1928: The rise of giant merchants

Shi Jianqiao's vision was very accurate. In the first Sino-Japanese arena match, the karate disciple from the Hongkou Dojo quickly gained the upper hand, forcing the disciples from the Jingwu Sports Association to retreat. One punch knocked the Jingwu Sports Association disciples off the martial arts stage!

"Well done, Kobayashi-san!"

"Kill these sick men of East Asia!"

"What a Jingwu Sports Club, it's just like this. No wonder the president was beaten to death by Akutagawa-sensei!"

The disciples at the Hongkou Dojo cheered and Naoki Zecheng also sneered, looking at Huo Ting'en with contempt in his eyes.

On the Chinese side, everyone was silent, clenching their fists, but there was nothing they could do.

"I'm sorry, senior brother, I lost." The defeated disciple was helped by his fellow disciples and came to Huo Ting'en, saying with a look of shame.

Huo Ting'en patted his shoulder lightly, shook his head and said with a smile: "There is nothing to apologize for. The other party is indeed stronger than you, and it is not shameful to lose. Go over and heal your wounds, and don't leave any root causes of illness."

"Yes, Senior Brother!" The disciple was helped to the medical area.

Although they lost the first battle, the disciples of the Jingwu Sports Association were not discouraged and their momentum remained high, as if they had expected this.

The second competition began soon.

There are more and more people watching the game. They cheer loudly for the disciples of the Jingwu Sports Association, hoping that these passionate young people can kill the Japanese invaders with great dignity.

At the VIP table, the consuls general from various countries were whispering to each other, as if they only regarded this event as an entertainment competition.

Rather than watching these warriors fight, they were obviously more willing to talk about business and management with Ye Luo.

Within a few minutes, several groups of people changed positions next to Ye Luo.

Tan Si on the other side finally realized Ye Luo's popularity among foreigners.

Only ordinary people, newspaper reporters, and people who have no contact with the upper class are so concerned about the outcome of this competition.

Those who really have the say in Shanghai only care about money and interests.

Yata Nanitaro also brought Hiroshi Morishita over to talk to Ye Luo, but Ye Luo didn't give the two Japanese a good look and obviously didn't want to see them.

"Boss Ye, the contents of that confidential letter will always be valid for you. I hope you can carefully consider the conditions promised by Minister Shigemitsu." Seeing that Ye Luo was not interested in discussing business, Yata Shichitaro stopped talking warmly. After saying this in Japanese, he left with a smile.

"These Japanese invaders are working tirelessly to win over some rich and powerful Chinese. They are really evil. They must be strictly guarded against them." Ye Luo explained to Tan Si with a smile, which made Tan Si quite shocked.

Tan Si knew that the Japanese invaders were eyeing many areas, and the massacre in the capital of Shandong Province in May was an action in which they showed their fangs.

But he did not expect that this group of Japanese invaders would be so arrogant in wooing well-known Chinese businessmen in person, and their contempt and disdain for the Chinese were evident.

Ye Luo wanted to say something else, but he heard a loud boom. A Japanese karate disciple flew down from the martial arts stage, and suddenly there was a wave of shouting.

Unknowingly, it was already the third competition. In the first two games, Hongkou Dojo and Jingwu Sports Association each won one game. In the third game, the disciples of Jingwu Sports Association narrowly won. Everyone was excited and applauded.

This fourth game is the match point. If Hongkou Dojo loses again, the total score will be 1:3, and this Sino-Japanese arena match will be lost directly.

At this time, everyone on and off the stage was holding their breath, because they knew that the two sides in the fourth game were the real players of this Sino-Japanese arena competition.

Huo Ting-en and Naoki Sachinari.

Ye Luo put away his smile and looked at the martial arts stage. When Huo Ting'en came on stage, he specifically shouted: "Ting'en, go all out, leave no regrets, and don't hold on if you lose."

"Brother Luo, I know." Huo Ting'en nodded in response.

Sasanagi Naoki also followed on the stage, then bowed slightly to Yada Nanitaro, then looked at Huo Ting'en, suddenly stretched out his thumb, and made a "weak blast" gesture at him!

