Chapter 277 - 253 Influence
"The famous Kung Fu master from Hua Country, Wu Li, had previously signed a contract with the Mixed Martial Arts event UFC. Yesterday, the UFC official website released news that Wu Li’s first match in UFC is likely to be against the current sixth-ranked lightweight, Dan Hu..."
After the news about Wu Li in UFC was updated, major news websites in Hua Country all published related news.
Nowadays, Wu Li’s popularity in the country has surpassed that of most top-tier celebrities. Logically, as someone who is not involved in the entertainment industry, without any scandals or works, just doing live streaming Variety shows and taking the combat sports route, he shouldn’t have reached this level, but Wu Li was just too controversial.
The reason why the live streaming Variety show "Seeking Martial Arts" has become a phenomenal program in the country is largely due to the explosive, dramatic nature with interesting highlights in each episode; and as the ultimate protagonist of "Seeking Martial Arts," Wu Li creates a ’buzzworthy moment’ every now and then, immensely satisfying the spectators and keeping his popularity consistently high.
Celebrities in the entertainment circle try all means to create ’hype’ for themselves to occasionally attract public attention and boost their visibility. Unlike them, Wu Li isn’t considered a part of the entertainment industry, yet his presence is overwhelmingly huge: from the start of "Seeking Martial Arts" in April to now in October, half a year’s time, Wu Li has been trending almost every month, always among the top three, with the popularity lasting at least a week. Such a phenomenon has never been seen in Hua Country’s entertainment industry over so many years.
When the news of the terrorist attack in the United States on September 22 reached Hua Country, Wu Li took heroic action and briefly became a superhero till early October. The intensity of this matter only decreased slightly due to the National Day celebrations. And before things calmed down, on October 8, the news of that talk show where two top female celebrities publicly confessed their feelings again thrilled the spectators of Hua Country.
The name Wu Li has almost become a symbol in Hua Country, periodically surfacing to make waves.
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Shenzhen, the headquarters of Tencent.
A man browsed through the news on a webpage, then thought for a moment and picked up the phone on his desk.
"Lao Hu, come to my office."