Chapter 209: Chapter 206: Can This Thing Even Fuse?

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“Then tomorrow I will bring the legal team to discuss the details further, and once everything is finalized we can sign the contract directly.”

Having tentatively confirmed the intention to cooperate, Bran didn’t stay long, picking up his coat to leave the unpleasant room. He needed to hurry to get the authorization from Étienne.

Bi Fang closed the door and looked at Wang Yongbo, who was still in the room, unsure why he had stayed behind: “Is there anything else?”

Wang Yongbo laughed, pulling out a stack of documents. Of course, there was a reason for him to stay.

Strangely enough, it was really difficult to get in touch with Bi Fang, either due to no signal or no time to talk, finding him for regular business matters was a matter of fate.

This created a paradoxical situation: almost all of Bi Fang’s personal business was handled by Wolf Fang.

It almost became a consensus in the circle that finding Wolf Fang was akin to finding Bi Fang. How could ordinary staff witness such posture? With matters being relayed up the hierarchy, everything piled up with Wang Yongbo, making a corporate vice-president act like a personal assistant.

“Don’t you have a studio? You could hire a personal assistant.”

“Didn’t Wolf Fang assign Liu Qian to me?”

“She is just your managerial responsibility…”

“Why don’t you let her resign and come work for me, then? I’m not lacking the salary for her, I’ve noticed that your Wolf Fang people have good business skills. If you let her come, I won’t treat her poorly.”

Bi Fang flipped through the invitations without looking up.

“But that would require her consent. If she agrees, then I’ll let her go.”

Wang Yongbo smiled. He had only made the comment in jest; in reality, both parties were quite satisfied with the current arrangement. This unique cooperation brought them closer together, rather than being just a simple partnership.

Bi Fang was not like any other broadcaster at Wolf Fang, he was more like a franchisee, with an international presence that Wang Yongbo, despite many years in broadcasting, had not seen before, both domestically and abroad.

Never before had someone like Bi Fang been seen, and with his current status, teaming up with any platform would be a mighty alliance. Yet, he chose to stay here, to grow alongside Wolf Fang.

With Bi Fang’s help, Wolf Fang overcame their difficulties and even began expanding internationally, leaving their declining days far behind. Bi Fang was similarly grateful for Wolf Fang’s support when he was at his wit’s end, offering to stream under the best conditions.

“Have you watched any of the broadcasts on our platform lately?”

“No, why?”

“Recently, there have been a lot of imitators of you on our platform. I’m not sure if I should sign them.” Wang Yongbo was worried, unsure how to deal with the situation.

The popularity of the wilderness broadcast theme was soaring, sparking a trend. Many tried to emulate Bi Fang’s Wilderness Survival, and although most were clumsy, eating bugs on deserted islands and such, there were a few who showed signs of teamwork, comparable to Shark’s Lu Wentao in overall strength.

Most broadcasters opting for this theme chose Wolf Fang because with Bi Fang there, Wolf Fang had the largest fan base interested in this theme.

“If there are good broadcasters, just sign them. The platform can make its own decisions. I left Shark over contract deception, not competition. I’m not afraid of real competition; you don’t need to worry about me in this matter.”

“I’m concerned it could cause a split in your audience.”

Wang Yongbo had clarity; ten, a hundred, no, no number of wilderness broadcasters could match the impact of Bi Fang alone. If Bi Fang spoke up, Wolf Fang wouldn’t sign any of them.

Bi Fang flipped through another invitation and calmly said, “Would they dare to dilute my audience while I’m broadcasting?”

Wang Yongbo was taken aback, realizing it was indeed true. Ever since Bi Fang started his broadcast series ‘Chasing the Sunshine’, other broadcasters indeed had stopped for a month!

To say stopped was a bit exaggerated; they still broadcasted daily to keep their audience’s loyalty, but they unanimously chose to halt their wilderness broadcasts, even Shark’s Lu Wentao had been quiet, only recently announcing his fourth series of wilderness broadcasts.

One person dominating the entire network, it was truly so.

