My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 327

‘What the hell have these crazy bastards done now?’

The Great Dragon Triad was a considerable organization in Incheon, and because it was backed by China, it was too dangerous to touch. To be precise, touching them would inevitably result in at least ten deaths.

Because they were an armed crime syndicate. Of course, knowing this, the Incheon police had turned a blind eye, thinking it was best to leave well enough alone. If firearms were used, it could even involve the military if things went wrong.

“Do you happen to know who they provoked?”

“Huh? Look at this bastard. Do you think you’re in a position to ask questions, you punk?”

The Incheon Police Chief immediately lowered his head at the Commissioner General’s words.

“No, sir.”

Such a question could be interpreted as, ‘Who did you take a bribe from?’ so he immediately backed down.

“So, you’re not going to take care of it?”

“No, sir. I will handle it.”

He had to handle it. Of course, the Commissioner General roughly knew the situation, which was why he could confidently order him to take care of it.

He was officially ordering the elimination of a crime syndicate that had a firm grip on a region, and that wasn’t illegal.

“Clean it up discreetly. If necessary, I’ll even dispatch a SWAT team.”

“Yes, Commissioner General.”

With those words, the Incheon Police Chief rushed straight home. The order to ‘clean it up discreetly’ meant either truly wiping them out or, literally, making them disappear.

The former, eradicating the crime syndicate, wasn’t favored by the police because it was dangerous. They could be killed, or their families could be targeted.

In reality, the police claim there are no nationwide organizations, but the reality is that there are at least thirty nationwide crime syndicates across the country.

Of course, unlike in the past, they deceive people with the image of legitimate businesses. So, what’s the latter method, making them disappear? Naturally, it’s by receiving their help.

They make them disappear for a while, report to the higher-ups that they’ve been ‘eradicated,’ and then, once things calm down, they return and start operating under a new organization name.

And the police turn a blind eye to it, allowing them to appear to have eradicated them as ordered, thus boosting their performance.

Of course, the crime syndicate has to pay a suitable price.

Arriving home, the Incheon Police Chief immediately took out a burner phone and called Wang Jin-mu.

-Oh, Chief, I was waiting for your call. We’ve got some hot new girls. There’s even a fresh fifteen-year-old. Come on down.

“You son of a bitch, do you think this is the time for that? Who the hell did you provoke?”

At those words, Wang Jin-mu frowned.

-What are you talking about?

“An order has been issued to take you down. They said they’ll even mobilize the police special forces if necessary.”

-Police special forces?

Wang Jin-mu frowned at those words and gritted his teeth. Mobilizing the police special forces meant they were prepared for a gunfight in the worst-case scenario.

-Are they really trying to kill us?

“If they were really trying to kill you, would I be talking to you right now? Huh? Throw out some bait and disappear for a while. You know what I mean, right?”

-Yes, I understand.

Wang Jin-mu gritted his teeth as he said that. Of course, minimizing casualties was preferable, but withdrawing from here wasn’t a good situation. It meant losing the ground he had barely managed to secure.

Of course, he could reclaim it later with the unofficial cooperation of the police, but it also meant not making money in Korea for at least two years. And two years meant losing hundreds of millions.

“Clean it up quickly, and dispose of the phone immediately.”

-Yes, I understand.

After the call ended, Wang Jin-mu gritted his teeth and threw the phone down with all his might.

Smash.

The phone shattered with a loud noise, and the gang members who had been waiting outside rushed in.

“Boss, what’s going on!”

“The Shinguk [New Country] bastards stabbed us in the back.”

“Yes?”

“The cops are coming. They’re even mobilizing the police special forces, so we need to clean up properly.”

Everyone’s face hardened at those words. The police coming prepared for a gunfight meant it was truly dangerous.

“Are you sure?”

“It’s a call I just got from the Chief.”

Then it was certain. The Chief would probably go to the police station and start the eradication operation, and it would take at best two days.

“First, dispose of the luggage. All of it. And smuggle out everything we can.”

“Yes, Boss. What about the new girls?”

“For now, ship the girls to other regions. And have the new recruits stay here for the time being.”

“Yes, Boss.”

Women aren’t used as gangsters. In other words, the women who came here were all for the purpose of prostitution. As such, they could be smuggled elsewhere to make money.

In contrast, they had to provide something in return for the information. If they gave nothing, the police would keep chasing them. So, they had to hand over scapegoats, and that’s what the new recruits were for.

Those guys knew nothing about the organization and only came to Korea because they were told they could make a lot of money. They could hand them over to the police as a cover and lie low for a while.

“Damn it, those bastards.”

But that didn’t eliminate the losses from not being able to earn money during that time.

“So, this is how you want to play it?”

From Wang Jin-mu’s perspective, the only pressure from above was from Shinguk Ilbo [New Country Daily newspaper]. He had demanded 10 billion won from Shinguk Ilbo, but they had decided to eradicate them instead of paying.

