Cultivating through increasing my stats in America Chapter 268 - 181 Honorary Chairman2

Li Ang shook hands with him and asked,

"Is it about signing up to beco a UFC fighter?"

Jonas David smiled and said,

"It seems I was too obvious, yes, that’s right. Mr. White Danna has invited you to further discuss this matter, which is also considered a deepening of our cooperation."

Behind them, the coach who heard the conversation between the two didn’t linger, quietly turned around and left.

Why bother kidding around? When the president of UFC himself cos to poach talent, even a fool knows what choice to make.

Standing to the side, Liana and Aisha both covered their mouths in shock. Although they didn’t usually pay much attention to these kinds of fights, they had heard of the big na of UFC Mixed Martial Arts, and they could never have imagined that Li Ang had the chance to beco a star fighter there.

In their minds, Li Ang’s image evolved from an ordinary high school classmate to an extrely formidable fighter, and now, it seed he might even beco a sports star classmate?

Even those only slightly tuned into the news knew that so UFC stars could earn tens of millions of US Dollars a year.

Just this figure alone proved many things.

This ti, Li Ang didn’t say to discuss it later, but instead directly expressed his own interest.

"It’s just that I still have so unfinished business on my end, you know..."

"No problem, I totally understand. The president will be in New York for a while, so you can co over whenever you’re free,"

After finishing, Jonas David handed Li Ang a business card, greeted him, and then turned to leave, confident that no one would refuse this invitation.

Li Ang was not just fobbing him off this ti; he really did have so unfinished business with the Chinese Martial Arts Association. Moreover, he wouldn’t negotiate the contract alone. It just so happened that he had an old acquaintance here, so why not make use of it?

After saying goodbye to Liana and her sister, Javell quickly ca over as well.

Upon seeing Li Ang, Javell quickened his pace and said,

"Long ti no see, coach, I’ve really missed you. I never expected to run into you here."

After greeting each other, Li Ang noticed a woman in her early twenties next to Javell, clad in a long coat with a white shirt underneath, a plaid skirt and black stockings, exuding the air of a proper lady.

And from her curious expression, it was clear she wasn’t one of Javell’s followers.

"Fleureya Jones, Javell’s aunt."

"Li Ang."

They introduced themselves briefly, shook hands, and just like that, they were acquainted.

"You’ve co at the right ti; I actually need Adelle’s legal assistance."

Li Ang shared the details about Jonas David discussing UFC fighter recruitnt with him and hoped to get Adelle’s legal support.

Javell imdiately agreed without hesitation. In fact, even if he hadn’t brought it up, Adelle would have agreed. Before this, Javell’s parents had already spoken to them, ntioning the favor they owed Li Ang, and emphasizing the necessity to help whenever he faced difficulties, as long as it was within their ans.

After hearing this, Fleureya internally lanted; now, there was no chance of getting Li Ang to beco Javell’s private coach.

Although being a UFC fighter is a path fraught with extre competition and difficulties, regardless, it offered a lower barrier to social mobility than the average person faces.

With these matters concluded, Li Ang made a phone call to Yang Zhenghong and then headed to the Chinese Martial Arts Association’s eting venue to attend a post-competition eting.

Being one of the later arrivals, he captured the attention of everyone in the room as soon as he entered.

However, these gazes weren’t of bla for his latency, but of admiration, appreciation, envy, and jealousy.

Li Ang had barely taken a few steps when the whole room broke into fervent applause for him, making him sowhat embarrassed—it was just a victory in an exchange event, and they were acting as if he was about to be crowned king.

As he looked for his seat, he discovered that his spot was in the very front row.

The treatnt he received at this mont was strikingly different from when he had first arrived after his flight.

After chatting through so trivial matters, they also touched on so key topics.

First, there was the invitation for Chu Yuanfeng to assu the position of director at the Chinese Martial Arts Association, where the offer was an annual salary of two hundred thousand US Dollars.

Moreover, he didn’t need to report to an office; he just had to show up when important matters required his attention.

This arrangent sounded like free money and was essentially similar to the role of an honorary elder in a major family clan.

During this exchange eting, Chu Yuanfeng had demonstrated formidable fighting prowess, and these crafty veterans wanted to bring him into their camp to find a capable ally when facing such difficulties in the future.

Of course, Chu Yuanfeng didn’t find this unfair either. Fighting for a martial arts gym was much better than competing in underground boxing, and the salary was also quite substantial. Although he didn’t chase after money, he wouldn’t mind having more of it.

Since Chu Yuanfeng was taken care of, Li Ang was naturally not far behind.

However, even he hadn’t expected that these people were quite audacious; the position they arranged for him was nothing less than the honorary chairman of the Chinese Martial Arts Association, with an annual salary of five hundred thousand US Dollars.

Typically, the position of honorary chairman is only offered to those who have made significant contributions to the association, or to those old predecessors whose status and position are very high. That Li Ang was directly appointed was truly unexpected.

Sure enough, as soon as the announcent was made, even the coaches from various martial arts gyms below showed disbelieving expressions.

It’s true that Li Ang had contributed greatly by winning the championship for the Chinese Martial Arts Association, but if one were to quantify it, it wasn’t so significant as to rit an honorary chairman position directly.

In fact, the reason they were willing to offer such a position to Li Ang was to win him over.

Li Ang’s strength was unmatched, having even defeated professional boxers. Moreover, what was even more important, was that Li Ang was not even 18 years old yet, and his future held boundless potential.

Looking at it now, the position of honorary chairman of the Chinese Martial Arts Association might seem a bit too high, but in a few years, Li Ang might not even be interested in it.

And for these old foxes, offering a position didn’t really an giving up anything important or diminishing their power.

An annual salary of half a million might seem a lot, but spread across so many gyms, it wasn’t really that much.

Just with Li Ang winning the championship, the additional profits they gained in terms of interest distribution were several million US Dollars.

Compared to the outlay, the benefits were obviously plentiful. Now that Li Ang had beco the honorary chairman of the association, he would be a significant asset when the association was challenged, when similar competitions were held, or when they needed to coordinate with other organizations for publicity.

So, after several decision-makers made clear the pros and cons, everyone unanimously approved the decision.

For Li Ang, he was naturally willing to enter into such collaboration.

It was as if a rcenary who used to get paid for each job was now a salaried regular soldier.

And not to ntion anything else, just the title of Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Martial Arts Association itself was quite impressive when touted.

This wasn’t just so unknown association, but a proper one founded by a union of over a hundred martial arts gyms in New York with a history of several decades.

As for Li Ang receiving a higher remuneration than himself, Chu Yuanfeng greatly admired it. He believed only in one principle: the stronger the fist, the harder the truth. Li Ang was far stronger than him, and all this was deservedly his.

While they received collective rewards on one hand, Li Ang did not forget about the separate compensation from Huaqiang Martial Arts Gym.

It’s worth ntioning that Yang Zhenghong proactively decided to increase Li Ang’s compensation to two hundred thousand US Dollars.

As the main representative at this martial arts exchange eting, Huaqiang Martial Arts Gym was already the biggest beneficiary. Moreover, now that Li Ang had beco the honorary chairman of the association, it was even more crucial to latch onto this powerful ally.

Actually, even before the eting was convened, Yang Zhenghong had made a call to his junior brother.

"Little junior brother, I really can’t thank you enough this ti. The expert you recomnded was truly exceptional and has really helped us out a lot."

On the other side, Yan Tianqi was still baffled.

"Huh? What expert? Are you talking about that kid Li Ang?"