My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 527

Park Do-joon spoke calmly.

“Social activism as a student is different from social activism as a regular person.”

A student’s status guarantees their future.

But what about a regular person? If they get cut off, they’re nothing from that moment on.

“In fact, the chairman of the social movement group she belonged to is currently a proportional representative for a certain political party.”

Once you become a member of the National Assembly [South Korea’s unicameral national legislature], you can’t take everyone with you. So, you cut people off in order. First, those who are close, then those with good academic backgrounds. So, where would she be in the order?

“So, she was abandoned?”

“Yes.”

“That’s why you can control her?”

“Because I know that.”

There was a time when people hid their identities and got jobs for union activities from the beginning, but these days are not like that. So, it means she wants to give up everything and live quietly.

“But her desire for revenge hasn’t disappeared either.”

At that moment, the secretary knocked on the door and opened it quietly.

“Mr. President, Ms. Jang Ji-ye has arrived.”

“Tell her to come in.”

A moment later, a woman named Jang Ji-ye entered with a somewhat hesitant face.

“Mr. President, you called me…….”

Jang Ji-ye looked very scared. And watching her, Park Do-joon immediately realized why.

‘I guess so. The rumors aren’t good.’

The employees can’t possibly not know that the company is on the verge of bankruptcy.

So, what’s the first thing that comes out? It’s layoffs.

So, she can’t help but be anxious about being called in. Of course, the president wouldn’t call just to fire one person.

“Ms. Jang Ji-ye.”

“Yes?”

Park Do-joon asked her directly.

“You used to be a social activist, right? A pretty radical one.”

“H, how did you…….”

Jang Ji-ye turned pale at the words. She thought she had erased it completely.

‘No matter how much you erase it, it’s obvious at the level of an ordinary person.’

Deleting personal SNS [Social Networking Services] is the best you can do.

However, it was not difficult for Hyunseong to find out about his past school life or social movement history.

“Now, now, calm down and sit down first.”

Park Do-joon calmed Jang Ji-ye and offered her a seat.

“I see you were working under a certain assemblyman and got dumped. Is that right?”

At those words, Jang Ji-ye bit her lip and nodded. Now that she’s caught, she can’t deny it.

“Am I getting fired?”

“Pardon? No, of course not.”

Park Do-joon chuckled at her words.

“On the contrary, from now on, you can work for us.”

“Work for you?”

“Yes, you can do union activities.”

“Union…… activities?”

She thought she would be fired. But suddenly, union activities?

“You must know something about it, right?”

Of course. There’s no way someone who used to be a social activist wouldn’t know about union activities.

“You want me to do that? Why?”

“You can live, the workers here can live, and depending on the situation, you might be able to get revenge.”

“……Did you say revenge?”

“Don’t you want to get revenge on the assemblyman who abandoned you?”

At those words, anger flashed across Jang Ji-ye’s face. The words he said to her the day after he became a member of the National Assembly, when she was congratulating him.

-I think you and I have to go different ways now.

And a few days later, she took only her closest aides and went to Seoul. The place where she used to do social activities was actually run only with her capital and ability, so even if they participated in social movements without pay, the operation itself was impossible.

The rent, management fees, and all sorts of miscellaneous expenses—no, in the first place, the office was under her name, so once she took it out, they had no choice but to leave.

‘Because of that bitch…… my life is ruined.’

Only then did she realize that they had been used, but there was nothing she could do. She had no money saved up because she was caught up in the sweet talk of social activism, and she was already blacklisted everywhere, making it impossible to get a job.

So, she left her hometown and her family and came to Edienne, a factory that provides dormitories in this faraway place.

“If it’s the Hyunseong Group, I think it would be a good partner for revenge.”

“What do you want from me?”

“First, create a union and instigate. You’ve done it before, so you’ll be good at it, right?”

That’s not wrong.

“But what do we get by doing that?”

“You get the power you need for revenge, and we get the support of the female demographic.”

Park Do-joon said leisurely.

“If this place survives, you and the other workers who accepted you can all survive. It’s simple, either we all die together, or we all live together.”

It was a very simple problem, and that’s why she could make up her mind easily.

“What should I do?”

A few days later, she created a union. Systems and stuff like that weren’t important for settling in.

The important thing was the union itself.

“Edienne Women’s Union……. This is like a bomb…….”

As far as Park Tae-geun knew, that was the case. A union is an organization that is abnormally close to the company.

“But at least this place is a puppet union, right?”

“No, I know that. That there’s a puppet union. But will we survive by doing this?”

“We will survive.”

Park Do-joon said, watching Jang Ji-ye preparing for a press conference outside the window.

