Solo All-Around Agent

Chapter 7

Today’s information

[Kang Hyuk thinks he can trust Song Jae Jin, but he is shy and can’t speak.]

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Originally, it would have been a holiday, but Jaejin headed to Yangju early to watch Kang Hyuk practice and sign a contract.

It was because the form that had been accustomed to for years could not be changed overnight, so all that was left was an effort to correct the habit that had become accustomed to the body.

“Hello~”

Perhaps because he has been visiting for the past few days, Jaejin greeted the club officials he was accustomed to.

“Are you here today?”

“Yes, hello!”

“Hey~ Kang Hyuk is blessed!”

As with many independent clubs, the purpose of Yangju Play Ball was to give players a last chance to play baseball without being designated as pros.

As such, Kang Hyuk, who had an agent, was a very unusual case, and the club welcomed Song Jae-jin’s visit as he was one of the players with the greatest potential to advance to the pro as a member of Yangju Playball.

“Is the training going well?”

“Now is the start. It would be great if it could be fixed overnight.”

The club was also very interested in Kang Hyuk’s transition to pitching.

I saw Kang Hyuk’s pitching potential in the playball, but he was nurtured as an outfielder because the control problem was not easily caught.

“Now we have to do it in earnest.”

“Tell me if you need anything! It’s nice to have a good agency!”

“Thank you!”

When we arrived at the indoor practice range, as usual, Kang Hyuk was holding a towel and practicing his pitching form.

Paang-!

Thick drops of sweat fell to the floor with the sound of a towel swinging.

The training that Kang Hyuk is currently doing was to slowly learn the pitching form while being conscious of the problematic part as much as possible.

“I don’t like to push myself too hard.”

Jaejin, who was quietly watching Kang Hyuk’s practice from behind, handed him a towel and a sports drink.

“Thank you.”

With that blunt tone of courtesy, Kang Hyuk took a towel and wiped his sweat.

“Have you talked to the coach?”

“Yeah. He said that it seemed like a good person gave feedback. Thank you.”

“Yes, what. Then how is the contract… … .”

Jaejin was just about to talk about the contract, as there was still a bet from the other day.

By the way… … .

“You have to sign a contract! Did you bring the contract with you?”

Before he could even finish speaking, Kang Hyuk cut off his tail and told him to sign a contract.

“Yeah. Today I brought the contract.”

After the feedback, Song Jae-jin deliberately delayed the contract a little and watched Kang-hyuk’s progress.

It was because he wanted to sign a contract after he was certain enough to make a visible difference.

“You are my first player.”

“First?”

“haha. Until recently, there were no players in charge.”

Kang Hyuk already knew the internal affairs of the World Tree through an acquaintance of a senior baseball player, so he signed the contract without answering.

“Take good care of me.”

Song Jae-jin, who took a good look at the contract he signed, nodded his head.

“Do not worry. How about a little more than that?”

“I think we can at least throw the ball into and out of the zone.”

“That’s fortunate.”

Considering the time Song Jae-jin spent in the video, it was a huge improvement.

It was also the result of Kang Hyuk’s hard work.

“They say they have their own blue-and-white battle tomorrow.”

Yangju Playball, with the season approaching, was also in a situation where they decided to make their own blueprints to determine the start of the next season and select players.

“Yeah. After discussing with the pitching coach, I plan to play an inning or two.”

“It’s my personal opinion. No one will be able to hit Kang Hyuk here.”

After wiping off his sweat, Kang Hyuk asked Jae Jin, who was smiling at him.

“But why me? Before that, I was an agent for soccer players, and I can sign contracts with other professional players as long as Moon Kang-hyun’s contract career is enough.”

Song Jae-jin shrugged at Kang-hyuk’s question.

“You said it. I was a fan of Kang Hyuk. And personally, I think this is a better fit than the previous players.”

“Are you sure that I can go pro?”

In response to Song Jae-jin’s answer, Kang-hyeok nodded his head and asked.

“Enough.”

In response to the confident answer, Kang Hyuk ended the conversation by nodding his head and focused on fixing his pitching form while looking in the mirror again.

While Kang Hyuk was practicing again, Jae Jin turned to the place where the other players were practicing.

In the Yangju Club, the coaches and other coaches at the Yangju Club were able to stay close to each other, and the trainer’s qualifications they obtained in the past played a significant role.

‘To be precise, it’s a system with a trainer’s certificate.’

It was at the level of informing the coach or coaches about the habits of the players or what needs to be corrected, rather than actively intervening with the players like a coach, but it was very satisfactory for a club with a shortage of manpower.

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Yangju Playball Stadium. There were a sparse crowd of people in the audience.

From club officials to players’ families and agents.

Song Jae-jin was also sitting in the audience behind the catcher and watching the game.

“I don’t see any players who deserve to be chosen.”

In the case of Kang Hyuk, after playing in Korea until high school, he advanced to the MLB and applied for this season’s draft, so he was selected for the second draft.

However, in the case of other players, it was obvious why they remained in Yangju Play Ball even though they could play for each club if they had the skills.

because it’s still not enough.

Jaejin Song, rubbing his stiff eyes, looked at the dugout.

Kang Hyuk, the finisher, was sure to come up in the second half of the game, so he looked around a little leisurely.

Like the Stove League, each team dispatched scouts here and there to supply good players, and Yangju also had scouts from each team to see one player.

‘It is rather advantageous. In order to be selected in the 2nd rookie draft, I need to make my name known at least a little bit.’

Soon after, Jaejin’s eyes lit up when Chung’s 4th batter was positioned in the batter box.

“Lee Ho-Hoon.”

Why did the club send scouts? The 4th hitter of the Blue team, Ho-Hoon Lee.

