Whenever I thought of my childhood,
the first thing that came to mind was
the streets of Europe.
The place where classical music was in the air.
Where every corner you turned
I could hear classical music.
I had watched countless performances while
traveling around Europe with my dad who was a pianist,
but the greatest performance in my life was in Korea.
Sebastian Vieira.
The moment he raised his baton
I knew
that he would be my mentor for life.
That violin is off tune.
Who are you?
He's the son of the pianist, Cha Dongu.
- What's your name? / - Yujin. Cha Yujin.
Yujin?
(1 Year after) Maestro.
If I go to Europe
will you take me as your student?
Of course, you're already my student, Yujin.
When you come to Europe, please look for me.
Mr. Vieira.
What am I doing here right now?
Yujin.
He's so good-looking.
I can't date anyone because of Yujin.
All other guys look just like squids.
The bowing is a mess.
Wrong... you're half a key flat.
You're singing too loud and it's all wrong.
All of it!
Even that punk is going to Germany to study.
Did you see the news about me?
Call me when you come to Germany to study.
I'll let you meet Mr. Vieira.
I may become his pupil.
Mr. Vieira.
What should I do?
I think I've lost my way.
Stop playing however you want!
Do you think that being self-centered and play
however you want is the creative interpretation?
The concerto is coming up soon!
What's this?
The full score.
Why is a piano piece a full score?
You checked it thoroughly, too.
What is it? Do you plan to quit the piano
and become a conductor or something?
No wonder you wouldn't listen to me
even with a concerto coming up.
You don't want competition nor care about the concerto.
You also totally disregard your teacher!
I thought something was wrong.
Do you plan to transfer to conducting?
Don't judge because our interpretations differ.
I've always been serious when I'm in front of a piano.
What? You punk!
A great performance begins with playing accurately?
Your lessons are only geared toward competitions.
It's the same lesson, the same techniques to everyone.
You force practice just to win titles!
It's for you!
Go out there! Each title gives you a power!
Isn't it only for yourself?
The more titles your students have
the better you look.
What? You punk. Are you done?
No, not at all!
Stop!
Get out.
You're expelled!
A punk who argues with a professor doesn't belong here!
Who's this?
It's kind of good.
Not bad.
Who's playing?
Cha Yujin!
Hey.
Are you dropping out of school?
Again? I'm so sick of it.
It's so nice.
Seol Naeil, aren't you supposed to go to work today?
Work?
Work!
Right! I have to go to work.
Grandpa said
"if you go to the woods, a scary wolf will come out."
It's okay. I'm a brave boy.
I'm not afraid of wolves.
What do you mean? Of course, you have to apologize.
Do Gangjae turned out the most award-winners
and he's the next president of the department.
If you hate the piano so much
transfer into conducting, which is what you truly want.
My teacher is Sebastian Vieira.
The teachers here are a joke. I'd rather teach myself.
Then go study abroad. I won't stop you anymore.
Vieira, Vieira, you're always mentioning his name.
Why won't you go to Europe to learn under him?
Dogyeong, do you want to stay with me today?
I don't want to be alone.
Yujin.
Why did you become so lame?
- What? / - I can't do it anymore.
Let's break up.
Dogyeong.
Don't worry about a thing, Mom.
I work once a week at a kindergarten.
What?
Of course, I lock the door and am careful with men.
Good night.
Sorry, I ate chocolate again.
Yummy.
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
You can't sleep here. You'll catch a cold.
Please wake up.
That won't work. Sorry.
One more time.
Is he up?
Oh!
He's good-looking.
How could a man smell so nice?
It's the same piano sound that I heard in the school.
Hello.
Hello. Good morning.
Did you sleep well?
Where am I? Is this the dump site?
This isn't the dump site. This is my house.
How could this be a house?
But why am I naked?
Why? You really don't know?
No. Should I?
You must not remember what happened last night.
Or are you pretending not to remember?
There's no reason for that
since nothing happened, right?
