Hong Kong General: The Departed? No, I am the Hong Kong Island Tyrant

Chapter 238 What qualifications does he have to represent Chinese martial arts?
News about the martial arts competition continues to explode.

As a result, other industries under the Qinglong Group also reached new highs.

For example, the box office of Young and Dangerous II was still packed the next day, and the single-day box office also exceeded three million.

In terms of music, the record sales of Jenny and Ah Ku, which had been gradually stabilizing, suddenly became popular. Less than half a month has passed since the release of their records, and the sales of both of them have exceeded one million, and they have more than three commercial performances almost every day.

The price of each commercial performance ranges from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.

Up to now, the two have brought nearly 20 million in revenue to the group!
Newspaper and magazine sales also boomed.

With this popularity, Qinglong Daily’s daily sales finally exceeded 600,000 copies for the first time.

The fourth issue of Qinglong Weekly's "Men's Wear" magazine, with Jiahe's martial arts star Hong Ye and Qinglong Film's amateur actor Du Juan'er on the cover, sold more than 400,000 copies in a single day as soon as it was released, and this was only the first day.

It can be seen that the sales of this issue of "Men Have to Dress Up" will definitely exceed one million.

In addition, various contracts from the security company have also come in. Excluding business from the community, the regular revenue this month has exceeded 6 million yuan.

The group's real estate construction, transportation operations and logistics production companies have also received a lot of attention.

All in all, this time, thanks to the popularity of the martial arts competition, Qinglong Group once again became the focus of Hong Kong Island, boosting the revenue of many projects under the group.

And when everyone in the group started to get busy.

Di Qing was also busy.

What are you busy with?

Have a meal!

But of course not for one person.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, in a private room of a restaurant in Mong Kok.

Kowloon West Regional Associate Director Wong Bing-yiu and Organized Crime and Triad Bureau chief Kwan Kit sat at the table, looking at Di Qing, who was sitting opposite them with an extraordinary demeanor, and both felt a little emotional.

"Ah Qing, you made quite a fuss this time!"

Huang Bingyao said with emotion: "According to the information provided by the Immigration Department, in the past two days alone, boxing champions from more than six countries have entered the country."

"Among them are the last American free-fighting champion Elliott, Thailand's boxing champion Naimi and last boxing champion Jack Ja, as well as Japan's kick-back and karate masters Yamamura Masano and Yamamoto Benjiro, New Zealand's boxing champion Tank, and many more."

"These people all came here for the Chinese martial arts you promote!"

"If these foreigners win the championship in this martial arts competition, you will be guilty of a great sin."

Hearing this, Di Qing smiled and said, "Mr. Huang, I didn't expect that a martial arts competition would attract so many masters, but this is a good thing, isn't it? It's a good opportunity for people all over the world to see our Chinese martial arts."

"But what if I lose?"

Guan Jie frowned and said, "This competition has caused such a big stir. I heard that many high-ranking government officials are paying attention to it. If you lose, it will not only be your own loss, but also the honor and disgrace of the entire Chinese martial arts community."

Huang Bingyao also nodded and said, "Sir Guan is right, Ah Qing, since the founding of the mainland, although martial arts troupes have been sent abroad for exchange performances every year, this is the first time that such a formal martial arts competition with such a large investment has been held."

"Although this competition is held in Hong Kong Island, you named it Chinese martial arts, and Hong Kong Island will return to China in a few years, so what you represent this time is not just yourself, or your Qinglong Martial Arts School, but the face of all Chinese people. Maybe the mainland will also pay attention to it."

"If we mess up this competition and make way for those foreign boxing champions, we Chinese will never be able to hold our heads up in the martial arts industry again!"

Huang Bingyao's face looked a little solemn.

After all, the four words "Chinese martial arts" have always been a very controversial topic internationally.

Even most Chinese people don’t believe in the existence of Chinese martial arts. They think that traditional Chinese martial arts are just fancy moves that look good but are useless.

Over the years, the only person who made some waves internationally was Bruce Lee 20 years ago, who promoted Chinese martial arts through movies.

But in the eyes of most people, the Jeet Kune Do practiced by Bruce Lee is not an orthodox Chinese martial art, but a fusion of various foreign martial arts, such as Japanese karate and judo, Thai Muay Thai, Korean Taekwondo and so on.

Therefore, Chinese martial arts have had little status in the international arena over the years.

