My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 328

“Pull the ad?”

The president of Shinguk Daily ground his teeth. Of course, he understood. Even he would have to pull it in this situation.

“Damn it.”

Until recently, he had been threatening to place the ad. And they were almost there. But now, conversely, even the existing ads were developing holes [experiencing cancellations or negative impacts].

“Chairman, should we retaliate? If we use the information we have, we could make things difficult for them….”

*Thwack!*

The next moment, the director was struck by the nameplate the chairman threw and fell to the floor.

“You crazy bastard! Does that make sense? Retaliation in this situation? Retaliation? Are you trying to ruin our company!”

If the opposition was just a single entity and on a small scale, they could exert their influence through retaliation. But that wasn’t possible now. From long experience in running a media company, he knew that the requests to pull ads wouldn’t be isolated incidents, and would include major corporations.

But retaliate against those companies? It was like openly declaring war on dozens of entities, not just one. Moreover, they were in a situation where they were under suspicion by the entire nation regarding private loans.

Turning all the major corporations into enemies in this situation? It was like asking to be killed.

“You crazy bastard! Pull the ad right now! And drag that bastard out and replace him!”

Since they had no other recourse, they could only shout like that.

“Interesting. Very interesting.”

Bae Deok-gi was in a good mood. He had completely and cleanly escaped from Shinguk Daily’s offensive range.

“I told you I could get out of it, didn’t I?”

“You did. Did you perhaps predict that the public would rise up?”

“Because it’s about private loans. And there are definitely victims. In fact, there can’t *not* be.”

Kidnapping women who borrowed money and forcing them into prostitution was a common occurrence in the private loan market, and selling organs through the mediation of the private loan market was also a frequent occurrence.

“If there were no such victims, it would be different, but if there are, the story changes.”

Of course, actual victims exist. The problem is whether they are victims of other private loan markets or victims of Shinguk Daily.

All that’s going out on Chinese, no, now global media and news, is that Shinguk Daily is a major player in the private loan market.

“But I don’t know why it’s being reported as 60% of the Korean private loan market.”

No matter how much money Shinguk Daily has, it’s not *that* much. Unofficially, the market share that Shinguk Daily holds 60% of is Jongno [a district in Seoul]. Not even the entire Seoul, just Jongno. Of course, Jongno is where private moneylenders are gathered, but even so, it can’t be 60% of Korea.

“Well, are the Chinese going to verify the facts?”

“I guess not.”

Since their job is to feed the other side lies according to the Party’s orders.

“Anyway, thanks to you, the situation is developing interestingly.”

Bae Deok-gi was grinning.

“They say Shinguk Broadcasting is having a 1+5 event right now.”

“1+5?”

“If you buy one ad, they’ll give you five free.”

But even so, they can’t meet the legally required advertising time. The reason is that when an ad airs, it doesn’t promote, but rather paralyzes 업무 [business operations] with protest calls.

“Seeing those guys unable to move thanks to you is so refreshing.”

In fact, from Bae Deok-gi’s point of view, he didn’t like the fact that guys who were lower class than them acted like superiors just because they were media companies.

However, he just pretended not to know because it was better to be on good terms than to fight.

“I should teach them a lesson this time.”

“That’s up to you.”

“Ah, and since you helped me, I’ll give you some help too.”

“Help, you say?”

“Was it Seven Days? Our company has decided to give you a beverage ad this time.”

“That’s a relief. Now Shinguk Daily can’t touch it.”

“Do you know that?”

“I know. Image is important for large corporations’ ads. If you were just using me as a model, you wouldn’t have any reason to tell me.”

“Anyway, I like that I don’t have to talk long with you.”

Of course, the person giving the ad can be changed at any time. But even if you just let the image that you’re subtly pushing from this side flow while advertising, you can’t demand things like sexual favors.

Because if the image is damaged by demanding and granting such things, the image of the advertised product may also be damaged.

So no matter how wild Shingal-dong [an area known for entertainment and nightlife] is, he can’t hit on Hyunseong’s ad model. Of course, Shingal-dong is not in a situation to care about that right now.

“And Hong Geun-jong sent you a gift to the police station, didn’t he?”

“A gift, you say?”

Park Do-joon tilted his head at those words. And that curiosity was quickly resolved.

***

“You, this….”

“Why?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

Team Leader Lee Chang-man had been trying to get Park Do-joon kicked out by any means until recently. But now he was cautiously watching him.

“Senior!”

“Oh, Ji-soo.”

Lee Ji-soo approached with a happy face as Park Do-joon came closer.

“What’s going on?”

“Ah, well, a few guests came.”

“Guests?”

Park Do-joon tilted his head at those words. Judging by the fact that she said “a few times,” it seemed they sent them repeatedly knowing he wasn’t there.

‘They said they sent a gift?’

When Park Do-joon went inside, a man in a suit was standing there.

“Detective Park Do-joon?”

“That’s right, but?”

“I’m from Daeguk Group.”

“Daeguk Group?”

Of course, he expected it to be from Daeguk Group since Hong Geun-jong was the one who sent him the gift.

“What’s going on?”

“Here’s an invitation.”

“An invitation?”

Park Do-joon realized what the gift was when he received it.

‘They have no choice but to be cautious.’

It was none other than Hong Geun-jong’s wedding invitation. Park Do-joon had advised Hong Geun-jong to get married, and he seemed to have completed all the preparations quite quickly.

