My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 320

Although the Daeguk Group’s ranking in the business world may have declined, their power hasn’t diminished. They still wield significant influence, especially in the defense sector, making them one of the companies protected by the government. Otherwise, there would have been limitations to how much Hong Chang-sik, a psychopath, could have grown the company.

“We’ve developed a new technology this time. It’s a technology we used to import entirely from overseas, but we’ve localized it. We’re going to hand it over to Haneul.”

“There will be strong opposition, won’t there?”

“We wouldn’t be able to produce it ourselves anyway.”

As a large company in the defense industry, they invest heavily in military industries and naturally develop numerous technologies. However, there are limits to producing all the successfully developed technologies in-house.

If they operated that way, the company would expand endlessly. The problem is that the scale of the defense industry is limited, so if they grow too large, they could easily collapse if orders dry up later.

Therefore, in such cases, they provide the technology to a reliable external company, receive royalties, and get supplies from them.

The external company is often in a different industry, so there’s no risk of them collapsing.

“Even if I don’t give it to Haneul, some guy will spin off and swallow it up.”

“They wouldn’t spin off; they’d retire and devour it.”

Wasn’t that how Haneul Industries almost went bankrupt?

“Opposition? Let them try. I’ll just fire them.”

No matter how much they suck up, calling each other ‘Director’ or ‘Executive Managing Director,’ if the higher-ups say not to transfer the technology, that’s the end of it.

From the start, the technology is used in weapons, and considering that, if Hong Geun-jong asks the National Intelligence Service [South Korean intelligence agency] to dig into their backgrounds, those directors and executive managing directors will be worrying about jail instead of opening a company. Suppressing them isn’t difficult.

“Of course, you’ll be protected too then.”

In any case, being included in a major defense industry group means the government protects you in various ways. Especially if you’re exclusively producing something that was entirely imported from overseas, you become a top priority for protection.

“Hmm. That’s enough for a deal to be made.”

“I’ll give you a bonus too. If you’re targeting that guy in Shingal-dong, aim for the work he’s doing.”

“His work? Are you talking about the broadcasting station?”

“No, not the broadcasting station. Rumor has it he’s doing something illegal besides that. I don’t know if it’s true, though.”

With that, Hong Geun-jong gulped down his drink. He wiped the alcohol that had flowed onto the side of his mouth and took a deep breath. To survive, he had to struggle.

The opponent is a psychopath. He’ll never let him live. He knew his brother Hong Woo-jong’s personality better than anyone. All or nothing.

He couldn’t just sit still against such a guy.

“That’s unexpected. Why would a *chaebol* [family-owned conglomerate] heir bother doing other things? It’s not like he’s short on money.”

The purpose of working is money. But Shingal-dong isn’t someone who lacks money. He may be an executive managing director at a broadcasting station, but it’s a station that would give him hundreds of millions of won every month even if he didn’t go to work. So, he’s doing other illegal things?

“I don’t know why. But there are rumors that he’s secretly acting as a ‘jeonju’.”

“A ‘jeonju’?”

‘Jeonju’ refers to people who provide money for a certain activity. But they’re not called investors because, unlike investments, the activity is often illegal.

Even if the activity is legal, ‘jeonju’ cannot be seen as investors because they unconditionally collect money through violence or threats, unlike investments that are not legally protected.

“Hmm, well, it’s not impossible.”

Listening to Park Do-joon’s words, Hong Geun-jong frowned as if he had a headache from excessive drinking.

“Your girlfriend is a lawyer and comes from a wealthy family, but no matter how powerful Moonlight is, there are things she can’t hear about the top *chaebol* families. And entrepreneurs and lawyers live in different worlds.”

“You’ve already investigated that far?”

“I have to survive.”

He had to survive. This wasn’t a joke. He genuinely felt his life was in danger. In the worst-case scenario, it wouldn’t be strange if someone put a lead bullet in his head.

He suspected his brother, but in the current situation, suspicion would remain suspicion, and judging by how his father treated him, it seemed like even if such a thing happened, he would cover it up rather than resolve it.

“They’re especially sensitive to illegal activities. Frankly, I don’t know what he’s doing, but it’s a bit seedy for a *chaebol* to be a ‘jeonju.’ Well, there are a few who do it secretly.”

Park Do-joon nodded at those words. In fact, as he said, it wasn’t entirely uncommon for *chaebols* to quietly act as ‘jeonju’ in the dark world.

“I’ll look into it. But the information is a bit weaker than I expected.”

“Weaker?”

“Shingal-dong is an only child, after all.”

If Shingal-dong weren’t an only child, it could be used in the succession battle, but since he is, the destructive power to suppress him is weak. Even if it’s revealed that he’s a ‘jeonju’ for something illegal and he’s embarrassed, he’ll still inherit all the wealth.

‘Well, if I dig into that, something will come out.’

Park Do-joon nodded, keeping the information in mind.

