Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 187: So Many Reed Hairs
When mentioning the head of the Mejiro family and his grandmother, Mejiro McQueen's expression became very solemn.

"Grandma once said that she hoped I could fulfill the long-cherished wish of the Mejiro family's three-generation hegemony reward from the Emperor, and that's why I'm working hard for this."

"Besides that, I hope that the Mejiro family can continue to prosper."

"To show the style of the Mejiro family horse girls in international competitions and to make the family go global from Japan is something that my grandmother, my sisters, and younger generations like me all aspire to do."

With her hands on her chest, she glanced at the Emperor of the East China Sea beside her again. Seeing the latter's surprised expression, she couldn't help but a hint of pride flashed across her eyes again.

But this pride soon faded away and she frowned slightly.

"But I still have a question about going overseas, and I hope Chief Kitahara can answer it."

"Clear the confusion?"

Hearing this, Kitahara thought for a moment and quickly thought of what Mejiro McQueen might ask.

"Are you talking about the conflict between your debut and the European expedition?"

Mejiro McQueen nodded.

"Well, it happened to be the end-of-semester physical exam a while ago."

"Based on the results of the physical examination, I should be able to compete next year."

"In that case, I will have to consider my debut competition in the second half of next year or at the end of the year."

"I will definitely participate in events like the Classic Tournament and the Emperor's Spring Viewing Tournament. Your debut tournament will definitely be in Japan."

"If I spend most of next year in Europe, it might affect my adaptation to the Japanese arena."

"Maybe it's a little rude to say this, but..."

After a slight hesitation, he looked at his sister, and when he saw Mejiro Takamine nodded slightly in response, Mejiro McQueen's expression perked up and he looked at Kitahara again.

"I would like to ask, how to ensure adaptability to Japanese sites during the European expedition? Has Chief Kitahara ever considered this?"

"When I talked to Sister Gao Feng and Sister Aldan before, I didn't seem to hear anything about this."

Maybe this is the most talented horse girl, Mejiro McQueen’s judgment is still very sharp.

What she learned from other sources was correct. Kitahara and Nagase had not yet started to plan in such detail how to adapt to the Japanese arena after going to Europe.

There have been very few cases of European expeditions in the past, and this time it is a long-term adaptive arrangement that is completely different from the past.

Many details cannot be considered in a short period of time, and Yongshi originally planned to gradually improve this plan in the second half of the year.

However, detailed planning needs to be carried out slowly, and relevant ideas do exist.

“McQueen’s suggestion is very good. We do need to consider the adaptability of different venues and conduct training in Japan and Europe at the same time. This arrangement is still necessary.”

After praising him, Kitahara couldn't help but laugh when he saw Mejiro McQueen cheer up.

"There is no detailed plan in Yongshi yet, but we do have a general idea."

"You happened to mention it. I'll briefly explain it to you and the emperor now. Gao Feng probably doesn't know this yet."

After taking a quick look around, he explained:

"In terms of venue, Yongshi plans to try to arrange to open a venue in Europe similar to the one in Japan through some conveniences."

“This way, even if I’m in Europe, I can train my adaptability to both venues at the same time.”

Of course, he was talking about the European estate that Satomi Seiki bought, but that's not entirely true.

Although we haven't confirmed our attitude with the other party yet, it is still unknown whether we will use that venue at that time.

But even without using someone else's venue, Kitahara feels that he can still achieve this in the same way in the future.

For example, Yongshi bought a manor in Europe for himself.

It is still difficult to achieve this with the team's current budget.

It’s not that the team members didn’t win much in prize money through the competition, nor is it that Hewan Enterprises couldn’t come up with that much money.

So far, Oguruma and her friends have participated in high-prize events, and the Classic Triple Crown and Emperor's Spring Viewing are the highest prizes among the high prizes.

The prize money for the champion of such events is tens of millions, and the prize money for the second to fifth place is not as much, but it is also in the millions.

Correspondingly, the bonuses and allowances received by the trainers are not a small amount.

The business of Hewan Enterprise is developing smoothly. Its fixed assets and working capital are increasing day by day. The entire industry can be described as thriving.

The problem is that after taking out so much money at once for European affairs, there will be some problems with the capital chain.

For business activities, it is not important how much fixed assets there are, what is important is how much working capital there is.

With working capital, many projects can be smoothly advanced, and the profits obtained can be continuously invested in the project itself or in launching new projects.

However, if there is a problem with the capital chain, not only will existing plans and new plans not be able to be carried out smoothly, but it may also affect the company itself.

This is also the reason why the European arrangements will take about half a year to slowly unfold.

The current project is guaranteed to be stable, and there will be more money-making projects in the future, such as Uma Musume-related games and movies.

