My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 216

‘Gangryong Clan’.

Parks Do-joon also followed them, cautiously observing and hiding to maintain an unnoticeable distance.

Fortunately, they were shouting loudly with their distinctive Chinese accents.

Since Chinese is a tonal language, it wasn’t difficult to understand what they were saying, even from a distance.

“Let’s make up for lost time today.”

“Thank you, boss! Hahaha!”

“You’ve worked hard.”

Park Do-joon watched them with a hawk-like gaze. One man was receiving bows from the others, clearly marking him as the boss.

“Hey, making up for lost time is always the same.”

But the man next to him said nonchalantly.

“What’s the point of seeing the same girls we always see?”

“What?”

“That’s how it is. Playing with the same girls every day might be your taste, but it’s not mine.”

‘Hmm, he’s not the boss.’

A boss wouldn’t be talked back to like that by those around him.

‘The way they’re gathered too.’

The formation has three people at the front, with the members following behind. What’s unusual is that the three at the front are standing almost side by side. Considering the Eastern culture of avoiding stepping forward in front of superiors, their standing side by side suggests they are of similar rank.

Moreover, the forces following behind are subtly divided into three large groups.

‘Not the boss.’

They are probably middle bosses working under him.

‘But this is unexpected. It’s rare to have three middle bosses.’

At a glance, the three don’t seem to be on good terms. Naturally, they are rivals.

‘Usually, there’s one or two middle bosses. But three.’

Furthermore, even if the Gangryong Clan is strong, the area they operate in is Daerim-dong, and they only control a small part of it.

There’s no reason to have three middle bosses there.

‘Action leaders? No. Judging by the numbers, they can’t be action leaders.’

Generally, violent organizations are divided into the boss, the underboss, the action leaders, and the general members at the bottom.

‘But their actions just now don’t seem like action leaders.’

Judging from the talk about making up for lost time, the organization is paying for the expenses at the bar today, but considering the number of people, the financial limit for an action leader is usually clear. They can buy a meal, but they can’t spend money at a bar unless it’s a special occasion.

‘It’s too many people to say they came to a bar because it’s a special occasion.’

There are at least 80 people. Although the exact situation is unknown, it is a fact that the current number of Gangryong Clan members is estimated to be between 70 and 90.

If it’s more than that, the size becomes too large compared to the profit, and if it’s less than that, it’s not enough to openly resist the police.

“Shut your mouths. Then you guys can go somewhere else. Of course, you’ll cover the 부족한 돈은 네가 메꾸고 [shortage of money].”

“What?”

“Isn’t it true? If you have a problem with the boss’s words, go argue with him. You can’t even argue, you bastard.”

“You son of a……!”

The atmosphere turned fierce in an instant.

“If you’re going to live like that, cut off what’s hanging down there, you bastards.”

“Huh? Is this crazy bastard for real?”

As if baring their teeth, the two groups began to growl at each other, and another middle boss who had been quiet spoke up.

“Can’t you guys stop? What are you doing on a good day like this? The boss told you to stop fighting, didn’t he? Why are you two always like this?”

“Tsk.”

Park Do-joon saw that and understood the situation of the three. Two people checking each other, and one person mediating them.

‘A typical divide and conquer strategy.’

If there are two people directly below, it is a common method to pit them against each other to maintain one’s position at the top.

In the case of violent organizations, which are not ordinary companies with laws and principles, there is no way to stop them from rising up and, so to speak, ‘burying’ the boss. However, that doesn’t mean all problems disappear. Even if you use a divide and conquer strategy, you still need to control them to some extent to manage them.

The divide and conquer strategy works well to a certain extent, but if it crosses the line, the two conflicting groups may ignore the boss and clash on a large scale. Conversely, they may try to take down the boss first and then negotiate.

‘So, that man is the controller… That’s strange?’

Usually, the controller is the boss himself. That’s how he guarantees his own safety.

“If you’re so upset, why don’t you tell the boss? Ah, I guess you think you’re some great gigolo because the boss favors you.”

‘The boss favors him? Gigolo?’

Park Do-joon tilted his head as he heard those words.

‘It’s definitely different from a typical organization.’

A typical organization can never touch the boss’s actions. Openly complaining about the boss is likely to get you kicked out of the organization.

‘Come to think of it, it’s definitely strange.’

But they are not showing respect for the boss right now. Challenging the boss’s authority in a violent organization is a critical act of deviation that is never tolerated.

Doing that openly in front of other general members is, in a way, suicidal.

‘But most of the members don’t seem to be dissatisfied with it.’

Even the guys belonging to the mediator faction among the three factions don’t react much even after hearing the mockery of the boss.

‘An organization with such a breakdown in internal discipline can’t possibly function properly, can it?’

Park Do-joon’s head became complicated as he looked at them.

‘No, if they were sent from the Triads [Chinese transnational organized crime syndicates], it could be possible.’

