Chapter 12： : back number

The problem of leadership was solved, and the three hit it off. Fengxiang Ouichi and Oda Bensheng naturally became members of the Akagi baseball club.

With the addition of two generals, Sawamura, who didn't want to make a fool of himself this summer, immediately changed his strategy and started planning the first national competition of 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 competition area, it does not mean that they won the championship in Nagano, they can participate in the national competition. Their national competition is a bit more twisty than the Tokyo team, first of all they have to be the top two in Nagano prefecture and win the representation. Then participate in the Kanto region contest as the representative of Nagano!

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

The national competition for middle school students is somewhat similar to the spring trial in Koshien. A total of 32 teams are selected from various regions, and then they will fight against each other, and finally decide the national champion.

"What, registration for the national competition?"

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

"certainly!"

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

Principal Takada hesitated, "But..."

"Nothing, the principal doesn't know our record in practice games, right?"

Sawamura said confidently.

"How to say?"

"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 such a thing. But seven wins and one draw means that the baseball team has never lost a game until now.

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

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Akagi Middle School was originally one of the members of the Softball Organization League, but because of the inability to gather the number of players in the competition in recent years, it has never signed up for the competition. Now, wanting to participate is also very simple, as long as you re-register.

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

Sawamura spent the money on the construction of the stadium without hesitation. 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. Most of the team's activities were funded by the players themselves and by blackmailing Mr. Sano. That money is enough to support the practice game and the first two rounds of the competition, but if Akagi wants to go further, this amount of money is absolutely not enough.

Haven't you ever eaten pork or seen a pig go? Although Sawamura didn't worry about it in his previous life, he has heard a lot of people talking about it, and the team has many sources of funds. In addition to the activity funds given by the school, the most important income comes from two aspects, one is the prize money of the competition, and the other is sponsorship and fundraising.

So after rectifying the stadium, Sawamura enthusiastically suggested that everyone find a familiar shop for sponsorship and fundraising.

As for himself, he went to the sporting goods stores and food stores he frequented.

In the end, everyone was naturally a bit sullen.

After all, Nagano is not Tokyo. There are many emerging companies and enterprises in Tokyo. They are eager to open up the market and increase their popularity, so they are naturally willing to sponsor some events and even teams for mutual benefit.

Nagano is different. Nagano is a relatively backward county in the periphery of the entire metropolitan area. In the words of Tokyo people, Nagano and Chiba are all rural areas. Akagi is also far away from the urban area of ​​Nagano.

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

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

The significance of their advertising promotion is not great.

Of course, this is not the most important thing. Businesses actually have a tradition of sponsoring community events. But this requires two preconditions. The first is that the teams they sponsor are really good and can bring them a boost in image or fame. The second is that most businesses have fixed sponsoring schools. A rural (public) primary school like Chicheng does not have any fixed sponsorship at all.

"It seems that we still have to score first."

As for the funds in the early stage, it seems that the players have to find their parents to pay for it, and Sawamura has nothing to do. He is not the kind of person who is very financially minded, and he has no idea how to get the first pot of gold.

In my impression, Sawamura's previous life seems to have never been short of money. Before high school, there was family support. Their family has their own farm, which cannot be compared with the wealthy family, but in the whole of Nagano, they are quite rich.

In high school, Sawamura was specially recruited into Qingdao, and soon showed his worth and entered the first army, UU reading www. uukanshu. com and became one of the main pitchers. With the generosity of a private aristocratic high school, Sawamura has never worried about food or money since then.

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

"Sure enough, money is not everything, and nothing is impossible without money."

For the first time since two lifetimes, Sawamura had such a feeling. Originally, Sawamura, who could no longer hold anything other than baseball and brotherhood in his heart, had real growth in his life.

Jerseys, bats, gloves.

If you want excellent and comprehensive equipment for playing baseball, including pitching machines and various training facilities, it is absolutely impossible to do without the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars. But if you want to be simple, you can buy it for two thousand yuan (about 160 yuan).

This kind of cost is not too much pressure even for the little friends like Akagi. They quickly gathered their gear and, of course, their back numbers.

Number one, pitcher, Eijun Sawamura.

No. 2, catcher, Feng Xiang Ao Yi.

No. 3, first baseman, Oda Benson.

No. 4, second baseman, Nobu Nakagawa.

No. 5, third baseman, Ken Yamaguchi.

No. 6, shortstop, the wind is cool and Zhengtai.

No. 7, left fielder, Oyamazaki.

No. 8, the backbone, Cang Yue Ruocai.

No. 9, right fielder, Koyamazaki.

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Because of the addition of Fengxiang Ouichi and Oda Bensheng, Akagi has two more substitutes. Now it can be considered a strong soldier.

Here, Nakagawa Shin and the Yamazaki brothers, a junior in Sawamura who graduated from elementary school. Yamaguchi was Sawamura's partner before, and Feng Ryo was the guy who looked like a girl but had a high IQ.

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