The Black Card

Chapter 227 - Employ Him As a Salesman

Translator: Lav

Editor: Seliniaki Ilikia

Obviously, Young Master Yu wasn't going to let Shi Lei go so easily. He picked up another club and said in an odd tone, "This set isn't bad either. It's 130,000 yuan. If I were you, I'd pick the best. Don't be like the ones who start with beginner equipment worth only a few thousand, then work their way up to the better brands step by step. It's better to just buy the best!"

Shi Lei couldn't help but glance back at him. "Why are you so talkative? Manager Meng, why don't you just employ him to be a salesman here? I think he's pretty good at selling things. Perhaps you'll be able to sell a few more sets everyday after you employ him."

Young Master Yu's face turned green and Meng Xiaodie's stomach started hurting from holding back her laughter.

Then the woman next to Young Master Yu spoke. "Aiyo, don't force yourself if you can't afford it. Young Master Yu is only giving you advice out of the kindness of his heart. He wouldn't care about equipment worth a mere 100,000 yuan. His set is more than 300,000 yuan!"

"It doesn't matter how expensive it is," Shi Lei said, not even bothering to look up. "He uses it to play golf and not to hit you, so why are you being so noisy?"

The woman's face also turned green. Meng Xiaodie could no longer hold back her laughter and it escaped from her mouth, but she quickly stopped. However, it was obvious from her expression that it was difficult to hold in.

Young Master Yu's eyes were spitting fire. Shi Lei's words were too evil. First he spoke as if Young Master Yu was a salesman selling equipment. Then he subtly suggested that he had played some hardcore games with the woman next to him.

The woman saw that Young Master Yu was close to exploding and attempted to add fuel to the fire. She held onto his arm and rubbed her plump body against him. "Young Master Yu, look at this guy! What nonsense is he talking spewing?"

Young Master Yu was about to snap when Shi Lei said, "Are you guys here to play golf or to sell equipment? I'm the one buying. Does it have anything with you? The emperor isn't in a hurry, but the eunuch is. However, what you said is actually reasonable. Since I'm getting a set, of course I'll go for the good ones that will last me at least two or three years. Manager Meng, I'll take this. Also, pick out some shoes, a cap, and gloves for me and calculate how much it is." Shi Lei took out his wallet as he spoke.

Young Master Yu saw his actions and really couldn't say anything else. Besides Zhang Lianwei's limited version, the set Shi Lei picked was the most expensive. "Think about it carefully," he said, voice resentful. "Don't lose all your money here for face."

Shi Lei passed the card to Meng Xiaodie. He walked up to Young Master Yu and studied him carefully.

He was slightly startled and took two steps back. Although he didn't say anything, his eyes exposed his defensiveness, since he was really worried that Shi Lei would suddenly give him trouble. It wasn't that he was scared of him, but because of his identity, he couldn't afford to lose face here if came down to a fight.

Luckily Shi Lei only gave him a few glances. "If you don't want to play golf, then I don't think it's a bad idea to use a 300,000 yuan set of equipment to hit her. There was a Hong Kong idol with the surname Guan who also played others like this. But don't go overboard. One ball is enough. If you play with two balls, you might end up in the hospital." With that, Shi Lei turned around and walked away without giving him a chance to respond. Meng Xiaodie also turned around, her shoulders shaking from laughter.

Anyone going to a golf course would have heard the joke about the Hong Kong idol with the surname Guan. It was mentioned repeatedly and Meng Xiaodie would naturally understand it.

Young Master Yu could only stomp his feet with a dark exprssion on his face. He couldn't just grab Shi Lei and beat him up, could he? Not to mention that whether or not he could actually win against him was debatable. Even if he could, the owner of this golf course wasn't someone he could offend. If he really used violence here, he would have to consider the boss' attitude.

He narrowed his eyes. "Brat, you can pretend to be cool now," he said silently. "I'll wait for you at the practice grounds. Just watch how I'll humiliate you!" He turned around and walked away. The woman quickly chased after him in her high heels, screaming for him to wait for her.

She didn't know that Young Master Yu was filled with anger and didn't have an outlet. The woman's yells made him feel like he was losing even more face as he picked up the pace.

She chased after him even faster. However, she was in heels, making running quite inconvenient. She was about to catch up to him when she rolled her ankle and threw herself forward. She just happened to grab Young Master Yu's pants. And since he was walking quickly, the pants ripped apart and underwear with Crayon Shin-chan prints was instantly exposed.

All the employees around them cried out in surprise and they turned around as soon as it happened, but Young Master Yu was still furious and glowered at the woman.

