Running Man (런닝맨)

(This program contains indirect advertisements.)

(The busy footsteps of office workers wake the morning up.)

Gosh, it's cold.

The weather suddenly turned cold.

My name is Yu Jae Seok.

I'm the general manager at Run and Fun Event Company.

It's cold.

- I should go. - First floor.

It's already been 16 years since I joined this company.

With a spirit of self-sacrifice, sparing no effort for laughter,

I've worked day and night.

I have to wear something underneath.

But this is... All right.

Thanks to that, word of mouth began to spread about the company.

And now, the Run and Fun Event Company is...

experiencing its busiest days since its founding.

Please get ready. Okay?

- Yes. - Okay!

- Let's go! - Let's have a team dinner.

These people are my precious colleagues.

You have to know stuff like this.

- "Daily Common Knowledge." - That sounds good.

Can I have it?

- Do you know the Engel index? - Engel index?

I mean, the Engel coefficient.

(The bat-blind employee can't even read well.)

- It says here. - The Engel coefficient?

Yes. You have to know things like this...

for our event company to run smoothly.

Yang Se Chan, an employee with an empty head...

(Empty in the head, sly in behavior, Employee Yang Se Chan)

but exceptional recreational skills.

Can I turn off the heater?

- The heater? - Yes.

- You're the youngest employee here. - Yes.

Someone higher up in the managerial ranks can decide it.

It's not something we can decide among ourselves.

- Alright. - Okay?

It's dry, though.

- Dry? - My skin is dry.

Ji Ye Eun, a Gen Z employee.

(Gen Z who speaks her mind, Employee Ji Ye Eun)

You're not here to take care of your skin.

Get a grip. Alright?

Actually, we should get here first...

- and greet people at the entrance. - Okay.

- This is an event company. - Yes.

- We should greet them specially. - How?

We should look cheerful like this.

(He teaches her the tricks to get on the boss's good side.)

This is an event company.

Okay.

Okay.

(The older colleagues arrive at the office.)

All right.

Good morning.

- Hello. - Good morning. Okay.

- Morning. - Good day.

- One, two, three. - One, two, three.

- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

- All right. Hi. - Have you been doing well?

- Did you have a good weekend? - Yes.

Okay. I like your bright expression.

- Nice. - Hello.

(They were able to get on their good side.)

- Good morning. - Good.

- Hi. - Good morning.

- Thanks. - Okay. Wear your ID properly.

Wear your ID properly.

- Keep it straight. - Okay.

(Deputy Manager Kook enforces discipline as soon as he arrives.)

Okay. Nice.

Good.

- Yes, sir. - Okay. Nice.

Good.

Is this a gangster company?

A thug is...

So, what is it?

(The company’s discipline enforcer, Deputy Manager Kook)

Kim Jong Kook, a deputy manager with actual influence,

who enforces discipline in the company.

Where's my desk?

It's over here.

- Okay. - Your desk is here.

Good.

(He weaves his way through them like parting the Red Sea.)

- Next to General Manager Yu? - It's here.

- Darn it. I'm sitting... - Nice.

(Haha's seat is next to General Manager Yu.)

- next to General Manager Yu? - Yes.

- Darn it. - Manager Ha.

- You can do this. - Gosh, Manager Song.

Song Ji Hyo, a manager who is in charge of good looks.

Manager Song.

- All right. - Congratulations on your promotion.

- Thank you. - How did you get promoted?

She was just in charge of wining and dining.

- That's how I got promoted. - I see.

Isn't it that she's demoted?

- I'm happy for you. - She was at the director level.

That's not true.

- You got promoted. - Thank you.

(A crazy company where heavy drinkers get rapid promotions)

- Okay. - Good luck.

All right. Good.

- What are we having for lunch? - Okay.

Lunch?

(He thinks about eating as soon as he gets to work.)

- Tell me what you want, - Talking about lunch already?

and I'll get it ready.

- This is nice. - Let's have gukbap.

- Like this? - Gukbap?

You know, General Manager Yu likes gukbap.

- Gukbap? - Gukbap sounds good.

Haha, a manager who desperately tries to keep up...

with the latest trends as Young Forty.

What did you do on the weekend?

On the weekend?

That's my privacy, so I can't tell you.

- Hang on. - That's my personal life.

You can't tell us because it's your privacy?

Why are you doing this all of a sudden?

I mean... Hang on.

- Sit. - Do you hit people at work?

- Sit. - It's my personal life.

That's ridiculous. We're family.

- That's true. - We are family, but...

- We're family. - Did you not know...

- These days... - Did you not know...

we had thugs at the company?

- We have thugs? - Why do young people these days...

- express their personal opinions? - You're right.

I'm not expressing my opinion.

(The family-style company has no such thing as privacy.)

It's something personal, so...

Can't we stay on intimate terms?

After work, it's about my personal life.

Listen, guys.

You can't keep blocking communication like this.

By the way, you're just a manager.

You can't cut in when the deputy manager is talking.

It's arrogant of you to do that.

You can't cut in when the deputy manager is talking.

It's arrogant of you to do that.

- I need to tell him. - You're well aware of that.

And look at your posture.

You seem a bit presumptuous in front of the deputy manager.

You rude little brat.

In the 1970s, you would've gotten slapped in the face.

Why are you acting like an old fossil?

(The mood gets tense due to Manager Ha's boomer behavior.)

We aren't in the 1970s.

- This is 2026. - Hang on.

Yesterday, leaving us out, these two...

- What? - That's not true.

- They went on a date. - No.

They talked about it in the company chat room.

- Date? - Really?

- It's in the company chat room. - No.

(Young Forty Ha was upset that the younger crowd left him out.)

- Is that true? - You went on a date?

I didn't expect you to do that, Ye Eun.

- What... - I went to church.

- Church? - He waited in front of the church.

- While eating janchi guksu. - I...

I evangelized him.

- Evangelize him? - Evangelize him?

Hello, General Manager Yu.

- Hello. - You're here.

- You're here. - Hello.

And there's me, General Manager Yu Jae Seok,

(Top contributor to the founding, General Manager Yu)

who loves the company more than anyone else.

- Hi. - Hello, General Manager Yu.

(General Manager Yu will take care of the boomer behavior.)

Good morning.

Why are you chatting instead of doing your work?

- Work? - That's not it.

- We weren't chatting. - Hello.

I was trying to discipline the employees.

What's up with you today? Why are you wearing yellow?

I wanted to look bright and cheerful...

(He wore bright clothes instead of his usual thug-like look.)

because it's spring.

I should look bright and colorful.

I believe that's the right thing for an event company.

General Manager Yu.

Let's have a team dinner tonight.

- What? - To encourage the employees.

- By the way... - They look so down.

Do you not know times have changed?

- Let's do this. - These days...

- Who likes a team dinner now? - Who likes it these days?