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The chapter ends with the pair's tense reunion in an unexpected bathroom encounter.","key_events":["Korea beats opponent on last-second goal by Ryu Ian but loses final 5-3 to Hungary and stays in Division 1","Baek Eunsan encounters Ryu Ian in men's restroom and argues about Coach Baek's death and past funeral","Ryu Ian reviews sponsorship offers and chooses AEROS despite lower money","Locker room fight erupts between Ryu Ian and Kim Jaewon over effort and turnovers","Sports marketing team decides to prepare partnership proposal for Ryu Ian and assigns former player Baek Eunsan"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"TEN SECONDS TO GO! PASS TO RYU!\nLAST CHANCE FOR KOREA TO SCORE!\nRYU BREAKING THROUGH THE DEFENSE!\n\nONE ON ONE WITH THE GOALIE!\nWILL HE MAKE IT?!\nTHREE!\nTWO!\nONE!!\nRYU IAN SCORES!!\n\nAND WHAT A SHOT THAT WAS FROM RYU IAN!\nA WHOPPING THREE GOALS, ONE ASSIST FROM RYU IAN...\nKOREA RETAKES THE LEAD IN THE LAST SECOND TO WIN THE GAME!\n\nRYU IAN.\nTHE MAN OF THE MOMENT, AS I'M SURE YOU'LL ALL AGREE.\nPartnership Candidates 2. Ryu Ian\n29 YEARS OLD. FORWARD FOR THE TORONTO BLAZERS.\n86 BAUER\n...TAKE TEAM KOREA TO VICTORY AT THEIR FOURTH GAME OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION I!\nBORN IN CANADA TO KOREAN PARENTS...\nFIRST EVER KOREAN NATIONAL TO PLAY FOR THE NHL.\n\nEVERYONE AGREES HE WAS KEY TO THE BLAZERS' VICTORY LAST YEAR.\nHE HAS DUAL NATIONALITY AND PLAYED FOR CANADA UP UNTIL LAST YEAR...\n...BUT FOR SOME REASON HE SUDDENLY SWITCHED TO KOREA'S TEAM THIS YEAR. NATURALLY, PEOPLE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT HIM...\nESPECIALLY AFTER THAT INTERVIEW HE GAVE ABOUT WANTING TO PLAY IN HIS MOTHERLAND.\nCAN YOU BELIEVE A HOCKEY PLAYER CAN LOOK LIKE THAT?\nSO UNFAIR...\nPRECISELY. WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR HIS OVERWHELMING POPULARITY WITH FEMALE FANS.\nHE'S ALREADY DONE HIS MILITARY SERVICE, TOO.\nVOLUNTEERED, TO BOOT. THAT SEALS IT FOR THE MALE FANS.\n\nHE'S GOT A LOT TO OFFER FOR OUR CORE BASE OF CUSTOMERS.\nTHE ONLY RISK IS THAT ICE HOCKEY IS STILL A MINOR SPORT IN KOREA.\nHE MAY BE A STAR PLAYER, BUT CAN HE SINGLE-HANDEDLY TAKE KOREA'S TEAM TO THE NEXT LEVEL?\nFORGET ABOUT THE TEAM, HE'S WORTH HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD. REAL STAR POWER THERE.\nYOU KNOW THE CEO'S CRAZY ABOUT HIM.\nWE'D BETTER HURRY, THEN. NICK AND ADIDUS HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO HIM.\n\nTHEN WE'D BETTER HUSTLE AND DRAW UP A PROPOSAL, TOO.\nANYONE?\nOH, YOU KNOW WHAT...?\nDIDN'T YOU SAY YOU USED TO PLAY ICE HOCKEY?\nPartnership Candidates 2. Ryu Ian\nHUH...?\nWHO, ME?\n\nYOU PLAYED FOR THE UNIVERSITY LEAGUE! YOU EVEN MADE IT ONTO THE NATIONAL TEAM!\nREALLY? I HAD NO IDEA.\nOH... I MEAN...YES, BUT THAT WAS ALREADY TEN YEARS AGO...\nTHAT STILL MAKES YOU AN EXPERT COMPARED TO US.\nGOOD. YOU CAN WRITE THE PROPOSAL, THEN, MR. BAEK.\nI'M SURE RYU IAN WILL APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AS A FELLOW ATHLETE.\nI'm Counting On You.\nUH...THE THING IS...\nI'M ALREADY KIND OF BUSY...\nMEETING ADJOURNED, EVERYONE.\nWHY IS NO ONE LISTENING TO ME?!\nAlright, Then.\nLIVE FROM THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 1, 202X...\n\n...TEAM KOREA LOSES TO HUNGARY IN THEIR LAST GAME.\nWE WERE SO CLOSE TO A PROMOTION THIS TIME, WEREN'T WE?\n202X ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 1, GROUP A\nTEAM HUNGARY WAS JUST A LITTLE AHEAD OF US TODAY.\nRYU IAN HAS MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE WITH THE PLAYERS' TEAMWORK, THOUGH.\nYES, THAT SCORE'S NOT BAD AT ALL.\n\nHERE'S TO A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR KOREAN ICE HOCKEY!\nIAN RYU\nGOOD GAME, GUYS. AT LEAST WE'RE STILL IN DIVISION I, RIGHT?\nKOREA\nTEAM LOCKER ROOM AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY\nLAST TIME WE PLAYED HUNGARY, WE LOST 5-0!