My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 53

Investigations revealed that most executives above the section chief level had been in personal contact with corrupt directors.

They were all fired for leaking the chairman’s personal schedule and business strategies. Most of the remaining staff are below the section chief level or newly hired, resulting in a severe lack of experience.

“That’s why I can’t continue.”

It’s cancer, of all things.

Although it’s stage 1 and treatment shouldn’t be difficult, being a cancer patient requires hospitalization, which poses a clear limitation to performing the 24-hour duties of a secretary.

“So, I thought you received an external recommendation. The way you greeted him that day suggested it.”

“Greeted?”

“If he were an internal staff member, he wouldn’t have been introduced to the chairman separately like that.”

“Ah….”

That day, Kang Do-wook greeted him as if they were meeting for the first time.

That meant they hadn’t met before.

“That suggests he was recommended from the outside.”

“You noticed that in such a short moment?”

“It’s my job. And you don’t need me to explain why I suspect there might be a spy group from Jindo Group within our company, do you?”

“Hoo, yes. Jindo Group and us… we’re not on good terms.”

Companies can have good or bad relationships depending on overlapping business areas.

Of course, it’s not to the level of outright war.

But some rivalries are unavoidable from the start.

‘Just look at Lamborghini and Ferrari.’

Lamborghini and Ferrari, often called the two giants of supercars.

The rivalry between these two groups didn’t just happen.

When Ferrari was making and selling sports cars, the founder of Lamborghini was selling agricultural equipment. He gave Ferrari advice on his vehicles, but Ferrari said, ‘If you don’t know anything, keep selling tractors.’

Angered by those words, the Lamborghini owner jumped into the sports car business, marking the beginning of their rivalry.

“In the case of Jindo Group, they are rivals with Hyunseong Group, right?”

“To put it nicely, they’re rivals. To put it badly, they clash on everything….”

Jindo Group and Hyunseong Group have similar origins.

They even entered similar businesses around the same time.

It started as a coincidence, but they eventually became rivals, leading to large-scale conflicts at the corporate level.

‘Come to think of it, even before the regression, Jindo Group was particularly hostile to Hyunseong Group.’

Actually, that part is a bit incomprehensible.

When doing business, it’s impossible not to clash with other companies.

However, it’s very rare to hold a grudge and relentlessly attack a single company.

‘But Jindo Group’s actions were close to unconditional attacks, weren’t they?’

The reason is unknown.

But one thing is certain: Jindo Group dislikes Hyunseong Group.

“If there is a traitor from Jindo Group inside, can the company catch them?”

“Hmm… realistically, it would be difficult.”

As he said, it’s even more so if they joined with a specific intention.

“Then, are there many cases in the industry where people join a company with the intention of deceiving the other party?”

“I can’t say it never happens.”

It’s a method often used in movies and dramas.

Would people from other companies not know about this method?

Of course, such cases are complicated.

There are compensation issues, and there’s no guarantee that the person won’t betray them.

However, if they spend that money and extract even one piece of important information, they can generate thousands or even tens of thousands of times the profit.

“Another method is to bribe the other party with money, but honestly, I don’t know if that possibility is high….”

Park Do-joon shook his head at Chief Choi’s words.

“There’s probably a significant amount of corruption going on.”

“What? What do you mean?”

“I’m not blaming you, Chief Choi. The problem is that you can’t perfectly control the inside of the company.”

“Keueung.”

The former chief secretary was someone who had been with the company since its inception.

So, every time a subsidiary was created, he made sure to organize it thoroughly.

That lasted for decades.

But Chief Choi is different.

He took over after the sudden death of the former chief secretary.

And Hyunseong has become so large that there isn’t enough time to check all the tasks in a short period.

“In that situation, realistically speaking, you can’t thoroughly check the inside. And when surveillance becomes lax, corruption is bound to spread.”

“Corruption spreads?”

“People think corruption slowly creeps in. But that’s not true. Corruption grows explosively. In fact, it’s more accurate to say that corruption bursts out rather than grows.”

People might think that it’s impossible for a clean organization to become corrupt so quickly, but realistically, the moment of corruption is often very brief.

It’s not that they were too virtuous to be corrupt.

It’s more like a proper system and surveillance structure block the parts that want to be corrupt, like a dam holding back water.

“An organization can’t be completely clean. That’s just an ideal. You have to constantly monitor and constantly punish.”

Even the executives of charitable organizations, who seem to be good people, often frequent hostess bars with the charity funds collected from the public.

“Perhaps the former chief secretary succeeded in suppressing it.”

But Chief Choi is not like that.

He is a newcomer and needed the help of the heads of each organization to check the organization.

“Of course, it’s the perfect opportunity for those who are prone to corruption.”

“Hoo, I can’t deny it.”

Chief Choi sighed.

One of the reasons he got cancer was the stress caused by such things.

Unlike the former chief secretary, corruption has increased significantly.

