I would pay rent and the electricity bill.
If a staff member says a chair is broken,
I'd order it and put it together myself.
You could say I'm a subcontractor for a small company.
When you first open a clinic, your skills are important, but
there's also the factor of how many patients will visit.
That's very crucial, too.
I don't think the ideal image we had of doctors before we became one exists.
Then again, if we don't become doctors,
there's nothing else we could particularly do.
We already spent so much time and money into this.
We can't get out of it.
Some people continue for those reasons.
Of course, popular hospitals make a lot of money.
The location is important, and marketing is key, too.
These days, opening a clinic is like gambling.
I've been a salaried doctor before
at a hospital that is open 365 days a year.
I got to see how the director treats his patients.
I got to test a patient one day, and there was something wrong with him.
He had to get surgery.
We get to rest for three days.
There were people who complained that we took three
days off when it's a hospital that is open 365 days.
I realized I couldn't open a clinic.
I finally opened a clinic.
It's near Mapo Bridge, too.
It was so difficult that I
lost my hair and got high cholesterol and gout.
Money isn't important
but if I think of my family, I need to make a lot of money.
I didn't have any patients this morning, but business-
I mean...
Appointments start in the afternoon.
(Dr. Park's Clinic)
Good night, Dr. Park!
It's already time to go home?
What did you even do today?
I came here.
Is it my wife?
She must have sent me a message to cheer me up on my first day.
(XL Shopping Mall: Home & Electronics - $2,150)
Honey!
Darn it!
Why aren't I stopping her?
My wife Sa Mo-rim struggled a lot because of me.
She was there for me during my resident days.
She got our first single room house, did all the moving, and got all the furniture
She worked hard as a housewife and...
(XL Shopping Mall: Furniture - $1,250)
She bought furniture.
That reminds me.
When I was in the military,
she took care of Min-gu all by herself while being pregnant with Dong-gu.
She wore ragged clothing but never complained.
(XL Shopping Mall: Clothing - $600)
She bought clothes.
You go, honey.
My wife waited for me to open my own clinic more than I did.
She can spend some cash.
Why not?
I gave her a card yesterday so that she can use it to her heart's content.
(XL Shopping Mall: Food - $175)
What on earth is she eating?
I can just make more money.
Once I get more customers... I mean...
Once I get more patients, I can pay off my credit card.
(XL Shopping Mall: Bedding - $220)
Stop! That's enough!
I should report my card as stolen.
- I'm home. - Oh, you're back?
I'm sorry I didn't visit you on your first day at the clinic.
I was too busy preparing everything.
I knew it.
She must have been preparing a special event
because it's the first day of the clinic.
I saw that you bought something at the mall earlier.
Is it...?
My goodness! I bought an outfit!
I'm going to see my old classmates tomorrow.
They told me to buy them a meal because you opened up a clinic.
I see.
What are you doing? I told you to drink this as soon as you come home! Gosh!
Right.
Did you finish it?
Here, Dong-gu.
Min-gu!
You didn't drink one, right?
Right!
My husband takes care of the local residents'
health, while I take care of my family's health.
This is from a famous herbal medicine clinic.
It's really special.
It's a tonic that turns weak people into strong ones!
That's why I give a pouch to all of my boys every day.
Herbal tonic?
I heard it's bitter! I've never tried it before.
I always give mine to Min-gu. He'll eat anything.
My younger son is picky like me.
I'm not picky.
What year in college am I?
I'm a junior in high school!
I'm like my dad?
Then will I become bald?
Honey, I'm going out.
Where would you go this late at night?
Do I come see you after the boys go to bed?
Huh?
What are you talking about this time?
I'm just going out to pick some aesthetics up.
I made some fried chicken, so eat it with the boys.
- Let's celebrate the opening of your clinic next time, okay? - All right.
Should we eat?
Oh, my younger son Dong-gu?
Kids these days like games or friends more than their parents.
Other parents might scold or persuade their kids,
but I want to be a friend-like parent.
That way, they can comfortably talk to me if they have any problems.
Whether it's about health or love.
Are you guys dating anyone?
Why? Are you?
You little punk! What kind of ridiculous nonsense is that?
I was joking.
You always say you want to be a friend-like dad, so I made a joke.
Oh.
Min-gu, is your chicken boneless?
No, it's the same kind you're eating.
Spit the bones out! Don't eat them!
No worries! You know what they say. Young people can eat bones.
You mean rocks.
Whoa! Young people can eat rocks, too?
(Dr. Park's Clinic)
There's no way I can have so many patients already! It's only the second day!
I'm sure it'll take some time.
Marketing?
I'm not some chicken store owner!
I'm a doctor! A doctor!
I believe that if I work hard with honesty, people will recognize me.
Indeed I do!
