SPW 59
by twenty“Yes. And your speech skills are excellent, CEO.”
“Thank you for noticing, Sarang. I study English so hard.”
“That’s true, Mr. Kim. The CEO still looks up things like 5-minute lectures whenever he has a spare moment.”
“My Korean has improved a lot.”
Except for occasionally dropping particles or having an awkward pronunciation of some words, he was perfect. In fact, all his interviews in Korea were conducted in Korean, not English.
“How do you dream, Kim Sarang?”
“What?”
“In English? Or Korean?”
“Ah, the language.”
Sarang, who smiled faintly despite finding the question strange, answered.
“In English.”
“Okay, then. When it’s just us, let’s speak comfortably in English. It’s good for me too, to improve my speech skills.”
Finding Jaehyeok, who was rambling more than usual today, strange, Sarang looked at Jeonghun sitting beside him. Jeonghun, wearing a business smile, spoke gently.
“The reporters are completely filling up three gate areas on the first floor.”
“Ah.”
It meant that far more reporters had gathered than Sarang had anticipated.
“Can’t we just turn the plane around and go back to Canton?”
Allen, who had seemed uninterested from the side, threw out a comment.
“Of course, that’s not possible, Mr. Allen.”
Jaehyeok stretched his neck and replied with a broad smile.
“Sarang, I’ve prepared a list of expected questions.”
“Mr. Kim. I prepared almost all of them.”
Sarang, who burst out laughing at the sight of the two bickering, politely accepted the tablet.
As he slowly read through it, Sarang’s expression remained unchanged. With the same slightly smiling face he had from the beginning, Sarang read all the questions and returned the tablet.
“This seems fine, don’t you think?”
“Ah, there’s also the stuff about the manager.”
“He’s fine when you meet him in person. He apologized, and I guess that’s just his position. I’m a little disappointed, but it can’t be helped.”
“And the Football Association chairman and the official.”
“I talk to the chairman on the phone once in a while. He calls me first. He asks how I’m doing and tells me that what was in the articles wasn’t his real intention. The official is anonymous, so anyone could have said it.”
Jaehyeok, who felt disheartened watching Sarang speak so fluently and without hesitation, seemingly defending the very people who had made him a scapegoat, was about to sigh but quickly swallowed it back after receiving a sharp look from Jeonghun.
“Right. Well, everyone must have said a thing or two out of disappointment. Haha. And the trash reporters, no, the reporters probably exaggerated some things.”
“If you’ve said everything, let’s go now. I want to get off this plane quickly.”
A hint of charm showed on Sarang’s face as he smiled, crinkling the corners of his eyes.
How can a 192cm tall man who is all muscle be so cute?
Jaehyeok, who grumbled inwardly, got off the plane following Jeonghun, who was hurrying him as if he were truly a nuisance.
The moment Sarang stepped out of the gate, hundreds of cameras flashed all at once. Sarang, who nodded to the familiar reporters, stood in the mixed zone, and a flood of questions began to pour out. Sometimes the guidelines would collapse, and reporters and cameras would fall over, injuring Sarang, and once order was lost, profanities flew from all directions.
Even so, Sarang, as if accustomed to such situations, waited quietly for the situation to calm down before resuming the interview. Only after spending over an hour in the temporary mixed zone set up at the airport was Sarang finally able to get away. Sarang, despite being harangued by the reporters as if being tormented, showed no signs of fatigue and instead asked Jaehyeok and Jeonghun if they were okay.
“Aren’t you worried about me?”
Sarang smiled at Allen’s blunt remark.
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No matter how he thought about it, the soundproofing at the training center was too weak.
Sarang, who had closed his eyes to sleep, couldn’t because of the sounds coming from the next room, the room next to that, and the room across the hall. He took out his earphones from his pouch and put them in.
“Rian.”
As he called Florian’s name, a familiar dial tone rang. Soon, Florian’s voice came through.
Did you arrive safely?
“Yes, Rian.”
It must be 2 AM there.
“I can’t sleep. It’s 12 PM in New York, have you had lunch?”
I was working. Are you failing to adjust to the time difference, Sarang?
“I think so, Rian. No matter how busy you are, you have to eat, Rian.”
I have a husband who has to fly every two or three months for national duties on top of his league matches, so my work has piled up a lot.
“Is that husband grateful?”
He says so a lot with his words.
“And with his actions?”
Hmm, now that I think about it, he does it more with his actions.
“I do? When?”
Well, that’s something only I want to know.
“You’re childish sometimes, Rian.”
You think it’s only sometimes?
“Haha, you’re right.”
