CHAPTER 457: CHAPTER 207: KIMI

As the container was opened, everyone’s eyes brightened.

Because there were quite a lot of things inside the container, stacked together in layers, it was clear that there was much to explore.

Qin Miao immediately noticed that there seemed to be a boat or something inside the container, along with some miscellaneous items piled together outside.

True to their profession, the port workers checked inside the container and rummaged through the piled-up miscellanea, confirming that there were no valuables before giving a rough estimate: "If you don’t want any of it and we recycle everything... we can give you about 70,000 US Dollars, with the main valuable item being that boat at the back."

Zhou Guanyu thought about it; there was no space at home for so many things, so he decided to sell everything in one go.

"I don’t want any of it, you can have it."

The other party nodded: "Alright, but that’s just a rough estimate. I’ll need to check if there’s anything valuable inside to determine the specific price."

Zhou Guanyu naturally nodded in agreement.

More than twenty minutes later, Zhou Guanyu netted a profit of 76,000 US Dollars.

Looking at the transfer notification on his phone, Zhou Guanyu curiously asked, "How much did you buy each of these containers for?"

Qin Miao shrugged: "Actually, they were given to me by someone else. I was quite busy recently and didn’t have time to open them, and since it was your birthday, I just decided to pass them on to you."

Zhou Guanyu wasn’t bothered by the fact that this gift was initially given to Qin Miao; men don’t complicate things that much.

"Interesting. Now I’m starting to worry about what I should give you for your birthday to not seem unoriginal." Zhou Guanyu instead began to feel a bit puzzled.

Qin Miao, however, didn’t care: "Simple, you can just bow to me then."

"You rascal..."

...

Zhou Guanyu’s classmates weren’t poor either. Seeing how fun it was to open these things and that Zhou Guanyu seemed to make some money, they couldn’t resist and bought a few steel mystery boxes from the port here. Naturally, opening them resulted in both losses and gains, but overall, they were at a loss.

It’s not hard to understand. After all, if the contents of the container were really valuable, the owner wouldn’t likely have left them abandoned at the dock.

After the large mystery boxes were opened, Qin Miao prepared to head home since he had work the next day.

However, before leaving, his friends, including Zhou Guanyu, pulled him to take a group photo at the dock.

Back home, Qin Miao went to take a shower, while Qimeng organized all the packages at the doorstep.

First, she opened some items she had ordered online.

Once organized, Qimeng discovered two packages for Qin Miao. The first box she opened contained a special edition PS5 that Qin Miao had bought.

The design featured a photo of Qin Miao winning at Imola.

Qimeng remembered that it seemed like this was custom-made for Qin Miao by someone from Sony—they didn’t even ask Qin Miao to post anything on Twitter or Weibo, just contacted him directly to see if he wanted this special edition PS5. Qin Miao nodded, and they started making it; now it’s finally delivered.

The second box puzzled Qimeng because Qin Miao hadn’t ordered anything else recently.

Not holding back, Qimeng opened the box directly and was a bit confused to find a pure white evening gown inside.

Checking the size, it was indeed her own.

While puzzled, Qimeng suddenly remembered that during the podium ceremony in Monaco, Qin Miao seemed to have taken a longer look at the hostesses.

She glanced at the bathroom from where the sound of water came, then helplessly shook her head.

The next day, Qin Miao went to work at the Mercedes factory feeling refreshed, while Qimeng took a rare long sleep-in.

For Qin Miao, the Baku Circuit for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, like Monaco, was a completely unfamiliar track. He hadn’t raced on it during his time in F2, only on simulators.

Baku is also the second-longest circuit on the calendar.

On this high-speed circuit, the team brought a round of upgrades.

Firstly, the break-wing sides of the car had been adjusted since Baku was a track that valued top speed, so the adjustment reduced drag on the break-wings without sacrificing too much downforce.

At the same time, the diffuser on the floor also got some adjustments.

Finally, the front wing and rear wing were replaced with medium-low downforce versions.

Up until the start at Baku, Qin Miao had been testing these upgrades in the simulator at the team factory, and concurrently practicing his familiarity with this circuit on the simulator.

In contrast, Hamilton was a bit more relaxed than Qin Miao, primarily helping the team develop new parts alongside his training. This included but wasn’t limited to providing ideas, design suggestions, and future performance requirements or objectives for the car.

For the Mercedes design department, Hamilton somewhat represented a client, but on second thought, he indeed was a client since he was the ultimate user of the car designed by the Mercedes design department.

Compared to that, Qin Miao’s work was rather easy, as aside from improving his own skills, he only needed to provide feedback on whether the new parts brought changes to the handling and felt different on the simulator.

Once focused on something, time tends to fly by; by the time Qin Miao snapped out of work, it was already Wednesday of the race week.