My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 324

“Probably, the so-called big shots are just shields, and force is a tool to control them. Of course, they’ll also be involved in collecting money from people who borrow from private lenders.”

Organizations sometimes need to be separated, but also need to be grouped together.

Force belongs to the group that needs to be kept together. This is because if there are too many independent force groups, they can become hostile to each other and, in the worst-case scenario, turn their guns on each other.

The old Japanese army and the Chinese army operated in this way. In the case of the old Japanese army, the conflict between the navy and the army went beyond mere non-cooperation to the point where intentional sabotage occurred to mess with each other. In the case of the Chinese army, although it is less so these days, in the past, troops were operated separately by military region, and there were many rumors that in the worst case, if a civil war broke out, the forces would be divided along military region lines.

“And in any organization, groups with aggressive tendencies are controlled by direct management from above. That’s why the president is the supreme commander of the military in South Korea.”

Of course, there are many cases where the president isn’t capable of actually ordering military operations. There are female presidents, and in Korea, there are many presidents who haven’t completed military service, and even if they have, they are usually just regular soldiers.

But even so, the president must be the commander-in-chief of the military. That’s the only way to prevent problems.

“In that situation, all criminal acts that occur below will be carried out with at least the tacit consent of Shinguk Ilbo or Shingal-dong.”

At those words, Chairman Bae Deok-gi had a strange expression. He had only expected them to be big players in the private loan market and hadn’t thought any deeper than that, but to think that crime could be involved within that structure.

‘We didn’t think this would be such a powerful weapon.’

People around him said that there was nothing they could do because it wasn’t illegal. This was the case not only for the Strategic Management Office but even for the legal team that handled legal issues.

But when he dug into it, it was a bigger deal than he thought.

“Then how can we mess with them? If we leak this information anonymously, it would be helpful enough, right?”

Advertising costs? It’s not that he can’t afford them. But the biggest problem is the uselessness of the advertising spend.

The minimum advertising cost they requested was 20 billion won [approximately $15 million USD]. It’s not that he can’t pay it, but it’s definitely not a small amount of money. But is the effect that great? Unfortunately, it is not. The company’s analysis team said that the effect of advertising on Shinguk Ilbo or Shinguk Broadcasting is less than 40% compared to broadcasting elsewhere.

If he spends 20 billion won and the effect is only about 6 billion won [approximately $4.5 million USD], he can’t help but feel that the advertising cost is a waste.

Furthermore, in terms of advertising effectiveness, the main viewers of the channel are the elderly, and their purchasing power is significantly lower. Even if the advertising effect is already low, if the purchasing power is even lower, it’s a losing proposition.

“But we can’t directly fight them, can we? If we leak this, it’s an all-out war. I can’t claim that Hyunseong is a clean company with no weaknesses.”

“I see.”

Park Do-joon stroked his chin at those words.

‘Things are getting bigger and bigger?’

Originally, it was just to prevent sex bribery crimes, but the matter has grown bigger than he thought.

‘Well, does it matter?’

It doesn’t matter. Is it the first or second time that a case has grown while investigating? If he’s afraid of that, the investigation itself is impossible from the start.

“Well, would it even explode if we leaked it from our side in the first place?”

“That’s true too.”

Considering the influence of the media, it might not even make a splash.

Of course, a small number of internet media companies may mention it, but realistically, it is obvious that those media companies will either shut their mouths or be attacked.

“In this case, we need to change the target of the attack.”

“You don’t mean to attack by turning it into a forced prostitution case, do you? Even if we attack that way, it won’t be effective.”

He knows how large corporations cut off their tails [a metaphor for disavowing responsibility]. Furthermore, according to Park Do-joon, the criminal organization is a kind of expendable asset.

If they attack them, Shinguk Ilbo will naturally step in and control all the media. If you go to Gangnam, there are sex shops everywhere. Does the police not know about that? You can find it with a little search on the internet, right?

It’s not that they don’t know, it’s that they pretend not to know. But will they investigate a case involving Shinguk Ilbo, of all places?

“That’s just changing the person being attacked. What I’m saying is, let’s change the subject of the attack entirely.”

“To whom?”

“To a violent organization.”

“What?”

“Leak the information to the criminal organization. Then what choice will they make?”

This is surprisingly high-level information that clumsy guys can’t even access. In fact, only the top echelons of large corporations know this.

No one would think of spreading such information to street thugs. Because it’s information that could become a weapon later.

“Violent organizations can’t see far ahead. They are obsessed with what’s right in front of them. Most violent organizations will probably choose the card of blackmail.”

If it’s a large organization, if it’s an organization that has connections with the political and business world, they’ll be careful and quietly shut their mouths, but not a small one.

They are originally reckless guys. Guys who have never been in contact with power. So they don’t know how scary power is when it really moves.

