Chapter 784

Compared to when "Final Fantasy" was released, the game lineup for "Resident Evil" is even larger.

After all, it is Blizzard Studio's second single-player game in a year, and it also has the backing of a major IP of the same name; both gamers and movie fans are incredibly expectant.

So, just as the game started pre-sales, it sold eight hundred thousand copies directly; this is just in China.

And the global pre-sale result is an exaggerated three million five hundred and seventy thousand.

Sony, which has a good relationship with Miss Luo Quan, once again secured the console exclusivity.

Although Microsoft's XBOX also tried to spend more money to buy the console exclusivity for this game, unfortunately, Miss Luo Quan is famously known for not letting her own resources flow into outsiders' fields, so they didn't succeed.

Therefore, even though Microsoft offered a price much higher than Sony's, Miss Luo Quan did not agree.

And Miss Luo Quan didn't stay idle during these few days waiting for the release; she was completing the task assigned to her from above.

Channel One is preparing to organize a music variety show called "Chinese Heritage."

It is to have singers sing a Chinese-style song; this song can be an adaptation of ancient poetry, or it can be adapted from an allusion or history.

After singing, the guests on site will interpret the story behind the song, carrying on the Chinese heritage.

This variety show is actually similar to the very popular Poetry Conference, but one is quiz-based, while this one is a musical performance.

As the leader of the young generation in the Chinese music scene, with talent that crowns Asia, how could the official side forget her?

So, naturally, they arranged a task for her, asking her to write two songs to sing on the program.

With a designated task, no matter how lazy Miss Luo Quan is, she couldn't shirk it.

Anyway, she had almost finished all her work for this year, so she left her two pets at home and went to Beijing alone.

"If I hear that crop circles or Shanghai Huangpu River water monsters have appeared in Shanghai again while I'm in Beijing, you guys know what the consequences will be, right?"

Before leaving, Miss Luo Quan called the two restless little things into the room and smiled as she clenched her fists.

She hadn't stretched her muscles for a while, and she was actually very curious about the impact resistance of these treasures.

Seeing this, the two pets immediately became silent as cicadas in winter, their bodies standing straight, their heads nodding non-stop.

"Very good, that's how good children should be." Miss Luo Quan smiled and stroked the heads of the two pets: "Then I'm off to Beijing; watch the house well and get along peacefully with my mom and the others."

After saying this, Miss Luo Quan dragged her suitcase out of the door and said goodbye to her mom, sister, and Mia in the living room one by one.

Being a celebrity is just like this; you never know when work will suddenly come up.

Miss Luo Quan is already considered relatively free, with most of her time arranged by herself.

But this kind of official task really couldn't be pushed away.

Three hours later, Miss Luo Quan arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport.

Looking around, there were no fans or station sisters waiting to pick her up.

Pulling up her collar to cover her neck, Miss Luo Quan dragged her luggage out of the airport lobby.

Beijing in October is not particularly cold, just around twenty degrees.

However, she still wore a khaki woolen coat, and underneath she was wearing thermal leggings.

It was a bit bloated, but it was warm, so she didn't have to worry about catching a cold due to the sudden change in temperature.

Finding a hotel to stay in, Miss Luo Quan sent the two songs she had already finished to the program team, with her usual swift speed.

And with a week left before the performance on stage, and rehearsals three days later, she had nothing to do during this period, so she just stayed in the hotel playing with her phone.

In the past few days, many combat competitions sponsored by large companies have appeared in China, and there are quite a lot of applicants.

However, unlike previous combat competitions, there has been a large number of traditional martial arts practitioners among the participants; previously, there were more Sanda and boxing athletes.

Before this year, the most capable traditional martial arts fighter in China should have been Yi Long.

This fighter's external marketing is that he is the number one Shaolin monk, but the Shaolin Temple does not acknowledge it.

And Yi Long actually only studied martial arts at Shaolin for a few years; calling him a lay disciple is already quite a stretch.

However, during the years Yi Long was most popular, he did bring some traffic to the Shaolin Temple.

But Yi Long's early matches were still watchable, and later he inevitably became a puppet manipulated by capital, with constant rumors of fixed matches.

By now, his reputation is ruined, and the reputation of traditional martial arts has also suffered a lot of smearing because of him.

But no one expected that traditional martial arts would suddenly become popular this year.

