Minsik Gong

## Plot Overview

### Past

At some point in time Minsik began working at Dasom as a manager. When Madam Byeon and Siwoo enter Dasom, they develop a good relationship and often drink together. One day Miwoo, Madam Byeon and Minsik Gong are sitting together and having a conversation. Miwoo tells Madam Byeon that there is nothing better than having family and that she should get married. Madam Byeon says that’s crazy as he is already of age. Minsik asks Miwoo if she has thought about getting married, to which Miwoo replies of course, she wants to get out of this business soon and find a good man. Miwoo asks Minsik about his sister. He tells Miwoo that she is still in the hospital. Miwoo reminds him that family is everything as you may divorce your spouse, but you never split with your family. She remind Minsik to take good care of his own sister.

After having drinks, Miwoo got pretty drunk, so he had to carry her back. Miwoo starts talking about Sungjin and how Sungjin used her to spy on people to get information and how annoying it was, given that Sungjin’s wife’s death was none of her business and not even her fault, but the Jinmyung Group. Miwoo then tells Minsik that Sungjin is a romantic, and how he won’t sleep with another woman apart form his late wife, but the only times he does sleep with another woman, it is to enact his revenge.

During his time in Dasom, Miwoo offered to help Minsik with his sister's treatment. She had helped her get into a good hospital.  Miwoo would share with Minsik that by doing good here and there, perhaps one day, her own sister may also do the same, watching her example. Miwoo shared how after become a prostitute, as a older sister, she still wanted to at least have something good to pass on to Siwoo.

### After Miwoo's Death

Miwoo leaves her work phone at Dasom and so Minsik calls her place to let her know. However, it turns out Siwoo picks up and asks who is calling. Upon hearing Siwoo's voice, Minsik immediately hangs up.

A few days later, when Miwoo goes to work at Dasom, a car suddenly appears and out of the car Siwoo walks out. Siwoo begins questioning Miwoo about whether this is the foreign consulting firm she is working for. As Minsik is nearby, he immediately understands the situation and helps Miwoo out by going with the façade, giving thanks to Miwoo for the consultation and telling her the chairman is waiting inside. Miwoo assures Siwoo that it is for business purposes and tells her to go home. However, all the sudden Siwoo calls out "Manager Gong", to which Minsik reacts subconsciously, basically confirming Siwoo's suspicions about Miwoo. Siwoo runs away and she and Miwoo get in an argument where Miwoo tries to explain. However, Minsik witnesses as Miwoo is shot in the head and crushed by a truck.

After Miwoo's death, Minsik somehow gets in posession of Miwoo's phone and passes it to Sujin to give to Siwoo. However, somehow Hojin finds out about it and so after Dasom is closed down, Minsik Gong is offered 3 billion won in exchange for giving up Miwoo's phone, but he refuses. For that reason, Hojin arranges for his sister to get kicked out of the hospital and forcing other hospitals to refuse them as well, leaving Minsik having to care for her at home. He vents his anger towards Sungjin, as he is the son-in-law of Hojin Won and sends a whistleblower complaint with information about when Sungjin and other officials received a bribe from Nameum Food Company to cover up their embelzelment.

Siwoo is able to get Minsik’s phone number from Sujin and calls him, asking him to meet up. When they meet, Minsik asks Siwoo what she wants. Siwoo apologizes saying that the phone he gave her was stolen and she didn’t even get the chance to check what was inside. Siwoo thanks him for helping her. She explains that she got her hands on the records of Dasom and the list of people getting paid to stay silent, some 20 million won, others up to 100 million won. She mentions how Minsik probably could’ve gotten more if they knew he had the cellphone, to which Minsik replied that they offered him 3 billion won for the phone. Siwoo is shocked and asks why he didn’t accept. He tells Siwoo that he owes Miwoo for having helped save his younger sister in the past. She had helped her get into a good hospital. What Miwoo did for his sister is not something 3 billion won can buy. However, since, Minsik’s sister was kicked out of the hospital and now no hospital will take her in and he can only treat her at home. The director of the hospital even said that they were kicked out for not taking the money. Had he given them the phone, maybe none of this would have happened. He tells Siwoo to never meet again. However, stops him and says that it’s not his fault, but the fault of those who are pushing her sister to her death. She tells him to help her fight together. However, Minsik apologizes as he still has someone to protect.

