After watching the game between the Yakushi and the Sankou High School, Sawamura was full of emotion.
From what he remembers, Tokyo's Warring States Period started from this moment.
Although more than ten years have passed, Sawamura still remembers that time as if it were yesterday.
Before Sawamura returned to the past, Seidou High School passed all the stages and was finally defeated by the most powerful Inashiro at that time.
These seniors in the third grade were not able to enter Koshien in the end.
After that, Tokyo entered a period of fiercest fights, dubbed the "Warring States Period" by the media.
The four Giants are all on the rise, and dark horses appear frequently…
The Fall Tournament of Tokyo became almost as Famous as Koshien.
Even so, because of the growth of Furuya and Sawamura, Seidou was still very strong in Tokyo at that time.
It can be said that the competitiveness of Seidou was getting stronger and stronger.
There are also Yakushi's in the same situation as them.
Furuya and Sawamura, who have been the main players since the first year of Seidou, have grown rapidly. The three guys from Yakushi High School also started to become the main core in the first year. Such guys have been trained and grown up, and they are also not simply eating.
When Miyuki didn't graduate, Seidou's confrontations with the Yakushi were basically dominant. Even after the third-year senior retired, Seidou, with Miyuki as the core, they never lost to Yakushi in official games.
But after Miyuki graduated…
Sigh.
When Sawamura was in the third grade, the Yakushi had almost become Seidou's biggest competitor.
As one of the leaders of the team, Sawamura and the core of the Yakushi, Raichi, naturally cannot have a close relationship.
Almost like a mortal enemy!
On the field, the two sides knew each other, but in private, there was no communication.
In this case, it is impossible for the two to have any chance of contact.
In three years of high school, they had very little communication outside the field.
The real friendship between the two has progressed after arriving in the Major League.
At that time, among the players of the same class in the country, after graduating from high school, only Sawamura and Todoroki Raichi directly entered the Major League from West Tokyo. In this environment, the relationship between the two naturally became a lot closer.
Always get together!
And unlike his Hyperactive side on the field is a very shy person normally.
This is fundamentally different from Sawamura.
Sawamura has a bright, simple personality and likes to go straight. Such a character makes it easy to make friends in life. From childhood to adulthood, whether it is the Akagi Middle School era, the Seidou era, or the professional era, Sawamura has many friends.
In daily communication, his English level has also progressed. In less than half a year, he can communicate with people normally.
And because of Raichi's personality, the language has become a difficulty for him to overcome.
After that, Sawamura served as an interpreter for Raichi for a while.
Since then, the two became close friends.
Once, Sawamura went to visit the residence of Todoroki Raichi and happened to see Raichi quarreling with his father.
"What's wrong?"
Sawamura was confused.
Although the father and son quarreled, it was nothing new. Nevertheless, Todoroki Raizou was still very careful about the image. When Sawamura has already called to visit, he usually doesn't quarrel with Raichi.
"Eijun, look, look!" Raichi's tone and actions are full of grievances.
Sawamura took a look at Raichi's savings account on his mobile phone.
He can show this kind of thing to him, which shows how much Raichi trusted Sawamura then.
"Eh? Is this your saving account? Wait, your contract fee is higher than mine, why is it so low?"
Sawamura didn't say it was normal, but when Raichi heard what he said, he immediately fought with his father again in anger.
He was signed to the major leagues as the No. 1 on the rookie draft, and the salary was terrifyingly high. Now that he has worked hard for three years, the money in my account is not even a year's salary.
"You moron son, don't talk like that. I also tightened the belt to save so much."
Naturally, Todoroki Raizou would not give in. Even if he was already in his 50s, he could still fight with his son fiercely.
"What about the investment income?" Sawamura frowned.
As a well-known Star, Raichi will not be without endorsements and sponsors.
Although Sawamura's signing fee and salary were not as high as that of Raichi, but with sponsors, endorsements, business income, and investments, his net worth at that time was ten times that of Raichi.
"What income?"
Raizou didn't understand what Sawamura was talking about.
"Aren't there some asset managers or investment companies who contacted Raichi?" Sawamura was even more puzzled.
"Don't mention those vampires, they wanted 10% or 15% of the money. My sons work hard not to make money for them."
Sawamura looked at Raizou embarrassedly: "Have you really been in the professional circle?"
Time Shifts fast!
The era of Todoroki Raizou was different from that of Sawamura and the other generation. At that time, the main income of the players was salary and wages, and there were very few commercial endorsements and activities.
With no mention of investments.
Now, professional players and famous stars in general, don't just depend on salaries and wages, they usually hire asset managers or agents from investment companies to manage their money and reinvest it to generate passive income for the players. Or the players will become broke in their thirties after they retire.
If Todoroki Raizou really had that kind of mind, he wouldn't be as poor as he is now, where he didn't have money for the next meal.
Money is a good thing!
Especially for Raichi, who had been hungry since childhood and worked odd jobs, money was even more of a good thing. Don't talk to him about big truths, being able to eat is the biggest truth.
After listening to Sawamura's suggestion, Raichi fired his father without hesitation.
After that, Raichi will share an agent with Sawamura. The asset manager of Sawamura is a personal one, not a company, so he doesn't have much energy to take care of Raichi's money too.
As a last resort, Sawamura found a way to help Raichi by contacting another one.
Todoroki Raizou also realized his own shortages, so he returned to Japan and continued to Coach Yakushi.
The memories of the no longer future were vivid in his mind, and Sawamura couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
Even if he is doing great right now, and would never trade this with anything. He somehow still missed these days.
Among the five people who have made a name for themselves in the major leagues, Raichi is the most unfortunate one. His strength and record are definitely the best among the five, but unfortunately, because of the publicity problem, he has become the least favorite among the five.
Sawamura ranked second from the bottom of the five, a little higher than Raichi.
However, his income is the highest among the five, but that is because of other things.
Sawamura and Raichi knew each other in this life too because of some bizarre coincidence, and they even had an unofficial duel.
Nevertheless, they haven't faced each other in an official game before, because Raichi wasn't in any team.
'Finally, we are going to officially fight in a game, this is really exciting!'
Sawamura fell at the back of the main force because he was thinking about something.
His friends, Furuya and Haruichi naturally kept his pace with him.
When Sawamura came back to his senses, the main force was gone.
"Eijun-kun, if we don't hurry up, we may not be able to catch up with the big string." His pink-haired friend said.
"Oh, let's hurry up then." Sawamura came out of his daze, and the three of them rushed in the direction of the bus.
BUZZ!!!!
At this moment, a sound like the roar of a hurricane came from a place not far from them.
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T/N: This Chapter was strangely hard!