More criticism than praise.

This time, Di Qing organized a martial arts competition with such a grand fanfare, and even went so far as to promote Chinese martial arts.

If we mess it up and a foreign fighter wins the championship, Chinese martial arts will never be able to hold their heads up high in the international arena.

"Mr. Huang, Mr. Guan, I understand what you mean."

Di Qing nodded and said, "But don't worry, since I dare to hold this martial arts competition, I must be confident."

He could naturally understand the concerns of Huang Bingyao and Guan Jie.

To be honest, he didn't expect that this martial arts competition would attract so many foreign boxing masters to participate.

But this was just what he wanted.

He wanted to promote Qinglong Martial Arts School and Chinese martial arts, so naturally he hoped that the martial arts competition would be as popular as possible.

As for this competition, will it serve as a wedding dress for foreigners?

To be honest, he didn't worry about this issue at all.

This world is different from the previous life. There have been many examples that have proved that Chinese martial arts are not just fancy moves.

Even though he himself is already a master of the highest level now, doesn't he know whether Chinese martial arts are just fancy moves or not?

He also knew about the international boxing competitions.

His evaluation of this can be summed up in four words: vulnerable!
With his current strength, those so-called fighting champions, boxing champions, etc. would be considered losers if they threw one more punch at him.

Therefore, he never thought about taking action himself in this competition.

He had originally prepared the championship of this martial arts competition for Feng Yuxiu.

For a dark-energy martial artist who is proficient in many kinds of Chinese martial arts, wouldn't it be easy for him to win this kind of competition?
This is also a good opportunity to help Feng Yuxiu realize his Kung Fu dream, and to promote Qinglong Martial Arts School and Chinese martial arts, killing two birds with one stone.

As for Di Qing himself, he only needs to stay at the stadium just in case.

"Okay, since you are sure, I won't say any more. Save a spot for me during the competition, and I'll go and take a look."

Huang Bingyao didn't say anything more after hearing this, but said with some emotion: "It's a pity that I'm old, and my current status is not suitable for participating in the competition. Otherwise, I must let those foreigners see the power of my 'Deadly Scissor Kick' and Iron Sand Palm."

Guan Jie's mouth twitched, and he quickly interrupted Huang Bingyao's narcissistic spellcasting, looked at Di Qing and said, "Save a seat for me when the time comes, and I'll go and take a look too."

"no problem."

Di Qing smiled and said, "I invited you two here today because I was planning to ask you to be the award presenters for the competition. Also, there are too many participants in this competition. In order to avoid any trouble, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you two to organize some police forces to maintain law and order at the venue."

"Award presenter?"

Huang Bingyao's eyes lit up and he nodded, "No problem. It's rare that you thought of us, Ah Qing. We will definitely make it beautiful for you when the time comes!"

"As for maintaining public order at the stadium, you have also considered it very carefully. It is much better to be prepared for any eventuality than to deal with it after it happens. I will dispatch two teams to help you then!"

Guan Jie also nodded and said, "That's fine on my end too."

"Thank you very much, seniors." Di Qing smiled and nodded, then stood up and poured wine for the two of them.

After having dinner with the two and personally asking someone to drive them home, Di Qing went to Shaw and Jiahe respectively to discuss with Shao Renleng and Zou Jiwen about being the award presenter.

In addition, Di Qing also went to Li Xiner's home in person and persuaded his future father-in-law Li Zhenshan to invite him to attend as an award presenter.

This martial arts competition is so grand that naturally we have to invite some heavyweights to attend.

This will not only demonstrate the strength of the organizer, but also add some heat to the competition.

The top ten contestants in this competition will receive prize money, so ten award presenters are needed.

Di Qing plans to invite people from the political, business and police circles to be the ten award presenters.

So far, only five have been dealt with. As for the remaining five, Di Qing plans to think about it again. He is not in a hurry. After all, there is still a full half month before the start of the competition.

If by that time no one can find someone with a higher status than Huang Bingyao and others.

Then, Lu Qichang can consider it.

There is also Thomas, the finance chief of the New Territories. You can also try to invite him...

……

And just when Di Qing was busy preparing for the martial arts competition.

Tsim Sha Tsui, Nathan Road. One by one, people wearing various old-fashioned gowns and with extraordinary demeanor came to the side of a 30-story building.

There is a two-story martial arts hall here.