Wow, this is nice!
Looking great!
Hello.
This reminds me of the day I opened my clinic.
- It was balding! - You mean bustling.
Balding is what's going on with your hair.
- Hey! Don't mess with us, baldies! - Be quiet, both of you!
We thought you might be busy yesterday, so we purposely came when you were free.
Fortunately, no one's here this morning.
Right! It's a good thing you all came now.
We knew that he had zero patients since yesterday.
It's not easy to open a clinic.
There are a ton of doctors who went out of
business after cluelessly waiting for patients.
- How long do you think he'll last? Three months? - Oh, come on!
He'll go for at least six months.
Six months?
That's too long!
I want to see him cry his heart out after his clinic goes under!
I feel better after their encouragements.
Let's cheer up!
That darn fly! It's so annoying!
All right.
I should use this chance to polish up my medical skills.
That's the road to honor.
(Hospital Opening Luck)
Oh my god!
Is my first customer...
I mean, my first patient here?
Please pay for the water purifier.
- Nurse Cha. - Yes, Doctor?
How long did you work at a hospital again?
About 20 years.
I see.
By any chance, do hospitals...
have opening luck?
Sorry?
- Opening luck. - What's wrong with your right arm?
- Does it hurt? - Never mind. You may leave.
Okay.
What's his deal?
Darn it.
You mean this clinic?
It's a total failure.
The location of a hospital is very important.
I have no idea why he opened up a clinic here.
Oh, me?
I worked at a university hospital, but I wanted
to work somewhere easier in my later years.
My first patient?
- Thank you, Nurse Cha. - You may sit here.
And please update those CNT files I requested earlier.
CNT?
- Current New Trend. - Where is that?
And you never requested anything like that.
I got it, so leave.
Sure.
That's what happens when you first open a clinic.
They want to look cool so they act all serious and show off.
Dr. Park is more bananas than I thought he was.
The wrinkles on her face, her bony hands, and her humped back tell me her life.
"I have nothing, but I lived for 80 years with perseverance."
"Despite so much pain, I endured it all and made it this far."
As a doctor, my job is to treat her pain and do
what I can to help her carry on with her life.
Ma'am, what seems to be the problem?
- I have so many problems. - Goodness.
The other day, my daughter sent me beef leg bone soup to nurture my body.
It was terribly heavy!
Come to think of it, she was trying to ruin me, not nurture me!
If she had a brain, she wouldn't have sent beef
bone soup to her old mother with a humped back!
She should've sent me something easier to eat like
red ginseng extract! The one that my neighbor got!
Thankfully, that beef bone soup has a lot of
calcium, so I heard it's good for the bones.
How do I know? Goodness! Don't you even watch TV?
At 8 p.m., you must watch "Dr. Bong's Hooray for Health"!
Dr. Bong is amazing!
Ma'am, what are you having trouble with again?
That's right!
I forgot to tell you that!
I have so many problems!
A few days ago, my daughter-in-law sent me deer antlers extract juice,
but they must be out of their minds because I'm
a soyang-in, so I can't have deer antlers!
How dare they send me that!
But I tried it, and it melts in my mouth.
Ma'am, you just changed "daughter" to "daughter-in-law" and
"beef bone soup" to "deer antler." It's the same story!
And what does being soyang-in have to do with deer antlers?
Why on earth are you telling me, an internal medicine specialist, this?
Anyway, I'm not going to leave them a single cent!
I see.
Goodness, visiting the doctor is exhausting.
- Ma'am, are you done? - Am I done?
- If you do this for me, it'll be all over. - Just say the word.
I have severe arthritis,
so I can't cut my toenails by myself.
Could you cut them for me?
I don't have any nail clippers at the moment.
Sure, I'll cut them for you.
(Dr. Park's Clinic)
Wow! Darling, this coffee is perfect!
"Darling"? My goodness.
- Please come often. - Man, I only come here twice a month.
Oh please.
Then you can come tomorrow, too.
Jeez, you're one smart cookie!
Darn it! It went inside my shirt.
(Director's Office)
I'm glad I came here!
I feel a lot better!
- How much do I have to pay? - $1.50.
- That's it? - Give me a discount.
You want a discount for that?
I even cut your toenails!
- You know I can't do that. - Of course I do.
Thank you.
Goodness, the doctor is so friendly!
- I should come by often. - Yes, please do.
You're going to come often?
Oh my goodness! Thank you very much!
- Goodbye. - Bye.
There's nothing easy in this world.
I realized that the path of a doctor is a rough one.
But if I think about how she'll sleep comfortably because of me...
Dr. Park, it's lunchtime.
I don't have an appetite.
- You can eat by yourself. - Sorry?
Dr. Park,
I've worked with over five doctors who have opened up their own clinics.
