Solo All-Around Agent

Chapter 1

My father liked movies so much that I used to watch many of his favorite movies on weekend mornings with him.

The Godfather Series, Leon, Forrest Gump, Interstellar, Titanic, Parasite, Life is Beautiful, Shawshank Redemption.

Sometimes even Marvel’s hero movie series.

“men and horses! Jaejin Song! Is the world over?!”

And the first Sunday of the month, when I was injured in high school and completely abandoned my dream of becoming a baseball player.

My father, who was dying, took me into the living room as usual and played a movie.

The title of the movie is ‘Jerry Maguire’.

‘Show me the money!’

A movie about an agent who is kicked out of an agency overnight for writing a proposal that goes against the company’s interests.

The next week is ‘Money Ball’ featuring Brad Pitt.

And then, remember Titan, Million Dollar Baby, the last change in my impression, Rookie, and Draft Day.

My father probably showed me a lot of sports movies with the meaning of ‘even if you can’t be a baseball player, don’t give up on your dream because there are various things involved’.

Seeing Jerry Maguire as an agent.

Scouting at the final turning point of my life.

Coach Carter looking at the coach.

After seeing the money ball, I dreamed of becoming a general manager.

It doesn’t matter if you’re not a player.

As a result, over time, my dream was to engage in a sport-related career.

Fortunately, thanks to my talent in languages, I was able to learn three languages, and thanks to a trainer license I got by chance, I was able to get a job at a World Tree Sports Agency, one of the top 3 in Korea.

As a soccer and baseball agency, it was in a high position in Korea and managed more than 100 players.

However, there has always been a big gap between dreams and reality.

—

“Chief Song Jae-jin. The director is calling.”

“Why?”

“I do not know. When I left, I just told the conductor to call me… .”

At the words of Deputy Director Choi Ki-yeon that director Ahn Ki-yeol is calling him, Song Jae-jin tilted his head and headed to Ahn’s personal office.

Song Jae-jin and Ahn Ki-yeol, the two of them, were forming a very ambiguous relationship within the company.

Although he joined the company around the same time, Song Jae-jin was clearly ahead in terms of the ability and reputation an agent should have.

However, in the case of Ki-Yeol Ahn, a global agency group, World Sports Group (WSG), selected World Tree as a Korean business partner, and made a great contribution to attracting investment.

Because of that, Ahn Ki-yeol took over the position of director, and Song Jae-jin was ahead of the manager’s position.

‘What other nonsense are you calling?’

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However, even though they were similar in age, the company was a place where the ranks were divided and they were run according to the system.

Besides, it was Ahn Ki-yeol’s ability that brought results to WSG.

Now, with the position of director, Song Jae-jin treats Ahn Ki-yeol as a boss and does not want to create a difficult situation as much as possible.

‘But why do you keep touching me?’

Song Jae-jin, who knocked on the door, sighed and opened his mouth first at the attitude of Ahn Ki-yeol, who was only looking at the monitor even though he called himself.

“What did you call me for?”

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When Ahn Ki-yeol put it down as if tossing a pile in front of him, Song Jae-jin unfolded the pile.

“Moon Kang-hyun?”

Inside the file was a picture and a history of one player.

“Isn’t that the negotiation that was going on with Team 2?”

In the case of national team shortstop Moon Kang-hyun, he knew that the contract was taken directly from Team 2, not Team 1, to which he belonged.

So Song Jae-jin tried to grasp the situation quickly.

‘What’s the situation? The contract that was being carried out by Team 2 suddenly became me?’

Moreover, in his case, he was in a situation that was more incomprehensible because he had been working on football rather than baseball.

After judging the overall situation, Song Jae-jin decided to express his opinion that it would be difficult for him to take over.

“But wouldn’t another employee do this better than me? As you know, I have been mainly working on the football side right now.”

“The Busan Hammers contract is 4 billion won. The contract period is 4 years and the annual salary is 1 billion won. 8 billion in total.”