After Siwoo leaves, calls Minsik as she thinks of a way to help him. She tells him that when she was a tennis player, there was a doctor that supported her in Korea. She explains that the doctor is a professor at a Medical University in Busan and having talking to him about Minsik’s sister, the doctor agreed to help. Thus, Siwoo asks Minsik once again to work with her. Minsik says he would like to understand more and asks Siwoo if she can come over, but tells her that he has to hang up as there seems to be a guest at his house.

As Minsik walks in, he finds Sungjin sitting by her sister’s bed waiting for him. He tells Sungjin if they can talk outside. Minsik tells Sungjin that if he wanted to find him, he could’ve contacted him to meet outside. Sungjin, however, smirks, knowing Minsik would have never agreed. Sungjin then proceeds to say that he will help with his sister and already found a hospital for her, to which Minsik reacts in anger, saying that it was him who kicked them out of the hospital in the first place. Sungjin clarifies that it was his father-in-law, Hojin Won, who kicked them out, not him. However, for Minsik, it’s all the same. Sungjin then takes out a piece of paper and mentions rumors that a recent whistleblower complaint came from Minsik. Before the hearing, he had a drink with the presidents of the TV station, and the president of KBC, one of the channels, asked him what to do with the complaint that was sent to him. Apparently in it was something about how Sungjin and some other men accepted a bribe from a said dosirak (Korean bento) company.

Sungjin congratulates Minsik, saying that he did quite the preparation and that his complaint is well organized, exposing both the corruption in government and business. Sungjin tells him that his letter is exemplary, but one detail and it would be perfect, that would be to remove an irrelevant name from it. Minsik asks Sungjin if he is asking him to remove Sungjin’s name from the report. Sungjin says it should be child’s play. However, Minsik says that even if he were to do so, other people would mention Sungjin’s name. Sungjin tells him to testify in person as the prosecutor’s office would act according to the script he wrote. All Minsik has to do is smooth things over until Sunjin gets elected to be in office as the deputy prime minister. Sungjin tells him if he does as told, then he’d make sure her sister would be treated in a hospital and at the same time still be the true patriot who exposes the corruptions of this country, for the exception fo Sungjin’s corruption. He reminds him of how Miwoo ended up and tells him what is the point of holding onto pride.

After Sungjin drives away, Siwoo suddenly appears before Minsik. It appears she was hiding behind a pole listening to the whole conversation. She tells Minsik to not modify the complaint and just send it to some other media. Minsik is surprised the Siwoo is here. He tells Siwoo that he had sent that letter of accusation because he thought there was no hope of his sister to receive treatment. But now that there is hope, provided by Sungjin, why should he listen to her. Siwoo threatens Minsik saying that if he agrees to her proposal, she will assume all resposniblity for his sister’s treatment, but if he does as Sungjin says, then she cannot guarantee his or his sister’s future. As Minsik is still confounded by what Siwoo meant by the last statement, Siwoo holds the broken glass to his neck, saying he will get rid of all the people who took part in the murder of Miwoo.

Minsik still refuses Siwoo saying that he cannot just trust her word and refuse Sungjin’s help and tells Siwoo to go ahead if he wants to stab him. However, as Minsik leaves, Siwoo reminds Minsik that once Sungjin is done using him, he would discard him. However, Minsik tells Siwoo that at least that way, his sister won’t have to die so soon.

Minsik sees the news report on Sungjin’s involvement with the Nameum Food Company incident, of how this is based on a whistleblower complaint sent by Minsik Gong, which reveals details of how Sungjin Kim was suspected of receiving 300 million won from Nameum Food Company as bribery in a nightclub.

Minsik is in shock as he was sure he removed Sungjin’s name before sending it in. He is nervous for his sister’s life. At that moment, he receives a call from Sungjin and immediately clarifies that he was not the one who sent out that information. That he only did as told. Sungjin asks Minsik that if he was not the one responsible, then who it was. Minsik thinks for a few seconds, and hesitantly says that just the day before, Siwoo had come to her house.

