A Chairman Who Has No Regrets - Chapter 166



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Episode 166 – Leverkusen.

People who looked more tired than yesterday morning. I was no exception, so I shook my head. The one who I couldn’t understand the most was Taesu.

“Hey, why are you whining so much?”

Taesu glared at me as if he was going to kill me.

Who is the person I should be staring at as if I was going to kill him, leaving my friend behind and going off by myself?

“What is that, your eyes?”

“betrayer.”

I opened my mouth wide in surprise at the ridiculous answer. Traitor, I still get a headache when I think about the hardships I went through yesterday. Look at my sisters and mother eating fried eggs like zombies in front of me. My mouth hurts just trying to explain how long I had to endure yesterday with my body as a minor who can’t even drink a glass of alcohol.

“This is ridiculous.”

“Is that what I have to say?”

The guy’s reactions are very sharp.

If I remember correctly, he came in after 2am.

“What the heck, what the hell happened?”

Director Baek shook his head in response to my question.

“Don’t try to find out. You’ll get hurt, Jeon Gang.”

“……”

I wondered if they went to the gym at night because they were going to the mixed bathhouse. When I think about the workout they did with Herchan, I can understand their faces.

Anyway, I thought that since the moving vehicle would stop here and there like yesterday, there would be no need to take pictures, so I started to diligently store breakfast in my body.

“uh!”

Taesu, who had been munching on his fork, opened his eyes wide as he looked at the restaurant entrance.

Before I knew it, I had turned my gaze to the entrance, and there, Herchan was walking in, limping.

“Kill him!”

As Taesu shouted with a face that looked like a traitor, the male staff members, including Director Baek, got up from their seats and started running toward the entrance.

And Herchan, who discovered it, hurriedly went out of the restaurant with a sullen face.

“What’s going on? Oh my— my heart’s still pounding.”

At her mother’s words, the younger sister spoke in a voice that seemed to be dying.

“Ignore me, Mom. We have to live first.”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

No, but what I’m saying is, do you drink whatever alcohol is bought for you?

Not to brag, but my sisters and my mother. And the two female writers who look like corpses, they weren’t all that pretty no matter where you put them. Rather, they were born with beauties that wouldn’t be strange to hear exclamations of “Wow.”

Besides, even though Germany is a country familiar with Asians, such as nurses and miners, it would be different in each city. The German men who saw the five Asian beauties were so excited that they bought drinks for the older women and the writers, saying, “This is a beer from somewhere in Germany. That’s a beer from over there.”

“Oh, the last stout I had…”

The same goes for my mother.

I drank so much cola and cider that I wondered if I was getting diabetes.

There were a lot of white guys making a fuss, but fortunately they were able to run away, pushed by the momentum of my mother, my sisters, and the writers. I was nervous that they might get in trouble for something.

Anyway, I’m glad you returned safely.

“This villain!”

Taesu grabs the back of Herchan’s neck, who is as big as the Hulk and walks into the restaurant, as if looking at his mortal enemy.

“Haha, I didn’t know that would happen?”

“You have a pierced mouth!”

I shook my head as I looked at the novel sight of Korean and English conversing. I felt like ignorance was bliss.

“Son… what time are you leaving?”

“It’ll probably take about five hours by car, so I think we should leave by 11 at the latest.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

Unlike yesterday, my mother got up from her seat one by one. My sisters also got up from their seats following her.

“Why aren’t you eating more?”

“I want to cut it.”

The mother and younger sister nodded at the eldest sister’s short answer. The two writers disappeared without a trace for a long time.

The women who had worked hard the day before left the restaurant, and Herchan, a large man, sat down with a big smile in the seat where his mother and younger sister used to sit.

“Oh, Kang made a wise choice yesterday!”

Are you kidding me?

“Why don’t you eat something?”

“Hahaha, that’s right! I drank beer yesterday and my stomach feels bad.”

“Whose fault is it all!”

The assistant director shouts in broken English and lets out a groan.

The camera director covered my eyes with both hands and muttered softly.

“Damn it, the afterimage won’t go away before my eyes!”

What the heck.

I quietly asked Taesu, who was sitting next to me and fidgeting,

“What on earth happened yesterday?”

“Did you hear my voice?” said Director Baek, gagging.

“Full-time student.”

“Oh, yes, director.”

“Don’t keep bringing it up… It’s too hard for me.”

“… curious.”

“Please stop! Stop! Stop!”

Don’t let me say anything.

Herchan chuckled and cut the bacon with a knife as he spoke.

“Well, there were some people in their 50s, too?”

“Kill him! Kill that bastard!”

At the camera director’s shout, the men sitting at our table picked up their forks and knives, ready to slice Herchan up like he was cutting a steak.

“Ahem, my mistake.”

Anyway, looking at the reactions, it seems like the mixed bathing wasn’t that satisfying. It’s almost like it’s PTSD.

“Well, there’s a nice nude beach.”

At Herchan’s words, a fork flies from somewhere and sticks into the toast on the plate.

“Shut your mouth.”

“yep.”

**

Inside a vehicle that appears to be filled with zombies.

“Ah, kya kya kya, Kang is really fun.”

As it turned out, Herchan was accompanying me. Of course, I had paid a sufficient amount of money as a gratuity.

“Weren’t we comrades who fought together in the battlefield yesterday? I’m not a person without circumstances! In England, where manners make a man, such a thing is unimaginable!”

