My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 227

One is assisting in the political arena, and the other is running a business under his cooperation. It’s an ideal structure.

Especially if the company’s main business involves the military, it’s even more so.

“I’m sorry, but if that’s what you think, there’s no reason for you to call me.”

Park Do-joon chuckled.

‘He’s trying to take the lead with the typical conversation style of the *chaebol* [large South Korean conglomerate] families…’

He hides his true feelings and gives the other person a chance to read him. By doing so, he signals his superiority and simultaneously forces his cooperation as a *chaebol*.

‘But there’s no reason for me to fall for that.’

Of course, Hong Geun-jong probably expected Park Do-joon to read him. He must have called him with that in mind. But he probably didn’t expect him to cut ties so directly.

“Then I guess I’m not needed. I’ll be on my way.”

“What?”

Hong Geun-jong’s eyebrows shot up at Park Do-joon’s actions. A typical physical expression of anger.

“What did you just say?”

“I’m a busy man too. If there’s no reason for you to meet me, there’s no reason to waste my time.”

Hong Geun-jong probably wanted him to be obsequious, read his mind, and act accordingly.

‘The *chaebols’* actions are so predictable.’

Most *chaebol* actions follow that pattern. By doing so, they avoid responsibility when something goes wrong and simultaneously drive the other person into excessive loyalty.

Even the missile modification incident, strictly speaking, should have been punished, but instead, the company paid a fine of 3 billion won [approximately $2.3 million USD] and it was covered up.

Would they really do such a dangerous thing on the front lines? Would they not know the effect of defense contractors changing a part at will? That’s impossible.

“It seems like you think Hong Woo-jong’s actions are starting to bother you and threaten your position, but that doesn’t mean I have any obligation to work for Hong Geun-jong for no reason.”

What Hong Geun-jong wants. It’s not just about wanting to know about the profiler Han Sung-ki attached to Hong Woo-jong.

‘The existence of a profiler is special.’

As brothers, Hong Geun-jong probably knows about Hong Woo-jong.

What kind of person Hong Woo-jong is.

‘Hong Woo-jong is a man who wants everything.’

Park Do-joon knows what kind of person Hong Woo-jong is. Even if he doesn’t remember the crimes he committed, he has the memory of thoroughly analyzing him in his head. That’s one of the reasons he died.

He also knows that Hong Woo-jong is a man who burns everything if he can’t have it all.

People fear psychopaths, but they don’t know that when an ordinary person is blinded by greed and madness, they become even worse.

‘But Hong Geun-jong knows.’

He’s been watching Hong Woo-jong since he was young. That tendency to do anything for his own desires. He would have been taught not to miss even the smallest things when receiving *chaebol* education, and he wouldn’t like the variable of a profiler popping up.

Then we have to come up with a defense, but that’s impossible.

Profilers are those who read minds. There’s a high probability that they’ll anticipate even the defenses they’re thinking of.

‘So that’s why he’s trying to drag me in.’

Hong Geun-jong probably knows about Park Do-joon’s antipathy towards Han Sung-ki, and he wanted to subtly leak information and naturally use that antipathy to put him under his control.

Because he is absolutely the boss.

‘So I died.’

Maybe he couldn’t respond properly even before the regression, and he would have ended up being killed without a sound.

“I’m sorry, but there’s nothing I can do to help you. I’m a public official.”

Public officials are prohibited from holding concurrent positions. Of course, Park Do-joon is not the kind of person who cares about that. But there’s no better shield than that.

“You, you…”

Before he could even speak, Hong Geun-jong was flustered and started stammering because Park Do-joon knew everything and cut him off so decisively.

“If you have nothing more to say, I’ll be on my way.”

Hong Geun-jong’s face turned red because Park Do-joon was so confident, but he couldn’t move rashly.

‘He would.’

Hong Geun-jong probably wants to kill Park Do-joon. But Jung Yi-yeon is right next to him. Even if he’s a shameless human being who uses violence in front of the person who introduced him, he can’t ignore the backing that Jung Yi-yeon has.

Of course, if you compare the size or sales of Daeguk Group and Moonlight Law Firm, the comparison itself is impossible, but in terms of political power or legal relations, Moonlight Law Firm is much more overwhelming.

“Ah!”

Park Do-joon stopped as he was about to leave and looked at Hong Geun-jong.

“As you know, Congressman Hong Woo-jong is not someone who can be satisfied with a seat in the National Assembly. All or nothing. You know?”

Hong Geun-jong’s face wavered slightly at those words. Because he knows it too.

“Then goodbye.”

As Park Do-joon came out, Jung Yi-yeon, who was flustered and watching, hurriedly followed him.

“*Sunbae* [Korean term for senior colleague or mentor]? No, you’re not this type, are you?”

Park Do-joon is not the type to throw the first punch unless it’s absolutely necessary. Rather, he quietly observes the other person and acts according to their actions and responses. After all, the main task of a profiler is to observe the other person.

