The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 26



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Episode 26

【 Chinese worker murder case 】

Since it was an official interrogation, I decided to use formal language.

“According to the accounting books, 12 billion won of company money disappeared over a period of two years. That means that about 6 billion won was cashed out every year.”

He didn’t answer.

He just looked at me with his eyes.

“What does it matter? I overreacted to my son······.”

“You’re saying I’m overreacting? Did you eat something bad this morning?”

widely.

I showed the video from that day on my laptop.

In the scene where blood flows from my neck, Jin Ki-sang made a grunting sound.

“Is this over-suppression?”

He looks at the video.

The thick eyebrows were gathered in the middle.

“The one who pulled out a cutter knife and tried to stab the inspector in the neck was Jin Ki-cheol. Mr. Geosang.”

He looks straight at me.

He quickly closed his eyes and spoke with a listless face.

“I apologize, Inspector.”

Look at this?

Just tuck your tail in like this?

Is it because of my son?

No.

A mad dog wags its tail because it’s afraid of getting hit.

So the embezzlement story is true?

“That’s over, what I’m curious about is the missing cash from Yeonggwang Construction. But, strangely enough, it’s roughly the same amount as the sum of money given to Chinese workers······.”

He lowered his head as if catching his breath for a moment.

I guess he’s using his brain.

Let’s try to clear his doubts a little.

Okay, so I’ll tell you everything.

“I also know that construction companies pay foreign workers all at once after the construction is completed.”

“Otherwise, those beggar workers will run away after working for a few months. If you want to make these punks work, you have to save up their wages and pay them all at once. Especially the Chinese, they are not human beings······.”

As the mood improved, the guy also opened his mouth.

“great.”

The suspected embezzlement material was pushed aside.

A smile of relief spread across Jin Geo-sang’s lips.

I don’t think this is a time to laugh like that.

“But you know.”

widely.

This time, I took out a thicker labor document.

Jin Geo-sang frowned again.

That’s right.

That’s the face of someone being interrogated.

“According to this data, 150 workers came from China two years ago. Is that correct?”

“you’re right.”

The annual salary to be paid to 150 workers is an average of 40 million won per person.

So, about 6 billion is spent here every year.

“I don’t know if it was because of the dam construction, but he worked at the company for two years.”

“It must have been because it was a big construction project.”

“That’s right. According to the documents, not a single person worked without any defection.”

“The Nogada foreman was quite good at his work and managed it well.”

This is how foreign workers were treated at the time.

There were many cases of non-payment of wages because salaries were paid in cash without applying the four major insurance policies.

In particular, since the Chinese workers were illegal immigrants, it would not have been a big problem if they were not paid their wages.

But what caught my attention was the fact that all Chinese workers were paid in cash on their retirement day.

“If you calculate people’s salaries, it’s close to 12 billion, which doesn’t match the documents.”

“Inspector. Do you see the document that says I received the salary? What’s the problem?”

Yeah, let’s say that’s true.

That’s not what I was wondering.

“But these 150 workers all quit the company two months ago?”

“The big construction project we were working on was finished. So we sent everyone out. We paid them all their salaries. Is there a problem?”

“But, did all the Chinese workers go back to their hometowns? They are illegal immigrants, so they probably didn’t go through the official route······.”

The guy grimaced.

He had an annoyed expression on his face.

“How do you know that? Are you responsible for where those kids went?”

They always refer to Chinese workers as their children.

“You don’t know at all? The money that Yeonggwang Construction paid to the Chinese workers in cash is the exact amount of embezzlement!”

“When we start construction, we hire workers as day laborers.”

“But how did you pay the salary that you said was paid in cash? Did the CEO give it to you personally?”

The more questions he receives, the more his face becomes irritated.

“Sir. You must be young and don’t know much about the world! That’s something the foreman of the work force takes care of. We paid the foreman the full amount in cash and he did all the work with that. From then on, the foreman and the foreman take care of each other.”