\nTHOSE GUYS ARE GETTING RUSTY, HUH?\nKOREA\nYEAH...\n\nWAY TO READ THE ROOM, BRUH.\n\nHEY, WHAT ARE ALL YOU GUYS CLAMMING UP FOR?\nYOU AFRAID OF HIM OR SOMEONE?\nUH...\nAND GO WIPE THAT LOOK OFF YOUR FACE, BUZZKILL.\nQUIT ACTING LIKE YOU CAME TO SAVE OUR ASSES WHEN ALL YOU'VE PLAYED IS TWO GAMES, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.\nYOU THINK IT'S SO EASY TO GET TO THE TOP DIVISION?\nWE ONLY PULLED IT OFF BACK IN 2018 'CAUSE OF OUR HOME-ICE ADVANTAGE THAT TIME.\nSTAYING IN DIVISION I IS A HUGE--\nTHAT...\n...IS SOME LOSER TALK.\n\nWHAT THE...?\nPROS PLAY TO WIN, DON’T THEY?\nIN WHAT UNIVERSE DOES STAYING ON IN DIVISION I COUNT AS AN ACHIEVEMENT?\nAS FOR BEING AFRAID OF ME, I’D SAY EVERYONE’S JUST PISSED WE LOST.\nEXCEPT FOR YOU, THAT IS.\nYOU FUCKER!\n\nYOU THINK YOU'RE SO GREAT, DON'T YOU?\nWHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US, HUH?! YOU THINK WE DON'T WANT IT JUST AS BAD?!\nDUDE!!\nYOU HAD SIX TURNOVERS* BY YOURSELF TODAY, SUNBAE.\nTHAT COST US TWO POINTS.\n*turnover: Losing Control Of The Puck To The Opposing Team.\nAND YOU SAY YOU WANT IT BAD?\n\nYOU...!\nARGHHH!!!!\nNICE ONE.\nSERVES HIM RIGHT.\nHERE, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ON THE BUS.\n\nWHAT'S ALL THIS?\nALL THE COMPANIES LINING UP TO SPONSOR YOU, BABY!\nAND THAT'S NOT EVEN THE WHOLE BUNCH.\nPartnership Proposals\nJUST LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANYONE YOU PREFER.\nI'LL SET UP A MEETING WITH THEM FIRST WHEN WE GET BACK TO KOREA.\nDO I REALLY HAVE TO-\nDeputy Manager Baek Eunsan Sports Marketing De\n\nAEROS? THEY'RE JUST ONE OF THE SPORTS BRANDS WHO WANT TO WORK WITH US.\nNICK AND ADIDUS ARE OFFERING MORE MONEY, TOO.\nSET ME UP WITH THESE GUYS.\n\nWHEW! IT'S GETTING HOT, ISN'T IT?\nSUMMER'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER!\nAWW, ARE YOU STILL MAD AT ME?\nIT'S ALL YOUR FAULT THAT I GOT INTO THIS MESS.\nI ASKED YOU NOT TO TELL ANYONE I USED TO PLAY HOCKEY...\nSORRY, MUST HAVE SLIPPED MY MIND.\nYEAH, RIGHT...\nBUT YOU DID A BANG-UP JOB IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME!\n\nI CAN'T BREATHE...\nYOU GO AHEAD, I NEED TO USE THE MEN'S ROOM.\nOH, OKAY. TAKE YOUR TIME!\nMEN\n\nHYUNG.\nRYU IAN...\n\nIS HERE.\n\nTHANKS FOR COMING ALL THIS WAY.\nDAD WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED IT.\n\nI CAN’T BELIEVE IT. I WAS STILL TRAINING WITH COACH BAEK JUST THREE MONTHS AGO, BACK IN CANADA.\nI OFFERED TO COVER HIS CANCER TREATMENT OVER THERE, BUT HE WOULDN'T HEAR OF IT.\nSAID HE WANTED TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY IN THE END.\nDON'T YOU THINK THAT WAS SELFISH OF HIM?\nTHE WAY HE LEFT HIS SONS OUT IN THE COLD...\n...AND CAME BACK TO YOU ONLY AT THE VERY END, SUNBAE.\n\nWHAT?\nHONEY...\nI HEARD THAT YOU QUIT HOCKEY.\nI DID WONDER WHY...\n...COACH WANTED TO GO HOME TO SEE YOU LIKE THIS.\nYOU PIECE OF-\n\nHYUNG! STOP IT!!\nHONEY!!\nNEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE HIM AGAIN AFTER THAT...\nI ALREADY HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY WE'RE OFFERING LESS MONEY THAN THE OTHERS...\nDUDE JUST WON'T GO AWAY...\n...SO I JUST NEED TO GET TODAY OVER WITH.\n\nOH, EXCUSE ME.\nYOU'RE ON MEDS NOW?\nNO LABEL, EITHER... WHAT ARE THESE FOR?\n\nI'M NOT GIVING YOU A HEADACHE, AM I?","bubble_count":149,"pages_count":27,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Melting Point Chapter 1 tells how star player Ryu Ian carries Korea to victory with a last-second goal, after which Baek Eunsan is assigned to prepare a sponsorship proposal for him.","spoiler_summary":"Melting Point Chapter 1 tells how star player Ryu Ian carries Korea to victory with a last-second goal, after which Baek Eunsan is assigned to prepare a sponsorship proposal for him. In the locker room after the match, Ian gets into a fight with a teammate, while Eunsan is drawn into the job because of her past hockey career. 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