Shooting Trajectory is Visible - Chapter 89



Only Krnovel

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Hannover’s sporting director Markus Kindt is back in the sporting director’s office today, even though the season is over, and he’s checking the local daily newspaper while drinking coffee.

“Jan Lytle, “Kim is a blessing to Hanover” praise”

《······No player is greater than the team, but sometimes that maxim is proven wrong. Hannover’s final game was one of those, with promotion on the line. Kim, who was a surprise signing in the summer transfer market, beat everyone’s expectations and won the starting lineup with Ziller, and played a huge role in the team’s second division title······.》

“I wonder if they’ll end up erecting a statue in front of the stadium.”

Despite harsh criticism that he was brought in to sell uniforms, Kim eventually saved the team from crisis at a critical moment.

Markus Kindt still replays that game several times a day these days. Kim’s signing would have been impossible without his influence.

“Haha.”

Ian was so grateful for the dinner last night. Just thinking about it makes me feel good.

Let’s see, how much benefit did they get from recruiting one unknown Korean player?

If you just look at it roughly, they got promoted, won the championship, and even advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pokal Cup (there was even prize money for advancing to the quarterfinals), and if you add in the uniform sales that weighed down all the players, and the various goods and other side effects –

dripping-

A knock.

And then the crack in the door opens slightly and a cute face pops out.

“Sir? Kim’s mother is here.”

It was Sophie Riva. An employee of the marketing department. Currently Kim’s German teacher. Kindt smiled and nodded.

“Tell them to come in.”

“Oh, yes. But, Captain?”

“hmm?”

“Kim came too.”

Markus Kind blinked and nodded.

“It’s okay, let me in.”

“yes!”

Sophie Riva closed the door gently, and a few seconds later, the door opened again.

Kim’s mother Choi, who had made an appointment to meet in advance, and Kim, a surprise guest, also came.

Kint stood up from his seat and smiled kindly.

“Hello, Mom! Kim! Kim is here too!”

“hello.”

Kim’s mother also shook hands with Kindt and smiled brightly, while Kim smiled with a sheepish expression.

Just from that expression alone, I could roughly guess what was going on.

Maybe his mother brought him here.

And the topic we’re going to talk about today is one that may be difficult for the players to hear.

Renewal of contract.

And more importantly, salary negotiation.

Normally, salary negotiations and contract renewal negotiations between players and clubs are conducted by people below the general manager rather than the general manager himself, but Kim was not a player for Hannover.

Kim had become a player for Hanover that the manager had to personally meet, and Kindt was quite proud of having brought in such a great player.

We sat down and chatted for a bit. It was a light conversation before getting into the main topic.

It was mostly a story about people’s lives, and there were also stories here and there that showed how much the club was devoted to Kim.

For example, a German teacher.

‘In fact, if it was less than Kim thought, I would have gotten rid of the teacher right away.’

Hiding the truth and only talking about the surface level was a common conversation skill that even a child could understand.

After chatting over coffee for a while, we finally got down to the real topic.

“Without going off on a tangent, let me tell you directly what Hanover wants. Kim and Choi. Hanover wants to renew their contract.”

The mother and son made expressions that said what was coming. The change in the mother and son’s expressions was quite amusing. Kim looked uneasy, and his mother Choi looked excited.

And Markus Kind had the gift of rhetoric to bake both hats together.

‘I can’t believe you haven’t found an agency yet. You must have been approached by numerous agencies, but seeing that you came in person, does that mean you’re pretty confident in negotiations?’

The captain thought about various things.

Why hasn’t Kim signed with an agency despite his impressive performance, and how will Choi proceed with these negotiations?

“If you want to renew the contract, you have to tell me the terms of the contract, right, sir?”

“Ah. Right. Haha.”

The manager smiled and took out a bundle of contracts from a drawer. It was a document stating that the team wanted to sign Kim in this way.

Kindt took advantage of the fact that his opponents were non-experts and twisted their speech in a difficult way, especially since they were not Germans, making it even harder for them to understand.

Kint’s tongue did not rest, and it took more than ten minutes for him to close his mouth.

He closed his mouth like that and observed the expressions of the two hats. Kim looked bewildered as if he only understood 10%, and Choi was also fiddling with his earlobe as if he had difficulty understanding.