It’s true that he embezzled 12 billion won in cash, but you’re saying that he didn’t do it himself?

I think I know who that ‘Nogada Squad Leader’ you were talking about is.

Now the puzzle that I had figured out with my intuition is starting to fit together.

Shh.

I smiled.

Now that we have all the information we need, shall we talk freely?

“Jin Geo-sang. I’ll stop here for today. Next time we meet, you should come well prepared.”

“Ready? Ready for what?”

“Get ready for jail. Especially bring your toothpaste. They say that when your teeth hurt, you feel the saddest.”

Jin Geo-sang looked at me with a dumbfounded expression, then smiled as if mocking me.

It’s a familiar face.

The slightly peeled-off expression typical of criminals.

Now I feel like I’ve finally taken off a layer of his mask.

“Heh heh. Is this what a young prosecutor would do to uphold justice? Or are you worried about the human rights of Chinese laborers? Just do your job in Korea, sir.”

“Human rights? Justice? I don’t worry about such difficult things. I only think about one thing. Bringing criminals who have done bad things to justice, no matter who they are. That’s my job. Isn’t that right, Jin Geo-sang?”

bang!

He slammed his fist on the table.

Then he stuck out his tongue, licked his lower lip, and spoke to me.

Where do you see your tongue?

I think I’ll just pull it out.

That son of a bitch.

“Young prosecutor. If you want to try, try. But it will be hard. You’d better be prepared to get beaten by the prosecutors of the Western District Prosecutors’ Office.”

Really? Is that so?

You’re wrong, Jin Geo-sang.

You have to be prepared.

You son of a criminal.

“Next time you see me, I’ll either be making an emergency arrest or at least coming with an arrest warrant, so make sure to get rid of the evidence. Jin Geo-sang.”

I found out everything there was to find out from him.

From now on, I’ll have to meet that foreman, okay?

I spoke quietly to Jin Geosang, who was about to leave.

“You will come to know how scary the prosecutors of the Republic of Korea are. Even if you kneel down later and cry and scream that you want to lick my asshole, it will be of no use.”

Jin Geo-sang didn’t look back.

I just walked out.

“You will suffer hell for the crime of making your son a murderer, and for the crimes you have committed so far that have gone unpunished.”

From now on, the prosecutors of the Republic of Korea will show you how to properly apply the law.

You can look forward to it. It’s really great.

* * *

After Jin Geo-sang left, he spoke to Detective Cha Hyeon-su.

“Let’s go somewhere together.”

“Where are you going, Inspector?”

“I’m going to Incheon.”

“All right.”

Detective Cha didn’t say much.

The prosecutor and the investigator are like a married couple.

Since I hadn’t been assigned an investigator yet, I had to move with the investigator from the prosecution, who was the shooter.

“The inspector permits. Let’s go.”

On the way to Incheon.

The detective driving the car asked me.

“What does Jin Geo-sang have to do with Incheon that you’re suddenly going there, Prosecutor?”

“I’m going to meet the Nogada team leader in charge of Younggwang Construction’s China division.”

Boohoo.

As a veteran detective, he was able to quickly navigate the traffic jam, easily overtaking several cars.

“The Yeonggwang Construction office is not in Incheon, but in Gasan······.”

“You know, right, detective? It’s the organization that smuggles people from Incheon to China. You must have investigated it when you arrested the old Gasan gangsters.”

Detective Cha wasn’t all that surprised.

He nodded, keeping a poker face.

“I investigated it. I even submitted an investigation report.”

“There is only one Chinese organization that would smuggle more than 100 people, not just one or two.”

The detective who had been keeping a poker face until now finally looks at me.

“How do you know that?”

“I happen to know. Those Guangzhou gang. You’re an expert, aren’t you, investigator?”

I have seen reports from the future that he wrote.

After confirming that the culprit who killed his wife was a member of a Chinese criminal organization, he was conducting the investigation alone.

There are as many ships in Incheon that smuggle one or two people to China as there are PC rooms, but there is only one organization that can smuggle more than 100 people, the ‘Guangzhou Gang’.

