My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 519

“Bullshit, you say?”

“Yeah, telling someone to give up what they’re good at and jump into a world they know nothing about? It sounds good, sure. Challenge, frontier, pioneering… But what if they fail doing that? Will those guys take responsibility?”

Park Do-joon peeked out from under the covers, only his face showing, and said,

“You know what the psychology is of those telling you to pioneer?”

“What?”

“It’s the mindset of, ‘If that bastard succeeds, I should try it too.’ It’s not advice for the other person. It’s advice for themselves. The people who truly care about you wouldn’t tell you to pioneer. They’d tell you to stay where you are.”

Of course, a true colleague would try to help a colleague who started pioneering, even in a small way.

“But most of the guys who talk about pioneering spirit and challenging spirit are saying it because they have no intention of taking responsibility.”

“That’s some killer insight, seriously.”

Lee Yeon nodded at those words. She’d seen so many cases like that in her life as a lawyer that even Lee Yeon, with her limited experience, was getting tired of it. Just how much more of that is there in the world?

“In the end, what I’m good at is dealing with people and analyzing them.”

“So, HR would be good, then?”

“Well, I’m already helping with that.”

You can’t just keep an eye on everything in HR from start to finish.

“Frankly, there’s no point in me just sitting there, acting like the head of HR.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. And it doesn’t suit my personality.”

Park Do-joon rolled around, staring at the ceiling.

“How tiring is it for a person to read people?”

“I wouldn’t know.”

“Because you’re always genuine with me.”

But ordinary people aren’t like that. Ordinary people fear others looking beneath their masks and avoid those with such abilities.

‘There’s a reason why so many profilers get divorced.’

Not just profilers, but experts at detecting lies often get divorced. It’s because the other person becomes afraid of them seeing their true feelings.

“At least with individuals, personal preferences or genuine feelings aren’t a problem. But within a company? It becomes a problem.”

If a superior looks into my heart, that’s a burden.

“Shouldn’t you just do the right thing?”

“That’s not the problem.”

Even if I do the right thing, it’s still burdensome and uncomfortable.

“If I set my mind to examining someone’s life, I can find out about their private life too. Um, for example, let’s say there’s a very capable employee who’s two-timing. From the company’s perspective, so what?”

“Yeah, that’s true.”

From the company’s perspective, it doesn’t matter if an employee is two-timing or has multiple relationships.

“But from the employee’s perspective, they’ll be afraid that their superior might find out about their two-timing.”

Saying the company doesn’t care is just the company’s position, and no one wants to reveal their flaws to the world.

“The more capable that person is, the faster they’ll leave the company.”

“Ah, I get it. So, when using people, you shouldn’t pry into their private lives, right?”

“Right. But if I go to the HR department, would that be possible?”

“It wouldn’t be.”

There’s no way. If I don’t analyze, I don’t analyze, but once I start, I can’t just gloss over it.

“So, the only area I can help with is just the resume.”

I can’t go beyond that.

“That’s ambiguous.”

“That’s why I don’t want to quit being a cop.”

“For someone who says that, you’re resting way too hard?”

“Wanting to work there doesn’t mean I like the job. Even workaholics don’t do it because they like it, but just because they feel anxious if they don’t.”

“Heh, you know it well.”

‘Because that’s how I lived.’

That’s why I wanted to live more comfortably in this life.

“I’m not going to do anything.”

“You have to eat.”

“There’s delivery. I’ll order delivery.”

“Really? I’m here, though?”

Lee Yeon approached with a subtle look. But today, I was firm.

“Even if something more comes?”

“Yeah, even if something more comes.”

At that moment, a voice was heard.

“Delivery.”

“Huh? Delivery? Did I order something? No, I didn’t order anything?”

Even if I order delivery, I usually have it sent to the police station, not here. Because I’m away for so long.

“Ah. I ordered it.”

“Why are you having your stuff sent to our place? You live in an apartment, right?”

“It’s not mine.”

“Then what is it?”

“Wait and see.”

Lee Yeon got up and brought in a large box from outside. And when she opened it, Park Do-joon’s eyes shook.

“You’re still not going to do anything even with this?”

“Keuh.”

I was trying not to do anything. I was desperately trying not to do anything. But the thing in front of me was so tempting that I couldn’t help but do something.

“I prepared this especially for you, oppa [term of endearment for older brother or male friend]?”

“Keuh, Lee Yeon, I love you.”

“I know how you feel.”

Lee Yeon held up the item with a seductive expression. And the item in her hand…

“A PlayBox 6, no less.”

Wasn’t that the item that you couldn’t get in stores and was going for an extra million won [Korean currency]?

“How about we have a 격한판 [gyeokhanpan – intense round/session]*?”

And Lee Yeon held up a game next to the box.

“Even World Sword, which is so hot these days?”

At those words, Park Do-joon threw off the blanket.

“Looks like I’ll have to have a 격한판 [gyeokhanpan – intense round/session]*.”