The peak battle between Daoist Cheng and Master Yanwu completely ignited this commercial field that almost no one had stepped into.

And with capital entering the field one after another, corresponding activities and marketing sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain.

The most numerous are combat competitions with traditional martial arts themes.

After all, the value of martial arts exists in knocking down the opponent, and the only thing that can embody this theme is fighting in the ring.

It is worth mentioning that these combat competitions invested in and organized by capital are also open to Sanda and boxing athletes who don't know traditional martial arts; everyone can come to participate.

In the past, this was completely like sending money to professional athletes.

At that time, traditional martial arts were synonymous with "flower fists and embroidered legs" and simply didn't possess real combat capability.

Whenever traditional martial arts masters met real combat athletes, they were beaten until their noses were bruised and faces were swollen.

But the result this time was completely reversed.

The most massive momentum recently is the competition invested in by the Yifa Group—the "Wu Lin Alliance Leader Assembly."

Nationwide selection, with each province deciding the top three, and then the finals in Beijing.

This competition has very generous prize money; just entering the top eight in the provincial competition can get over one hundred thousand, and the provincial champion's prize is six hundred thousand!

As for the grand champion, the prize money alone is five million, and they can also get a house in a luxury residential area newly built by the Yifa Group in Beijing—at the very least, it's worth tens of millions!

This kind of treatment is something no other combat competition in the country has had before.

Ever since they lost miserably in football, Yifa hasn't been involved in the sports industry for a long time.

This sudden entry into a strange field they had never touched before, and with such a large investment, was truly a very bold and courageous choice.

At the same time, it also let others know that traditional martial arts indeed have considerable commercial prospects.

Under such a large investment, the "Wu Lin Alliance Leader Assembly" soon became popular all over the internet; just the trailer alone received over one hundred million in discussion heat.

Especially after seeing the treatment for the champion, it made even Miss Luo Quan feel tempted to participate.

Of course, it was just a thought; with her current status and net worth, there was no need to participate in this kind of competition.

But for those martial artists and combat athletes who have a special skill, this competition is a great opportunity to turn things around and cross social classes.

So for a time, there were countless applicants.

Several well-known domestic combat athletes participated in this competition, young men in their mid-twenties, in their prime.

But what made people drop their jaws was that they were all eliminated in the first round of the competition.

Those traditional martial arts masters who emerged from the folk almost acted like a top martial arts scholar beating a child, pressing these professional combat athletes to the ground and rubbing them.

Although there were frequent upsets, no audience felt there were fixed matches.

Because the entire competition process was truly fist-to-flesh, with blood flying everywhere.

One of the contestants was a retiree from the UFC, with ruthless moves and extremely strong impact resistance.

He was the one who lasted the longest under the traditional martial arts master, and also the one who was beaten the most miserably.

Only halfway through the second round, he was beaten until he fell to the ground and convulsed; the referee immediately stopped the match and sent this athlete to the hospital for emergency treatment.

Fortunately, he was trained after all; although he looked like he was in imminent danger while on the stage, it actually hadn't reached a particularly serious level. He regained consciousness after a few days of treatment and was not in any life-threatening danger.

It was also after this match that the Chinese traditional martial arts masters became completely famous, and the Wu Lin Alliance Leader Assembly became the hottest program at the moment, hitting the trending searches seven or eight times a day, and netizens on major forums were arguing endlessly.

As for the content of the arguments, it was naturally for the contestants they liked.

Currently, the provincial competition has just finished the preliminary selection and is conducting the 128-to-64 round.

According to the progress, it will take until the middle of next month to decide the provincial champion.

And during the preliminary stage, several masters with champion potential had already appeared.

One is named Zheng Yuanzai, who fought a set of Drunken Fist more authentic than Brother Cheng Long's; his movement was like a ghost, his punches feinted east and attacked west, making it impossible for people to defend against.

What's outrageous is that he really drinks two taels of white liquor before going on stage every time.

Anyone who understands combat knows that this industry is very dependent on reaction speed.

When facing an opponent's attack, being a little slow in reaction can lead to being knocked down directly.

And alcohol is the greatest enemy of reaction.

I've never heard of any boxer who dares to drink before going on stage, let alone two taels of white liquor.

After drinking it, an ordinary person wouldn't even be able to fight in the ring; they would probably just lie down and sleep right there.

And this guy just had a slightly red nose and a slightly swaying gait; he was basically a drunkard, the kind that seemed like he would fall if pushed gently.