"Shh-"

There were boos in the audience. The Chinese were obviously unhappy with this arrogant and domineering Japanese invader.

The cheongsam girl walked around holding her sign, and the focus match began immediately.

"coming!"

Shi Jianqiao sat up straight and watched the competition attentively.

"Ting En's Huojia Mizong Quan has been practiced to perfection, and there are only a few martial arts masters in the country who can defeat him reliably." She whispered to Ye Luo, "But this Zecheng Naoki is also very powerful in karate. This time It’s really hard to predict the martial arts competition. In fact, if Chen Zhen is allowed to compete in this match, he should be a sure winner."

She knew very well where Chen Zhen had gone, so Shi Jianqiao could only pray that Huo Ting'en could successfully defeat Sasaki Naoki in this competition, otherwise it would be difficult to predict the outcome if it dragged on to the fifth game.

After all, Chen Zhen didn't have the finale in the fifth game.

"You must have confidence in Ting En." Ye Luo tapped the small iron box on the table gently.

Without the commitment of Huo Tingen and Chen Zhen, he would not dare to transfer Chen Zhen during such a competition.

Since Jingwu Sports dares to do this, it obviously has great confidence in Huo Tingen's strength.

Look towards the martial arts stage.

As expected, at first Naoki Zecheng was evenly matched with Huo Tingen.

But when Huo Ting'en finished warming up and gradually entered the state, the force between the two gradually emerged.

Huojia Mizongquan has been a secret that has not been told before. Huo Yuanjia relied on the boxing skills passed down from his family to defeat all the invincible fighters in Jinmen, and earned a reputation as "Tianjin's No. 1", which shocked the martial arts circles in the north and south for more than ten years.

Later, in order to encourage young people to learn martial arts and get rid of the title of the sick man of East Asia, Huo Yuanjia founded the Jingwu Sect (the predecessor of the Jingwu Sports Association) with the assistance of Nong Jinsun and others, and publicly taught Mizong Quan to all disciples with foreign surnames. .

This is how the now prosperous Jingwu Sports Association came into existence.

How can this be compared to the Hongkou Dojo?

Boom!

There was a loud noise on the martial arts stage.

"good!"

The audience burst into applause.

Huo Ting'en used his fists and kicks to hit Zecheng Naoki on a pillar in a corner of the martial arts stage. Zecheng Naoki did not react, and was hit in the chest again. A mouthful of blood spurted out, and he knelt down slumped on the ground.

"kill him!"

"kill him!"

"kill him!"

The crowd in the audience was excited, and the fists on the stage were very intense.

Seeing Huo Ting'en's heavy punch, Naoki Sasunari could only vent his anger, and Shichitaro Yada stood up suddenly.

"Consul General Yata, they signed a life and death certificate." Ye Luo's voice came leisurely.

Yata Qitaro was pushed back to his position by Shi Jianqiao.

At this moment, Naoki Sasanagi began to fall to the ground, twitching, foaming at the mouth, and the referee from France quickly ran over to try to pull Huo Tingen away, who was still raising his fist.

"The game is not over until the opponent admits defeat. Please do not interfere with the game." Ye Luo's voice sounded again, this time speaking to the referee in French.

"Boss Ye, don't bully others too much!" Morishita Hiroshi couldn't bear it anymore and shouted at Ye Luo.

But Ye Luo just sneered and directed his gaze at Verdi.

Fan Erdi understood what Ye Luo meant and shook his head slightly at the referee on the stage.

After receiving the instructions from the Consul General, the French referee stopped interfering and pretended to dissuade him, but actually allowed Huo Tingen to continue beating Sasaki Naoki.

Looking at this scene on the martial arts stage.

Many people seem to have returned to eighteen years ago, to the moment when Huo Yuanjia was beaten to death by Akutagawa Ryuichi in the ring.

But this time, the roles were reversed, and with Ye Luo's support, no one dared to stop Huo Ting'en, who was already red-eyed!