My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 211

Naturally, Hwang Do-won was cornered and gritted his teeth.

“Damn it. These bastards.”

Hwang Do-won was almost driven mad with rage. He had taken precautions, keeping his distance from his subordinates and hiding separately. Yet, that very evening, the police raided the organization’s office and dragged all the members away.

“These dog-like bastards are stabbing me in the back like this?”

He had expected betrayal to some extent. After all, they killed his brother. They called it a mistake, but he couldn’t accept that at face value.

Moreover, normal people wouldn’t order someone to kill others to seize land. But they did.

In the end, no matter how he looked at it, Jindo Group would dispose of him. His long years as a member of the organization allowed him to foresee that.

“Do you think I’ll just die? I won’t die easily.”

Hwang Do-won gritted his teeth. But the situation was dire. No one wanted to fight Jindo Group. He had expected reluctance, but it was even worse than he thought.

He had at least hoped that someone would try to take a bite out of Jindo Group.

“At this rate…….”

Hwang Do-won gritted his teeth.

It was then.

Ring~ Ring~!

His burner phone started ringing. He flinched at the sound. An unfamiliar phone number.

It was a new number he had obtained when he broke with Jindo Group. Even Jindo Group didn’t know this number yet.

“Who is it?”

Hwang Do-won answered the phone and asked in a trembling voice.

-Are you Mr. Hwang Do-won?

“Who are you?”

-You contacted us first. We are, um, I can’t say. Just a ‘Jirasi’ [unofficial, often sensationalist news source].

“Jirasi.”

He remembered. Among the reporters he contacted, some had connections with ‘Jirasi’. Certainly, ‘Jirasi’ would be highly likely to try to obtain this kind of information.

-I heard you have evidence about Jindo Group?

“Are you really ‘Jirasi’?”

-Yes, I am.

“How do I know?”

-If you don’t want to believe it, then don’t. We’re not in a hurry. That’s the Incheon case, right?

Hwang Do-won was speechless. He hadn’t mentioned what kind of evidence it was. But they already knew it was the Incheon case? That was further proof that they were ‘Jirasi’.

-But no other reporters will contact you.

“What?”

-The rumor is already widespread in this industry. Jindo has secretly spread rumors that they will retaliate against reporters and media companies associated with Hwang Do-won if they publish an article. You know that retaliation from Jindo Group won’t be a simple lawsuit. No one will risk their own and their family’s lives to report it.

Hwang Do-won gnashed his teeth. If such a rumor had actually spread, it was unlikely that any media company or reporter would publish his information.

“But why are you doing it?”

-We don’t have any connections with Jindo, and some of our higher-ups want to short sell [bet against the company’s stock].

“Short sell…….”

Certainly, if this blew up, Jindo Group’s stock price would plummet. The higher-ups’ short selling at that time could not be stopped by Jindo Group.

-If you hand it over to us, we’ll give you a generous amount.

“I don’t need a generous amount, just make sure it blows up.”

Now that things have come to this, the only way for him to survive is to make it blow up. If it remains quiet, he’ll be disposed of.

-Ah, don’t worry about that, we’ll make it blow up big time.

“How can I send it?”

-One of our people will go. We’ll bring you a generous amount, so don’t worry and just send us the address.

“Address?”

-We need to check the contents too. If you’re scared, you can hide nearby.

“Um…….”

At that, Hwang Do-won gave them an address that was not where he was hiding. Then he went near that place and watched.

After a while, a man appeared on a motorcycle. He didn’t take off his helmet and picked up his phone. And at the same time, Hwang Do-won’s cell phone rang.

-I’ve arrived, where are you?

A different voice from the person he had spoken to earlier. But knowing how meticulous the ‘Jirasi’ spreaders were, Hwang Do-won checked his surroundings once again. But there was no one else.

It wasn’t a crowded place to begin with, and it wasn’t a terrain where other vehicles could follow in the middle of a wasteland.

“Wait a moment.”

Hwang Do-won headed there, and the man approached Hwang Do-won and showed him a bag.

Full of 50,000 won bills [approximately $40 USD each].

“It’s 300 million won [approximately $240,000 USD]. I think your information is worth that much.”

“It’s enough.”

“Just a moment. I need to check it too.”

The man took the USB that Hwang Do-won threw at him and went to a place a little further away and took out a laptop and connected it. Then he seemed to check it briefly and closed the laptop again.

“The deal is done. We won’t have to see each other again.”

“But how are you going to blow it up? Even if you blow it up, Jindo Group won’t be able to stop it, will they?”

‘Jirasi’ can spread the information, but ‘Jirasi’ has no credibility. In order to profit from short selling, it has to be exposed by a credible news outlet.

“Ah, don’t worry, we’ll take care of that.”

The man waved his hand and got on the motorcycle he had come on and sped away. And Hwang Do-won, who was left alone, let out a long sigh.

“I’ll have to be quiet until it blows up.”

***

“……This is amazing.”

The small USB contained Jindo Group’s misdeeds as they were. Recording files, office recording files, even the deposit and withdrawal accounts where they received money.

-It doesn’t matter if a few people die there. Just secure the building and the land. We’ll cover the rest.

A man saying it doesn’t matter if people die and to seize the land. He didn’t know who the man was, but he was probably a man from Jindo Group.

-We’ll transfer the building’s ownership to an overseas company. The cops can’t track it anyway.

