The problem of leadership was solved, and the three hit it off. Okuichi Hosho and Honyu Oda naturally became members of the Akagi baseball club.

With the addition of the two generals, Sawamura, who didn't want to do anything this summer, immediately changed his strategy and began to plan for the first national competition in Akagi Middle School in recent years.

A national competition jointly organized by more than 8,000 middle schools across the country.

Nagano is not Tokyo, it is not a separate region, and it does not mean that if they win Nagano, they will be able to participate in the national competition. Their national tournament was a bit more tortuous than the Tokyo team, as they had to finish in the top two in Nagano Prefecture to claim the right to be represented. Then participate in the Kanto Regional Tournament as a representative of Nagano!

Only the top four finishers in the competition are eligible to participate in the national competition for middle school students.

The national competition for junior high school students is similar to the spring Koshien selection competition, in which a total of 32 teams from various regions are selected and then battled to determine the national champion.

"What, national contest registration?"

Principal Takada, who has always been calm, is a little afraid to meet his ears. What Sawamura was saying just now, the baseball team has not been established for three months now, why should he participate in the national qualifiers in July.

"Of course!"

Sawamura smiled and stretched out his thumb and said to Principal Takada, "Since we have established a baseball team, of course we have to go to the whole country." ”

Principal Takada hesitated, "But ......"

"It's nothing, the headmaster doesn't know the results of our practice games yet, does he?"

Sawamura said confidently.

"How?"

"Eight battles, seven wins and one draw!"

After Sawamura finished speaking, Principal Takada's first feeling was disbelief. Although he knew that Sawamura would never lie about this kind of thing. But seven wins and one draw mean that the baseball club has never lost a game until now.

This is incredible for a new team that has just been formed!

……

Akagi Middle School was originally a member of the soft ball organization league, but because of the lack of numbers in recent years, it has not signed up for the tournament. Nowadays, it's as easy as re-registering.

Principal Takada signed up, and then generously gave Sawamura a 'huge sum' of 20,000 yen.

Sawamura did not hesitate to spend this money on the construction of the stadium, and he wanted to build a simple baseball field on the playground of Akagi Middle School. As for the uniforms and equipment for the competition, Sawamura has other plans.

"Fundraising and sponsorship!"

Sawamura didn't worry about these things in his previous life, and most of the team's activity funds were obtained by the players out of their own pockets and blackmailing Sano-sensei. The money was enough to support the practice matches and the first two rounds of the tournament, but if Akagi wanted to go further, it would not be enough.

Haven't you ever eaten pork, haven't you seen a pig go? Although Sawamura didn't worry about it in his previous life, he heard others talk about it more or less, and the team has many sources of funds. In addition to the funds provided by the school, the most important income is the prize money for the competition, and on the other hand, sponsorship and fundraising.

Therefore, after renovating the stadium, Sawamura enthusiastically suggested that everyone go to a familiar store to sponsor and raise donations.

On his own, he went to the sporting goods stores and restaurants he frequented.

As a result, everyone naturally touched a gray nose.

Nagano is not Tokyo after all, and there are many start-up companies and companies in Tokyo. They are eager to open up the market and increase their popularity, so they are naturally willing to sponsor some activities and even teams, and everyone is mutually beneficial.

Nagano is different, Nagano is a relatively backward prefecture on the periphery of the entire metropolitan area, and in the words of Tokyoite, Nagano and Chiba are all rural areas. Akagi is also a long way from the city of Nagano.

Speaking of which, it is the countryside in the countryside, a small ravine in the middle of nowhere.

In such a place, the underdevelopment of commerce can be imagined. Most of the enterprises and shops are decades or even hundreds of years old, and the customers tend to be saturated.

It doesn't make much sense for them to advertise.

Of course, that's not the most important thing. Businesses actually have a tradition of sponsoring club activities. But this requires two prerequisites, the first is that the team they sponsor is really good, which can bring them an image or fame boost. The second is that most businesses have fixed sponsorship schools, and small schools in rural areas such as Akagi do not have any fixed sponsorship at all.

"It looks like we have to play first."

The funds in the early stage, it seems that the players have to find their own parents to pay for it, and Sawamura is helpless. He is not the kind of person who is very financially savvy, and he has no feelings at all about how to make his first pot of gold.

In my impression, Sawamura didn't seem to be short of money in his last life. Before high school, there was family sponsorship. The family has their own farm, which is not comparable to the rich family, but in the whole of Nagano, it is quite good.

In high school, Sawamura was specially recruited into the Qingdao Road, and soon showed his value to enter the first army and become one of the main pitchers. With the generosity of a private aristocratic high school, Sawamura never had to worry about food or money since then.

Not to mention after entering the profession, although Sawamura's start was more tortuous than others, the signing fee at the beginning was tens of millions.

"Sure enough, money is not everything, and no money is everything."

For the first time in two lifetimes, Sawamura had such an understanding. Sawamura, who couldn't hold anything other than baseball and brotherhood in his heart, has real growth in his life.

Jerseys, bats, gloves.

If you want to play baseball equipment, you want to be excellent and comprehensive, including ball throwing machines and various training facilities, it is absolutely impossible to do it without the investment of hundreds of millions of funds. But if you want to be simple, you can buy it for 2,000 yuan (about 160 yuan).

This kind of expense, even for Akagi's little friends, is not very stressful. They quickly scraped together their gear and, of course, their back numbers.

No. 1, pitcher, Eijun Sawamura.

No. 2, catcher, Feng Xiang Aoyi.

No. 3, first baseman, Honyu Oda.

No. 4, second baseman, Shin Nakagawa.

No. 5, third baseman, Ken Yamaguchi.

Number six, guerrilla, cool and strong.

Seven, left fielder, Oyamazaki.

No. 8, the backbone hand, the moon is like a dish.

Nine, right fielder, Koyamazaki.

……

Because of the addition of Ao Yi Feng and Honsheng Oda, Akagi has two more substitutes. Now it can be regarded as a strong soldier.

Among them, the Nakagawa Shin and Yamazaki brothers are a small person who graduated from elementary school in Sawamura. Yamaguchi is Sawamura's partner before, and Feng Ryu is the guy who looks like a girl on the outside but has a super high IQ.