Dad was a Genius - Chapter 50
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My Dad Was a Genius Episode 050
The FA Cup has started.
The K League FA Cup involves the second division and lower leagues.
When they play in the preliminaries and advance to the round of 32, teams from the K League 1 division will also participate and compete.
There, Cheonan achieved its first victory today.
The opponent is Yonsei University.
It is not an official professional league, but a team of promising players who want to become future professionals.
For the remaining K-League schedule, I played the full rotation, leaving out all the starting players, and only played with the second-team members.
This was meant to be an opportunity to take a break.
Now is the time to start paying attention to the players’ physical strength.
Tactics based on gegenpressing always run into problems due to stamina depletion.
Of course, this wasn’t a problem that could be solved by taking a break like this every now and then.
We need to address the fundamental issues.
[Cheonan reports its first win in the FA Cup! Cheonan is advancing today as well, towards the achievement of winning the league and FA Cup!]
The match result was 3-0
Even though it was a minor league, the difference between a professional and a college student was still big.
“It is an honor.”
“Coach, thank you for the game today.”
“I really wanted to meet you.”
“The person I respect the most… … .”
After the game, the players usually greet each other.
But then all the Yonsei University players came towards me and held out their hands.
They were so touched that they didn’t know what to do when I held their hands.
“Please work hard in the future. I hope to see you in better shape next time.”
“So, you’re saying that I have talent?! Did you hear that? Director Cha Seong said I have talent!”
“… … .”
The look of excitement even after losing the game.
Is this youth?
It was still an age full of dreams, hopes, and passion.
“Director, another proposal came this morning.”
Just because the game is over doesn’t mean my schedule is over.
In fact, this is just the beginning.
Although the second team will be playing in the FA Cup instead, giving the first team players some time to rest, it is not like they can rest until training time.
Even today, another proposal came flying in.
It was a proposal to recruit our Cheonan’s ace, my father, Dae-ho Kang.
“This time it’s the Bundesliga. We’ve got an offer from Leverkusen.”
EPL, Bundesliga, Italy, etc.
I received offers from various places.
To be honest, I wanted my father to go to the EPL.
But in that first division, they had no intention of using my father.
A striker who has only been proven in the remote Asian region called South Korea.
A striker who has yet to show any activity overseas.
Perhaps this is what the EPL thinks.
Doesn’t the English Premier League like to nurture young talent who gradually progress from the youth team to the elite level?
It would be burdensome to use a striker who came from a place that no one has ever heard of, the K League.
That’s why my father also had to take it step by step.
“I heard that Kang Dae-ho doesn’t have an agent yet? That’s why we keep getting offers.”
My father doesn’t have an agent.
That makes sense, because no one paid attention to me before I came to Cheonan.
But now it’s different.
When asked to name the best striker in the K-League, everyone will name Kang Dae-ho.
Of course, the agents will be trying their best to take my father away.
My father has no intention of leaving the team yet, and he has not signed with any agent because he is likely to get caught up in a transfer saga if he gets complicatedly involved with an agent.
“I will take care of that problem myself.”
“Yes, Director. But I also received this proposal.”
“Are you talking to Kang Dae-ho?”
“No, to the director.”
“……yes?”
I doubted my eyes for a moment when I saw the documents the front desk staff handed me.
It was an offer sent to me by an EPL team.
* * *
Surprisingly, Taesan Group had a planning company.
Not a planning company that writes proposals to sell products, but a planning company that raises idols and entertainers.
“Did our company have a planning agency?”
“Huh? TS Entertainment? That’s our affiliate?”
A subsidiary that even the head office didn’t know about.
Of course, the general public doesn’t know either.
Because TS Entertainment has never produced a celebrity of any note until now.
In fact, this TS Entertainment was a company that was enthusiastically launched by Cha Sung-ho, the second son of Taesan Group Chairman, who said that Taesan needed an influencer who could speak for it.
But Cha Sung-ho didn’t know until then.
Why didn’t the big companies that were so famous set up their own planning companies?
Why do they only invest occasionally in entertainment?
Whether they run it themselves or not.
Ultimately, a planning agency is a place that seduces people’s hearts.
That too with the label of celebrity.
Since the Taesan Group has always made money by making and selling things or constructing things, they have never sold living creatures.
So there is no way to know how to create celebrities or how to steal people’s hearts.
Of course, Cha Sung-ho also tried his hand at various things.
However, he realized that he was not suited for management, so he gave up on the agency.
As a result, the budget for the agency was extremely small, and there were no celebrities to raise, so the company became one where the employees were practically just breathing, and in fear that they might be laid off at any moment, they would voluntarily resign.
But then one day.
He has descended.
[Today’s vitamin, Cha Seong-eun.]
[The completion of fashion, the style.]
[The best suit gentleman in the country, Cha Seong-eun.]
[Milk colored tea.]
The genius coach of all time in the K-League, Cha Seong-eun.
