pertwk Chapter 78 This price isn't that high, is it?
Chapter 78 This price isn't that high, is it?
Ten million?! Is this the instruction fee for a top martial arts master?!
Qin Wei glanced at the account balance and felt uneasy.
It wasn't that he couldn't afford the money, but he couldn't use the consecutive banknotes he had stolen immediately after the deed was done, and he had so many mouths to feed under his command, so his savings were all prepared to cover the cost.
Talia precisely captured the fleeting embarrassment on Qin Wei's face.
Having lost his family business, living in a dilapidated factory, working as Maroney's dog, and recently plotting a notorious bank robbery, Talia figured Bruce wouldn't have much money in his pocket at this point. She curled her lip and gave the defeated man a short, sharp, and cutting snort.
Qin Wei accurately caught that cold snort.
According to his usual temperament, he would have turned around and left immediately, but what kind of situation is this now? There are powerful enemies lurking in the shadows, and he doesn't know when he will run into a troublesome opponent like the fake bat.
There's a huge experience pack for enhancing martial arts skills right now, and it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so even if it's disgusting, I have to go and grab it.
Qin Wei knew that only the powerful had the right to be arrogant, so he suppressed his temper and asked in a humble tone:
"This is way too expensive, can you make it cheaper?"
"My guidance is worth this price, and it's not a one-time fee, it's one million a day. If you can't afford it, you should give up the idea as soon as possible."
Qin Wei was speechless. The price was even more outrageous than he had imagined; it was charged by the day...
Wait, how much?
The first deal earned him 100,000, and the second deal earned him a manor. The fact that things had always come so easily made Qin Wei greatly underestimate the purchasing power of the US dollar.
In reality, Oswald's Mustang only cost $40,000, $500,000 could buy an extremely comfortable apartment in the Diamond District, and a country house was only $2 million. His savings of over $60 million were enough to crush 99.999999% of Gotham residents.
Is Talia's asking price high?
That's ridiculously high! Just two days of guidance and she could buy a villa outright. This kind of money-making speed is like a whirlwind.
Unfortunately, she encountered Qin Wei.
Those who make money by swatting wind are no match for those who make money by breathing; they're just little brothers.
"Uncle Ben, bring the boxes down from upstairs!"
Royce, who was on the second floor, overheard the entire conversation. Realizing that his boss was about to start showing off, he deliberately raised his voice and gave Qin Wei a hard shove:
"Boss, are you crazy? How am I supposed to lift all these money boxes?!"
Upon hearing Royce's exaggerated tone, Qin Wei immediately understood that the other man was giving him a message. How could he possibly let his uncle's painstaking efforts go to waste?
"Just take one!"
Taking advantage of Royce's words, Qin Wei, who had soared to great heights, turned his gaze back to Talia's face. Before the other party's contemptuous smile had completely disappeared, he raised an eyebrow triumphantly.
"After all, the client's asking price wasn't very high."
When a large box full of money was thrown in front of her, Talia felt only humiliation.
She felt that the man in front of her was deliberately humiliating her, but out of loyalty to her employer, she did not show too much emotion on her face: "Three million, 72 hours. During this time, I will do my best to tutor you. As for how much you can master, that's up to you."
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As Talia said, in the three days that followed, she completely abandoned her superior attitude, guiding movements, practicing with the participants, and answering questions, demonstrating a high level of professionalism and patience in every aspect.
"Humans are different from machines. There are clues before each move is made. Excellent martial artists can always seize the opponent's attack animation as early as possible and counterattack when the opponent finishes the move."
"Your reflexes are extremely sharp, and you have the muscle memory left over from a massive amount of training as support. Even if I wanted to subdue you in one move, it would be impossible."
"But strangely, your reaction to 'follow-up moves' and 'variation moves' in martial arts is as slow as a novice."
Talia's professionalism certainly justifies the price; she spotted the crux of the problem at a glance. That day, during the hand-to-hand combat with the fake bat in the alley, Qin Wei ultimately lost due to a clever "change of tactics."
"You might not understand what I mean, so let me give you an example..."
Talia grabbed her trouser leg, raised her knee, and kicked a mid-section kick at the makeshift sandbag filled with sand and gravel in front of her.
But just as her instep was about to touch the sandbag, her posture suddenly changed.
The hips thrust forward and twist, while the knees buckle downward, instantly transforming a mid-section kick into a fatal blow to the imaginary opponent's head.
boom!
A muffled thud echoed through the empty factory. The sandbag, taller than a person, creaked and shook as she kicked it, leaving a large hole where it was hit, spraying sand and gravel out as if it had been hit by a shotgun.
Qin Wei was used to it, but Jason, who had just come to observe and learn, was so shocked that he bit his lip.
He also knows the karate change-of-direction kick, but he can't kick it as quickly as Talia. What's even more terrifying is that the power of this move comes entirely from the kinetic energy generated by the slight twisting of the body and the bending of the knee, with very few muscles involved in the power generation.
The way this move is executed means that its destructive power will not be too strong.
Look at the exaggerated swing of that punching bag; this is hardly the effect a simple cross-court kick could produce. If we were to use a fighting game analogy, the woman has turned a "light kick" into a "Critical Art" effect.
However, what's even more terrifying is yet to come: Qin Wei can perfectly replicate a woman's movements after watching it only once.
His movements weren't as swift and graceful as Talia's, but the explosive power he exuded was even greater.
boom! ! ! !
An explosive sound rang out, startling Reus awake from his afternoon nap upstairs.
"What happened? What happened?!"
"It's okay, you can go back to sleep."
Qin Wei waved his hand and turned his gaze back to the sandbag.
The sandbag was destroyed by the violent bombardment, with sand scattered all over the ground from the crack, just like a live pig that had been hung in a cold storage room and cut in half from the waist.
Qin Wei took the sandbag off and threw it into a corner of the warehouse, where a small mountain of such discarded sandbags had been piled up.
Even Talia couldn't help but nod repeatedly. After spending the past few days together, her impression of Qin Wei had changed drastically, from a thin, disabled man to a talented newcomer.
Please, she didn't care what noble blood flowed in the other person's veins; only the strong could pique her interest.
So Talia slowly understood why Lei Xiaogu had entrusted the inheritance scroll to this man. Although somewhat reluctant to admit it, she began to understand her father's actions—"You're right, this man is a fighting machine called 'humanity'."
After putting on the new sandbag, Talia demonstrated various commonly used follow-up moves and variations in martial arts, which Qin Wei recorded one by one.
But simply memorizing them isn't enough; you also need to apply them extensively, thoroughly integrating these techniques into your very being and engraving them into your muscles.
This is a long process.
After the last day of training, Qin Wei still felt unsatisfied and thought that if he could also bring Talia to his side, wouldn't he be able to have a free martial arts instructor?
But now is not the time to think about these things, because Royce brought good news—Dick has woken up.
This means that the first step of the plan to loot the vault will officially begin.