The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

On the stage, Li Kaixin had already brought Guo Liang and Captain Wang together.

Next, Master Meng and his four mentors took turns selecting apprentices. They had clear goals and were quite familiar with the chosen apprentices.

Li Kaixin was not surprised by this.

After hearing the apprentices say they knew him, he guessed that they probably had close relationships with the masters at the transportation station.

However, an accident occurred when it was Master Meng's turn.

Master Meng walked straight to a young man standing on the far left, who was none other than his youngest son, Meng Qingguo.

"Come with me!"

As he spoke, he reached out to pull his youngest son.

"No, you choose someone else. I have my own plans," Meng Qingguo replied softly, then dodged away in a flash.

Just as Master Meng was about to lose his temper, his youngest son, Meng Qingguo, leaned close to his ear and began to speak.

As Master Meng listened, the anger on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a sense of helplessness.

He sighed, turned and walked to the other side, finally choosing the oldest, Wang Chu.

After Master Meng led the people away, Xu Jie and Hu Tu, the two more experienced people, began to select their own people.

Just like the previous masters, they immediately led two apprentices to stand aside.

This behavior left Li Kaixin somewhat bewildered.

Both senior brothers are very young; they can't possibly have sons that old like the older masters.

Just then, several masters older than Zhou Zhiming, Wu Tian, ​​and Qian Dazhuang stepped forward and chose apprentices.

Finally, only two rather thin apprentices and Meng Qingguo remained on the apprentices' side.

The reason why these two apprentices were not chosen by their master was quite simple.

These days, you need to be strong to drive, otherwise you can't even turn the steering wheel.

As for Meng Qingguo, he refused the other masters on his own.

On the master's side, only Zhou Zhiming, Wu Tian, ​​and Qian Dazhuang have not yet chosen apprentices.

The three looked at each other, then, without distinguishing between who went first and who went last, they went up together.

Upon seeing the three people who had arrived, Meng Qingguo, with great tact, ran to Zhou Zhiming's side:

"Master Zhou, my name is Meng Qingguo. Would you mind taking me in?"

Zhou Zhiming was taken aback at first, then raised his hand, patted Meng Qingguo on the shoulder, and burst into laughter:

"Not bad, not bad, you have a good eye!"

"Master Zhou, to be honest, the moment I saw you and Master Li today, I secretly vowed to become your apprentice." Meng Qingguo said sincerely, seizing the opportunity to advance his own interests.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiming's smile deepened:

"Alright, alright, Xiao Meng, since you trust me so much, I promise you, I'll get your driver's license in no more than two years!"

"Really? Master, you're amazing!" Meng Qingguo immediately changed his tune.

"Of course!"

Zhou Zhiming raised his chin and pointed at Wu Tian and Qian Dazhuang:

"Me, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Qian, the three of us all got our driver's licenses in less than a year. Two years is an exaggeration."

Upon hearing this, hope was rekindled in the eyes of the two apprentices who had not yet been selected.

They had already given up hope and resigned themselves to never being able to get a permanent position, but they never expected that these three young masters in front of them would be so capable.

The two apprentices dared not delay any longer and ran towards Wu Tian and Qian Dazhuang respectively.

"Master Wu, my name is Zhao Dayong. Don't let my thin appearance fool you, I'm quite strong. I can carry loads weighing over 100 jin (50 kg) at home!"

The tall, thin apprentice ran up to Wu Tian and enthusiastically showed off his skills, as if afraid that Wu Tian wouldn't accept him.

"Master Qian, my name is Liu Xiaoman. Could you... could you take me as your apprentice?"

Another apprentice with a round face also hurriedly expressed his opinion, but he was still a bit shy.

Seeing this, Wu Tian and Qian Dazhuang were quite satisfied with the two men's attitude and nodded in acceptance.

At this moment, Director Xie, seeing that the assignments were complete, walked forward from behind the platform:

"Alright, everyone take your apprentices back and familiarize themselves with the vehicle. Starting tomorrow, formal on-the-job training will begin."

The moment the words fell, the masters below the stage, as well as the masters and apprentices on the stage, all sprang into action and headed towards the conference room door.

Li Kaixin and Guo Liang had just walked out of the conference room.

Zhou Zhiming pulled Meng Qingguo along and caught up from behind, grinning at Li Kaixin: "Master, this is my apprentice, what do you think?"

Then he turned to Meng Qingguo and said, "Little Meng, why don't you call him Grandmaster!"

Although Meng Qingguo was thick-skinned, he was still a little embarrassed to call someone about the same age as him "Master".

Li Kaixin naturally noticed his embarrassment and spoke gently, "Xiao Meng, you're Master Meng's son, right?"

"Yes, Master, Grandmaster!" Meng Qingguo nodded, suppressing his shame and forcing himself to shout it out.

Guo Liang, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Xiao Meng, come here, call me 'Uncle-Master' and let me hear it." He deliberately puffed out his chest, striking a pose like an elder.

Meng Qingguo's face darkened instantly. He glared at Guo Liang and said, "Guo Liang, you only beat me this time because you got lucky in rock-paper-scissors, didn't you?"

"Oh, Xiao Meng's jealous, huh!" Guo Liang chuckled, raising an eyebrow. "Don't you know that luck is also a form of ability?"

Zhou Zhiming was completely dumbfounded.

He stared at his apprentice, asking incredulously, "Little Meng, you're actually Master Meng's son?"

Meng Qingguo panicked and quickly explained, "I'm sorry, Master, I kept it from you just now, I..."

"So everything you said to me just now was a lie?"

Even if Zhou Zhiming was heartless, he realized at this moment that Meng Qingguo was actually after his master.

"Master, I really admire you, but..." Meng Qingguo lowered his head as he spoke.

Guo Liang also stopped smiling and carefully stepped aside.

Upon seeing this, Li Kaixin was about to say a few words of comfort to his eldest disciple.

Zhou Zhiming patted Meng Qingguo on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Little Meng, not bad, not bad. I knew you had good taste."

"Master, you're not angry?" Meng Qingguo looked up, his eyes filled with apprehension.

"Of course I'm a little angry," Zhou Zhiming snorted, then changed the subject:

"However, since you have become my disciple, you are now my apprentice."

"From now on, study hard, and I'll teach you well. Don't think about anything else. As for who you came here for, that's not important anymore."

"Thank you, Master!"

"Alright, alright, stop with that."

Zhou Zhiming waved his hand, reverting to his usual playful demeanor. "Master, I made a big promise in the meeting room earlier, so you'll have to help me out."

"No problem!" Li Kaixin smiled and turned to look at Meng Qingguo.

"Xiao Meng, if you ever have any questions in the future, you can come and ask me."

Meng Qingguo nodded heavily and hummed in agreement.

From this moment on, he truly regarded Zhou Zhiming as his mentor.