"Sir, what is your command?"
The staff member at the scrap yard walked up to the old man and bowed slightly, his attitude very respectful.
The old man waved his hand and pointed at the tall man who had just been shouting, "Get him out of here."
"Understood."
The staff member walked up to the tall man and said coldly, "Sir, you are not welcome here. Please leave."
"I'm not leaving, I paid to come in," the tall man said indignantly. "He's just a doorman, not your boss. Why are you listening to him?"
Seeing that the tall man refused to cooperate, the staff members at the recycling station decisively called their colleagues and surrounded him.
"He is indeed not our boss, but he is our boss's father. You have two choices: either leave now, or be thrown out."
The tall man kept signaling to his companions, trying to get them to help him.
However, the people who were dismantling scrap and collecting valuable parts with him did not dare to offend the recycling station staff at all. They all lowered their heads and averted their eyes, pretending not to see.
With the other side having more people and being more powerful, the tall man, being weak and outnumbered, dared not resist and could only leave dejectedly, tail between his legs.
Jing Mingqiu had long been annoyed by this foul-mouthed fellow. Seeing him being kicked out, he secretly clapped his hands in approval.
It was just that Jing Mingqiu found one thing a bit strange: the staff members at this scrap yard seemed a bit too polite.
Just as Jing Mingqiu was preparing to study it carefully, the old man took a step forward, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Young man, the bothersome flies are gone. You can continue with your story."
Perhaps the staff member's personal qualities were very high. After all, compulsory education was already widely available.
After finding a casual explanation, Jing Mingqiu temporarily put the matter aside and began to answer the old man's question: "To repair the crack in the magnet, I need to create a new crack in a symmetrical position to make the magnet uniform, thus to..."
"I see," the old man gave Jing Mingqiu a thumbs up. "As expected of the youth, you are creative. I am indeed getting old, only thinking about restoring it to its original state."
Jing Mingqiu quickly shook his head: "Please don't say that, old man. I mainly lack tools. With my method, the tone of the speaker will definitely change..."
"Change is not necessarily a bad thing," the old man laughed. "You go ahead and do your work. Don't let me bother you. My name is Wei Deze. When you pay later, just give them my name, and they will give you a twenty percent discount."
After Wei Deze left, Jing Mingqiu returned to the pile of discarded appliances and began his treasure hunt for the day.
Unlike at the beginning when he was solely focused on dismantling parts, Jing Mingqiu found that he would also modify appliances that were relatively simple to modify while scanning. Although the technology points were not many, even a fly's leg was still meat, and there was no harm in taking it.
Unknowingly, five hours passed, and the sky gradually darkened. Jing Mingqiu looked at the experience bar that had risen by more than twenty technology points, and the pile of parts behind him, and revealed a satisfied smile.
With so many parts, his electric scooter definitely wouldn't be able to carry them. Jing Mingqiu found a staff member and borrowed a three-wheeled cart. With tremendous effort, he finally managed to transport all the parts back.
For the next week, Jing Mingqiu lived a very regular life. He practiced driving in the morning and went to the scrap yard in the afternoon to dismantle parts, and incidentally repaired a few small appliances to earn some technology points.
On Wednesday morning at 8:30, Jing Mingqiu and Sun Heng were queuing in the driving school's pavilion, preparing to practice the next few items for Subject Two. Suddenly, Sun Heng's phone alarm went off.
He eagerly opened his phone and accessed the Dongyang City Drone Forum. A huge banner was displayed in the center of the homepage.
γThe 7th Dragon Country Drone Championship Officially Begins, the Zhongshan Province Circuit First Division is Live Streaming.γ
Sun Heng eagerly clicked the link below the promotional banner and entered the live stream interface, simultaneously turning on the external speakers and calling Jing Mingqiu to watch together.
A guy with yellow hair walked by. Seeing Sun Heng excitedly explaining drones, he was very disdainful.
"Aren't they just children's toys? What's so great about them?"
"Heh!" Sun Heng sneered and looked at the yellow-haired guy as if he were a bumpkin. "What do you know? Drone racing is a national S-class event. It has officially joined the National Games and become a new competition item."
"As for the toys you're talking about, the drones used in competitions, not to mention that they originally cost hundreds of thousands, just the modification costs alone would take at least seventy to eighty thousand."
The people around were greatly surprised by Sun Heng's words and started discussing in low voices.
A national competition item?
Joined the National Games?
Modifications cost seventy to eighty thousand?
Although they were not very familiar with drone racing, these things sounded very impressive.
Some people crowded over and watched the live stream with Sun Heng, while others quietly opened their phones and started searching for drone competitions.
They didn't know until they searched, but they were shocked to find that drones, as an emerging technology, had reached hundreds of billions of yuan in scale in Dragon Country alone, and trillions of yuan worldwide.
In addition to performance drones, agricultural drones, military drones, reconnaissance drones, irrigation drones, there were tens of thousands of types of drones, dazzling the onlookers.
At the same time, in the Zunshan Gymnasium in Dongyang City.
As the venue for the 7th Dragon Country Drone Championship, it was already crowded with people.
The audience seats were packed with enthusiastic spectators, and the host stood at the commentary desk, full of excitement.
"To all the audience members present and watching the live stream, the 7th Dragon Country Drone Championship is about to begin. A total of thirty-six teams are participating in this competition, including many veteran teams that have achieved brilliant results in the past."
"Before the competition begins, let me introduce you to each team. The strongest among them is last year's defending champion - the Duan Kong team. They are like a divine sword, cutting off the path of other teams."
"Since their debut, they have never lost. As long as they participate in a competition, the championship will definitely be theirs!"
"Then there is the Golden Eagle team. Their results in the last competition were indeed a bit lacking, but during the interval between the two competitions, they have absorbed a lot of fresh blood and spent a lot of money to invite German experts to conduct in-depth modifications on all the drones in the team..."
"Finally, I want to introduce the Black Wolf team, which is participating for the first time. Don't underestimate this team. Their previous results were very poor, almost to the point of disbandment."
"But in the last match of the selection trials last week, they suddenly exploded. In the four-person relay race, the last contestant controlled a top master-modified drone and, carrying a huge gap from the previous half of the course, caught up with the Duan Kong team's drone."
"If it weren't for the Duan Kong team's player, Ling Hai, using a secret weapon, the championship of this selection trial might have been taken by the Black Wolf team..."
Hearing the name Black Wolf team, Sun Heng couldn't help but be stunned. The Coach Chen who asked him for help last time seemed to be from the Black Wolf team.
Could the top master mentioned by the referee be Jing Mingqiu!
As Sun Heng got up, preparing to find Jing Mingqiu to inquire about the truth, the starting gun suddenly fired, and the competition officially began. Thirty-six drones launched and shot straight into the sky, instantly capturing his attention.