"Hey, did you hear? It seems like there are a lot of martial arts experts invited to this free fighting competition this time."

"Yeah, yeah, I originally thought those so-called experts from martial arts schools only existed in martial arts novels. I didn't expect them to actually exist in real life."

"That's nothing, my brother was even sent by my dad to Shaolin to learn for a while when he was a kid."

Some things, if you don't hear others mention them, you might not pay attention to yourself. However, ever since last night when Chen Mei'er talked about this competition, Xiaofan suddenly found that people around him were starting to discuss it.

It seemed like wherever he went, someone was mentioning it. Newspapers, news, and other media continuously reported on which martial arts expert arrived in the Capital City today, and who flew in yesterday.

Suddenly heroes from all corners gathered in the Capital City. Xiaofan couldn't understand, wasn't it just two million? Are those so-called experts that poor?

And it wasn't just people from within the country; even people from abroad were paying a lot of attention to this competition. This thing suddenly became headline news, rising from obscurity to prominence in just a week.

Xiaofan didn't know if they did a good job with publicity or if there were other reasons. This competition being pushed to the forefront like this was definitely not accidental.

But none of that mattered to Xiaofan. All he needed to do now was win a few more rounds so that even if he lost in the end, money would still come into his pocket.

"Xiaofan, have you heard?"

"Heard what?"

"The fighting competition."

"Fighting competition? Oh, you mean the free fighting tournament, right? Why? Are you interested in this kind of thing too?" It's a wonder she could think of the name fighting competition. No surprise since Liu Siyan was such a gentle girl, she naturally wouldn't like things involving fighting.

While strolling around with Liu Siyan, this little girl suddenly brought it up.

"I only saw it on the news originally, but my dad seems to have invested money, wanted to host this competition, but who knew so many people would compete for it. In the end, he had to give up." Liu Siyan continued.

So that's it. The fact this matter caused such a big impact in such a short time cannot completely rule out the possibility of commercial hype.

"Now my dad is constantly finding people to contact the contestants for the competition, heard it's going to be broadcasted on TV. Since he couldn't host it, he could only advertise through the contestants." Liu Siyan continued.

"Oh, you mean putting a company brand on the contestants' clothes, right?" Xiaofan asked indifferently.

"Yeah. To improve the company's reputation, but some contestants' advertisement fees are too high, asking for two or three hundred thousand per match before the competition even starts. It's exorbitant." Liu Siyan pouted.

"Wow, making so much money. Haha…" Xiaofan chuckled, his phone suddenly rang. He answered the call: "Hello."

"Ye Xiaofan, get over here quick, I need to discuss something with you."

"What is it? I'm busy, on a date." Xiaofan said with an annoyed expression when he heard Chen Mei'er's voice.

Hearing the word "date," Liu Siyan's face blushed. Actually, they've been often hanging out together lately, shopping, eating, strolling. To say they were dating doesn't seem wrong.

"It's important, your competition schedule has been set, I've already got you leave from school, come over now to discuss your competition schedule and main opponents."

"Can't it wait a bit?" Xiaofan looked at Liu Siyan beside him, certainly not wanting to leave her behind.

"No, everyone is here waiting for you." Chen Mei'er shouted loudly.

"Let them wait then..."

"Xiaofan, if there's something you should go first, I've arranged to meet Mengying later." Liu Siyan, being considerate, though she didn't want to be disturbed during her time with Xiaofan, didn't want to be a burden to him.

"I see. Okay then." Xiaofan nodded, glanced at Liu Siyan, then asked on the phone: "Where are you? Okay, I'll come now."

After hanging up, Xiaofan looked at Liu Siyan again: "Sorry, I..."

"Go on." Liu Siyan said gently.

"Oh right, tell Uncle Liu to prepare a set of clothes for me when you get back, with your company's name in big letters, I'll advertise for free." Xiaofan suddenly said with a smile.

"Huh? Could it be you're entering that competition too?" Liu Siyan asked in surprise: "Why?"

"To earn money for my future wife. Her family is so rich, how can I remain poor?" Xiaofan joked.

"Get lost. Who's your future wife?" Liu Siyan playfully lowered her head, secretly delighted.

"Whoever responds is."

"You're annoying, go quickly, people are waiting."

"Okay."

Seeing Xiaofan leave, Liu Siyan could only take out her phone and call Chen Mengying: "Hey Mengying, are you free? I have two movie tickets, come watch a movie with me."

The movie tickets were something Liu Siyan had prepared long ago, of course meant to share with Xiaofan. That was the plan, but things changed, and she couldn't help it.

"What? Xiaofan got called away by a girl? How could you let him go?" At the cinema entrance, Chen Mengying loudly questioned upon hearing that.

"What else could I do, it seemed quite serious." Liu Siyan smiled helplessly.

"Siyan, you're too soft-hearted. At this rate, Xiaofan will become more and more demanding. Don't you know, in the bars of H City, this guy is very popular among girls, if you don't keep a closer eye, someone else might take him away." Chen Mengying said anxiously.

"I can't help it, I'm not anyone to him, that day I also rejected his confession. As you said, he's welcome by girls everywhere, keeping a tighter rein will just make him unhappy. Let's go in, the movie's starting."

"Really, Xiaofan is so lucky to have a good girl like you like him, no idea which lifetime's blessing it is."

When Xiaofan arrived at the entertainment center, he immediately learned about the progress of the competition. Because there were too many contestants, the organizers said there'd first be a round of group matches, then from group matches to knockout stages.

"This is your main opponent, defeat him and you'll get 400,000." Chen Mei'er said as she handed a photo to Xiaofan.

Xiaofan took it, glanced at it, then set it aside: "Besides your side, aren't there other bookies preparing to get involved in this competition? If there are, you should find ways to reach out."

"Huh? Other bookies? What do you plan to do?"

"If you're gonna play, play big. Otherwise, it'd be a waste to squander such a good opportunity." Xiaofan smiled lightly.

And seeing this, Chen Mei'er surprisingly sensed some ambition in this guy in front of her.

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