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Chapter 328 - 299 Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves, A Bright Future Ahead

Chapter 328: Chapter 299 Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves, A Bright Future Ahead

After announcing two pieces of news, Wu Li said a few more words and then stepped down from the stage.

Two hosts came onto the stage and started to introduce the first act.

The opening act was a song performance; a male coach from the Qi City branch took the stage with a guitar and sang a folk song "Nanshan South."

Of course, there had to be performances at the annual meeting, and all acts were voluntarily signed up for by the employees. Initially, everyone’s enthusiasm wasn’t too high, but then rumors spread that Wu Li might attend this annual meeting, and everyone’s zeal instantly surged.

Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall had over eighty branches nationwide, each prepared at least one act to submit, amounting to more than one hundred acts in total. It took the headquarters more than a month to carefully select twenty-six acts. Liu Yuanbo personally invited Wu Li to attend the annual meeting, partly for this reason, as everyone had been preparing for this event for quite a long time.

Now, this annual meeting was being watched live by at least two to three million netizens, so the employees performing on stage felt both nervous and excited, somewhat enjoying the sensation of being celebrities.

One act followed another on stage—after all, they were meticulously chosen and their quality wasn’t low; at least, they weren’t boring to watch. However, it was still just a company annual meeting. After many netizens had seen Wu Li, they lost interest in continuing to watch and chose to leave the live stream, while some stayed to see if they might catch another glimpse of Wu Li later.

"The peak online viewership hit over 4.7 million people, awesome!" Liu Yuanbo whispered to Wu Li as he joined him at their table.

Wu Li smiled. If there wasn’t any major event, his live streams didn’t usually attract this many viewers. Today, it was mainly because such a commotion happened outside the hotel and it topped the trending searches, attracting so many netizens to watch.

"Mr. Wu."

"Good to see you, Mr. Wu."

...

After Wu Li took his seat, the other senior executives at the table quietly greeted him, most of them seeing Wu Li in person for the first time.

Wu Li responded with a smile, feeling slightly strange inside—it had been almost a year since the company was founded, and this was the first time he greeted these subordinates.

"Master, when do you plan to start the competition?" Liu Yuanbo asked Wu Li in a low voice.

Wu Li had only roughly discussed the matter of holding the competition with him yesterday.

Wu Li: "I’ll wait until I’ve won my first UFC championship."

Liu Yuanbo nodded; indeed, that would be a good time. Wu Li’s personal honor and influence in the combat sports arena were at a peak. Calling for a competition at that time would certainly attract a lot of attention.

The few senior executives at the same table listened to their conversation and looked at Wu Li with internal admiration: A UFC championship—it sounded so simple when mentioned by Wu Li, as if it was as easy as having a meal or a drink!

Afterwards, they chatted leisurely while watching the performances.

In addition to the performances, there were also raffle events and recognition of outstanding employees. Wu Li went on stage to present awards to the outstanding employees and offered a few words of encouragement. After that, he only needed to wait to draw the grand prize at the end.

...

At 5:50 PM, the annual meeting entered its final agenda: the banquet.

The hotel staff began to serve dishes, and all the alcoholic beverages on each table were opened.

Of course, the first toast had to be initiated by Wu Li, the chairman. He took the microphone in one hand and a wine glass in the other, stepped onto the stage, and as he looked down at the crowded audience, he felt a surge of pride in his heart: these were all his employees!

"I wish you all everything you desire in the new year!"

"I wish that Bo Yuan Company will brave the winds and waves in the new year and have a bright future!"

"Cheers!"

Wu Li drained his glass in one gulp.

Below, Liu Yuanbo suddenly shouted, "Brave the winds and waves, to a bright future, cheers!"

Then everyone in the entire venue cried out in unison, "Brave the winds and waves, to a bright future!"

"Cheers!!!"

The combined voices of over eight hundred people nearly shook the ceiling; the atmosphere was electric!

Outside the hotel, some reporters and fans who were waiting were startled by the sounds coming from inside. They looked at each other and all had a similar thought: Wu Li was formidable in Martial Arts Training, and it seems he’s also quite impressive at running a company.

Inside the hotel, the banquet officially started.

In Hua Country, at a banquet, eating is always secondary—it’s drinking that comes first or rather, the toasting.

Without a doubt, as the company chairman and a red-hot superstar, Wu Li was the target that everyone wanted to toast to.

However, with over eight hundred people present, if each one of them came up to make a toast, even if Wu Li were a legendary drinker, he would still be laid out here today. So, Liu Yuanbo instructed a senior executive, who then went around and passed on the message:

"Each store can send a few representatives to offer a toast,"

But with over eighty stores, Wu Li could only symbolically sip his drink, and even so, by the time all the branch representatives had proactively finished their toasting, Wu Li was already feeling a bit tipsy.