Do you really don't remember
what happened last night?
- Last night, you and I... / - Get lost, Garbage Girl!
Oh, hello, cockroach.
She lives next door! Shoot.
Wait! You can't leave yet!
Where did he go?
Hey!
Gross!
Full of germs! Ugh!
Hello.
This is a dream. This is not reality.
I got drunk and dreamed I woke up in a dump site.
A disgusting bad dream.
You must not remember what happened last night.
Or are you pretending not to remember?
Don't remember. I can't remember.
I can't remember.
Don't remember!
Yeah, I don't remember anything.
It's of course,
because there is nothing to remember.
Senior.
Senior?
Does she go to my school?
Double shot of espresso...
no, make it triple.
Something that will wake me up. Make it strong.
Okay.
He's being expelled.
Cha Yujin is expelled, so no!
Expel Cha Dongu's son?
Cha Dongu's son can get away when he breaks the rules?
This isn't a hierarchical society.
It's mutiny! Whether in the military or in school
mutiny must be dealt immediately.
Of course.
If you let Yujin get away with this,
all discipline in the school would be failed.
I understand how you feel, Professor Do.
On my way here, I wondered
if I had caused this incident.
A music academy is not the military.
Musicians must be free wherever they are.
Perhaps my strict rules made Yujin arrogant.
That couldn't be.
The brat, Yujin was born that way.
It isn't because of your teaching method as a dean.
Thank you for saying that.
But if his natural personality is the problem,
shouldn't we use reform rather than punishment?
- Madam. / - Of course, he must be punished, too.
We'll begin by excluding him from your classes
who has turned out most award winners from our school.
That's not enough to...
I feel bad bringing in someone who isn't here now
but how about we give him to Professor Ahn?
Going from the best professor to Professor Ahn
to him will be a shock to his pride.
I'm sorry. I had the wrong time.
You're right on time.
I wanted to ask you for a favor, anyway.
A favor?
Did you commit a crime? Why are you so nervous?
Yeah, there's nothing wrong.
Who knows if she even goes to my school?
Senior!
Senior!
Why did you just leave like that this morning?
I was hurt.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Are you shy?
Senior!
Here we go!
I washed your shirt and dried it with a fan.
Look. There isn't a single stain.
Look.
Nothing beats a hand-wash.
You don't know what this is?
It's your shirt that I took off of you last night.
It must've been a dream.
- It wasn't a dream. / - Yes, it was.
I dreamed that I was sleeping in a dump site.
That's my house.
I didn't clean last night.
Is your house a dump site?
Now, you remember.
- It was a dream. / - Of course, it was.
You know it was real, don't you?
No, I don't.
Stop lying!
Hey! Take your shirt! Hey!
Professor Do!
Excuse me, Professor Do.
You're really handing over Cha Yujin to me?
He's the best student in our school.
He has the most talent but has terrible personality.
He'll never follow your lesson.
Right? This is so burdensome.
Hey! Take your shirt! Hey!
Ah...
There is a very unique student in my class.
What if I put them together for a duet?
He hates concertos. You think he'd do a duet?
Don't waste your time.
- Ugh. / - Your shirt!
- Stop chasing me! / - Take your shirt!
Professor, would you like to make a bet?
Seriously?
You don't look well.
You were dumped by Professor Do, and now you have to
study under Professor Ahn. It must be a shocker.
Who's Professor Ahn?
You don't know Professor Ahn Geonseong?
He's the leftover expert.
It starts with pianissimo? Not forget?
It's neither.
It's apiachere.
It's whatever I please.
You can't control your farts
It changes each time.
It'll sound good if it ends in staccato.
You're right.
It needs to be small at first.
It's like gas is filling up within you.
Then suddenly, crescendo! Fart!
- Let's start from the beginning. / - Yes, sir.
A little more. Good.
Did I really become a leftover?
Son.
Son.
It's time to get up. Wake up.
That's right...that's my boy.
What time is it?
