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Chapter 124 - 111, Issue 1, let’s start with a fake one

Chapter 124: Chapter 111, Issue 1, let’s start with a fake one

Mo Yin Operation Department, Cao Yan was in a meeting.

She was one of the managers in the Mo Yin Operation Department, specifically responsible for matters related to internet influencers with over ten million followers.

Today, she had received an application from Wu Li to host a variety show on Mo Yin, which was unprecedented, so she organized a meeting to discuss it specifically.

In fact, Cao Yan harbored resentments toward Wu Li and his backing company for a simple reason: Wu Li did not act like an influencer who wanted to make money.

After becoming popular, he neither accepted advertisements, engaged in live stream sales, nor participated in any commercial activities. What was even more excessive was that he had once gone abroad for over half a month, that is, he did not stream for more than twenty days!

It was like a popular online writer who stopped updating properly and even paused updates for over twenty days. What was he thinking, trying to ascend to heaven?

Such improper behaviors resulted in Wu Li bringing less actual revenue to Mo Yin than some influencers with fewer than ten million fans. Naturally, Cao Yan would have complaints toward Wu Li and Bo Yuan Company. If it weren’t for Wu Li’s video featuring Xingyi Spear gaining popularity again a few days ago, Cao Yan wouldn’t have even organized this meeting and would have directly rejected Wu Li’s application.

Even so, although the meeting was held to discuss the matter, Cao Yan internally wasn’t optimistic about Wu Li’s variety show. After the discussion, the attitude towards Wu Li’s show remained uncertain.

"Allow me to say a few words," Cao Yan began to summarize after everyone had nearly finished discussing.

"Taking everyone’s opinions into account, Wu Li’s variety show does have something new, but it also has risks. Our platform has always had strict regulations on live broadcast content because we fear accidents. Once Wu Li’s show airs on Mo Yin Platform, this problem arises. What if the content is unairable? Do we just cut it off? But then there’s Qi City TV Station involved, and possibly sponsors too, and it would become a huge hassle if disputes arise because of this."

Cao Yan slowly stated, "Furthermore, the profit aspect of this variety show currently seems to be primarily the platform audience’s tips, which are too insignificant. Unless the other party can secure a substantial amount of sponsorship, we actually don’t stand to make much profit, but rather, we face considerable risk. Therefore, I’ve decided..."

"Sister Cao!"

Just as Cao Yan was about to deliver her verdict, the conference room door was suddenly opened, and a young man rushed in.

Cao Yan frowned, "What is it?"

"I just received news that Haohan Fitness is willing to sponsor ten million for Wu Li and Qi City TV Station’s new variety show! Additionally, Fenglin Group is willing to contribute thirty million and wants an exclusive title sponsorship!"

"Wow!" Gasps filled the conference room.

Cao Yan’s eyes widened, "Are you sure about this news?"

The young man nodded, "It’s being talked about in the industry now, released by Haohan Fitness and Fenglin Group, and several online streaming platforms are already contacting Qi City TV Station and Bo Yuan Company."

"..."

"Leader, just now regarding Wu Li’s application, what had you decided?" someone asked Cao Yan.

Cao Yan suddenly snapped back to reality and slammed the table, "Approved! Definitely approved! Contact Wu Li right now, I want to talk to him personally!"

...

On April 5, after several days of communication and negotiation, Bo Yuan Company, Qi City TV Station, and Mo Yin reached an agreement and signed a contract. Now they were only waiting for the variety show to pass the review, and then it could be broadcast.

Qi City TV Station offered Wu Li a salary of 800,000 per episode, which was lower than some top-tier celebrities but considered a very high price for an influencer.

Actually, when Xiao Qing agreed to do the live variety show, he was prepared not to make much money from this venture. He planned to initially rely on his years of connections and reputation to pull in a few sponsors, barely achieving a break-even or even at a loss. As long as the show became popular, there would be sponsors lining up to offer money later. Even if it didn’t make much profit, if it could make a name, both Xiao Qing and Qi City TV Station could accept it.

What he hadn’t expected was the influence Wu Li wielded. Even before the show was approved and officially announced, Haohan Fitness and Fenglin Group had approached with a sponsorship deal totalling forty million, and there was room for negotiation!

This was clearly a profit-making venture even before the show had started broadcasting. Why hesitate? Qi City TV Station quickly signed the contract, and Mo Yin Company also hurriedly came forward to discuss the live broadcasting details, and within a few days, the three parties had signed the contract.

Qi City TV Station estimated that it might take a week for approval. During this period, the three parties simultaneously advertised and prepared for the broadcast, while Wu Li went to the Yan Martial Arts Hall every day to discuss reforms to the Yong Chun Fist with Yan Baili, Xue Bai, and others, simultaneously inviting Xu Chuan to Qi City to advise on Fist Techniques.

...

At Yan’s Yong Chun Martial Arts Hall, Xue Bai was sparring with a young man, who was none other than Xu Chuan.

Xu Chuan attacked fiercely, launching consecutive Horse Form Cannons, each strike powerful.

Xue Bai’s Yong Chun was also very refined; he continuously blocked Xu Chuan’s Cannon Fist using Flat Hand, waiting for an opportunity. Suddenly, he used his right elbow to strike against Xu Chuan’s incoming left punch.

