This is not how you drive a machine!

Chapter 283 So much, so much, so much money!
As June draws to a close, the air in Kyoto feels slightly restless.

Workers wearing safety helmets are busily digging a giant device, as tall as two people, out of the ground.

"This kind of spiritual pressure amplification device must cost a lot of money! Probably at least eight figures?"

"Ha, your limited perspective really restricts your imagination."

"I heard that back then, there weren't even mass-produced models of spiritual pressure amplification devices of this level. They all needed to be designed and customized on-site in a laboratory. Even if you had the money, you couldn't necessarily buy one..."

"So... Nimbus just sold the racetrack like that? Is he really willing to do that?"

After a worker loaded the massive device onto a transport vehicle, he whispered among himself, "I heard from a rumor that Lightwheel is going to go bankrupt soon. Chen Shuo is drowning in debt and can't run away. He'll have to buy assets at a discount..."

"This track, Lightcycle Power Runner sold it at a 20% discount, a fire sale price, and no one on the market wanted to take it over. In the end, it was sold to a suburban..."

The driver of the delivery truck thought for a long time before he could come up with a name.

"Yes! The Lycoris Radiata Research Center bought it. Quick, tie the rope on!"

"We have to deliver it this afternoon; the boss said we'll get fined if we're late!"

Shortly after, the transport vehicle's engine roared, shaking off a pile of dirt and concrete debris, leaving a dirty scratch on the huge light wheel logo in the center of the track.

Chen Shuo stood by the window of his fourth-floor office, looking down at the smeared light wheel logo.

At this moment, he stood like a statue, expressionless and motionless, silently listening to his assistant's expense report behind him.

"83% of the fine imposed by the S-series organizers has been paid, with the remaining 17% to be paid in installments over 12 months..."

"According to the Shareholders' Equity Agreement for attracting investment in 2018, we are required to pay a minimum of 1.36 billion in debt, of which..."

"According to the promotional agreement signed with Qinghe Group before last season's provincial competition, the penalty we need to pay is..."

"According to the contract we signed with Critical Point Entertainment Group during Season 4, we are required to pay a penalty for breach of contract..."

"according to……"

"28 companies have already filed lawsuits in court..."

“Our legal team disbanded three days ago, and the temporary team we're working with doesn't have a high success rate…”

"With our cash flow disrupted, banks have started demanding repayment. If negotiations fail, we may have to go to court..."

fine……

Penalty for breach of contract...

debt……

The court filed a lawsuit...

Listening to the staggering figures, Chen Shuo remained expressionless, but the veins on the back of his hands bulged out.

This is the price of failure.

In times of glory, everyone wants to add to the glory.

When you're down on your luck, everyone wants to kick you when you're down.

Anyway, the world is just a big makeshift operation, and due to the chain reaction of human nature, the bigger something is, the faster it may collapse.

As for providing timely help...

"Ha, everyone's so eager for money, isn't it because they all want to chase the next big trend as soon as possible?"

After the collaborative race, the Yunyi Racing Team has proven to everyone the value of drifting and decal modifications.

Therefore, all these people want to get on board as soon as possible before gloriously evolving back to Sainan.

Thus, the Nimbus became a victim.

He gripped his cane tightly, looked at the shattered light wheel logo in the center of the track, sighed deeply, and his thoughts raced.

Nimbus...

A logo that big on the racetrack could probably be sold for money!
"Hey, Kiki, do you think that logo from the center of the track could sell on Xianyu (a second-hand marketplace)? After all, it's the logo of the Lightcycle Power Run..."

The assistant, who was frowning as she checked the bills, was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, and then couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Hey Mr. Chen, that's just a huge concrete block! If we sell it, we might not even cover the shipping costs!"

"Besides, with our Light Wheel team suspended and facing a financial crisis, we've lost all our matches. Who would sell our 'merchandise'?"

"you……"

After a moment's thought, Chen Shuo had an answer.

"Then let's put up some chains to surround it and sell tickets."

"Online, that... yeah, the novel 'Rebirth of the Racing God' is pretty popular, right? Let's follow the plot of the novel."

“Cut out the character ‘wheel’ and change it to ‘Glory Club,’ and open a small clothing rental shop next to it.”