Stop!
- Yes? / - Yoo Ilrak.
Who said you could play the electric violin at my exam?
This. My heart said so.
Free rock meets classical music.
The crossover where the soul is alive.
Today's rock is tomorrow's classical music.
You forgot that freedom comes with responsibility.
You get a zero.
No, then I'll be held back.
Didn't you expect that?
Please, professor!
If I'm held back, my dad will kill me.
You know how my dad is.
If I'm held back
my dad, who's dying to get married
will literally kill me.
Professor!
Fine, I'll give you a retest.
Prepare for a piano collaboration.
Collaboration?
Do you want me to do some boring performance?
with a conceited, arrogant pianist?
Yes, that's what I want.
You can be held back, if you want.
I'll do it.
I'll do the performance that you want.
Who's the best pianist in our school?
I'll give you a chance to
collaborate with me, Yoo Ilrak.
Your mind controls your body.
You body can go anywhere.
Look at the world through the eyes of your mind.
There is a red, juicy apple in front of you.
Now, repeat after me.
This is an apple.
This is an apple.
This is a delicious apple.
This is a delicious apple.
Now slowly, take a bite of the apple.
Your tongue tastes the fragrance of the apple.
Apple, my butt.
I can try 100 times, it'll be an onion.
Hypnosis treatment? What a fraud.
Mind controls the universe.
Close your eyes and meditate.
Shoot!
Hey, 302! Cockroach! Open up!
Open up!
Did you come to see me?
Isn't that my shirt?
I had no clean clothes, so I borrowed it.
It isn't dirty. You can put it on...
Throw it out right now!
Oh, no!
Ugh!
What are you doing?
I'm usually very tidy
but I forgot to buy garbage bags.
Those things are like...
if you see one, there are hundreds hiding.
- What? What is? / - I'm talking about roaches!
They can survive two weeks on just water.
They'll survive even if the earth were to be destroyed!
Look at this place! That's why they're all chubby
and crawl into my house!
Chubby? How cute.
I want to go to your house and see the cockroaches.
Don't come over, you cockroach!
Yes, this house is the problem.
Where is it? Why don't I see it?
What are you looking for?
Your vacuum machine.
A vacuum. A robotic vacuum cleaner. Even a broom.
Well... So...
Where did I put it? In the bathroom?
Why is that in the bathroom?
Ugh!
I'll kill you all.
Get out!
Wait. No!
This is precious to me!
Please!
What is this?
Curry. I was saving it.
Are you crazy? You'll die if you eat this!
Stop it!
Come on.
- A-cup? / - I'm not an A-cup!
It's so clean.
- What's this? / - It is a pastry from Kim Takgu.
- What? Kim Takgu? / - It's better than Majun's...
What are you doing? Just take out the trash.
Why are you doing this to my house?
I'm sorry. Please spare me.
Get out!
No!
Why must I do this? Why?
Why me?
Why did I do this?
Oh my gosh.
The piano sounds completely different.
Is it because you're here?
The sound reverberates better because there's no trash.
What song is that?
This is "Song of Love."
It's our song.
A song expressing our future together.
Change the title, or you're dead.
Such a passionate expression is too much to take yet.
Play that again.
Yes, sir!
Play same as before.
Um, how did I play it before?
Like this.
- Again. / - I don't think I got it wrong.
She plays however she wants, but it's not bad.
Yeah, like that. Like it's flowing.
This is fun.
How did you remember after hearing it once?
Everyone can do that.
Don't act like you know me in school.
We're complete strangers, got it?
Yes, sir! We're complete strangers!
- Please. / - Please.
Bye-bye.
I'd like to present to you, professors
the project that I have been working on.
An orchestra is a brand
that represents a city, and even a nation
like the Vienna Boys Choir and the London Philharmonic.
We at Haneum want to create such an orchestra.
I'm sorry.
You are so idealistic.
We're falling behind Saeyeon in our result at contests
and employment rate after graduation.
