Shenglong KTV, the manager's office on the fifth floor.

Chen Long sat in the office chair, facing the computer, checking the business status of Shenglong during this time.

"In July, the fire bureau ordered to suspend business for half a month for rectification, the health bureau fined more than 100,000 yuan, the turnover in the whole month of July was less than 5 million, the net loss of more than 1 million yuan, and the loss of a number of regular repeat customers...... "I hope that this month's business will improve and increase profits." ”

As Shenglong's boss, although Chen Long is usually cynical, he is very concerned about Shenglong's business situation every month, he is not a loser, and he doesn't want to rely on his parents financially, plus Shenglong itself is a cash cow, no matter how bad Chen Long's ability is, it is impossible for him to lose money.

Besides, Shenglong was originally his own foundation, and Chen Long was still very concerned.

Tuk-tuk.

There was a knock on the door.

"Please come in!" Long Chen raised his head and said.

Wang Hongchao walked in slowly, standing in front of the desk, neither sitting down nor speaking, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Chen Long felt strange, looked up at him, and said, "Hongchao, is there something wrong with you?" ”

Looking at the boss who was younger than himself, Wang Hongchao withdrew his tongue three times in his mouth, and finally said: "Mr. Chen, I want to borrow some money from you......"

"Borrow money?"

Chen Long looked at Wang Hongchao in surprise, only to see that he was a little blushing, his eyes wandered, and he seemed to be unable to talk about borrowing money.

Wang Hongchao seems to have never asked himself to borrow money, this seems to be the first time.

"How much?" Chen Longdao didn't ask the reason, nor did he mention the word "borrow", but just asked how much he wanted.

A pure martial artist must not be humiliated, must maintain his personality independence, cannot owe anything to others, and will never ask for help unless he encounters a particularly difficult difficulty.

Chen Long knew that Wang Hongchao was this kind of character, so he usually respected him very much, and always treated him as a friend and treated him as an equal, if he was a security guard, he would be called around as a servant and driven arbitrarily, and if he did this, then I am afraid that the next day, Wang Hongchao would disappear without a trace.

Not only that, for Wang Hongchao, Chen Long is still grateful in his heart, recalling that three years ago, when he first took over Shenglong, he had to pay hundreds of thousands of protection fees to a local gang every month.

By chance, Chen Long witnessed Wang Hongchao defeat more than a dozen gangsters by himself, he was shocked, and immediately offered a high salary, hoping to hire him as Shenglong's security captain, but he was unsuccessful twice, and the third time, Chen Long happened to meet Wang Hongchao fighting with others, and was seriously injured, so he helped him in time, and after Wang Hongchao's injury was healed, he promised him to be Shenglong's security captain.

After Wang Hongchao joined Shenglong, he immediately beat the gangsters who collected protection money, and after more than two years, Shenglong never paid a penny of protection money to that person.

"1.6 million" Wang Hongchao said a number, and explained: "My kung fu has been stuck in the bottleneck for a while, and the National Guoshu Exchange Competition is about to start again, I want to buy two bottles of Dragon Tiger Pill to see if I can make a breakthrough." ”

"Oh~" Chen Long suddenly nodded and said, "No problem, I'll send the money to your salary card immediately." ”

Chen Long's treatment for Wang Hongchao is not low, the annual salary, holiday benefits, and year-end bonuses add up to two or three million, which is a huge amount of money for ordinary people, but it is still not enough for Wang Hongchao, because all this money is used by him to buy imported beef, organic food, Korean ginseng, ejiao, Yiqi pills, kidney tonic pills and other ingredients and medicines, especially kidney tonic pills, which are 140,000 bottles of medicine, he has to take one bottle every month.

The cost of practice is huge, such as the popular house, car, watch, and sister in the eyes of ordinary people, Wang Hongchao has none of them, and he is poor and hanging. Silk is the same.

Poor and rich in martial arts.

This sentence has never been just talking, learning literature in ancient times, buying a few books, two pens, and paying some tuition, going to a school, and the average well-off family can fully afford it. Learning martial arts is different, people who learn martial arts need a lot of nutrition, a lot of meat, taking a medicinal bath, buying knives, guns and sticks, as well as sandbags, wooden stakes, stone locks and other weapons for learning, all of which cost money, and invite a martial arts teacher, a clever martial arts master, not to mention that it is more difficult to invite than a sour calligrapher, and ordinary people cannot afford the high tuition fees.

