Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 745 - An incident at the reception dinner

Second place on today’s Weibo hot search list: Chen Yu and his wife Dilraba Dilmurat attended the reception dinner hosted by Prince Charles and Princess Camilla at Buckingham Palace.

In the accompanying pictures and videos, Chen Yuzheng and Prince Charles were arm in arm and chatting, while Princess Camilla was tasting French pastries with Dilraba Dilmurat.

Other guests invited to the reception dinner included Mr. Jeremy, Secretary of State for Culture and Sports, Mr. Greg, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy;
Mr Stanley, Chairman of the English Football Association, Mr Frederick, Chief Executive of the English Football Association, Mr Watmore, Secretary General of the British Martial Arts Council Association;

Mr. Francisco, former President of the World Boxing Organization and Chief Referee of the International Olympic Committee;

Mr. Zhang Jutao, Secretary General of the Asia Region of the Global Mixed Martial Arts Association and Chairman of the China Region, and Mr. Emanuel, Chen Yu’s manager and partner.

Including the guests' wives, female companions, and children, there were a total of seventeen people present at the dinner.

Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White was unable to attend the event because his flight was delayed.

In fact, this guy just made an excuse not to sit at the same table with the scum of the Global Mixed Martial Arts Association. Dana White extremely despises the latter who promote non-professional competitions.

If we are to be honest and conscientious, the Global Mixed Martial Arts Association is unwilling to throw its limited funds and resources into the pit of non-professional competition systems in various countries.

In particular, Mr. Zhang Jutao, who is currently the chairman of the Hua Xia region, is even more worried about his hair loss.

Because the Hua Xia region has been making losses since 2011 and there has been no sign of improvement until now. From 2014 to 2017, it ranked at the bottom of the list.

In January this year, the Global Mixed Martial Arts Association summoned all regional chairmen, executive directors, committee members, and financial directors to return to Amsterdam to report on their work.

At the meeting, more than two-thirds of colleagues asked the headquarters to reduce its mindless investment in the Huaxia region.

And let the Chinese region transfer 43% of its budget share to markets with better returns such as South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines.

At the meeting, Mr. Zhang Jutao and the German financial director, Kanman, firmly opposed and fought for every inch.

After the meeting, Mr. Zhang Jutao led the public relations team to visit colleagues in the neutral zone one by one to win emotional votes, and relevant departments also actively assisted Mr. Zhang Jutao in his work.

After all, this involves issues such as payment of fees. If the Global Mixed Martial Arts Association withholds its budget, it will inevitably affect the relevant departments' collection of management fees from the project.

Fortunately, Mr. Zhang Jutao and his public relations team used money bullets and alcohol to win over colleagues in swing districts.

At the same time, he bribed the Secretary-General of the Global Mixed Martial Arts Association to postpone the final voting date for several days, resulting in the direct failure of this despicable move against this area.

Although the heads of South Korea, Japan and Thailand left the meeting angrily, they were unable to change the outcome of the meeting.

Then, Mr. Zhang Jutao, as the Secretary-General of the Asia Region, questioned the above three companies and asked them to voluntarily accept the headquarters' management and financial audits.

Even though the financial statements have been bad every year under his tenure, his terrifying size means that the Global Mixed Martial Arts Association will not dare to despise or abandon him easily.

If he could discover and train a world boxing champion similar to Chen Yu, then the Global Mixed Martial Arts Association would be able to make a comeback.

Why are people in the Ultimate Fighting Championship so arrogant and rebellious?
It was Chen Yu who single-handedly made it truly global, achieving the doubling of the brand's market value year after year and the continuous growth of the brand's net income.

Originally, the Ultimate Fighting Championship was just a younger brother in the eyes of the Global Mixed Martial Arts Association.

Even though the Ultimate Fighting Championship is highly profitable, it has not turned against Tian Gang.

But when Chen Yu suddenly appeared, everything changed drastically. The Ultimate Fighting Championship did not care about the face of the Global Mixed Martial Arts Association at all.

What’s interesting is that Chen Yu did not have any communication with Mr. Zhang Jutao during the entire reception dinner.

Dilraba Dilmurat only had a few interactions with his wife and daughter, and they only talked about London's rainy season, foggy days, water quality and other issues.

Mr. Zhang Jutao wanted to have a good chat with Chen Yu about future plans, but Chen Yu simply didn't buy his idea.

It is now an established fact that the Ultimate Fighting Championship has said goodbye to the Global Mixed Martial Arts Association.

After Chen Yu retires, he will join the board of directors of the Ultimate Fighting Championship according to the supplementary contract. Although he is only a figurehead and receives dividends, he must have a correct attitude. Moreover, Chen Yu is not optimistic about the future development prospects of professional boxing and fighting in China.

If these two major projects did not have support without seeking cost-effective returns, they would have failed long ago.

Who will watch the Kunlun Fight organized by Zhang Jutao's team, TV stations and a number of streaming media? The quality is getting worse and worse.

The Global Mixed Martial Arts Association is still willing to give itself a transfusion, entirely because Zhang Jutao's team is willing to put in a lot of effort in public relations.

Although the company was always in a loss-making state during his tenure, Zhang Jutao was able to firmly sit on the position of Secretary-General of Asia and Chairman of China Region thanks to his public relations skills.

Zhang Jutao is very good at using the special funds allocated by the Global Mixed Martial Arts Association flexibly, and he is very good at using tricks such as mud and plastering.

So compared with these people, those guys who play football in our country are nothing but dwarfs.

Those guys who are involved in football in China can only play around in their own circle at best.

Look at FIFA’s performance at the World Cup in Korea and Japan. The latter was the real dealer.

The annual turnover of the Chinese Super League is not as much as the profit FIFA makes from signing a few financial review forms at random.

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Chen Yu was not making excuses for anyone.

He just wanted to point out that the country's supervision and punishment of sports organizations are world-class.

Of course, this is related to the fact that sports associations in most countries are non-governmental organizations.

As the saying goes, if the people don't report, the officials won't investigate.

Even though corruption and malfeasance are rampant in sports associations in European and American countries, it is difficult for government agencies to take them seriously.

The reason why Mr. Zhang has been able to hold on until today is simply because the domestic audience for professional fighting is too small.

And it is not a key medal-winning event in the Olympics.

Therefore, as long as he can stick to his bottom line and professional ethics, no one will be willing to dig deeper into him.

What if this guy disappears and his successor is just honest? What's the fucking use then!

What Zhang Jutao wanted to discuss with Chen Yu at the reception dinner was whether they could work together on some projects in the future.

For example, if Kunlun Fight is reformed or a new event is organized, Chen Yu can participate in management and profit sharing on behalf of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Zhang Jutao and his planning team prepared a lot of relevant information, and he memorized it all, but it was a pity that Chen Yu was unwilling to pay any attention to him.

Zhang Jutao was very angry, but he was not on the same level as Chen Yu. Chen Yu was the guest of honor at the dinner and sat next to Prince Charles.

Zhang Jutao only took the last seat.

In fact, he also wanted to save the situation in a roundabout way by passing the message through his wife, but Dilraba Dilmurat refused to respond.

Whenever his wife talked about business, Dilireba would cleverly change the subject or remain silent.

Zhang Jutao spent a huge amount of money to participate in this reception dinner, but the result did not meet his expectations at all, which made him extremely disappointed and uncomfortable.

Zhang Jutao has also experienced many ups and downs, but he has no solution for Chen Yuzhen. He can't come up with even one chip that can attract the latter.

Moreover, at the reception dinner he realized that he was just a small figure, even though there were many people outside who would take the initiative to nod and bow to him.

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