CHAPTER 1 :

NO BUS, NO WORK

Back from a trip to Krustyland, Bart and Lisa are comfortably installed in their uncomfortable school bus seats, talking about what they experienced in Krustyland. He told his sister that he liked the "Flying Cannonball", a rollercoaster where the (un)lucky passengers can have a cream pie thrown at him/her.

"I got a cream pie and you didn't!", Bart said. Lisa freplies that she preferred the "Cotton Candy Spinner", even if it's a ride where the nacelles spin on themselves, yet fixed on a platform who also spin. At this very moment, Otto tries a shortcut by way of the school yard. In so doing, the six tires of the school bus leave big dents in the grass until the very moment where Otto hits the sandbox edges.

When the front tires hit the sandbox edges, Otto brakes the bus as hard as possible and, since the bus is quite heavy, due to the amount of free souvenirs the kids brought with them. One of the souvenirs prevents him from braking as it should be and the end result is that the fence gets knocked down. Also, as the fence was brought down, he also knocked over a waste basket, who flew off the ground and broke the windshield. Once the bus has been fully immobilized, Otto throws his iPhone in frustration and breaks the window of Principal Skinner's office. Before he gets to Skinner's office, he realizes that this accident may cost him his job but also that it left Bart with a broken ankle.

Principal Skinner then screams, "Otto is requested at the principal's office!"

Otto gets out of his bus, looking for his thrown iPhone. Before he leaves the bus, he says "I'll be back in a jiffy!" to the passengers of the vehicle encumbered by its cargo. When he arrives, the principal has something ominous to say. He says that it's the third bus Otto has damaged or destroyed in the past month…

Principal Skinner announces, "You're fired".

Disappointed by these news, he goes out, looking for a new job, not knowing that, somewhere else in Springfield, a company totally unknown to him actually goes around, looking for applicants. Like in the nuclear power plant, where Homer gets hooked by some Chinese-looking men during his lunchtime.

Homer asks them, "Who are you?"

The first Chinese man responds, "I'm Wang. I come here on behalf of China Eastern…" Homer then spouts, "China Eastern? D'oh! Lousy Chinese company! They're going around stealing our jobs!"

Guan, the second Chinese man, quickly reassures a worried Homer, "We are not actually stealing jobs in the United States; we at China Eastern wish to know the average American schmoes better. To this end, we need to hire American workers. Tell me, Homer, do you have any experience in the transportation industry?" Homer says no and the Chinese men walk away from the cafeteria.

However, even fired, Otto is allowed to search for his iPhone in the principal's office. He frantically searches the office, looking in the wastebasket, the desk, and also the file storage device. "No good", he thought. "I lost all the music I have"

When he finally finds his iPhone, his clothes are all dirty and he tests his iPhone to see if the beating the iPhone took did not affect the functionality. He lets Bart borrow the cell phone just so the boy can see if the iPhone still works. Bart has decided to call Moe while at his workplace, full of customers. Moe, meanwhile, explains the upcoming situation to his "Big Six", the top six patrons of Moe's Tavern, those known to cause 91 percent of all road accidents in Springfield, Otto being purported to cause the remaining 9.

Barney, Homer, Lenny, Carl, Larry and Sam all stop drinking for the time Moe needed to explain what happens, but Barney no longer pretend to play sober, as he begins activating the Duff faucet while Moe made his speech.

Moe begins his speech, "The Olympic Games are slated to begin next week. I want all of you to be on your best behaviour, for that, even if we only encourage America's top athletes, we need to show them that we support them responsibly." During his speech, the phone rings and Bart stands ready to pull his prank.

Bart begins to asks for "Amelia Problems" and no one answers his call, even as the Big Six laugh with the son of one of them. "Is there anyone to solve Amelia Problems?", Moe asks the patrons. "Sorry for this interruption, but we have to designate a driver that does not drink for the bar. Or hire one if none of you are up to the task." At this time, Otto gets in the bar, having overheard the last bit of the speech. "Or hire one if none of you are up to the task" is the sentence that keeps coming back in his head when he finally commits to asking Moe about his possible new job.

Without even asking for a resume, Moe begins Otto's interview. He first asks if he has any experience in the transportation industry. While the bartender interviews the former school bus driver, Barney uses this diversion to drink the entire keg to which the Duff faucet is connected. Luckily, the keg was almost empty and, as such, he didn't drink much.

Otto, positively, said, "Yes, dude", not knowing that the China Eastern executives are watching the whole thing from their room in the Moeview Motel. Then Moe asks him if he drove drunk. He answered yes and he also said that he crashed a bus 16 times without a fatality, 14 of which were under influence.

What Moe does not know is that his Class-B commercial driving license, with P and S endorsements, which allows him to drive a school bus, was in part earned because both Otto and his examiner shared a common hatred for Homer, one of the Big Six. But, even with his record of crashing a school bus 16 times without a single fatality, Moe's answer comes pretty quick, "Sorry, Otto, but you cannot drive the wrecked bus for my bar." A depressed Moe shouted back, "I'd never get any job other than to drive or to play heavy metal!"

This is where Guan and his wife, Amelia, step into Moe's Tavern. Guan's plan is to take advantage of the situation to offer the service permanently, well beyond the Olympic Games, and bolster the business of the tavern, so China Eastern may eventually purchase the place, if it doesn't purchase it now.

Moe prompts Guan to make an order, "What do you want to drink today?" To this question, Guan answers that he wants an Anchor Steam. He feels poisoned, but later decides to give his offer, "Moe, I heard from some quite reliable sources that you intended to have a chauffeur service for the duration of the Beijing Olympic Games so you can support the athletes of the world responsibly. Why not let China Eastern do it instead?"

An astonished Moe responds, "China Eastern? Just hope you're not stealing OUR jobs!" To this claim, Guan claims that Springfield's unemployed people included enough people with driving licenses for all of them to be hired through China Eastern of America, of which Guan is the managing director.

The long-beared Chinese executive, Guan, and Moe continue their talks while Otto falls back to his wrecked bus, not knowing that it has been since purchased by China Eastern of America so the previous owner could have sufficient funding and thus offer decent education. He listens to the heavy metal music contained in his iPhone, waiting an offer from anyone (even China Eastern itself!)