After entering the modern era, nutrition is not a problem, a large number of advanced training weapons can also be purchased cheaply, all kinds of teaching videos on the Internet, all kinds of martial arts schools in the society, you can get in by paying some money, the cost of learning martial arts is greatly reduced, for a while, it seems that everyone can practice martial arts, and the term poor and rich martial arts is no longer applicable to modern times.

If someone really thinks so, it is very wrong, even in modern times, if you want to learn kung fu well, it is not possible overnight, nutrition, equipment, and master are just the most basic support, there is no expensive medicinal bath and medicinal bath, do not eat some precious pills and pills, and rely solely on their own roots and efforts to catch up with those rich people who soak in medicinal baths every day and knock all kinds of pills, which is undoubtedly riding a bicycle to catch up with Ferrari sports cars, pulling out a gap in the galaxy.

Like Wang Hongchao said, the Dragon and Tiger Pill, of course, is not the kind of heavy metal mercury pill that will poison people practiced in the gossip furnace, but a modern pharmaceutical factory under the Wudang faction, using a variety of advanced technology, extracting active ingredients from Ganoderma lucidum, Polygonum multiflori, Poria cocos, psyllium, angelica and other hundreds of traditional Chinese medicinal materials, and making a reasonable ratio of the pill, after eating, it can greatly tap and stimulate the potential of the human body, give birth to internal force, and improve the internal strength of the martial artist's cultivation.

The price of a bottle of Dragon Tiger Pill is 800,000 yuan a bottle, which is staggering, and the pills in it are no more than 100 soybeans, and the value of each grain is far more than gold.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen, when this national arts exchange competition is over, I will pay you back the money."

"Don't talk about the money that doesn't have money." Chen Long was very interested in the National Guoshu Exchange Competition, and Wang Hongchao would also participate this time, so he asked: "This competition seems to be held in NJ City, can I go to the scene to see and cheer for you?" ”

Wang Hongchao shook his head, "This National Guoshu Exchange Tournament is sponsored by the Sports Commission and the Martial Arts Federation, the highest level of the annual Guoshu event in China, all registered Guoshu masters under the age of forty can sign up to participate, and there are many group families that provide sponsorship, and the audience who is qualified to watch this kind of competition on the spot is generally the president of the big group, the core members of the big family, the military representatives and some invited Guoshu masters, ordinary people generally do not have the qualifications to enter, unless you provide enough sponsorship." ”

"Oh~" Chen Long's expression darkened, and he didn't want to give up and asked, "Is there a live broadcast of the game?" Can I see it online? ”

In the past two days, Chen Long often listened to Feng Shao, Fei Shao, Liu Chao, and Zhang Hao discussing the National Guoshu Exchange Competition, talking about the ranking of masters, and seemed to have gotten an invitation ticket to watch the game on the spot...... Only he didn't, Chen Long was very envious, but no one could help him get an invitation ticket.

"I guess I can't see it, this year's exchange competition is very practical, it is allowed to compete without protective gear, and it is very likely that someone will be killed by accident, this time I will go to the competition, if I meet an enemy I know, the other party does not keep his hand, I am afraid that there is also the possibility of being killed, so, this kind of competition, the country is generally not allowed to spread to the outside world."

Wang Hongchao's face was solemn, he got the news, it seems that the Thunder Dragon and Tyrannosaurus Rex of the Double Dragon Club have also signed up for the exchange competition, if they meet them in the ring, a vicious battle is estimated to be inevitable.

"That's it......" Chen Long was a little disappointed, and worried about Wang Hongchao, and said: "Hongchao, this exchange competition is like a cloud, I am afraid that there are many people who are not weaker than you, you have to do what you can, don't fight hard, if you can't beat it, just admit defeat, it's just an exchange game...... Shenglong KTV, you can't miss the security captain. ”

In Chen Long's words, there was a lot of concern, and suddenly, he sighed again: "Alas, if I had been exposed to national art ten years earlier, I would not have become a complete layman." ”

"I know Mr. Chen." Wang Hongchao was a little moved, hearing his emotion, somehow, he suddenly remembered his eldest brother Lu Wei in his mind, this guy has only been in contact with national art for more than ten days, and his strength has risen to the peak of Mingjin, compared with his younger brother who has practiced hard for three months and finally achieved nothing, he is already a man in the door.

This is the same ordinary person, why is the gap so big?

Could it be that in this world, there really is a so-called "once-in-a-lifetime martial arts wizard"?

Wang Hongchao showed a confused expression.