My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 154

Of course, the moment the situation is resolved, prices of oil and other commodities would plummet. That’s why OPEC is refusing to lift sanctions on oil-producing countries like Iran and is refusing to increase production to prevent it.

The logic was that if sanctions were lifted, they would need to defend oil prices.

“Ah, I guess he didn’t know that and just thought they would cave to the US.”

“Probably.”

Naturally, he would bet on the side that was running out of oil and engage in futures trading. The problem is that in such cases, the delivery ceremony requires delivering the goods at the lower price traded.

“In the current situation, the losses are almost over a billion.”

“Crazy.”

If the loss is a billion, the transaction amount must be substantial. Because investing 10 billion doesn’t mean you lose it all.

If you invest 10 billion and the price differs by 10%, you have to cover that extra 10%. But as far as Park Do-joon knows, the current oil price is already high, so there isn’t much room for fluctuation.

“So, the investment amount must be over 5 billion.”

“Probably.”

“I don’t think he would have that kind of money. He wouldn’t do that without using margin [borrowed funds].”

Park Do-joon rubbed his chin at that and said,

“Then where did he get that money?”

“I don’t know.”

“His parents wouldn’t have given it to him.”

From a parent’s perspective, they wouldn’t just let their child do something like that.

“Maybe he was up to something while doing real estate business?”

“Ah, that happens often.”

“You need a seal [stamp used for signatures] for real estate transactions, things like that.”

That’s why you specify the purpose when obtaining a seal certificate or other official documents. It’s to prevent it from being misused.

If you’re getting such documents, you need to state that it’s for real estate transactions or identification purposes in the designated space on the document, in addition to verbally notifying the purpose.

Otherwise, you don’t know what they’ll do with the document. But people who don’t know that often just hand over the documents without thinking.

“If that’s true?”

“His life will be over.”

Since he lost tens of billions, there will naturally be an investigation, and his parents won’t cover the debt.

“First, look into that. And have you looked into his parents?”

At Park Do-joon’s question, the police officer frowned.

“His parents run a fairly large mid-sized company called Final Engineering.”

“Really? Have you contacted them?”

“No.”

“What?”

Park Do-joon felt a chill down his spine at those words.

“You haven’t done it yet?”

“No, I’m thinking of doing it now.”

“Damn it.”

He jumped up at the investigator’s words.

Yang Do-shik’s strangely stable behavior. A crime scene designed so that a death was inevitable. And with the two previous crimes, the eyes of the police and the media were already on the devil worshippers.

All of this fit perfectly.

“Call Final Engineering right now. No, let’s go there immediately.”

“What? Shouldn’t we just call?”

“The phone number on the internet is obvious, isn’t it?”

The phone number in a place like that is naturally public, like a customer service line.

The internal phone number doesn’t get out easily. Moreover, Yang Do-shik’s parents are the president and chairwoman. Their direct line or the secretary’s office number is strictly protected.

“Even if you call and say you’re the police, large companies don’t believe it.”

Because voice phishing [phone scams] is so common, even small corner stores barely believe it. Large companies will demand a warrant first if you say you’re the police.

In fact, there are so many guys who commit fraud over the phone that it’s standard procedure.

“I’ll go there directly. Team leader, please try to reach them by phone from here.”

“Okay. Tell me immediately if there are any special circumstances at the scene.”

“Understood.”

Park Do-joon immediately rushed to the scene. Fortunately, Final Engineering was located in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, so it didn’t take long to get there. But Park Do-joon’s prediction was definitely correct.

-The company is telling us to produce a warrant first.

“I knew it. If it’s a company of that size, there’s bound to be one or two people inside who know about the law.”

It’s not grand enough to be called a legal team, but they’ve probably arranged for someone with enough common sense to handle legal responses in an emergency.

-You’ll have to go and persuade them. But will you be able to meet them?

“It would be a relief if I could meet them.”

Park Do-joon said that and hurriedly entered the company. Then he abruptly presented his ID to the security guard.

“I’m a police officer.”

“What’s going on?”

“I’d like to meet the president and chairwoman here…….”

As Park Do-joon expected, the two of them have probably already been abducted. The problem is that companies instinctively try not to leak internal problems to the outside.

Of course, they might report to the police if they notice something strange or if there’s a serious problem, but otherwise, companies are quite wary of public authority.

“Did you make an appointment? I’m sorry, but you can’t meet them without an appointment.”

‘This is how it is.’

When a company is big, all sorts of peddlers come, and there are tons of guys who want to fill their pockets.

Police? It’s not much different even if they’re police. Is there anyone who won’t take a bribe?

Naturally, even because of those guys, they don’t allow meetings without an appointment inside the company. The larger the company, the more pronounced this phenomenon becomes.

The chairman of a large company doesn’t meet just because a police officer shows his ID.

‘It’s the same here.’

The problem is that it’s impossible to know whether they really won’t meet or whether they’re missing. If it’s the latter, it’s no exaggeration to say that their lives are hanging by a thread.

‘But there’s a way.’

