Chapter 425: Learn the Arts of Literature and Martial Arts, and Serve the Emperor!

There is an old saying in ancient times: Those who learn literature and martial arts will bring their goods to the emperor's family.

The meaning of this sentence is that whether you have learned literary talents or martial arts, the ultimate goal is to contribute to the emperor and contribute to the court.

In modern times, whether it is a person practicing martial arts, writing, writing articles, or painting.

Literary and artistic practitioners from all walks of life also strive to achieve national recognition as their goal and are proud to join national-level associations.

Chasing fame and fortune is also human nature.

If a person lives his entire life without any pursuits, what is the difference between him and a salted fish?

Zhang Jinwu has been practicing boxing for decades, partly to support his family in Hukou, but this is also a reality.

Becoming a member of the national martial arts association is the ultimate ideal that he strives for throughout his life.

Fame and fortune are never separate. Of course it would be best if you can achieve success and fame while pursuing profit.

But for the vast majority of people, mediocrity and inaction are the norm.

Only a few among the few can achieve success, such as President Zhao Yunlong Zhao.

Although Wing Chun is a niche practice, the total audience for its practitioners reaches hundreds of thousands.

However, there are very few people who can become the president of the association and a member of the National Wushu Association like Zhao Yunlong.

Originally, Zhang Jinwu thought that he would have no chance of joining the Wushu Association in this life, so he opened a small martial arts gym in a second-tier small city in Hukou to earn a little money to support his family.

Their small martial arts studio, which looks like a small family workshop, has only 8,000 martial arts schools in the country. It cannot be considered by the National Martial Arts Association.

When Zhang Jinwu received a call from Zhao Yunlong a few days ago, he thought it was a scam call at first and couldn't believe it at all.

After repeated confirmations, he decided to take this trip to Kyoto, which he secretly called a "dream-fulfilling trip."

After decades of living, Zhang Jinwu has never been so close to his dream!

If everything goes well, after seeing Zhao Yunlong get the authorization today, he will be introduced to the Wing Chun Association by Zhao Yunlong, and Zhao Yunlong will be the recommender to recommend him to the National Wushu Association.

If you successfully join the National Wushu Association, you will have another golden sign, making it easier to recruit students in the future.

It’s exciting just thinking about it!

"Hello comrade, we are from Zhang's Wing Chun Gym in Shishi City. We have made an appointment with President Zhao at 8 o'clock."

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Zhang Jinwu went to the door of the duty room and reported to a man on duty wearing Wing Chun training uniform.

"Shishi? That Shishi? Why didn't I hear from our president that we have visitors today? Could it be that you are fans of the president and want to fish in troubled waters and go in to secretly take photos!"

The man looked at Luo Yanning and others with a suspicious look on his face, and was very suspicious of the purpose of this group of people.

Among them, Wu Mingshi was as fat and strong as a Maitreya Buddha. At first glance, he could not be a martial arts practitioner.

Zhang Qian is pregnant, and her body looks more and more like a pregnant woman.

Luo Yanning, on the other hand, has not exercised since military training in college, and naturally does not have the so-called warrior temperament.

Among the group of people, Zhang Jinwu was the only one who barely looked like a warrior, but he was getting older, his figure was starting to get out of shape, and his temperament as a warrior was not that good.

Zhang Jinwu laughed and explained: "Ahem, comrade, I really didn't lie to you, we really made an appointment with Chairman Zhao."

Luo Yanning frowned slightly when she saw this, feeling slightly unhappy with President Zhao.

We had obviously made an appointment to meet two or three days in advance. If we didn't say it, we should at least notify the doorman.

The group of people rushed over excitedly, but were disappointed when a small guard blocked the door. This was really a mess.

"Since you said you made an appointment with President Zhao, you must have President Zhao's phone number, right? You should call our President now!"

"After you get through, ask the president to say a word to me and I will let you go."

The man's face clearly showed an expression of distrust.

"Oh you!" Zhang Qian was about to get angry but was stopped by Wu Mingshi on the side.

"Sister Qian, sister Qian, calm down, calm down, don't act like a doorkeeper like him."

Wu Mingshi whispered: "Doesn't Uncle Zhang have President Zhao's phone number? I can't finish calling him."

"Okay, then I'll call Chairman Zhao." Zhang Jinwu could only take out his cell phone, found Zhao Yunlong's number and dialed it.