He was a player who wondered why he was in an independent club.

Even if he goes pro right now, minimal rotation. It was because he had the skills to play as a starting pitcher for a team with a weak hitting line.

‘Find player Ho-Hoon Lee’s record.’

Jaejin had no choice but to nod his head on the record that appeared in front of him.

.30 batting average and 28 home runs. His slugging percentage was over 50%.

Damn-!

With a cool hitting sound, the ball went straight out and over the fence, and Ho-Hoon Lee calmly turned around the base.

“Your form is clean.”

“Good morning. Did you come out of the agency?”

After looking at Lee Ho-hoon and nodding his head, someone approached and greeted him, and Song Jae-jin nodded his head and replied.

“Yes. My name is Jaejin Song from World Tree.”

“Ah, nice to meet you. My name is Han Hong-hwan, an agent from Dream Factory.”

“Ah yes.”

After exchanging business cards as usual, when he turned his head, Ho-Hoon Lee stepped on the home plate and entered the dugout.

“Are you a good player? Ho-Hoon Lee.”

“Yes, it is. He’s a rare player.”

‘Oh, I see. The agency in charge of Ho-Hoon Lee.’

“He’s a really good player. We had a really hard time recruiting them.”

‘Dream Factory.’

Thinking that he must have come here because he wanted to brag, he responded appropriately to Han Hong-hwan’s words.

“Are you here to recruit Ho-Hoon Lee?”

At Han Hong-hwan’s words, which seemed to be a little bit embarrassed, Jae-jin shook his head and answered like a knife.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

“no.”

“It’s Ho-Hoon. One virtue. Yeah?”

“Lee Ho-Hoon is not interested.”

“Why?”

“He’s a good player, but the player I came to see today is Hyuk Kang.”

And when Kang Hyuk’s name came out, Han Hong-hwan couldn’t hide his snoring.

If it wasn’t for Jaejin looking at him with a frown, he looked like he’d burst into laughter.

“That trash player? The World Tree Agency. The eyes of the players are not very good.”

At the same time, he talked about Yang Kang-hyeok, information that only he knew.

He has a weakness in the ball on his body due to the aftermath of an injury, and he has a history of wrist surgery, so he is not sure about his condition.

I’m too old and the club won’t be able to use it for a few years, so who would choose Kang Hyuk? etc.

“Yes. I know.”

“Yeah?”

“I know. And I guess you haven’t heard of Kang Hyuk turning into a pitcher yet?”

And with good timing, one out situation at the end of the 8th.

With the back team leading by one point, the pitcher of the back team was replaced by Kang Hyuk.

“Anyway, who would pick a player who is close to 30 years old? Kang Hyuk is coming.”

Song Jae-jin raised only one corner of his lips to Han Hong-hwan’s question and smiled and pointed the camera at Kang-hyuk.

“Hey. If Kang Hyuk makes it to the ninth episode, he will fight Ho Hoon.”

Paang-!

As the ball entered the catcher’s mitt, it made a fairly loud noise, and the audience’s eyes focused on Kang Hyuk.

“Um, 149.”

Kang Hyuk’s restraint was close to 149. 150, and Han Hong-hwan swallowed his saliva and smiled dryly.

“Give me some gloves.”

The tip of the ball was better than expected, so his hands were tingling. Back team catcher Jeong Dae-woon tightened his gloves and prepared to receive the ball again.

The batting order starts with the 9th batter of the blue team.

Hitter 9 and struck out 5 pitches.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

#1 hitter 4 fly out.

Top speed 151 km.

The atmosphere on the baseball field began to change.

The scout who visited the stadium to see Ho-Hoon Lee also focused the camera on Hyuk Kang, and the other agents began to roll their heads for Kang Hyuk, who may not have an agent.

‘Children, I can hear you rolling your head all the way here.’

Regardless of the circumstances, Jaejin focused on the game with a relaxed expression.

The back team’s attack went without a hitch, and at the end of the ninth inning. Again, Kang Hyuk was on the mound.

Blue’s batting line is 2, 3, and 4.

And the fourth hitter of the blue team was Ho-Hoon Lee, who was attracting all the attention of the baseball field.

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“Whoa-”

Kang Hyuk took a deep breath and moved the ball to fix his stitches.

he was curious

It’s the fact that he’s throwing the 150km ball into and out of the zone as intended.

And Song Jae-jin was seen behind the catcher holding out his mitt.

He was a strange man.

After he offered him a contract, he found out about Song Jae-jin through his personal connections.

‘Didn’t you say that he was demoted after going out of ten eyes, and then he went to the 2nd team?’

When it became useless, he burst out laughing as the image of Ahn Ki-yeol, which he had never even seen before, overlapped.

‘It’s fun.’

Then, after wind-up, Kang Hyuk threw the ball vigorously in the middle of the zone.

“strike!”

As Kang Hyuk’s first ball hit, the murmur intensified.

“What 150? Kang Hyuk?”

“Didn’t he say he just switched to pitching?”

The referee’s call rang in his ear and he quickly threw the second ball without an interval.

“strike!”

So he was quite vigilant.

Maybe it’s because of Ahn Ki-yeol’s antipathy towards the World Tree. It was largely because of the resentment towards the agent.

‘But it’s strange. From what I found out, he mostly worked as an agent in the football side, but it seems he has quite a lot of connections in the baseball side.’

However, Song Jae-jin somehow brought results, and the results took hold of him.

‘What. In any case, the important thing is that he is not a bad person.’

And the third ball pierced the mitt, and the referee’s call rang out.

“Three strikes out-!”

And when Kang Hyuk finished his cool pitch, a murmur began to reverberate throughout the stadium.