Chapter 1247 - 1246: Exploring the Forest and Encountering a Brown Bear
Lu Zheng never expected that in just one or two years, the Full Armor Fighting Club would grow from four to twelve nationwide.
Wealthy enthusiasts interested in Chuan Wu and Full Armor Combat all recruited people and established their own clubs.
Their funding, besides personal subsidies, comes from friendly matches for sponsorship, live stream rewards, and selling various traditional weapons and gear, ancient-style clothing, and ornaments.
Believe it or not, in today’s booming era of social media and live stream commerce, they’ve indeed managed to turn small losses into gains, even achieving a balance in revenue, allowing a group skilled in martial arts but not in promotion to live well.
Zhao Wenyu, owning a factory as a supplier, made a small profit again.
Of course, their publicity and reputation improved, upsetting those profiting from Chuan Wu. Besides verbal spats, the Full Armor Combat side decisively arranged offline challenges, silencing them instantly.
There’s no choice; although offline duels are indeed illegal, Full Armor Combat is a sport.
There are some who defy odds, but how can a bunch of kung fu influencers relying only on videos compete with experienced practitioners?
If the Full Armor Fighting Club members truly step in the ring, they may not be professional-level competitors of the same weight class, but they are war veterans of Full Armor Combat, beating the influencer gang soundly.
However, a few influencers with real skills managed to hold their ground in Full Armor Combat, rapidly increasing their fan base.
Today, some larger Full Armor Fighting Clubs have become a benchmark for true kung fu influencers.
Hence, their ambitions grew, planning to start their own commercial league for broader and larger-scale promotions, naturally bringing more revenue.
"You can make money, but don’t forget your original intention. If it becomes mere performance and insider tricks, the brand will be ruined," Lu Zheng cautioned.
"That won’t happen!"
Zhao Wenyu waved his hands repeatedly, "We are still planning to make this event equivalent to UFC or WWE in the Full Armor Combat world, occasionally inviting international Full Armor Combat clubs for friendly matches.
If we only indulge ourselves but get thrashed when stepping out, what’s the recognition value? So we surely want to seek and promote real masters!"
"As long as you are clear." Lu Zheng nodded, saying no more.
Then Zhao Wenyu introduced Lu Zheng to others.
Besides the original four nationwide, six men and two women are from cities either economically prosperous or rich in historical heritage.
Like Jin City, like Nandu.
As several greeted each other, including three girls like Zeng Jingyi from Yangcheng, they already asked for autographs from Zhao Xiaodao and Zhang Weili.
Then they vividly began recounting their story of encountering an avalanche during a recent climb.
"I just performed Eight-Step Chasing Cicada to escape the avalanche, just that the avalanche stopped too quickly, otherwise I would compare speed with nature’s might."
"Not bad, not bad, my Crossing the River on a Blade of Grass was only half done, not enough fun!"
"Actually when the avalanche happened, I wasn’t afraid; my Cloud Ladder Leap was still..."
If Lu Zheng and others hadn’t clearly seen it from the observation deck, they might have been deceived by their serious nonsense.
Obviously, they were doing Wolf Rushing Tomb, crying out ’Mom’ and ’Dad’ while running downhill, right?
Indeed, those who love martial arts and kung fu are often a bit of a nerd.
"So did you come all the way to the Northwest to discuss this?" Lu Zheng asked.
"We can chat while having fun!" Feng Yixing laughed, "Anyway, we have to find a place."
Rich kids! Wealthy!
"We also brought along some experts and a photography team to shoot some snow mountain scenery promos to take back and showcase," Zeng Jingyi said.
Rich kids! Truly wealthy!
Wang Han said, "We also brought full gear, planning to hire sleds tomorrow to explore the forest and shoot some videos, Brother Lu, you want to come along?"
Rich kids, extremely wealthy!
Those who established Full Armor Fighting Clubs are interested in combat and Chuan Wu, though they may not be experts, or camera-savvy, it doesn’t mean they dislike dressing up and showing off.
So, after delegating tasks to other club members, he also brought a few cameramen to the forest for some video souvenirs.
Then Lu Zheng turned to the ladies to question.
Si Lingxi and Liu Qingyan were indifferent, saying it didn’t matter, but Shen Ying showed some interest.
"Sure, I can take some videos as material."
As she spoke, a girl from Shu region suddenly realized, "You’re Tao Ying!"
Shen Ying nodded with a smile, "Yes."
Huang Qianqian slapped her forehead, "I should have guessed; you’re friends with Sister Xiaodao!"
Shen Ying smiled and hugged Zhao Xiaodao, "Yes!"
Zhao Xiaodao’s heart thumped with immense satisfaction, filling her soul, she puffed out her ample chest, "Yes!"
Knowing Shen Ying is Tao Ying, the group found new topics to chat about, eagerly asking where Shen Ying did her post-production for such realistic videos.
As for the Yarlung Zangbo River One Sword to Open Mountains video, did she already have insider info from some source?
The Red Chess River’s buzz still hasn’t faded even up to now.
...
In the afternoon, Lu Zheng declined the dinner invitation from Zhao Wenyu and others but did meet up with Zhang Tiexia he hadn’t seen for a while.
Zhang Tiexia, as a master who gained fame in the early stages of Full Armor Combat, had real skills and accumulated numerous fans, living prosperously, and he came as the Wuyue Club’s representative to shoot the snow scenery video.
The next morning, after breakfast, Lu Zheng and his entourage joined Zhao Wenyu’s group and went to the resort’s sled rental station.
Dog sledding, besides the driver, four people per sled.
Si Lingxi and Shen Ying took Zhao Xiaodao and Zhang Weili; Lu Zheng’s sleigh had Lin Wan and Liu Qingyan, and also brought... Zeng Jingyi.
Zhao Wenyu: 눈_눈
Lu Zheng’s group, along with Zhao Wenyu’s group, and a few cameramen, totaling over twenty people, equipped themselves, rented eight sleds, and zoomed out of the resort area, rushing towards the forest.
...
In the forest, there were goats and wild deer kept in safe zones, while tourists occasionally dashed past on rented sleds, cheering excitedly.
Zhao Wenyu and others wanted a secluded and open place to play and shoot videos, so they urged the sled drivers to keep moving further out.
"Guests, ahead you reach the edge of the safe zone, it’s fenced with barbed wire, can’t go further," said the sled driver.
Zhao Wenyu looked around, seeing no traces of other tourists, nodded, "Alright, let’s roam around here and find an open spot."
"Okay!"
The sled driver agreed, quickly arriving at an open area.
Then, when everyone got off the sleds, took off their gear, and began changing, the driver’s walkie-talkie broadcast a voice that made everyone’s heart skip a beat.
"Personnel in the west of the forest take note, a brown bear has climbed over the barbed wire and is wandering in the safe zone, emergency teams are on their way, western tourists should return quickly!"
"What the... brown bear?"
"Are you kidding? Did we come to the Northwest by mistake, why do we keep encountering accidents?"
"Don’t panic, don’t panic, brown bears usually don’t attack humans, they see humans as sizeable creatures."
"Then..."
"Roar!"
A low roar echoed, and not far beside them, a massive figure emerged.