This martial arts school is quite famous throughout Hong Kong Island, especially twenty years ago, when there was a constant stream of people coming here to learn martial arts.

Although Chinese martial arts have gradually declined in recent years, apprentices from this martial arts school are still spread all over Hong Kong and even around the world.

This is the Ip Man Martial Arts Association founded by Hong Kong Island’s famous martial arts master, Wing Chun Ip Man.

Ip Man's ancestral home is Foshan, Guangdong. When the Japanese invaded China, Ip Man was forced to develop in Hong Kong Island. He opened a martial arts school in Hong Kong and promoted Wing Chun.

To date, there are thousands of Wing Chun practitioners around the world.

Unfortunately, with the death of Grandmaster Ip Man twenty years ago, the Wing Chun lineage gradually weakened, but its influence in the martial arts world cannot be underestimated.

Especially in Hong Kong Island, Wing Chun is regarded as the leader of the Chinese martial arts world.

Other various martial arts schools such as Hung Gar, Tai Chi, and Tang Legs are all headed by Wing Chun.

After all, they were all defeated by Wing Chun.

Moreover, in the martial arts world, strength has always been respected. Whoever is stronger is the boss.

The person in charge of the Ip Man Martial Arts Association of this generation is named Ip Cheng. He is the second son of Grandmaster Ip Man. He has inherited all the Wing Chun skills from Ip Man. As early as 20 years ago, he had already become a master of dark power boxing, and all other martial arts schools were convinced by him.

At this time, there were about 10 to 20 people sitting in the reception hall on the first floor of the martial arts hall.

These people are the leading figures in Hong Kong’s martial arts world today and the last pillars of the national martial arts community.

Ye Zheng, who is over fifty years old, was wearing a white training suit and sitting upright on the main armchair.

Going down from both sides in order, they are Ip Man's disciples Huang Liang, Xu Shichang, Xu Li, Hung Gar master Hung Chen-nam's successor Zheng Weiji, and Zhang Feng, the son of Wing Chun master Zhang Tianzhi.

There was also Huo Huan, the head of the Huo Family Boxing Gym, who was a direct descendant of Chen Zhen, and his first disciple Zheng Wei, as well as Wan Ruonan, the daughter of Tai Chi master Wan Zonghua, the then president of the Chinatown Chinese Association, who came all the way from San Francisco.

Ye Zheng looked at the familiar faces in the hall and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

"Sister Ruonan, we haven't seen each other for twenty years, right? I didn't expect that you would come this time too." Ye Zheng first looked at the first person on the right, Wan Ruonan, who had gray hair but was still energetic, and said with emotion.

"It's been exactly twenty years since Uncle Wen passed away. We haven't seen each other."

Wan Ruonan also felt a little emotional, and then said: "This martial arts competition has made such a big splash. Even the New York Times reported it yesterday. How can I not come?"

"Yes, A Zheng, the domestic newspapers also published news about this martial arts competition. I rushed here immediately after receiving the news!" Xu Shichang also spoke.

After his master Ip Man passed away, he inherited his master's will, went to the mainland to develop, and carried forward the Wing Chun tradition.

But this time, when I received the news that a martial arts competition was being held in Hong Kong Island, I rushed here immediately.

Hearing this, Ye Zheng nodded slightly and said, "Since we are all here for the martial arts competition, let's talk about business first."

"What do you think of the martial arts competition hosted by Qinglong Group this time?"

"What do you think? Humph!"

Huo Huan's first disciple Zheng Wei snorted coldly and said, "What qualifications does that Di Qing have to represent Chinese martial arts?"

"A businessman is trying to make money by holding a martial arts competition under the pretext of promoting Chinese martial arts. He simply doesn't take us seriously!"

"Awei, don't be rude!"

Huo Huan immediately scolded him: "With so many seniors here, how can you have the right to speak?"

"Hey, Master Huo, since you are here, you have the right to speak."

Zheng Weiji waved his hand and said, "Besides, what Ah Wei said makes sense. That Qinglong Group doesn't understand martial arts at all. They are trying to make money by promoting Chinese martial arts. They really don't take people in the martial arts community seriously."

Hearing this, many others started to speak:
"Yes, that Di Qing organized this martial arts competition, and he actually asked for a registration fee of 10,000 yuan per person. It's simply insane. I heard that there were hundreds of people who signed up to participate in the past two days alone. He didn't spend a penny and made millions!"

