Chapter 529: Bow to Money
As a magazine specializing in reporting and introducing martial arts competitions, "Wushu Feng" is already a bit out of touch in modern society, and the sales of each issue can only barely support the survival of the magazine.
In fact, this is already the result of the compromise of "Wushu Feng" after several meetings, and the previous Wushu Feng almost only reported and tracked traditional martial arts competitions.
With the decline of traditional martial arts, fewer and fewer people pay attention to traditional martial arts, and most of them are concentrated in the slightly older strata. Modern young people, except for learning some ethereal martial arts from martial arts TV movies, do not know anything about traditional martial arts at all.
They prefer to see modern combat competitions, such as boxing, taekwondo, judo and Western fencing, and for traditional martial arts, their impression stays on the old men and ladies in the park Tai Chi and Tai Chi swords.
After the sales of Wushu Feng couldn't support the cost of the magazine a year ago, he had to bow to reality, to money, and to the audience. That's why they began to follow and cover modern competitive events, whether it's boxing or taekwondo.
After this change, sales slowly turned around and began to barely break even.
But, but, but......
Wang Zhaohong, the founder of the magazine and the editor-in-chief of the magazine, was not happy and even very depressed.
As a man who has loved traditional martial arts since he was a child, Wang Zhaohong is proficient in Chen-style Taijiquan, Bajiquan and Wing Chun, and he can be regarded as a master himself.
Therefore, he deeply knows that traditional martial arts are not useless showmanship, and that a real martial arts master can completely compete with the world's top fighting masters, and even outright the other party.
But then again, how many martial arts masters are there in society now?
Even if there is, I'm afraid they are all old people in their seventies and eighties, how can they fight with strong men?
A master of traditional martial arts once said: The emergence of hot weapons has led to the decline of traditional martial arts, and the rule of law society is to eradicate all the soil from which traditional martial arts grow.
This sentence is very reasonable, ten years of hard study of martial arts can't stop a bullet shot from a small pistol in the hand of an ordinary person.
In this way, who is willing to work hard to practice martial arts?
It took ten or twenty years and cost a lot of money. When he finally got out of the school, he was knocked down by a bullet before he could show his skills, what a sad ending is this?
The rule of law society makes martial arts students completely useless, everything has its own legal rulings and judgments, and no one is allowed to privately punish others.
Otherwise...... If you lose money, you will go bankrupt, and if you go to jail, you will sit in prison.
Traditional martial arts are like the art of slaying dragons, and there is no room for them.
In addition, it takes a lot of time and money to learn martial arts, and it is also necessary to find a famous teacher, which is incredibly expensive.
Over time, traditional martial arts naturally declined to become a trick of charlatans, as well as regrets in the hearts of the older generation.
Wang Zhaohong is 50 years old this year, which is not too old, but he is definitely not young.
He has always had a desire to one day revive the reputation of traditional martial arts. Even if you can't do it, you have to do a little bit.
This is his last expectation as a martial artist, and it is also his obsession.
The cover character of this issue is Master Yan Kaikai, vice chairman of the Huaxia Wushu Association, who is said to be proficient in Yan's Taijiquan and has reached the point where there are no tricks to win.
Legend has it that her qigong cultivation can already fight a cow across a mountain, not an adjective, but a real knockdown of a cow across a mountain, which can be called a myth.
And there are many videos of her showing martial arts on the Internet, she only has a gentle push, and more than a dozen disciples behind her all fly out upside down, and some have to roll on the ground for more than a dozen.
What's even more exaggerated is that some people have already turned on their sides on the spot without getting close to her. And some jumped up and down as soon as they touched her clothes, like a monkey that had been electrocuted......
It's just so powerful that the world is overshadowed.
But who is Wang Zhaohong?
He is a martial arts master himself, and is also proficient in Chan Tai Chi, Ba Ji and Wing Chun.
After watching the video of Master Yan Kaikai, he just wanted to shout: Such a master, Lao Tzu can fight ten, no, a hundred.
But who let Master Yan know how to publicize, how to act, and how to fake, and there will be various TV stations to help cheat.
Anyway, they are masters, certified by the Martial Arts Association, endorsed by various so-called martial arts celebrities, and unconditionally supported by a group of brain-dead fans.
Wang Zhaohong never thought of interviewing Yan Kaifang, what is there to interview a charlatan?
But, but, but......
He is the vice chairman of the Wushu Association!
It's just that martial arts magazines rely on the martial arts world to eat, and as long as others are a little embarrassed, the magazine can't do anything.
Bow to reality, bow to money, this is a skill that every modern person must learn.
So when some people called Wang Zhaohong and said euphemistically, "Aren't you martial arts impurities? Master Yan Kaikai is a respected martial arts master, why haven't you interviewed him?"
Wang Zhaohong understood, Master Yan Kaikai was going to continue to publicize again, and this time he chose their magazine.
In view of the many knowable and unknowable reasons, Wang Zhaohong thought for a long time, and he compromised.
So Wang Zhaohong sent a reporter to interview Master Yan out of conscience, but the other party politely refused.
Then Wang Zhaohong pleaded again and again, but Master Yan continued to refuse.
After such a repeated and four times as if looking at the thatched cottage three times, Master Yan Kaikai felt the other party's persistence and sincerity, and reluctantly accepted the interview, and also praised the peerless magic skills of one hundred hits on the spot.
The reporter's eyes almost popped out, and he simply threw himself at Master Yan Kaikai...... With such exaggerated acting skills and such a whimsical imagination, why can't she go to heaven?
The corners of Wang Zhaohong's mouth twitched, and he endured the pain of his spicy eyes to read the entire interview, and finally viciously announced that he would make this interview the front page. At the same time, the photo of Master Yan Kaikai's calm and calm was set as the cover.
It's just that when it was announced, Wang Zhaohong's whole body was trembling, with tears in his eyes.
He could only comfort himself in his heart, it doesn't matter, he has to be strong, at least the friend who called has ordered three thousand copies, and at the same time, there are also Master Yan Kaikai's brain-dead fans who will pay for it.
Bow to reality, bow to money, bow to consumers.
Wang Zhaohong kept saying it in his heart, using it to convince himself.
However, after seeing Yang Kai's manuscript, all the strong reasons for building up instantly came to naught.
There are so many Demon Capital bosses who appear, and each of them is many times more influential than Master Yan, and the sensation caused can be imagined.
Wang Zhaohong judged with the sharp vision of his 30-year-old editor that this manuscript would definitely be popular, and the sales of martial arts impurities in this issue would usher in an unprecedented surge.
"I made the front page of this manuscript, and the cover character was also replaced by this group photo of the CEOs. ”
At this moment, what Master Yan Kai, what vice chairman of the martial arts association, go to the side.