Bang! Neither of them wore gloves. As their fists and elbows collided, pain shot through Xu Chuan’s finger bones. He frowned slightly, finding it difficult to exert force with his left hand for a moment. Seizing the opportunity, Xue Bai stepped into Xu’s center line and threw a punch towards Xu Chuan’s face.

Xu Chuan hastily retreated, trying to dodge Xue Bai’s Hiragana Punch, but Xue Bai pressed forward step by step, forcing Xu Chuan to raise both hands defensively to block the attack.

Xue Bai swiftly threw over a dozen punches, but suddenly, with a twist, his right fist no longer aimed at Xu Chuan’s face but struck his abdomen while his right foot moved forward, pressing against Xu Chuan’s knee.

With this strike, Xue Bai used the Inch Force, which burst out powerfully. Xu Chuan’s abdomen took a heavy blow, and his knee was pressed, immediately throwing off his center of gravity, causing him to stagger backward.

Xue Bai took a lunge step forward, ready to throw a few more punches to knock down his opponent.

However, Xu Chuan took two steps back, and despite being off-balance, he suddenly darted to the side, narrowly dodging Xue Bai’s aggressive attack, then swiftly returned with a punch under Xue Bai’s armpit and a shove towards his face.

Xue Bai was caught off guard and was sent flying by Xu Chuan, landing on the ground.

Upon landing, he showed a wry smile, stood up, and greeted Xu Chuan with clasped hands, "Impressive."

Xu Chuan remained calm and returned the salute with clasped hands, "I yield."

"Good, good use of Snake Grass, Wu Li; your disciple is very perceptive."

Yan Baili and Wu Li were watching the match from the side, Yan Baili exclaimed in admiration.

The step of Snake Grass inherently aims to shift the body’s center of gravity; Xu Chuan was able to perfectly execute Snake Grass when he lost his balance, turning the tables and showcasing remarkable agility, which prompted Yan Baili’s praise.

Wu Li smiled, quite satisfied with Xu Chuan’s performance. Xu Chuan had been practicing Xingyi Fist for less than three months and was already able to narrowly defeat Xue Bai, who had practiced Yong Chun for over a decade; sometimes talent truly defied all reason.

Of course, it also had to do with Xu Chuan’s previous Sandboxing training and good physical condition. Otherwise, someone with just three months of training, even if their technique was good, would not have stood a chance, like how Xue Bai’s Hiragana Punch wasn’t something an ordinary person could withstand.

With a good physique, quick wit, and the guidance of a renowned teacher like Wu Li, Xu Chuan’s progress was incredibly rapid; he had spent a week training privately with Wu Li and could now exchange a few moves with him, although Wu Li held back.

During that week, Wu Li and others like Yan Baili had discussed and finalized improvements to the Yong Chun training methods and techniques.

Indeed, Yong Chun was highly practical in the ring, but because it mainly involved close-quarters, short-range combat, it was difficult to utilize if one couldn’t get close. Therefore, Wu Li mainly summarized some practical leg techniques, elbow strikes, takedowns, various close-step approaches, and offensive routines from dozens of Yong Chun styles available.

In the entire refinement process, Wu Li’s contributions outweighed everyone else’s combined. Yan Baili and others thought Wu Li had an extraordinary gift as he always came up with techniques that perfectly aligned with the principles of Yong Chun, integrating them seamlessly within the system, deeply impressing them.

Yan Baili was completely reassured; initially, he was somewhat worried that Wu Li’s reforms might end up fragmenting Yong Chun like past reforms in Sandboxing, only keeping the most effective force-generating techniques and moves, but he found that Wu Li retained the core framework while enhancing it with more practices suitable for competitive fighting, making him marvel at Wu Li’s rare genius.

As for Wu Li, he did not elaborate too much on this; being too modest in such situations would appear insincere, and similar events would continue to occur anyway, so letting others believe he was a once-in-a-century genius was not bad, saving a lot of explanations.

Just when Yan’s Martial Arts Hall was preparing to officially change its name to Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall, the variety show "Seeking Martial Arts" was approved and ready to be aired!

On April 11, Xiao Qing informed Wu Li to come to the TV station to discuss the show.

"Wu Li, these are some of the candidates we plan to visit for the first episode; see which one you think is suitable?"

After arriving at the station, Xiao Qing handed Wu Li a document.

Wu Li took the document and started reading. The first few were Traditional Martial Arts practitioners well-known on Mo Yin, followed by other well-known individuals the production team had heard about.

"If you have someone suitable in mind, feel free to suggest," Xiao Qing said.

The contract had made it clear that the choice of people to visit would be primarily based on Wu Li’s opinion, thus he was called today to discuss it.

Wu Li flipped to the later part of the document and slightly furrowed his brows upon seeing one of the entries.

"Is this information accurate?"

Xiao Qing was momentarily taken aback; of course, he wasn’t the one who had collected the information himself and turned to ask the program director next to him.

"Do you know this person?"

The director glanced at the individual Wu Li was pointing to and nodded, "Yes, he’s indeed famous in his area, so we included him on the list."

Wu Li nodded, "Let’s go with this person for the first episode."

"Is there an issue with this person?" Xiao Qing sensed something from Wu Li’s demeanor.

Wu Li chuckled, "For the first episode, let’s start with a bit of a spectacle."