Tak-hyeon looked around the players' waiting room and knit his brow.

"With it this filthy, will a proper record come out? Hey, Representative Kim. You'll need to pay some attention to the facilities. What is this?"

Seong-ho bowed his head slightly and answered,

"It's not our home, so there's nothing we can do about this place, but it's true our own home stadium is poor as well, so I'll speak to the relevant people and see that attention is paid to facility management."

"Whose home is this?"

"KF's. And the facilities are managed under the responsibility of the Seoul city government."

"So it's a system where KF Group has to make the request to the Seoul city government."

"Yes. That's right."

Tak-hyeon nodded and said to the players,

"I'll have a word with the KF Group chairman and the Seoul mayor. So that from now on you can play in a somewhat better environment."

"Thank you, Chairman."

The Ilhyeon baseball club captain offered thanks to Tak-hyeon on behalf of all the players.

Tak-hyeon nodded and gestured to Do-beom.

Do-beom drew an envelope from within his coat and handed it to the squad captain, who stood with his head bowed.

"This is a cash gift the Chairman has given for you to hold a team dinner after the game."

The captain wore a slightly startled expression at its considerable thickness.

"In addition, the Chairman said that if you win today, a separate victory bonus is to be provided."

"A victory bonus on top of the dinner money?"

"Yes. A victory bonus of one million won for players who start, and five hundred thousand won for reserve players, will be paid out. It's not that you must play for the sake of the victory bonus, but he says he'd still rather see you win than lose, so I hope you'll all play hard."

"We'll be sure to win today for the Chairman!"

At word of the added victory bonus, the players looked as if they'd found their motivation.

Tak-hyeon wore a satisfied expression and went over to Manager Ho-yeong Kim.

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