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After the end of ‘Real Fighter’.
Chairman Jang Young-gil was having an uncomfortable day.
Externally, it was RCF that seemed to have no regrets.
‘Real Fighter’, which was successful at the box office, earned more than three times the production cost.
It also seemed to have succeeded in ‘finding new prospects’, which was the original purpose of the program.
In particular, the excavation of Cha Moo-gyeol was considered the best achievement of this event.
It was welcome from the group’s point of view that a player who had not yet debuted attracted so much public attention and had already formed a storyline with two players.
However, the reason why Jang Young-gil was uncomfortable was because of the flawless car.
From the goddamn name to the game style and the out-of-the-box action that pops out every once in a while.
It was a guy who didn’t have a single favorite corner, but it was an undeniable fact that he was already at the center of the fighting world topic.
Now, whether we like it or not, we have to put Cha Mu-gyeol on the stage of RCF.
That’s why I sent the contract through Woo Hyeon-cheol, the head of the department.
Presenting the contract right away was a significant shock from Jang Young-gil’s point of view.
In the meantime, it was natural to play in the RCF gym for about three months and make it compliant before signing a contract.
However, Woo Hyeon-cheol delivered a report that was different from Jang Young-gil’s expectations.
“I’m sorry, Chairman.”
It is said that such a contract cannot be signed.
Even the cheeky request to have a private meeting with the president.
“Kuheumm…!”
Jang Young-gil sighed and clenched his fists.
It was Jang Young-gil who had hope for a perfect match even for a short time.
Still, there was a vague expectation that he would be calm from the point of having to sign a formal contract.
However, this time too, Moo-gyeol tea touched Jang Young-gil’s heart from the beginning.
“Like a cheeky bastard.”
It may be that he is more difficult to control than the old Cha Moo-gyeol.
At least the dead Cha Mu-gyeol had no hesitation in front of the contract.
“Duejin Cha Moo-gyeol was easy to control, at least in that respect. I just had to catch the game.”
“Chairman, I will go and negotiate again.”
“No, it won’t be. Are you sure there is no agency behind you?”
“yes. Until now, I have made all my decisions alone.”
“This Jang Young-gil is raising his blood pressure like this with just one rein.”
“…I apologize, Chairman.”
“Khehehehehe-.”
Jang Young-gil, who spat out a low laugh for a while, gave instructions to Chief Woo as if he had made up his mind.
“good. I need to meet him myself.”
“Yes, Chairman.”
“Come over to my house on Friday at 7pm.”
Jang Yeong-gil gave the order and turned the chair toward the window, but Woo did not leave.
“What more do you have to say?”
“That Chairman. I’m sorry, but the Cha Moo-gyeol side informed us in advance that it was impossible on Friday.”
“why? Is this a good enough reason to change the contract schedule?”
“…That’s…”
“Chief Woo, don’t stutter and speak straight.”
“I have to go eat tteokbokki with that friend…”
“What? Floating tteokbokki?”
Jang Young-gil burst into laughter and slammed the desk with his fist.
“Fuck that bastard really makes people laugh.”
“…”
“Okay, set it the same time on Thursday.”
“On that day, I had a meeting with the CSOF president-”
“You can move that to Friday!”
“…yes. I will handle it that way.”
That’s how the meeting schedule was set, and time flew by like a lightning bolt, and it was Thursday evening before I knew it.
* * *
House in Gugi-dong, Seoul on Thursday evening.
It was customary for a promising RCF player to receive a drink from Jang Young-gil at this place.
The integrity of the previous life also has memories of this place.
Even the small branches of the bonsai with three swords placed in front of the 10-fold folding screen.
His room was exactly as it was in his memory.
“Sit comfortably.”
“yes.”
After the two of them sat down, the housekeeper who brought the table left the room.
Jang Yeong-gil, who filled the glass with his own hands, got up from his seat and took out his sword.
It was a real sword with a blue blade, but Moo Gyeol was not taken aback.
Because he knew what Jang Young-gil would do from now on.
“Tea flawless.”
“yes.”
“Don’t be surprised.”
After speaking, Jang Yeong-gil took the blade of the sword with his hand and cut it lightly to make a sword scar on his palm.
Immediately, fresh red blood flowed down his forearm.
Jang Young-gil took the bloody fist to the drinking glass.
Again and again -.