From his very first broadcast, Bi Fang had created the persona of a Wilderness Survivalist, now unshakeable, especially the authenticity of his broadcasts, which no one doubted. Anyone who found out about the wilderness theme through other means would inevitably be drawn to Bi Fang’s streams.

“Alright, then I am reassured.” Wang Yongbo nodded, noting that Bi Fang was still looking through invitations and couldn’t help advising, “Is there one you’re interested in participating in?”

“Haven’t you guys marked them out for me?”

Bi Fang picked out an invitation with a folded corner, Amy’s Interview Show.

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He had heard of this interview show; it was quite famous abroad and could be said to be a household name, its guests usually being major celebrities or even prime ministers. Bi Fang had not expected that he would receive an invitation from a foreign interview program.

“This is our company’s assessment and recommendation. Actually, I also hope you’ll participate. If it were a domestic interview invitation, it wouldn’t matter much as your base here is very stable. But you’ve just begun to tap into the overseas market, and attending an international interview would be very beneficial for your development,”

Wang Yongbo’s words had to be admitted, they tempted Bi Fang.

Indeed, Bi Fang was still a newcomer to the international audience; more exposure would help build a solid fan base.

There were some programs in China that had invited him before, but those were not interviews, rather variety shows, something that Bi Fang did not want to participate in. Playing those kind of silly games on screen could make a person silly, too.

“There’s no problem with this program itself, right?”

“We’ve investigated, there are no issues, and the presenter doesn’t have any scandals,”

Wang Yongbo knew what Bi Fang was referring to. Foreign programs often come with biases, and they will not make such a mistake.

Bi Fang nodded, “A good arrangement. I have no objections. Just let me know in advance when it’s time.”

After settling the business and seeing Wang Yongbo out, Bi Fang quickly closed the door.

He could finally check his rewards!

Bi Fang was excited since the rewards for this task were specified in advance!

An Advanced Skill Upgrade Coupon and an Advanced Skill Progression Coupon!

With these two coupons, Bi Fang could completely upgrade his Wilderness Survival Skill to the orange level!

When that time comes, Wilderness Survival would be his first orange-level Skill! If he could reach that level, he would surely be a once-in-a-century Wilderness Master!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the task: Chasing the Sunshine. Rewards are being issued. Would you like to receive them?]

Bi Fang took a deep breath.

Receive!

[Detected no award escalation. Your final rewards are: Advanced Skill Upgrade Coupon *1, Advanced Skill Progression Coupon *1, Wilderness Points *1600, Enhancement Points *4, Skill Advancement Ticket *1]

“Wow, a bountiful harvest!”

Bi Fang saw the rewards he had received and was satisfied. However, it seemed there was no hunting reward this time, even though he had caught a poacher and a reindeer…

Never mind, Bi Fang was not obsessed with that, he was already content with the rewards he got. He opened his panel to start examining how to use the rewards.

The first was the lottery draw. Sixteen hundred points, oh, there were three points left from last time, so it should be one thousand six hundred and three points in total. He could start with two runs of a ten-spin.

He clicked the roulette wheel, and ten minutes later.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Blue Skill, Tai Chi Level 1. Detection of the host’s existing Skill: Swimming Dragon Bagua Level 1. Would you like to fuse them?]

Fuse?

Bi Fang paused when he saw the message; could these two Skills even be fused?

The bonuses provided by the Swimming Dragon Bagua were significant for Bi Fang; it helped him dodge the charge of a reindeer and deal with Legoff, as big as a calf, mainly relying on the Swimming Dragon Bagua techniques. Traditional martial arts had to be acknowledged as very strong, especially the ones provided by the System. Bi Fang even felt that the Skills he obtained were more authentic than those currently passed down on Wudang Mountain.

They could actually be used in a fight.

But about fusion, well, he had no reference for that, and he didn’t know what the outcome would be. Nevertheless, Bi Fang thought it could be worth a try, having been influenced by web novels.

Usual logic suggested that such fusions would most likely not result in a loss, and since he would have to try it sooner or later, if there was no reference, then he might as well create one.

With that thought, Bi Fang chose to fuse.