But Jung Yi-yeon saw Park Do-joon throwing the first punch for the first time.

“Ah, that? Because I already know Hong Geun-jong’s purpose.”

“Purpose?”

“Hong Geun-jong wants to keep Hong Woo-jong in check. He probably knows him well because he’s his brother.”

Hong Geun-jong can’t help but know how excessive Hong Woo-jong’s greed is and what kind of person he is.

“So, he wants to reduce the variables. But the variable of a profiler is one of the most complex variables.”

The fear of seeing, observing, and reading the other person’s inner self is known to those who know.

In ancient historical tales, most people who knew and predicted too much about the other person did not have a good ending.

Wasn’t the reason why Cao Cao sent Xun Yu an empty food box because he wanted Xun Yu to read his mind and die?

“Furthermore, Korea is basically quite vulnerable to this kind of psychological strategy against the other person.”

“Why?”

“Well, this is a matter of power relations, but to put it simply, the people who hold and run power within a company don’t want to share it.”

Those who hold power want to do as they please. Even if it’s a train heading towards long-term destruction.

“Surely not.”

“It’s not surely not. Surprisingly, there are things that you should never do in business, and most people know that. But in the end, they do it, right?”

For example, lowering quality for excessive cost reduction or deceiving users has a negative impact on the company in the long run.

But in the end, failing companies go through that process.

“Wouldn’t professional managers know that? They know. But they think that the damage the company will suffer is not greater compared to the fruits they will gain. The problem is that psychological experts are people who can tackle that.”

“I don’t understand?”

“For example, let’s say a company makes a short-term profit of 30 billion won [approximately $23 million USD] from a certain action. And if they succeed, the management will get a profit of 300 million won [approximately $230,000 USD] as a reward. But if that could cause a long-term loss of 3 trillion won [approximately $2.3 billion USD] to the company, would you do it?”

“Of course not, right?”

“That’s true for ordinary people. But not for managers.”

In reality, managers are extremely selfish and often work for their own interests. So, they focus more on short-term profits than long-term losses.

“They do it. And they get huge profits. A 3 trillion won loss that you don’t know when it will happen? That’s not their responsibility.”

Even if they get caught, they won’t have to compensate, and they won’t be asked to return the money they’ve already received.

“What was that famous game company that came out with something recently? What was it?”

“Ah, Style Punk?”

“Yeah, surely that company didn’t know that the game’s completion was so terrible?”

“That hits home.”

Style Punk is a recent game. But it was so terrible, and it was so full of bugs that it was impossible to play in the first place.

In particular, it was a failure because there was no way to approach the end of the game itself due to a crash bug that occurred 100% in certain sections.

A game that doesn’t look like it took 4 years of development and hundreds of billions of dollars to invest in a large game company.

“There’s no way they didn’t do a demo inside the company while releasing such a game.”

There’s no way the developers would have asked to release it knowing this mess in the first place.

“Ah, I remember. I heard that there was a stock option purpose.”

“That’s right.”

After the game was released, the stock price was bound to skyrocket like crazy. Because it’s a game that is expected all over the world.

The executives had no intention of postponing it because their purpose was to sell the shares they had at that timing.

As expected, after the game was released, the stock price soared like crazy, and in the meantime, the executives with stock options sold it all off.

Of course, after that, complaints about the game poured out and the stock price plummeted. The company even got the title of a company to be trusted and avoided, and it became uncertain whether recovery was even possible.

“But the executives took tens of billions and kept it.”

“But profilers predict that.”

“Yes, so they will demand that legal restrictions be imposed accordingly.”

Human psychology is obvious to them. As a result, psychological experts are very reluctant in Korea… no, in many companies.

Ironically, while they like guys who read their minds and work on their own, the owners’ true feelings were that they hated people who put the brakes on executives who were running wild for the company.

“As a result, most people can’t defend themselves when the other person comes out with a psychological attack. In terms of IT, it’s like hacking, but there’s no defense expert, let alone a free anti-virus program.”

“So you called *Sunbae*?”

“That’s right.”

A person who knows Han Sung-ki well. And someone who can stop him.

“And he wanted to use me for free.”

Knowing that the benefits that a *chaebol* can give are enormous, most people are servile to him.

Park Do-joon must have thought that Park Do-joon would be like that too.

“But why would I do that? To be honest, if I was going to take the benefits and leave, I wouldn’t have become a police officer in the first place.”

Even if I go to Hyunseong Group right now, I can get a higher salary and more benefits.

“Still, you could have refused appropriately, right?”

“He’ll retaliate.”

“Retaliate?”

“Yeah.”

“No, do you know that without seeing anything?”

“What’s important in profiling is not only the person himself but also his surroundings. What kind of person is Hong Woo-jong? He’s not a normal person. His family knows his personality. But they’re neglecting it or pretending not to know. Is such a family really a normal family?”

“Ah….”

“Humans are individuals and groups. The group to which they belong also represents them.”