The car is going very fast, please bear with it.

While Liu Jun and the other man were joking around.

In the conference room of the Tianti car team, manager Zhou Qingsheng put down his phone, his face looking rather grim.

"These two hyped-up newcomers are simply outrageous."

"Do you even know what a strict hierarchy means?"

"This individual driver doesn't give me, Zhou Qingsheng, any face, and even dares to talk back to me."

His eyes blinked, and he made a decision in an instant: "Xiao Li, keep an eye on those second- or third-rate rally races from now on. As soon as you find these two people have registered, notify me immediately."

"I will show them what despair is."

Xiao Li nodded and replied, "Okay, Manager Zhou."

"But what if they don't register or continue the competition?"

"Impossible." Zhou Qingsheng scoffed. "They went to such lengths to create hype, even risking their lives by driving with a wrench, just for attention?"

"The desire for popularity is all about making money."

"To make money, there are essentially two channels: one, join a racing team; two, maintain the hype and then find opportunities to monetize it."

"But whether you join a team or maintain your popularity, you have to keep racing."

"Otherwise, their popularity will completely fade away in two months at most."

"In my opinion, the reason he refused to sign the contract is simply because he is insatiable and wants to raise the hype even higher in order to secure a better contract."

Xiao Li suddenly realized: "Manager Zhou is incredibly insightful."

"I'll arrange it right away."

It has to be the manager!

Xiao Li thought to himself, "They analyzed it so thoroughly in just a few words. Those two, the Great General and the Little Corporal, really messed up. They're definitely going to have a hard time getting by from now on."

"Of all people to offend, they had to offend Zhou Qingsheng. That old guy is notorious for being all talk and no action; everyone in the entire Heavenly Ladder knows that."

"Tsk."

He then returned to his job and used his connections with the ladder to speak with the organizing committees of second- and third-rate rally races.

in the country, Tianti is also one of the top-ranked racing teams.

Second- or third-rate event organizing committees are naturally happy to give them face.

Besides, it's not like we're going to break any rules.

It's just a matter of blocking the big monster general within the rules. Even if it doesn't work, it's fine. Just notify the ladder.

It's nothing.

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Three days after the competition ended.

The panda finally returned to the shop where the two had lived for over twenty years.

Looking at the faded yellow "Ningjun Auto Repair" sign, Liu Jun and his companion felt as if they were in another world.

"I've never been away for this long before," Gan Ning whispered. "Fortunately, we managed to save it. From now on, this shop belongs to us."

She looked at Liu Jun: "The shop is worth one million, and I'll consider it a 20% stake for you. You'll get dividends every year from now on, right?"

"Then that's not necessary." Liu Jun waved his hand cheerfully. "Didn't you say you were going to take care of me? If you're going to take care of me, why would you give me shares?"

"Alright then," Gan Ning replied with a smile.

Their relationship has long surpassed that of friends or even lovers, so there's no need for them to be so hesitant and conflicted about money.

Gan Ning ran to open the door.

Liu Jun leaned against the car, took out a Lao Long Feng cigarette and put it in his mouth. Before he could light it, two young men ran over excitedly.

"Is it this Panda?"

"It's him, the Great Strange General!"

"There's that little rascal corporal over there!"

"This is your shop? Wow, you're amazing!"

Did I run into a random fan?

Liu Jun chuckled and offered cigarettes to the two of them.

The two were flattered and quickly accepted the gift, then lit it for Liu Jun.

"Your performance in Dawn 200 was absolutely phenomenal."

"Completely crushing all the top players!"

"Oh, it's all luck," Liu Jun replied with a smile.

Seeing Liu Jun's politeness, the two relaxed considerably: "It's not luck; it's a convergence of courage and ability!"

"It's a pity I didn't watch the live stream; I missed it."

"Hey, shall we take a picture together?"

When asked to take a photo, Liu Jun's eyes lit up.

He had encountered many such things in his past life, and had experienced the positive, negative, and absurd consequences that followed. He was already experienced.

Therefore, he simply chuckled and said, "A photo together? No problem."

"Ten yuan per time, fair and square."

"Ten yuan?" The two didn't see anything wrong with it at all: "Slap!"

Taking a picture with a fake monkey in the park costs ten yuan. Isn't this more exciting than taking a picture with a fake monkey?

One of them raised his hand: "However, I have a small request."

Liu Jun blinked: "What are the requirements? Let me make it clear first, we can't do anything that violates physical or mental health or laws and regulations."

"No, that won't do." The other person pointed to the driver's seat: "You sit in the driver's seat, and I'll sit in the passenger seat."

"Most importantly, we need to replace the steering wheel with a wrench."

Upon hearing this, Liu Jun's expression turned serious.

The other person hesitated: "No... is it not allowed?"

Liu Jun shook his head: "It costs more!"

Upon hearing this, the two brothers both laughed.

"add."

"We must add more, add a lot more."

A few minutes later, the two brothers waved goodbye.

Gan Ning leaned closer to Liu Jun, nudging his elbow: "We agreed I'd take care of you, so why are you selling your body now?"

"Hey!" Liu Jun grinned, "We may be good friends, but I'll still sue you for 'defamation' if you spout nonsense."

"Tsk." Gan Ning couldn't stop laughing: "How much did you make?"

Liu Jun held up two fingers.

"twenty?"

"two hundred!"

"!" Gan Ning clicked his tongue in amazement. "Let's go to the print shop."

Liu Jun blinked: "What?"

Gan Ning replied matter-of-factly, "Print out a sign! Take a picture with the Great Monster General and the Panda, one hundred times a year."

"If you serve 100 customers a day, that's 10,000 yuan."

"If you put in the effort and pick him up a thousand or eight hundred times a day, wouldn't we be able to take off right away?"

Liu Jun: "What the hell are you talking about?"

Gan Ning burst out laughing.

She was just joking.

Although Liu Jun is somewhat popular now, that's about it, and besides, not many people are willing to spend a hundred yuan to take a photo.

The sky was getting dark.

Gan Ning was too lazy to do business anymore, so he simply closed the shop and started cooking himself.

But her cooking skills were just so-so, and Liu Jun couldn't stand it, so he took over the cooking himself.

The next day, early in the morning.

Gan Ning contacted the landlord, and then Liu Jun helped her with all the work, and they finally managed to take over the storefront and complete the property certificate transfer.

"Let's have something nice to eat today and celebrate."

Holding the property certificate, Gan Ning completely relaxed: "Just offer some incense to my old man."

Liu Jun nodded: "Then I'll pour him two glasses of wine."

"It's a pity he left us too early and didn't get to see this day. Alas."

Gan Ning scratched his head: "Well, I still didn't die as early as your old man."

Liu Jun was speechless: "This is not something you can compare."

That day, at night.

Gan Ning took some time to inspect and maintain the panda, and while washing his hands, he said to Liu Jun, "I've fixed what needed fixing and replaced what needed replacing."

"However, the brake pads and such are only for home use, so for now it can only be used as a daily driver and can't be driven too fast."

"It's nothing." Liu Jun lightly patted the hood of the car. "Where did all these races come from?"

"Let's earn some money first, at least enough for one modification, and then we'll figure out what competitions to participate in later."

Gan Ning said hesitantly, "Actually, I do have some ideas about the next match."