199. The beginning of change (1)
Immediately after the game, Hoyoung stood in front of the photo line set up on one side of the stadium.
This is because Hoyoung was the first person to be requested for an interview.
A smiling female reporter waved her head and greeted me.
The full interview began immediately after that.
“Congratulations on your debut!”
“thank you.”
“The stadium was truly a festival scene. Personally, I think Woo Ho-young led the atmosphere. “Can I hear your thoughts on having a successful international debut?”
“In fact, as is the case for any soccer player, playing for a country is a very precious opportunity. “I also felt a great sense of responsibility for that, and I think the audience’s enthusiastic cheering helped the game a lot.”
“So can we look forward to the next game?”
“Of course, I will find out when I get there, but if I do play, I will always be prepared to perform at my best.”
In fact, Hoyoung had already discussed with the Korea Football Association that he would not participate in the upcoming A-match evaluation match.
There was some conflict of opinion about him, but Hoyoung proved in today’s game that there was no need for that.
It showed that he could display his full skills no matter when he joined.
Therefore, according to the current plan, he was scheduled to rejoin the national team from June next year.
Hoyoung opened his mouth again before asking additional questions.
“Ultimately, my goal is the World Cup and I will do my best to help the team so that we can live up to your high expectations.”
“I hope that this current determination will continue until next year in South Africa. Thank you for the interview.”
By the time Hoyoung returned to the locker room, there was a friendly atmosphere.
“Thank you for your effort. Seniors.”
“Oh! Good job~!”
Hoyoung returned to his seat after greeting goalkeeper Lee Yoon-jae, the protagonist of the semifinals legend.
Other seniors came in and met Hoyoung and their palms.
“After all, real is real.”
“Wow, two goals right after debut.”
Although they could have been envious of Hoyoung, everyone was welcoming him with generous praise.
The atmosphere of the national team was very different from before.
In the past, people mostly used the title ‘senior’, but now they almost call him ‘hyung’.
The culture of beatings has almost disappeared.
Not surprisingly, all players except Lee Yun-jae were in their 20s.
There were many overseas factions with open minds, including Park Joo-hyung, Ki Sung-ryong, and Park Ji-seok.
And since he had already played with Lee Geun-oh, Kim Jung-hu, and Ki Dong-jin at the Beijing Olympics, there was no great difficulty in adapting to the team.
Captain Park Ji-seok played a bigger role in this change than anyone else.
Park Ji-seok was a player who could gently sway the atmosphere within the team with just his presence.
Since Hoyoung also joined in, there was no senseless person trying to catch Ddonggungi.
In particular, Park Ji-seok cared for Ho-young very much, so such an atmosphere could not exist.
For some reason, he especially cared for Hoyoung.
A few days later, we were given time to talk alone.
Sang-A Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.’s nutritional tonic Bacchus CF filming site.
Today’s advertising models were Woo Ho-young and Park Ji-seok.
“I’ll go with Woo Ho-young first.”
“yes.”
Hoyoung entered the set following the CF director’s order.
Then the director holding the megaphone burst out in admiration.
“It’s dazzling, it’s dazzling. The screen can’t capture it properly. Even if you debut in the entertainment industry right away, most people will vote for you. “He’s tall and has a nice body.”
Even so, the filming site was already full of women’s voices whispering.
It was at that moment that Hoyoung opened his mouth.
“I grew up watching Park Ji-seok when I was young.”
That was the end of Hoyoung’s line.
But at that moment, the atmosphere on set suddenly became cold.
“Ah haha. I’ll go one more time! It was good, but please make the lines a little more natural! “I’ll relax my face a little too!”
The director who said that scratched his head and swallowed his thoughts.
‘Is it at the level of reading Korean books?’
After all, God is fair.
There was no way that I could be good at acting, even though I had everything I had never done before.
That’s because Hoyoung couldn’t even put on a poker face when he entered the stadium.
The filming ended after being repeated a few more times.
“Thank you for your effort. Woo Ho-young. “You can go into the waiting room and rest.”
“Thank you for your effort.”
When Hoyoung entered the waiting room, the filming set became a sea of laughter.
The laughter that had been suppressed burst out one by one.
“haha. I don’t think Woo Ho-young can do Hollywood action even if he dies. “You’re so cute.”
“Looking at it like this, I see a sense of humanity again.”
Afterwards, Park Ji-seok’s filming began.
His line was also just one word.
“I am very happy and proud to see Woo Ho-young become a full-fledged professional athlete.”
“Ah, good. “It’s good, but I’ll go just one more time~!”
Deja vu.
The filming of the two men, who are good at soccer but not good at acting, ended an hour later.
Actually, there was nothing to film.
This is because the plan was to just film the interview and replace the rest with the Manchester United vs. Real Madrid game.
And the final scene of the CF was scheduled to end with the phrase ‘We are each other’s Bacchus!’
That was it.
That’s why Lucci chose this one among numerous advertisements.
Not only was the shooting time short, but the conditions were also quite satisfactory.
‘In Korea, 1 billion won is a good amount for a one-time advertisement for 6 months.’
The annual advertising expenses of Jang Dong-kwon, Lee Young-ye, Jeon Ji-yeon, Go Yeon-jeong, Park Tae-wan, and Kim Yeon-ha, who are currently classified as special A-level actors in Korea, exceeded 1 billion won.
