Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 52: An Jing's Pressure
When taking the small notebook, An Jingzhen looked confused.

"What are you doing? You're so mysterious..."

"Hehehe, the trainer will know once he sees it."

The Northern Black Colt twitched its ears, wagged its tail, held its little fists in front of it, and said with anticipation.

On the side, Vodka also came over curiously.

"Hey? Why are you so mysterious? Can I take a look?"

"Yeah! Actually, I need your help to look at these!"

"Is that so... Hey? Isn't this your opponent in the next match?"

After glancing at the small notebook in An Jingzhen's hand, Vodka looked at Beifang Xuanju in surprise.

"You really did go and investigate secretly, Xiaobei."

"Uh-huh!"

Nodding repeatedly, looking at An Jingzhen, Beibu Xuanju said gratefully:
"I said before that I wanted to do something for the trainer, and I will definitely do what I said.

"Actually, I know that too. The trainer should understand these things better than I do.

"But what if I can be of some help?
"It would be fine if I didn't know anything, but knowing something like that, how could I not do anything?"

While flipping through the small notebook, Yasui Zhen raised his eyes with a look of surprise.

"That kind of thing? What kind of thing?"

"Ah, that's it..."

After briefly explaining the industry anecdotes I heard from my predecessors, the long ears of the Northern Black Colt were slightly drooping.

“I had only heard from my seniors that the competition was actually very cruel.

"I don't know what this means yet, but since the seniors said so, it must be like this.

“Unexpectedly, the trainers are also under a lot of pressure.

“Grandpa and the others said that the trainer is very good and asked me to follow the trainer from now on.

“But if I don’t perform well, the trainer will probably be upset too.

“I did win the first two races, but they weren’t big-money races.

"The next match is against a strong team like G2. It's easy to imagine that the trainers will be even busier than before."

Looking at An Jingzhen, Beibu Xuanju's red eyes flashed.

"So no matter what, I must find a way to help the trainer."

Yasui was silent.

To be honest, he is really under some pressure in the next game G2.

After hearing about Ohno Shoji from Saburo Kitajima, he did a little research.

It turned out that this chamber of commerce had been supporting some horse racing girls for a long time.

The support method is very low-key, which makes it not very well-known in the industry. Many trainers are not aware of the existence of this chamber of commerce, and even the horse girls who receive support themselves do not know about it.

Over the years, Umamusume supported by Ohno Shoji has participated in about 2000 races, of which less than % were victories.

The results in terms of big rewards were even worse, with only 2 games.

Of these two big prizes, one is not G2 and the other is not G1 either.

To be honest, from Yasui Shin's perspective, the reason why this chamber of commerce has always been low-key is probably because its achievements are not very eye-catching and it cannot be high-profile at all.

But no matter what the results are, this is a chamber of commerce after all.

He knew very well what Northern Xuanju mentioned, and even understood the coldness and ruthlessness of the Chamber of Commerce and the wealthy families better than these horse racing girls.

The Umamusume industry operates on a commercial basis. Match tickets, broadcast rights, support coupons, endorsements, merchandise, upstream and downstream industries, stocks...

The income from each item is not a small amount, which can support the millions to hundreds of millions of yuan in competition prize money, as well as the daily operations of the academy, stadiums, etc.

Choose one of the most famous horse girls as an example, such as Ogururo, who has the Hall of Fame title "Superstar".

During the years when this national idol was in service, the profit from peripheral dolls alone was 200 billion, and those dolls are still one of the hot-selling products now.

There is also the Arima commemoration of her retirement. The ticket stubs and support coupons for the game can be sold at sky-high prices in some small circles, and the purchase price through normal channels is also not a small amount.

With this level of income, the major forces supporting Uma Musume are not doing charity. It is no exaggeration to say that they only care about real money.

To make a profit, the horse girl you support must win the competition.

Not only do you have to win the competition, you also have to win a big reward, the biggest reward among all the big rewards.

Most horse girls do not face this kind of pressure directly. The ones who do face this kind of pressure are often the trainers or the team.

Yasui Makoto could understand what Satomi's trainer was facing because that was what he was facing as well.

He did sign an agreement with Northern Xuanju.

However, the agreement clearly states that if Uma Musume fails to achieve "ideal results" within a certain period of time, her family and supporters have the right to terminate the contract unconditionally and reserve "certain" rights to pursue liability.

The power to define "ideal results" and "certain" lies not in the hands of trainers like him, but in the hands of lawyers and judges.

From an emotional point of view, judging from their last meeting, he felt that Kitajima Saburo seemed to approve of him.

But he never makes decisions based on emotion.

In his opinion, if the old man was not satisfied, termination of the contract was not unimaginable.

Even if the old man doesn't have any opinion, Ohno Shoji may not think so.

Either terminating the contract or arranging a new trainer to guide the Northern Black Horse are all natural things to do.

This is where the pressure comes from.

It’s not that I’m worried about the mess that will come with the termination of the contract.

But during this period of time together, Beibu Xuanju's enthusiasm, cheerfulness, extroversion and straightforwardness made him unconsciously feel a lot.

To be honest, I feel a little sad and regretful when I think about parting with this girl.

He had no one to talk to about these feelings. His parents were willing to listen, but he was not used to talking about these things and did not want to make them worry, so he always felt it silently.

Now I find that even though I know nothing about many things, Beibu Xuanju sincerely wants to share my worries.

He felt a warm feeling in his heart for a moment, and at the same time, he changed his mind.

"So that's why you were hiding in the bushes with your butt sticking up this morning."

After revealing the things he had intended to conceal, Yasui Shin flipped through the small notebook and smiled:
“Well, it’s a rough investigative report, but many of the angles are quite novel.

"I've always attached great importance to temperament and psychology. I've been trying to understand it, and Xiaobei has given me a good idea."

Suddenly, Northern Xuanju's face turned red and her hands unconsciously touched her buttocks.

"Stick your butt out?! How did the trainer know...?!"

Vodka was a little dissatisfied.

"Hey, Yasui, is there anyone who describes a girl like that?"

This horse girl is very similar to Kita no Genju, both of them are straightforward horse girls. After getting to know each other for a while, she has started to call Yasui Makoto by her name and will speak her mind directly about whatever she thinks.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to mock you, it's just..."

After explaining to Vodka, Yasui Zhen looked at Kita no Xuanju with a smile.

"Didn't I tell you this morning that I wanted to check the drone? But when I was trying to take an aerial photo, I happened to see you hiding in the bushes."

(End of this chapter)