I really just want to make money

Chapter 489 Join if you can't beat it
On July 7, Li Yu played against Chris Weissman in his last match.

In this game, the domestic popularity and foreign popularity have deviated significantly.

Chris Weissman is the current UFC middleweight champion and gold belt holder, and has a great reputation in the Ugly Country and even the world.

Therefore, the match between Li Yu and Chris Weisman was very popular on foreign TV stations.

But in China, although netizens know that Chris Weissman is awesome, but what everyone likes to watch is Li Yu beating devils and sticks...

Therefore, there are actually reasons for the longevity of divine dramas.

At the beginning of the game, there was still singing and dancing.

For three consecutive games, the big and small stars and Internet celebrities under Moyu Brokerage Company showed their faces one by one, and their personal popularity skyrocketed, and their advertising endorsement fees also rose steadily, and they earned Boss Li a few Rolls-Royce money.

The performance ended, but the competition did not officially start, and the next step was the commercial time.

After 2 days of negotiation and negotiation, Moyu Group successfully brought iQiyi into the camp, gathering the top 4 Internet video companies in China, and behind them stood the Big Three of BAT.

At the same time, there are Wanda, Netease, JD.com, Meituan, the groom...

Under the leadership and organization of Moyu Group, major Internet giants entered the arena one after another, and a competition alliance with huge capital and strength was born: MY World Mixed Martial Arts Championship.

Mixed martial arts, also known as MMA.

The relationship between MMA and UFC is like the relationship between basketball and NBA. UFC is just the most famous event in MMA.

The composition of a comprehensive event is very large, and the event itself requires a large amount of capital investment. It needs a venue, a system, referees, a management team, and a game broadcast channel.

In addition, a large number of clubs need to participate, and the club needs to have enough attractive players...

All of this is based on money.

Fortunately, what Li Yu and these domestic bigwigs need most is money.

The event was established with an initial capital of 10 billion yuan!

Moyu Group invested 3 million yuan, MY LeTV invested 2 million yuan, the other three major video sites and Wanda each invested 1 million yuan, and the last 1 million yuan was distributed to several domestic investment companies.

It was established together with the MY World Mixed Martial Arts Competition, as well as the fight clubs of major companies. The first batch of clubs totaled 18, and each fight club was named after the company, which is very characteristic of Huaguo.

In addition to announcing the competition and the establishment of major clubs, Li Yu used his money ability to focus on an advertisement: high salary to poach people!Professionals and fighting masters from all over the world are welcome to make big money!
Simple and straightforward, but really effective!
The MY World Mixed Martial Arts Championship has just been established, and it lacks everything, so naturally it has to desperately search for talent from all over the world.

After listening to Li Yu's advertisement on the spot, Chris Weissman and his agent were all moved.

Investing 10 billion yuan at the beginning, this is going to heaven!
UFC has been established and developed for decades, and its current valuation is only more than 100 billion, which is incomparable with the WBC World Boxing Championship.

It's not just that they can't compete with others in the competition, but the net worth of the players is even higher and lower.

A top boxer can easily earn hundreds of millions in a fight, but a top UFC champion can only get a few million in appearance fees...

With such a big gap, the players are naturally dissatisfied with UFC's stinginess!

The whole world knows that the boss of Huaguo is rich and self-willed, and the rich guys like Li Yu will enter the arena. UFC professional fighters must be the biggest beneficiaries.

In the lounge, Chris Weissman was communicating with his agent in a low voice.

Chris Weissman: "What do you think of this MY World Mixed Martial Arts Competition? Is there any future?"

Agent: "I don't know if there is a future, but there must be money!"

"I just checked on the Internet. Except for Li Yu, who is worth tens of billions of dollars, the other shareholders behind the competition are also real big money owners. For example, BABA, which was listed in our ugly country a while ago, now has a market value of more than [-] billion U.S. dollars. knife!"

The character of Ugly people is straightforward, they never hide their desire for money, just like Chris Weissman, his eyes are shining now.

"Oh! Shit! These Chinese people are really rich!"

Agent: "It's really rich! The key is that there is a good opportunity in front of us now..."

"You mean?"

"What do you think……"

"Good!"

After some communication, the two quickly reached a consensus.

……

Although he is very confident in his own strength, Li Yu is still very cautious when facing an active UFC champion for the first time.

Massage, warm up...

Just when Li Yu was about to go on stage, Chen Jihua walked in suddenly.

"President Li, there is an urgent matter that I need to report to you."

