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Chapter 327 - 298: Ambitions, A Game of One’s Own

Chapter 327: Chapter 298: Ambitions, A Game of One’s Own

At 2 p.m. sharp, the attendees for the Bo Yuan Company’s annual meeting had largely arrived.

This year, the Bo Yuan Company hosted over eight hundred people, and all employees who were not based in Shudu were allowed to claim reimbursement for their travel expenses, which really made the employees feel the financial strength and generosity of their own company.

Since quite a few reporters and live streamers had mixed into the venue, Liu Yuanbo and Wu Li decided to just go ahead and live stream the event to everyone!

Therefore, the annual meeting, originally scheduled to start at 2 p.m., was delayed by half an hour as Liu Yuanbo had the equipment set up, and used Wu Li’s Mo Yin account to start the live stream.

"Wow, it’s really live streaming!"

"So many people!"

"So, Bo Yuan Company has this many employees."

"When is Wu Li coming out?"

...

Soon after the live stream started, the number of viewers exceeded two million. Although there were many people at the venue also streaming, which divided the viewership, the angle from Wu Li’s side was the best in the whole venue, and combined with the high followers count on Wu Li’s Mo Yin account, it quickly attracted most of the netizens to his stream.

As a burst of music played, a male and a female host walked onto the foremost stage.

Both hosts were employees of Bo Yuan Company, the man being a manager of the Mo Du branch and the woman, a coach from the Shudu branch.

"Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, dear colleagues, and viewers in front of the screens, good afternoon everyone!"

"Welcome everyone..."

After a brief opening speech, the hosts invited the company leaders to the stage for their addresses.

Liu Yuanbo took the microphone onto the stage, "Hello, everyone."

"Originally, I had prepared a speech before coming on stage, to summarize our company’s achievements over the past year, then to look ahead to the future, and finally to thank everyone."

"However, the attention this annual meeting has received today was beyond anyone’s imagination, turning it into a live stream viewed across the whole network."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The audience all laughed, and most of their faces revealed a proud expression, sharing in the company’s glory.

Liu Yuanbo continued, "I understand everyone’s eager feelings right now, and I know who you all want to see the most, so I won’t waste any more words. Please welcome the Chairman of Bo Yuan Company, the National Master of Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall, Mr. Wu Li, to the stage!"

Boom!

The whole venue erupted with cheers and thunderous applause, both from the audience on site and the viewers watching the live stream, all of whom felt more affection for Liu Yuanbo.

That’s right, everyone had rushed here or entered the live stream, not really to hear him report on the company’s affairs, but to see Wu Li.

So, amid everyone’s expectant gazes, Wu Li, clad in a black suit, ascended to the stage.

"Ho, it’s my first time seeing Wu Li dressed so formally."

"So handsome!"

"He wore a suit when he was on a variety show in the United States last time, and I still think he looks the most dashing in a suit!"

...

The online viewers sparked a heated discussion, while the audience on site was also whispering to each other, almost all pulling out their phones to take photos or record videos.

"Hello everyone," Wu Li said with a smile.

The applause rose again.

"It was not easy for all of you to come and attend the annual meeting, was it?"

"Ha ha!"

Many employees immediately remembered the difficulties they had faced outside and agreed that it truly hadn’t been easy to get in.

"I heard that earlier outside, some people were buying our company employee badges for thousands of yuan each. So I just suggested to Yuan Bo, if the company ever needs money, we could just find a large sports arena for the annual meeting and sell the badges. We would definitely make a good amount."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Nearly everyone laughed, and Liu Yuanbo, sitting in the front row, also laughed and gave Wu Li a thumbs-up.

When the laughter subsided, Wu Li continued, "Honestly, I was also startled today, not because of the massive attention, but because I suddenly discovered that in just under a year, our company already has so many employees! I feel not only like a martial arts prodigy but also like a business wizard."

The audience burst into laughter again. As employees of Bo Yuan Company, they paid extra attention to news about their boss and had several positive labels associated with Wu Li’s image: formidable, handsome, strong, spirited, and confrontational. However, seeing Wu Li up close today, they found he seemed more humorous than expected, which made the employees feel a closeness to him, bridging the distance between them: he wasn’t just Wu Li, the big star, but also their boss.

"I want to thank everyone, thank the company’s leadership, every branch manager, coach, and employee. I’m just a martial artist who’s not too bad at Kung Fu, and it’s all your efforts that have enabled me to achieve what I have today."

After speaking, Wu Li bowed with clasped hands to the audience, who responded with a round of applause.

"However, this is just the beginning. Many of you may already know that at the beginning of next month, our company will open its first branch in New York, United States."

"We’ve managed to turn Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall into a national chain within a year, and I hope that in a few years, our martial arts halls can become a global chain!" Wu Li raised his voice.

"Ho, incredible!"