“You picked the wrong opponent.”

Of course, if they were a Korean crime syndicate, that might have been possible. No matter how much they thrived in Korea, they would ultimately be in their grasp.

“I guess they didn’t know we were a Chinese organization.”

“Stupid bastards.”

That’s why they came up with a plan to crack down on them. As always.

“Everyone except the new recruits goes back to China. Smuggle out all the assets.”

“Yes, Boss.”

“And tell the Big Boss to promote this extensively.”

Wang Jin-mu smiled grimly. He intended to take revenge thoroughly.

-Shinguk Ilbo [New Country Daily newspaper], a major player in the Korean private loan industry.

-Shinguk Ilbo [New Country Daily newspaper] controls 60% of the Korean private loan industry.

-Shinguk Ilbo [New Country Daily newspaper] has been engaging in rape, prostitution, and even organ trafficking to recover loans.

-Under Shinguk Ilbo [New Country Daily newspaper], the Shin Jong-ro gang has been continuously killing or trafficking the organs of people who cannot repay their debts.

The Chinese media began to attack Shinguk Ilbo [New Country Daily newspaper] like crazy. They had been looking for an opportunity to beat down places like Shinguk Ilbo, which had anti-Chinese sentiment. Now that they had caught a thread, they wouldn’t let it go.

If it made money, they would suck it dry, but if it didn’t, or if it harmed them, they would bite until the entire clan was destroyed. That was the nature of the Chinese.

-Shinguk Ilbo [New Country Daily newspaper], the king of the Korean private loan industry.

“What is this! Huh? What the hell is going on!”

The president of Shinguk Ilbo [New Country Daily newspaper] was raging. That’s because just recently, when a threatening letter came from the Great Dragon Triad, the story was leaning towards them paying the money.

In fact, being a major player in the private loan market as a financier was a problem, but operating a crime syndicate to collect that money was an even bigger problem. Of course, they only ordered them to collect the money, but in the process, almost every crime was committed, including murder, organ trafficking, human trafficking, assault, and rape.

Even the interest rates on the loans were insane. The interest rates they set were high, but the guys working under them charged even higher rates to secure their own profits, several times the legal interest rate.

But when Shinguk Ilbo [New Country Daily newspaper] was suddenly questioned about being a major player in the private loan market, they had nothing to say.

“Why the hell?”

The most incomprehensible thing was why the Great Dragon Triad had suddenly turned around and revealed this. They were going to pay the money.

Of course, they knew that the amount of blackmail would increase over time, but they were willing to pay 10 billion won to buy time or at least have time to negotiate.

For Shinguk Ilbo [New Country Daily newspaper], 10 billion won wasn’t a huge amount of money.

But out of nowhere, these guys fled to China and started tearing Shinguk Ilbo apart in China, no, all over the world.

“How the hell did this secret leak out!”

The key executives couldn’t say a word and were on tenterhooks at the president’s words.

“Damn it. What’s the atmosphere like right now?”

“Subscribers are all leaving.”

The newspaper’s subscribers were important because they were the source of influence. Even in South Korea, the number of newspaper subscribers was decreasing rapidly every year. Most of the views and money had long come from the internet. But even that handful of people were leaving?

“Stop it at all costs!”

“But……”

“First, increase the number of copies printed. And appeal to other companies that our influence is still strong!”

Deceiving companies by increasing the number of copies printed and extorting huge sums of money from them was nothing new for media companies, or rather, newspaper companies.

Falsifying the number of copies printed was, strictly speaking, one of the long-standing tactics of Korean newspapers. There was even a self-deprecating joke that the world’s largest packaging paper manufacturer was a South Korean newspaper company.

In that situation, there was only one thing they could do. To boast about their power, they had to increase the number of copies printed in reverse.

“Damn it, what a mess.”

The president of Shinguk Ilbo [New Country Daily newspaper], unable to understand why the situation had turned out this way, felt like he was going crazy.

“Contact other media companies and stop it at all costs.”

“We’re trying to stop it, but it’s not being spread through the media, so……”

As a result, they couldn’t stop it even if they wanted to.

“Th, Representative…… No, Father.”

“What is it now?”

In the midst of all this, Shin Gal-dong cautiously called out to his father. The situation was dire, so he had to stop it at all costs, but he didn’t have the power to stop it.

“Hyunsung Group…… No, other companies have contacted us and asked us to pull their advertisements……”

“Pull their advertisements? What are you talking about?”

“They say a boycott has broken out.”

In the past, a boycott against a newspaper simply meant not buying the newspaper. But the newspaper wasn’t affected by that at all. Because they were faking the number of copies anyway, and they could just fake the advertisements as well.

But recently, that method had changed. Instead of attacking the newspaper, they attacked the companies that advertised in the newspaper. And that was more effective than they thought. In fact, Shinguk Ilbo [New Country Daily newspaper] had a hard time for a while because of that attack last time.

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