After dripping blood into two glasses.
Jang Young-gil held out a glass to Mu-gyeol.
“You don’t have to be connected by blood to be a family.”
His expression was somewhat spleen, but Moo-gyeol was just hateful.
Because there was nothing different from what he had seen in his previous life.
The flawless of the past life saw this and signed the contract.
The words that I will leave the condition and be with him as a ‘family’.
Saying that he would be like a father to him who had no father.
However, everything was a lie and the drops of blood were just a performance to dazzle the young players.
Now Mugyeol knows the dirty inside hidden in that bravado.
Even what Jang Young-gil will say the very next moment.
“Blood like this…”
“You can become a family even by sharing blood. What are you trying to say?”
“!”
“I will leave the relationship with Gap and become a father-like existence. You’re not going to say that, are you?”
“!?”
Although he did not express himself, Jang Young-gil was quite embarrassed.
Mugyeol had accurately predicted what Jang Young-gil would say.
It’s as if you’ve been through a situation like this one day.
“I don’t drink this alcohol. I can’t even drink because I’m underage in the first place.”
“Originally, isn’t it learning how to drink from your father?”
“Stop dripping, father. My father is away.”
“Kuheumm-.”
“Isn’t it too expensive a kite to buy with drops of blood? I don’t know if I hit the neck again.”
“!”
“So stop talking and talk about the contract.”
Mugyeol began to bring out the main topic in earnest.
Even though he wasn’t holding the contract, Mugyeol was already aware of all the gist of the contract.
“Compulsory contract extension clause for fight money contract period, restriction on increase in fight money clause, compulsory product sponsor clause, fight money reduction clause in case of refusal of matchmaking… Well, these are not poisonous clauses.”
“…”
“How on earth do you roast and boil the players to sign contracts like this?”
There was no composure on Chairman Young-Gil Jang’s face.
Jang Young-gil, who had not even touched alcohol, was blushing up to the nape of his neck, and was struggling to swallow the anger rising up.
“You’re smarter than I thought, my friend.”
“You have to be smart to be good at fighting, right?”
“Why did the players ask why I signed the contract?”
“yes.”
“The reason is simple. Because the best stage they can play on is the RCF.”
Jang Young-gil had infinite pride in RCF.
No matter what anyone says, the best organization in Asia is RCF.
An organization that was created in a fighting wasteland is now importing fighters from all over Asia.
It sells PPV (Pay Per View) in over 60 countries.
“Of course, this contract may seem unfair right now. But RCF is an arena of opportunity. If you continue to show good performances, it is possible to renew the contract under good conditions.”
“…”
“The current champion, Han Dae-geun, Kim Pil-seong, Ji Kang-ju, and Ahmed Inoue… All of them went through this process and became stars. Now, even if they are called by the WFC, they do not leave the group.”
“Since you don’t have the confidence to become a dragon head, you must be content with a snake head.”
Until now, Jang Young-gil had tried to hide his emotions, but he couldn’t help but laugh at those words.
“Look at the RCF champion and get a snake head. What do you think of the person who said that?”
“It’s a grounder. A grounder who has come to break the head of a snake.”
Jang Young-gil’s eyes were ferocious, but Mu-gyeol never avoided his eyes.
There was no reason to avoid it.
Jang Young-gil will try to conciliate him anyway.
The fact that Jang Young-gil personally called him to this place proved that.
RCF needs a car integrity.
“…good. If you run the game, you’ll know. Whether he was a snake head crusher or a mere rat.”
“Now let’s get to the point.”
“My conditions have already been communicated through Chief Woo. Now I need to hear your story.”
“yes.”
“What do you want? Fight Money Raise? shorten the contract period? Or individual sponsors allowed?”
“There was a lot of talk about this and that, but actually one thing is enough.”
Saying that, Mugyeol leaned slightly toward Jang Young-gil.
“Adjusted per match PPV bonus rate. That one is enough.”
“What!?”
President Jang Young-gil’s face distorted at the word PPV.
The secret to RCF’s successful revenue model is PPV sales.
In particular, it was no exaggeration to say that PPVs sold to the populous Central Asia and the Middle East accounted for the majority of RCF’s revenue structure.
The story of the PPV ratio comes out of the mouth of only a high school student.
A story that even middleweight champion Han Dae-geun and light heavyweight champion Ji Kang-ju could not easily tell!
