My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 184

“Those kinds of guys keep committing crimes.”

It’s true that criminals generally have lower intelligence than ordinary people. While there are intelligent crimes like fraud, crimes such as murder and assault are fundamentally not intelligent crimes.

“They probably think it’s over once they get some punishment.”

In reality, that’s not impossible. If it’s a traffic accident, the settlement money comes from the insurance company.

Of course, they can’t avoid going to prison, but drowsy driving falls under negligence, so it won’t be for long. They’d probably get out quickly, buy a new vehicle, and try to resume business.

For ready-mixed concrete trucks, there isn’t a strict check of criminal records.

“But it became a problem because they survived, right?”

“That’s right. They survived. Surprisingly, calculations become complicated in these cases.”

There’s a saying that it’s more troublesome if the person survives a traffic accident.

“Actually, some people kill the other party in an accident, thinking about the future.”

If the other party dies, the negotiation target becomes the bereaved family. In those cases, you can settle appropriately. That money comes from the insurance company anyway.

But if they survive with injuries, you have to pay for medical expenses in addition to the money you can earn.

In reality, there are surprisingly frequent cases where the perpetrator runs over the victim with a truck to kill them after an accident.

“Moreover, in these kinds of accidents, the victim usually doesn’t pursue civil action.”

Since the insurance company covers the civil case and the chances of receiving additional compensation are low, the victim doesn’t file a civil lawsuit.

Furthermore, the public knows that Woo Joo-hye has earned a considerable amount of money. Conversely, they tend to be lenient towards mistakes made by people who drive for a living. Therefore, they are forced by the public to forgive and settle, and cannot proceed with a civil lawsuit.

“But suspicions have surfaced.”

Since suspicions of attempted murder have surfaced, the insurance company will absolutely not want to pay. Moreover, forgiveness might be possible for the bereaved family, but will Woo Joo-hye, the person involved, forgive?

Besides, it looks like attempted murder to anyone.

“How do you think Joo Dong-kyung, cornered, will react?”

Park Do-joon asked Lee Ji-soo as if testing her.

“Um, wouldn’t he protest to Lee Don-joong?”

“That’s right. He’ll definitely protest strongly. Contract killing is a matter of vested interests.”

Profiling is necessary when analyzing, tracking, and catching murderers. However, the development of profiling is particularly slow in Korea when it comes to contract killings.

It’s not that contract killings don’t exist, but in most cases, they use Chinese people. If they come to Korea, commit murder, and return, the police can’t even conduct a minimal investigation.

“But this case is very different, isn’t it?”

“Since Lee Don-joong has already been identified, he becomes the primary suspect if a murder occurs.”

So, Lee Don-joong would want to prevent the case from reaching him at all costs, and he would look for ways to protect himself.

“And in those cases, it usually involves violence.”

“Not trying to cover it up with money?”

“It’s realistically impossible.”

Woo Jin-sung and Woo Joo-hye will definitely claim civil damages. Furthermore, Woo Joo-hye is considered to have suffered irreparable damage externally.

“Plus, because of President Woo Jin-sung’s press conference, the police are all watching Joo Dong-kyung now. The lawsuit amount will be at least 10 billion won [approximately $7.5 million USD], how will Joo Dong-kyung repay that?”

“Oh? That’s right.”

From the police’s perspective, anything he does will look suspicious. They already suspect him of attempted murder if he doesn’t pay, but can someone with less than 200 million won [approximately $150,000 USD] in total assets suddenly repay over 10 billion won?

“In that situation, the cards Joo Dong-kyung can use are obvious. You know, criminals usually commit crimes that suit their tendencies.”

A fraudster rarely suddenly becomes a thug or murderer. Conversely, a violent offender rarely suddenly switches to being a fraudster.

Of course, there are no exceptions. Usually, they meet other types of criminals in prison and learn criminal methods.

“But Lee Don-joong has no experience in prison.”

Rather than being lucky, it’s probably because violent organizations prefer to pass the blame onto their subordinates and send them instead when things go wrong.

“So, all he knows is violence. Moreover, Lee Don-joong’s behavior shows traces of working in construction.”

Ready-mixed concrete trucks belong to companies, but in Joo Dong-kyung’s case, he owns the vehicle and operates independently.

In reality, there are far more people operating as outsourced workers than those belonging to ready-mixed concrete truck companies.

It can’t be helped. There was a shortage of quantity when there were many construction sites, but you can’t just throw away the trucks when the construction is over.

“So, the organization introduced him, right?”

“That’s right.”

IT and construction. They live in completely different worlds.

“The worlds of criminals are also different.”

You might think that criminals would do anything for money, but surprisingly, that’s rare.

Ultimately, the realm of crime is a realm of vested interests. If you try to enter another world, you have to learn about that unfamiliar world and, decisively, defeat the other forces that already exist in that world.

“That’s not easy.”

For example, if a violent organization working in the construction industry tries to get involved in the so-called liquor business, would the existing organization just stand by and watch?

Of course not. They will definitely attack the other party in any way possible.

“Well, even a stray dog gets half a meal in its own territory.”