They had a monopoly on logistics coming from overseas to ports in Incheon.

It was possible because we won the bloody struggle.

In addition, they were importing and reselling small items.

It has a Chinese logistics monopoly courier company, Guangzhou Logistics, in the Incheon area that moves container ships.

“The Guangzhou faction fought a bloody battle to monopolize Chinese logistics in Incheon. They provoked the Chinese in Gasan to raise the money needed for that fight.”

‘Guangzhou Logistics’, which was created at this time, would grow into one of the leading local logistics companies in the country in the future I lived in.

Now, it imports Xiaomi mobile phones, portable batteries, and cheap air purifiers, but in the future, it will play a role in distributing logistics for China’s largest online shopping mall, Ali, across the country.

“The logistics company created by the Guangzhou faction has grown too large. They’ve put up a lot of drugs here and there, so now it’ll be hard to stop this Chinese logistics company from importing drugs.”

Before his death, it had grown to the point where it was difficult to obtain a search warrant even with intelligence that new drugs and illegal gambling money were coming in.

The investigator said, squinting his eyes.

“Sir, you are amazing. That’s right. The Guangzhou faction is a group that used to smuggle goods from Hong Kong, so their logistics capabilities are amazing.”

“I can no longer support a company that legally manufactures goods that are smuggled illegally. I plan to destroy both of them.”

“Both?”

“I mean Yeonggwang Construction and Guangzhou Logistics.”

“I heard you’re going to Incheon to catch a Chinese foreman… Huh?”

The investigator now seemed to understand what I was saying.

As a former detective, he seems to have a good sense of smell when it comes to crime.

“There must be a reason why you came with me instead of calling the police.”

“No. I called the police. I am certain that the foreman of Nogada is from Guangzhou Logistics.”

“How are you so sure, Inspector?”

“Detective. Do you remember the incident two months ago when a container ship belonging to Guangzhou Logistics was caught by the Coast Guard in the open sea?”

He said this while looking at the case documents.

“I know. We checked at the time and there was nothing inside the container.”

It was written that way in the case documents too.

There were no smuggled goods or people in the container, only four Guangzhou Logistics employees.

“The Coast Guard judged that nothing had happened yet and ended with a fine for going out on the high seas without reporting it.”

“That’s because the Coast Guard is rotten.”

I took out the case files and looked at the photos again.

As the investigator said, the attached photos showed several completely empty containers and four employees.

“According to the investigation report, four Guangzhou Logistics employees tried to go to China for fun without reporting to the company. So they were only given a fine and no charges were filed.”

“It seems the Coast Guard has decided that young Chinese people might want to go back to their hometown and have fun once they have some money.”

Shh.

I smiled, raising the corners of my lips.

“That’s because the Coast Guard is rotten.”

I took out a document.

It was a list of Guangzhou Logistics employees.

“Before that incident, there were six key employees of Guangzhou Logistics. That is, six directors with shares. Four of the employees who were on the ship that day are still working.”

“I remember paying a fine of about 100 million won for that incident, so the four employees must have been really upset or had their salaries cut a lot.”

The clerk clicked his tongue.

If that had happened, I wouldn’t have suspected it.

Sir.

“That’s normal, but after that incident, surprisingly, all four employees involved were promoted and had their salaries raised. Among them, this man······.”

Knock knock.

He said this while waving a personal information printout that included a passport photo.

The A4 paper flapped in the wind and made a sound.

“Zhou Qian. The man in this photo became the seventh director of Guangzhou Logistics. He was second in line. And that was right after that incident.”

The investigator looked up with his eyes wide open.

I bit my lower lip and spoke seriously.

“It must have been a much more ugly incident than I thought. I think the attempted smuggling incident two months ago is connecting Yeonggwang Construction and Guangzhou Logistics.”

We arrived in front of the shabby building of Guangzhou Logistics near Incheon Port.

“Let’s go check out my hypothesis.”