However, this was just the beginning, because there were still many people whom Wu Li needed to actively toast today.

The table belonging to Fenglin Group, the group’s chairman Chen Zhengyang, had come to participate in the Bo Yuan Company’s annual meeting today, mainly out of consideration for Wu Li’s face.

There was also a table from Haohan Fitness, chaired by Liu Wenhan—the father of Liu Yuanbo—who, at the special invitation of Liu Yuanbo, also attended Bo Yuan Company’s annual meeting.

Both Fenglin Group and Haohan Fitness had given great help to Bo Yuan Company. It could be said that Bo Yuan Company’s growth to this stage in less than a year was heavily reliant on these two major groups.

Being well-known and not lacking money was just the basic condition for opening stores. Renting branch store spaces, purchasing related equipment, advertising, promoting, organizing various activities locally... In these aspects, Bo Yuan Company was completely a novice, while Fenglin Group and Haohan Fitness had provided a great deal of assistance, so Wu Li had to go and actively offer a toast to express his gratitude, no matter what.

"Uncle Chen."

Holding a glass of wine, Wu Li approached Chen Zhengyang, and the people at this table all stood up, including Chen Zhengyang’s daughter, Yang Yuzhu, and Zhao Lixin.

"Wu Li, I was just telling them, you might become the most famous one among entrepreneurs in the future, and the richest among celebrities, haha!" Chen Zhengyang said, laughing.

Wu Li laughed along, then went around the table toasting each person.

"Congratulations, Wu Li." This was Yang Yuzhu.

"Let’s spar sometime when you’re free." This was Zhao Lixin.

...

Next was the table from Haohan Fitness. Seeing Liu Wenhan, Wu Li, because of his relationship with Liu Yuanbo, called him uncle as well.

"Wu Li, you have really given me a tough problem," Liu Wenhan said, sounding reflective.

Wu Li: "Oh?"

Liu Wenhan: "When I first agreed to let Yuan Bo start a company with you, I just wanted to train him. I thought once he had enough and gained some ability, he would come back and take over my position. But I hadn’t expected that you two would keep growing your enterprise bigger and bigger. My worry is that one day when I let him come back, he may no longer desire my position."

"Hahaha."

Everyone, including Liu Yuanbo, laughed.

Wu Li also found it funny, but there indeed was an issue to consider: what to do if one day, Liu Yuanbo needed to go back to take over Haohan Fitness?

However, he did not dwell on it for long; if Bo Yuan Company grew to a certain extent in the future, they could simply acquire Haohan Fitness. In that case, Liu Yuanbo would also be inheriting his father’s legacy.

Of course, this idea was temporarily unspeakable to anyone, as it would easily invoke ridicule. After all, based on the current scales, Bo Yuan Company was still behind Haohan Fitness by a notch.

...

The third table Wu Li proactively chose was that of the Traditional Martial Arts masters who had joined Bo Yuan Company.

Initially, Wu Li had openly announced his intention to employ Traditional Martial Arts masters as coaches at Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall and promised long-term effectiveness. After such a period of over half a year, Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall now had ninety-three Traditional Martial Arts masters, all of whom were martial artists with at least one master-level Martial Art.

Wu Li felt genuine affinity towards these individuals, and they were also indispensable for the future development journey of Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall because Wu Li didn’t want the students from Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall to only practice Xingyi Fist. He hoped for a plethora of styles, with students of various disciplines achieving success.

So far, the results were quite satisfactory. These masters were divided into twenty-three Martial Arts styles, serving as coaches in different branches. They first trained some capable coaches before they began teaching students.

Although currently, among all the students at Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall, those learning Xingyi Fist still constituted the overwhelming majority, there was a small portion of students who had learned other styles and had even been admitted to professional classes—a very good start!

Wu Li valued these people greatly, so he took the initiative to offer the toast.

The masters were all seated in one area, comprising nine tables, and Wu Li went from table to table to toast.

These masters were all somewhat surprised. Their students were relatively few compared to other coaches teaching Xingyi, so they felt their status within the company was lower. It took them by surprise that after Wu Li had toasted two tables of guests, he would actively come to toast them.

"Masters, I hope to see on the competition stage excellent successors representing your respective styles. Half of Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall’s future lies in your hands!" Wu Li raised his glass high and addressed the masters loudly.

These words greatly startled everyone, and then they were moved.

To tell the truth, joining Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall was not just for a livelihood for many; they had chosen to come because of their passion for Traditional Martial Arts. Wu Li’s contributions to Traditional Martial Arts were needless to mention, and most importantly, his current stance made it clear to these individuals:

Wu Li didn’t just intend to develop his own Xingyi Fist; he hoped that all styles of Martial Arts could flourish!

"Thank you, Wu Li!"

All the Traditional Martial Arts masters raised their fists in a solemn salute to Wu Li.

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