With those plans, and as long as there are no problems with the industry's capital chain and development, there should theoretically be no major problems in preparing sufficient site funds before next year.

These plans are usually discussed within the Yongshi team. Because they involve too many business contents, no other team member is good at them except Kitahara and Konan Tomomi, so in most cases they are responsible for them.

For Oguruma and the others, they only knew that their bonuses had gone around in circles and then "mysteriously" became more and more, and continued to increase.

They are not particularly concerned about how it became so numerous or how it will be distributed later.

So, when even the internal members didn't know much about these things, Kitahara took some time to explain them briefly.

“…I didn’t understand some of the content, but it’s clear that Chief Kitahara has given a lot of thought.”

After listening to Kitahara's explanation, Mejiro McQueen thought for a moment and soon laughed, "If that's the case, then there's actually no big problem."

"If it's the Eternal Team, I believe they can solve the problem of site adaptability."

"Then maybe the emperor will still hesitate. I think I can definitely participate in the training of Yongshi right now."

"Once it's officially released next year, I'll be able to officially join as a Uma Musume pre-debut."

"So……"

"Wait, wait a minute! Who said I was going to hesitate? I want to do the same!"

Before Mejiro McQueen could finish his words, the Emperor of the East China Sea interrupted him without giving in.

"Since McQueen has said so, I will join Yongshi's training now!"

"Don't worry, uncle. No matter how hard the training is, I can complete it beautifully. I will never lose to this guy!"

“Eh…? Someone, who are you talking about?”

It's amazing that when facing the Emperor of the East China Sea, Mubai McQueen always finds it difficult to maintain her ladylike demeanor. As soon as she was rebuked, she was a little overwhelmed.

"Also, Emperor, please stop imitating my way of speaking, okay?"

She couldn't help but retort.

"How could I imitate your way of speaking? These are obviously my own thoughts!"

The Emperor of the East China Sea responded unwillingly.

"But I said it first. If you say it again, you are just imitating me..."

"No, no! I don't want to hear you! I'm not talking like McQueen!"

Facing McQueen's questioning, the Emperor of the East China Sea childishly covered his ears, blinked one eye, stuck out his tongue, and made a face.

"You, you bastard..."

Obviously she was terribly angry, and Mubai McQueen was almost unable to maintain her ladylike dignity.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing, you two. Really..."

Feeling that the quarrel between the two horse girls in front of him was a bit familiar, Kitahara habitually tried to smooth things over. "That's exactly what I was thinking."

Then, he changed the subject, "Whether it's about my future plans or my adaptability to the team, in my opinion, it's not something that can be figured out all at once."

"The best thing to do is to try it out yourself in Eternity."

"After the Takarazuka Kinen and Takamatsunomiya Cups, there will be joint training. You two can adapt together during this time."

“If everything is OK, then we can proceed in this way.”

"Do you two have any objections to this arrangement?"

With this last question, Kitahara looked towards the Ludor symbol and the Mejiro peak.

These two legendary horse racing girls both have a bit of parental aura at this moment, and their attitude at the moment is just like bringing their children to interview a teacher.

No matter what the children think, the final decision will definitely be made by the adults, so their opinions are extremely important.

"I don't think there's any problem. I'd rather say..."

Hearing Kitahara's question, Luduo glanced at Mejiro Peak symbolically, and seeing a look in response from the other side, she smiled and looked at Kitahara.

"This is what Gao Feng and I planned from the beginning."

“Although the Yongshi team was established relatively recently, it has already demonstrated many refreshing training methods.”

"This kind of training is the first time for Yongshi."

"I'm not worried that you won't be able to handle it well. On the contrary, I think you should have some new and excellent methods during this period."

"I brought Emperor and McQueen here before the joint training. I also wanted to use this training to help them improve themselves."

"Then for the next period of time, I'll leave these two children in your care, Kitahara."

Saying this, Luduo bowed to Kitahara in a very formal manner, and Mejiro Peak did the same.

"Then there won't be any big problems, then..."

Seeing that the Emperor of the East China Sea and Mejiro McQueen also hurriedly said "Please give me your advice" and saluted, Kitahara smiled.

"Let's start adapting from this pre-match meeting."

"It just so happens that the Takarazuka Kinen competition is about to be arranged. This is also a very important training content in Eisei."

"You two can start here and get a feel for our usual training and competition habits."

After communicating with two pairs of "parents and students" for a while, the originally scheduled event arrangement meeting was slightly postponed, but the members waiting in the meeting room were waiting patiently.

After entering the conference room, he briefly introduced the situation of the negotiations outside, and the room soon became lively.

"Oh wow! Are Emperor and McQueen planning on joining Eternity? That would be awesome."

Oguri Mao said this excitedly, then reached out and touched the head of Oguri Roman beside him, "In this way, there will be friends of similar age running side by side with Oguri."

