area51novel Chapter 172 Chapter 24
Chapter 172 Chapter 24
Chapter 172 Chapter 24
In fact, Su Qing just rushed over from California yesterday. If it weren't for the fact that he was very interested, Su Qing would not want to take on this job.
"Well, just ask me to join you. Maybe I was a little embarrassed to be called out by a senior like Su Qing, so I took the initiative to say it."
Su Qing smiled, but did not speak.
After a long drive, they finally approached their destination, Rose College, and along the way, Jie Cheng finally understood why Su Qing said that it was difficult to move without a car in the United States.
Because many of the roads they walked on did not look like places with buses.
And at the gate of Rose Academy, Chris has been waiting for a long time.
After learning that Cheng Cheng chose to study in the United States and happened to be in the same university as himself, Chris was overjoyed.
If Chris didn't have his own means of transportation in the United States, I'm afraid he would go to make it himself.
Su Qing didn't expect to meet Chris here. He only knew that Chris later changed his mind and decided to find a relationship from his father's former agent and entered a university through recommendation to continue his studies.
But Chen Xin didn't tell him that this university is also Rose College!He remembered this hatred!
So with Chris, all the preparations he had made were unnecessary.
But the final result was that Chris also got into Su Qing's car, and after buying the security guard, Su Qing successfully drove the car into the gate of Rose Academy.
Su Qing didn't know much about Rose College, at least he couldn't hook up with any school he knew in his previous life, but Su Qing asked his busy agent Linda beforehand.
Linda told him that Rose University is indeed a university ranked in the NCAA Division I. The baseball team has won three championships, which is considered a very good result.
This level of university is just right for the Zhe team and Chris. The team will not attract too many talented players. It is not to question the ability of the Zhe team and Chris, but if the local players and foreign players are at the same level. If so, the team will definitely give priority to local players.
Moreover, baseball players who can play college in the United States are basically considered elites. At this point, basically everyone's goal is to enter the profession.Therefore, the competition for the main team will definitely be extremely fierce.
Under the leadership of Chris, they quickly helped to complete the report.The staff in charge of the report quickly went through the formalities for them with a normal expression, obviously no longer surprised.
After the report, Jie Cheng yawned, thinking that he could finally rest, but Su Qing didn't think of passing him.
"The report is not over yet~ We must quickly resolve your dormitory issue. If you don't live in the dormitory, it's better to unsubscribe as soon as possible."
"I live in a dormitory? Why do you want to unsubscribe." Because my home is always close to the school, I have lived in a dormitory for a long time without a symbolic meaning. Now I have the opportunity, of course I don't want to miss it.
This time Su Qing didn't need to speak, Chris spoke first.
"It's better to rent a house outside. I rented an apartment near here, and I happen to have another room. Do you want to share with me?"
Chris offered to rent together, and he was naturally very happy to form a house, but he still had some doubts why he didn't live in the dormitory?The dormitory is close to the school and convenient. Chris lives in the dormitory when he is in neon lights. Why did he come here and rent an apartment by himself?
So Cheng Cheng asked his own doubts.This time it was Su Qing who answered.
"The reason is very simple, because the dormitory fee is very expensive, it is far less cost-effective than renting a house alone. If you rent a house with Chris, it will only cost 3000-4000 dollars a year, while the 3000 dollars in the school is a kennel. Want to A comfortable environment requires at least 5000 to start. I think you don’t want to return to a crowded environment with poor conditions after playing every day.”
Jie Cheng quickly shook his head.
"There is also the language problem. Can you speak English?"
"I learned it when I came here, and I think there is no problem in daily communication."
He was very confident at first, but suddenly he thought that when he was reporting just now, the staff member spoke so fast that he couldn't hear clearly. It was only with the help of Su Qing and Chris that he successfully completed the report.
Seeing Jie Cheng change from self-confidence to self-doubt, Su Qing couldn't help laughing, and said encouragingly:
"Tell me a few words? If there is no problem with the language, you can save the cost of attending a cram school. Please translate."
Jie Cheng's face turned red all of a sudden.
"Tell me what?"
