089. Investor
Part 2 of [The Hunter’s Day]. As the business session began, the atmosphere changed.
Until the awards ceremony, the businessmen who had been sitting and sipping wine all got up and started walking around.
In addition to exchanging business cards, there were also scouts and coaches from other teams who directly contacted players from other teams.
From telling us to come to our team and build the team we want, to guaranteeing us the best conditions.
‘Huh… … Honestly, I’m not used to this kind of thing.’
Before the regression, I didn’t attend the second part often and was always on the outside, so I wasn’t used to it.
The best players naturally have agencies that do this for them.
But now things were different.
It was my job to find someone to sponsor the team and also to recruit other team members.
At that moment, when I didn’t know who to grab and what to talk about, luckily someone approached me.
He was a man dressed neatly in a suit and had a neat appearance. It seemed as if he had noticed me and was coming to visit me.
“Are you Lee Chang-hyun? Nice to meet you. We are people who do this kind of work.”
Judging from the business card he received, he seemed to be from an agency.
‘Agency? I’m not even looking for a new team, so why would I go to an agency… ?’
At the moment when I was wondering,
“Oh, of course it is an agency, but you can think of it as a company that also engages in investments.”
“That means… … .”
“Yes. Right now, we would like to invest in the team that owner Lee Chang-hyun belongs to. PER.”
At the same time, he handed me the contract.
‘Like this all of a sudden…?’
Honestly, I didn’t see a single contract.
He says he doesn’t drink alcohol, but honestly, it’s an area he doesn’t know much about.
In this chaotic atmosphere, it was difficult to read carefully this contract, which was full of words at first glance.
“You don’t have to worry. Would we have offered such bad terms to someone who even has Chairman Lee Geun-taek behind him?”
He said it with a smile as if it was funny.
‘Now that I hear it, that’s true.’
No matter what, it won’t be easy to go against that old man who has some power in this hunter board.
Of course, that doesn’t mean it’s not a scam.
“To give you a rough idea of the conditions, they are as follows. We will invest 500 million won in cash right away, and we will recruit the players you want for the second-tier lineup. That’s the kind of thing.”
“Then what’s good for you?”
“Well… … since it’s a sponsorship, there are ‘a few’ things like advertisements on the uniforms, and a share of the club’s operating profits. Haha.”
They will recruit any player you want.
I guess it means that even though I don’t believe it literally, I’ll at least try.
I was thinking that I didn’t want to bother looking for other people, so I thought I’d just listen to the story a little more.
“The contract is a mess.”
A man appeared in front of me, looked over the contract, and tore it up.
“What the… … !”
“It’s a contract that clearly intends to throw in a few hundred million won and treat you like a slave when the team gets bigger. The distribution ratio, the contract period. If you look at it closely, it’s not illegal, but it’s close to being a poison pill clause.”
At those words, the face of the employee in the suit turned bright red.
The moment he was about to say something again,
“Lee Chang-hyun, Mr. Lehman is waiting for you. It won’t be a bad story. This place is different from the other place, it’s a proper place.”
‘Lehman… … ?’
I remembered the business card that Lee Min-seok had given me earlier.
It seemed like he was a famous person in this area.
That’s why I was able to answer readily.
“great.”
I didn’t plan on signing a contract in the first place, but seeing as he was trying to weed out the guys who were trying to take advantage of me, I thought he might be a decent guy.
***
Lehman. I searched on my phone on the way there, and it seemed like he was a businessman who was well-known overseas.
He’s the guy who dominates the telecommunications industry in his country or something.
‘Anyway, I guess he’s a rich person.’
But, I also wondered, with so much money, is there any reason to invest in such a small club?
I think it would be possible for fans to do that if it was a really big team with a lot of star players…
Anyway, while I was thinking about this and that, I found myself going out into the hallway of the party hall and being guided to a private room.
“Here it is.”
A private room on one side of the party hall for business. A man with a nice beard was sitting there.
Since he couldn’t speak Korean, the secretary next to him translated for him and spoke to him.
And then there are light greetings and ceremonial greetings like, “I enjoyed the game.”
But that was only for a moment. Gradually, new stories began to emerge.
“What is your dream?”
‘What a funny old man.’
I had a feeling that what was expected of me wasn’t something business-related.
Well, what is your dream? … I can answer that question.
“It’s the International League championship.”
It’s a victory in the newly established Olympics, but well, it’s not an official event yet.
And, well, the reason for asking this is obvious.
Dream big and make it happen. I am a top businessman and I only invest in the best players.
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I feel like a guy like that is worth investing in. Isn’t that what it is?
I thought he would want that kind of answer, since he was a businessman who had built a big business.
“Phew hew.”
But Lehmann’s reaction was unexpected.
“Do you know how big the American Hunters League is?”
“I do not know.”
I’m not idle, and how would I know the economic scale of the American Hunters League?
“It’s a whopping 7 trillion won. On the other hand, the size of the Korean Hunters League is around 900 billion won… … The Korean Hunters League may not be small in absolute terms, but there is a clear difference.
