Chapter 398: The Calm Before the Great War
After feeding the snow, the snow was full of vitality and the spirit was completely revived, and the group activity Kitahara Shuji was embarrassed to take too long off, so he took the snow to find Suzuki Noki to meet.
For this Koshien competition, Noki Suzuki is very well prepared, she has always done things before acting, and this time is no exception. Not only did she arrange accommodation and meals in advance, but she also used her personal connections to contact a social team and use their stadium for daily warm-up training.
The social person here usually refers to office workers in the sense, and baseball is not in vain to be called the "national sport" in Japan, as an office worker in Japan, whether you like it or not, whether you are happy or not, you always have to know a little bit of baseball.
In fact, the topic of baseball is not only mentioned among colleagues in Japanese companies, but also when talking to bosses and customers, and even when Japanese people talk about their work experience and relationship problems, they often use baseball terminology to explain it. If you don't know anything about baseball, you won't be able to interject in the company's most common topics like "Can the Giants win next year?" and "I feel like Hanshin is better this year!".
Some people may say things like "I don't like it very much, I'm not interested in professional baseball itself", but this also causes the Japanese to dislike the least. In this regard, the opinion of many Japanese professionals is: even if you really don't like baseball, you should pay more attention to relevant sports news - especially when the boss is a baseball fan, and usually, this probability is very high, because he also came up from the bottom, even if he didn't like it before, he will be forced to like it later, otherwise he probably won't be able to become a boss.
This is also a helpless thing, politics and religion in the Japanese workplace are sensitive topics, and talking about personal privacy-related things is a taboo in the taboo, second only to asking about income, then in addition to the weather, colleagues, superiors and subordinates are the safest to talk about sports, and baseball is the hottest sports in Japan - friends can indeed talk about women, games and the like, but if ordinary colleagues chat or talk about things like after work with their bosses, it is easy to decline in evaluation, and they are labeled "not on work" and "abandoned house" and so on, which is never a good thing.
For the above reasons, most of the office workers who like baseball or are forced to like baseball are a lot, generally large companies will have a social team, the players are composed of the company's employees, half a day of training on the first half of the day, or unified training on rest days, which is considered a semi-professional nature, and also participates in the league, called the "urban baseball conference" - Koshien is a dragon gate for college students to jump into baseball, this semi-professional league is also one of the channels to enter professional baseball, and there are even lucky people who are directly poached to play in the major leagues.
Therefore, it is a good thing to play baseball in Japanese colleges and universities - this is one of the reasons why this club is always very crowded, because parents are particularly supportive, and being able to play in Koshien is a good thing among the good things, just like the members of the private Daifuku Gakuen baseball club, except for Kitahara Shuji, they may not be favored by professional baseball, but with this experience, they will have a great advantage when looking for a job in the future - oh, this kid was a Koshien player in college, and it is not bad to be absorbed into the company team!
Even if it is to run the business in the future, it is a little better than others - if you want to have a good relationship with a large company, the fastest and most cost-effective way is to participate in the company's social team training, and when you say "I entered Koshien when I was in college", there must be a high chance of being invited to sparring, and if you can say "I also won the Koshien red flag", then I don't have to say, 100% invited, I will be invited to long-term guidance if I really have a level, and I will be familiar with a few games like this?
It may be a bit difficult to understand for people who have no social experience, but it is really good for students' future. To be able to participate in Koshien, not to mention the accommodation subsidy provided by the school, is to let parents collectively raise funds, and parents are also willing to pay - Suzuki Noki, the black-hearted ghost, really raised funds once and made a sum of money to supplement expenses.
It's not that she has no money, and she probably isn't a bloody capitalist if she's not greedy.
As for whether the students understand or not, it's hard to say, maybe there is a little bit of a hazy feeling, thinking that this is a rare opportunity, maybe just feeling youthful and enthusiastic, but whether they understand it or not, under the encouragement of Suzuki Noki, they still train very seriously - after winning a battle, their confidence has risen again, and they feel that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and they really want to try to win the cyanotic banner.