And on top of that, there was Special A, and that was Woo Ho-young and Park Ji-seok.
In particular, the domestic advertising cost measured by Hoyoung is approximately 1.5 to 2 billion won per year.
It was a clear example of how high Hoyoung’s popularity was.
‘Maybe this year’s income will exceed 10 billion won.’
There were only 6 solo CFs scheduled for the next month.
Additionally, joint commercials with world-class sports stars and Hollywood stars were being promoted.
Lucci, who was literally sitting on a money cushion, wanted to praise his past self.
It was a good thing I trusted Woo Ho-young and followed him.
And by the time filming was all over.
Hoyoung and Park Ji-seok met in the waiting room and continued their awkward conversation.
Park Ji-seok was the first to speak.
“Would you like to have a cup of tea?”
After filming is all over.
Hoyoung and Park Ji-seok spent time in a quiet area of the hotel.
“Thank you for your effort.”
“Uh… well, you did a good job too. But it doesn’t have to be difficult. “I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but it seems like you’re having a hard time with me.”
“Your brother. “Then I’ll take it easy.”
“okay.”
Park Ji-seok was merciless on the field, but had the exact opposite personality off the field.
He actually felt sorry for Hoyoung after the last Champions League final.
As a fellow soccer player, I felt that way because I knew the disappointment of losing the championship trophy.
However, I couldn’t say anything because I felt like revealing it would hurt Hoyoung’s confidence.
So, Park Ji-seok took great care of Ho-young without saying anything.
Since this was his last World Cup, I wanted to achieve good results with him.
And one more thing.
‘I want to show him only good things.’
It was Park Ji-seok, who had been learning soccer by getting hit since he was young.
The reason I became captain of the national team was to avoid repeating bad habits.
That is why the current atmosphere of the Korean national team has changed.
And I didn’t want to show Hoyoung the dirty side of Korean soccer.
‘If I don’t get hit and grow up, I’ll be able to play soccer better.’
So Park Ji-seok promised again and again.
He said he would take good care of his juniors without hitting them.
I will generously give any advice I can.
At that time, Hoyoung asked a question.
“Oh, there’s one thing I wanted to ask. “What kind of person is Ronaldo?”
“Ronaldo… well… contrary to his known image, he is quite quiet and focuses only on training… so it is quite difficult to get to know him compared to other players. What is certain is that he is a very good player on the field or training ground? And also… I think it will probably be difficult to get to know him at first because he is a soccer player who only plays soccer.”
“okay.”
It’s just as I heard.
Contrary to his public image, Ronaldo is said to not usually talk much.
A player who knows nothing but soccer.
He was of the same class as Hoyoung.
After meeting with Park Ji-seok that day, Ho-young met with Cha Beom-gon and discussed his future career.
Since I had no intention of changing teams within a few years, there wasn’t really anything worth discussing, but I was able to hear some good things to know about my career as a player.
From the next day, I traveled with my family and had a great time.
What surprised Hoyoung here was that Woo Hwang-seon’s car, which was small, had grown bigger.
It was a vehicle from L, a company famous for its SUVs, and as far as Hoyoung knew, it was worth around 100 to 200 million won.
I never felt like it was a waste of money.
He was just happy that his family could afford a car like this with the money he earned.
After spending quality time with my family, I returned to Madrid.
The busy schedule continued after that.
The money was spent by looking at advertisements for skin, lotion, ice cream, MP3, etc.
However, he did not skip training.
From now on, because I knew exactly what I had to do in the future, I was able to focus only on my goal without being distracted.
That’s triple S class.
Now that the ball trapping was over, the top priority was to unify the abilities by raising ‘Amazing Main Skill (S+)’ and ‘Genius Individual Skill (S)’ one by one.
However, there was no need to rush at all.
Isn’t there a lot of time and a lot of talent in the world to covet?
And then time passed.
It was about the time when the intense sunlight was getting even hotter.
And when the promised 40 days had passed, change came.
It was Friday, July 6th.
[Advanced ball control (SSS-), unrivaled ball trapping (SS-), phenomenal ball keeping (S+), and sophisticated first touch (A+3) are combined into one talent.] [The talent is calculated by the sum of the
average value and bonus. The absolute value has been set at ‘16.843’.]
[According to the absolute value, the talent of ball sense is integrated into ‘sophisticated ball sense (SSS-)’.]
[To overcome human limitations, ‘smart ball sense (SSS-)’ is integrated. You must transcend ‘SSS-)’.]
[‘In order to transcend the ball sense (SSS-) that has reached the state, you must first upgrade your talent.]
[The talent for ball sense can be sought from A+ level or higher.]
Thoughts It was more complicated and difficult.
In particular, just looking at unfamiliar words such as average value bonus, absolute value integrated bonus, etc. made my head spin.
But I guess it was good.
Since it was an absolute value and an average value, there was no need to worry about those numbers.
In any case, the talent that was unified by a specific formula was ‘sophisticated ball sense (SSS-).’
I was worried about what would happen if I fell to a lower level, but I was glad that wasn’t the case.
And one thing was certain.
‘We’re getting closer and closer to human limits.’
It wasn’t a vague feeling.
Hoyoung decided to take a closer look at the state of talent.