Solo All-Around Agent

Chapter 86

Today’s information

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In front of the World Tree building, Kang Hyuk receives a call from his negotiating agent.

[Good morning. Kang Hyuk. This is my agent, Hyunseong Kim. I contacted you for negotiation.]

“Isn’t it still bad?”

[Sorry. It will be soon.]

Kang Hyuk received a call with a frustrated heart, but the only answer he heard was that he was sorry.

[However… !]

Kang Hyuk, who wants to focus on baseball as soon as possible, sighed and pressed the call end button without listening.

“Ha. Without Agent Song, this would not have happened.”

Kang Hyuk was deeply saddened by the thought of Jaejin to be in England.

‘I can’t. It will be the same again as before.’

Kang Hyuk remembered what happened to Ahn Ki-yeol before signing a contract with Jae-jin the other day.

Kang Hyuk pressed the elevator button of the World Tree office, thinking that he could not keep dragging it off.

Thing-

When the elevator arrived, Kang Hyuk went to Seo Eun-sang’s office and knocked.

“Come on in.”

“Good morning.”

When Kang Hyuk entered the moving room, two cups of tea had not yet been taken out to see if there had been guests until recently. Beyond that, Director Seo Eun-sang greeted Kang Hyuk with a welcome expression.

“I was just trying to get in touch with you.”

“Yeah. I came here because of that. It’s been two months since the season ended and the club started negotiating salary, but does it make sense that nothing has been said yet?”

Eun-sang nodded his head as if he understood Kang-hyuk’s complaint.

“sorry. I didn’t know I was going to be dragged down like this. We’ve assigned a new agent, so we’ll have good news soon.”

“A new agent?”

He tilted his head because he already knew that the agent in charge of his negotiation was an agent who had a bit of spare time inside the World Tree.

“Huh. Originally, I was going to go in, but he was a good agent, so I decided to give it a try.”

“Can’t the director come in directly? I want to finish the salary negotiations as soon as possible.”

Seo Eun-sang smiled at Kang-hyuk’s words.

“I guarantee you, if you don’t like this agent, I will lead the salary negotiation.”

Kang Hyuk was deceived by Seo Eun-sang’s rant and had no choice but to agree.

The reason that Director Seo Eun-sang was so sure was because he thought he would be a good agent.

“I will only trust you. It’s not like I’m making such a demand with bad grades, is it?”

“Then, of course not. Come to think of it, they said they are going into the first negotiation tomorrow. Still, the agent said how about going in with you?”

At Seo Eun-sang’s words, Kang Hyuk nodded his head.

I tend to leave the salary negotiations to the agent as much as possible, but I was curious as to why the negotiations were so sluggish.

“I’ll tell you to call me.”

After talking with Seo Eun-sang, Kang Hyuk sighed and left the building.

‘If you look at it from the side and don’t like it, I can just finish the negotiation.’

I don’t know who the new agent is, but after watching the negotiating table, if I didn’t feel like it, I thought I’d sign up for a reasonable salary that I thought of right away.

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[Is Hyuk Kang’s cell phone correct?]

“Yeah. Are you a new agent?”

[Yeah. Good morning. My name is Jongmin Kim. I’m at the front of the Magicians now.]

After parking his car in the parking lot, Kang Hyuk was disappointed to see the agent waiting for him in front of the Magicians.

‘Ah. Really. Is it tight?’

Still, he did very well in the KBO last season, so he thought a veteran agent would be in charge of him, but a new blue-eyed man was waiting for him.

“nice to meet you. My name is Jongmin Kim.”

“Ah yes. This is Kang Hyuk.”

Perhaps because of that thought, Kang Hyuk’s expression toward Kim Jong-min was bruised.

‘I can’t keep my contract with the World Tree.’

“It is an honor to meet you. Last season was really good.”

“Yes, thank you.”

I wanted to break this position right away and contact Director Seo Eun-sang, but today I had an appointment with the Magicians, so I moved with the feeling of listening to the terms of the contract rather than negotiating.

“Five! Kang Hyuk, are you here? For what?”

“Are you here to negotiate today? Would you like it?”