“Well, with those conditions, I’ll give you some appropriate advice.”

“Tell me.”

“Get married first.”

At those words, Hong Geun-jong looked at Park Do-joon with a dumbfounded expression.

“Are you kidding me right now? Are you making fun of me?”

“You’re not blaming yourself, thinking no one would like such a pathetic guy, are you?”

“I could if I wanted to. There are plenty of people blinded by money. But get married in this situation?”

“That’s how you prevent Hong Woo-jong from acting rashly.”

“What?”

“If you get married, your wife will have inheritance rights.”

“……!”

At those words, something clicked in Hong Geun-jong’s mind. It was something he hadn’t considered.

“Inheritance rights?”

“That’s right. Currently, the first in line for inheritance is your father. Your mother has passed away.”

Basically, in an unmarried situation, the first in line for inheritance is the parents, and the second is the siblings.

If Hong Geun-jong dies, the assets and shares will go to his father, Hong Chang-sik. The problem is that Hong Woo-jong is still a child, so if Hong Chang-sik dies, it means it will go to him again.

“But if you get married, your wife becomes the first in line for inheritance.”

The only way to solve that is to kill the wife first to prevent her from inheriting.

“And as long as your wife is alive, your life will be spared.”

“Hmm.”

It’s an unwelcome situation for Hong Woo-jong, who aims for all or nothing. If Hong Geun-jong dies first and the assets go to his wife, there’s no way to get them back.

Even if the wife dies after that, the wife’s family is the first in line for inheritance.

“And the harder it is to touch your wife, the more bewildered he will be.”

“You mean a celebrity?”

“No, the opposite.”

“The opposite?”

“You can handle celebrities with an accident. You have to approach it from the mindset of a murderer, not a political burden.”

Of course, Hong Geun-jong is in a political position. But that doesn’t mean you have to judge all the realistic problems he has politically.

“People think they’ll be safer as they become more famous, but that’s only true in the political arena. It’s different in the financial arena. Especially for guys like Hong Woo-jong who can fake an accident to kill someone.”

“Then?”

“An unknown, anonymous person is better. If possible, someone timid and with a limited range of activities.”

“Timid? Limited?”

“To kill someone in an accident, there must be many opportunities. But you can’t kill someone who doesn’t leave the house in an accident.”

They have to come out to cover it up as an accident. It’s not easy to kill someone who only stays at home or whose movements are limited in an accident.

“And you can’t hire a killer either.”

They can cover up killing Hong Geun-jong, but they can’t cover up killing his wife. Hong Geun-jong would go wild. Eventually, a large-scale investigation would take place, and in the worst case, Hong Woo-jong might get involved.

“So, you’re saying to use any woman as a sacrifice? As a shield for me?”

Hong Geun-jong’s face became uneasy at those words. No matter how much he wanted to live, he wasn’t a psychopath like his father or brother.

“It depends on how you think about it.”

“Depends on how you think about it?”

“There’s also a way to explain it and handle it with money.”

“What? Who would accept such absurd conditions?”

Park Do-joon chuckled at those words. Because someone might have no choice but to accept it.

“I remember there was a brief rumor a long time ago, am I right?”

“Joo Soo-ah?”

“You remember?”

“To be honest, that wasn’t a real rumor.”

Just because Hong Woo-jong is a psychopath doesn’t mean Hong Geun-jong is good. In fact, it’s not difficult for someone like Hong Geun-jong to play with celebrities.

The same goes for Shingal-dong. However, Shingal-dong tries to control and play with the other person by suppressing them with his power, while Joo Soo-ah was a sponsor through a kind of deal.

“That’s how you cut ties.”

“Ugh, how did you know that? There was no talk of sponsorship at all?”

“Isn’t Joo Soo-ah not a very good actress?”

Joo Soo-ah is pretty, but she wasn’t a good actress. But at some point, she started to grow, receiving the spotlight as a supporting role. But while she was doing so well, she fell into ruin when a rumor with Hong Geun-jong broke out.

“It was strange. Usually, you can just deny something like that and it’s over.”

The incident was before the regression, so he remembered it accurately. Especially since it wasn’t related to any crime. It was just a deal.

“I denied it?”

“You denied it, but at the same time, Joo Soo-ah went to hell. I think you cut off the sponsorship when things got difficult after the incident, am I wrong?”

“Ugh, that’s right.”

It was an undeniable fact. And there weren’t many people who would use Joo Soo-ah, whose acting skills were mediocre, without a sponsor.

“But Joo Soo-ah is married, isn’t she?”

After that, Joo Soo-ah felt the limits of her talent and got married early.

“She was. But she’s divorced, well, it’s not very well known because she’s not a famous actress.”

“Divorced?”

“Yes, her husband is a scammer. She has one child.”

She met a good husband when her name was worth something and planned to marry him, so she married a Chinese investor, but later found out that the Chinese investor was a lie, and that guy was also planning to commit fraud by selling Joo Soo-ah’s name.