“How are you?”

“To summarize what the manager said, the contract period is 3 years, the buyout is 55.9 million euros (80 billion won), and the annual salary is 1.4 million euros (2 billion won). Do I understand correctly?”

“You’ve summarized it too much, but… that’s the main point. However, if you include various options, the annual salary is-”

Kim’s mother cut off Kint’s horse without mercy.

“That’s enough. That’s all we need to confirm in this draft of the negotiations.”

Draft?

“Now then, I guess I can tell you the terms of our contract.”

“Yes. I am listening.”

Kint swallowed hard and leaned forward. He didn’t really think that the terms he had offered would be accepted right away.

I’ll probably raise it to some extent.

And Choi stated the terms of the contract.

“For a one-year contract renewal, the annual salary should be 4.2 million euros (6 billion won). The buyout should be 21 million euros (30 billion won). Please maintain the various option conditions you mentioned. Also, the club should pay the taxes on my behalf. These are the negotiation conditions.”

Annual salary 4.2 million euros? Buyout 21 million? We have to pay taxes too? No, more than that, the contract renewal period is only 1 year?

Markus Kind quickly wiped away his puzzled expression and put on his good-natured smile again.

“Haha, what is your mother saying now-”

But Kim’s mother wouldn’t listen to the end.

“Oh, we booked a flight to Korea today. We don’t have much time, so I’ll get up right now. I’ve told you the terms of the contract, so please think about it and contact me. Do you have my number?”

“Uh, uh······ Yes. I know, but, uh, mother?”

“Okay, then let’s go. It was a good meeting.”

Choi winks one eye and quickly leaves, taking Kim with him.

Markus Kind blinked and glanced around the quiet office where he was left alone for a moment.

Then he leaned back against the backrest with a sigh of exhaustion.

“What a wonderful mother you are.”

The current 4.2 million euros (6 billion won) is about 46 times the amount Kim was previously receiving.

And Hannover’s total annual salary is 23 million euros (33 billion won), so if they suddenly hand over 4.2 million euros to Kim, not only will they change the ranking of the highest-paid players in the team, but the financial burden on the club will also be enormous.

Of course, there is the prize money received this time, so it is not an amount that cannot be paid if we tighten our belts, but the problem is that if we do that, it will limit our ability to recruit future players.

“This is a team where the goalkeeper is the highest paid player on the team.”

If you take the proposal at face value, you will have a truly unprecedented team.

To begin with, goalkeepers usually receive a salary that is much lower than that of existing field players, and roughly speaking, on average, they tend to receive around 70% of that.

But in this case······.

“hmm.”

The captain sat on his chair, closed his eyes, and became lost in thought.

At €4.2 million, he is worth more than some of the most expensive regular players in the EPL.

“It looked too solid to be cut off.”

I had a feeling that renegotiation wouldn’t work.

Choi, who seemed like he would absolutely stick to his opinions.

But isn’t one year a bit too much? The buyout should be increased a bit more.

Anyway, there’s still a lot of time, so I guess I’ll have to think about it a little more.

The manager took a note of the contract terms that Kim’s mother had mentioned and sipped his coffee again. Kim was important, but now that they were a first-division team, there were quite a few members that needed to be rebuilt, not just Kim.

Since there’s also Jan’s suggestion, I guess we’ll have to look into it now.

***

I took the business class seat after mustering up my courage.

In fact, the club had made a reservation for me because they were thrilled by my team winning the second division, so I was able to ride for free, but I still felt uneasy.

‘In this gorgeous place, they are using the Korean-style ‘Ddaengkang’ negotiation method.’

Mom’s negotiation was a take-it-or-die deal. In fact, the situation was quite favorable.

We are the absolute top, super top, and Hanover is the one who has to bow down and accept any offer.

‘Still, it’s 6 billion won. I heard that the amount Son Heung-min received when he first went to Tottenham was around 4.5 billion won.’

A lot of time has passed since then, so roughly taking into account the cost of living······ it’s still a lot.

“Don’t worry, son. If you take it, that’s great. If you don’t take it, that’s okay. Where else can you go besides Hanover? It’s tough.”

My mother said that after the negotiations were over. And it was true. If the negotiations failed, it would be Hanover that would suffer. And it would be an astronomical loss.