Not only do they know the situation from the surrounding merchants, but they probably have police officers who are 100% in cahoots with them, so reporting them and ruining their liquor business is a piece of cake.

In reality, it’s no secret that when you open a new bar, rival or existing businesses report you to mess with you.

“But you can’t just go crazy and swing steel pipes like in the ‘80s.”

Now, there are CCTVs [closed-circuit televisions], dash cams, and people carrying cameras everywhere. If gangsters run wild in the middle of the street with steel pipes and sashimi knives, the local police will be turned upside down by the media’s concentrated fire.

“The reason they laundered money through the IT sector in the first place is probably for that reason.”

Because there are no existing forces in IT companies, and there’s no way to pressure the other party through reports.

Ironically, the new industry where illegal activities are most prevalent is IT.

In terms of proportion, even the construction industry, which is rumored to have a lot of illegal activities, would have to take a step back.

“But you can’t break your habits.”

Lee Don-joong will likely threaten Joo Dong-kyung to take all the blame.

“Usually, they use family to commit crimes, but since Joo Dong-kyung doesn’t have a family, he’ll try to project force directly, right?”

Joo Dong-kyung’s parents passed away early, and he couldn’t get married. He doesn’t have any siblings either.

“Accepting a contract killing in the first place is impossible for someone with a normal family.”

Unless it’s an extreme situation, like if your child will die if you don’t accept it, or if your family will collapse, ordinary people don’t accept contract killings.

“Moreover, Lee Don-joong isn’t the patient type.”

He’s someone who hits his employees with a ‘baseball bat’ for falling profits. There’s no way someone like that has patience.

“And his judgment regarding responsibility is also blurred.”

Most of the employees have nothing to do with the profits in the web hard drive business. Profits come after good promotion, but if there’s nothing to see, profits fall.

“I don’t know well, but most of the employees who were hit back then were probably programmers.”

In fact, web hard drives are a business that is ambiguous and has limitations in promotion. Due to the nature of the business structure, there are many illegal aspects, so the channels for promotion are extremely limited.

At best, they put free coupons in 택배 [delivery service] deliveries, but realistically, people who want to download illegally these days already have a web hard drive site they use, so they just use the coupon and ‘run away’.

That said, TV or newspaper ads are expensive, and if the name becomes known, it means that illegal activities will be the most and most severely beaten.

“Well, there’s the bowling alley incident too.”

“You know about that?”

“Ah, the professor told us about it while talking about the balloon effect of crime.”

The bowling alley incident. Here, the bowling alley wasn’t a real bowling alley, but a room salon [Korean-style hostess bar] in Seoul that was so large that the word ‘ultra-large’ wasn’t enough to describe it, with the entire 25-story building being a bowling alley.

But you might wonder what significance a mere room salon has in the history of crime, but it was because after that bowling alley collapsed, the atmosphere changed to one where ultra-large room salons disappeared.

The bowling alley was too big and too famous. Because of that, it was hit intensively by the media and the legal profession at least once or twice every year.

Whenever the police chief changed, or political bribes were needed, or elections were just around the corner… anyway, whenever an issue was needed, they were unconditionally hit once, and they earned a lot as much as they were big, but they also went out a lot.

In the end, due to such continuous crackdowns and pressure, the losses outweighed the profits, and eventually, the president was arrested and the bowling alley disappeared.

That shock shook the entertainment industry a lot. Before that, they benchmarked the bowling alley and pursued large and flashy bars, but after the bowling alley closed, they changed to a smaller, more divided form.

It’s an incident that showed that if the guys working in the shadows become famous, it eventually comes back as a serious minus.

“That’s right. That’s why Next World can’t promote either.”

If web hard drives become famous through promotion, Next World will be the first place to be hit when copyright issues become serious.

“The employees aren’t at fault for the drop in profits.”

Moreover, the employees who were hit are in charge of program management.

“So, he’s impulsive, impatient, and doesn’t distinguish between responsibilities.”

A typical human who blames others and seeks only his own gain. On top of that, he has a serious inferiority complex, so he’s a human who wants flashy trophies to promote himself.

“There’s no way such a human would accept Joo Dong-kyung’s protest.”

In most cases, they find a way to shut him up.

“Since he’s going to project force directly, we just need to monitor Joo Dong-kyung, right?”

“That’s right. That’s not a difficult task.”

Park Do-joon said confidently.

As Park Do-joon expected, Joo Dong-kyung confronted Lee Don-joong. To be exact, he asked for help, but there was no way.

“You said something different! You said there wouldn’t be any problems! You said you’d get me a suspended sentence!”

Of course, there’s no possibility of a suspended sentence from the start. It’s just a lie to deceive Joo Dong-kyung. If a person dies, no matter how accidental it is, a suspended sentence won’t be given.

Even more so if Joo Dong-kyung’s negligence is significant and the victim is Woo Joo-hye.

“No, you didn’t do it properly, did you?”

“But did you know she’d live!”

Logically, in that situation, she should have died 100%. But who would have expected a real female celebrity to buy a B company’s vehicle that abandoned design and performance and was just stubbornly sturdy?