But after the fight started, it was completely not the case.

The opponents Zheng Yuanzai met during the preliminary selection were not weak either; it was clear they had practiced martial arts for a few years.

But he still beat them until they couldn't find north.

The opponents he met later also had impressive strength, but Zheng Yuanzai still passed easily.

Because his boxing style was too dashing, he gained a large number of fans shortly after the competition started.

Many people even felt that he could go and compete with Daoist Cheng and the others.

Besides Zheng Yuanzai, there was also a contestant named Li Liang who left a relatively deep impression on the audience.

This Li Liang, like Master Yanwu, also studied under Shaolin.

However, Li Liang is a genuine lay disciple, not a fake like Yi Long.

And the martial arts Li Liang displayed included the Iron Shirt, the Mighty Vajra Fist, and the Dragon Claw Hand.

Using one martial art per match, he was as learned as Kumārajīva, as if he had learned all the unique skills of the Shaolin Temple.

And Master Yanwu also said during a livestream that Li Liang was a very outstanding existence among the lay disciples back then; although he was considered a disciple generation to him, his martial arts were stronger than many of Master Yanwu's junior brothers.

This kind of evaluation was a bit scary.

Stronger than Master Yanwu's junior brothers—isn't that about the same as Master Yanwu?

Master Yanwu only knows the Iron Shirt, while Li Liang knows so much, and the level is not low either.

The most critical thing is that he is only thirty years old and still has considerable room for improvement.

If they didn't know that Li Liang had returned to secular life a long time ago, netizens would have thought he was specially sent by the Shaolin Temple to win the prize money.

Zheng Yuanzai and Li Liang are two relatively dazzling contestants in the assembly.

But that doesn't mean there are only these two masters.

Every province has a few eye-catching martial artists, displaying those martial arts and boxing styles that had left a name in Shaw Brothers movies, making a name for themselves.

Although the preliminary selection had just ended, the competition was already brilliant, and many well-known brands also spent high prices wanting to buy advertising space.

The investment Yifa Group threw in at the beginning is estimated to be recouped before long.

The offline ticket money alone has already sold out, and the online advertising fees can probably be considered pure income.

It is precisely because they created such a blockbuster that Yifa Group also boldly found Miss Luo Quan, wanting her to write a theme song.

At first, she originally wanted to refuse, but Yifa Group was worthy of being wealthy and imposing, directly offering a price of one hundred million RMB.

This is even higher than the previous offer of ten million US dollars from abroad.

And the requirements were not high; as long as it was related to martial arts and was pleasant and catchy, it would do.

It didn't need to have much depth, but it must be popular.

If nothing else, this vision was quite good.

After all, China's sinking market is truly too vast; elegant things are ultimately niche, while popular and trendy things have more audiences and can make more money.

Miss Luo Quan likes this kind of straightforward demand.

Plus, the other side really gave too much; anyway, being idle in Beijing is just being idle, so she took this side job.

However, one hundred million is not enough.

After all, she is an international superstar, the most beautiful in the world—you have to pay more!

Miss Luo Quan asked for one hundred and fifty million.

If it were an ordinary company, they would probably feel their livers trembling when seeing this price.

But Miss Luo Quan felt that for her to sing for this competition, not only is the song valuable, but her fame is also equally valuable.

Perhaps many passersby who don't pay attention to martial arts might come just because they see her name.

On the other hand, she also really wanted to slaughter Yifa, this rich dog, properly.

Of course, she also knew that this price was set a bit high and didn't hold much hope.

But Yifa was worthy of being wealthy and imposing; it only took half a minute for them to agree, making Miss Luo Quan suspect whether the price she set was a bit low.

"How much did you guys actually earn from this competition?" Miss Luo Quan felt a burst of suspicion in her heart.

After taking the job, in less than half a day, this commercial single was finished; when Miss Luo Quan sent it to Yifa, the other side was still a bit stunned, thinking this was too ridiculously fast.

But after listening to it, they immediately realized their own shallowness.

Sure enough, there are no false scholars under a great reputation.

That same evening, the official Weibo of the Wu Lin Alliance Leader Assembly released news:

"It is very easy to invite the well-known musician Miss Luo Quan to sing the theme song for this program—'Swords and Swords are Like a Dream'!"

Once this news came out, the trending searches exploded instantly.