Chapter 52 – Episode 52. Cheon So-Yeong (4)

[Right fielder’s finishing error!! AT Thunders! Grievous End Lose! This is how the track number of fall baseball disappears. In the end, the AT Thunders, who are suffering from being eliminated from fall baseball this year, and the red pepper powder of the Volcano Falcons will make the AT Thunders cry!]

[To miss such a ball…. The right fielder, that is to say, Jang Hyeon-ho, should reflect. I’m sorry to say this, but one of these complacent plays, one by one, eventually brings the disgrace of not making it to the postseason for 20 years… ]

Tiririk. The TV turns off. An elderly man in a hospital gown threw away the remote control in anger. The old man, who showed signs of being ill, but whose eyes were straight, was Cheon Sang-yeop, the chairman of AT Group.

“It’s been a while this year. Tsk. I also appointed a foreign coach, but it hasn’t happened this year either. Director, how many years does that friend occupy this year?”

“Two years. I’m sorry. My contract expires next year, but should I cut it?”

“No. No one will come anyway. Don’t be sorry, Soyoung. What’s wrong with our Soyoung? I feel sorry for Grandpa, as it seemed like she passed on such an affiliate for nothing.”

“No. Grandfather.”

And next to the bed sat Keum Ok-yeop and Chun So-young of the AT group.

“So-yeong, it seems that the old woman has only a few days left to live. Before Grandpa died, he really wanted to see the Thunders win, but I guess he was wrong.”

“Grandfather! Don’t talk like that! You are still healthy. You will definitely get better!”

“Soyoung, the old woman knows her body well. Even if it lasts for a long time, it’s probably about five years.”

“Grandfather….”

Tears welled up in Soyoung’s eyes. Cheon Sang-yeop strokes her granddaughter’s hair. A warm feeling in her rough hands. However, it is felt that she is more emaciated than before.

“Tsk, I thought I had accomplished everything, but in an unexpected place….”

A tone full of regret…. Owner Chun Sang-yeop was also a fan of the AT Thunders.

The Korea-Japan match was held at Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium when I was young. Until that day, Korea had been overwhelmed by Japan, recording a disgraceful defeat. However, in the tournament, the first victory in the historic Korea-Japan match and the championship were won by defeating Japan.

At a time when Japan was behind in all fields, the game was enough to light a fire in the hearts of the Korean people, and Cheon Sang-yeop, who watched the victory over Japan at Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium, fell in love with baseball.

And when the group competed for first and second place in Korea, he took over the baseball team he had dreamed of since his youth.

In the first year of the acquisition, AT Thunders won the championship, and the 1990s were so good that it would not be an exaggeration to call them the era of the Thunders, living up to Cheon Sang-yeop’s expectations. And Cheon Sang-yeop’s love for baseball deepened.

But that Korean series in 2002. Everything changed in the Korean Series with Hyeon-seong. After that game, the AT Thunders had not advanced to fall baseball for 20 years, including this year, and the AT Group was pushed by the Hyun-Sung Group and occupied the second place in the last year.

That’s why Cheon Sang-yeop’s feelings toward AT Thunders are love-hate.

I wanted to sell it, but the home run ball that climbed over the fence and sank Japan in my youth and the throne I occupied in the first year of acquisition still made me watch AT Thunders’ baseball, and now I can’t stop watching AT Thunders’ baseball, which has become a part of my life. There was.

“Grandfather! I will definitely show you the victory.”

“Championshiphaha. You’re saying something funny. This team is a team that won’t be until the end of the earth. I’m rooting for you because I have affection, but I’m sorry I made you cheer for a team like this.”

A grandfather who gets weak whenever he talks about baseball. Soyoung wanted to comfort her grandfather.

“No. I can!”

And she wanted to prove herself.

“Okay. Okay. All the executives said that and went to the Thunders. But all have failed. Soyoung. The reason she passed it on was that she wanted to live comfortably. It was to get rid of all the troublesome things like the successor race and office politics. Live comfortably, Soyoung. That’s the old woman’s only wish. I have told all of her sons.”

