Chapter 92: After the Championship (Part 1)
For the friends of Akagi Middle School, the years after winning the national championship were like a dream.
It's as if they themselves are the center of the world, and all things, all people revolve around them.
Parents are as happy as flowers every day, facing the envious and jealous little eyes of their neighbors, and saying polite and humble words.
"Your child is really good, unlike our little rabbit cub, who knows how to play blindly every day."
"There, there, he's not at home all day long, and he doesn't know what's crazy?"
"I'm so envious."
"There, there......"
Dialogues like this happen from time to time around Akagi's friends.
When I came back from Tokyo, I felt as if everything around me had changed.
Even when I went to the grocery store in the town to buy something, the boss who picked the door took the initiative to give small gifts.
It's changed, everything has changed!
Floating, floating like a dream.
Not only the surrounding environment, but also the relatives at home, even they themselves are wrapped in incomparable vanity.
Originally, a group of friends got together to play games and cards.
At this time, someone suddenly came to look for me.
"Ashin, why are you still playing? A reporter came to the house, and he wanted to interview you. Why don't you give the old lady home and treat her well. β
So, Ashin stood up in the envious eyes of the little friends, turned around and left in style.
Then he muttered a few more words: "It's annoying, come again!" β
Think about it, this little B is equipped with more high-end atmosphere, and how high-end the atmosphere is high-grade.
Throughout the summer, the friends of Akagi Middle School spent it in such a dream-like scene.
At that time, in their opinion, it was a championship trophy that had no special meaning except for excitement. I didn't expect that in the days to come, it would have such a big impact on them.
So much so that it wasn't until they graduated that they went to work.
When colleagues and leaders know that they have been national champions, their eyes still show envy and surprise.
As the ace of the team, the four-bat coach is also the coach.
Sawamura encounters these things ten times more often than ordinary friends.
During the time I returned home, my relatives, friends of my parents, friends of my grandfather, and Fa Xiao, who was in elementary school, all came to visit. That's it, Sawamura is originally a person who likes to be lively, whether it is relatives or friends, he is willing to get together and chat.
But there are reporters coming to interview every day, which really annoys Sawamura.
"Why don't I go out and hide for a while?"
Unable to bear it, Sawamura talked to himself with a big brain.
"Smack!"
Then he was greeted by his grandfather's loving iron slap.
"You give Lao Tzu a little bit of current affairs, people have come all the way to interview, can't you be polite to me? How can you run away just because you are avoiding interviews? β
During this time, the old man was very excited, and he was about to be praised by those reporters.
In addition to journalists, there are also advertisements.
Because Akagi won the national championship, many local small businesses came to them to shoot commercials. Especially in Nagano and the Kanto region, the advertising appointments are even more intimidating. (No way, in this place, Sawamura and Akagi are more popular.) οΌ
Although Sawamura himself didn't care too much about this, for the development of the baseball club, for the personal money of his friends, and for himself to be able to visit Chris seniors in Tokyo from time to time.
Sawamura still received some advertisements.
Among them, there are three advertisements with Akagi as the main body, and two of Sawamura's own private advertisements.
These five advertisements alone have wiped out the remaining ten or so days of Sawamura's summer vacation itself.
Here I would like to give special thanks to the children of Guangtian, because of his relationship, Guangtian Group does not have a small partner in Taikeng Chicheng, and the price given is relatively fair. Unlike other advertisers, it is obvious that it is pitfalling. Even so, in the past ten days, the little partner has made a lot of money.
Sawamura took the money and excitedly wondered whether it would be better to go to Tokyo once a week or once every two weeks.
Unexpectedly, the banknotes in his hand were confiscated by his mother before they were hot.
"How can a child take so much money? I'll save it for you first. β
Mom held Sawamura's favorite red bean rice in her hand and smiled brightly.
Sawamura knew that if he refused, then the person who talked about this issue would probably have to be replaced.
In desperation, he had to hand over most of his income.
Fortunately, his family does not have shrewd and capable genes, so he did not pursue the part of the income that Sawamura concealed.
In the midst of all this disturbance, the school opened.
At the opening ceremony, Sawamura, as a student representative, stood on the rostrum and memorized a manuscript written by Principal Takada himself.
Sawamura doesn't remember what he said, anyway, it's nothing more than a clichΓ© like 'study hard and make progress every day'.
After that, Coach Takada was very excited to announce the decision of the town treasury to allocate funds to help Akagi renovate the school building. Construction will begin next fall, after Sawamura retires from the baseball club. During the construction process, the school was temporarily relocated to Akagi West.
"The school has finally been saved!"
This incident made Sawamura rarely happy.
At the beginning, he just wanted to help Akagi Middle School retain its name, but he didn't expect it to be such a result in the end.
In this way, Principal Takada does not have to retire, and Sano does not have to worry about finding a new job......
Although there is a lack of legend, the people around him can live well, and Sawamura is also very happy.
After the start of school, Oda Honsen and Hosei Okuichi retired from the baseball club one after another.
For these two seniors, the baseball club of Akagi Middle School held a grand farewell party.
The two were also very moved, Xiao Tian cried very much, and Feng Xiang also shed a few tears.
Everyone gathered until late, and the friends did not disperse until it was dark.
The last ones left to accompany Zecun to clean up the mess were Wakana and Feng Xiang.
When it was over, the three of them walked down the campus road.
"Decided where you're going?"
Sawamura asked Fengxiang easily.
After winning the national championship, Feng Xiang received more invitations. Even the Qingdao that they had visited before had sent out an invitation to Feng Xiang. But instead of inviting him to be a catcher, he was invited as a beater.
"Honestly, with your talent, it's hard for us to give you the position of catcher. But you're hitting really well, you have the potential to be a strong hitter, and if you're willing to change your position and take on the challenge. Then on behalf of Qingdao, I welcome you. β
Takashima is as simple and straightforward as ever.
In the middle school soft ball league, it is rare to be favored by Qingdao just by hitting it.
Feng Xiang is one of those few horns.
Sawamura also knew that Feng Xiang should have a yearning for Qingdao. Anyone who really likes baseball will have a hard time resisting the temptation of Qingdao.
"I'm still thinking about it!"
Feng Xiang smiled bitterly: "He was also poached to high school, and invited me to go to his school." β
Sawamura's eyes widened in surprise and looked at Feng Xiang incredulously.