My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 262

“Which side is the current Minister of Construction on?”

“The King’s brother.”

The royal family has an enormous number of siblings. It’s only natural. Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy that practices polygamy. If the first king had only ten concubines and each of them bore him three children, the next generation would already number thirty. If those thirty each took ten concubines and had three children each, that’s 900 people in one generation.

Furthermore, the first king recognized not only himself but also his brothers as part of the royal family. It’s understandable, but it inevitably led to an enormous increase in the number of royals.

“Then why did he survive?”

“Huh? Well…”

“Because he’s easy to manage.”

The new Crown Prince’s purge was merciless. He relentlessly drove out his own elders, cousins, and siblings who were not beneficial to Saudi Arabia’s future and only sought to leech off it.

However, after they were ousted, their positions were merely filled by other relatives who were relatively powerless and unable to engage in corruption.

Because under Saudi Arabian law, only members of the royal family can hold positions requiring political decisions.

“That’s true.”

They couldn’t use the people they had purged. Even though they were from the same family and royal lineage, they weren’t killed, but resentment was inevitable.

In reality, instead of killing or imprisoning them, Saudi Arabia confiscated their assets, ostensibly as a form of return, and pushed them out of power.

That was only to be expected. What if they were simply left in positions of power? They would naturally seek revenge at the first opportunity.

Nevertheless, the remaining assets were enough to live comfortably, eating, drinking, and enjoying life. That way, they wouldn’t be so eager to seek revenge.

It was as if their lives hadn’t changed much, but their bank accounts felt empty.

In doing so, a upheaval occurred that was virtually a coup, but the country quickly stabilized with surprisingly little shock.

Considering that coups in other countries often lead to civil wars, this was a truly unique case.

“But didn’t the new Crown Prince hold military power?”

“Of course, he did. But the opposition held the money. Frankly, you know the assessment of the Saudi Arabian army, right?”

“That’s true.”

The Saudi Arabian army is like civil servants. No joke, they’re really like civil servants, or even worse. So much so that some say they’re worse than Japan’s Self-Defense Forces.

In fact, Saudi Arabia spends an enormous amount of money on its military every year. It pours the world’s fourth-highest amount of money into its military.

So, the equipment is always top-notch. But the soldiers who operate it can’t really be considered soldiers.

In reality, Saudi Arabian soldiers are famous for abandoning their equipment and running away as soon as they feel even slightly in danger, and it’s common to see rebels or enemies capturing and using that equipment.

It’s not that they flee when there’s a risk of defeat in battle or when the front lines collapse. They literally run away as soon as they feel they’re in danger.

Saudi Arabia also hires professional mercenaries from abroad and invites foreign experts to provide training in order to solve this problem.

However, the problem isn’t with the front-line soldiers but with the generals, the royal family, so it doesn’t work at all.

The main lines are always held by the royal family. Moreover, no matter how much the soldiers are trained, would they be willing to die on the battlefield after living a life of luxury?

“The only ones who can actually fight are all foreigners.”

“Foreigners?”

“Oh, you didn’t know? The core force of the Saudi Arabian army is mercenaries.”

Saudi Arabia is a military recruitment country. But in a country where you can live a life of luxury even if you just loaf around, who would risk their lives on the battlefield?

As a result, the main force of Saudi Arabia is actually foreign mercenaries. In fact, there are over 70,000 former Pakistani soldiers alone.

“But it’s hard to expect loyalty from mercenaries.”

What if the royal family members at that time had joined forces and said, ‘Show me the money,’ instead of having their assets seized?

“It would probably have become a battleground for mercenaries from all over the world.”

Because the assets recovered from them amounted to tens of billions of dollars.

“But the fact that nothing much happened means only one thing.”

It appears as a coup, but it’s a form of giving up what needs to be given up, in other words, a form close to a deal. Of course, it’s a much more unfavorable deal for the royal family members.

“I don’t see what that has to do with this redevelopment.”

“What they lost was their assets, not their title as members of the royal family.”

Park Do-joon smiled bitterly at Go Gwang-soo, who was staring blankly, unable to understand his words.

“What if they rise up and protest this issue?”

“Heok!” [A Korean exclamation of surprise or shock]

Even though they have lost power, they are still members of the royal family. Of course, those who crossed the line are confined to live, but those who didn’t are living by returning their assets.

“They had their power taken away, and now the royal family’s in-law takes their money? They’ll be furious.”

Especially since those who took their place would have been powerless individuals who wouldn’t have even been treated well in the past.

“If we meet him and ask him to be fair, he won’t listen. But what if someone protests this issue to a member of the royal family?”

“The royal family can’t ignore it.”