“Yeah?”

“It’s a negotiation. Negotiation.”

Upon entering the club’s front desk, members of the club, who knew Kang Hyuk’s face, greeted him.

“Oh, and I forgot to tell you, but the agent is already in the conference room.”

At Kim Jong-min’s words, Kang Hyuk tilted his head.

‘Isn’t this guy a negotiating agent?’

“Here it is.”

When I entered the first meeting room, someone was already sitting at the table and organizing the materials.

“Good morning. This is Kang Hyuk.”

Soon after, Kang Hyuk greeted the person sitting there.

“Long time no see.”

And at the familiar voice he hears, Kang Hyuk is surprised by the agent in front of him.

I looked at Jaejin.

“uh? Agent!”

Kang-hyuk looked at Jae-jin in disbelief.

“No, how are you… .”

“what. It’s been so long since I’ve been to England, doesn’t it mean that I forgot my face? It wouldn’t be a face that would be easily forgotten. I.”

“No, of course I do. Why are you here?”

Kang Hyuk was bewildered and could not utter a proper word.

It was because there was an unexpected person in a completely unexpected place.

“Didn’t Director Seo not tell you?”

Jaejin tilted his head in response to Kanghyuk’s reaction and burst into laughter.

“I guess you didn’t say anything else as a surprise. By the way, this season wasn’t a joke, was it? If that’s the case, you can say that I chewed on the KBO.”

At Jaejin’s praise, Kanghyuk felt better inside.

“Ugh, I thought you would contact me if you came in.”

“I mean, you came to Korea this morning. Of course, I should be in charge of your first salary negotiation.”

Kang-hyuk was quite moved by Jae-jin’s manners.

It was because he knew how busy and successful Jaejin is in England right now, as he often hears about Jaejin through news articles.

“Let’s talk later. Let’s not worry about that now, let’s start with salary negotiations.”

As the meeting time approached, Jaejin talked to Kanghyuk.

“Eat your heart out. Whatever I say, just stay still. I will take care of everything.”

Kang-hyeok couldn’t believe Jae-jin’s words so much.

“of course. If you don’t trust your agent, who will you trust?”

After a while, when the magicians came into the conference room, Jaejin cut off the conversation and adjusted his expression.

‘Oh really. amazing. If you don’t trust an agent like this, who will you trust?’

Respect was established in Kang Hyuk’s heart as he looked at Jae Jin.

“Hello. My name is Song Jae-jin, Kang Hyuk’s new agent.”

“Yes. My name is Young Kim, the manager of Magicians’ operation team.”

When the World Tree side said that a new agent was coming, Kim Young felt a little funny and sad.

‘Song Jae-jin. It’s a familiar name, though. Well, after all, the domestic agent is there.’

Because the last agent was pretty dumb and thought it was easy to deal with.

“In the last negotiation, it was talked about up to 132 million won, a 300% increase from the club’s proposal.”

The club considered Kang Hyuk’s negotiation as important as his grades were, but it was natural for the club to want to sign a contract with a little less.

“We want at least a 506.1% increase.”

“Yeah? how much?”

At Jaejin’s words that didn’t change even a single expression on his face, Kim Young asked, thinking he might have heard the wrong thing.

“Isn’t 506.1% a very reasonable number? It’s only 2.3 million won.”

“no! Where is that reasonable? !”

Jaejin smiled inwardly at Kim Young’s cry.

506.1% was because the purpose was to break the expression of Kim Young, who had an arrogant expression, and to shake this board.

“Then the club suggested it. Is the only 300% increase reasonable?”

“Isn’t it true that a 300% increase is a high amount of increase? Who these days gets a 300% increase or more in the second year?”

Kim Young’s expression and tone were even more intense, perhaps because he thought he was asking for an exorbitant amount.

And Jaejin enjoyed Kim Young’s reaction and just listened without answering.

‘If you talk too much while you’re always excited, mistakes are bound to come out.’

“And that. 38 saves is an all-time record… .”

Jaejin listened to what Kim Young had to say leisurely.

‘It’s going as expected.’

Kim Young, who was talking with excitement alone, suddenly felt his spine cooling down when he saw Song Jae-jin keeping silence.