"Just for daily communication, let's talk in English next." Su Qing's language has changed rapidly, but in order to take care of the formation, the speed of speech is very slow.
"Hi Hi"
"uh-huh?"
"OK."
I don't know why Su Qing always felt that Jie Cheng's voice was weird, but OK was only two syllables, and he couldn't find anything, but what Jie Cheng said next really almost made Su Qing laugh.
"Are the geese coming to Gangsen?"
"puff!"
Not only Su Qing, but Chris also couldn't help laughing.It was only at this time that the two of them understood why Cheng Cheng's pronunciation was so strange. Obviously, the English he learned was authentic Japanese English.
How Japanese English is pronounced, I understand everything.
"What happen to you guys?"
Jie Cheng, who was laughed at as soon as he said a word, quickly switched back to his native language with a look of embarrassment.
"I think it's better for us to find you a remedial class, but if there is no problem with listening, an interpreter should not be needed."
"Is there something wrong with my English?"
Jie Cheng frowned. He didn't think there was a problem with his pronunciation. Before he said it, he had rehearsed it in his mind several times, and he said it only after making sure it was accurate.
"From the perspective of Neon people, your pronunciation is fine and standard, but for Americans, your pronunciation is a big problem. But in fact, this is not a big problem. The language barrier in the professional arena, all There are still a lot of baseball players who rely on translators, so we don’t insist on whether they can speak English.”
Su Qing's attitude made Jie Cheng very unhappy. He didn't like this kind of appeasement. If he made a mistake, tell him what was wrong, and he would correct it, instead of perfunctory in the name of taking care of his dignity like now.
"Please tell me what's wrong."
Seeing the extremely serious look on his face, Chris, who was well aware of his temper, spoke.
"The English learned by Nihong relies on the fifty-sound chart to mark the phonetic symbols, and many pronunciations in English are contrary to the fifty-sound chart, which leads to many long sounds being pronounced staccato, and many pronunciations are broken. The places are not pronounced, and the unpronounced places are pronounced, so it looks weird to native English speakers. I repeat what you just said, and you can see the difference."
Next, Chris repeated what Jie Cheng said, and Jie Cheng naturally found the difference immediately, and frowned tightly.
"OK, in terms of language, I have the following three suggestions. First, find a host family. A good language environment is very important, and the rent of host families is generally not expensive. Many host families also provide meals, such as forming a host family. A baseball teenager like you is very welcome in many families, because there is a good chance that there are children who are playing baseball in their homes.
Maybe you can also reduce part of the rent by teaching your children.The second is to go to cram school, but many cram schools are relatively unscrupulous, and it is impossible to not be serious about learning something.On this basis, I can also find you a translator to take care of your teammates' communication problems when you are not proficient in the language.
Three, share the rent with senior Chris, and senior Chris will be in charge of your English teaching. The team will probably also ask senior Chris. "
What Su Qing didn’t say was that he actually didn’t really recommend the third option, because it was too troublesome for Chris. Like Cheng Cheng, Chris came to play, especially since Chris was a catcher, so there would be more things to practice. There are too many, it is impossible to help Cheng all the time, Su Qing's idea is to find a translator to be responsible for the internal communication of the team.
After listening to all three items, he hesitated at last. He chose to listen to Su Qing's suggestion. Spectrum.
"What do you think I should choose?"
Su Qing was stunned for a moment, but quickly expressed her suggestion kindly.
Share a room with Chris, find a translator, and go to cram school.
After listening to Su Qing's suggestion, Jie Cheng hesitated. It wasn't that Su Qing's suggestion was bad, and he didn't really want to trouble Chris, but he felt that Su Qing's suggestion sounded expensive.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Jie Cheng's hesitation, Su Qing couldn't help asking.
"Well, won't it cost a lot of money?"
Su Qing couldn't help laughing at Jie Cheng's twitchy words, it turned out that he was worried about this.
"Don't worry, it won't cost a lot of money. You can find qualified college students for translation. Immigrants are also welcome. Many immigrants are very short of money. You can find a very good translator without spending a lot of money. And cram schools are also available. It doesn't cost much."
