Chapter 87 - 85: Really? I... believe it
"Hello."
Lu Yu was almost 50 years old this year, but privately he didn’t look old and came across as somewhat aloof when he wasn’t smiling. However, his attitude towards Wu Li was still very polite.
In 2010, Lu Yu was chosen for a national image promotional video. "Lu Yu’s Appointment" has been rated by Time Magazine as "one of Hua Country’s most valuable TV programs in the past 15 years." Therefore, Lu Yu can be considered a legendary woman. Wu Li’s mother had always been very fond of this female host, which was why Wu Li had this first close encounter with a famous personality.
An assistant handed Wu Li a notebook containing a rough schedule of the upcoming recording, allowing Wu Li to prepare in advance.
Unlike interview programs like "Face to Face," which had pre-designed scripts, the interviews on "Lu Yu’s Appointment" only set a general tone without specifying content, thus putting the host’s on-the-spot performance to the test, something Wu Li had heard about regarding Lu Yu herself.
The recording was live, and the introduction would be handed over to the post-production to create a short video, so Wu Li started off by sitting face-to-face with Lu Yu for the recording.
"Many people only got to know you through this recent news. Can you talk about what it felt like facing so many people, all armed with knives?" Lu Yu asked, looking at Wu Li.
Wu Li nodded, "To be honest, I was really nervous then, as it was my first time ever encountering such a situation."
Lu Yu asked, "But you’ve trained in martial arts for so many years and have won championships in fighting sports. Shouldn’t you have been calmer than an ordinary person in that situation?"
Wu Li laughed, "Actually, there are many similar stories online where various fighting champions were injured or even killed by ordinary people with knives, like a judo champion being killed by a neighbor with a kitchen knife. This shows that unarmed combat in the ring is different from real combat. Even a combat champion could be wounded by an ordinary person with a knife, let alone facing twenty or more."
Lu Yu asked, "But in the end, you knocked down four people. Doesn’t this indicate that traditional martial arts are more practical than modern fighting sports?"