But, don’t you think it’s absurd to discuss the best in the Korean Hunters League with such a large sum of money?”
It’s a vain thought…
It seems I misunderstood the other person.
Well, I can understand that kind of person. But… … Winning the International League is something that was definitely achieved before the return.
“I thought you were a businessman, but that’s unexpected. You seem to have followed a smooth path. However, you will never achieve surprising results with just composure and reason.”
Suddenly, I remembered what happened before my regression.
Countless teams and team members have passed by.
I remembered that there were people who were complacent, cynical, and rationally lamented their own talents and could not advance further.
In the Hunters League, the differences in talent and superpowers are intuitively revealed.
But if you look up, there were definitely people who overcame it and proved themselves.
“What a surprising result… … .”
“Do you know why I became the owner of the club?”
At those words, Lehmann looked straight into my eyes as if telling me to speak.
“To create that amazing result, I have to mold and find the players one by one. To find the cynical, fearful people who won’t do it properly.”
Even after hearing those words, Lehmann still had a gentle smile on his face and didn’t say anything else.
But even this was a realistic understatement.
I have already won the International League before returning. What I want is to create a perfect team.
So, at the very end of it all, to complete and prove a new history.
So it remains unique.
Just as I was thinking that, Lehmann suddenly said.
“What a great challenge.”
Smiling broadly, Lehmann continued speaking.
“Good.”
“?”
“It’s good to have a dream. It’s good to be young. Actually, I didn’t ask because there was any special meaning to it. I just wanted to know what you were thinking. How is Chairman Lee Geun-taek doing?”
‘Was it just a passing thought?’
It seemed like the meaning of my hard work had faded.
By the way, it seems like he had a connection with Lee Geun-taek.
The strength in my throat returned as I held Lee Geun-taek’s relics.
“Please correct it.”
“It seems like only yesterday that he saved me… … Do you know what I was thinking that day when he rescued me from the tower? You’ll never know. I was looking at that strong back.”
Was this the reason why Hunter supported our team?
“Of course, the meaning has changed a lot now… … Hunters have become more of a sport hunter than a tower climber. But I think that’s a good thing. There are probably people who don’t save people directly, but who live their lives looking up to Hunters indirectly.”
It was like my grandfather’s lament. It was like he was confessing his life, reminiscing about a past I didn’t know about.
“Well. I guess that wasn’t a story you were interested in. I’ll invest in you. And, that story.”
“?”
“I have to prove it. Even though I originally intended to invest because of my connection with Lee Geun-taek, businessmen don’t start businesses that are destined to fail.”
That was the end of Lehmann’s story.
It wasn’t an investment I received on my own, but on the contrary, unlike before the regression, there was a legend from another field who was leading me along.
That gave me a strange feeling.
***
In the past, Korea was a hunter powerhouse, but now the situation is completely different. In particular, the United States, where the hunter market is the most active, has many players who have been trained not only at the individual level but also at the national level.
It’s not just the United States, there are quite a few powerful countries like that.
It was a complete David and Goliath fight.
‘But winning the International League?’
A cheeky little brat. But I didn’t hate him.
I can’t remember it well now, but I wonder if it was because I thought that maybe I was like that when I first got into business.
‘You can never achieve surprising results with just coolness and reason… … .’
That was right.
And if Lee Geun-taek had done that, Lehman would have definitely died on the tower 24 years ago.
It seemed like that moment was flashing before my eyes.
The monsters that were advancing and the desperate situation. The events of that day when I tried to shake off the people behind me and run to survive.
But even at that moment, there were certainly people who pursued their dreams and ideals.
And Lehmann was certainly saved by him.
‘It’s absurd, but that may be why people are drawn to it.’
I thought that the appearances of Lee Chang-hyun and Lee Geun-taek might have overlapped at first glance.
“So, did you look into it? What did you think?”
“It seems like he is considered a super rookie within the industry. But in absolute terms, he is not that high.”
Super rookie… … Super rookie.
Yes, even the companies that grow up to rule the world started out with a laptop in a warehouse.
“To explain in detail… … The team that won the Korean Hunter Audition program, came in first place in the regular season of the 3rd division, and won the 2nd division promotion match for the first time in 5 years. That’s about all I can say.”
“It wasn’t a team that originally had potential?”
“That’s not true at all. Last season, they were a team that had lost 0-0 in the third division.”
Because it was a team that had lost all its matches.
It seemed like he wasn’t just a guy who had a lot of boasts.
‘But that’s not enough.’
He still had a long way to go to reach his dream goal. A mountain so high that the peak was barely visible stood in his way.
That was true even if Lehmann gave him as much financial support as he could and put in the best team he could.
“Do you think he can do it?”
“If I had to say something… … he didn’t seem like a light-hearted person.”
A night that ripens happily.
The best champagne and meal.
A night that reminds me of my past with my friend.
The night I was introduced to a friend who reminded me of a friend.
Lehmann felt a strange excitement and joy for the first time in a long time.
fantasy,
