Chapter 141 – Episode 139. Precursor. (One)

“… Thanks for the ride.”

“Well, it’s hard to move, but I have to do this.”

Before dropping her off, Jia, who hadn’t said anything until she left the room cafe, opened her mouth.

“Brother…. Will you keep the secret?”

It’s a secret… , What secret are you talking about? Is it Joo Seung-cheol’s drug story or is he talking about having sex today? It was easy to keep whatever secrets were told.

“Okay. I’ll protect you.”

“Huh. Black.”

At my words that I will protect her, Jia cries as if she has opened the faucet again. Because it’s a lot of water.

“Hey, hey. Why are you crying?”

“Heeuk, heuuuuu”

From her tears, I get a glimpse of how much she has been suffering because of this.

“Huh, brother. I’m not a girl like this really… , Huh.”

“Yes, yes. Know.”

Jia’s words seemed to think that she was completely embraced by her own will. My efforts to get her to embrace her voluntarily didn’t seem to notice yet. If I hadn’t created an atmosphere, Jia wouldn’t have been embraced by me so voluntarily.

“Huh, no, I’d rather just say it. If so, I…. I…. Body…. Aaaaang. I-I’m really not that kind of girl…. Uhhhhh.”

I’m just crying out loud. I hugged Jia as she sat in the passenger seat. The cries grew louder as she hugged her tightly. Because I fully understood her complicated mind, I continued to comfort her without saying anything.

“Yes, yes. Because you know everything We just did it because we liked each other. Seungcheol hyung has nothing to do with this. Right?”

If you have trauma, you won’t be able to fuck anymore, right? Here, we need to calm her down as much as possible. It seemed that she would be very sad if she missed such a tight woman. Besides, she still had many positions she wanted to try and many things she wanted to do.

“Huh.”

“Under… , Why is this bastard, Joo Seung-chul, making his brother cry?”

“Fucking bastardhehe.”

“Jia. It’s natural for an adult man and woman to mix her bodies. She doesn’t even have to cry. Why was it bad?”

“… No.”

Of course. It went like that from the beginning.

“Yeah, it’s just natural. It’s not like crying.”

After a few minutes of trying to soothe her with all her words, her crying gradually subsided. Seeing her cry like this, who had been so lively when we first met her, made her want to fuck her again, but she decided to hold it in for the future.

“The story of Seungcheol hyung. I won’t tell you anywhere. Because I am a big brother to whom I am very grateful.”

There was nothing to be thankful for, but Joo Seung-chul’s downfall was not what I wanted. In the first place, I was not a person who proudly played baseball.

‘I haven’t even been introduced to celebrities yet.’

“It’s okay…. Brother do whatever you want just….”

“…….”

“I will go.”

After she has stopped crying, she opens her car door and walks to her apartment. Miraculously miraculously. Looking at Jia’s gait, which seemed to still linger in the afterglow of sex, a little laugh came out.

‘Will I get a call in a few days?’

I think it took Hyun-ah about a month, and the announcer she had gotten in the States contacted her to meet her as soon as she returned to Korea.

‘Even the guys I ate at the club usually contacted me again within a week.’

Right now, your head may be very confused, but as time passes, you will think of today’s intense events. Even if you don’t have to schedule your next appointment, you’ll be in touch with me soon.

‘What will he call me then, I’m looking forward to it.’

*

– “[Director. I am the leader.]”

“[Ah, Captain Yoon. What happened all of a sudden?]”

‘It’s coming.’

Director Sands grabbed his head at the call on his cell phone. The current record of the team is 2 wins and 6 losses. Even though it was early in the season, I thought I would get a call like this because the pace of losing was unusual, but it came earlier than expected.

-“[It’s not different, there’s been a lot of talk from the top about grades lately.]”

“[Upper line? Does this club have a higher rank than me and you?]”

-“[There are a lot of top line. Well, there is the boss and there is the chairman.]”

“[If that’s the case, at the meeting….]”

-Haha, isn’t there a lot of eyes watching meetings? Wouldn’t it be right for me or the director to talk privately?]”

“[… Thank you for your consideration.]”

-“[Ha, I didn’t want to say this either, but really. That’s sad. Well, it’s not serious. However, there is a story that something needs to change because of losing streaks and not being able to bring out the atmosphere even after hitting the finisher.]”

Are you talking about changing the lineup? However, the lineup is the director’s own authority, and it was clear that if he was pushed here, he would not be able to operate as he wanted in the future.

“[Don’t you know, Captain? Baseball is not always winning. And the game wasn’t that bad. It was just slightly twisted and the number of defeats increased.]”

Director Sands defended himself as best he could to prevent such a situation.

-“[I know that well. But isn’t that slightly twisted defeat the director’s fault?]”

“[The obvious story….]”

-“[So, why not make some changes to the lineup?]”

“[……. The lineup is my own right?]”

– “[Ah, of course I know. I also respect the director’s authority. Well…. But the high-ranking person brought up the idea of ​​changing some players. Especially Kang Hee-seok in the infield.]”

‘Mr. River? Fucking. When asked to write.’

Didn’t you say that during spring camp? Since Maeng-Ho Ji, who was dropped to second base, is still a rookie player, he said it would be better to use seasoned veteran Kang Hee-seok as the keystone duo. Sands coach also thought Kang Hee-seok was better than Yoon Seong-tae, who had not been verified, or Kang Ju-hyeon, who had been performing poorly for many years.

