piratefiction Chapter 40 - 38: Truly Fragrant
Chapter 40 - 38: Truly Fragrant
Chapter 40: Chapter 38: Truly FragrantWu Li returned the gesture to the other party.
The young man touched his head with some embarrassment and pointed at the chair, "May I sit down?"
"Of course," Wu Li nodded. He felt that this chairman was perhaps too polite, almost suspiciously so.
"This is my business card," the man said, handing it over with both hands.
Wu Li took it and read:
Bo Yuan Media Culture Co., Ltd. Chairman, Liu Yuanbo.
Nowadays, eight out of ten business cards were for general managers, so Wu Li was skeptical about Liu Yuanbo’s position as chairman, especially since he looked too young.
"Mr. Wu, our Bo Yuan Company is also working on social media operations. I watched your live stream and your match with Ren Donglai online, and I think you have great potential, so I hope you can sign a contract with our company!" Liu Yuanbo said earnestly.
Wu Li: "Uh, Mr. Liu, I’m not very familiar with your company."
Liu Yuanbo quickly nodded, "Right right, I forgot to introduce it."
Wu Li was speechless, feeling increasingly that the other party was unreliable.
"This is the thing, our company was previously involved in fitness and fighting, and this year we plan to enter Mo Yin to expand the company’s influence through online broadcasting, so we need to sign some influential social media figures, preferably those related to fitness or fighting," Liu Yuanbo explained.
Fitness? Fighting? Wu Li was baffled. This had nothing to do with MCNs. It seemed that the other party was just a ’novice’ looking for help.
"I’m sorry, I don’t think your company is a good fit for me," Wu Li said, outright rejecting the offer.
Liu Yuanbo, looking a bit anxious, quickly asked, "Is there something unsatisfactory? You can tell me directly any requirements you have!"
Wu Li: "Then I’ll be straightforward. I expect that a company I sign with can help me further increase my popularity online, but your company is still new to this field, which probably won’t offer much help."
"Mr. Wu, we are very sincere..."
"That doesn’t work either," Wu Li interrupted him, standing up to leave, feeling that this guy was too unreliable.
Liu Yuanbo: "But our company has several official accounts on Mo Yin. Together, they have over 20 million followers. Could that help you?"
Wu Li: "???"
"Doesn’t that work?" Liu Yuanbo asked, looking somewhat embarrassed.
"Uh." Wu Li sat back down, "Well, that could work. Can I see your company’s official accounts?"
"Of course," Liu Yuanbo told Wu Li the account names.
Wu Li opened Mo Yin and
Liu Yuanbo shook his head, "Of course I’m not joking, but I have a condition."
Wu Li tensed up, "What?"
Liu Yuanbo suddenly seemed a bit embarrassed, scratching his nose: "That is, you’d be a coach at Bo Yuan Boxing Gym, and also, you’d take me as your disciple!"
Wu Li: "???"
Damn, this feels like a dream... Wu Li felt a bit dizzy.
"Actually, I really like Traditional Martial Arts too, and I’ve looked for many masters in Practicing Traditional Martial Arts, but none could defeat my gym’s coaches, until I met you. That fight you had with Ren Donglai was the first time I’ve ever seen Traditional Martial Arts defeat modern combat sports in the ring! It was so cool! So impressive!"
Liu Yuanbo said excitedly, gesturing wildly, not looking at all like the chairman of a company, but more like a starstruck young man.
"So Mr. Wu, do you want to sign with our company?" Liu Yuanbo asked eagerly.
Wu Li took the opportunity to search for Bo Yuan Boxing Gym online while Liu Yuanbo was talking.
The gym had three branches in Qi City with over a thousand members listed on their official website, and the cheapest annual membership card was priced at 5999. Wu Li roughly estimated that Bo Yuan Boxing Gym could be making millions in profits each year. By owning five percent of the shares, he could passively make tens of thousands every year, and this was definitely more sustainable than being an internet celebrity.
No matter how famous, in other people’s eyes, one is just an influencer, but having one’s own business changes one’s social status entirely.
And it’s not just about the money – after all, with the system, Wu Li wouldn’t lack money. The key was having the shares; it would broaden Wu Li’s path, allowing him to leap directly into the combat sports industry without starting from scratch.
In simple terms, he could skip the initial accumulation phase, saving a lot of time because many things can’t be resolved just with money, or if they can, they require a lot of time.
"President Liu, no, Yuan Bo, actually the shares don’t matter, what I really like is having you as a disciple!"
Wu Li stood up, grasped Liu Yuanbo’s hand earnestly, and spoke sincerely.
(Sorry for being late today. The protagonist won’t just keep live broadcasting and being an internet celebrity; his scope will be much larger. This marks the start of his strategic planning.)
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