‘Well, the other party was in a pretty urgent situation.’

If his memory was correct, Joo Soo-ah was in a pretty bad situation right now. Not just living 힘들게 [with difficulty] in America, but the place she was living in was a slum known as one of the most dangerous in America. Shootings happen every day, and dozens of people die every day in the neighborhood.

Moreover, she’s not even the dominant black race in that area, but an Asian living there, so she’ll be in fear of rape or murder every day. And she has a young daughter, but no way to escape.

In that situation, a lifeline, a golden lifeline, has appeared, so she has no choice but to grab it. And anyway, Joo Soo-ah is done with being a celebrity, and she’s already been divorced once after being scammed, so even if she gets divorced again later, it’s not really a flaw.

“Please congratulate him for me.”

“He specifically asked you to come in person.”

“Gladly.”

Park Do-joon smiled, but Team Leader Lee Chang-man looked like he was about to cry.

‘I guess so.’

He already knows that Hyunseong Group is behind Park Do-joon. In that situation, if Daeguk Group, not another place, visits directly several times and delivers an invitation politely, he’ll be afraid of how terrifying the background is.

“Ahem, so when are you going?”

“Well? I’ll go if the team leader allows me.”

“No, you have to go. Of course, you have to go.”

Lee Chang-man, who had been trying not to give him work by any means, was now actively pushing him, so Park Do-joon smiled at that.

“I’ll go if I can.”

Of course, he’ll go.

‘He must have been scolded by the chairman.’

Chairman Bae Deok-gi was the first to use this method. If a large corporation blatantly flaunts its connections like this not just once but twice, even if the police recklessly try to 찍어내기 [target for removal] Park Do-joon, they have no choice but to be careful at this point.

“By the way, are there still no cases?”

“Huh? Ah, there are. Of course. Wait a minute.”

Park Do-joon, who was watching Lee Chang-man’s back as he hurriedly ran away, bowed to the secretary’s office employee who came to see him and looked at Lee Ji-soo and asked.

“Anything changed?”

“There are two things.”

“What is it?”

“First of all, that bastard doesn’t touch the female employees anymore.”

Lee Ji-soo met with the female employees and spread rumors, and those rumors must have gone upstairs. Of course, it’s a rumor that would have been easily ignored if it were before, but if they sent him to kick out Park Do-joon, they’ll definitely care about that too. They don’t want to get cut off in reverse.

“Well, that’s a relief.”

“The other thing is that a suspicious man came a while ago.”

“Suspicious man?”

“He doesn’t look good.”

Not just a feeling. Lee Ji-soo is also a person with the qualities of a profiler. Of course, you can tell whether they are ordinary people or criminals by looking at their behavior or clothes.

“First of all, the clothes themselves don’t look like ordinary people.”

“Hmm.”

Park Do-joon roughly guessed the situation at those words. And so did Lee Ji-soo.

“Didn’t senior say that before? Isn’t that person?”

“I guess so.”

When recruiting people from the police or legal profession, you have to throw the right bait. People who like money. People who like women. And people who like power all have different tastes.

‘And Lee Chang-man is crazy about women.’

So, would a crazy bastard who touches female police officers, who are his subordinates, not have received 성 접대 [sexual favors] from other criminals?

“I’ll quietly dig into that side first.”

“Can you do it alone?”

“I’m not alone. There are many female employees 갈고 있는 [being exploited].”

Park Do-joon frowned at those words. That’s because Lee Ji-soo is the only woman in the profiling team right now. But there are many other female employees.

“This crazy bastard must have been 휘두르고 his 아래 everywhere [wielding his power everywhere].”

“That’s right.”

“First of all, dig carefully.”

“Okay.”

“By the way, I’m honestly worried about how much more 똥 같은 cases you’ll bring [shitty cases].”

Park Do-joon decided to worry about that problem later.

“Going to the wedding hall first is the priority.”

It usually takes at least 3 months, usually 6 months, to prepare for a wedding. But is it impossible to prepare for a wedding in less than a month? It’s possible. If it’s impossible, it’s because you don’t have enough money.

“It’s amazing.”

“They spent 200 million won to rent this wedding hall.”

“What wedding cost is 200 million won?”

“No, just renting the hall is 200 million won, the 식비 [food costs] is separate.”

Park Do-joon clicked his tongue at Jung Yi-yeon’s words. Hong Geun-jong sent an invitation to Jung Yi-yeon as well, so it wasn’t difficult to come to the wedding hall together.

“By the way, are there still no 업무 [cases]?”

“It seems difficult.”

Of course, you can give anything. In fact, there are plenty of cases and not enough people, so it’s not that they can’t give it because there are not enough cases.

“But they’re 혼란스러운 [confused] right now.”

“혼란스러운 [confused] to senior?”

“Chairman Bae Deok-gi didn’t touch it much.”

Of course, Chairman Bae Deok-gi didn’t touch it because he wanted him to quit the police and come to him.

“But I don’t know what Hong Geun-jong will do.”

“Ah!”

They want to release him because they’re looking at Hong Geun-jong’s 눈치 [mood/intentions], and they want to 찍어내고 him [target him for removal], but if something goes wrong while trying to 찍어내고 him [target him for removal], many people will get hurt, and as of now, the superiors don’t know how to treat Park Do-joon.