Volume 3 Chapter 24 - Frestech Cycling Race (1/2)

At the last press conference, CEO Kennard had represented Xu Yi in announcing in fervent words that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce would be entering a high speed expansion phase.

However, in everyone’s eyes, this chairman Xu in this month really was…..ignoring his job.

In the beginning when Xu Yi announced in the «Banta Times» that he would be releasing three theoretical magic machine books and announcing that he would be opening a Frestech Academy, making people stunned.

It had been a long time since Xu Yi said he would be opening a school, but after everyone learned the curriculum, they were all confused.

It was fine for him to set up a magic school, but why was there language, math, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, and history……Why were there all these different curriculums?

To many people, the useful things were astronomy and geography, but as for what language and math…..Teaching people how to be literate and learning simply math, wasn’t this something that should be taught when kids were young?

As for the response that Xu Yi gave in the «Banta Times», he said that teaching language wasn’t anything special, but math, physics, chemistry, and the other topics were all related knowledge for the foundation of magic machines, they were all things that could greatly promote the magic machine industry.

According to this explanation, the school could be considered related a bit to his work.

But as for the following matter, people couldn’t relate it to Xu Yi’s work at all.

After a month of preparation, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s Frestech Cycling Race was being held on a crisp fall day in the middle of October.

After being promoted by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce in all the major newspapers and in posters all over Banta City, not only did people of Banta City come, even people of the other cities knew about this race.

They knew from the advertisements that this cycling race was a competition held by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. The contents of the competition were very simple, it was to compete in who rode bicycles faster.

According to the rules of the competition, the competitors started in Banta City and rode to the end point of the Falling Rain Valley, going in a line of over sixty kilometers.

Because this was the first competition, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce stated that this was just the beginning and didn’t offer prizes that were too rich. But the first place competitor would still earn a full set of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s Frestech Brand household magic machines.

Calculating this, this set of household magic machines had a value of over two hundred gold coins, so it wasn’t little.

Other than first place, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had second place prizes for ten competitors. They could receive a set of Frestech Brand kitchen household magic machines, which had a value of close to a hundred gold coins.

After that, there were fifty third place prices. They could receive a Frestech Brand Variable Temperature Magic Air Conditioner, with a value of thirty gold coins.

With so many enticing prizes, it drew many people to participate. There were many people who hadn’t bought a bicycle before who had bought one to practice all month, planning to use this training to receive a prize.

When it came to the day of the competition, there were a terrifying ten thousand people who had participated.

Because this surpassed their expectations, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce announced these ten thousand people would be divided into five groups. Then they would have their rank determined based on their time of start and their arrival time at the goal.

Because it was like this, the competition that they expected to be held in the morning was extended to all day.

But the over ten thousand people participating didn’t complain at all.

After all, in the opinion of most people, participating in a cycling race was already a novel experience. The prizes were just an additional part, it was good if they got them and there was no problem if they didn’t.

Moreover, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had given everyone a pleasant surprise. Before the competition began, Xu Yi actually rode in with Still and Great Magician Camilla who hadn’t been seen in a long time to line up at the starting line. They were actually planning to set off with the first batch of contestants!

Seeing the honest gazes around him, Xu Yi teased Still beside him, “Hey, don’t you think that these fellows have suddenly become more excited after seeing the three of us?”

Still rolled her eyes, “Anyway, it’s not you.” She took her hands off her handles after saying this and raised both hands to wave at the crowd, instantly drawing out loud cheers. Then she revealed a proud smile to Xu Yi, “How about it?”

Xu Yi couldn’t help smiling, as he thought that Still still acted naughty in front of him, it was the same even after getting married.

“Let’s compare then.” Seeing Still’s actions, Xu Yi became more childish. He raised his hands like Still and exhibited a stance that he considered very handsome as he waved to the people around him.

The crowd was filled with a cheer again, but this time there were the voices of females that covered up the male voices.

Still gave a soft snort, “Chairman Xu, I never thought that you were so welcomed by girls.”

Xu Yi laughed, “I’m unworthy of this praise.”