However, as if not interested in Song Jae-jin’s question, Ahn Ki-yeol recites the contents of the document indifferently.

“The original team, the Hornets, signed a six-year contract with a down payment of 3 billion won. 7 million per year. 7.2 billion in total.”

Compared to Hammers, the Hornets, the original team, was an amount that raised doubts whether Kang-hyun Moon was thinking of renewing his contract.

“The player wants to stay with the Hornets. And being treated well.”

At the same time as Ahn Ki-yeol said these words, he turned his eyes away from his monitor and looked at Song Jae-jin.

“But going to Hammers costs more.”

Again, to the behavior of director Ahn Ki-yeol, who is more concerned about money than players, Song Jae-jin frowned and answered.

“Aren’t the players neither a commodity nor money?”

It was not the first time that Ahn Ki-yeol, who sees a player as money, and Song Jae-jin, who thinks of him as a partner, had an opinion quarrel, he sighed as if exhausted and turned to the monitor.

“So are you going to take it or not?”

‘What kind of pods are you trying to catch?’

At least, it would be comfortable to know what the situation was, but it was obvious that he would lash out and lash out again, so Song Jae-jin engraved a seal that he could endure inwardly and looked through the file quickly.

“I’ll do it.”

And when Song Jae-jin answered in the affirmative, Director Ahn Ki-yeol raised one corner of his mouth and smiled as if Song Jae-jin’s gaze could be seen through the gap toward the file.

“Among the things that are currently going on, I will hand over the big things to Deputy Director Choi Ki-yeon first, and I will take over the rest. And Moon Kang-hyun takes the contract as the top priority.”

“Yeah. Okay.”

Song Jae-jin, who came out of Ahn Ki-yeol’s office, sighed heavily as he sat down.

“Didn’t you come out loud today? It’s a big deal. Why did you call the deal?”

Then he handed the file that Director Ahn Ki-yeol gave to Jae-hyun Kim, who spoke to him as if he had been waiting.

“Are you asking me to negotiate with Kang-hyun Moon?”

“That Moon Kang-hyun from Team 2? got caught, got caught Somehow it didn’t make a lot of noise.”

Jae-Jin Song pulled a chair and sat close to Jae-Hyeon Kim at the expression of Jae-Hyeon Kim, who looked at him sadly while covering the pile.

“Tell me.”

“Bare?”

“Soju on pork belly.”

Kim Jae-hyun, who had glanced around Song Jae-jin’s negotiations, spoke about Moon Kang-hyun in a low voice.

“On the surface, it is clear that the contract will be a jackpot. Kang-hyeon Moon insists on staying with the Hornets, right?”

Only then, the situation was judged, Song Jae-jin understood the meaning of the Hornets contract.

“I think the Hornets know that Kang-hyun Moon doesn’t want to go to another team.”

“answer. So that’s why you slapped the money like that.”

“Well then. it’s caught It was a contract that even the 2nd team was embarrassed by because it was malicious.”

“So the 2nd team said they were cool and passed it on.”

Song Jae-jin felt that he was rightly caught by Kim Jae-hyun’s words.

Because it was by no means an easy case.

In particular, in the case of Korean professional baseball, where the board is narrow, they were seniors and juniors when they crossed a bridge.

Not only that, but there were also a lot of former players who came to the front, so the Hornets meant that they were confident that Kang-Hyeon Moon wouldn’t want to move to another team.

‘If I sign a contract with the Hornets who are willing to eat for free in such a situation, they will try to put me down somehow.’

It felt like he had his head stuck in the tiger’s mouth, but he couldn’t say he was going to give up now.

First of all, Song Jae-jin started organizing the work in progress in paperwork to hand over the work to Choi Gi-yeon.

However, for some reason, a question about the current situation did not leave my mind.

‘But why is it Choi Ki-yeon?’

In the case of Choi Gi-yeon, it was because she was so close to Ahn Ki-yeol that she was called Ahn Ki-yeol’s rattle among the staff, so she wore armbands.

