Cultivating through increasing my stats in America-Chapter 49 - But I Refuse

Chapter 49: Chapter 49 But I Refuse

Chapter 49: Chapter 49 But I Refuse

“Are you really free right now?”

“Go ahead, I’ve already stopped. I’m free now.”

Eric’s attention made him feel a bit embarrassed.

After Li Ang explained the situation, Eric quickly gave his response.

“The scale of this competition, you could compare it to a large marathon, there might be a very large number of participants. Although the prize money is decent, the competition is relatively fierce.”

“In fact, there are two ways to secure a spot in this race, neither of them with a high threshold. One is through slots allocated to various clubs or teams; basically, if you apply, you’ll get one, including our team which has already received a slot.”

“For a club at the level of the Falcon Club, they will have even more. The other method is individual registration. As long as you pay the fee and pass a simple test, you can enter. However, this registration channel closed half a month ago…”

With that said by Eric, Li Ang understood, guessing that the Falcon Club had more slots than they could use, which is why they thought of him.

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However, Li Ang could completely understand, after all, he wasn’t very famous and didn’t belong to their club. It would have been strange if he had been given priority.

The next morning, Li Ang went to the Falcon Club as arranged.

To avoid drawing too much attention, Li Ang deliberately wore long sleeves and pants to cover up the scars from practicing Sideways Training Martial Arts.

From the luxurious decoration at the entrance and its central location, one could tell that the club had received significant investment.

Li Ang wondered whether the investor could really make any money.

Upon arriving at the office, Li Ang saw a desk and a bald middle-aged man making a call by the window; this time, he was unlikely to have the wrong person.

Seeing Li Ang enter, the man gave him a brief glance and continued his phone call with a smile on his face.

Li Ang was not unfamiliar with this scene; it was almost exactly like the times he had sought out his leaders in his past life.

Thinking he had come all this way, Li Ang sat down on the sofa to patiently wait for the man to finish his call.

Who knew that this wait would be half an hour? If it had been for something important, that would have been one thing, but all he did was chat about everyday things on the phone.

And it would have been acceptable if it was just one phone call, but as soon as he finished one, he dialled another.

This situation could only mean one thing: it wasn’t that his business was so important, it was just that your priority was just too low.

“Alright, now let’s talk about your participation in the competition,” the bald middle-aged man finally put down his phone and sat back at his desk.

“This opportunity to participate in the competition is very precious. Many people in our club are competing for it; you must cherish it.”

The club’s junior leader had barely spoken two sentences before Li Ang was already struggling to maintain his composure. If he hadn’t asked Eric beforehand, he might have really believed it.

Seeing the faint smile on Li Ang’s face, Qiaos was very pleased, thinking to himself, this is just how young people are.

“Furthermore, the requirements for this competition…”

Listening to him ramble on and on, Li Ang couldn’t take it anymore. He had never felt his life being wasted like this before.

“So, what about the compensation, Mr. Qiaos?”

Hearing Li Ang ask so bluntly, Qiaos’s expression clearly showed displeasure as he replied with furrowed brows:

“I’ve emphasized before, this competition is a very valuable opportunity. Our club has also invested a lot of resources for it. I don’t know why you young people nowadays are so restless, only having eyes for that bit of compensation?”

Li Ang suddenly laughed with release. He hadn’t expected to encounter this familiar scent of pie in the sky in a foreign land. His trip, it seemed, was not in vain.

“Let me rephrase that, how much is the appearance fee for me to compete in this race?”

Qiaos took a deep breath, obviously irritated.

“It’s 300 US dollars. For a high school student like you, that’s a very decent sum of money.”

“Additionally, you can apply to the club for a professional road bike to use until the end of the competition. Plus, our club’s starting position will be better than those of the ordinary participants, which is extremely beneficial for improving your performance.”

“Wow.”

Li Ang nodded in surprise.

“That’s a nice reward, almost enough to fix the plumbing at home twice.”

To know, for such a small-scale competition last time, Eric even gave a five hundred US Dollar appearance fee, plus a bicycle.

Seeing Li Ang’s response, Qiaos’s face was about to crack into a standard fake smile when, the next second, that smile froze on his face.

He took a few deep breaths and then said coldly,

“All I can say is that the choice is yours. I hope you can take a longer perspective.”

“You make a good point, Mr. Qiaos, which is exactly why I refuse to cooperate with you.”

Li Ang smiled, turned around, and left.

He would rather pay to participate in the competition himself than represent Falcon Club for three hundred dollars.

After all, in a lifetime, one can’t just do math problems.

It’s about the reward but also beyond the reward.

As he stepped out the door, Li Ang thought, since he was already in the city, he might as well go to the gym.

Ever since he got his membership, he had only been there twice; indeed, it seems no one can escape this law.

“Long time no see, Li.”

As soon as he entered, Li Ang bumped into Blair, the stubbly uncle he had met last time.

Too bad, he didn’t see the Jewish girl from last time, wondering if she got scared away.

After exchanging greetings, Blair also kindly reminded him,

“Consistency is necessary for fitness. Otherwise, no matter how talented you are, you’ll regress severely if you stop training for a few days.”

Li Ang nodded in agreement, but still explained,

“Actually, I’ve been training these past few days. It’s just that for me, the gym is more like supplementary training.”

He didn’t have the habit of playing dumb. In America, the stronger and more confident you appear, the more respect you get from others.

Blair laughed awkwardly, remembering that Li Ang’s main focus was probably on cycling training.

He changed the subject,

“Do you need my assistance today?”

Actually, as one of the top figures in the gym, Blair usually had others assist him. By offering help, he meant to apologize to Li Ang.

“If that’s possible, it would be great.”

Li Ang wanted to test the limits of his body today. His first test might have fallen short of his real strength due to unease with the process.

But this time, having fully adapted, his real strength could be properly reflected by the weight on the barbell.

Trying such heavy weights was much safer with someone to assist.

After completing his warm-up, Li Ang started to add weights to the barbell.

“What weight do you want to attempt this time?”