“This was a headache for me before.”

"Xiao Xiaoli is also a good runner, but she is still too young. If she runs with us, she will always fall behind and it will be too tiring for her."

Hearing that his sister has always cared about him, Oguri Roman immediately showed a happy expression.

She smiled at her sister for a long time, then quickly bowed to the Emperor of the East Sea and Mebai McQueen and said, "Hello, seniors. If we run and train together in the future, I will work hard. Please take care of me."

"Oh, Xiao Xiaoli has changed a lot now!"

The Emperor of the East China Sea was very outgoing and not at all nervous when he entered the conference room. He was generous and confident whether he was introducing himself or greeting people.

At this moment, she can still tease Oguri Roman with ease.

"It seemed that you were still very timid when I took you on a campus tour last time."

"Now, whether it's talking or training, you seem to be much more generous!"

"Very good, very good!"

"Hey, McQueen, isn't that right?"

This question was beyond Mejiro McQueen's expectations. She had never expected that her friend would suddenly ask her this.

“…Huh? What…”

But it seemed that she was used to being teased on a daily basis, so she reacted quickly.

"Ah, yes. Xiaoli is becoming more and more mature and grown up now."

As she spoke, she approached Oguri Roman, smiled and stretched out her hand to shake his, "You don't have to call me senior or anything like that. If anything, you are the senior since you joined Eternal World first."

"...You actually reacted? What a pity..."

Upon seeing this, the Emperor of the East China Sea muttered something meaningless.

The two sisters, Oguruma and her friends, have known the Emperor of the East China Sea and Mejiro McQueen for a long time. Xiaohaiwan and her friends also had contact with them in the previous "Big Eater Challenge". After introducing each other, the horse racing girls quickly became familiar with each other.

Taking advantage of this time, Kitahara was also thinking about something.

As Eternity continues to develop, it will still need more and more horse girls.

From the perspective of trainers and teams, continuous training and competition will help improve the overall level.

For horse racing ladies, training with like-minded partners and opponents of equal strength is often much more effective than practicing on their own. This has been proven through training in the past eternity.

Another consideration is the development of the entire industry.

In order to adjust Tamamo Cross's physical condition, I specially contacted the Golden Ship.

Together with Oguri Mamo and Oguri Roman, these are the four horse girls of the Ashima bloodline who are at different stages of development.

Through long-term analysis of their data, a rough system framework has gradually been formed.

Coincidentally, Mejiro McQueen is also of Ashima descent.

By this calculation, there is the Golden Ship that has not yet entered the stage of orthodoxy, Roman Oguri who has just begun to become orthodox, Mejiro McQueen in the early stage of orthodoxy, the Oguri hat from the classic year, and Tamamo Cross from the Furuma year.

This is the extremely complete “data source for research on the Ashima-blooded horse girl system”.

It is hard to say what the specific results will be from this comprehensive data, but there is no doubt that the results will be beneficial to their long-term development and to all racehorse girls with grey bloodlines.

The Yongshi team has many similar long-term plans.

In addition to what Oguruma just mentioned, it is best for horse girls of different age groups to run and train side by side.

Kitahara suddenly felt that perhaps he could take advantage of the opportunity of the East Sea Emperor and Mejiro McQueen to try to recruit some new horse girls while adjusting the training arrangements for the next period of time.

I remember that there were many people who liked to come to Eisei to practice before, right? So after the Takarazuka Kinen and Takamatsu Cup, I will start to arrange this.

After thinking for a while, Kitahara quickly clapped his hands, attracting the attention of everyone in the room who were chatting enthusiastically.

"Okay, if you want to chat, we'll have plenty of time after the meeting or the game. Let's talk about the game first."

After the opening remarks, except for the Emperor of the East China Sea and Mejiro McQueen who had not yet reacted, the rest of the people in the room quickly got into the mood, became serious one by one, and habitually looked at the projection screen in the conference room.

Kitahara certainly noticed the situation of the two horse girls, but his purpose was to let them experience all aspects of the eternal world firsthand, and then talk about it slowly after they had some experience, so he did not remind them.

He directly opened the PPT he had prepared and switched to the part about the contestants.

"First of all, we need to explain the opponent that needs the most attention during this Takarazuka Kinen."

"The Emperor of Akitsu."

"She won three G1s, including the Emperor's Autumn Viewing Stakes and the Mile Stakes last year, by a combined 5 lengths."

“At the Hakodate Kinen in the middle distance, she set a new race record.”

Recently, I have been busy at home for many days. I will try my best to update in the next few days. I will open a separate chapter for more updates and exchanges with book friends.

Today I will update in 4k first. I will be busy in the evening. If I really don’t have time to update, I will find a way to make up for it later.

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