I am a Big Player
Chapter 288 - 286, Sky-high Sponsorship (First Update)_1

Chapter 288: 286, Sky-high Sponsorship (First Update)_1

Ren He’s equipment had already been shipped ahead of time by An Si to the guide company in Nepal. After all, it would have been quite inconvenient for Ren He to bring so much stuff with him. During the journey into the thin air zone, An Si would accompany Ren He all the way to Nepal, and eventually stop at the 6000-meter altitude camp, quietly waiting for Ren He’s return from the roof of the world.

When the guide company received the equipment that had been mailed to them, they realized they were likely dealing with a wealthy client—the gear was all top of the line, without a trace of inferior quality.

A single jacket cost over ten thousand, a pair of waterproof mountaineering boots also over ten thousand; they didn’t see a single cheap item...

In their view, Ren He was now seen as the kind of inexperienced mountaineer who might not even exercise much ordinarily, a rich man’s child, ripe for milking, perhaps to be swindled out of even more money during the short-term training process.

Just at this time, someone with insight suddenly discovered a major piece of news: At the top of TK Company’s official website, there used to be a video window where one could click to directly play three of Knight’s videos. However, upon refreshing the page, not only was the homepage video window still there, but above it appeared a huge new image: It was Knight’s classic gaze turned into 2D, like a character out of an action-packed anime, set against a background of dazzling, piercing red.

Those eyes seemed to be resolutely watching everyone, and below it was written in Chinese, English, German, French, and Italian the phrase: "Challenging the limits, I have never stopped, stay tuned."

Holy shit, was Knight gearing up for a major new move?!

If it were not for something big, TK’s official website would not have gone through so much trouble to post such a promotional image. The traffic on TK’s official website had been just so-so, but when they started posting Knight’s videos, the daily views stayed high.

By the time they put up the new image, the website traffic exploded in an instant, all thanks to Knight’s fans! Now, TK Company’s official website was essentially a hub for the Knight Fan Club, and the comment section was filled with inquiries about Knight’s latest moves, with strong demands for the disclosure of Knight’s identity information. They were threatening to protest if it wasn’t revealed soon!

People wanted to know what Knight’s next major move was, and they were even certain it wasn’t going to be in any of the fields he was known to have challenged before, or else TK wouldn’t be making such a fuss about it.

And by now, they sort of knew Knight’s MO—he was challenging the limits of life one by one and didn’t seem to focus on just one area like most people.

It’s not wrong to focus on a single field because human energy is limited, but this logic didn’t seem to hold when applied to Knight; he had already become the top figure in two fields.

Last time, Knight disproved the existing parkour world’s distance record with an 8.5-meter cat leap, so what would it be this time?

Actually, the happiest about these news were the competitive cycling clubs—finally, they could breathe a sigh of relief that he wasn’t focusing on their discipline.

They had been genuinely worried that the next time a race was held, TK Club might suddenly have a new member with the potential to become a legendary multi-title-winner...

Knight’s physical prowess was obvious to all, and his explosive strength could wreak havoc on other teams in competitions. Ordinary athletes had to train for years and constantly maintain their physicality to stay at a high level, and even then they risked injury or decline if they weren’t careful, and their training might not even be balanced.

The well-known barrel theory goes like this: A barrel can only hold as much water as its shortest stave.

In fact, this problem exists in sports too. The prevailing thought is that there should be specialization; just train for what you play, and that’s enough. But when pushing limits, the weaknesses they usually overlook could lead to catastrophic failures.

But Ren He was different, his physique was fixed and wouldn’t change over time, and his physical prowess was all-rounded, without any weaknesses...

Everyone in the country knew that their illustrious team leader was about to make another move, and they were all looking forward to Ren He dominating another field that would leave the foreigners in the dust. The expectations for the team leader had transcended the love for extreme sports; it felt like vying for national glory.

Some people might find this boring: It’s not like you achieved it yourself, so why be happy? And is surpassing the foreigners really that exciting?

But for these team leader fans, they couldn’t care less about those comments. What represents the prosperity of a nation? Isn’t sports one aspect? Only when one is well-fed can they pursue higher achievements. Smashing foreign competitors is something to be excited about, what’s wrong with that?!

This is a genuine claim to being number one in the world, not some self-deluded bragging. This kind of thing is inherently worthy of pride.

Domestic sponsors also saw this situation and realized the commercial value of the words "team leader" within the country. Thus, they scrambled to contact Ren He for endorsement negotiations, with one insurance company even willing to offer an annual endorsement fee of 20 million RMB.

In fact, besides reliable equipment, what Ren He needed most for his sports was a substantial insurance policy...

Others are playing board games, consoles, and computers; he’s playing with his life!

But Ren He doesn’t lack money now. The revenue from Qinghe Games is enough for him to squander for a lifetime. Maybe one day, he’ll sort things out with Mrs. Ren and Ren, and at that time he won’t say no to free money, but not now. Ren He still can’t let them know he’s playing with death.

He’s the only child; how many parents would want their son to go courting death? In the eyes of ordinary people, what Ren He was doing wasn’t much different from seeking death, was it?

They also didn’t know that Ren He had the Divine Punishment System’s rewards to rely on or how physically strong he was.

Yet, in this lifetime, when Chinese compatriots saw Ren He’s videos, they no longer jokingly asked why there are so few foreigners, but instead felt a full sense of pride.

Although this wasn’t Ren He’s goal, since he was purely driven by his personal life principles, thinking about also being someone who brought glory to his country was quite exhilarating.

Even then, with domestic sponsors offering incredibly high endorsement fees, the team leader still hadn’t revealed himself, and the outside world still had no clue about his identity. Someone roughly calculated that with 14 major business conglomerates showing interest in sponsorship negotiations, the total amount across various industries could potentially exceed 100 million RMB in endorsement fees a year!

Over 100 million, can you grasp that concept? Even if the team leader did nothing else from now on, he could still earn at least three years’ worth of endorsement fees. Just the income from those three years would be enough for a lifetime of worry-free indulgence!

This is the kind of life so many people envy, isn’t the happiest life suddenly striking it rich and then living without worries for the rest of your days... For many, that’s exactly it, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with such values. As the old saying goes, the most important thing for a person is to be happy.

What’s more important than happiness? Just live however makes you happy.

Yet, even with such high endorsement deals tantalizingly close, everyone was waiting, but Knight still had not appeared.

Many people, waiting and waiting, gasped in astonishment, "A billion, and he still doesn’t show up?!" There really are people in this world who see money as nothing more than dirt!

In normal circumstances, an unclaimed lottery ticket worth 5 million would make the news, let alone a billion!