Anyway, if there is a larger criminal organization in China, it is possible. In fact, in the case of large organizations, a guy who comes down from above is in charge of the area.

‘Wait… Still, it’s too strange?’

No matter what, there are still parts that don’t make sense. Looking at this situation, all the members are here to refresh the atmosphere. But the boss didn’t come?

‘Moreover, in a situation where even the guy who controls from the middle is not in a good position within the organization to the point of raising two of them?’

In a normal situation, the boss would accompany them to maintain his authority and manage his subordinates.

Something good happened, and all the members were mobilized to celebrate it, but the boss didn’t come? In that situation, the members can’t think well of the boss.

Moreover, he should definitely come in a situation where there are extreme psychological barriers like now.

“Okay, okay, it’s a good day, so let’s stop and enjoy it. The boss wouldn’t like us doing this.”

“Bullshit.”

“I told you to stop.”

The gang, growling at each other, eventually heads towards the bar. Soon after, the men who were drinking at the bar began to be kicked out.

Well, if 80 guests suddenly rushed in, there wouldn’t be enough girls. They would have to bring the girls who were with the guests in other rooms.

“Boss… Boss…”

They all called him boss. But the word boss is not commonly used in China. Usually, they call him ‘Dage,’ which means 형님 [hyung-nim, older brother] in Korean.

“It’s typical. But there’s a high possibility that the situation is not typical.”

Park Do-joon’s eyes sparkled. This was unexpected.

“What? The Gangryong Clan boss is a woman?”

The team leader was surprised by Park Do-joon’s words and asked again.

“I think there’s a high possibility. But I couldn’t get inside.”

“But if you’re saying that, you must have some suspicion, right? I don’t think you’re just saying it based on a coin toss?”

“The members of the organization went to a bar together last night. I went there thinking I’d listen to the stories of the members who came out, and I was lucky.”

“But what does that have to do with the suspicion that it’s a woman, 선배님 [sunbae-nim, senior]?”

“The members of the Gangryong Clan don’t respect the current boss. They are full of dissatisfaction with what’s below. The current boss can’t even control the members, so he’s raising someone separately to mediate.”

“That’s definitely a unique case.”

The more people who share power, the less there is to take, so it’s common to reduce the number of middle bosses as much as possible.

“It’s realistically impossible for an isolated leader to lead a violent organization. Of course, if the boss is dispatched from the Triads as 팀장님 [team leader] said, they would follow him because they are afraid of the Triads behind him.”

“So?”

“He didn’t even participate in the unity meeting held at the bar. So I thought differently. It’s not that he ‘didn’t’ participate in the unity meeting, but that he ‘couldn’t’ participate.”

Low loyalty and the actions of subordinates who subtly ignore him. Low presence compared to what he does. Reasons why he has no choice but to be absent from organizational events, etc. Considering various factors, the most likely thing is that the leader is a woman.

“If he came as a parachute [someone appointed from above], there’s definitely a possibility that he’s a woman.”

“Were we caught up in stereotypes?”

“Yes, in Korea, violent organizations are mostly formed spontaneously.”

As a result, the boss is naturally male. Violent organizations are extremely masculine organizations, and the culture itself is extremely unfavorable to women.

To put it bluntly, women are often the object of profit or the object of sexual desire for violent organizations.

“But on the other hand, there’s no law that says a woman can’t lead a violent organization.”

“Oh, that’s definitely true. Historically, there have been many female bosses among the bosses of famous organizations, right?”

Lee Ji-soo said with an ‘ah-ha’ expression. In fact, there are female pirates among the famous pirates who dominated China, and there are also female bosses who lead 초대형 [ultra-large] gangs in Mexico.

“And those organizations are usually corporatized.”

It’s a bit different from 양성화 [yangseonghwa, becoming legitimate]. 양성화 is when a violent organization that has been doing illegal activities launders money and changes into a general company, but corporatization is when the organization is reorganized like a real company and the work is divided to expand the power.

However, the problem is that the work is ultimately illegal.

“Someone sent from the Triads. And a parachute… I can’t ignore the possibility that the boss is a woman.”

“Then it makes sense to kill the police officers recklessly.”

In addition to simply threatening the police, they have to show the most brutal behavior possible to appeal to their presence.

If their presence becomes blurred in a situation where there are already many complaints from below, they will really suffer dirty things.

“He’s playing a more dangerous game to appeal to his presence.”

“Yes, that’s right. The act of appealing to one’s presence in war has been around since ancient times.”

Coloring the warriors of the tribe in primary colors and decorating themselves with skulls and bones is to threaten the other party.

“It’s not just to threaten the police, but also to threaten their own people.”

The team leader pondered, resting his chin on his hand at Park Do-joon’s words. He had never thought that the boss of such a heinous organization would be a woman. But when he thinks about it, he can understand the strange actions he has seen so far to some extent.

천직이 프로파일러 [Cheonjigi peurofailleo, Born to be a profiler]