Now that he had obtained the C-grade ability too, he let Jung Ho go.
"Ha… I'm tired… Let's stop."
"Ha! You're tired already? You did get better though..?"
"Thanks to you. Hehe."
"What?"
"No, it's okay. Let's go eat snacks!"
"Do you even have money?"
"Of course, silly."
He had earned abilities - a 30 cent cup of tteokbeokki wasn't anything.
It was worth emptying out his piggy bank at home.
"But your family's so poor. Won't your mum get mad?"
"....."
Jung Ho. He was always rotten.
If he hadn't just said that, I would have bought him anything from lollies to Pikachu.
Ho Yung couldn't bring himself to be the bigger person and took out a 10cent coin.
"Here."
"What's this!"
"We're done here. Get out."
"Hey! No! You bastard!"
Ho Yung just cooly went home regardless.
As he was returning home, he thought deeper.
To grow these abilities - for it to bloom - he needed to shed blood and sweat. Building up a foundation was a given - if he wanted to start soccer officially, he needed to learn professionally.
It was too hard to do alone.
It would be best to get into a renowned prestigious academy but the fees were a problem.
He knew the family situation and so Ho Yung felt that he could not ask for these ridiculous fees.
His brother had just started walking. It was overwhelming to pay for his baby food, let alone this extra expenditure.
So what could he do?
'Let's let the world know of my skill. Then maybe I could get sponsored?'
Maybe he could be scouted by a youth team of a professional team, or be called overseas; in any way, it was the fastest way out.
There was that 5-year-old who was scouted from YouTube after someone uploaded a video of him playing soccer.
'We don't even have YouTube yet, do we.'
There was no YouTube, or smartphones for that matter. This way was impossible.
That means there was only one way!
'Television?'
There was a TV show that played once in a while. It was focused on youth and always showed around the World Cup season.
There were ten children - a very high number - who were scouted from that show and grew up to be professional players. Notably, Kang Min Lee from Valencia CF.
It was the only way he could rise to stardom. If he could get on TV and show his skills, he would start receiving sponsorships.
'Okay... that's my plan.'
A program came to his head - a show that had aired right after the 2002 Korea World Cup.
It was the youth development project that had produced the youth soccer boom!
Ho Yung quickly washed his hands and feet and sat in front of the computer upon returning home. He stared intensely at the thick monitor and searched the internet. He stood up suddenly.
He ran to Hwang Sun, who had been laying there watching TV.