Chapter 267 Starting the Season for Sports 9 (1/2)

The truth wasn't that Jake didn't expect to become a starter, it was that in his past life he remembered how well Ed Cota played, so it was normal for him to think that with his current skill level he was the team's reserve.

Also, Jake was very confident that he could get a place in the team after a few games, he could see that Coach Smith seemed pleased with his performance and that his teammates accepted him over time.

So Jake thought that if they played multiple games scoring high points and playing very well, it was impossible for him to be left in the team reserve for long, it was because he was confident he didn't care.

In the team who had the most contact with him among the players, he was a fan of before was Vince Carter, what happened was that Vince had a very good personality and so he was liked by almost every player so Jake couldn't get close to Jake for now.

So the player on the team he was talking to most was still Charlie who was the first player to have a proper conversation with him, they both had a lot in common and after a while, they talked a lot about business too.

Charlie never intended to become a professional basketball player, he had a talent in basketball, but he also had a lot of responsibility for his family business, in that respect Charlie was very similar to Joseph.

So at the end of a training day, Charlie decided to call Jake to a diner so they could talk, Jake naturally accepted and warned his friends not to eat with them that day.

”You're really an interesting person, Jake, I think it's our teammates who are missing out on making friends with someone like you.”

”Hahaha you're very kind, I've been through a lot of trouble, that's why you find me interesting.”

Jake told some of his stories like when he got his first sponsorship and that he used that money to get his mother off the bad job where Eva was.

Jake also told how he raised money and earned money from other means to build a restaurant for his mother and that this restaurant was a success, also told some stories about his playing high school basketball.

Jake just didn't comment on some of his personal life and his investments, yet they talked about which companies might be better off investing at this time.

Knowing the Future Jake spoke quietly about companies that he knew investors could earn a lot from by investing if he knew the right time to sell his stock, Charlie thought all these tech companies were too risky to invest.

Jake also knew a little about Charlie's life who had gotten a college scholarship as well, Charlie always worked in his family business that was related to agriculture.

What Jake didn't know was that Charlie was a very successful investor in the future and that he would be CEO of a large agricultural investment company, if he knew that he could give Charlie some more investment tips.

”I didn't know you had entered this university with such high grades, you're also very smart, it looked like you really didn't need a sports scholarship and could get a scholarship like me.”

”I didn't know you were that smart and had good grades either, I confess I thought everyone on the basketball team could be smart, but they wouldn't have good grades.”

”It's good that you learn to put bias aside so you won't be so surprised at what happens, you said you haven't joined any fraternity yet?”

”Yes, it's not my way to join a fraternity, I don't like parties very much and I don't like meetings with a lot of people, my roommates think the same.”

”I don't agree with that, you have to go to a university to make the most of your university time, you said yourself that you wanted to enjoy your university time.”

”Yes, but I don't think it suits me to be in a fraternity.”

”You have to learn sometimes how to do what Jake doesn't want, maybe you can get closer to your teammates if you have a fraternity and you will belong to a group, this is very important for your social and professional life afterward. to finish college.”

Jake started to think and saw that what Charlie was saying was true, he himself knew that sometimes people knew each other or started to relate just because they attended the same fraternity, even though they knew each other after college was over.

It was like cheering for a football team and other well-known sports teams, sometimes people became friends just because they cheered for the same team after all the world as a society.