“I got destroyed.”

I was utterly destroyed. Ten losses in a row.

“Seriously, how can you, a girl, be better than me at fighting games?”

“Don’t underestimate my gamer life. My game room at home has everything from PlayBox 1 to 6.”

“Wow. Jealous.”

“How about coming over and enjoying a fun gamer life sometime?”

“Well, that……”

Park Do-joon smiled awkwardly, still feeling burdened by Lee Yeon’s father.

“I’m not quite ready for that……”

“Please get ready soon.”

“Hahaha, yeah, let’s eat 짜장면 [jjajangmyeon – black bean noodles]* for lunch. 짜장면…….”

Park Do-joon said, picking up his phone. Then, after checking the messages that were already there, he let out a long sigh.

“What’s wrong?”

“Well, I guess I’m not destined to rest.”

A text from Chairman Bae Deok-gi. Park Do-joon smiled bitterly as he looked at it.

Chairman Bae Deok-gi was watching over Park Do-joon. The reason Park Do-joon could confidently stand up to his superiors was because Chairman Bae Deok-gi and Hong Geun-jong were backing him.

Give and take is the rule of the world. That’s why Park Do-joon couldn’t just ignore it when he got a call from Chairman Bae Deok-gi.

“Sorry to bother you on your day off. The situation is a bit urgent.”

“It’s okay. Well, I’ll rest next time.”

Even as he said that, Park Do-joon smacked his lips in disappointment. There were still five games left that he hadn’t played.

“Still, we need to make a final decision.”

“It must be difficult.”

“There are factions, aren’t there?”

It was promotion season. And depending on the faction, they had to decide who to promote and who to cut.

“I don’t have to worry about the lower-level employees. But it’s a different story for the directors and above.”

The problem was the directors and presidents. Depending on which position they went to, the company could either take over or collapse.

The chairman controlled everything, but since the president was the one giving information to the chairman, it wasn’t impossible for them to only provide the information they wanted and cause the chairman to make the wrong decisions.

In fact, many companies had fallen in an instant due to such mistakes.

“I’ve done some verification, but…”

“You want help with the final decision.”

Since they also belonged to factions, they inevitably had to make biased judgments.

“Yeah, is that impossible?”

“It’s not.”

Park Do-joon said, picking up the resumes. Of course, no matter how much they cared about factions, they wouldn’t place completely absurd people. Nevertheless, using people wasn’t just about using good people, but also about how to keep them in check.

Because any human being could change.

“Just a moment. I’ll look at the whole thing.”

Park Do-joon looked at it for a long time. Dozens of reports. It took a considerable amount of time to look at them. Chairman Bae Deok-gi quietly waited, doing his own work while he concentrated.

It was about five hours later that Park Do-joon stretched his back and made a cracking sound.

“You’re that focused?”

“I have to do it all at once when I do it.”

“Yeah, is there anyone suitable?”

“Let’s see. Woo Ja-in, this person… um, it seems like it would be good to put him in the audit department.”

“Woo Ja-in? That person…”

“I know. He’s not a recommended candidate. Frankly, isn’t he a candidate for dismissal?”

“You know?”

“I know. That in large corporations, a director’s life is like a fly’s. So sometimes they promote them for that purpose.”

Woo Ja-in was exactly the kind of promotion target for that purpose. In the case of executives, they weren’t protected by labor laws. So they weren’t subject to unfair dismissal or disputes over authority.

So, large corporations promote high-ranking officials who they need to cut but don’t have a good reason to, and then cut them off after a few months or a year.

That’s why becoming a director in a large corporation has two sides to the same coin: it means either get out or get promoted.

“Woo Ja-in is the one who’s going to leave this time?”

“Overall, the evaluation isn’t good.”

He was autocratic, had no sympathy, and had poor cooperation skills. In fact, he had caused several problems due to his abuse of subordinates.

“He’s not a good member socially.”

“That’s right.”

“That’s why he should be sent to the audit department.”

“Why is that?”

“Because he doesn’t know how to cooperate. There’s no room for compromise.”

A person who lives with his own sense of superiority and doesn’t listen to others seems like a minus in an organization. It’s actually a minus.

“But if it’s for the purpose of keeping someone in check, it’s a different story.”

Because he lives with his own sense of superiority, he looks down on others. Conversely, he goes his own way no matter what others say.

“He doesn’t fit in the organization?”

“It’s more of a problem if the audit office fits in well with the organization. And he’s already risen to a high position.”

You can’t suddenly become a director from a section chief. His current rank is senior managing director. Right below director.

“The fact that he’s risen to the level of senior managing director means he’s not incompetent.”

“I acknowledge his ability. But his shortcomings as a leader are severe.”

“That’s probably true. Looking at his past records, Woo Ja-in has been completing his work by grinding his subordinates.”

That’s an ability that can look good at the lower levels. But when you get to the higher levels, that ability is a bomb. Because the organization itself collapses.