Her fall hadn't been light, but knew that she had made a grave mistake. She raised her head and looked at him with an extremely pitiful face. "Young Master Yu, I'm so sorry. I just…I just wanted to catch up to you…"

"Catch up your ass! What are you catching up to me for? Do you want to be beat up by my 300,000 yuan worth of equipment?!" Then, he pointed at the employees and roared, "Hurry up and chase her out!" With that, he turned around and sprinted toward the changing room. He had taken all his anger out on that poor woman.

She sullenly climbed up from the floor. Seeing that an employee was walking toward her, anger burned in her heart and she scolded all of them. "What are you all looking at!? I can walk by myself!" She was about to run out covering her face when her shoes failed her and the heels completely broke off. The woman fell face first onto the floor again.

Meanwhile, Shi Lei had already put on his gloves and had an equipment bag sitting next to him holding 130,000 yuan worth equipment. He put the cap on, fixed it, and looked at himself in the mirror. Hey, don't I look like a professional golfer who has become champion of the field?

Haha, no matter what pose I make, I still look cool. Shi Lei randomly picked up a club and posed as he attempted to recall the postures of professional golfers swinging. He looked in the mirror again. Mhm, I look like I know what I'm doing.

He slung the set of equipment over his shoulder and walked out of the changing room. A man was sprinting in his direction. Shi Lei made way for him and realized that was Young Master Yu.

Shi Lei took a single glance and saw that the other had changed a pair of pants. He immediately misunderstood and thought: As expected, wealthy people really are different. It hasn't even been that long and he had to do it with her. Shi Lei subconsciously stretched his neck and looked toward the direction Young Master Yu had walked out from, wanting to see whether the woman would walk out with messy clothes or not, since he hadn't heard any noises.

Obviously, he couldn't see anything. Young Master Yu had also spotted Shi Lei and glowered at him, standing in front of the changing room door.

Shi Lei silently walked around him and thought: It's barely been ten minutes since I paid and came here to change my shoes. This guy has even changed his pants! Looks like he doesn't have any stamina. Wouldn't it take two or three minutes at least? Ah, it's the money's fault. He spent too much on alcohol and sex, and now his body is empty.

Hence, his glance toward Young Master Yu was filled with pity, which enraged the other even more.

"Brat, stop right there!"

Shi Lei jumped back in alarm. "What the f*ck? Do you not differentiate between guys and girls? I'll say it now. I'm not interested!"

Young Master Yu couldn't understand what Shi Lei was referring to. "Do you dare bet with me?" he asked hatefully.

Shi Lei was relieved. "Bet on what?" he asked.

"Bet on a game of golf, with the stakes being one million!"

Chapter 228 - Do You Dare to Bet?

Translator: Lav

Editor: Seliniaki Ilikia

Shi Lei waved his hand said, "Hey! What's wrong with you? It's my first time here and you want to bet with me? Do you think I have that much money to burn?"

Young Master Yu was blank for a second. He also felt that it was unfair, which was why he fell silent.

"Why don't we instead play the game with the glass balls? The one in which you win by getting it through three holes? I'm not boasting, but I've never lost playing that!"

Young Master Yu was about faint. I am a young master and you're asking me to lie on the ground to play that game with you? You're the one who has something wrong with you!

Of course, Shi Lei knew that Young Master Yu wasn't going bet with him. He smiled and said, "See, you don't have the guts to bet with me, do you? But in all seriousness, are you that crazy for money? If you are that skilled, go bet with Tiger Woods or something. Oh, he wouldn't play with you. His appearance fee is probably higher than the bet you made." With that, Shi Lei left. Meng Xiaodie was waiting for him outside. Seeing that Shi Lei had a set of golf clubs on his back and was wearing the cap, she couldn't help but nod in approval at his appearance.

"Mr. Shi, would you like me to take you to the golf course first or the practice grounds first?"

Shi Lei shrugged. "Why are you teasing me like that guy was? I haven't even learned how to hold a golf club properly. What am I going to do at the golf course? Bask in the sun? That's not very nice, Manager Meng."

Meng Xiaodie was slightly embarrassed. "My apologies. Because Miss Wei is going to arrive soon, I thought…"

Shi Lei laughed. "Haha, I'm just joking with you. It's fine. Please take me to the practice grounds first. Oh, actually, just find someone else to take me there. Otherwise, Wei Xingyue won't know where I am when she arrives."

Meng Xiaodie quickly arranged for a girl to lead Shi Lei to the practice grounds.

It was on the second floor of a building not far from the main one. There was an extremely large platform outstretched from the building. Behind it was a resting area with seats and lounges. At the front were rows of fairways. Below it was an exceptionally spacious lawn which stretched out about three to four hundred meters.

The girl asked Shi Lei what drink he would like, to which he responded with a request for a bottle of water. She then left after she brought the water over.

Shi Lei examined his golf clubs one by one as he stood on the teeing ground. Although he had never played before, he knew that every club had a different use and one of them was made especially for teeing off.