Dududu,dududu--!

Dududu,dududu--!

"Hello, the number you dialed is currently unanswered, please call again later..."

The phone rang for almost a minute without being answered, and the receiver sounded an unanswered tone.

Seeing this, the guard looked at the group of people more like someone trying to fish in troubled waters.

"Ahem... maybe, maybe, maybe President Zhao was busy and didn't hear the call."

Zhang Jinwu explained with an embarrassed look, and dialed the phone again with a click of his finger.

Dududu,dududu--!

Just like last time, the call was not answered this time, and there was still a message on the other end of the phone that no one was answering.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Jinwu looked even more anxious when he saw that the time on his phone showed that it was 7:56 in the morning.

"Comrade, we really have an appointment with Chairman Zhao at 8 o'clock. Could you please go in and inform us?"

The phone couldn't be connected, so Zhang Jinwu could only do the next best thing and let the security guard come in to report.

"Master, you're almost done, hurry up and go back and forth!"

The guard waved his hand and said impatiently: "There are at least seven or eight people who come here every day to see our President Zhao.

If I help to report every time, I won't be able to do anything else all day and will just be your messenger!

Besides, you said you made an appointment with President Zhao, right? What if it's not true?"

Zhang Jinwu said quickly: "It's true! It's true! I'm definitely not lying to you!"

The guard also insisted: "I still say the same thing, unless you call President Zhao and ask him to let me in, I will definitely not let you in."

Zhang Jinwu said: "We are about to be late, little master, go in and help report..."

The guard didn't wait for Zhang Jinwu to finish his sentence, and said roughly The guard interrupted: "No, I'm telling you, who are you, sir?

If you ask me to go in and report, I'll have to rush in and report to you."

Zhang Qian couldn't help it anymore, and her temper came up. She replied unceremoniously: "How can you, a security guard, talk like that? This is the way you treat guests in your martial arts school!

My dad has been talking to you for a long time, what else do you want? Can't I ask you to go in and report because the phone can't be reached?"

The security guard snorted coldly and said with disdain: "Why are you pretending to be a big Israeli wolf in front of me?

You just made a random call and said it was President Zhao's call. I don't know your tricks!"

"You..." Zhang Qian's chest rose and fell, and she was really angry with this security guard.

Luo Xuning couldn't stand it anymore, and said on the side: "Forget it, Zhang Qian, Uncle Zhang, since President Zhao doesn't welcome us, we shouldn't put our warm faces on his cold buttocks."

"But Xuning..." Zhang Jinwu turned and looked at Luo Xuning, with a reluctant expression on his face.

For him, this is a great opportunity. Even if he is a little wronged, he can accept it completely!

Wu Mingshi said on the side: "How about calling again? Uncle Zhang, did you remember the number correctly?"

Zhang Jinwu said with a firm face: "It must be correct! I saved it after President Zhao called me that day. I also talked to President Zhao yesterday to arrange a time to come."

Wu Mingshi said: "Then call again, maybe he was busy and didn't hear it."

"Okay, okay, I'll call again..."

Zhang Jinwu found the number of "President Zhao" in the recent call list again and dialed it. The result was the same as the previous two times, and no one answered.

While Zhang Jinwu was calling, two young men with cameras came to the door. They wanted to go in to interview Zhao Yunlong, but were skillfully blocked by the guard at the door.

"What's the matter? We were in good contact yesterday, why can't we get through suddenly..."

After making three calls in a row without getting through, Zhang Jinwu was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead.

The guard waved his hand like a duck and said, "You three should move aside and don't block the road."

"Brother, why don't we go back first? It's not too late to come back when we can contact someone."

Luo Xuning yawned. He really didn't want to be bullied by a guard here.

Zhang Qian also snorted, "Yes, Dad! Let's go back! I've never seen such a good hospitality!"

"..."Zhang Jinwu thought about waiting a little longer, just in case Zhao Yunlong called him back later.

However, facing the strong request of Luo Xuning and Zhang Qian, he had to obey the majority and return the same way.

Until he returned to the hotel, the phone in his pocket didn't ring, and Zhang Jinwu realized that he had thought too much.

It turned out to be wishful thinking!

……

8:10 in the morning.

In the president's office of the Wing Chun Association.

Zhao Yunlong was walking around the office with an anxious look on his face.