“As I said, women’s ability to empathize is stronger than you think. It even transcends good and evil.”

“That eliminates the boycott?”

“If there are victims, there are perpetrators. If the lawsuit against Joo Si-pan and Joo Il-gun is receiving public support, this union movement is a means to gain the support of women, who are the main consumers.”

And in the meantime, Jang Ji-ye, who had finished preparing her presentation, spoke first. A young female union leader at the age of twenty-eight. This in itself was unusual, and the fact that the target was Edienne, which was the subject of much talk, meant that reporters couldn’t help but be interested.

“Citizens, our Edienne can be said to be a women’s company.”

Jang Ji-ye opened her mouth calmly.

“More than 90% of the employees are women, and they are making a living for their families and themselves here. But all of this is being destroyed by the greed of one man.”

At those words, the reporters looked at each other. They thought that the union’s press conference would naturally be about opposing layoffs or anger at the company. But the greed of one man?

“Former President Joo Si-pan is the culprit of this incident. He pushed work to his son out of personal greed. Even that he couldn’t do properly and tried to silence the public with a lawsuit.”

For Jang Ji-ye, Park Do-joon’s words sounded like crazy things. But it was a much better choice than dying like this.

“There are hundreds of female workers in this factory, and they are supporting their families. But he ate away at the company for the sake of his son’s career, future, and money. Our Edienne Women’s Union cannot help but be angry at this situation. Accordingly, the union also plans to file a lawsuit against Joo Si-pan and Joo Il-gun separately from the company.”

“The union is filing a lawsuit?”

“Is that possible?”

“I don’t know.”

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, but some of the quick-witted ones were already sending out articles.

“Former President Joo Si-pan, you are blocking the public’s mouth, the company’s mouth, and probably my mouth with a lawsuit. You’ll want to block the mouths of hundreds of female union members. I’ll be waiting for your lawsuit.”

A short press conference. And a barrage of questions from reporters.

“So, is the women’s union really going to file a lawsuit?”

“Do you think that’s possible?”

Watching the reporters’ actions, Park Do-joon, who was watching them through the window, smiled.

“I think I know how to do it now.”

“Sales…… have increased?”

Park Tae-geun couldn’t believe it.

Sales have increased, almost doubled.

Of course, the impact of the boycott has not yet subsided, so sales are still insufficient compared to the past, but the fact that sales, which had been at the bottom, have turned into an upward curve is a huge reaction in itself.

“This is possible.”

An Beom-sang said sullenly. The reason was that An Beom-sang thought that it would take two years for sales to rebound and three years for sales to return to past sales.

“Because we actively appealed to major consumers.”

“Women?”

“Yes, women.”

Almost all cosmetics are used by women. But it’s the first time that a women’s union has been established by women, and it’s also the first time that they’ve declared war on someone who can be called absolute evil.

“Fighting against the evil Joo Si-pan while risking lawsuits. This is not as easy as you think.”

Park Do-joon shrugged his shoulders and said.

“As I said, women have a great ability to empathize, but they are less aggressive than men.”

“So?”

“As a result, they often project themselves onto other women who are aggressive and have achieved something great.”

For example, giving absolute support to successful women is like that.

“Is that what union activity is?”

“She’s the only female union leader in a male-dominated field.”

From the outside, it can’t help but look quite special.

“Such a person boldly declared war against evil. How refreshing would that be for women with a strong ability to empathize?”

So, they’ll want to help. The problem is that she’s a union leader, so she doesn’t accept donations. The lawsuit hasn’t even started yet.

“If you receive donations for the lawsuit, it will be counterproductive. Then those people’s minds will be to spend money where it will be a strength to this person.”

“Is that the purchase of cosmetics?”

“Edienne exists, so there is an Edienne Women’s Union. In the movie industry, this is called sending souls [supporting a film by buying tickets even if you don’t watch it], right?”

It’s called sending souls to buy tickets just because a woman is the lead or a female director made it, but not watching the movie.

“Of course, cosmetics are expensive and can be stored, so they will use them.”

A shift from the inertia of not using to the inertia of using.

“If the quality is maintained, they will continue to use it.”

“Did you predict all of this?”

An Beom-sang couldn’t help but stick out his tongue. He didn’t know that the psychology of the group would be applied in this way. He knew about group psychology from the standpoint of advertising, but he didn’t think this was possible.

“That’s that, and I’m grateful to Joo Si-pan.”

“Joo Si-pan…… Ah, yes, well, I’m grateful that he did that.”

“He keeps adding firewood [fueling the fire].”

Joo Si-pan is a man with a strong sense of pride.

He filed a complaint against Jang Ji-ye’s provocation, desperately claiming defamation by spreading false information.