In the Korean drama "Squid Game", the male protagonist Cho Sang-woo was abducted to participate in a horror game, the squid game was founded by Ki Sung-hoon, and as long as the participants have no right to quit. When the squid game enters the third level of the marbles, many people die in this level, and the rule of the marbles is that if the two sides do not divide the winners and losers, then both sides will be killed by the masked man. The pinball level is the hardest level in the game, not only to find teammates by yourself, but also to divide the winners and losers during the game, because only the winner can survive to the end. After two or two teams, many teammates killed each other, and some teammates knew that their lives had soon given up the opportunity to survive to their opponents. After passing this level, only 17 people remained from the original 200 or so contestants.
The male protagonist in the play, Cao Shangyou, chose to team up with Old Man 001, and in the process of two people playing marbles, there were also people who died, at this time Cao Shangyou and the old man knew the rules of the marble game. The old man already had cancer and knew that his life was imminent, but Cao Shangyou could not bear that the old man was killed at this level, and when the two people were arguing, the old man took the initiative to give up the only marble to Cao Shangyou. The old man died at this level, and Cao Shangyou survived.
But the old man is the biggest boss in the show, the old man and the game's manager Qi Chengxun are accomplices, and the game's bonus is the old man's legacy. The old man listened to Qi Sung-hoon's words on his deathbed and founded the squid game. When the old man participated in the first level, his identity was revealed, and in the first level, everyone was very afraid of being killed, and only the old man participated in the game with a smile on his face. The old man died because of a recurrence of illness in the final ending, not when playing marbles with Cao Shangyou, in the final ending, the old man reappeared in front of Cao Shangyou and explained to Cao Shangyou the inside story of the squid game.