I can’t know if they’re really missing or if they’re still inside, but there’s a way to get past this security guard.

You just need to give him a heavy responsibility that the security guard can never handle alone.

“A serial killer is targeting the chairman’s family.”

“Yes?”

The security guard flinched at those words. Park Do-joon calmly said to him.

“There’s conclusive evidence that the devil worshippers who are making a lot of noise these days are targeting the chairman’s family. That’s why I came urgently. I need to see them now.”

“Uh, just a moment. I’ll call.”

As expected, the security guard fumbled and picked up the internal phone. If he ignored such a serious matter and a real incident broke out, his head would roll, so he had no choice but to ask for internal opinions.

‘And internally, they’ll try to confirm the story with me either way.’

If I meet them and they tell me to give them money, they can just complain to the police.

“Yes? Ah, yes? I understand.”

The security guard hung up the phone and looked at Park Do-joon.

“They’ll be down soon.”

“Yes.”

Park Do-joon nodded, and in less than 5 minutes, a man in a suit approached.

“Detective Park Do-joon?”

“Yes.”

“Let’s go. They’re waiting.”

The man took Park Do-joon to the elevator inside, and Park Do-joon followed him into the elevator. And Park Do-joon started going up with the man in front of him and the man behind him.

And Park Do-joon said to the man,

“How long has it been since the president and chairwoman came to work?”

The man’s shoulders flinched at those words.

“Judging by the fact that a missing person report hasn’t been filed, it hasn’t been long.”

“How did you……?”

The moment the man turned his head in surprise, the elevator door opened with a ding.

“Let’s go inside and talk.”

Park Do-joon went inside, and there were men in suits standing there.

“Mr. Park Do-joon?”

“Yes, you must be the chief of staff.”

“How did you know that?”

“Because the others are gathered around you as if they’re listening to your opinion.”

The man, who was the chief of staff, frowned at those words. Because it’s absurd. And just in time, the man who brought Park Do-joon hurriedly spoke.

“This guy already knows that the presidents have disappeared.”

“What?”

The atmosphere became fierce at those words. Watching them, Park Do-joon calmly said.

“If you think I’m the culprit, I wouldn’t have come all the way here to threaten you.”

“Hmm…….”

At those words, the chief of staff nodded without realizing it. A culprit wouldn’t come to threaten them unless he was crazy. Seeing the chief of staff’s expression, Park Do-joon calmly said.

“It’s been about two days, hasn’t it, since they disappeared?”

“How did you……?”

“The security guard said earlier that they’d be ‘down soon.'”

That means the target is someone of similar status to himself. Of course, the positions themselves are different, but at least the other person and himself are of equal status. In other words, there’s a high possibility that they’re in a hired position.

“And if the presidents were here, they would have said, ‘They told me to come up.'”

But that means the person who gave the order isn’t the president, and that means the president isn’t there.

“And missing person reports usually aren’t filed on the same day.”

They’re not people who would be let go, and they wouldn’t leave it for two or three days. The company wouldn’t pretend not to know that the president has disappeared.

“So, there’s a high possibility that today is the second day of their disappearance.”

“How did you……?”

“Because I’m a profiler.”

“You were a profiler?”

“Then does that mean our president is being threatened……?”

“You know Yang Do-shik, right?”

Everyone’s face hardened at those words. Well, they can’t not know Yang Do-shik. Because he’s the president’s son.

“He probably had a lot of problems, right?”

“How do you know?”

“Because he’s old enough. In a normal case, it’s natural in Korea to give management lessons to a child of that age [grooming them to take over the company].”

But he’s not taking management lessons; he’s running a small real estate brokerage. The possibility that they didn’t even make him do it is not high, and they probably tried and failed.

And there’s no way the secretary’s office doesn’t know that.

“Chief of staff.”

Someone looked at the chief of staff. The chief of staff hesitated for a moment and then opened his mouth as if he had made up his mind.

“He had a lot of problems. So he’s not even considered for management succession.”

It was history. He tried to give him successor lessons, but he failed.

“The president valued people. But Yang Do-shik didn’t.”

He treated people like consumables. No, he treated them worse than consumables, like slaves.

“But there are many presidents like that.”

It’s true that sociopaths and psychopaths are more likely to succeed socially.

Because they can trample on others without hesitation. Even if you’re not that type, sometimes you can’t go up unless you act that way.

“It wouldn’t be a problem if it was only in the realm of work. When you run a company, you sometimes have to be ruthless.”

“But?”

“But…….”

The chief of staff, who was hesitating, suddenly closed his mouth. Well, it’s not easy to criticize the president’s son, even if he’s a pushed-out human being. Park Do-joon coldly said to him.

“Why do you think I asked about Yang Do-shik instead of the chairman’s well-being?”

“Yes? That’s…… oh?”

The chief of staff’s face turned as if he had just realized something. When you think about it, what’s urgent now is the missing president and chairwoman, not his son. But Park Do-joon didn’t ask about the two people; he only asked about the son, Yang Do-shik.

A Profiler’s Calling