Chapter 97: The Mad Coaches

This was the real thing: a purple gold coin!

That was one hundred million copper coins!

Just like that, it was in his hands!

It was his now!

Coach Liu suddenly felt that the air of the night was wonderful, the wind was wonderful, and even the training ground he had long since grown tired of looked pleasing to the eye. The more he looked, the prettier it became.

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At half past seven the next morning, the driving school coaches arrived one after another at the training ground, and they saw a strange sight.

A young man was fast asleep in a reclining chair by the training ground, a blanket draped over him. Coach Liu's wife stood to one side fanning away mosquitoes for him, while Coach Liu himself stood in front of the young man, holding a notebook and reciting the theory of automobiles.

A few coaches walked over curiously and asked, "Old Liu, what are you doing?"

Old Liu glanced at him, said nothing, and kept reading from the notebook.

The coach was baffled. Why wasn't Old Liu speaking? Just as he was about to ask again, Mrs. Liu waved him away.

The coach was dumbfounded. What on earth was this supposed to be?

"Old Wang, what are Old Liu and his family doing? Who's that young fellow?"

"How should I know? Old Liu won't talk, and Xiao Wu won't talk either. I'm lost too."

"Could this be the newest trend this year?"

"What kind of trend would that be? Reciting car theory to someone who's fast asleep? What idiot invented that trend?"

"Fair enough. So what are they doing?"

"My heavens, Old Liu, you're still here? It's already light out, and you're still at it?" Even the gatekeeper, Old Ma, came over to ask.

"Old Ma, what do you mean by that?"

"Oh, Old Liu has been reciting here since a little after seven last night, and he hasn't stopped even now."

"What?"

Everyone was stunned. He had been reciting all night and still hadn't stopped? Had Old Liu been possessed?

"No, hurry up and call an ambulance to take Old Liu away for a checkup. This is no small matter."

"Right. I'm calling now. If he hasn't stopped all night, he's definitely been possessed by something unclean."

The crowd erupted into chatter, and just as they pulled out their phones to dial, Mrs. Liu grew anxious and cried out, "What are you calling for? Don't call! Don't interrupt my husband from making money."

Making money? Everyone was even more confused. What money?

"Sis, what do you mean by making money?" one of the coaches asked curiously.

"Mm-hm." Xiao Wu stood up and said, "You really don't know? Let me tell you, this young man is a student here to learn driving from my Old Liu. As long as my Old Liu recites the car theory to him twice, he'll pay."

Huh? The crowd was even more bewildered. There was money to be made like that? Just reading the theory twice and getting paid?

"How much? Keeping you up all night at the very least ought to be silver coins, right?"

"Silver coins?" Xiao Wu curled her lip. "You really are looking down on this student. Look at this!" She pulled a purple gold coin from her bag and gave it a little shake.

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"Purple gold coin!"

The coaches present nearly lost their minds at the sight. Good heavens, it was actually a purple gold coin! So this couple had run into a real tycoon. They had actually earned a purple gold coin!

"Sis... this... this is the tuition he gave you?"

"Yes."

"Then you're rich. That's one hundred million copper coins, enough to spend for several lifetimes!" The coaches were practically drooling.

"One hundred million copper coins? Heh." Seeing the envious looks on everyone's faces, Xiao Wu was now so pleased she felt as if she were about to float into the sky. She pulled out a handful of purple gold coins from her bag and said, "What one hundred million? My Old Liu reads it twice and he gives one hundred million each time. He's already read it ninety-eight times by now. You do the math. How much is that?"

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The crowd went mad. Completely mad. Reading it twice could earn one hundred million, and he had already read it ninety-seven times...

Holy hell, that was nearly fifty billion!!!

"Damn it, fifty billion! You've made enough already. Hand over that notebook and let me make some money too!" one coach shouted with bloodshot eyes, reaching to snatch the notebook from Coach Liu's hands.

"Shit, if you hadn't said that, I wouldn't have thought of it. I want in too!"

"So do I!"

"And me!"

In an instant, the whole place descended into chaos.

Coach Liu, still clutching the notebook, was pinned under more than a dozen coaches. The poor notebook was snatched to pieces, and no one could even make out what had been written on it anymore.

"Repeated for the hundredth time, the level-four driving skill taught by NPC Level-Four Driving Master Liu Lanshan was interrupted. This lesson is invalid."

Chen Yun slowly opened his eyes in a daze and, seeing the pile of coaches stacked up like a human mountain in front of him, was stunned.

Wasn't Coach Liu reciting theory? Where had he gone?

He checked the proficiency gauge: ninety-nine percent, just one more round to go.

"What are you all doing?"

The coaches saw Chen Yun awake and immediately forgot about fighting over the notebook. One by one, they scrambled up and crowded around him, flattering him eagerly.

"Tycoon, let me recite the theory for you, okay?"

"Tycoon, his Mandarin isn't standard. Let me read it to you."

"Your voice is too loud. Don't scare the tycoon. I'll do it. My voice is magnetic."

"No matter how magnetic it is, you're still a man. Tycoon, let me read it to you. My voice is soft and gentle, and I won't even need you to push me before I fall over. Please keep me. I come with 888 positions, none repeated!"

"Get lost. If anyone's reciting, it'll be me. It's not your turn."

"And who do you think you are? If you aren't convinced, let's take this outside."

"Let's take it outside, then. I'm not scared of you, you little granddaughter."

"You dare take advantage of me? I'll claw your face off!"

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After a long while, Chen Yun looked at the group of coaches, now bruised and filthy from beating each other up, then at the ninety-nine percent skill proficiency, and finally at Coach Liu Lanshan, who had been pinned down until he was foaming at the mouth and no one knew whether he was dead or alive. He let out a miserable wail.

"I only wanted to learn how to drive. Why is it so hard?"

At the entrance to the driving school, Coach Liu's wife watched as Coach Liu was carried into the ambulance. Tears in her eyes, she said to Chen Yun, "Xiao Chen, don't worry. Once my Old Liu wakes up and can talk again, I'll bring him straight to the hotel to keep reciting for you. We'll keep going until you learn!"

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Riding back to the hotel, Chen Yun noticed that today was different from usual. A red carpet had been rolled out at the entrance, flower baskets had been placed on either side, and the lobby had been cleaned until it shone. Over a hundred staff members were bustling back and forth, and vehicles carrying ingredients were coming and going.

After a moment's thought, he immediately remembered.

Today was the reopening day of the Night Radiance Hotel!

Well, as the hotel's director, he had even forgotten what day the hotel was reopening. That was truly unqualified.

No, wait. Chen Yun did the math in his head: including today, it had only been six days since the kitchen renovation. It hadn't even been a week yet. Besides, even if the hotel was reopening, did they really need flower baskets and a red carpet?

The more he thought about it, the more confused he became, and he stood in the lobby, momentarily dazed.

"Oh my, Xiao Chen, you're finally back. Where have you been these past two days? I looked for you all day yesterday and couldn't find you. What's your phone number? Give it to me quickly. Otherwise, if I have something urgent in the future, I won't be able to find you, and that will be troublesome."

Just after coming downstairs, Zhang Lang saw Chen Yun standing motionless in the lobby and hurried over in excitement, taking three steps in one.

"Brother Zhang, I went to the driving school yesterday to learn how to drive," Chen Yun said with an embarrassed smile. "As for a cellphone... I don't have one."