“Are you familiar with it already? How great is Hyuk Kang’s stats this season.”

Kim Young made a belated look on her face, but it was already too late.

“He appeared in 61 of 144 games, 5-2, 38 saves, 3 holds.”

“slumbers… . sleep… !”

Jaejin cut off Kim Young’s words and continued talking.

“The average earned run average is 1.7 and only about 40 hits. There aren’t any home runs? There are 20 levels of four quadrants. WHIP (1.1 on-base allowance per inning).”

As a pitcher with a WHIP score of 1.1 or lower can be considered a top-notch pitcher, the impact Kang Hyuk showed this season was literally staggering.

“Honestly, when you think about the game that was reversed because the back door was opened in the early days when Kang Hyuk did not appear, doesn’t the answer come out? Hopefully he knows he could have made it to the playoffs on his own and not as a wildcard.”

The Magicians tried to slowly build up experience for Kang Hyuk in the early stages, but the existing finishing pitcher suddenly left the power and Kang Hyuk was put in.

Since then, it has continued to win and rank 5th.

It was the first time in its founding that it vomited the spirit of advancing to the wild card.

“And in the last 10 years, is there any player who has surpassed Kang Hyuk’s 38 saves?”

definitely wasn’t The best saves in the last 10 years were only 36.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“But even 300% is too much. 500% is too much. It seems that the Magicians only think about the value of Kang Hyuk. So, is it possible to freeze the salary that the magicians want?”

“Party… . Of course not! As the manager of the operation team, I don’t know that! However… !”

Kim Young bit his lips at the completely dried up negotiations. Because there was nothing he could say.

“However. We understand the situation of the Magicians, so let us make some concessions.”

At Jaejin’s words like throwing carrots after being whipped like crazy, Kim Young looked at Jaejin with bright eyes.

“We added only 10% from the historically high rate of increase of 455.6%. 465.6%. His annual salary is 186,648,000 won. Not a single member can concede here.”

Kim Young rolled her eyes, but there was no side for her in this, and even if there was, she could not take her side.

Because the flow was completely gone.

“Kang Hyuk is also here, so make sure you sign the contract today. Aren’t fans also waiting for Kang Hyuk’s contract?”

Kim Young-eun could not come to his senses at Jae-jin’s maddening attack, and Jae-jin finished it.

“If I want to finish the negotiations today, can I not tell the manager?”

And Kim Young remembered the name Song Jae-jin, which he felt familiar with.

He not only signed with Hyuk Kang, Daewoon Jeong and Hohoon Lee, who are said to be the legends of independent clubs in Korea, but also that Jaejin Song who also influenced Jinseong Cha and now plays a football agent in England.

‘That Song Jae-jin?! No, why is he here?!’

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‘Is it this easy?’

Kang Hyuk stared blankly at the signed contract as if it was ridiculous.

“What are you bruising like that?”

Jae-jin, who heard about Seo Eun-sang and knew the circumstances, laughed bitterly.

“It was very easy.”

Negotiation time was time, but it was also the amount of negotiations.

It jumped from 300% to more than 100% in an instant and signed the contract.

The faces of the operation team leader and the manager who said they wished you well in the future were smiling, but their eyes were not smiling at all.

“It was a lot of trouble.”

“Thank you. no. By the way, why did you suddenly come to Korea? What happened to you?”

Jaejin shrugged his shoulders as if there was a reason for that, at Kanghyuk’s haphazard question.

“I came here because of your negotiations, of course. I’m coming for something.”

“Because of my negotiations?”

Hearing that he had come to Korea for his own negotiation, Kang Hyuk looked at Jae Jin in surprise.

“It’s my first player, so it’s natural. It was a lot of trouble.”

At the first player, Kang Hyuk hugged Jae Jin in a moment of tears at the words that he had worked hard.

Jae-jin patted Kang-hyuk on the back, and Kang-hyuk felt a stronger bond the more he did.

I wondered if any agent in the world could go such a long distance just because he was the first player to put things off in Europe and now it doesn’t matter.

“Thank you, bro. really. Thanks.”