Chapter 941 A Terrified Driver!
After pondering for a long while, Fang Qiu could only rent a big truck to transport the tiger.
Fortunately, there were numerous big rental trucks near the shooting base. After all, many filming crews needed to transport props for shooting, so there were quite a lot of people in this industry.
Most importantly, although this tiger was big, it was only the size of a small elephant. An ordinary truck could carry it.
Soon, under the recommendation of the crew, Fang Qiu came to the place where he could rent large trucks and found a truck driver who he had contacted in advance.
“Come on, take a photo first.” Catching sight of Fang Qiu, the truck driver took out his phone and took a selfie with Fang Qiu without hesitation.
“Let’s talk about how to s.h.i.+p my thing.” After that, Fang Qiu began to talk.
“No problem. What sort of instruments do you want to s.h.i.+p? Where do you want to put them?” Asked the truck driver.
“It’s not instruments or tools, but an animal,” Fang Qiu smiled and said, “I need to s.h.i.+p it all the way to Beijiang!”
“Huh?” The truck driver was stunned.
How could he expect that this deal would require him to travel so far and even transport an animal?
It was not worth it to run such a distance.
“30,000.” Seeing the driver hesitate, Fang Qiu said directly, “I’ll give you 30,000 for this deal.”
“Okay.” The truck driver immediately nodded in agreement.
It was 30,000.
In addition to the toll, gas fee, and the money for repairing the car damage, he could still earn about 20,000!
How could he miss such a profitable business?
Although it was long-distance, it was still worth it.
Two drivers could drive in s.h.i.+fts and each of them would earn 10,000 for the whole journey. Moreover, it would only take a few days. It was simply worth it.
“What animal do you want to s.h.i.+p then?” Asked the truck driver.
“Let’s get there by your truck. We can go to s.h.i.+p it now,” said Fang Qiu.
“Okay!” Without hesitation, the driver got on the truck, drove Fang Qiu into the shooting base, and came to the warehouse rented by the filming crew.
This was the last day of the warehouse rental, so Fang Qiu had to take the giant tiger away today, otherwise, it would scare lots of people.
“What kind of animal?” After stopping the truck in front of the warehouse, the driver jumped out of the truck and asked with a smile. Then, he turned to look inside the warehouse.
However, he saw a tiger, which was taller than him and looked like an elephant, standing straight in front of the warehouse, less than five meters away from him.
“Ah!” The driver was so scared that his legs went limp. He fell directly to the ground, trying to escape in a panic.
“Don’t panic.” Fang Qiu hurried forward to help the driver up.
“Pitter-patter…” There was a sound of footsteps.
He Gaoming and the others ran out of the warehouse. Seeing that the driver was so frightened that his legs went weak, they couldn’t help laughing.
In front of the driver, He Gaoming reached out and patted the giant tiger’s neck, saying, “Do you think that ordinary animals need us to spend so much effort to ask you to transport it? Don’t worry. It won’t hurt anyone. And as long as you carry it, I promise that no one will dare to rob you on the way!”
Hearing that, the driver eventually calmed down a little and stood up straight. When he saw the peaceful picture of everyone getting along with the giant tiger, the panic in his heart gradually dissipated.
Hearing He Gaoming’s words, the driver glanced at He Gaoming and thought to himself, “I don’t dare to carry it either. This is a giant tiger!”
After all, tigers were protected animals. If they were caught, the drivers might be accused of smuggling animals No matter how much money they paid, he would not do it!
“No, no, no, I won’t do it.” The driver was scared. He immediately shook his head and waved his hand, saying, “I can’t do this. This is illegal. I can’t do it, no matter what!”
“I can give you more money.” Fang Qiu gave a wry smile.
“I can’t do that even if you pay more!” The driver shook his head and looked at another driver in the driver’s seat. He was so terrified that he didn’t even dare to show his head. He immediately said in a bitter voice, “Please, I’m begging you. Let me go. I won’t do this business, okay?”
But right at this moment, a sharp screech was heard suddenly.
Everyone turned to look.
It was an official car.
A middle-aged man in a suit and tie got out of the car.
“Is Fang Qiu here?” Because the truck was blocking, the middle-aged man didn’t see the giant tiger. After a shout, he walked around the truck.
Fang Qiu turned around and asked, “What’s the matter?”
The middle-aged man reached the door of the warehouse.
His eyes were fixed on the giant tiger, and his face turned pale with fear. He took a few deep breaths, turned his head with dry lips, looked at Fang Qiu, and stammered, “A… Amazing. This, this tiger is really big!”
Fang Qiu asked. “Who are you?”
“I’m from the Forestry Bureau.” The middle-aged man pressed his dry lips and then looked at the giant tiger in panic. Then he raised his hand to give a file bag to Fang Qiu and said, “This, this is your Wild Animal Domestication License.”
Fang Qiu grinned and said, “Perfect timing. Thank you.”
