Many people started to arrive, and almost all the seats were occupied. At this time, music started to play, and then everyone spotted a few people walking toward the rostrum.
When everyone saw the person approaching and noticed his face clearly, they recognized him. For a moment, everyone started to discuss about this person.
"Isn't that Horatio Zhan? Why is he here?"
"I heard that Horatio's son, Quintus, was crippled in Dragonville some time ago. Horatio hasn't gone out for a long time. Why is he here now?"
"Horatio doesn't have a high position in the Zhan Family. Why would he be in charge of this kind of martial- arts contest? Is it possible that the Zhan Family has ulterior motives?"
"I don't know. Let's wait and see! If it is Horatio, we won't give a damn about him."
The crowd was talking about this. At this moment, Fade Chen was also a little surprised and curious. He looked at Horatio a
few times. He didn't expect this person to be Quintus Zhan's father. Quintus was crippled by him previously. Taking a closer look, he found that there were indeed some similarities between his eyes and eyebrows with Quintus's.
Horatio led four or five people to sit down on the rostrum. After coughing a bit, he began to speak. "Today, the Zhan Family has invited all the martial-arts practitioners in the martial-arts circle to this contest.Thank you all for your support and for attending this event."
After that, Horatio took the lead in applauding them.
However, the martial-arts practitioners below weren't having any of it. They hissed and shouted at the same time.
"What is the deal with this martial- arts contest? Hurry up and tell us the main points. Don't talk nonsense and give us a meaningless speech!"
"That's right. We aren't holding a sports meeting for primary school students. Why do we have to talk about this?"
"If there's nothing else, don't waste everyone's time." "Horatio, you may leave!" Such a situation caused Horatio's expression to seem a little unpleasant. However, when he thought of the plans that he had, he felt courageous. He looked at the people below him and his face fell. Then, he knocked on the microphone to calm everyone down, and he said in a low voice, "Since everyone has requested for me to talk directly, I will get straight to the point."
"Go ahead!"
"Don't beat around the bush!"
"Tell us now!"
Horatio paused for a moment and his face fell. Then, he lowered his voice and said loudly in an imposing manner, "This time, we have one purpose for inviting all the martial-arts practitioners here. We intend to form a martial-arts coalition gradually. We hope that everyone will join us."
As soon as he spoke, the place became noisy and the voices of discussion were buzzing.
"What coalition? The word sounds so good, but they want to control us!"
"I knew it, but I didn't expect the Zhan Family to do it!" "Why should we join this coalition? It's not good for us. Instead, we have to listen to the orders of the Zhan Family. It's meaningless for us!"
"That's right. Coalitions or Associations? We've seen so many of these things over the years. They're just changing the names, but it's all the same!"
The place was noisy, and the voices of opposition were very loud.
Horatio's expression darkened, and then he said in a clear voice, "Join the Zhan Family coalition. We can guarantee that you can share the resources of our Family, and we can make progress together. We need to create a new world order in this country. We also intend to go abroad and develop into a large international organization."
Horatio talked about the benefits of the coalition, but it seemed like no one was convinced. Many people shook their heads to show that they were not interested.
"What resources? They will probably give us something they don't want. How could the real resources of the Zhan Family be shared with us?"
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