The students need a realistic plan rather than dreams.
Isn't our motto "Turn dreams into reality"?
If this dream comes true
Haneum will become an international brand.
- Madam. / - In order to take our first step toward
realizing our dream, I invited a professor.
It is the conductor, Franz von Stresemann.
You mean maestro Franz von Stresemann?
The first conductor of London Symphony
and New York Philharmonic?
Yes, he is coming here.
Disappeared? What do you mean?
I said to bring him straight to the school.
He doesn't even speak Korean. Where could he have gone?
Where would you like to go?
Oh... please.
In Korea...
What is "Red Light District" in Korean?
Somewhere with eye candy.
Somewhere with eye candy, please.
- Eye candy? / - Yes. Correct.
I saw in Korean dramas.
Eye candy.
Dramas. Eye candy?
Sure, there are a lot of eye candies there.
Shall I take you there?
Thank you.
It is...a nice view.
Things will change once maestro Stresemann comes.
If he comes, that would be great.
Right?
If one of the students becomes his pupil...
How's Cha Yujin's duet coming along?
That's right. We made a bet, didn't we?
I'd better call them today.
Do you want to come and see?
You think he'd show up only because you call?
Hi Yujin.
So you finally show up, now that I called you.
Say hi. She lives next door to you.
My favorite student, Seol Naeil.
Hello, I'm Seol Naeil.
Seol Naeil? Even her name is strange.
How much did you tell?
I told you we're complete strangers, no matter what.
That's right.
Professor, I don't know Yujin.
We do live next door from each other
but let's just say we don't know each other.
That's not good. You need to do a piano duet.
A piano duet with this thing?
- Yup. / - Yup.
With me.
He comes just because he was called?
But then again, he used to have a manner.
That was more annoying.
If it has nothing to do with my lesson, I'll go now.
There's a rumor you've been dumped by Professor Do.
You want to get dumped by me, too?
If you walk out now, I'll refuse to teach you.
Then the news will eventually spread.
Cha Yujin was dumped by the leftover expert.
The leftover of leftovers.
The King of Leftovers.
Are you threatening me?
Yup. It's a threat.
I refuse
especially if it's a threat.
You don't want to come to class, right? There is a way.
Just do the duet.
Then you're excused from my class and get an A+.
A.
He's making a cheap offer like that
to that posh Cha Yujin?
It was really fun that time, wasn't it?
Right?
Do you want to have fun again like that time?
There's a piano right there.
I just have to do the duet?
- Yeah. / - Yay! I'm so excited!
Let's have fun again and play.
We're doing a duet. I'm so happy.
This is cheating.
Grades and class? Who can't control him like that?
Right? Then should we call off the bet?
Who said anything about calling it off?
Why do you try to make me look petty?
I'll keep my promise. So what is your request?
I'll tell you another time.
Let's finish this quickly, Professor Ahn!
First, allegro. Slower than the original...
A two-piano with Yujin.
Let's get ready.
Yes, sir!
You got it wrong already?
I did? Sorry, sorry.
- Again. / - Sorry.
Why do you keep missing the note?
I don't think I got it wrong this time.
Again.
Open your eyes and look at the sheet music!
You don't even have the sheet music open.
I can't read the sheet music. I memorize by ear.
Why not? Are you Stevie Wonder or something?
That's why you play whatever.
Do you think you can play well like that?
What am I supposed to play?
The top or bottom?
The top. Piano one.
Sit straight.
Again.
I'm hungry.
I'm hungry, too.
The second piano keeps...
I don't want to do it.
You're the one who wanted to first.
I don't want to.
I really don't want to anymore. I won't!
It's late. You want to stay up all night?
You're only extending the hours of practice like this.
- I won't do it. / - Again.
Ah!
You haven't memorized it yet. Again!
It hurts. Please stop.
- Again! / - It hurts.
Ugh.
Again!
Is that all you can do? Again!
I told you to stop!
He can't still be practicing. Did he leave?
