My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 448

“That’s not going to happen.”

“What?”

“It’s a matter of people’s lives. The Chinese Triads clearly need a huge amount of money to save themselves. Naturally, they will start a massive fund recovery operation targeting the Korean people.”

It’s impossible to know if that will affect dozens, hundreds, or thousands of people.

“In that situation, telling me to step down is nonsense.”

“But…”

At Park Do-joon’s words, Yoon Tae-min smiled awkwardly. Even he thought Park Do-joon was right. No matter how much political capital was at stake, concealing this information would disqualify him as a politician.

“So, we need to find another way.”

“That’s what I’m trying to do.”

“No, not that way.”

Yoon Tae-min smiled awkwardly. Park Do-joon smiled wryly at Yoon Tae-min.

“Assemblyman Lee Eok-ho doesn’t seem like he’ll listen.”

“Is there another way?”

“Yes.”

It’s not that there isn’t another way. In fact, Park Do-joon already knew that Lee Eok-ho wouldn’t accept it from the start. Assemblyman Lee Eok-ho is a well-known pro-China figure.

Would such a person risk his political standing?

“What’s the way?”

“It’s simple. Lee Sang-won comes forward and speaks up himself.”

At those words, Lee Eok-ho’s face twisted like a demon.

“I told you I don’t want to!”

“It’s not up to Assemblyman Lee Eok-ho to decide.”

Lee Eok-ho looked like he wanted to beat him to death right then and there. But he paused at the next words.

“And in this situation, if you play your cards right, you can make a suitable deal.”

“Assemblyman Lee Eok-ho shouldn’t be involved in this case from the start.”

“I shouldn’t be involved?”

“Yes.”

“It’s my son’s case! And I shouldn’t be involved?”

“That’s how pro-China people stick around, right? I understand you refused because you were worried about that?”

“That’s…”

“And, if we step in and rescue the victim with money in the current situation, what will people say?”

“Tch!”

Lee Eok-ho immediately realized what he meant.

Controversy over preferential treatment. In fact, this rescue operation cannot be seen as preferential treatment. Protecting one’s own citizens is the duty of the state. The problem is that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is notoriously incompetent and doesn’t do its job.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has failed to rescue and abandoned Korean citizens in numerous cases so far.”

They even cut off a phone call from a Korean prisoner of war who barely escaped from North Korea, telling him not to call again.

In that situation, rescuing Lee Sang-won just because he is Lee Eok-ho’s son is bound to be seen as preferential treatment by the public.

“But that money is my money!”

“Of course, it is. But in any case, a diplomat, a 5th-grade diplomat, went directly.”

Park Do-joon said with a smile. In a situation where diplomats, who other countries don’t even care about, reveal their existence, the controversy over preferential treatment cannot be avoided.

‘It’s funny.’

People think the law should be fair. But because it is not fair, the current situation is that if you respond in the right way, you will be accused of preferential treatment.

It’s something that should have been done in the first place, but because it’s only done for certain people and not for others.

“So, to prevent that preferential treatment controversy, Lee Eok-ho should step back.”

“If I do that… !”

“If you step back, no one will misunderstand.”

“What?”

“Everyone knows that Lee Sang-won and Assemblyman Lee Eok-ho don’t get along, right?”

Their fight is quite famous even within Korea. How often does a son run in an election to unseat his own father?

“If the kidnapping by a Chinese criminal organization and Assemblyman Lee Eok-ho’s negotiation don’t exist, or rather, if it’s hidden, no one will know that you stepped in.”

“That…”

At those words, Lee Eok-ho was confused. In fact, it is true that he and his son do not get along. And if he maintains that facade for the time being, there is no reason for him to abandon his pro-China stance and suffer the consequences.

“Of course, you’ll have to shut your mouth.”

It would be nice to express it nicely, but Park Do-joon had no intention of doing so.

‘If I give them any leeway here, politicians will try to gain something at all costs.’

In this case, it is better to openly reveal to the other party that there is no escape and put pressure on them. The expression ‘you have to shut your mouth’ is an extension of that plan. What if I said, ‘Please be quiet’?

Politicians will think they are in a more advantageous position and will try to gain additional benefits at all costs. Of course, ordinary people may ask what additional benefits there are here. But even if his son Lee Sang-won speaks without Lee Eok-ho’s consent, since the two are wealthy, there is no way that there will be no repercussions in that regard.

Because it can be seen as a heartless father. In order to bear the loss, this side must also put some pressure on him.

“Are you trying to make me look like a bad guy?”

Lee Eok-ho gritted his teeth.

“Of course, I have no intention of doing that.”