Grandpa’s words to live comfortably…. Can I be satisfied with such a life? It wasn’t Soyoung. Soyoung also wanted to compete as a member of the AT group. So she moved her mouth to utter the words she hadn’t been able to utter before.

“What if, what if I lead the AT Thunders to a championship?”

So-young’s determined expression, and her granddaughter’s determined expression, made Cheon Sang-yeop feel like he was seeing himself as a child.

‘Is this because it’s also my bloodline?’

Cheon Sang-yeop’s granddaughter’s bold aspirations seemed to wash away the displeasure he felt after dropping out of the fall baseball game.

“… Can you do it?”

“Yes.”

“AT Thunders is harder to save than AT Electronics. Can you still do it?”

“Yes. Trust me.”

Haha, yes. If you are a child of a heavenly family, you should have such aspirations.”

Now! So-yeong said her grandfather, aiming at the now that she was in a good mood, brought out the words of her that she had not been able to utter until now.

“Grandfather. If I lead the AT Thunders to a championship, do me one favor.”

“If you win, I won’t do anything for youhaha, as long as this old woman only sees victory, she will have no wish even if she dies. What was your request?”

“… I also want to compete with her brothers and sisters.”

“What?”

“With that level of ability, wouldn’t it mean that AT has the ability to make AT number 1 in Korea?”

The victory of AT Thunders is a miracle that does not happen in reality. The saying that a person who has created such a miracle can lead the AT group well. Of course, the management of the group and the management of the baseball team are different, but as the saying goes, the management of the group is different.

It is not necessary for a group leader to lead the company professionally anyway. It just needs leadership to give direction. And it takes even more luck to become number one in the industry.

A win for the AT Thunders, which no one else has had, is enough for the leadership to prove their luck.

And this fact was known to Cheon Sang-yeop, who had taken the peak of the Korean business world.

Haha, but you are very late now. Do you know?”

“I know.”

“Yes, and not later. Grandpa’s health is not good. She is 5 years at most. It wouldn’t be strange to say that when her condition deteriorates, she dies right away next year. And the later it is, the more there will be no spare to support you from behind. Do you know that?”

“Don’t say that. Grandpa will definitely get better!”

“Thank you for your words. But the fact that I have to win the Thunder before I die remains unchanged. So that I can support you can you do it?”

“Yes. Watch me. Within three years, I want to open the AT dynasty and participate in the competition for the successor of the group.”

“Halaebi always cheers me on. Even if what you inherited is mediocre, the old woman always thinks of you as her first priority.”

“I know. Grandfather. Thank you always.”

“Then how much support do you need?”

The support Cheon Sang-yeop talked about was money to attract large players, apart from the club’s operating expenses. Cheon Sang-yeop was not a petty owner who thought of the club’s operating expenses as support.

“I’m thinking of 25 billion as a FA.”

“25 billion? Haven’t you heard of a player in Korea who deserves that much money?”

“This time, Ki Sang Joo is coming back to Korea. He intends to catch him.”

“Meteorologist? You mean the guy who went to the majors three years ago? The weatherman of Hancheol?”

Meteorologist. He was the best hitter in professional baseball until he went to the major leagues. He is a hitter with sophisticated batting ability to hit more than 3.3 every year and power to hit more than 20 home runs while using Jamsil as his home.

In the 1st and 2nd years of the major leagues, he rose to the starting lineup with a batting average in the mid-to-lower 20% range and a home run in the double digits, but in the 3rd year, chronic defensive problems and weaknesses were discovered, and he tossed around in the early 200s before choosing to return. Did.

‘The ability I checked with my own eyes is 55/55. A case in which he failed to show his full potential due to bad luck. If the coach had put a little trust in him, he would have done better and stayed in the majors. It’s a good thing for me. Lucky… Follow me!’

A few days ago, the weather manager, fed up with the director’s distrust and territorial attitude, expressed his intention to return through the agency. A situation where he can only say that he was lucky.