All sorts of crimes and threats they committed. And when that came out, Bae Deok-gi was dumbfounded.

“Ugh, I didn’t think they would do this much.”

“Is there something urgent going on with Jindo Group recently?”

“No, it’s not that. I think it’s a succession issue.”

“Succession issue?”

“There are three potential successors in Jindo Group.”

The first son, Jin Do-man, the second son, Jin Do-gang, and the third daughter, Jin Ah-rin.

“But Jin Ah-rin, well, there’s no possibility.”

Jindo Group is a family known for not giving property to women. Moreover, Jin Ah-rin is not interested in the business side either.

“The first and second sons are in a tight tug-of-war. Strictly speaking, the second son is a little behind.”

“Then who is in charge of this Incheon area?”

“Jin Do-man.”

“The first son? Not the second son?”

“The second son has been catching up quickly recently.”

Originally, the second son was far behind, and realistically, the eldest son had an advantage in inheritance. However, while the first son was off guard, the second son, Jin Do-gang, grew rapidly and threatened the first son’s position.

“Then the first son will be at a disadvantage.”

A person trying to protect his position versus a person who has pushed up to take his position. Even if they have risen to a similar position, the latter is more advantageous.

The former has not proven anything, but the latter has clearly demonstrated his capabilities.

“So the first son was in a hurry.”

So he was trying to increase profits as much as possible and use that as a weapon to appeal to himself. Then he caused a big accident.

“By the way, what are you going to do with this? To be honest, the reporters won’t report this. It’s burdensome for us too.”

“Is it that serious?”

“Is it that serious? It’s a fatal blow to Jindo Group.”

At this point, Jindo Group probably won’t be able to put its name out in the construction industry for several years. If you entrust work to Jindo Group, they will secretly come and cut off your head, so who would entrust work to them?

Jindo Group cannot maintain its size by doing small construction projects.

“To be honest, Jindo Group itself won’t go bankrupt.”

At this point, the impact is so great that Jindo Construction can be said to be definitely bankrupt.

“Frankly, it’s burdensome for us to blow it up.”

Even Hyunseong Group was burdened by this content.

At this point, even if Jindo Group stays still, the government will step up to reduce the impact.

“If we go public, it’s an all-out war.”

Of course, they could do it if they wanted to, but Bae Deok-gi had no intention of going to war with Jindo Group.

“Well, that’s true.”

Due to the nature of corporate warfare, the ones who benefit from tearing each other apart are not the victors, but the jackals who pick up the remains around them.

And in most cases, those jackals kill the survivors after the fight is over. Because there is a possibility of retaliation.

“Well, it doesn’t matter. There’s no reason for us to spread it.”

“Then how are you going to blow this up?”

Bae Deok-gi tilted his head. That’s because there seemed to be no way to expose information that the media and the government were trying to block.

But Park Do-joon was already thinking of another way.

“From the beginning, this is information that has value only when it is blown up. We can also short sell. Um, so if you lend me some money…….”

How much profit can be made from the bankruptcy of Jindo Construction? Park Do-joon suddenly smiled. It would be at least hundreds of billions, if not trillions [hundreds of millions or trillions of USD, respectively].

‘If I do well, I can pay off the company’s debt in one go?’

“I’ve said it many times, no one will talk about it.”

“That’s only when it has value. If it has no value, everyone will talk about it.”

“You’re going to make it lose its value?”

“Yes.”

“How?”

Bae Deok-gi asked back about how to devalue this secret, and Park Do-joon raised the USB containing the information and shook it.

“With this. Hehehe.”

***

“Oh? It’s brand new?”

Park Won-ho, who was returning from university classes, picked up a completely new USB drive. He thought about reporting it, thinking someone had dropped it, but it was impossible to find the owner of a USB that had fallen in the middle of the road, not even on campus.

“I was going to buy a USB for the assignment anyway.”

It’s a new USB at first glance, and the capacity is a whopping 32GB. This is enough capacity to submit the assignment.

“Should I format it first? No, wait a minute. Just in case.”

He hesitated to plug it into his computer. That’s because he had heard rumors that viruses were planted and spread in these kinds of things.

“Just in case.”

He took out an old laptop that he didn’t use often, turned off the internet, and put the USB in it. And he stopped right before formatting it.

“Confidential matters Jindo Group Incheon 11th District Redevelopment Project?”

Even if he doesn’t know anything else, redevelopment is surprisingly profitable. If there is information he doesn’t know, he can definitely make a lot of money, so Park Won-ho opened it, hoping for the best.

If someone in the company accidentally dropped this, it was a real opportunity to strike gold. But the contents inside were beyond imagination.

-You refuse to sell the house? That bastard has a daughter, right? Would she still refuse if that daughter gets gang-raped?

-Don’t say ridiculous things. Report it? Tell them to report it. We’ve already talked to the police. They’ll ignore it even if they report it.

Someone’s voice was extremely cold.

-What? A chemical substance exploded? Shit, are you saying that! Hey, cover it up! Cover it up, even if you kill all the people involved!

And Park Won-ho’s eyes shook at the words that revealed the responsibility for the recent intern chemical substance leak accident.

“What, what is this, what should I do?”

His hands were shaking. An unknown fear washed over him. He didn’t know who the other party was, but they were ordering to kill the people involved. But if he knows that…….

‘What should I do? What should I do?’

He urgently connected to the Internet to check and find out about Jindo Group. But the stories that came up at that moment were different from what he expected.