"Yes, I heard that there is a H social background behind this Qinglong Group. They have been doing everything these days. I didn't expect them to interfere in the affairs of our martial arts world now. They simply don't take us seriously!"

"Humph! A businessman who started out as a member of the H society will do anything to make money. We must not let him ruin the reputation of our Chinese martial arts!"

"That's right, it's time to teach that pretty boy a lesson..."

A group of people were filled with righteous indignation, arguing with each other in a fierce quarrel.

Ye Zheng frowned slightly, but was not in a hurry to express his opinion.

He turned to look at his childhood friend Zhang Feng, smiled slightly, and said, "Ah Feng, do you have any opinion on this matter?"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes shifted to Zhang Feng.

Back then, Zhang Feng's father, Zhang Tianzhi, was also like Ip Man. He was known as a master in the martial arts world of Hong Kong Island. It was said that he was defeated by Ip Man and then turned to develop abroad. However, this has never been confirmed, and no one dares to underestimate Zhang Feng, the successor of Wing Chun.

The most important thing is that Zhang Tianzhi is still alive.

He is almost ninety years old now.

Facing everyone's gaze, Zhang Feng hesitated for a moment and said, "I think this may not be a bad thing."

"In recent years, Chinese martial arts have gradually declined. There are even many people who use the name of Chinese martial arts to cheat people abroad, causing the words Chinese martial arts to attract a lot of doubts and ridicule internationally."

"The martial arts competition held by the Qinglong Group this time was very grand and attracted martial arts masters from various countries to participate."

"No matter what the Qinglong Group's purpose is in holding this competition, I think it would be a good thing if we could use this martial arts competition to restore the reputation of Chinese martial arts."

Hearing this, everyone frowned, as if thinking about something.

Ye Zheng's eyes moved slightly, and he said, "So, Afeng, you have also decided to participate in this martial arts competition?"

Zhang Feng smiled and said, "Sign up first. No matter what, we can't let a foreigner win the martial arts championship."

Ye Zheng nodded slightly, then looked at Wan Ruonan and asked, "What about you? Sister Ruonan."

Wan Ruonan smiled and said, "I am already old, so I will not get involved and leave some opportunities for the young people. This time I came back, I also brought a few outstanding disciples with me, let them represent our Tai Chi lineage to participate in the competition."

"Okay, in that case, I'll let my disciples sign up as well." Ye Zheng nodded.

Seeing this, the others stopped arguing and started speaking.

Either participate in the competition yourself or let your disciples participate.

Although they were dissatisfied with the Qinglong Group using the name of promoting Chinese martial arts to make money, they also wanted to restore the reputation of their martial arts school as this was a rare opportunity.

Seeing everyone expressed their opinions, Ye Zheng smiled and nodded, saying, "I heard that tomorrow is the day when Qinglong Martial Arts School will open. If you are interested, why not go and join in the fun and see which branch of Chinese martial arts this Qinglong Martial Arts School comes from?"

"no problem!"

"Ah Zheng is right. I also want to see where the Qinglong Martial Arts School got the confidence to hold this martial arts competition on behalf of Chinese martial arts!"

"Okay, I'll go too!"

Everyone spoke up and expressed their opinions.

After finishing the serious business, everyone started to reminisce about the past.

After all, we are all from the martial arts community in Hong Kong Island, and many of us are old acquaintances. Even though we haven’t seen each other for many years, we still feel very close.

Ye Zheng stepped forward and took Zhang Feng's hand, saying with emotion: "Ah Feng, it's been ten years since we last met. Have you been doing well overseas these years?"

"It's okay. I have my father's help and he has taken in quite a few apprentices over the years." Zhang Feng said with a smile.

"Uncle Zhi?"

Thinking of the friendship they had in the past, a trace of nostalgia appeared in Ye Zheng's eyes, and he asked, "Is Uncle Zhi in good health?"

"I'm getting older, and my health is getting worse every year."

Zhang Feng sighed, "This time when he came back to Hong Kong Island, I told him not to come, but he insisted on coming."

"What? Uncle Zhi is back too?!" Ye Zheng was shocked when he heard that.

The others also looked surprised.

Zhang Tianzhi is coming back too?
Zhang Feng nodded: "My father doesn't want to take a plane and insists on coming back by boat. He may not arrive until tonight."

(End of this chapter)