Soyoung was confident of catching the weatherman. The reason whyhehelped me advance into the major leagues is because the agency I belong to is SY agency.

“Yes. Pre-negotiations are almost over. 6 years and 15 billion.”

“Yeah, if you want to win, you’ll need that level of support. How are you going to spend the remaining 10 billion?”

“Good players come to the market. He’s a starting pitcher, but he doesn’t get a proper evaluation because he’s using a hitter-friendly pitch. If he uses Jamsil, he is definitely a player who can step up.”

“If you are a starting pitcher this time….”

“Jang Yoon. Six years and 10 billion will be enough for us.”

“Jangyun, Jangyun. Ah, that friend. Write,”

“Isn’t Jang Yoon trustworthy?”

“He wasn’t that overbearing. Doesn’t he have a better player?”

Hehe, then it would be fun to see if my choice was right or wrong.”

“If you are so sure, there must be a reason for that. Let’s talk anyway.”

“Thank you.”

“Rather than that, how was this rookie draft? I was busy these days, so I only watched it, but I didn’t hear about the baseball team. How many weeks has it been?”

“We picked good players. I also picked up gemstones on the street. Those players will be the main pillars of the future.”

“I won’t talk to the boss well.”

“Even if you don’t, you are already listening to me. Please look forward to next year.”

“Yeah, cool. Town!”

“Grandfather. Are you okay?!”

Immediately the call bell rings and the doctor in charge comes running. After examining Cheon Sang-yeop’s condition, the doctor sent So-yeong away saying that he needed to rest.

‘Still, I spoke to my grandfather today. It’s starting slow Step by step!’

After greeting her grandfather, So-yeong came out and clenched her fists and made a firm resolution. She said that she would walk towards the throne of AT one step at a time from winning the AT Thunders.

*

“Under…. So the stalker said he would sue.”

“Yes. They said that they found the identity of Maengho by looking up the baseball and the members of the Pilates center. What should I do?”

Aigool. Soyoung rubbed his head. I have a lot of work to do, but to sue the first pick.

“So Maeng-Ho Ji’s Pilates instructor was stalked, and Maeng-Ho Ji attacked the stalker on the way home from work? He said he was just holding a flower?”

“Yes. But the instructor said it was a knife.”

“What about CCTV?”

“There are no CCTVs around, so I don’t know who is right.”

“Okay? Good for you. Talk to the club’s defense team and deal with it. We have to show the fear of the Korean judiciary.”

In such a fight, it is unconditionally advantageous to use an expensive lawyer. In addition, even if they filed criminal charges, the stalker’s win rate was not high. Because there were already enough prosecutors connected to the company.

“Oh, then I’ll talk to the club’s legal team.”

“A club? Can you do it with that? Please contact the legal team at the head office. They say I did it.”

“Headquarters?”

“Yes.”

Time was too precious to waste time on trivial things. If you leave it to the head office, it will be easily dealt with. Dealing with such a gossip was easier than killing bugs with your fingers.

Rather, So-young was more afraid of insects.

“We have to show the taste of the judiciary. Complaining that the stalker was beaten. It’s ridiculous.”

“Is that so? I will contact you. But wouldn’t it be helpful for publicity if I use this well? The primary nomination for catching the stalker, like this.”

“That’s fine. Proceed like that.”

“All right.”

I didn’t have time to spend on something that wasn’t a big deal. If you resist further, step on it and you’re done.

“Ah, please call the captain on the way. We have something to talk about.”

“All right. Then let’s go out.”

“Yes. Take care.”

Click, the door closes. After the man left, So-yeong organized her own ideas once more.

‘Recruit Ki Sang-joo and Jang Yoon, and sell Jang Hyun-ho, who has an overlapping position, in a triangle trade to gather promising players who are stuck in the second team of other teams. And if I can explode with Ji Maeng-ho, there will be no problem in the postseason next year.’

And when the potential of the promising players you’ve gathered so far explodes, aim for the championship! 2 years at the earliest, 3 years at the latest! Soyoung had sweet dreams and waited for the leader to come.