Even though they have lost power, they were key members of the royal family.

“If they ignore their protests there, it’s like taking away their power and giving it to another criminal.”

In the end, the royal family has no choice but to move.

“If the higher-ups are removed… the rest is obvious.”

Down below, they’re already delaying decisions for years, taking flak to avoid China at all costs. If that happens, those below will definitely push for Korea.

“That’s possible.”

“And contacting the royal family won’t be difficult.”

Some are externally confined, but those guys have already crossed the line. People who have committed crimes that deserve death, like rape or murder, but they can’t execute royalty, so they’re forced to imprison them.

The rest can be contacted. And there’s no reason for the guys in charge of Aran Phiat to be wary of them and block contact.

“If we have enough money.”

“We have plenty of that. The higher-ups said we should use money to get the project.”

The cost won’t be small. And that’s the opportunity.

Because a bribe of 100 million won [approximately $75,000 USD] is not very meaningful to someone with 100 billion won [approximately $75 million USD], but a bribe of 100 million won is a lot of money to someone with 1 billion won [approximately $750,000 USD].

Moreover, it will be even more so for them, who have returned most of their assets to the Saudi government.

“Change the target of attack, is it?”

“That’s right. The decision-maker is the Minister of Construction. But the one who appoints the Minister of Construction is the King.”

Go Gwang-soo’s eyes sparkled at Park Do-joon’s plan.

Go Gwang-soo immediately approached those who were once powerful but are now living quietly, as Park Do-joon had said. And they were all furious.

“What? An in-law? Some mere in-law is ruining Saudi Arabia’s construction project?”

As Park Do-joon said, in Saudi Arabia, the royal family’s in-law is not a very great title. Of course, socially, they are the so-called aristocratic class, but from the real royal family’s point of view, they are not a very powerful class.

Moreover, depending on the number of Saudi royal family members, there are countless in-laws. No, there are far more. Because most royal family members have several wives.

“Have you ever seen such crazy bastards?”

When Saudi Arabia was turned upside down by the Crown Prince’s coup, they had a moment of decision. Whether to bet everything, buy mercenaries, and fight, or to comply and seek Saudi’s stability.

In fact, neither was impossible. Currently, Saudi Arabia has 150,000 troops. Most of them are mercenaries. If they were given several times the money, they would gladly point their guns at the King of Saudi Arabia.

With them operating most of the military equipment, it would be impossible for the handful of royal family officers to stop them, and once they turned things over and brought in additional personnel from outside, it wouldn’t be impossible for them to turn the country upside down.

But they endured.

The power of the royal family comes from Saudi’s oil. If a civil war breaks out, oil supplies will be cut off, and if oil supplies are cut off, their money supply will be cut off.

If they’re unlucky, they could be killed by mercenaries.

That’s why they quietly stepped down. But now, an in-law, not even a member of the royal family, has taken their place and is taking bribes there.

“I’m worried that this behavior will cause big problems for Saudi Arabia. As you can see, China is causing serious problems. Their construction technology is also very poor.”

In fact, China’s construction technology is very poor. Of course, it won’t collapse right away, but it will collapse faster than expected.

“And the backlash will be directed at the royal family.”

When one place starts to collapse, it means that most of the new city has reached the end of its lifespan. Where will the anger of the people living in that area be directed? It’s not hard to guess.

“We can’t just let it go.”

“That’s right.”

They’re not exactly righteous. In fact, they didn’t want to step down.

But various complex emotions… anger at the royal family, jealousy, and hatred for those who were once below them taking their place, etc. They were swept up in such emotions and raged far more than Park Do-joon had expected.

‘Park Do-joon is right.’

He said they would probably be extremely angry. And that’s the timing.

“This is…”

“What is it?”

Go Gwang-soo handing over a small USB.

“It’s a small gift we’ve prepared.”

The real gift isn’t the USB. But inside it was an account and password with an appropriate amount of money.

They couldn’t transfer such a large amount of money or bring it in cash. And the experienced ones recognized what it was and quietly took it and pocketed it.

“Don’t worry. I will punish those who dare to make a mess of Saudi Arabia.”

“As a member of the Saudi royal family, I cannot simply overlook this issue.”

“Thank you.”

Go Gwang-soo bowed his head in gratitude.

The next day, dozens of people went to the palace where the King lived.

“Do-joon! Do-joon!”

While Park Do-joon was packing to return to Korea, Go Gwang-soo suddenly burst through the door, excited.

“What’s wrong?”

“The Minister of Construction has been dismissed.”

“Dismissed?”

“Yes, information has come out that the Minister of Construction has been dismissed and is under investigation.”