"I'm a professional tennis player who wants to play a practice match with you..."

Taro Sakaki sat in front of the piano, his fingers on the keys but not pressing them, and told Xingyan about the phone call he received this morning.

Last night, when Xingyan returned home, he told him that someone wanted to find him through Echizen Nanjiro, and also said that they would contact his parents first.

But he didn't expect that the other party had called him just this morning.

Moreover, that person...

Not suitable.

At least not a suitable opponent to practice with Xing Yan now.

"Professional tennis player? Why would a professional level player contact me? Are you sure they won't just give me a contract to become a professional tennis player after I play a practice match?"

Xingyan sat behind Sakaki Taro's desk, with his feet rudely placed on the corner of the table, looking like he was in a very unhappy mood.

If it was someone of the same age who just wanted to play a game of tennis with him, he would definitely have no objection.

...

...

However, this person turned out to be a professional tennis player, so the matter was definitely not simple.

When he was playing games outside before, some companies wanted to sign contracts with him, but he simply ignored them.

It seems that some people can no longer sit still.

"Our family is not short of money, so we don't need you to go out and play professionally to make money. I was going to refuse directly, but I still want to hear your opinion first."

Taro Sakaki shook his head. He had never thought of letting Xingyan pursue the career network path.

You don’t make much money, and you are still subject to supervision. Various company agreements are very troublesome.

If Xingyan really wants to go to Zhiwang one day, he can set up a related department in the company and let Xingyan be his own boss.

However, if it was just an invitation for a practice match, he wouldn't mind sending Xingyan there once, so that he could see the strength of a professional player.

Regarding the strength of professional players, it is not the same as that of Nanjiro Echizen.

"What conditions did the other party offer? Although my family is not short of money, I cannot agree to play a practice match at this time without some benefits.

Dad, our family is in business. As long as the money is in place, I don't mind teaching the other party a lesson. It just so happens that I may need someone to attack with all my strength recently."

Xingyan put his feet down, stood up, walked to Sakaki Taro, and pressed his fingers lightly on the keys.

Ask him to play tennis, sure!

It's just his appearance fee...

It’s very expensive!

"Do you need money?"

Taro Sakaki waved his hand to tell Xingyan not to destroy his piano, then looked at his son seriously, wondering if he had given him too little pocket money.

"No need. The money I earned before can be used after I grow up, but I don't like being taken advantage of, even by someone who can fight with me."

Shaking his head, Xingyan felt that he had no idea about money now.

Generally speaking, he has more money that belongs to him than Tetsuya.

Although it is a junior group, the bonus from the Grand Slam is still a considerable amount, and there is also the extra pocket money given by my father every month...

We've talked about pocket money before. His pocket money alone is more than double what Gakuto, Jiro, and Shishido have combined.

In short, there is no shortage of money.

"How much are you going to charge them?"

Taro Sakaki was sure that his son was not short of money, so he stopped worrying about it.

But there must always be a number.

"Since he's a professional player, let's double his appearance fee for his most recent match. After all, I still have the title of "unique" to my name, so it's not too exaggerated for them."

After thinking about it carefully, Xingyan decided the matter so simply.

As for the other party's appearance fee...

It doesn't matter whether it's a lot or a little, he just wants the other party to know that the cost of inviting him over is more than the cost of inviting their professional player.

"Okay, go to class well this afternoon, and leave this matter to Dad."

Taro Sakaki understood what Xingyan meant. He glanced at his beloved piano and hurriedly urged his son to go back to the classroom.

"Dad, you've worked hard. Tell me if you have any news."

Xingyan didn’t have much in mind for this practice match, and he didn’t really care whether he went or not.

Now, he still attends classes and then has to make training schedules for all the regular and reserve players in the tennis club.

I watched them play against each other this morning. After the starters, they also called in the reserves to play a game each. There will be more to do in the next training schedule.

When it was time for afternoon activities, Xing Yan brought a thick pile of training schedules to the tennis club, and found that both the regular players and the reserve players looked at him strangely.

"What's wrong?"

Xingyan looked at the training schedule in his hand. The number was indeed a bit too many, but some of them were reserves, so there was no problem.

"Well...um...you should say it."

Yuushi Oshitari lowered his head and coughed, wanting to say something, but after hesitating for a while, he let Atobe do it.

"Atobe, what happened?"

Xingyan handed the training schedule in his hand to Huadi beside him and walked in front of Jibe, suspecting that this guy was planning to arrange some surprise activity again.

After all, in the original plot, Atobe really did this kind of thing.

"When they heard that you were going to play against professional players, they wanted to cheer you on, but these guys are too stupid. They think I need to plan this kind of thing. It's really..."

Atobe Keigo raised his hand to cover half of his face and told the story with a vague look in his eyes.

However, looking at him, it didn't seem like someone else invited him to speak, but rather it seemed like he organized it.

"I don't really want to go, really!"

With an awkward smile, Xing Yan didn't expect that he would be the last one to know.

However, why would Dad think of telling Atobe and the others?

"The professional player has taken the initiative to challenge you, Xingyan, of course you have to defeat him. We are waiting for your good news. As for the matters concerning the regional qualifiers, just leave it to us without any worries."

Atobe patted Xingyan on the shoulder and told him not to worry about the school team's game.

They were a little confused at first about the conflicting timing of the two events, but then they realized that they couldn't use this regional qualifier to delay Xingyan's progress.

"What do you mean, the time that dad arranged with them is during the regional qualifiers?"

Xing Yan is really confused now.

It’s okay for him to go out and play at other times, but how can he fly abroad when Hyotei is participating in the competition? If he has to choose between these two things, Hyotei’s competition is definitely more important!