"Why hasn't the person in charge of the martial arts school in Shishi come yet? What time is it?"

Raising his hand and glancing at the steel watch on his wrist, which looked very old, the agreed time had already passed.

"Maybe it's his first time in Kyoto, and he didn't find the right place? Or did he get stuck in traffic when he left home late?"

Zhao Yunlong thought of all kinds of reasons for Zhang Jinwu, but he didn't expect that the guest he had been waiting for was actually sent away by his own guard.

Zhang Jinwu took this meeting very seriously, and Zhao Yunlong took it very seriously as well.

However, as the president of the Wing Chun Association, he couldn't show that he took it very seriously, and he had to be reserved.

At a time when modern sports such as Taekwondo and Karate are popular, the traditional martial arts market has been shrinking.

The Wing Chun industry has been developing for decades without any major breakthroughs, and has always been in a tepid state.

The lack of publicity and promotion is one aspect, and the prejudice that traditional martial arts are "good-looking but not practical" is also a big aspect.

Modern young people generally believe that traditional martial arts are just fancy clothes, and this impression is deeply rooted!

Traditional martial arts not only have no practical effect, but also are not as cool as karate and taekwondo.

It is not easy to correct the stereotypes of traditional martial arts. There is still a long way to go in the future. There is a long way to go!

A while ago, a video that went viral on BL gave Zhao Yunlong a great opportunity to promote!

That video was the one where Luo Shuning represented Zhang's Wing Chun Gym and fought against Long Junhao.

Wing Chun vs Taekwondo!

Traditional martial arts vs modern fighting!

When Zhao Yunlong saw Luo Shuning easily defeat a national-level Taekwondo athlete with Wing Chun, he thought it was a script arrangement at first!

It wasn't until he read the comments below the video that he realized that this arena match was real and there was no "artificial plot" involved.

After that, Zhao Yunlong watched the video no less than twenty times, watching Luo Yanning's movements almost frame by frame.

As an old boxer who has been immersed in Wing Chun for decades, Zhang Jinwu still has a very sharp eye.

He found that every move Luo Yanning made in the ring was so precise and just right!

Turns out to be a master!

The key is that you are still so young!

So handsome!

Much more handsome than those so-called freshmen in the entertainment industry!

"Young and handsome Wing Chun master!"

It sounds like a gimmick when you think about it, and the publicity effect is definitely great!

Strength is one thing, appearance is also a big plus.

Just imagine, a mediocre-looking warrior doing publicity and a handsome warrior like Pan An and Song Yu doing publicity!

The publicity effect of these two can definitely vary from the ground to the sky!

"Why haven't you come yet? You must have forgotten the time!"

Zhao Yunlong glanced at his watch again. The time had reached 8:15, and 15 minutes had passed since the scheduled meeting time.

"Do you want to call Director Zhang and ask what's going on?"

"But will that put pressure on him, thinking I'm pushing him?"

"Forget it, let's call and ask! They come from afar, so I, the host, should care about the visitors."

Zhao Yunlong struggled for a while about whether to call Zhang Jinwu, and finally decided to make a call to ask about the situation.

After deciding to make a call, Zhang Jinwu dug into his pocket and was dumbfounded.

"Huh? Where is my cell phone?"

Zhao Yunlong rummaged through all four pockets of his coat and trousers, but he couldn't find his cell phone.

"Could it be that I left it in the car when I came in the morning? It's very possible!"

Thinking of this, Zhao Yunlong hurriedly walked outside the office.

Zhao Yunlong's car is parked in a public parking lot about 300 meters away from the martial arts gym. He is a long-term monthly user, and the parking fee alone costs more than 2,000 yuan a month.

"Hahaha!"

"Hahaha!"

As soon as they went out, there were more than fifty students in practice uniforms doing morning exercises in the yard. Some were doing exercises, and some were driving practice piles. It was a busy scene.

"Good morning, master!"

"Good morning, master!"

After seeing Zhao Yunlong, the students greeted him one after another.

Zhao Yunlong nodded to everyone and said hello, and hurried towards the gate.

"Good morning, President!"

The guard on duty at the door also greeted you respectfully after seeing Zhao Yunlong.

"Um!"

Zhao Yunlong nodded to the guard and was about to go out when he suddenly stopped and looked at him and said:

"By the way, Xiao Wang, did anyone come here to see me this morning?"