At Herchan’s voice, Director Baek, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turns his head and groans.

“Don’t bring up yesterday!”

“Okay, okay, calm down buddy! I’m nude, nude.”

Taesu covers Herchan’s mouth, which is as big as a pot lid, with his small hand.

“Shut up! Please shut up!”

“Wow, Koreans are really scary. They don’t seem to be afraid of my weight class at all. Maybe they all have warrior genes in them?”

I shrugged my shoulders at Herchan’s question.

Well, I had no reason to refute the idea that he thought positively of Koreans.

“By the way, Herchan.”

“Oh, yeah Kang.”

“We are going to Cologne now.”

“Oh! Boom City!”

I nodded.

I was going to the place I originally thought was the first, or in fact the last, of my schedule.

“Do you know about Leverkusen?”

Herchan raised the corners of his mouth as if he was confident in my question.

“Is this finally my specialty?”

“Is Leverkusen your specialty?”

“No, all soccer teams are my specialty.”

Herchan, who seemed to be brimming with confidence, began to talk proudly.

“Leverkusen is…”

“There is no need for history.”

“Ahem, what are you curious about, Kang?”

“How is the youth system?”

Herchan opens his eyes wide and looks at me.

“Wow, how far ahead do you think you can go to express youth in a system? Even in our league, we only occasionally try it.”

“Isn’t it natural that the future ultimately comes from the youth?”

“Oh my god, I needed someone to say this in front of those damn association guys!”

As times change.

Perhaps because it is backward, it seems that there are only a very small number of places where the youth system has been properly established, or none at all.

“Ahem, anyway, Leverkusen also runs an under-17 and under-19 team.”

“okay?”

“It’s the same in Germany, but many European teams are also launching youth teams. Ultimately, it’s an inevitable choice because the player pool is limited.”

“It must be to grow the team’s squad by raising them to their liking.”

“That’s right! Each club and each manager has different demands, so we need players who will faithfully fulfill those demands.”

I nodded.

It was something I was already familiar with.

In sports, youth is important. In fact, it was only natural that aspirants were important in any field. Furthermore, European football would later become the world’s largest sporting event, and players would be sold here and there for money. Therefore, it could be said that the competitiveness of clubs was to develop players who were to their liking and loyal to the club at low cost.

“Well, Leverkusen is a team that starts its youth development neither too late nor too early. No matter what anyone says, it is a prestigious team in Germany.”

“I see.”

He gave a hint with a glance and asked.

“how is it?”

Herchan glanced at Taesu and raised the corners of his lips as he spoke.

“I haven’t seen him play soccer, but I think he has tremendous potential.”

“Neighborhood soccer, I mean, he’s pretty well-known in Korea, but he hasn’t received any professional training yet.”

“Okay, don’t worry about that, buddy.”

Before I knew it, Herchan was calling me his friend. If someone saw me, they would think we were the same age.

“I’m still a teenager, sir.”

“Oh shh, I thought you were about the same age as me, damn it!”

“Will Leverkusen Youth fall?”

“Well, it’s hard to say for sure since I don’t know their standards.”

I nodded.

I knew that Tae-soo would grow into a great libero in the future, but I didn’t know what his strengths and weaknesses were. However, the fact that he would become a successful soccer player in the future would be proof of his great talent, but I wondered if Leverkusen would be able to recognize that talent.

“Ugh.”

Taesu, who had vaguely understood the conversation between me and Herchan, clicked his tongue, either nervous or annoyed.

“Don’t worry, my friend. If it doesn’t work out, I’ll make it work.”

“I really don’t trust you.”

First soccer study abroad.

To be exact, experience.

I didn’t really think I would achieve anything in this process. I didn’t have the ability to objectively evaluate the guy’s talent and ability, so I just thought of it as a test.

To be exact, I just wanted to plant a dream in Taesu. No, to be exact, I wanted to make that dream, which he was trying so hard to ignore, come true.

Because the circumstances are not favorable.

Because of economic difficulties.

I knew deep down that if you give up a bright future because of something like that and only look at what’s right in front of you, poverty will only lead to more poverty, so I didn’t want to just sit by and let my friend make that choice.

“Above all.”

“uh?”

“You are my slave number one.”

How could I possibly miss out on the number one promotional model for all my future businesses?

“What are you talking about again?”

“You just have to trust your brother.”

“Why are you the older brother? My birthday is earlier than yours.”

“Didn’t you know that if you have a lot of money, you’re the older brother?”

“Oh no.”

Herchan suddenly interrupted Taesu and I’s Korean conversation.

“Haha, trust me, you bastard! I will definitely be your agent.”

“I don’t trust you at all.”

“Oh! I told you yesterday was just a misstep? The information was correct, there just weren’t any young ladies there.”

At Herchan’s words, Director Baek, who was sleeping in the passenger seat, foamed at the mouth and shouted.

“Shut up! Please! Don’t bring up yesterday!”

The camera director is drooling.

“Ugh… I still remember it vividly, damn it… That mother was looking at me with such strange eyes!”

The assistant director adds:

“The director is better, grandma is a woman after all.”

“……”

“I told you that the old man looked at me with pleasure?”

“Kyaaaaah, everyone shut up-”

Anyway, we arrived at Leverkusen, the place that will make Taesu’s dream come true.