After just one year, I will be released as a free agent, and then they will send me away for free instead of selling me for hundreds of billions. Hannover will probably have no choice but to accept my mother’s offer, even if it means crying and eating mustard.

“I didn’t hear the options properly. I’ll listen carefully next time we negotiate and raise the bar more···.”

Mom muttering next to me.

I lay down in my seat, feeling a little dizzy. Unlike economy class, business class seats allowed me to lie down.

‘If I receive 6 billion won, I can fly business class every time I go to Korea from now on.’

Plus, if the club pays taxes, wouldn’t the amount deducted from 6 billion be minimal?

I checked YouTube while muttering.

What I want to watch is the Hannover vs Holstein Kiel match that happened a few days ago, the last round.

I watched it over and over again, but my heart thumped every time, so I smiled happily as I watched the video again.

*

After returning to Korea, I repeated what happened last time.

Meeting family, going out to eat delicious food, and······.

“Oh my!”

After wandering around here and there, lying down is the best.

I stretched out on the bed and picked up my phone.

Are you going to do it on your phone?

“There’s really nothing like this.”

I went into YouTube as usual.

And to kill time and relax, I checked out the shorts.

Shorts Feature 1. Once you click on it, you will keep watching it without realizing how much time has passed.

Shorts Feature 2. Just fun.

I kept twiddling my thumbs and checking out YouTube shorts. After giggling for a few dozen minutes, this video was of high school girls in uniforms.

It looked like an empty classroom without any desks or chairs, but the students danced clumsily but with all their might.

The song was also familiar. Roly Poly.

“When I hear this song, I suddenly think of Sung Yun-mo···.”

They weren’t exactly my type of shorts, but the moment I was about to turn them, a student in the center caught my eye. A very familiar face.

“what?”

If she wasn’t a doppelganger, it was definitely Kim Shin-a.

Now that I look at it, even the school uniform was from Suyang High School.

And above all, I know that the center position is a very important position for idols, but the dancing is very awkward.

Even I, who doesn’t know much about idols, can feel it.

I was so surprised that I ran out of the room and went into Kim Shin-ah’s room, but Kim Shin-ah was not home because she had gone out to meet her friends.

So I quickly sent a KakaoTalk message.

[Kim Min-woo: Hey, what are you?? Uploading on YouTube?]

But my younger sister doesn’t reply.

I stood there dumbfounded, then checked the number of views for the shorts.

“What? Why is this worth 1.8 million?”

It’s only been 3 days since I uploaded it.

I checked the comments and half of them were in Korean and half were in a foreign language.

[Center Nunna Gae-i-bong] [10,000 likes]

[Wow… What should I do with this cuteness… So lovely] [6700 likes]

→What should I do?

→Please think before you comment

[I didn’t know it when I was a student, but just because I was young······.]

→Your grandmother

→Yes, ma’am

→Ao you loner friends;

[I can’t dance, so why do I keep watching it?] [3300 likes]

→I especially like the fact that the center is the only one who doesn’t wear a mask ㅋㅋ

As expected, the comments are a mess.

I don’t know if there has ever been a time like that.

And then comes Kim Shin-ah’s KakaoTalk message.

[Kim Shin-ah: Oh, that one lol]

[Kim Shin-ah: The club president uploaded it as a hobby, but it became somewhat famous]

[Kim Min-woo: This isn’t at the level of being famous, but]

[Kim Shin-ah: Okay, I’ll go in soon]

[Kim Shin-ah: I’m going with my friends, so please say hello.]

[Kim Min-woo: Why me]

[Kim Shin-ah: Ah, please do it – – Please give me an autograph too]

[Kim Min-woo: Why me]

[Kim Shin-ah: If you don’t do it, my friends and I will go into your room ^ㅡ^]

[Kim Min-woo: Haha, you can just do it]

I turned off YouTube and took a short breath.

Didn’t he suddenly turn around and say something like, “I’m going to give up on the college entrance exam and become an idol like you did?”

Hey, no way…

I don’t think he would do that, he can’t dance and he doesn’t have a football manager like me.

‘There’s Football Manager, so why wouldn’t there be an Idol Manager······ Hmm.’

I don’t know. She’s not that kind of person.

End

ⓒ Doctor Am