This building covering an area of ten acres was originally the residence of a senior military officer stationed in Korea during the Japanese colonial period. Therefore, the style is biased toward Japanese style, but it retains many of the essence of the Korean house. The white walls and black tiles are hidden among the greenery.
There is a unique scenery among them.
The door of the martial arts hall is open, and on the black plaque hanging under the eaves of the corridor, the four gilt Chinese characters "Wucheng Main Hall" shine in the sunlight, and the pen is bold and vigorous.
These four words were written by Li Zhecheng himself. He acquired the ownership of this building ten years ago and regarded it as his place of teaching and teaching. It also became the tenth Taoist temple besides the Nine Dao Pavilion.
The core of Wucheng school.
Ten men wearing traditional Taekwondo uniforms lined up left and right, greeting visitors with the most solemn gesture.
They were all young, with youthful blood and arrogance. While bowing and saluting, they stared eagerly at Lu Chen who had crossed the threshold, with dancing sparks in their eyes!
Everyone knew that this man from China, who was about the same age as them, would challenge Li Zhecheng, whom they regarded as their supreme mentor.
These disciples of Li Zhecheng all believed that Li Zhecheng would definitely win, so they hoped to fight by themselves and knock Lu Chen to the ground!
Lu Chen ignored their gazes and calmly admired the exquisiteness of the Wucheng headquarters.
Whether it is Japan or South Korea, traditional architecture has absorbed and inherited the essence of ancient Chinese architecture. This building with a history of nearly a century is no exception. The layout is grand but not refined, and the vicissitudes accumulated over the years have a unique style.
Li Zhecheng was standing inside the gate, welcoming Lu Chen's arrival.
This Korean Taekwondo master is 35 years old. He started learning Taekwondo at the age of 5 and studied under Cui Hongxi. However, he is also a "rebel" under Cui Hongxi and has a life that can be called a legend.
"Mr. Lu Chen..."
Seeing Lu Chen, Li Zhecheng bowed and saluted: "Welcome to Wucheng Headquarters."
His Chinese is very standard, and his words are even better than many Chinese people. In fact, this Taekwondo master admires Chinese civilization very much. Not only can he speak fluent Chinese, but he is also proficient in calligraphy.
The disciples of Li Zhecheng around him couldn't help but look surprised, because Li Zhecheng rarely treated people with such grand courtesy, especially the younger ones. It was already a huge honor to be shaken by him.
Lu Chen also bowed and said in return: "Hello, Mr. Li Zhecheng, please give me your advice!"
He straightened up and met Li Zhecheng's eyes.
Different from his disciples, Li Zhecheng is wearing a traditional Korean suit today. He has a slender figure with short hair, a resolute look and bright eyes. At first glance, he looks like a very tenacious and strong-willed person.
Li Zhecheng's arms are very long, his hands have thick joints, and his skin is rough and covered with calluses.
The most profound impact that this Korean Taekwondo master left on Lu Chen at first sight was his momentum. He was as majestic as a mountain without being angry, as if no force could shake him.
When Lu Chen was looking through relevant information about Li Zhecheng two days ago, he saw a Taekwondo master's description of him in an article, saying that as an opponent standing in front of Li Zhecheng, it was amazing to be able to remain calm.
At that time, Lu Chen thought it was exaggerated praise. Now that he saw this master-level figure in person, he realized that the article was not a fabrication!
When Lu Chen was sizing up Li Zhecheng, Li Zhecheng was also sizing him up.
In fact, many people in South Korea don't understand why Li Zhecheng wants to challenge Lu Chen, because in their view, Li Zhecheng is a Taekwondo master, while Lu Chen is just a star artist, and their identities are not on the same level.
In South Korea, the status of celebrity artists is very low.
But Li Zhecheng has never been a stickler for rules, otherwise he would not have established another faction outside the Nine Daoist Temple and ambitiously challenged the influential International Taekwondo Federation.
His idea of challenging Lu Chen started when he saw a video of Lu Chen demonstrating the motion capture system at Blue Digital Studio. At that time, he realized that this was an opportunity.
In order to promote Wu Chengliu, Li Zhecheng worked hard. The most important thing is that he believed that Lu Chen was fully qualified to become his opponent...
Knocked down by myself!
"please!"
Today, in addition to Filia Chen, those who accompanied Lu Chen to the Wucheng Headquarters were also Lu Xi, who just flew over yesterday.
In the martial arts hall of the Wucheng Main Hall, all seven cameras are in place, all aimed at the martial arts arena!
In addition to reporters and photographers from South Korea's MBC TV station, there were also live broadcast participants from China's Beijing Satellite TV.
This competition, which has caused a huge sensation in China and South Korea, will be broadcast live. MBC, South Korea's second largest TV station, has won the Korean side's live broadcast rights, while the Chinese side's live broadcast rights have been sold to Beijing Satellite TV and Zhejiang Satellite TV.
After a fierce battle, in the end, Beijing Satellite TV and Zhejiang Satellite TV continued to join forces. The two companies paid 30 million yuan for this live broadcast, equivalent to a bonus of 5 billion won.
The reason why it is called a "bonus" is because this money will be obtained by the winner of both parties!
Correspondingly, South Korea provided the same amount of sponsorship fees. Because MBC was under too much pressure, many Korean companies jointly sponsored 3.5 billion won, and the total with MBC was 5 billion.
Including Samsung Consortium!
And this means that the winner between Lu Chen and Li Zhecheng will not only win the honor, but also win a total prize of 10 billion won.
In fact, this was the result of Lu Chen's mercy. He did not include other sponsorship fees. For example, the copyright for the domestic online live broadcast was won by Feixun Video and [Whale TV], and the price steadily exceeded 5 billion won.
If Lu Chen can win the final victory, his total income will be at least over 100 million yuan!
Although in professional boxing or kickboxing competitions in the United States, appearance fees of tens of millions of dollars are common, and appearance fees of hundreds of millions of dollars are not uncommon, but in the East, whether it is Taekwondo or other fighting competitions, hundreds of millions of dollars are not uncommon.
The prize money of 100 million won is unique.
Some Korean netizens on floo called this competition a "Ten Billion Battle" and it quickly spread to the country.
In the martial arts hall, everyone's eyes were focused on the two of them.
There were not many spectators at the scene. In addition to media reporters and students from the Wucheng General Hall, they were mainly witnesses of the competition, including an official representative from the Chinese Embassy in South Korea.
At 9:37 a.m. on January 5, Lu Chen, who put on his martial arts uniform, and Li Zhecheng, who put on his taekwondo uniform, stood on the martial arts ring at the same time.