However, he did not know which club that was. Shi Lei scanned the area around him, thinking to ask someone when a professionally dressed woman in her thirties walked over.

"Hello, are you Mr. Shi Lei?"

Shi Lei nodded. "I am. You are…?"

"I am the coach here. Manager Meng gave me a call saying that it is probably your first time playing golf, so she asked me to come and offer my services to teach you the basic things you need to know to play golf."

Shi Lei was overjoyed. "Aiya, that's great!" he exclaimed. "I was just worrying about that. I'll say it now, I don't even know which club to use!"

The lady chucked. "You are very humorous, Mr. Shi."

Shi Lei waved his hand. "I'm not trying to be funny. I really don't understand."

The lady studied Shi Lei, then glanced at his set of equipment and smiled. "You have such good quality equipment, I thought you would at least know the basics."

"So which one do I use?"

She smiled as she picked out a club from the set. "You cannot bring more than fourteen golf clubs to play on the course. Usually, your set should consist of three woods, nine irons, and one putter. Then there's a hybrid or a wedge. Your set of equipment consists of a 1-wood, 3-wood, 5-wood, a 3-9 iron set, and one wedge, making it eleven altogether. Woods are referred to the clubs that used to be made of wood, but the majority of woods now are made of metal. It is still called a 'wood' because we are accustomed to calling it that. Woods are usually used to hit long distance shots. The longer the distance you need, the smaller the number you should pick. Irons are usually used on the fairway for medium distance or for the first hit on a 3-hole game. A putter is as the name suggests. You use it to putt the ball. It is used in the last stage of golf and is usually on the green, where you putt the ball into the hole. The wedge is used when the ball is stuck in sand pits or plants, or in special situations. In the practice grounds, we usually use a 1-wood. The one I'm holding right now is a 1-wood."

Shi Lei only half-understood what she said. "So I will use a 1-wood when I learn how to tee off?"

The lady smiled and shook her head. "People usually practice using a 1-wood last. Most beginners start learning from 6, 7, or 8-irons. For irons, we usually use a 2-9, a P (pitching) wedge, or a S (sand) wedge. The brand you picked actually has numbers 10 and 11 too, but we rarely use those. Hence, instead of picking the P and S wedges for you, she chose the A (approach) wedge, whose angle is between the two. This wedge will fit you better, considering your current level. Numbers 3, 4, and 5 are long. 6, 7, and 8 are medium. Meanwhile, 9 and A wedges are short clubs. Number 7 is in between, so we advise beginners to start with this club."

Shi Lei watched the lady pick out a club from the bag and hand it to him. He took it.

"When you play golf, you need to stand with your legs apart." The lady patiently taught him the basics. From the standing posture, to holding the club, to swinging, et cetera, she taught him everything patiently.

Although Shi Lei didn't understand anything, he was very focused in learning. It wasn't like other sports, where he could easily learn the rules and basics. Golf required effort and he had to learn all the postures one by one.

As he was practicing, somebody sneered next to him. "So you really don't know anything! How does someone like you have the face to come and embarrass yourself here?"

Shi Lei had his head lowered as he held onto the club with both hands and focused on aiming for the small white ball on the ground, but he still spoke in return. "Did you know how to play it when you were in your mother's womb? Did they have to custom-make a set of equipment for you at that height?" As he spoke, Shi Lei swung the club, but missed the ball. The golf club hit his shoulder when he swung and he grimaced in pain.

Young Master Yu sniggered again, finally finding some face. He didn't even bother to go play himself as he watched Shi Lei clumsily learn how to swing the club.

However, Shi Lei wasn't discouraged. After practicing swinging the club again and again under the coach's guidance, he could eventually hit the ball decently enough. Except the distance was still horribly short and the directions the ball went in were all wrong, since he couldn't control it at all.

Young Master Yu stood on the side and constantly scorned Shi Lei. Shi Lei had answered his words sarcastically in the beginning, but soon realized that it was a waste of time to talk to people like that and decided to ignore him. However, the coach frowned a few times. That man was really getting on her nerves.

It didn't take Shi Lei very long—only around twenty minutes—to grasp the basics of teeing off. At least he could hit the ball every single time, regardless of distance and direction. He couldn't be too hurried in those two areas, as he could only improve through consistent practice.

Shi Lei swung the club again. The small white ball flew in the air with a defined arc and landed on the spacious lawn. Shi Lei looked over and saw that the direction of the ball was rather good this time. It was also the furthest distance he had hit as of yet, which was about seventy or eighty meters.

"Mr. Shi, you are learning very quickly. You can now practice by yourself and find me if you need anything else." Shi Lei thanked the coach and she left.

"Do you want to have that bet with me after you learn how to play?" Young Master Yu's voice spoke again.