Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 201: Advance Planning
Since his daughter and son both went to school, Wang Li had nothing to do at home.

That day he suddenly had the urge to go to Lai San's martial arts school to take a look.

He went there once when Lai San's martial arts school opened, but he did not go there again after that. He just told the other disciples to help the eldest brother take care of the martial arts school when they had nothing to do.

The martial arts gym was not far from Wang Li’s home, but he did not ride a bicycle but walked to the gym.

He soon arrived at the gate of the martial arts hall. From the door he could hear the shouts of the apprentices practicing martial arts inside.

Wang Li smiled and walked towards the door. At this time, there were dozens of people practicing martial arts in the yard. These apprentices also saw Wang Li at the door and found that they did not recognize him.

Only Lai San, who was guiding them in their practice, and a man who was helping nearby recognized Wang Li, and they walked quickly towards him.

Lai San knew that Wang Li didn't like to be high-profile or expose himself, so he didn't speak loudly to Wang Li, but asked in a low voice: Master, how come you have time to come here today?
At this time another person also came over. Wang Li recognized that this person was Wang Xiaohu who had helped him before, and who had helped him contact medicinal material and timber merchants.

Wang Li was still very surprised to see him. After all, he was about the same age as Lai San, and he was a little too old to learn martial arts.

Lai San saw Wang Li’s surprised expression and explained: Master, this is Wang Xiaohu, his second son is practicing martial arts with me.

This year he let his eldest son take over his job. I saw that he was idle at home and had nothing to do, so I asked him to come and help me manage the martial arts school. He is someone I know well and I can trust him to work for me.

Wang Li nodded to Wang Xiaohu and said: Hello, nice to see you again.

Wang Xiaohu still said to Wang Li very respectfully: Hello Mr. Wang, we meet again.

Wang Li exchanged a few more words with him and then said to Lai San: I have nothing to do at home and the children have all gone to school, so I will come to your martial arts gym to take a look.

Lai San said to Wang Li: Let’s go inside and talk.

He turned to Wang Xiaohu and said: You take the master in first, I will make some arrangements and come right away.

Wang Xiaohu took Wang Li to the backyard because the front yard was a bit noisy and not suitable for talking.

The two chatted briefly and introduced their lives in recent years to each other. Soon Lai San walked in.

He first introduced the situation of the martial arts gym to Wang Li. The gym has been developing very well recently. Because Lai San is very powerful and is also a director of the Wushu Association, he has a certain reputation in this area.

Following Wang Li's teachings, he tried not to be too much in the spotlight and just kept a low profile. His usual slogans were to keep fit and defend the country, build a new Dragon Country, strengthen sports, etc. These were all relatively positive slogans.

After chatting for a while, Wang Xiaohu found an excuse to leave. After all, he was an outsider, and it would not be convenient for him to be there while the master and apprentice were discussing something.

After he left, Wang Li asked about Wang Xiaohu's family situation in detail. Lai San was a little surprised and didn't understand why Wang Li wanted to know about Wang Xiaohu's situation.

But he didn't ask why and continued to explain his situation in detail.

Wang Li said: Actually, it’s nothing. I just met him a few times in the early stage and I know that he is a flexible person and well-informed.

You also know that I like to collect some antiques, and he can help me in this regard, so I asked a few more questions.

By the way, what about the qualifications and character of his second son?
Lai San said: He has good qualifications and a very good character, but he is not as smart as his father.

After hearing his answer, Wang Li said: If there is no problem, you can accept him as a real apprentice and teach him some real skills. You and Wang Xiaohu are not outsiders.

Lai San said: I understand. In fact, even if you don’t tell me, I also want to pick a few true disciples from this group of children in a while, and one of them is Wang Xiaohu’s second son.

Wang Li smiled slightly and nodded in approval.

The two chatted for a while, and then Wang Li stood up to say goodbye. It was still working hours, and he was able to come out and stroll around because Kong Jiye was taking over his shift.

In fact, the reason why Wang Li asked so much about Wang Xiaohu’s family situation was because they were about to enter an era of great storms and he needed to make some arrangements.

He knew that after the storm, all kinds of antiques and collectibles were severely damaged. He wanted to try his best to collect more and protect the cultural heritage of these countries so that future generations could see more of the civilization and wisdom of their ancestors.

What he actually liked was not Wang Xiaohu, but Wang Xiaohu's son.

Because Wang Xiaohu's son is of the right age and is still practicing martial arts, he will be able to have a certain level of strength in school when the big storm comes.

At that time, he can help protect some antiques and then sell them to Wang Li.

Because Wang Li is not short of money, he still has so much gold that he has nothing to use.

Moreover, Lai San accepted Wang Xiaohu's second son as his apprentice, and with the personal relationship between Lai San and Wang Xiaohu, Wang Li could feel more at ease letting him do the job.

Of course, this is just the first person Wang Li has identified to help him purchase and protect antiques during the storm. He will find a few more before the storm.

His main target is the apprentices of Lai San's martial arts school. After all, they are more powerful after learning martial arts, and they have a sense of belonging to Lai San and are more trustworthy.

This can be considered as a test for these people. He intends to let Lai San accept them as his true disciples, to pass on their kung fu in the future and expand their influence.

(End of this chapter)