After Kitahara Shuji and Yukiri arrived at the court, Yukiri immediately threw herself into training (an) practice (shua), and the metal baseball was more vigorous than before, causing an exclamation.
And Kitahara Shuji in order to recuperate his arm, he threw two balls to find his touch, and sat on the side to read the tactical guide written by Suzuki Noki for him - after a game, even the team that didn't know him before must have begun to attach great importance to him, and eighty percent will usher in a wave of attack army.
The training on the field is also aimed at the tactics of hitting and grabbing bases, the garrison is in the practice of quickly chasing the ball in the field, and the members of their own base grabbing are practicing playing and running and quickly getting on base after touching, which is considered to be a good thing - this is basically the most training that their team has carried out in the last half a year, and it is only a daily warm-up after watching the game, which is considered a review, and the middle-aged uncles in this social team are also full of interest, following to help be a referee, and provide logistics services by the way.
Kitahara Shuji sat on the sidelines for a while, and the person in charge of this social team found him, a senior minister of this company, an avid baseball enthusiast, first handed him a bottle of sports drink, and then praised him a few words, and then tested his employment tendencies - in short, do you want to work in our company in the future?
Kitahara Shuji thanked him and politely declined the kindness, and the senior minister was not disappointed, he also felt that Kitahara Shuji was destined to play professional baseball, and it was unlikely to be an office worker, which was expected, there was really nothing to disappoint, and used a joking tone to ask Kitahara Shuji not to forget this incense, if it is developed in the future, the two sides will have to cooperate - such as giving them a word or something.
Of course, this kind of face-saving Kitahara Shuji will not refuse, even if he doesn't want to play professional baseball at all, he still smiles and nods again and again, and in turn praises this company for a while - although he knows a name, this does not prevent him from saying face, and seriously said that he will definitely cooperate if he has the opportunity in the future.
Baseball can't cooperate, and there will be opportunities in the future, and he is a very affectionate person, as long as someone has helped him, he doesn't mind giving back a little more to the other party, and he feels that this way can go more smoothly.
The senior minister was very satisfied, Kitahara Shuji was handsome, looked very pleasing to the eye, spoke well, and treated people sincerely, which felt really good. He exchanged phone numbers and email addresses with Kitahara Shuji, and then asked him for an autograph and returned satisfied—there is no harm in such a teenager getting in touch early, but who can tell what will happen in ten years?
That is, his daughter is almost thirty, otherwise he would have wanted to get Kitahara Shuji to go on a blind date - he is worried to death, and he is almost thirty years old and has not yet married.
Sending off the senior minister, Kitahara Shuji lowered his head and continued to look at the tactical guide, he is the core of the whole team, not that the opponent wants to use a short hit to make him useless, he needs to target it when pitching, try to increase the probability of the opponent's short hit failure, and reduce the general hit success rate from eighty, and even if the opponent is successful, try to let the opponent bounce the ball near their infield guards, so as not to really cause the opponent to base or score.
This requires a lot of skill, a lot of experience and a lot of data analysis, the former is not a big problem, the latter Suzuki Noki helps him make up for it, gives him a clear list of various situations, he just needs to memorize it in his head, and then use the right ball with the right ball path.
It's a team sport, and of course the core can't be less, but it still takes everyone's strength to win.
It's just that as soon as he lowered his head, he heard the sound of the camera shutter, and looked over when he heard the sound, and found an acquaintance - Eiki Hanami of the private Daifuku News Department, the glasses girl who wants to be a reporter in the future, Uchida Yuma's crush, for this girl, Uchida Yuma also had a rare man, and he had a fight with a bad boy.
Hanami Eki took a photo from a distance, and she didn't turn on the flash, but she didn't expect Kitahara Shuji to react so sharply, and hurriedly came over to apologize: "I'm sorry, Kitahara-san, I bothered you." ”
Kitahara Shuji didn't dare to laugh either, and said as calmly as possible: "It's okay, Eki-san." "I have to talk to Uchida Yuma when I go back, this dead girl has a bad habit of secretly shooting, is this forgetting that the bad gang of candid photography was almost caught and beaten?