“Such violent organizations are in a state of not knowing how scary a tiger is [idiom for not understanding the power they are dealing with].”

“There are often such guys.”

The power they can access is at most the chief of the local police station, and they can control such guys to their liking by giving them bribes.

“If such guys start blackmailing, Shinguk Ilbo will naturally retaliate.”

And in that case, those guys will never survive.

“Is it Yi Yi Jei Yi [using barbarians to control barbarians]?”

“It’s not even that level.”

It’s not about trying to eliminate the violent organization with the power of Shinguk Ilbo. It’s the opposite.

“Shinguk Ilbo can’t stop those guys from leaking information in a desperate situation.”

The reason why Hyunseong Group is not leaking such information now is because it judges that it is not worth fighting Shinguk Ilbo.

But if things go that way? Shinguk Ilbo and Shinguk Broadcasting will think that the place where the information was leaked was that damn criminal group.

And they will retaliate based on that, but they can’t provoke Hyunseong Group with that.

“Rather, they will have to curl their tails even more [become more cautious].”

If this is revealed to the outside, advertising will drop even more, and they will need more money to survive. Unless they are real idiots, they will know that there is no option to blackmail Hyunseong Group and sell advertising in that situation.

“And if we take care of Shingal-dong in the meantime, that guy won’t have time to do nonsense.”

He’s about to die right away, so he can’t threaten to offer sex. Rather, if such actions leak out, he may not be able to inherit Shinguk Ilbo and Shinguk Broadcasting.

Even if it’s a friendly stake, they won’t give a vote to a guy who can ruin the organization.

“Interesting. Hehehe!”

Chairman Bae Deok-gi, who was only thinking about investigating using the police, clicked his tongue.

“Usually, the police don’t use criminal organizations, do they?”

“That’s true. But I have no intention of stopping them from trying to destroy themselves.”

In fact, as far as the police are concerned, they have nothing to lose even if violent organizations fight each other and stab each other in the stomach with knives.

Ordinary people also think, ‘I wish those criminals would kill each other,’ as long as they don’t get hurt.

But the law is preventing that.

“But the police can only handle things after the fact.”

That’s the reality. The police’s job is to handle things after a crime occurs.

Unfortunately, modern police are hardly able to focus on prevention.

“For example, an organization… hmm, in this case, it could be a Chinese or Japanese organization. If such guys start blackmailing, it will be a mess.”

If it’s a domestic organization, they may be aware of Shinguk Ilbo’s influence, but those guys have no reason to do that.

“Yes, if it’s those guys, it will definitely be a problem.”

Bae Deok-gi, who understood what that meant, smiled brightly.

There are many criminal organizations in Korea. Some people think that the times have changed, so there are no more violent or criminal organizations, but that’s what people who live without thinking would say.

In the first place, most of those criminal organizations are active in various places and manage the police and politicians in each region, so they are not cracked down on, but it’s not that there are no violent organizations.

Of course, it is rare for violent organizations to beat people to take away their homes like in the past. It’s not that such things don’t happen, but these days, they prefer other methods rather than directly using their hands, because such cases can become an issue in the media if they go wrong.

But even so, there are still guys who prefer similar methods, and one of them is the Chinese organization called Daegeumryongpa.

Daegeumryongpa is a violent organization based in Incheon’s Chinatown, and it was a place that exerted considerable power in Korea.

It was no secret that a kind of deal came into such a place.

It was no secret that the Chinese Triads were behind what was called a Korean violent organization.

So some Chinese people working in Korea brought information that could be profitable and sold it at a reasonable price.

And Daegeumryongpa’s main source of income was extorting a considerable amount of money from the other party using that.

But such a Daegeumryongpa received a large case that they did not expect.

They were quite interested in this case.

“So Shinguk Ilbo and Shinguk Broadcasting operate a violent organization, and they even do human trafficking and private lending through that organization?”

“Yes, isn’t there evidence here?”

Of course, the evidence was provided by Hyunseong Group. At Park Do-joon’s words, Hyunseong Group started looking for an organization that was presumed to be under Shingal-dong with a hopeful heart, and it was not difficult to find that place.

Shinjongno Faction. In fact, the Shinjongno Faction mainly recovers funds in the Jongno-gu private loan market.

They were rumored to be vicious guys who would take out and sell internal organs if they didn’t get their money.

In fact, there are dozens of bars under them, and hundreds of women are prostituting themselves there.

“But Shinjongno Faction is running that place?”

“To be exact, it’s Shingal-dong.”

Of course, Shingal-dong doesn’t directly tell them to do such things. But it is true that they roughly know the situation but turn a blind eye and allow them to extort money.

In fact, there are many people who can’t repay their debts in any other way. Of course, in the case of men, if they can’t repay their debts, they have no choice but to take out and sell their organs.

And Shingal-dong, or rather Shinguk Ilbo, was acting as a financier lending money to such private lenders.