DongHwa is a complete loser whose first novel called I met Kafka brought the publishing company bankruptcy To bring home the bacon he tries to drive a taxi but only ends up running over someone One day DongHwa is offered a job to do ghostwriting for a CEO named ManChul who turns out to be the ringleader of the biggest criminal syndicate in Korea DongHwa soon finds himself perfectly at ease in the mob while ManChul starts learning about the other part of the world