Park Do-joon judged that Lee Eok-ho was at least better than Kang Joo-rin.

Both are ambitious politicians. However, Kang Joo-rin has the ruthlessness to use and throw away people around her for her own benefit. At least Lee Eok-ho doesn’t do that.

“So, I’m giving you a way out.”

Park Do-joon smiled.

Some time later, Lee Sang-won revealed what had happened to him through an interview.

-I was kidnapped by a Chinese violent organization and became a target for organ trafficking. They aimed to sell organs to key figures in Korea…

Lee Sang-won’s announcement turned Korea upside down. The fact is that rumors about organ trafficking have been circulating for a while, but they have never been seriously investigated.

And the biggest shock was actually something other than organ trafficking.

-And I heard that organ trafficking scams are happening in Korea.

-Organ trafficking scam?

-I know it’s a scam where they take money from desperate people under the pretense of organ trafficking and then send them to China.

-Why is that a scam?

-Because organ trafficking doesn’t actually happen. According to the people there, organ supply is not planned from the beginning, and they just inject immunosuppressants for the purpose of killing them.

Most people only realize they have been scammed after arriving in China, but they cannot survive because they have already been injected with immunosuppressants.

Naturally, Korean reporters started to report it as breaking news like crazy.

Of course, there are some pro-China reporters who are unhappy about it. In fact, there are reporters who receive money from China.

-How did a mere hostage know that?

-It’s not just a place where they keep them, feed them, and put them to sleep. They make the trapped people kidnap other people or extort money. If they do well, some people survive for a long time, and one of them told me. His job is to launder money coming from Korea as scam money. He used to be an accountant in Taiwan.

Of course, this is half true and half false. In fact, there was an accountant among the people who were caught. He didn’t go there for a job, but was caught in Vietnam while traveling.

In fact, he was an accountant, so he survived quite a long time by raising money and laundering money.

But eventually, his credit deteriorated and the money laundering trail began to be tracked, so his organs were immediately taken.

So no one knows what he said. The important thing is that there was someone who did it, and if you investigate his identity, he will definitely come from Taiwan.

-The scam has been going on even before he came, so there will be thousands of victims…

Even pro-China reporters had nothing to say at this point. Moreover, it was not the Chinese government who did it, and they had no reason to shield the Chinese criminals.

As breaking news started pouring out like crazy, Park Do-joon smiled.

“Now Wang Woo-hwan won’t be able to scam anyone either.”

Of course, the police will not check the illnesses of people leaving for China.

But people who were trying to leave for China will have no choice but to change their minds in a situation where rumors have already spread.

“Moreover, people who have already taken immunosuppressants will desperately look for hospitals.”

There is no way to completely restore lost immunity in the world. The only way is to endure in a sterile room and wait for the immunity suppressed by the medicine to revive.

For patients trying to leave for China, it is bound to be a heart-wrenching experience. Knowing it’s a scam, they have to take a crowded plane with no immunity and go to unsanitary China.

Most people will be fine because of their own immunity, but for them, who have taken immunosuppressants, it is a matter of life and death.

“The police now have an excuse to investigate this case in earnest.”

Of course, catching them is another matter. It would be nice to assign the case to Park Do-joon, but it is likely that this will not happen, and even if it is assigned, they are already preparing to cut off all ties and go into hiding.

“But if former Vice Minister Yeon Hwa-in says she is a victim, things will get even bigger.”

Yeon Hwa-in decided to testify as a victim in a situation where she was about to die. Fortunately, she had not taken immunosuppressants.

But she was a victim of the scam and had actually received and was about to take immunosuppressants, so she had evidence. It is virtually impossible for an individual to obtain it in Korea.

“With this, we have prevented additional victims from occurring for now…”

Watching the news, Yoon Tae-min tilted his head.

“Why did you have to fight with Assemblyman Lee Eok-ho? Couldn’t you have just said it nicely?”

Yoon Tae-min was most curious about that. Of course, Assemblyman Lee Eok-ho cannot retaliate now. If he retaliates against the person who saved his son, he will be seen as ungrateful, and even if he is that ungrateful, he can easily find out who is behind Park Do-joon if he is that kind of person.

“It’s a matter of efficiency.”

“A matter of efficiency?”

“Assemblyman Lee Eok-ho can’t leverage this case anyway.”

“I know that.”

From the beginning, he wanted to shut his mouth and let it pass quietly, because he was afraid that his political position would be shaken.

“So, someone else has to leverage it.”

“Who?”

“You, Yoon Tae-min.”

“Me? Are you talking about me?”

At those words, Yoon Tae-min flinched. He didn’t expect his name to come up.