"Wow, such grand ambitions."

"Our Wu Li is awesome, starting a company and turning it into a global chain."

"If that’s really the case, then the whole world will be learning Chinese martial arts, and Wu Li will definitely go down in history!"

...

The live streaming audience was shocked by Wu Li’s goal, and so was the audience present. But as a member of Bo Yuan Company, when their own boss made such a bold statement, they naturally had to cooperate.

"Yes!"

"Wu Li is badass!"

...

The crowd below cheered.

When the noise had somewhat subsided, Wu Li continued, "Lastly, I have two announcements to make."

"First, the company will be opening branches in the United States one after another, so we need some employees to go to the United States, and they might not be able to return for a while. Yuan Bo showed me the overseas work subsidy plan, and I’ve decided to add another benefit: the families of employees working overseas can visit them abroad once every three months, with round-trip airfare reimbursed by the company."

Boom!

The crowd below erupted, their eyes lighting up as they discussed eagerly.

In fact, Bo Yuan Company already offered very enticing salaries for those working overseas, and with Wu Li adding this benefit, it was pretty much an opportunity for their families to enjoy a free international trip every three months — an incredibly sweet deal.

"Long live the boss!"

A young girl suddenly shouted from the crowd below, and the rest immediately joined in.

"Long live the boss!"

"Long live the boss!"

...

"That’s big time."

"Deep pockets!"

"So rich and powerful!"

"Suddenly, I want to work at Bo Yuan Company."

Several live-streaming viewers were envious.

The senior executives sitting with Liu Yuanbo at the table began to inquire. The announcement was a spontaneous idea by Wu Li, which he had only discussed with Liu Yuanbo and hadn’t yet communicated with the others.

However, in Bo Yuan Company, the real decisions were essentially up to Wu Li and Liu Yuanbo. Once they decided, it was pretty much settled.

"Just take this opportunity to advertise our company," Liu Yuanbo told the executives.

Flying from China to the United States wasn’t cheap, and with round trips for so many employee families every three months, it was a significant expense. However, Liu Yuanbo had his own thoughts: with so many people nationwide watching today’s annual meeting, seizing this opportunity to win people’s hearts and enhance the company’s image made this ’advertising cost’ worthwhile to him.

"The second announcement."

On stage, Wu Li continued, "I know that our Martial Arts Hall’s professional class already has quite a few people. When I set up the professional class, I defined the members as semi-professional athletes, meaning these people needed to participate in professional competitions to constantly improve their skills. However, as far as I know, many members of the professional class actually don’t have many competitions to participate in."

"So, I’ve decided, in 2021 our company will fund a large-scale mixed martial arts competition ourselves and invite many well-known fighters from both domestic and international circles."

"I hope that the students from Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall who participate will perform well and make a name for Traditional Martial Arts!"

Woosh woosh woosh! Applause erupted below. This time, only part of the crowd was excited — those from Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall’s professional class.

Originally, Wu Li had set a rule: anyone who could pass into the professional class was asked by Bo Yuan Company if they were willing to sign a contract. If they were willing, they were trained as professional athletes. So, those who had entered the professional class and were willing to sign contracts with Bo Yuan were essentially employees of the company, and most of them attended today’s annual event.

When they heard the second announcement by Wu Li, they all got excited. They had passed into the professional class and signed contracts with Bo Yuan, showing their serious intent to pursue a professional path.

However, currently, the martial arts circle in Hua Country lacked a truly influential, professionally recognized competition. Now, Wu Li said he was going to organize one, inviting famous fighters from both national and international arenas — a godsend for all professional fighters!

Because he was Wu Li, when he said he was going to organize a competition, no one thought he was just playing around.

"Wow, that’s big time!"

"Are we finally going to see a major professional competition in our country?"

"To be honest, the competitions like Jianghu Wind and Glory Warrior these past years were okay, but their impact was too small. Now with Wu Li behind it, I believe this will be a spectacular event!"

"That’s great, I’m looking forward to such a competition. We, the fans of martial arts, are in for a treat!"

"Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall’s professional students all train in Traditional Martial Arts. I hope we’ll see many masters of Traditional Martial Arts in the ring then."

...

Wu Li’s second announcement soon caused a major uproar online, with countless netizens starting to discuss.

Over the years, when it came to martial arts, international competitions had always been more high-end and had more attention. Our own professional fighters often hoped to compete abroad. This caused a phenomenon where domestic competitions had low visibility and couldn’t retain top talent. All the real masters wanted to compete abroad, whether in Boxing or Mixed Martial Arts.

Indeed, many professional fighters and martial arts fans wished for a high-end, influential, professional competition domestically, but despite many attempts over the years, no one had succeeded.

Now, Wu Li publicly told everyone with this approach: I’m going to try it once, this year, we will have our own competition!