Minsik contacts Siwoo telling her he would like to meet and Siwoo agrees. They at a coffee shop and Siwoo hands a piece of paper over to Minsik and explains that it is a letter of recommendation to the Mayo Clinic in the US, that if he show this to them, his sister can get first class medical treatment. Siwoo tells him that she wasn’t able to find a suitable hospital in Korea, so she had to pull some strings to get this recommendation. However, because the costs are high in the US, Siwoo would find a way to send the money. Minsik asks why Siwoo is helping them, to which Siwoo answers that her sister, Miwoo, would have done the same.

Siwoo looks out the window and notices some guys coming of a car. Minisk apologizes, telling her he had no choice and how Sungjin called him and he told him about Siwoo visiting him. Siwoo is in shock as she realizes she has been sold out. Remembering what Siwoo said before about how Sungjin would discard him after he was of no more use to him, Minsik tells Siwoo that Sungjin wants him to take the bullet and say that the whistleblower complaint was fake. Minsik tells her that regardless of whoever released the news, what is important is if he actually wrote the letter. Siwoo asks who actually sent the letter and spread the news? Minsik says he doesn’t know who sent it either and tells Siwoo to go out the back door before the police show up. He apologies for having brought out Siwoo’s name in the conversation with Sungjin and asks Siwoo to take care of his sister. By the time the police come in, Siwoo had already left.

The news reports on the embezzelment case of the Nameum Food Company and how Minsik Gong, the person who had pressed charges against Sungjin Kim, was arrested yesterday afternoon under the charges of false accusations and damage to reputation. According to his own statements, Minsik Gong after resigning as the manager of a nightclub, began gambling overseas and betting on horse races, accruing a debt of 500 million won. This led to the whole situation, most likely fueled by Minsik’s own resentment towards society. Furthermore, the prosecutors mention that the alleged audio recordings do not exist, thus Minsik seems to be the only involved.

### After Inprisonment

Minsik sends a letter from prison to Siwoo to request to see her. Madam Byeon helps deliver the letter to her, as Siwoo is staying home due to the small scandal on the tabloid of the picture of Jonghoon and Siwoo together.

In prison, Minsik is told he has visitor and walks out to meet Siwoo. He tells Siwoo that he wasn’t sure she would come and tells Siwoo that he is thankful for her for helping his sister find a hospital and pay for the bills. He tells Siwoo that he recently saw the news about her and Sungjin’s son, Jonghoon and knew immediately that Siwoo was still trying to get revenge for Miwoo. He tells Siwoo that he cannot imagine what it is like to lose a dear family member and that now he was ready to tell her about Sungjin. He tells Siwoo about what Miwoo told him behind when she was drunk, about how Sungjin had lost his wife to the Jinmyung Group and wanted revenge and used Miwoo to do so.

Minsik tells Siwoo that looking back at all the people Miwoo was targeting and getting information from, most of them were high-ranking executives from the Jinmyung Group and among one of them was Jeongin's father, Namkyun Kim, the former Managing Director of the Jinmyung Group.

## Relationships

**Family**

* Unnamed Sister - Minsik's younger sister, who is very important to him. She has a sickness that requires constant care, which is why Minsik was indebted to Miwoo for having helped him in the past find a hospital. However, later on, she was kicked out when Minsik refused to take the money from the Jinmyung Group to give up Miwoo's phone.

**Dasom**

* Madam Byeon -
* Chansoo Lee - Minsik's boss and the owner of Dasom. Their interactions are never shown, so it is hard to describe what kind of relationship they had apart from boss/employee.
* Sujin - After Miwoo's death, Minsik passes on Miwoo's phone to Sujin to deliver it to Siwoo.

**Allies**

* Miwoo Ha -
* Siwoo Ha -

**Enemies**

* Sungjin Kim -

## Abilities

Minsik does not have any extraordinary abilities, but given that he is a manager in Dasom, he probably has strong management skills.

## References

1. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.30
2. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.30
3. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.14
4. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.17
5. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 1, Ep.3
6. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 1, Ep.6
7. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.14
8. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.15
9. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.14
10. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.15
11. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.15
12. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.15
13. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.15
14. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.16
15. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.16
16. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.16
17. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.17
18. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.17
19. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.18
20. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.29
21. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.30
22. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.31