Li Yu raised his eyebrows, reporting to himself at this point of time must not be in a normal hurry. Could it be that something has happened to the opponent?
After waving his hand to signal the masseur to go out first, Li Yu asked:
"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Chen Jihua: "Just now, Chris Weissman's agent approached me and said he was interested in our newly established tournament. In addition, if the price is right, Chris Weissman can also join our company's club..."

Oh, what courage!

Li Yu admires this Chris Weissman a little bit. He just announced the establishment of the competition, and it is still an empty shell. A UFC champion on the other side dares to jump ship directly...

But after thinking about it, MY World Mixed Martial Arts Championship started off as a king bomb. As long as Li Yu doesn't kill himself, the future development of this event will definitely not be too bad.

In this case, Chris Weissman, as the first star player to jump over, will definitely be able to enjoy the biggest wave of bonuses!
Fighting contestants eat youth food, as long as they make money while they are young, what will happen to MY World Mixed Martial Arts Championships afterward, what does it have to do with him?
If you want to understand these, it is easy to understand Chris Weissman's choice.

Chris Weissman wants to make quick money, which is also a good thing for Li Yu.

Starting with 10 billion yuan, 4 major video website channels, 18 clubs with strong capital strength, and the addition of active UFC champions, the start of the MY World Mixed Martial Arts Championship is definitely a dream start!
After a short thought, Li Yu made a decision.

"Okay, let's talk about the price and try to sign him."

"Alright Mr. Li..."

After Chen Jihua finished speaking, he was about to go out when he suddenly thought of something and stopped again.

"President Li, what about this match?"

Chen Jihua thought of the unlucky devil whose six bones were broken, and Li Bangzi who was said to have suffered a concussion and lost his memory.

He was afraid that before he had time to sign Chris Weissman, the other party would be disabled by the boss...

"This..."

Li Yu hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Talk to the opponent, play the whole game, let's score the winner."

Chen Jihua understood in seconds.

Mr. Li wanted to be merciful and give the other party a face.

Thinking about it, if Li Yu directly knocked out the other party, then signing the contract would definitely reduce his net worth...

A few minutes later, Chris Weissman and his agent also received a message from Chen Jihua.

"Fight the whole court, and score points? Sure enough, it was a fake punch, so I just said..." Chris Weissman also showed an expression on his face that I had seen through everything long ago.

In this way, the two sides reached a tacit understanding at the last moment before the game.

The rivers and lakes are not only about fighting and killing, but more about the world.

However, the development of some things will eventually exceed some people's expectations, such as Chris Weissman...

In the first two rounds of the competition, Li Yu was releasing water, and Chris Weissman was also releasing water. The two of them seemed to be having a lively fight, but they were actually performing.

When waiting for the last round, Chris Weisman began to increase his power output.

What he promised was to "play the whole game with Li Yu, and win with points", not "lose with points"...

For a championship-level professional player, every "loss" will greatly reduce his appearance fee, which Chris Weisman cannot tolerate.

However, no matter how Chris Weisman increases his power output, even if he has tried his best, Li Yu on the opposite side is still as stable as an old dog!

This steadiness is not mere steadfastness, but steady suppression of myself!

"boom!"

Another punch.

Chris Weissman was punched in the chest by Li Yu. Although Li Yu was already "fake punching" very carefully, he still hit Chris Weissman so hard that his breathing was not smooth, and the whole rhythm was out of order.

Fuck!

How could this be?
Chris Weissman was stunned, his brain was buzzing!
This is a bit different from what I said before the game!

It's okay to release water, but you can't lose!
Chris Weisman still wants to struggle.

then……

"boom!"

"Boom!"

Just like that, Chris Weissman, who wanted to counterattack, was punched several times, and one punch was hit in the face, and his figure almost couldn't stand still...

Looking at Chris Weissman who was "working hard" on the field, the manager was also surprised.

"I didn't expect that Chris, a muscular man, would learn how to flatter his boss. It's a good idea!"

The agent smiled with relief, but Chris Weissman had the urge to cry.

How could Li Yu be so strong?

This question, until the end of the game was sounded, Chris Weissman still did not get the answer.

At the end of the game, Li Yu failed to KO his opponent as in the previous two games. The audience and more than 2000 million netizens who watched the live broadcast actually felt a feeling of hatred.

Why didn't he KO the opponent?
Isn't it just a UFC champion, uh...

Many netizens just edited the content of the comments, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

Damn, did I overlook something?
Li Yu is fighting the UFC champion, why do I think Li Yu should KO the champion?

