Chapter 87 The Birth of a Billiards Coach
When Phil announced that the champion would receive 10 prizes in the next billiards championship, the whole game was in an uproar!
"I heard it right, he said 10 gold coins?"
"It's 10 gold coins! It's just a few games of billiards and you can get 10 gold coins. Is this true?"
"It should be true. We all saw with our own eyes that the winner got five gold coins."
"10 gold coins are enough for me to buy a carriage."
"If I had known that playing billiards would make money, I would have learned to play billiards too!"
"It's time to study now. I'll have to wait a few months later next competition. Even if I can't win the championship, the second and third place prizes will be very generous."
The bonus of five gold coins is already the income of many families in a year, and ten gold coins are definitely a huge sum for ordinary people!
In the eyes of the general public, billiards are just a game and an entertainment activity to pass the time. Nowadays, some people can earn five gold coins by playing billiards, and even ten gold coins will be available in the future, which is completely beyond people's perception.
Although the billiards championship was over, the news that the championship prize was increased to ten gold coins soon spread throughout Ashes City.
Almost one night ago, all the billiard halls in Ashes City became full. In addition to a large number of beginners, more veterans were honing their skills and trying to improve their billiards.
The temptation of ten gold coins is still very great. Too many people are eager to get these ten gold coins. For the prize of these ten gold coins, they went to the billiards hall to practice wildly.
From then on, going to the billiards hall to play billiards suddenly became legitimate, and the original entertainment activities suddenly became practices. Everyone who entered the billiards hall did not want to play, but to enhance their strength, and to get the bonus of the ten gold coins.
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Hunter, a young man from the town, stood in front of Phil with some restraint.
As the champion of the first billiards championship, Hunter won five gold coins, which was a huge sum for the young people in the town, enough for him to go back and build a few houses and propose to the beautiful girl in the town.
However, Phil called him over, which made Hunter a little confused.
"Master Phil, what's wrong with you looking for me?" Hunter asked.
For Hunter, who was born in Luoye Town, he was used to calling Phil "Young Master". Although Phil is a useless magician, in places like Luoye Town, the nobles and the identity of junior magicians are still superior to others. Therefore, in front of Phil, Hunter seemed a little restrained and even spoke very carefully.
"Hunt, don't be nervous." Phil smiled, signaling Hunter to sit down first, and then asked, "You won the championship this time, what are your plans in the future?"
"For this billiards championship, I have asked my boss for several days off. I have to go back to Luoye Town as soon as possible, otherwise the boss will fire me." Hunter said.
"Have you ever thought about staying in Ashes?" Phil asked.
"Leave in Ashes?" Hunter's desire turned away, and then he said, "I am a grocery store clerk. I have no means of making a living, so I can't stay in such a big city."
"Who said you don't have the means to make a living, don't you still play billiards?" Phil said with a smile.
"Surviving by playing billiards?" Hunter shook his head: "It's impossible. Although I won the championship this time and got the prize of five silver coins, I can't always be so lucky. Even if I can always win, there will be billiards games."
"I'm not asking you to make a living by bonuses, but I'm asking you to be a billiards coach." Phil explained.
"What is a coach?" Hunter asked in confusion.
"It's just about teaching others how to play billiards, which is similar to that of a teacher." Phil continued.
Hunter immediately shook his head: "Be a teacher? I have only studied in the lowest level of Magic and Technology Academy for three years. How can I be a teacher!"
"It's not the kind of teacher in the Magic Academy. It's not that complicated. It just teaches others to play the ball well and occasionally play a few sets with others to carry it. This job is much simpler than that of the Magic Academy, so I call it 'coach'." Phil paused and continued, "If you want, you can try it first in my billiards hall."
"Master Phil, do you mean, are you going to hire me?" Hunter asked anxiously.
"No, it's not that I hire you, but that people who want to learn billiards hire you." Phil smiled and continued, "You can also go to other billiards halls. In short, you can go wherever there are guests who need you. I think it should be reasonable to teach billiards for one hour and charge a silver coin at your level."
Hunter was surprised: "One silver coin is charged for an hour? I heard it right. I'm in Luoye Town and I can earn a silver coin in two days."
"You heard it right, you are the champion of the billiards championship, and that's your value." Phil replied with a smile.
Hunter suddenly hesitated. As a young man in a small town, he certainly yearned for the bustling and lively life in big cities, but he never worked as a job other than a grocer.
Phil continued to advise: "Otherwise, you stay for a while first. If you think the job of billiards coaching is not suitable for you, it will not be too late to go back to Luoye Town."
In the end, Hunter still failed to resist the temptation of the big city. He nodded and agreed to stay first.
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Ashes Magic Academy.
Principal Keating looked at the few empty seats in the back row of the classroom, and his expression became unprecedentedly serious.
"Another student skipped class to play billiards!" Principal Keating clenched his fists in anger. As a responsible principal, how could he tolerate students skipping class to play billiards!
"It has been a while since the indictment was handed over to the courtroom, so it's time to go!" Principal Keating said to himself.
At this moment, the concierge of the Magic Academy hurried over.
"Principal, there is someone looking for you outside. He claims to be from the court and is here to deliver the court notice." The concierge said.
Principal Keating immediately showed joy: "The court notice? It's great, it's finally here! I must have those billiard halls that harm people are far away from my school so that it can no longer poison my students!"
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Knight Billiards Hall.
"Mr. Phil Knight, this is the court notice from the referee. Please be sure to arrive at the Ashes City Judgment at 2:00 in the afternoon three days later. If the deadline is not arrived, you will be deemed to give up on your defense." The person from the referee handed a letter to Phil.
Phil took the letter and read the contents carefully.
"After preparing for so long, what should be coming finally came!"
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Chapter completed!