Fang Qiu had been troubled by the problem of transporting the giant tiger before the completion of the shooting. At that time, he called Li Ji and asked him to help legitimate his domestication of the giant tiger. At least, transporting and raising the giant tiger would not break the law.
Thus, Li Ji promised to help him get a license.
Now, the license came.
After all, Fang Qiu’s cultivation base had something to do with the military. It was also a good thing for the military if he took this giant tiger to guard the base.
Therefore, after Li Ji reported it, it was directly approved by the higher-ups.
The government was also aware that this kind of guardian beast couldn’t be domesticated by ordinary people. Since it was subdued by Fang Qiu, it could only be raised by Fang Qiu. Others couldn’t control it at all.
After handing the certificate to Fang Qiu, the man from the Forestry Bureau immediately turned around, got in the car, and ran away.
Getting the license, Fang Qiu turned around and asked the truck driver, “Now, can you s.h.i.+p it?”
The truck driver thought for a moment and said, “Wait for us to discuss it.”
After that, he got into the driver’s cab.
The two drivers discussed for a long while before they reached an agreement.
“How is it?” Asked Fang Qiu.
“Sure, but you have to pay more.” The driver looked at the giant tiger in horror, then gritted his teeth and said, “If you increase the price, we will s.h.i.+p it this time even if we have to risk our lives!”
“Okay.” Fang Qiu nodded and asked, “How much do you want?”
“50,000!” The driver answered without hesitation.
It was obvious that this was the price that they had already discussed.
They felt that the price was already very high. Originally, they wanted to scare Fang Qiu away with this price. After all, it was truly too expensive if he paid 50,000 for this trip. But they also needed to risk their lives to do it. Without this amount of money, they didn’t dare to carry this giant tiger.
“Okay, 50,000.” Fang Qiu didn’t even think about it and immediately nodded in agreement.
It was going to cost him 50,000 to transport a guardian beast.
That wasn’t expensive at all!
“Well, this, this big tiger, how can it be moved to the car?” Asked the driver.
Because the truck was especially used to s.h.i.+p goods, the driver directly faced the warehouse’s door with the truck’s door opening when he drove over.
As soon as the driver asked, the giant tiger glanced at them and jumped into the car with a light leap.
Seeing this, the two drivers were shocked.
They didn’t expect that this tiger could understand what the human said!
“I’ll go with you.” He Gaoming grinned and was about to get into the driver’s cab. He said, “I’m worried that they would be scared. I can also escort the tiger on the way.”
“He’s stronger than you, isn’t he? Does he need your escort?”
Fang Qiu pressed his lips.
“Hehe.”
He Gaoming chuckled and said, “Actually, I mainly want to see what you are doing there.”
“What about your men?” Asked Fang Qiu.
“It’s okay. They will go back to Jiangjing on their own,” said He Gaoming.
“Well,” Fang Qiu frowned and said, “then don’t get on this truck. I’m going back to Beijiang. You can be my driver.”
After he made a decision, Fang Qiu could only go to the 4S car dealers.h.i.+p shop and got an off-road vehicle.
Considering that he didn’t have a driver’s license, he could only let He Gaoming drive it all the way.
However, He Gaoming was a Martial Superior after all. Although it was a long-distance journey, he would never get tired of driving, so Fang Qiu didn’t need to worry at all.
Everything was ready.
The two cars set off at the same time and drove all the way to Beijiang.
As the two drivers were frightened, nothing happened along the way.
Five days later, they arrived at the periphery of the cultivation base.
As soon as Fang Qiu paid the rest of the money, the two truck drivers left in a hurry.
It was such a giant tiger.
They were so frightened while looking at it. They were terrified all the way, for fear that the big tiger would break through the door and kill them with one blow!
It was not easy for them to make it to the destination, so they didn’t dare to stay any longer. They took the money and ran to the city, wanting to leave the horrible giant tiger first and find a place to rest for a few days before going back.
Because they were still some distance away from the cultivation base, Fang Qiu asked He Gaoming to drive, while he rode the tiger to the base quickly.
They then arrived at the cultivation base.
When the staff in the base saw such a big tiger, they were all scared out of their wits. Many of them were so frightened that they almost called the police.
If they hadn’t seen Fang Qiu riding on the tiger, they would have truly called the police.
“Don’t panic, guys.” Fang Qiu waved his hand to calm everyone down, then patted the giant tiger to let it lie down. He jumped off the giant tiger and said to everyone, “This is our new friend.”
Hearing that, everyone in the base smiled wryly in a panic. No one dared to come forward.
“Chirp, chirp.” The little white hare ran out of the cultivation area, rushed to the giant tiger, stood straight, and stared at the giant tiger’s eyes.
After a while, the rat hare ran back in a hurry, quickly carried a very good-looking Desert Cistanche back, and gave it to the tiger.
As a guardian beast, of course, the giant tiger could sense the Qi of Heaven and Earth in the Desert Cistanche. He immediately ate it and then played happily in the base with the rat hare as it was leading him.