In just 3 days, 3 consecutive games have given everyone an illusion: Li Yu is invincible...

Awesome!
As someone took the lead in applauding and shouting, some spectators who were still slightly disappointed because Li Yu failed to KO his opponent also stood up and shouted.

"Boss Li is awesome!"

"Champion Lee!"

"Mr. Li..."

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, the referee also announced the result of the game.

There was no accident. In the last round, Li Yu won the game with an absolute point advantage, playing against Chris Weissman.

Seeing Li Yu eating tofu surrounded by two hot and sexy girls, Chris Weissman still hasn't recovered.

"Hey man, good job!"

The agent patted Chris Weissman on the shoulder happily, and gave him a thumbs up by the way.

Good job!

Chris Weissman: "..."

Li Yu's defeat of Chris Weissman only caused a small disturbance in China.

But in foreign countries, especially in the eyes of mixed martial arts fans, this incident simply refreshed their three views!
A seemingly ordinary Huaguo boss can actually beat the UFC champion! ?
Could this Chinese man be the legendary kung fu master?
Like Bruce Lee?
For a time, the overseas "Kung Fu craze" was on the rise again, and many "Kung Fu fans" began to flock to the local martial arts gyms in Chinatown or simply went to Huaguo, just to fulfill their Kung Fu dreams...

At the same time, the MY World Mixed Martial Arts Competition organized by Li Yu was also famous along with Li Yu.

In addition to the boss of UFC, whether it is a fighting fan or a professional in the industry, the entry of this new player is welcome.

After one night of negotiations, Li Yu successfully signed Chris Weissman.

Sign a contract for 3 years, with a basic salary of 200 million US dollars per year + various competitions and rewards + advertising endorsements.

This price is equivalent to directly doubling the worth of Chris Weissman.

For this result, both Chris Weissman and Li Yu were winners, and the only loser was the UFC, which was poached by Li Yu.

The next day, Chris Weissman registered on MY Weibo and announced on it that he had officially joined Li Yu's MY Mixed Martial Arts Club.

Join if you can't beat it, there's nothing wrong with it.

When the news came out, one stone caused a thousand waves, and domestic netizens sent congratulatory messages one after another.

"Congratulations to Mr. Li for mentioning the champion boy!"

"Mr. Li 666! He actually directly poached the UFC champion!"

"Wealth is self-willed!"

"@杰克马, Mr. Li has already acted. The richest man in Ma can't fall behind. At least two UFC champions need to be brought back to be worthy of your wealth."

"@万达老王, Grandpa, hurry up and snatch someone! If you go late, the masters will be snatched away by others!"

……

Ugly Country, Las Vegas, UFC Headquarters
The champion jumped ship, and Huaguo Capital was aggressive. Dana Bai, the current president of UFC, felt unprecedented pressure and challenges.

Without any hesitation, Dana Bai urgently convened a UFC high-level meeting to discuss how to deal with external threats and poaching by local tyrants in China.

"Gentlemen, the local tyrants of China have challenged us, and we have lost a middleweight champion..." Dana Bai said in a heavy tone.

"Mr. President, this is just a lottery game played by a group of rich people. Over the years, have we encountered such opponents?" A shareholder said indifferently.

UFC has been established for decades, what storms have you never seen?

A group of wealthy Chinese think they can challenge the UFC with a few bad money?Dreaming!

Some people are obsessed with the past, lying on the credit book with arrogance and prejudice, but there are also people who are sober.

"I think the situation this time is different from the past. First of all, this is not a single person, but a group of top rich people in Huaguo. Their wealth has far surpassed ours."

"In addition, what I am more worried about is their model. These emerging rich people mainly play on the Internet. Look at the organizer named Li Yu, who has harvested tens of millions of viewers through a single game. They can completely go around through the Internet. Over our traditional influence in television..."

Bai Dana looked approvingly at the shareholder representative who had just spoken, which was exactly what he was worried about.

"As we all know, Internet capital is the best at burning money. What they like most is to subvert traditional forces and then rebuild their own order and rules! We have to guard against this!"

Everyone's heart trembled when they heard the words.

The traditional forces, aren't they the ones you're talking about?
Successfully arousing the crisis awareness of the shareholders, Bai Dana's goal has been achieved halfway, and the next step is how to deal with the challenge of Huaguo's rich man.

Spend more money on publicity, raise prices for fighters, retain talents with high salaries, and expand new media channels...

While the UFC executives were planning changes, Conor McGregor, who was recuperating at home, was also watching Li Yu's match video with fiery eyes.

(End of this chapter)