"For just 666 yuan, you can complete the entire process of taking photos and perfectly recreating a day in the life of the racing legend 'Jiang Wuyai'. Isn't that a great idea!"

"Don't all those abstract people on the internet like this?"

At this point, he clapped his hands excitedly.

"Yes, let's do it!"

"I'll sell the entire track to that overseas company, and before the court enforces the judgment, I won't leave them a single asset!"

"I wouldn't even let these bastards kick me when I'm down, let alone give me a stool!"

"Hmph, I'll teach you a lesson then, what it means to be the boss when you're in debt. I'll pay you back this debt in installments over two thousand years, can you afford to wait?"

"If you can really wait, I dare say I am Emperor Chen Shihuang..."

After he finished speaking, his neck was covered in sweat from excitement, so he reached up and straightened his tie.

He then found that no matter how he adjusted it, it was still uncomfortable, so he casually took off his tie and threw it aside.

“Since Nimbus quits, he should change his outfit too. He looks like he’s selling insurance.”

"Haha, as long as those companies don't fall, what can't we do? Haha."

At this point, he suddenly remembered something and quickly turned his head.

"By the way, we need to find a legal department this afternoon."

"Before they sue us, we need to get Ye Qing and the others out of here. We can't let these youngsters fall along with me..."

Before he could finish speaking, the office door was pushed open forcefully.

Chen Shuo turned his head and looked at Ye Qing rushing into the office. For a moment, he was in a daze, and a strong sense of déjà vu surged into his heart.

It seems that a similar scene occurred before the match.

The same people, the same positions, the same scenes, and perhaps... the same emotions.

"Mr. Chen, I..."

Ye Qing took a breath.

“We don’t want to leave Nimbus. Don’t try to persuade us. We’ve already discussed it and we won’t leave.”

After saying that, he pushed the door open forcefully, revealing all the staff members who had appeared at the cooperative match.

Looking at the group of people who had returned, Chen Shuo felt his palms getting sweaty.

"..."

He remained silent for a long time before finally managing a bitter smile.

He stayed up all night and finally made up his mind to say goodbye to Nimbus and the past.

Glory or desolation, wrong or right, it doesn't matter anymore.

but now……

"Jiang Wuyang's project team is currently at the Lightyear Project base. They need people right now. What are you doing here?"

"Besides, before this match, Guanglun wasn't very nice to you."

"There's no need for you to stay." "Why?"

Ye Qing pondered for a moment, then looked up.

"Because... I'm a race car driver, we're a racing team, and we want to win."

"Rather than falling apart and fleeing in different directions, we actually want to win back together."

"The preparations for the last match were too rushed..."

He lowered his head, not making excuses for the failure, but directly expressing everyone's emotions.

"Actually, none of us are willing to accept this."

Some people are renowned race car drivers, but they were forced to run away because of this incident. They have been warriors for so long and don't want to be cowards anymore.

Some people lead their teams to victory so many times, yet as undefeated generals, they have to start all over again.

Some people have high levels of education but have spent years in obscurity, and when they finally get a chance to shine, they face the prospect of going their separate ways again and ending up in obscurity once more...

Having cooperated sincerely once, they just wanted to ask reality whether they could win the next game.

It's just... 62 milliseconds, right?
"And right now, what's bringing us all together again, back onto the track, and into the S-series..."

"Only the light wheel, only you."

"..."

"..."

Faced with such a pure initial intention, Chen Shuo was stunned for a long time before slowly and stiffly finding a stool and sitting by the French windows.

He wanted to say that he was too old to keep up the pace.

But when he saw the huge light wheel logo in the center of the track, he couldn't say a word.

Although the logo of the Nimbus was covered in dust, the gold paint exposed by the dirt still reflected the sun's brilliance.

In the sunlight, the light wheel flashes repeatedly, from the early days of Jingyun City to the glory of S3, and then to its current desolation.

"Mr. Chen, didn't you say you'd share the Nimbus with us after the competition?"

"At worst, we can pay off the debt together, right?"

"Mr. Chen, don't you want to play against Uncle Jiang again?"

