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016 Retirement

"Uncle Xu, do you think I will become a champion in the future?"

Lin Xiangbei replied with a playful smile on his lips.

If the old drunkard has any other conditions, it may be difficult for Lin Xiangbei to complete it.

Then the requirement of champion is not difficult!

"No, it's because I only look at the champion."

The old drunkard replied disdainfully, as the once strongest rally driver in China and the winner of the CRC title "Railing King" for several years, Xu Lang only has the champion in his eyes!

This may also be the ultimate goal of any competitive sports, because no matter how strong the runner-up is, it is just a foil for the championship.

"Okay, no problem."

Lin Xiangbei agreed easily, his tone full of confidence.

After getting the old drunkard to help change the car, Lin Xiangbei came to the elevator of the car wash shop and prepared to continue to help Brother Niu.

Although the fat man had to take the blame for this Toyota Crown Lava, Lin Xiangbei was still a little bit of it after all. He was not embarrassed to completely clean up the mess with Brother Niu, after all, his face was not as thick as Fat Man Chen!

However, when Lin Xiangbei came to the elevator, he saw that the engine had been disassembled and reached the stage of boring the cylinder and grinding the shaft.

You should know that the normal time for repairers to repair an engine is two to three days, and it takes one day to disassemble it, and a day to drill the cylinder and the shaft and other maintenance processes. Finally, it is installed and used for another day.

If the money is not paid properly and the maintenance worker is slow, it would be more ordinary to overhaul a week to repair the engine.

Now, it only took three hours to go to the repair shop on Changxing Street, Lin Xiangbei and the old Jiugui. Brother Niu has reached the second step of the overhaul, which can be done in one day.

Before, Lin Xiangbei felt that Brother Niu's proficiency was close to the middle and upper level of maintenance technicians in the domestic racing team. Judging from the current progress, it may be more than this strength. So Lin Xiangbei was really a little curious. Is Brother Niu a possibility that he was also a member of the old alcoholic pulling team?

"Brother Niu, you are too efficient, I'm afraid you can handle it in less than a day."

Hearing Lin Xiangbei's voice, Brother Niu raised his head and wiped the sweat beads on his forehead, and still smiled honestly: "Fortunately, I'm not much unfamiliar with the skills."

"Brother Niu, I and Uncle Xu went to the repair shop on Changxing Street just now."

Since he already knows that the old alcoholic was a rally driver, Lin Xiangbei now wants to figure out what Brother Niu did in the past.

Sure enough, when he heard Lin Xiangbei's words, Brother Niu paused for a moment, then looked at him unexpectedly and replied: "Uncle Xu took you to the repair shop?"

"Well, I also drove a Mazda RX7 back."

"Then Uncle Xu should tell you that he used to be a driver."

"That's right, and I also tried a car with Uncle Shen."

At this time, Brother Niu showed a surprise expression on his face, then put down the tool in his hand and said, "Uncle Shen has tried the driving with you?"

"It seems that both of them agree with you, Xiaobei is so good!"

Brother Niu was excited to pat Lin Xiangbei's shoulder to show encouragement, but when he saw the black motor oil on his hand, he took his hand back and rubbed it twice with embarrassment.

"But Brother Niu, I'm quite curious about what happened to Uncle Xu and the others before. You should know?"

This is what Lin Xiangbei really wants to ask. What happened to the old drunkard, so he opened a car wash shop here and became what he looks like now.

Hearing Lin Xiangbei's question, Brother Niu's expression immediately became a little heavy. After about ten seconds of quieting, he said, "Since Uncle Xu has taken you to the repair shop, I will tell you."

"Three years ago, Uncle Xu and Uncle Chen went to compete in the Dakar Rally in the name of the Shangdu Nissan Paladin team. Uncle Xu was the best rally driver in China at that time. Many people were looking forward to him being able to make a breakthrough in Dakar and finally get a ticket to WRC."

"Not only others have hope, but even Uncle Xu himself has a desperate mentality. After all, his age is there. No matter how brilliant the domestic results are and if there is no breakthrough in international competitions, he may never have the chance to participate in WRC."

"So in Dakar three years ago, Uncle Xu worked very hard and even ignored a lot of risks."

"What happened later?"

Lin Xiangbei asked indifferently, the reason was very simple, he lost because of this mentality that he came to this world.

"Um,"

Brother Niu nodded and continued.

"One stop was on the plateau track in South America. It encountered the local rainy season and the road was very muddy. Uncle Xu got stuck in the car shortly after he left, and he had no way to rescue himself. He could only call the trailer from the convoy base camp."

"Fortunately, the departure distance was not far. The chief technician of the fleet maintenance team drove a rescue vehicle to help. The two of them worked together to hang up the tow rope to prepare the trailer. However, because Uncle Xu was too impatient and did not check the lock, the tow hook fell off during the tow truck and hit the chief technician in the head."

When he said this, Brother Niu paused, his eyes slightly red.

"It was precisely because of this accident that affected Uncle Xu's competition mentality. His subsequent performance was very abnormal and his final results plummeted. When the entire schedule ended, it might be because of guilt or disheartened that Uncle Xu chose to retire and never drove a racing car again."

After listening to Brother Niu’s description, Lin Xiangbei felt a little sad because the world he used to be in, Xu Lang, the strongest rally driver in China, also died of such a similar accident.

At that time, Xu Lang participated in the "Oriental Off-Road" rally and helped another driver get out of trouble during the race. However, during the towing process, the towing rope suddenly broke and the towing hook hit Xu Lang's head, causing his death.

Compared to Uncle Xu's own mistake, Xu Lang was a simple accident, but this still caused the driver who was helped to feel guilty. Even when facing media interviews many years later, he still blamed himself when he recalled what happened back then.

So as a driver, Lin Xiangbei can understand the old drunkard's mood.

"I understand, Brother Niu, you were also in the maintenance team at the beginning, right?"

"Well, I was a newcomer to the maintenance team at that time. After Uncle Xu retired, the team also disbanded. So I went to Uncle Chen's repair shop for a while, and then I followed Uncle Xu."

After hearing this, Lin Xiangbei had already explained the pain that he had already explained. No wonder Brother Niu is so efficient in repairing. It turns out that he is a professional team maintenance technician. After all, racing is a sport that is racing against time, and the same is true for the maintenance team.

Just when Lin Xiangbei was about to ask something more, Fatty Chen's voice came from behind him: "You kid are just a crowd of onlookers, don't install and repair cars here. I have something to discuss with you."

"If you have farts, please let it go."

Lin Xiangbei already had an unknown premonition about what Fat Chen wanted to discuss.

A flattering smile appeared on Fatty Chen's face, then leaned over and put his hand on Lin Xiangbei's shoulder and said, "Tomorrow is the weekend. You know I'm going to practice driving at the Donghai International Speedway. Today you are driving a Mazda RX7. Although it's not as good as GTR, it's okay to use it. Please lend me to practice."

Sure enough, this fat man has nothing to do with him. He has already gotten in the car so soon. He just wants to borrow a car, but he is even more disgusted than gtr. He can't bear it!

"No borrowing."

"We two brothers, don't have this friendship?"

"No."

"reality!"

Fatty Chen decisively gave Lin Xiangbei a middle finger, then put away the smile on his face, and said toughly: "Tell me, how can I borrow it?"

"Let me go with you and you pay for the money running the track."

That's right, this is Lin Xiangbei's condition. Only the track can allow a performance car to squeeze all its potential. The test drives in the streets before were not even warm-ups.

"You guys are a little bit dark."

"You can't make a deal, you can rent a car by yourself, maybe you can rent a gtr."
Chapter completed!
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