It was the starting lineup decided by the front desk and coaches in unison, but to change the lineup less than two weeks after the opening.

“[But] The most important thing in a professional game is defense. If Yoon Seong-tae makes a fatal mistake and loses the game, can the captain take responsibility?]”

-“[You know that Kang Hee-seok is making the most mistakes right now, right?]”

“[Originally, shortstop is a position that makes a lot of mistakes, and looking at training, Kang Hee-seok has the best defensive skills.]”

-“[The training as well… , According to rumors, the players are having a hard time because the amount of training is too much…. Our team has a lot of veterans, so can we do that?]”

“[So, how was the performance of the last season you released and the season you lost?]”

-“[Grades are the director’s problem. Rather, the early grades were worse than last season, so won.]”

“[…….]”

-“[There were also three free agents, but only with at least A-class players. Director, it may be difficult to renew the contract at this rate. Shouldn’t we renew the contract?]”

The story of a sudden contract renewal. At that question, Director Sands was speechless.

‘Is it a threat now? It’s different.’

It seemed that all the emotion in the threat was fading away. How devoted he was to this club. This is how he treats himself after working hard for the team for two years. One by one, I think of the hardships I had to go through in a foreign country for this poor team.

‘If it comes out like this, I….’

“[… For now, I understand.]”

Pop. Director Sands hung up the phone. Because I don’t want to argue about this anymore.

“[Fuck!]”

And threw the phone on the floor.

“[This country has no respect for directors at all! I can’t even line up the way I want!]”

The secret offer that came after the spring camp came to my mind again.

‘Mr. Sands. Wouldn’t you like to start again with our university team? Wouldn’t our university head coach be better than baseball’s periphery, Korea? I want to recruit your division at the same time. You have time until the end of April, so please give me a definite answer by then. I’ll be waiting for you.’

Recruitment offers from colleges in the top leagues of the NCAA (American Collegiate Athletic Association). Upon hearing this offer, Sans wasn’t particularly attracted to it. No matter how much NCAA, I couldn’t throw away the title of professional baseball manager.

However, if you show good performance in the NCAA, going to the major leagues was easier than in Korea. In addition, to recruit the head coach and pitching coach who believed in him and followed him all at once…. My mind was slowly turning to America.

‘Come to think of it, I haven’t seen the kids in a very long time. It’s already been 3 years in this country….’

There is only one reason why I did not accept the offer. Only loyalty Of course, they say that this place gives more money, but since I entered the sports world, money was not everything.

The team’s potential to win enough with the players who believed in themselves and followed them for two years. This kind of treatment was too harsh for myself who came running after seeing that one thing.

‘Let’s hold on a little longer.’

*

“Ugh, Chief Cheon. Can I do this?”

The general manager of the AT Thunders, Yun Jin-seong, hung up the phone and looked at the woman standing in front of him. She must have been in a hierarchical relationship between herself and her team leader and general manager, but she couldn’t help but notice her.

Because she was the next president of the AT Thunders.

In addition, the people who ignored Chun So-young, who was quietly at the front desk, disappeared. Even though she is said to be the chairman’s granddaughter, she is a parachute. There were many people who hated her inside her front desk. Especially the staff who were former athletes were even more like that.

However, it was around WBC that the atmosphere at the front desk changed. Her Ji Maeng-ho, whom she strongly recommended, proved her ability as the head of her operations team as her jackpot hit, and the forces that opposed her within her surface were almost eliminated.

Since the person with her legitimacy proved her skills, it was safe to say that the front desk had already passed into her hands.

“Yes.”

And even if it wasn’t for that reason, Director Yoon was uncomfortable with Cheon So-young. A cold expression that seemed to pay for her pretty face to the extent that her eyes went round. That expression, which seems to have softened a little lately, has become colder since the team’s performance has deteriorated.

To the extent that even the leader himself could not speak.

“Still, the director has his own authority….”

But still, I couldn’t help but feel the anxiety in my heart. Can I put pressure on the director like this?

During his 17 years as a player, Jin-seong Yoon gradually rose to the positions of scout, coach, front desk, and general manager while playing for AT Thunders for 17 years. There was no other reason why Yun Jin-seong became the general manager. It was because he naturally became the general manager after going out to drinking parties and becoming close to the boss.

As such, this was the first time Yun Jin-seong had put pressure on the coach during the five years he served as general manager. When Yun Jin-seong was playing as a player, even when he was playing as a coach, the head of the club was the manager. Under such circumstances, he would press the director.

It felt uncomfortable as if there was a lump of baggage in my heart.

“Captain. Let’s go trendy too. Trendy. Do you know what AT’s motto is?”

What was that… ? I think I saw it in the president’s office….

“‘A company that leads the trend.’ Isn’t it? Even if you can’t lead, shouldn’t you follow? American way.”

“Um….”

“Director Sands is also from the United States, so you will probably understand. Baseball centered around the general manager. Let’s try it too.”

“If that’s what Team Leader Chun said, well, that wouldn’t be too bad.”

Cheon So-young, the granddaughter of the chairman and the next president, and Sands, a manager from abroad who may be fired at any time. Director Yoon’s choice was, of course, Chun So-young.

“By the way, what if Director Sands can’t stand it?”

“Before you build your ego, you have to make a performance. We’re not playing house, are we? Because the professional world is cold.”