Chapter 83: Importance of Interviews

Without a word, the players of Seidou High School returned to the dormitory one after another.

Taking a bath, eating

After these minor matters were all over, Coach Kataoka told everyone in a very bland way that they were going to be interviewed at night.

And after that was chaos!

As early as when they first entered Koshien, the players of Seidou High School experienced the madness of the media.

Now that that they are going to face it directly, they of course have mixed feelings about this.

What to say? How to act? Not to mention the players in the first and second grades, even the Senpais in the third grade are extremely nervous.

Of course, there are also people who are calm. Long before entering Koshien, there were many star players in Seidou High School.

For example, Takigawa Chris, who was the No. 1 catcher in Kanto, and Miyuki Kazuya, the Savior of Seidou High School who was highly anticipated just after entering high school.

These players, who were famous in their youth, were obviously a little calmer than others.

The most calm one here is to say the Maou Sawamura Eijun!

Although there is still a big gap between the Softball League and Koshien. But Sawamura was completely immune to all kinds of interviews because of his because of his past experience.

Looking at Sawamura, who was calm and comfortable, the surrounding teammates were also envious and 'jealous'.

As expected of the star player who won the title of the best in the country during his middle school days. The experience of leading the team to dominate the country twice has become Sawamura's most valuable asset.

People who have such experience can face the interview calmly, and these players of Seidou High School can understand it.

Others, even the captain, Kominato Ryosuke, were not particularly calm.

This can be seen from their strange actions.

Yuuki has been pulling Miyuki to play Shogi!

Don't be fooled by Yuuki's calm and unshakeable face, when it comes to playing chess, the only polite thing you can say is, he sucks.

There are no better words to describe it, he just sucks that it is strange that he still likes the game.

Sawamura had been beaten to torture in Shogi by his grandfather several times when he was a child. And he was decent in Shogi.

At this level, when he plays chess with the captain, he will win even if the Captain figures out what happened.

That is why he preferred Miyuki, who was much simpler and easy to challenge. But that didn't save him from the fate of losing every time.

Kominato Ryosuke chatted with his little brother. It can be seen that the two brothers communicated very happily. At least Kominato Ryosuke, who is the big brother, should feel very happy.

The reaction of these two people seemed to be relatively normal, but their little actions betrayed them.

Even if it was them, they were a little nervous about the upcoming interview.

"Is it necessary?"

Kuramochi did not understand this. Although knowing about the interview, he was also very excited. However, after the excitement, he didn't know what he should do.

Besides, it is not the first time that Seidou High School has accepted such an interview.

When they won the championship of the Kanto Tournament before, the media asked for interviews, but Seidou's management refused.

So, when he was going to be interviewed now he was obviously nervous.

"Of course it is necessary!"

Seeing Kuramochi looked like that, as a good Kohai, Sawamura had to enlighten him.

"What is necessary?" Kuramochi asked.

At the same time, in the dormitory where Coach Kataoka was staying.

Coach Kataoka sat alone on the sofa in the reception room, with Takashima Rei and Coach Ochiai standing opposite him.

"Superintendent?" Takashima Rei hesitated.

Ochiai looked at Kataoka strangely while stroking his goatee.

"There will be an interview in the evening, don't you need to let the players write their answers in advance? For those players in the third year, this is likely to be their stepping stone to college and even a professional career. If it can impress the audience, For their future…"

Coach Kataoka was noncommittal.

Back in the dormitory hall.

Sawamura pondered and asked, "How do you think the audiences know about the players?"

"Of course, by seeing them playing!" Kuramochi said of course.

Sawamura nodded: "That's absolutely right."

'Eh?'

Kuramochi looked at Sawamura suspiciously, Listen to what this means, is there anything else?

"A baseball player who wants to be famous must have a solid foundation. This foundation has two aspects, one is his own performance, and the other is the team's performance. In total, it is the performance on the field. A baseball star, especially a professional baseball star, is based on great on-field performance."

"But for a baseball star, it's not enough to have the foundation. There are solid players on the baseball field but are players of average reputation, do you know why?"

Kuramochi may have thought about such a question, but he shook his head again as expected.

"It's propaganda!" Sawamura said with feeling.

In the past, Sawamura suffered a lot in this regard.

"A baseball player wants to be remembered, in addition to hard work on the field, he must also have an image that is not unpleasant off the field."

Before Sawamura could finish speaking, Kuramochi Yoichi's expression changed.

"You mean, we have to put on an act?"

Sawamura's statement made Kuramochi shudder. Originally, he was thinking of going straight to professional baseball, but right now he hesitated.

"What? Of course not." Sawamura was also taken aback by Kuramochi's statement. The young man's mind was spinning too fast, and Sawamura couldn't adapt.

"Compared to entertainment stars, sports stars have less exposure. As long as they don't make scandals, they are usually all right.

Of course, even if they act in front of the media, they can't act for a lifetime. Their own personality cannot be concealed, and we must do it. The key is to show our own good points so that the audience can understand us more, more accurately, and in more detail.

Of course, in this process, we must be careful with words and actions."

Kuramochi was stunned by what Sawamura said.

"We just reached the fourth round of Koshien, isn't it too early to think about this?"

From Kuramochi's point of view, the things Sawamura Eijun said can be done after Seidou High School finishes the Koshien.

You know, Seidou High School's dream is to dominate the country. If these things distract them now, it is very likely for them to return with an empty basket in the end.

"Exactly!"

Sawamura smiled wryly.

Considering it from the standpoint of Seidou High School, players shouldn't think so much right now. Everyone should work together to win the championship first, and it is not too late to think about it after winning the championship.

"But none of us live in a vacuum. After the end of Koshien, even if we win the championship, the relevance will be greatly reduced. If we can't let more audiences get acquainted with us during the competition, it will be too late after the end of Koshien!" Sawamura said.

"That..." Kuramochi wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't say a word.

"For us first- and second-year players, it really doesn't have much impact. But for third-year Senpais, it's different! If they don't take advantage of this time to get enough capital and wait until after Koshien. They are still unknown, how can they have a future career? The Coach probably also considered this, and reluctantly agreed to the interview with the press conference."

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