However, Chairman Jang Young-gil was a person with entrepreneurial temperament.
Cha Moo Gyeol This bastard is not just a guy who does a bit of fighting.
The young guy is blindly grasping the value of his product.
Besides, he knows how to negotiate using it.
If tamed well, he could create the ‘heavyweight McGregor’ he always dreamed of.
“Listen and see. How much do you want?”
“7 to 3. Of course, mine is 7.”
“!?”
The two numbers 7 and 3 turned Jang Young-gil upside down.
The bleeding in the palm of my hand, which had barely stopped because I had clenched my fist so tightly, started again.
How far is this little boy trying to test my patience!
“Of course, I have no intention of going bare-mouthed either.”
“What are you talking about again?”
“If you concede that much, I should be prepared for at least one poison clause.”
“…?”
“The provision I would like to propose is…”
The very next moment.
Jang Young-gil’s eyes widened at the new provision that came out of his mouth.
* * *
[‘Real Fighter’ winner Cha Mu-gyeol RCF signs a blitz contract!]
[Chairman Jang Young-gil “Details of the contract are private. However, I promised the best treatment.”
] [Cha Moo-gyeol included in the RCF middleweight roster will be a new wind in the Asian heavyweight division?] [
The most influential RCF middleweight match, freshened up by Cha Moo-gyeol’s joining, is Cha Moo-gyeol vs. Chae Won-ki.]
[Cha Moo-gyeol What is the story between Mugyeol and Chae Won-ki?]
After the successful completion of the RCF player contract.
In ‘Team RCF’, the core gym under RCF, preparations were in full swing.
RCF has about 30 to 40 players in each weight class, and more than half of them belonged to ‘Team RCF’.
Players from other small and medium gyms Of course there are players from foreign gyms, but the backbone of RCF is, no matter what anyone says, ‘Team RCF’.
Among them, the RCF Jongno branch has the largest number of heavyweight divisions.
Starting next week, Mugyeol will also go to the RCF Jongno branch to exercise.
And the deputy director of the Jongno branch is Chae Won-gi, a middleweight.
It was Chae Won-gi, who had already created a flawless story in the first selection process for ‘Real Fighter’.
That’s why the heavyweights in the gym couldn’t see Mugyeol favorably.
“I heard Cha Moo-gyeol is coming to the gym from next week?”
“No, how did you sign the contract right away without a probationary period?”
“I know. Originally, isn’t it national rule to sign a contract after scrubbing the gym floor for three months?”
“They’re giving me special treatment because they’re on TV.”
“Even if the fucking Vice-Chief wasn’t vigilant, he’d pull out his hair right away.”
“That no-nonsense bastard.”
The welcome ceremony prepared by the heavyweights of the RCF Jongno Branch was simple.
Any player entering the ‘Team RCF’ gym will undergo a physical fitness test and sparring.
A method of mass sparring (sparring that does not allow hard blows) in which fighters of the same weight class take turns conducting rounds.
But this time, I decided to increase the intensity a bit.
“If you don’t catch the pasture first, you will look ridiculous.”
“okay. Let’s make sure to step on it.”
“Fortunately, the video of that guy’s game came out quite a bit in this program.”
The heavyweights of the RCF Jongno branch watched and analyzed the video of the match every day.
The reason why it is difficult to maintain a winning streak in MMA is that the more fights accumulate, the better the opponent analyzes.
The more matches you have, the more opponents can analyze them and prepare tactics.
So, it becomes much harder to keep the winning streak.
Cha Mu-gyeol was no longer an unknown player.
I left quite a lot of game videos through ‘Real Fighter’.
“First of all, Patta counts so fucking hard, bro.”
“Fuck, even if you wear 12 ounces and get hit, you’re going to go to one room?”
“But it is not without weaknesses.”
“I know. Individually, the technique is good, but the linkage is poor.”
“If this had been for 30 more seconds, Daegeun hyung would have made a bloody mess?”
“I think we can dig into the weakness of not having a technical connection.”
“Well, where can a guy who has no sparring opponents train for his skills?”
“Okay. Let’s step on this bitch’s grass very well.”
But they didn’t know.
From the end of ‘Real Fighter’ until now, no one has played more rounds than Cha Moo-gyeol.
And a week later, Moogyeol finally took his first step at the RCF Jongno Gymnasium.
