Chapter 110 - Please train us! (1/2)
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
After the car was parked.
Jiang Fei followed Master Lin and explained the origins of Shanghai’s Chinese Martial Arts Association.
It was founded in 2004 by a group of like-minded people that had the same vision. It was established after the agreement between various government agencies and organizations.
“Elder Jiang.”
A middle-aged man walked over and greeted. He was wearing a white robe and he looked full of energy.
Jiang Fei smiled and greeted, “Chairman Wang.”
“I heard you received instructions from the headquarters to recruit the young man who KO-ed Han Lu, how did it go? Also, just calling me Instructor Wang will do. Chairman seems a little too formal,” Wang Yun Jie smiled and replied. He didn’t look very pressured and seemed like he wasn’t really bothered by Lin Fan. As for the request from the headquarters, he wasn’t really agreeable to it but he couldn’t challenge it.
Jiang Fei laughed, but he didn’t change his salutations. He quickly introduced the man beside him, “Chairman Wang, this is Master Lin. I brought him here for him to familiarize himself with the place.”
Then, Jiang Fei introduced Chairman Wang to Lin Fan, “This is the Chairman of the Yang Tai Chi Group of Shanghai Chinese Martial Arts Association, Chairman Wang.”
Lin Fan stretched out his hand and said politely, “Nice to meet you, Chairman Wang.”
Chairman Wang just took a glance at Lin Fan but didn’t shake his hand. He smiled and said, “This chap looks decent. He’s young and fit, perhaps he’ll learn a lot after joining us here. I have to excuse myself now, I gotta go teach the trainees so that they will perform well in front of the management.”
“Elder Jiang, please guide him well. The organization needs new blood like him,” Chairman Wang said before leaving. He didn’t even take another look at Lin Fan after that one glance.
Lin Fan withdrew his hand but he didn’t look embarrassed.
It seemed like he wasn’t very welcome in the organization which was probably due to his reputation. Jiang Fei stood there awkwardly and said, “Master Lin, don’t take it to heart. Chairman Wang didn’t mean it that way.”
Didn’t mean it that way? What else could he have meant?
Jiang Fei didn’t know what else to say.
“It’s okay,” Lin Fan smiled and said as he wasn’t bothered by these things.
In the Vice-President’s office.
*knock knock*
“Come in.”
Jiang Fei opened the door and said, “Vice-President Guo, I have brought Master Lin here and I would like to report to you.”
Vice-President Guo just said ‘Oh’ without raising his head to look at him as he was still busy with work. After a while, he placed his pen down and stood up. He smiled and said, “He looks young and promising, a valuable asset to our organization indeed.”
However, he didn’t care much about Lin Fan. He was just a small fry. If not for the instructions from the headquarters, he wouldn’t have bothered to recruit him into the organization.
Lin Fan stretched out his hand and said, “Nice to meet you, Vice-President Guo.”
“Hi, please have a seat,” Guo Chen said as he sat down. Then, he looked at Lin Fan and asked, “Which type of Martial Art does Master Lin practice?”
“Ba Gua Zhang,” Lin Fan said.
Guo Chen clapped and said, “That’s good! Chairman Huang withdrew from his position as the Chairman of Ba Gua Zhang. In about two weeks’ time, the team has to go to Shanghai for a performance and the programme has a segment for Ba Gua Zhang. It’s been giving me a headache since Chairman Huang left but now that Master Lin is here, would you take over his position?”
Jiang Fei said anxiously, “Vice-President Guo, Chairman of Ba Gua Zhang’s…”
Guo Chen glared at Jiang Fei and he stopped talking.
Lin Fan happily agreed, “Sure, no problem.”
Jiang Fei was restless as he said, “Master Lin…”
Lin Fan waved his hands and implied that there weren’t any problems with that.