Chapter 750 Find a professional golfer to teach you
"Xiao!" Branson, accompanied by a tall man in white, greeted Xiao Peng, who was practicing tennis at the tennis court. "A lot of people come here to play, but you're the first person to spend three days in a tennis court with a tennis ball transmitter. Now I understand why you succeeded. Your persistence isn't something everyone can do. Come over and have a break and a drink?"
Xiao Peng put his tennis racket aside and said proudly, "I'm getting more and more proficient! Now I think I can compete with Pascal in tennis! It turns out that as long as you master the angle and route of the return ball, there's nothing to worry about even if you use force! How dare he say that I'll never learn to play tennis? I've been training hard for three days just to teach him a lesson and shut him up. Branson, you have to be my referee and bear witness!"
Simon came over with a couple of glasses of juice and handed them to the group. Branson took a drink and said, "Xiao, with all due respect, playing tennis isn't as easy as you think. You need an opponent to practice with. Why don't the people around you practice with you?"
Xiao Peng said truthfully: "I'm afraid of getting hurt. When I first came into contact with this thing, I didn't have the accuracy and hurt Walter, so I'm practicing it myself now. I'll fight with others after I become proficient."
Branson laughed after hearing this: "Xiao, I'm here to help you solve your problems."
"Ah? What do you mean?" Xiao Peng was stunned.
Branson pointed to the man in white next to him and said, "This is former professional player Ross Huggins. I know you want to learn tennis, so invite him here to coach you!"
"Wow!" Xiao Peng was stunned after hearing this. "Branson, how can this be so embarrassing? I'm just playing around. Can you find me a professional player?"
"If we're going to find one, let's find the best!" Branson said. "Ross Huggins has been a professional tennis coach for Virgin Sports since he retired. He has extensive teaching experience. In fact, you also gave me an idea. I think it would be a better experience for my customers if we had a professional tennis coach on the island."
Xiao Peng couldn't help but sigh at the sheer breadth of the Virgin Group's reach. A former professional player offering you a job so readily?
"Mr. Huggins." Xiao Peng extended his hand to Ross Huggins: "Thank you for coming."
"Just call me Ross. It's really fun to be a sparring partner for 'Salvage King' Xiao." Ross Huggins shook hands with Xiao Peng. "I've heard a lot about you. Thank you for everything you've done for Britain."
Xiao Peng blinked: "What did I do for Britain?"
"What you have done in Dover Port is admirable! Major media outlets in the UK have been reporting on it recently," said Ross.
Xiao Peng laughed after hearing this. "This isn't something you British media would do. The last time you British media said something good about the Chinese was two hundred years ago, right?"
Branson answered the question: "Channel 4 was implicated in the terrorist attacks. If they don't get a financial injection, they'll have to change owners. This incident has caused the British public to distrust the media, so no media outlet wants to be exposed at this juncture. That's why they've been reporting the truth for a rare period of time. Xiao, don't look at me like that. I own shares in Channel 4, but the Virgin Group isn't really involved in the media; we only have a music station. Even though I lost a lot of money on this, I have no problem with you. Business is like this, with gains and losses. I even give you a thumbs-up and tell you you're doing a great job! I couldn't have done something like this at your age. Actually, I want to ask you again: how does it feel to have a billionaire at this age?"
"Ten billion?" Ross was shocked.
Branson explained: "He made almost four times the profit by shorting British Channel 4 during this period."
Ross's eyes changed when he looked at Xiao Peng.
Xiao Peng, however, looked helpless. "Branson, to be honest, I'd rather have this much wealth by the time I'm 60. Now I can stop caring about money, but at the same time, I've lost the motivation to strive for success. I can now live an idle life. If someone said this to me when I didn't have so much money, I would have wanted to slap them in the face, but now that I have this much money, I understand what's going on. So now I think it's nice to just travel around and enjoy life."
Ross curled his lips after hearing this. But Branson nodded seriously, "You're better than me. Making money is addictive. When I was broke, I said I'd stop when I made a million. When I made a million, I wanted to make ten million. When I made ten million, I wanted to make a hundred million. And when I realized one day that I had enough money, I was already at this age."
"But you still won't stop!" Xiao Peng raised his juice and took a sip, saying, "You enjoy this kind of life, don't you? I can't do that."
"Who says not?" Branson nodded. "I enjoy this kind of life."
Ross, who was listening to the conversation between the two, suddenly felt unhappy.
Although he was a professional golfer, his highest professional ranking was only 63rd, an awkward mediocre ranking. He couldn't place in major tournaments and earn much in prize money, and smaller tournaments didn't bring in much either. With little advertising revenue, he relied on prize money from tournaments, which was neither too much nor too little. He wasn't good with money, and coupled with a failed marriage, he was now a coach for Branson's Virgin Sports, despite being a former professional. At the mere call of his boss, he'd make the trek from the UK to the deserted Necker Island.
Now, the more he listened to the conversation between the two, the more unhappy he became. Did he cross the Atlantic just to listen to two people showing off?
"Mr. Xiao, I heard your marksmanship is top-notch?" Ross smiled. "I've never been good at marksmanship. How about I teach you tennis and you teach me how to shoot?"
Xiao Peng was about to say something modest when Ross suddenly said mysteriously, "My boss is also very confident in his shooting skills. He has the best private shooting range in the Caribbean right here on Necker Island. And..."
Seeing Ross hesitated, Xiao Peng was stunned: "And? And what?"
Ross laughed and said, "Mr. Xiao, my boss told me that you've only played tennis for a few days, while I have at least ten years of shooting experience. Believe me, you can definitely teach me how to shoot much faster than I can teach you tennis."
Branson frowned slightly after hearing this: "Ross, what are you talking about?"
Xiao Peng stood up and said, "I think Ross is right. I don't have time to waste right now, or else Papa will laugh at me every day. Now that I've finished my drink, let's get back to practicing!"
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