However, he asked with some curiosity, "Didn't Egi-san go back to Nagoya?"
They participate in Koshien.,It's a big event for the whole school.,There are a lot of people who come to support from afar.,There can be more than 600 people in total.,And no matter how rich the private Daifuku School Park is.,It's impossible to live in Nishinomiya City by so many people in a row - Originally, it was particularly crowded here during the Koshien competition.,Room and board expenses have risen more than three times.,So after the support, these people still go back to their respective homes.,Next time the game will take the JR line over.。
Kitahara Shuji didn't dare to laugh, and Eki Hanami didn't dare to look at Kitahara Shuji's face for a long time, mainly because the snow was too dazzling, and she was basically humiliating herself when she liked Kitahara Shuji, so she just lowered her eyes and replied: "I didn't go back, our news department has a student union fund, you can live here, always pay attention to the team's situation, and send news back at any time - everyone has high hopes for the team and cares about the situation here!"
Kitahara Shuji didn't speak for a while, mainly because he didn't know this person, and Emi Mika hesitated for a moment and asked, "Kitahara-san, can I take a group of photos for you alone?"
Kitahara Shuji was stunned and asked, "Do you need my cooperation?"
"No, it's good to be like this now!" Eiki Hanami didn't dare to ask too much, and the girls generally thought that Kitahara Shuji was difficult to talk to, and it was outrageously cold, which made it good to shoot, and she didn't dare to mention it if she asked for more.
"Then please feel free!" As long as it's not troublesome, Kitahara Shuji doesn't mind, and he's not unsightly, and Eiki Hanami immediately became excited, and she hurriedly opened the reporter bag she was carrying: "Please wait a minute, I'll change to an 80 prime lens." ”
As soon as her bag was opened, there was a full set of SLR lenses inside, and Kitahara Shuji looked at it and smacked his tongue - are you so professional? It's a bit amazing!
Even Kitahara Shuji has to admit that the Japanese university community system is indeed quite successful, and the Japanese economy is basically hiccups, and the gods are difficult to save, but it is not for nothing that cultural and entertainment income accounts for more and more of GDP, and this serious college student reporter in front of him is one of the examples.
It's a bit amazing to go from a hobby to a career.
He couldn't help but ask: "This is what Eki bought himself?" He doesn't know photography, but I've heard that SLR lenses are quite expensive, and there are more than ten lenses in this bag, various filter lenses, and some small things I don't know, so it's worth a good car, right?
"Not all, only a few are mine, and I can only buy them after working for a long time, and most of them are allocated to me by the club, and I have to return them when I graduate - I can get the allocation, thanks to the sherry sauce. "Eki Hana sent a special news about Xueli, which caused a great response, and now it is the popular fried chicken of the Ministry of Information, plus it is the second grade again, so I immediately got more opportunities and more rations.
She quickly changed the camera, and then said gently: "It's okay for Kitahara to be busy with his own business, just when I don't exist." ”
She asked for so, and Kitahara Shuji lowered her head and continued to look at the tactical guide, while Hanami Eiki began to circle around him - the prime lens has excellent imaging, and she doesn't have to worry about the focus change, she can focus on the composition and get ready to shoot a set of pictures.
The more she took pictures, the happier she became, and after taking one photo at a time, she felt that any of them looked good, and she was reluctant to give up any of them—did her photography skills become stronger, or did the model be particularly perfect? No matter what, the opportunity must not be lost! I can't use the school newspaper when I go back, and it can also be used as an exhibit at the cultural festival, and if Kitahara agrees, I can even sell some of it.
She took a half-memory card in one breath to finish, and she felt that both Kitahara Shuji's confident temperament and focused expression when concentrating and thinking were extremely perfect, and even the shadows on the side of her face were full of art.
She is going to do Kitahara Shuji in the next issue, and this set of pictures can be called "Tranquility Before the Great War", I think I will send it back to Nagoya, and seeing the leisurely and confident posture of her trump card, all the supporters of the school will be more confident in winning!