A glamorous background as the youngest son of the Taesan Group chairman.
A face that exudes charisma.
Plus, the suit fit looks flawless.
He was popular with women of all ages, and was like a god to men who loved soccer.
Especially, when fans of other teams hear the name Cha Seong-eun, they immediately give him a thumbs up.
Because he led the revival of the K-League and raised the level of this league by several levels.
The problem is,
“Again… … Another job came in?”
It is said that TS Entertainment, which had been quiet like a ghost company for a while, has been put on fire.
Employees who always just sat around, smoked a few cigarettes, and left work had no time to rest.
This is because work related to Cha Seong-eun has been dropping here and there.
“Ugh. How many CF offers do you get?”
“What? Variety show? When does our director have time to film a variety show!”
“I… … The director told me not to turn down offers to appear on variety shows.”
“Oh my. You’ll collapse again. First, review everything. No. Send it all to me. I’ll review it myself and show it to the director.”
“yes!”
That wasn’t all.
Cha Seong-eun brought players from Cheonan who did not have agents and signed them to contracts.
If possible, it was a consideration to allow them to receive advertising and earn more money.
Then, this time, another big appointment came in.
“This is Kang Dae-ho. Please take good care of me.”
“omg.”
“Go, to Kang Dae-ho.”
The most popular person in the K-League is Cha Seong-eun.
No one can refute this.
So who is the next most popular person?
It was Kang Dae-ho.
K-League top scorer, the striker responsible for the future of Korean soccer.
That Kang Dae-ho joined TS Entertainment.
“… … The work will double.”
“But it’s better than not having any work. When we didn’t have any work, we were so anxious because we didn’t know when we would be laid off.”
“Still… …I didn’t expect it to turn out this well.”
Then, they bowed their heads when they saw Cha Seong-eun appearing at the company with the sound of his heels clicking.
That alone would be enough, but the people who followed were no joke.
“Hey. Seongeun!”
Cha Sung-ho, who almost ruined TS Entertainment after starting it, put his arm around his younger brother’s shoulder in a friendly manner.
“Did you bring Kang Dae-ho this time? As soon as the rumor spread that Kang Dae-ho had come to our side, inquiries about CFs started pouring in from all over the place, right?”
“Yeah. Get me a CF that will pay a lot of money and improve my image. Of course, not too much. It could affect the game.”
“Wow. This guy, this guy, his heart is so warm when he thinks of the players. If someone saw him, they would think he was family.”
Hot.
It’s a bit obvious.
Cha Seong-eun shrugged.
“… … Because we’re on the same team. We’re family.”
“Yeah. Thanks to you, this hyung is walking around with his shoulders back these days. I never would have imagined that you would help him in this way.”
Cha Sung-ho was so happy for his little brother that he thought he could die.
I used to always worry about what to do with this immature guy, but when did he grow up and start doing only pretty things?
The fact that Taesan Group’s image has improved to this extent is all thanks to my younger brother.
Could this be an example of how one soccer coach can feed a company?
Thanks to this guy, the brand image went up tremendously and the stock price also continued to soar, and even people who used to criticize large corporations would say, “Hmm. That’s a good place,” when they heard the name Taesan Group.
“Are the company’s profits okay?”
“Where? Here? Of course it’s good. Since they found out you were here, other celebrities have been contacting our company. It’s much better than before. Back then, only flies were flying around, but now, look at them. Everyone is busy.”
Since Cha Seong-eun joined TS Entertainment, the company has been growing in size.
This is because the brand image of Taesan Group has improved so much that famous celebrities are coming here one by one.
It was good for them to have a planning company with a good image, and it was good for Taesan to increase the number of celebrities and make a profit.
“Wow, I see. Then I’ll have more money to invest in Cheonan.”
“Huh? Well, that’s not for me to decide… … .”
“Hey. Why is this happening? Up until now, you’ve been in charge of our Cheonan team’s budget. And it’s not like Cheonan has spent that much money.”
“I think you forgot, but the money that went into everything from stadium repairs to setting up medical coaches, to setting up a special training facility for the players, and everything else… … .”
“I’ve been getting a lot of inquiries from big agencies lately. They’re asking if Kang Dae-ho and I signed a contract with TS Entertainment for a few years. They say they’re giving us a lot of signing bonuses.”
“Ahem-!”
Cha Seong-ho coughed in embarrassment.
“But seriously, this is not a joke. A lot of money went into the Cheonan team. Just remodeling the stadium cost over 10 billion won… … .”
“So you’re not going to do it? Should I look for another place?”
“… … I have to. Then. Of course I have to.”
It’s always like this.
It always happens the same way.
In the end, Cha Sung-ho raised the white flag.
“But why all of a sudden money? What are you going to make this time? How much do you need?”
“Not much. Just a little, really just a little. Hyung.”
Looking at his brother’s smiling face, Cha Seong-ho had a gut feeling.
This time I’m going to get ripped off a lot!
Said.