In the beginning, they skip their meals with the excuse
that they're too busy or that they haven't adjusted.
Do you know what happens then?
It's not the patients who become weary. It's you.
Your body does not belong to you! It belongs to the patients!
So even if you're having a hard time, you must eat.
You must take care of your health.
I really want sausage stew today,
but they'll only deliver for two or more servings.
Nurse Cha.
Yes?
I didn't know you cared about me this much.
I thought you were just a lazy nurse who wanted to waste time here.
Is he a shaman or something? He hit bull's eye!
I'm really reflecting on myself for thinking such terrible things.
I'm craving sausage stew.
Is that okay with you?
Yes, it sure is.
He can read minds, can't he?
(Dr. Park's Clinic)
(Kim Woo-ri)
My first afternoon patient?
I shouldn't get ahead of myself.
He might just chat for half an hour as well.
Hello.
What seems to be the problem?
Guess.
Pardon?
Try to guess why I came here.
You should know since you're a doctor.
I'm not some fortune teller.
So you don't know, huh?
Let me listen to your heart first.
Indigestion?
Wrong!
You must be a rookie doctor. You're out of practice.
Are you even sick? If you're faking it, please leave.
I have other patients to see.
Oh, come on. There's not a single soul out there.
That's true.
Dr. Park, I have a request.
If you buy what I'm selling, I'll leave at once.
- What you're selling? - Yup!
These are hard coins.
They're totally different from coins without any forms!
You can even eat these!
Try it.
I don't want to!
It's good though. Try it.
If you want opening luck, you can't just get a normal $50 pig head.
This is the head of a native Iberico pig that only ate acorns
from an oak tree that was struck by a lightening.
It's a native pig!
It did cost $500, but once the hospital hits jackpot, it'll be fine.
(Ji Min-ji OB/GYN)
Does pride put food on the table?
I'm going to get advice from my senior colleagues
who opened their clinics before me.
In the end, it's all about the neighbors.
Sign up for the neighborhood site, and you know what to do, right?
"He saw my face and figured out what was wrong.
I got better an hour after the medicine he prescribed me!"
Things like that.
Isn't that lying?
So? What's wrong with that? Is there a problem?
Look at me. I changed my name to Ji Min-ji
because patients don't like male OB/GYN doctors.
After changing my name, I got 30% more sales.
Gosh, that's lying, too!
So? What's wrong with that? Is there a problem?
Gosh.
(Soon Urology Clinic)
If you want to make money, you need to do skincare.
You need that in order to bring in the cash.
It's a bit iffy to do skincare as soon as I opened an internal medicine clinic.
I'm trying to save people.
Up until now, no one knew that Dr. Park would be a poor doctor all his life.
Oh my god!
- What are you doing? - What?
Are you the narrator of "I Am a Natural Person?" You're giving me the creeps!
Dr. Park, if you don't want to be poor all your life,
you must do business.
Wait a minute! Please hold on!
Sir, please give me one more chance! I'm begging you!
Matters of food poisoning are out of our hands.
Starting today, you can't open your business for 30 days.
Sir!
How could this happen when I just opened my store?
My opening ceremony will become my closing ceremony!
But he held a ritual with an expensive pig head.
I just bought a pig head.
Could I return it?
- Should I tell you this or not? - Please tell me.
Fine.
Hospitals are like businesses.
It depends on how much you empathize with your patients and understand them.
Reactions are vital.
Reactions?
Oh my goodness! Your rectum!
You must have been in so much pain!
What?
I'm fine though.
What did you say? You walked all the way here in that condition?
That's terrible! Your rectum might rip!
Gosh, what are you talking about?
You need to empathize and react like this.
You're amazing. My rectum suddenly feels like it's tearing apart in pain.
How about you try imitating me?
Oh no. Your rectum must be in horrible pain.
I don't deal with rectums though.
Try it!
"Your rectum must be in horrible pain."
I'll make sure your rectum smiles brightly.
"I'll make sure your rectum..."
I can't do this.
- Do it! - I can't!
- Then just cry! - What?
- Cry your heart out! - How can I suddenly do that?
- Please hit me once. - You mean it?
You won't regret it?
Gosh.
How could she hit me so hard?
Why does she keep telling me to cry?
I want to cry because of my huge debt anyway.
- Hello? - Dr. Park, why aren't you back yet?
- Do I have a patient? - No, you have to pay for the newspaper.
There's cash in my drawer. You can pay with that.
Gosh.
(Our Clinic)
I'm not trying to snoop around!
I'm just curious how a fellow internal medicine specialist is running his clinic.
So I bought him a gift to greet him.
These are all his patients?
It wasn't that there were no sick people. It was that they were all here.
- Hello. - Is it your first time here?
Yes. I came here to meet the director.