“It’s just that they didn’t have the opportunity, the corruption offenders. It’s like the military.”

“The military?”

“Do you think there’s no history of a unit eliminating hazing in the military?”

There is.

In the military, there are cases where a class year steps up to eliminate hazing, and there have been times when officers have tried to eliminate it.

Does that hazing disappear then?

No.

The moment they disappear, hazing revives and continues under the name of tradition.

“This happens because there is no internal monitoring system within the military.”

There are no separate personnel to monitor internally in a general company or battalion.

Officers cover up incidents because they are afraid of harming their promotions.

“In the end, the same goes for companies.”

With the independent monitoring system collapsed, there was no way to stop the corruption offenders, so corruption started like crazy.

“That’s why I told you not to tell Chairman Bae.”

If he tells Chairman Bae Deok-gi, he will probably fire Kang Do-wook immediately.

But it will be impossible to track down the traitors inside or those who have sided with Jindo.

“But we can’t just leave Kang Do-wook alone, can we?”

“So, we need to set a trap.”

“How?”

“Do you have Kang Do-wook’s records with you?”

“Of course, I brought them.”

“Give them to me.”

Park Do-joon asked for them, and he read the documents for a long time before Chief Choi handed them over.

Then he nodded.

“His performance is certainly good.”

“That’s why I thought he was someone who could work in the secretary’s office.”

“That’s why I’m suspicious.”

“Yes?”

“His performance is too good. Of course, he could be a talented person who is good at his job. But considering that, there are too many things that can be considered achievements.”

“What do you mean?”

“I suspect he might have been given performance boosts.”

“Performance boosts?”

“It’s a surprisingly common occurrence. Surely you know that, Chief Choi?”

“Well, yes.”

To put it nicely, it’s a performance boost.

To put it badly, it’s stealing achievements.

It’s the act of taking credit for what the subordinate has done.

It’s very common within the company.

“This basically flows in a pattern similar to hazing in the military.”

The superiors take credit for the work done by the subordinates, and then they tell the person that when they move up, they can take it away.

As a result, the more incompetent a person is, the easier it is to get promoted, and the more corrupt a person is, the faster they get promoted.

“Looking at Kang Do-wook’s personnel evaluation, it’s ordinary… it’s very good. There’s not a single bad word.”

Park Do-joon said, showing the documents.

“Is that possible?”

There is no perfect person in the world.

But in Kang Do-wook’s case, the records mostly contain good words.

“You’re not suspecting him just because of that, are you? Of course, it’s true that his performance is good.”

No matter how important the spy issue is, you can’t fire someone based on mere suspicion.

Moreover, Kang Do-wook is realistically treated as the best talent within the company.

The people who lead the company are the top 1%, and the remaining 99% are just their assistants.

“I’m also suspicious, but I can’t suspect him just because his personnel evaluation is good.”

“I know.”

Park Do-joon checked the documents again.

Kang Do-wook is definitely talented.

But that’s why I can’t help but be more suspicious.

‘No one would send a stupid guy as a spy.’

As a result, the smarter they are, the better they will do their job as a spy.

‘I can’t solve the problem with mere suspicion.’

Then we need to hide that we’ve noticed and pressure the other party.

But what could that method be?

‘I can’t just expose him as a spy.’

There’s a very low probability that he might not be a spy.

Of course, that doesn’t mean he’s going to let him keep that position.

Because Kang Do-wook is a key figure in Hyunseong’s downfall.

Chief Choi’s concerns deepened as Park Do-joon pondered.

For a spy to enter the company he has been loyal to, and even take his position, was something he could never tolerate.

“A spy….”

Park Do-joon pondered and suddenly had a good idea.

“He hasn’t been appointed as the chief secretary yet, right?”

“Not yet.”

“Then let’s do a final test.”

“Final test?”

“Yes.”

Park Do-joon said with a glint in his eyes.

“The position of secretary is very important. Then let’s see how other people’s positions are, hehehe.”

# A Very Excellent Hunting Dog

“What? A spy?”

“Yes, I suspect so.”

“And you’re saying we should just use such a guy?”

Chairman Bae Deok-gi did not simply dismiss Park Do-joon’s suspicion that Kang Do-wook might be a spy as nonsense.

Of course. Spies planting each other in the industry is not a new issue.

They are desperate to extract information from each other.

It is illegal to extract industrial spies legally, but does that mean there are no industrial spies? Of course not.

Of course there are, and it’s not like Hyunseong doesn’t use spies.

Knowing that, he wanted to hear the situation first rather than getting excited and shouting.

“Of course, it’s just an expectation.”

“I can’t take your expectations lightly.”

It’s too heavy a story to take lightly. Moreover, it’s not just anywhere, it’s Hyunseong’s chairman’s secretary office.

A place where all information and secrets gather.

A spy who has infiltrated there, how much would that be worth?

Professional Profiler