In addition, he knew that Choi Ki-yeon also had a job, and he knew that he had never done a job that he had to hand over, so it was even more so.

—

‘Well? Who hasn’t left work yet?’

Song Jae-jin, who returned late at night after overtime due to takeover, tilted his head toward the lighted office and entered the office.

‘By this hour?’

When the light leaked out of director Ahn Ki-yeol’s office, who usually leaves work early, Song Jae-jin headed to Ahn’s room.

He quietly lowered his voice without realizing it.

And he could see Ki-Yeol Ahn and Ki-Yeon Choi having a conversation in the office.

“You idiot. He doesn’t even know he’s been in a trap on his own.”

“That’s right. Deputy Director Song Jae-jin pretended to be smart all by himself, but in the end, in front of the director, isn’t it stupid?”

And as his story leaked through the cracks in the open door, he held his breath to hear what was said.

“And isn’t this just a win-win?”

“okay. How can a guy who has only been in charge of soccer player contracts so far manage Moon Kang-hyun’s job well? Choi Ki-yeon Cha Chang came up with a very good idea after a long time.”

“Ha ha. Where would my ideas be? You just brought out what you were already thinking about.”

‘Chief Choi Ki-yeon?’

When Choi Ki-yeon’s voice, called Ki-yeol Ahn’s rattle, leaked out, Song Jae-jin quickly began to picture the current situation in his head.

“I worry about my reputation not to sign a contract like Moon Kang-hyun. I’m going to use it alone here, so I’ll pass it on, so I didn’t pass it on to two teams as well.”

“Whether the contract works or fails, I’m going to let it go. After all, the important thing is the cause, and only those who know the real story know about it.”

“And as you said, when Song Jae-jin leaves, the empty seat… … .”

“then. Chief Choi. No, I’ll have to call you Ki-yeon Choi soon.”(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

At Ahn Ki-yeol’s words, Song Jae-jin clenched his fists so hard that his hands trembled.

“Mine isn’t some kind of Jerry Maguire. They are commodities. Our goal is to pack it well, sell it to a good team, and get a bigger commission.”

“Yes. The atmosphere is clouded by thinking about nothing for nothing.”

“Fuck.”

Song Jae-jin, who spit out a small swear word inaudible, was terrified of his own pity when the situation was now understood.

He was angry at the sight of Ahn Ki-yeol, who until now had done everything he had tried to keep without hitting as much as possible in vain, and even acted like this to let him go.

“Sigh.”

After that, Song Jae-jin, who left the company recklessly, drove to the Han River.

‘What should I do?’

That said, he didn’t want to give up on Moon’s negotiations for any reason.

‘Can I?’

It was because he was in a situation that went against his beliefs as an agent even if he didn’t have it.

It was unacceptable for a national team shortstop to sign such a contract with his original team simply by taking his sensitive personality as a hostage.

‘okay. I will make the contract with Moon Kang-hyun unconditionally and go out on my own feet.”

But it was never easy.

Although he has the title of deputy manager, the agent market was a red ocean, and it was because there were more players who would like to get help from a big agency if possible.

Therefore, unlike other countries, Korea had structural limitations that made it difficult for individual agencies to survive.

‘Ha. driving me crazy.’

While looking at the Han River and unraveling the tangled threads of thought, something fell on Song Jae-jin’s head.

“Ouch!”

Song Jae-jin picked up the object that had fallen over his head with a scream mixed with pain.

‘zero?’

I looked around to see who threw the ball, but because it was late, there was no one around Song Jae-jin.

“What is this?”

As the object on his hand changed its shape into a baseball or soccer ball, and soon seeped into his hand, Song Jae-jin looked around his hand in surprise.

“Are you crazy?”

Because of the stress of Moon Kang-hyun’s contract, he sighed, blaming himself for seeing things in vain.

A window suddenly appeared in Song Jae-jin’s field of vision.

[Successfully close Moon Kang-hyun’s contract.][Reward: 1. Access to the system.]

“Am I really crazy?”