"Okay, that's it."
After confirming that it would not cost a lot of money, the knot agreed.
Abandoning the superior domestic environment and insisting on studying abroad against the will of parents, and studying abroad is mainly dependent on loans, resulting in a lot of psychological pressure, so I can spend as little as possible without spending too much.
"Can we go back to rest now?"
Although he drank all the coffee Su Qing gave him, Jie Cheng still couldn't stand it anymore.
So Su Qing arranged for Jie Cheng to be in a hotel.While I was sleeping, I chatted with Chris.
"The autumn conference has opened, right? Are you planning to return to Neon to play?"
Although in the car, I learned that Su Qing was entrusted by Chen Xin to arrange the formation, but Chris still had a lot of doubts. No matter how good the relationship was, it was impossible to give up the team that was playing the game and come to the United States because of an entrustment. Take care of someone who is sort of a stranger.
The only possibility is that Su Qing is no longer playing in Neon, and came back to the United States. I don’t know why, Chris is a little lucky. Although he is no longer in the Qingdao baseball club, he still can’t help it The team is grateful for the loss of a major enemy.
"No, I'm on vacation."
Chris was full of question marks. He played high school baseball for three years. Why didn’t he know that there were holidays for high school baseball? .
"I will go back in a few days, and I should be able to catch up with the third round."
Neon's autumn competition is not as bold as the summer competition. It will be played for two full months. In addition, there are more participating teams, so the span of each competition is still relatively long.
Although he didn't know that the National Friends of Supervision would allow Su Qing to take such a willful vacation, Chris didn't want to ask. After all, this is a matter for other teams. Even if he has graduated, as a graduate of Qingdao, he definitely did not spy on these things the reason for the matter.
"By the way, why are you here? I thought it was Chen Xin's "relatives" who were in charge. After all, these jobs are all done by the manager."
Because he accepted the recommendation of his father's former agent, Chris signed a contract with his father's former agent as a matter of course, and because of this, he knew a lot of things that he didn't know before.
For example, he now knows how important a capable agent is.
Asked by Chris, Su Qing couldn't help sweating. He didn't know what happened to Chen Xin's Xinxin Brokerage Company. He said it was run by a "relative", but it was still an empty shell.Where did the agent come from.
"Uh, this one, I can't find any idle ones for the time being. I'll come over and help out first. I think there will be some people in a while."
Su Qing was careless. He didn't know when someone would come. Anyway, he could only help to this extent.The people were signed by Chen Xin, so it was Chen Xincai who was responsible for them. Anyway, he had done his best to be benevolent and righteous.
But the agent is indeed very important, and it may not be important on the Neon side, because although the team on the Neon side has capital, it is far less serious than the American side. As long as the ability is enough, the pick that should be given is thought to be given .
But it is different here in the United States. If a player is only capable but not famous, unless you are capable.Then the team is very likely to join forces to suppress the draft. After all, it is not immediate combat power. Of course, things like signing bonuses can be as little as possible.
And the role of the agent can be brought out at this time. The agent will not only be responsible for the daily life of the player, but also help the player build momentum and improve the draft pick. After all, this is linked to his income. It is impossible not to care of.
"Well, that's really troublesome for you. Do you have any plans for the future?" Chris asked, of course, about the formation.
Su Qing quickly turned on the phone to check the memo.After taking a closer look, I found that there was only one last note.
That is the team side. Originally, the team's negotiation issue, Su Qing thought it would be the most difficult thing to deal with, but now that there is Chris, he doesn't have to worry about it. The team can completely negotiate. to Chris.
"Only the team's problems are left. I'll leave it to you, senior. You have no problem, right?"
"Of course it's fine."
But then Chris sighed.
"what happened?"
"The team already has a starting third baseman, who is very strong. If you just joined the team, you may not be able to compete with him."
"That's it, it's okay. I believe that senior Jie Cheng will never be afraid of this kind of challenge, and with senior Jie Cheng's ability, he might be able to defeat that person."
Chris nodded, and he also believed that with the ability to form, he might lose.
(End of this chapter)