Ye Qing's words were somewhat jarring to Chen Shuo. He had repeatedly touted himself as a businessman, and the light wheel was merely a 'product project' for him to prove his business acumen and personal abilities.

When a product goes wrong, what are you waiting for if you don't run away?

But now...

He lowered his head, unsure how to face himself, and could only remain silent.

Then silence.

silence.

……

"President Jiang, the shipping company has been contacted. This afternoon, our assets can be loaded onto the truck and packed up to take back to Jingyun."

"The person in charge from Jiuyuan Company has also been selected. Lin Qinglei will be based in Kyoto, and the person coming is a mecha girl from a print shop..."

"The internet is practically exploding with talk of drifting right now, it's all over the place! Many racing teams are openly saying they want to master 'drifting'."

"Several media outlets have contacted us, hoping to interview the Yunyi racing team and the Glorious Evolution project team. I think we can accept some of these media outlets, as they can help us further expand the influence of the decal modification..."

In the conference room of the Lightyear Project—oh no, now officially renamed the 'Authentic Drift Flow Training Industry Base'—reports were coming in one after another.

Jiang Wuyang was writing and calculating methodically, a smile never leaving his lips.

Zhou Yun revitalized the entire industry in one battle.

Once we return to Jingyun, many plans can officially begin.

While I was thinking, a member of the project team rushed into the meeting room.

"President Jiang, another new investor has come to discuss cooperation! They all want to finalize the investment agreement before we go to Cainan!"

"With this investment, our R&D funds will be more than sufficient, and the drifting training course can be held ahead of schedule..."

At this point, another person rushed into the conference room.

"President Jiang, we've also secured the first batch of trainees for our drifting training course! The mounted police force is very interested in drifting techniques and decal modifications..."

"President Jiang, the original investors of the Lightyear Project have also arrived!"

"They hope to continue increasing their investment, to more than five times the original amount, and they have also called on many big names in the Kyoto investment circle to jointly invest!"

"Mr. Jiang, the investor from last night has already transferred the funds. The bank just called to inform us!"

Amidst the waves of noise, Jiang Wuyang watched the ever-growing numbers, his eyes gradually becoming bloodshot.

It's crazy.

Manager Xiao Ye is right; people don't want to perform high-risk acts of "helping those in need."

People prefer the "icing on the cake" that guarantees a win, even if it's all fake bait, it can still lure people in.

All we need to do is force them onto the track, and then...

Enjoy the fruits of victory.

too crazy.

This is absolutely insane!
"..."

"Haha, let's invest a portion of it in the Yunyi Racing Team first!"

"Tell them to buy all the necessary research supplies before they go back, and if they can't buy them, to take the company with them!"

"Hahaha……"

"Last night I thought that everything is difficult at the beginning and that we would be short of money in the early stages of research and development... Haha, I really didn't expect this."

"Tell Zhou Yun that the money has arrived!"

Under the high midday sun, laughter and cheerful chatter filled the dormitory of the drifting training industry base.

Yinling and Fengying ran around the dormitory hall like they were having a blast, clapping and celebrating with each of the mecha girls around them as they ran.

We're rich now!

"We're rich!! La la la la la..."

"So much money! I want to fill three big tubs of yogurt with gasoline cans and take them back to Jingyun!"

"Not only do we want yogurt, we also want milk tea! We'll rent a car and show off to all the other car fleets in Jingyun!"

"Yes, yes, yes! We need to let Chongguang, Chiyue, or whatever racing teams know that this is Yunyi's mecha girl perk. Oh, and we also need to sell mecha girl pleasure devices!"

At this point, the two little ones stood in the center of the crowd, their feet on suitcases, and excitedly jumped up and down, ready to take their driving test.

"Mecha Girl Pleasure Machine!"

"A machine girl pleasure device!"

Watching the two little ones fidgeting, Guangyu crossed his arms and snorted.

"Humph!"

"It's just a little bit of money! Look how happy you are."

"As the spokesperson for Yuantong Company, I've seen more money than you've eaten cakes. Only you two poor mecha girls would be this happy!"

At this point, she glanced at the bill for the Yunyi racing team.

"Mr. Pan, Mr. Pan, why are there so many zeros at the end?"

"How much does this cost?"

(End of this chapter)