allendalepharm Chapter 488: Gym Signing Contract
Chapter 488: Gym Signing Contract
After Coach Jin’s explanation, Wang Qiyi roughly understood what signing a contract with a gym meant.
A gym is actually a Pokémon battle club. It usually runs amateur Pokémon battles and guides people to train Pokémons. Of course, there is another important job, which is to participate in the gym league. It is equivalent to the Pokémon battle professional competition. However, these are only the top-level and powerful gyms that participate. For example, the Azure Gym run by Coach Jin is a small gym that only does amateur training work and has no chance of participating in professional competitions.
If a gym wants to participate in professional competitions, it must sign a strong trainer. The trainer will also receive a large amount of sponsorship fees from the gym. The trainer who earns money will then invest the money in the cultivation of Pokémon, seek breakthroughs in strength, and then make more money.
The World Masters is a competition for representing the country, mainly for honor and fame, without much money. People like Wang Qiyi who participated in the World Masters even paid money to provide food and accommodation for the team. The Gym League is for clubs and trainers to make money.
Large families usually have their own businesses, so they don't need to worry about the money and resources for training elves. However, cultivating high-powered elves is extremely expensive, and even wealthy large families cannot allocate resources to all the children in the family. They can only concentrate resources on one or two particularly talented descendants.
Therefore, most trainers who specialize in combat need to earn money to raise Pokémon on their own. They usually have the following options:
The first, of course, is to work for the Alliance and become a civil servant with a career system. This includes the staff of the Alliance Elf Center. For example, the Secret Realm Investigation Team, forest rangers, sea patrollers, school teachers, Secret Realm Search and Rescue Team, Security Team, etc. These jobs are relatively easy, but the income is also limited.
Second, join the army. If you sign up for the local elf trainer corps, you can also get state subsidies and use the subsidy money to train elves. Of course, there are requirements for the type of elves you raise when joining the army. They must be the same as the elves in the corps, and all resources must be invested in the elves in the corps. The income is definitely higher than that of ordinary civil servants, but the degree of freedom is relatively lower.
Third, signing a contract with a gym. The income here fluctuates greatly. A weaker one can become a gym coach like Coach Jin, and the income of a part-time trainer is limited. A stronger one can sign a contract with a powerful gym, participate in the professional league, and become a star trainer. The top ones can earn over 100 million yuan a year.
Fourth, freelance work. This type of income is even more unstable, it is completely a matter of the survival of the fittest, and you can't be sure of your future. You can be a private detective like Luyol, or a bodyguard for the rich, or an explorer of secret places, get treasures in secret places and sell them for money, etc.
Although Wang Qiyi is obsessed with elf training and fighting, he actually follows the path of scientific research and business. He relies on his own inventions to gain wealth through the operation of Glowing Technology Company, and then invests it in elf cultivation. Therefore, Coach Jin also thinks that Wang Qiyi really does not need to know about the gym league, and it is a bit embarrassing to ask him to join the gym.
"Trainers who sign contracts with gyms must be at least 15 years old. You just turned , didn't you? I trained you before because I wanted you to join our gym in the future. But you've grown too fast. From receiving your initial Pokémon at the age of to becoming a world champion, it's simply a miracle in the history of trainers. With your strength, I believe that a top domestic gym will find you soon, and maybe even an internationally renowned gym."
"Now that you mention it, I remember that when I was in the Magic City Battle Tower, a person in charge of the tower asked me if I wanted to sign a contract with them after I turned 18. I thought it was some kind of commercial activity, and I already had my own business, so I refused. It turned out that they wanted to recruit me to join the Magic City Battle Tower team."
"Yes, the Magic City Battle Tower Team is a nationally renowned gym team. This is a gym run by the Wang family in Magic City, and its strength can be ranked in the top 20 in the world."
"Coach, just tell me straight, do you want to sign me to join the Azure Gym and represent the Azure Gym in the club league?"
"I used to think so, but the Deep Blue Gym can only participate in the Class C League, which is only amateur level. With your current strength, you must play in the Class A competition. I am here to invite you on behalf of the Deep Blue Gym in Hangzhou. The Deep Blue Gym is the number one water gym in Hangzhou, and the owner is my good friend. Their gym can play in the Class A league, but their results have always been mediocre."
"They have been wanting to sign some strong trainers to help them. There is only one month left in the regular season. If they don't perform well, they will miss the playoffs again this year. They are trying to recruit you through me."
Wang Qiyi was delighted when he heard this. He was just wondering if there was a suitable training platform. This Class A Gym League sounded very advanced and should be a very good platform for Pokémon fighting.
"Coach Jin, I want to know, what level of trainers will participate in the A-level gym league?"
"In the past, Class A was dominated by high-level masters and quasi-legendary, Class B was dominated by low-level and mid-level masters, and Class C was the arena for elite trainers. But in the past two years, everyone's Pokémon levels have improved, and more and more legendary Pokémon have appeared in Class A. I'm afraid that by the time the playoffs come, it will all be legends. In addition, didn't you announce the existence of Mega Evolution this year? So far, no one has used Mega Evolution in the regular season, but everyone believes that in this year's playoffs, someone will definitely use Mega Evolution, so the level of the competition is still quite high."
"Legendary trainer? Will the Four Heavenly Kings like Li Yunfeng and Wang Ruoping also participate in this kind of league?"
"Not necessarily. The Li family and the Wang family are both famous big families, and they are both the most promising young generations in the family. They have no shortage of elves and resources. They don't need to play in the gym league just to make money. Their elves will spend more time in the secret realm to practice and train."
"Of course, the Shenlong Gym of the Yulong Li family and the Magic City Battle Tower of the Magic City Wang family are both top gyms. Li Yunfeng and Wang Ruoping should have signed contracts with their family gyms, and they may be invited to represent their family gyms in the playoffs. Although they are called the Four Heavenly Kings, this is just a title earned from the National Masters Tournament. The Masters Tournament has an age limit, but this gym league has no age limit. Many veteran legends will appear, so they will not have much advantage in the playoffs."
"That sounds good."
"Then you have accepted my invitation!" Coach Jin was overjoyed.
"I'll go to Hangzhou to sign the contract after the New Year. I'm on my way home now. Please let me spend the New Year holiday first. It's not easy to get some free time."
"No problem, you don't have to go to Hangzhou. I'll have the people from the Deep Blue Gym come to Wen'an County to bring the contract. If you are free, come to the Deep Blue Gym and have a seat. I'll have them come to the Deep Blue Gym to meet with you and sign the contract."
After hanging up the phone, Wang Qiyi thought: I have several Pokémon that have reached the legendary level. If I take them out to participate in this competition, I can turn it into a baby cup. Since the main purpose is to practice, let Xiaohong and Jerry, who are close to breakthrough, play more and use the pressure of the competition to achieve a breakthrough. For the time being, I will use this gym league as a stepping stone for practice. After winning the championship, the next step is to participate in the National Pokémon Peak Competition and apply for the legendary trainer assessment. This is the plan for the time being.
After returning to Wen'an County, Wang Qiyi went back home first. To be honest, he was completely unfamiliar with this home, and was more familiar with the employee dormitory building in the Jiajia Villa Community. His parents now live in a large villa that they bought this year, and he has not been there yet. If his father had not sent him the location on his phone, he might not have been able to find where his home was.
Huiguang Technology has grown rapidly in recent years and has become one of the world's top 100 companies. CEO Jia Shangda has even made it onto the Forbes rich list. As for the major shareholder Wang Qiyi, he has never really calculated how much money he has now, because that black card will never be used up anyway.