I'm the best in the violin department, Yoo Ilrak.
I heard you're the best in the piano department?
Do you want to do the duet with me?
How could she bite me?
Beethoven's Violin Sonata Number Five. Spring.
If you play with me, it'll make you tremble.
I cleaned, did laundry and gave her a lesson.
And she bites me?
You look doubtful.
Yeah? Is that it?
How can I play with someone who can't read the sheet?
It isn't for me!
It's for you!
Go out there! Each title gives you power!
How did you feel after hearing my soul?
Just wait and see!
I'll find a much better pianist than you!
Seol Naeil!
I figured food works better than cleaning or laundry.
Hey! This is the third floor!
I'll let you go once you finish eating, okay?
I won't make you practice. You said you were hungry.
Really?
Really.
This is seriously good.
It is much better than my mom's.
And I totally love tuna.
Breakfast for tomorrow is squid over rice.
It'll be better than this.
Whoa, I totally love squid.
I'll make you steak, too. It beats the hotel chef's.
Steak? Medium? Well-done?
Oh, yeah! I'm eating beef! It's been so long!
You rock.
So let's do the duet.
I won't get mad.
You said you can't wait until I memorize it.
I recorded your part, so memorize by ear.
You said you remember it by ear.
Ah...
Sorry.
You never make a pianist's hand get hurt.
I was wrong, too.
You really recorded it, right?
I can memorize by ear.
- Something is not right. / - What?
Is it broken?
Your hair smells.
Gross. You're so dirty.
That can't be. I washed it a few days ago.
What's wrong with this smell? I shampoo twice a week.
I'm cleaner than I look.
Don't look at me like that.
I washed my hair.
Hey!
Stop it! I washed my hair three days ago!
- What's this wastewater? / - Wastewater?
- How could you say that? / - Be quiet!
I told you to stop!
Mommy...
I hate you!
It smells so good.
I feel like a princess being served and pampered.
I feel like I'm drying a dog caught in the rain.
Which breed?
A retriever? A maltese?
Just a dog.
Woof!
Watch your back, Yujin.
Hit the notes accurately.
You're slowing down.
Softer.
Tempo.
This is not right somehow.
She's playing more and more accurately, but...
So what's the problem?
A person who shone as brightly as
a delicate and beautiful performance.
You, who were called "Gem in the East"
are still just as beautiful.
Mina.
You still make my heart beats fast.
- Naeil. / - Yes? What is it?
Play however you want, this time.
Really? Why all of sudden?
- You don't want to? / - I do! I totally do!
But may I really do that?
You memorized the sheet music,
so play however you want.
But you said before that
teamwork is the most important thing in a duet.
I'll accommodate you.
I can accommodate you all the way.
So feel free to play.
Are you all ready?
- Hello. / - Yes.
Okay, let's have fun.
Okay.
I knew from the start that her performance is
special because she does it her own way.
I understand all of your habits
so I can accommodate you.
Only I can do it.
There's that lip. She's gone, now.
Here, she'll flow
and here, she'll bounce.
And
she will fly.
Cantabile, like singing.
Professor Vieira had said that
toes recognize a great performance first.
The toes move in response to the emotions flooding in.
Naeil.
I can accommodate you all the way.
So feel free to play.
Whenever I thought of my childhood
the first thing that came to my mind
was the streets of Europe.
The place where classical music was in the air
where every corner you turned
you could hear classical music.
I thought only the place where Professor Vieira
was the true world of classical music.
I thought I could never find the meaning, joy
or value in doing music in a place like this
which lacked the foundation of classical music.
Professor Vieira,
I think there may be something for me to do here.
I am excited.
My heart feels tight and fluttering.
You fell in love with me.
My feet are itching. I want to run into your arms.
Easy.
Stresemann Orchestra?
Classical music isn't boring.
Your pathetic performance is boring.
What was that?
I got you, you pervert.
I'll save you!
Transfer.
You want to conduct, right?
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