You must be very tired from the long flight, why… Right, the walls there were thin. Are you using my voice as a soundproof wall right now, Sarang?
“I wanted to hear your voice, Rian. I called before it got too late.”
I’ll book you a hotel.
“Individual activities are forbidden.”
That’s what’s inconvenient about communal living.
“Have you ever lived communally, Rian?”
Of course. I went to a boarding school when I was young, and when I grew up.
“…When you grew up?”
Sarang, I think you just dozed off?
“Uh… no. I called you because I couldn’t sleep, Rian.”
Alright, Sarang. We’ll go with that.
“It’s true, though…”
You don’t know that you draw out the ends of your words whenever you’re sleepy, do you?
“I know… Colin…”
It seems Colin really knew everything about Sarang. Then again, he was his father.
“Yes…”
What time does training start tomorrow, Sarang?
“Um…”
I must have been quite helpful.
“…”
Wheeze, wheeze. Florian, hearing Sarang’s even breathing, ended the call.
Sleep well, Sarang.
A small whisper gently settled in Sarang’s ear.
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“Two friendly matches, 1 draw and 1 loss, is our nation’s soccer okay like this!”
“Turning the nation’s expectations into disappointment, a crestfallen Kim Sarang.”
“Korea, ranked 25th in FIFA, struggles against 90th and 140th ranked teams! A narrow defeat! Shocking!”
“Kim Sarang, currently 2nd in the league for goal contributions (attacking points including assists and goals), finishes match without any.”
“Was forcibly calling up an unwilling player the source of trouble? A grim-faced Kim Sarang.”
“Kim Sarang returns to Korea alone, where is the Duke?”
“Kim Sarang, with his mind elsewhere, checks his phone during training.”
“Why does Kim Sarang shrink whenever he comes to the national team?”
“A forward with no finishing ability, the worst game in history, a regretful Kim Sarang.”
“Yoo Joongyeon’s team in crisis! Is it okay to continue like this! A hardened Kim Sarang.”
“Yoo Joongyeon’s team in crisis, rumors of discord with players? An angry Kim Sarang.”
“Football Association Chairman Choi Taeseok, ‘The players’ complacency created this current situation.'”
“Kim Sarang leaving the studio after a commercial shoot.”
Post 291111 You’d think Kim Sarang was dragged to the national team against his will
Post 291112 The league’s 2nd highest goal contributor with no goals against the 90th and 140th ranked teams lol
Post 291114 Seems the Duke thinks our country is a joke
Post 291116 Seeing as he doesn’t come to the A-matches, it’s a reasonable suspicion
Post 291117 Ugh… I don’t even want to see that number 17 bastard
Post 291118 Number 17 bastard… I don’t even wanna say his name
Post 291119 That’s right… he follows him to all the league games but doesn’t show his face at the A-matches that are important to our country
Post 291123 Kim Sarang’s form was bad, isn’t it an aging curve (an expression derived from how a player’s declining ability with age would form a parabolic curve if graphed)?
Post 291125 If a 21-year-old has an aging curve, then he’s just overrated lol
Post 291127 With that kind of performance, he’s still shooting commercials nonstop ugh
Post 291128 Guess he’s crazy for money
Post 291129 How much is Kim Sarang’s weekly salary? A few tens of thousands?
Post 291131 Guess he plays half-heartedly for the national team because they don’t pay him lol
Post 291134 gif of that number 17 bastard missing a 1-on-1 chance.
Post 291135 He just dribbled around forever until he lost the ball, he’s all for show
Post 291137 The level of our national team’s ace hahaha
Post 291140 Brought a YouTube link
Post Content
[As a soccer sunbae, I have to say what needs to be said, Kim Sarang, you shouldn’t do that~!]
[The surprising reason the Duke didn’t follow Kim Sarang!]
[(Breaking) National team coaching staff’s shocking confession, ‘Kim Sarang is not the ace’]
[(Breaking) Kim Sarang, getting scolded by sunbaes, has a huge explosion in the locker room]
[“This is all because of Kim Sarang”]
[Kim Sarang’s slump! Rumors of separation from the Duke!]
[Kim Sarang, who misunderstood the meaning of devotion, throws away the nation’s expectations like an old shoe]
[Friendly match disaster! Is Kim Sarang’s devotion only for the Duke??]
[The real reason the Duke didn’t come with him!!]
[The Duke thinks Korea is a joke lol]
[Kim Sarang, a high-flyer in the league but a crawler in Korea, is he an acrobat?]
[Shocking confession! The marriage to the Duke was a fraud!]
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