- We're not interested. - I'm not here to sell anything...
Gosh, my stomach hurts.
Please write your name and ID number and wait for us to call you.
All right.
Gosh, it hurts.
Ugh.
Here you go.
Park Won-jang, it's your turn.
Okay.
Oh, my apologies.
I was a bit busy. What seems to be the problem?
Well, um...
- Guess. - Pardon?
Guess why I came here. You're a doctor, so you should at least know that.
Excuse me?
That's right. I was flustered yesterday, too.
I bet he never got a patient like this before.
Let's see how great he is.
You really are sick.
It's your heart that's unwell.
If you came to sell something, I'll buy it.
If you just need money, I'll give it to you.
Instead, I need to see my sick patients as soon as possible,
so you must leave right now.
He's so cool.
So this is the vibe of a professional.
He definitely deserves success.
He's a thousand times better than I am.
I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry.
I'll be leaving now.
I can spot a rookie director who just opened up their clinic from a mile away!
I heard some fearless jerk opened up a clinic right near mine!
That's why I went to check him out.
After seeing him, I realized that there's nothing for me to worry about!
You idiot.
Is this why you became a doctor?
I've been staying up for three nights now.
Jeez, but once I finish this, I can sleep for an hour.
I'm almost done, so as long as I don't get a call, I'll be able to get some sleep...
Hello? This is intern Park Won-jang.
- Come to the NICU. - Okay.
- I'm here. - Hey, I'm glad you made it.
Take this.
Me?
Why? You don't want to?
No, of course not.
There's a problem with the saturation.
Squeeze this when it's running low.
- I'm going to nap for an hour. - Okay.
- He's at risk, so keep a close eye on him. - Will do.
Gosh, this is burdensome.
I haven't slept well.
Will I be able to do this?
No!
That scared me.
Jeez, I blacked out.
Gosh. Thank God for the alarm.
Hey!
You crazy bastard! Are you trying to kill him?
Return your doctor ID. Get out of here.
Go and get ready to go on your rounds, you scumbag!
I'm sorry, little one.
I'm sorry that it was someone stupid like me who was taking care of you.
Doctor! There was a commotion inside.
Did something happen to my baby?
No, it's...
Doctor, my baby is okay, right?
Right? He's okay, right?
Yes, he's fine!
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
- I should give you something. - Oh no, it's fine.
Please take this.
Thank you.
I...
I almost killed your baby.
I'm worthless.
Scumbag. Moron. Incompetent jerk.
Scumbag. Fool. Dimwit.
Did you do your best?
Is this why you said you'll become a doctor?
I'll do my best!
I'll give my all to patients!
I'll live for them!
I'll give my heart and soul!
(Bacchus-F)
Yes.
Let's chase patients, not money.
I won't rush. I'll polish my medical skills.
From now on, I'll live for my patients.
Reaction? The uninsured? Lie? So what if I starve a bit?
I'll go my own way. I'm a doctor.
I'm Dr. Park!
- (Nuri Card: Superior Pork Trotters - $38) - Honey!
You promised to stop using the card!
I'm the director, so why are you spending all the money?
Darn it.
What's that? The Mapo Bridge?
Mapo Bridge.
- Honey. - Oh, Mo-rim.
What are you doing here at this hour? What about your classmates?
I just ate with them and left.
Why? You haven't hung out with them in a while.
Then why did you use the card earlier?
Oh.
Ta-da!
- What's all this? - I prepared a mini-ritual.
Mo-rim.
We were too busy to have an opening ceremony.
- Let's have a drink. - Thanks.
But don't we need a pig head for a ritual?
Oh, come on. It's the heart that counts.
Why? Are you sad we don't have one?
Not at all.
I like this humble ritual with you even more.
I knew you'd say that, so I prepared this.
Ta-da! What do you think?
Do you have a death wish?
Excuse me?
Do you want to die?
And that's how we had a humble but warm ritual by ourselves.
Dr. Park, you came early today.
- Nurse Cha? - Yes?
We'll take more uninsured patients today.
First, let's aim for children.
Then we might get more patients.
Is that a problem?
We must make as much money as we can.
That's right. I think it's great.
I'll get going then.
Dear rectum... I mean...
My precious patient. You must have been in so much pain.
What seems to be the problem?
It must have been so terribly painful!
Would you like me to make it feel better?
(Dr. Park's Clinic)
(Could I become rich like you?!)
(Ta-da! Oink, oink!)
(I came to work.)
(Dun dun. Then will I become bald?)
(It was balding. You mean bustling.)
(Hic!)
(Hohoho, see you often. Smile.)
(Hehe. Give me a discount!)
(You want a discount?)
(I'll do my best! I'll give my all to patients! I'll live for them!)
(Dun dun!)