Section 116

So... Director Chu Yun turned back with a familiar smile, spread his hands, and said relaxedly:

"So... since everyone in our Dragon Kingdom knows kung fu..."

"[...isn't it perfectly reasonable to blast a willow tree apart with bare hands?]"

Chapter 72. This is not a [Genetic Weapon]! This is [Dragon Kingdom Kung Fu]! The netizens are dying of laughter!

"So... since everyone in our Dragon Kingdom knows kung fu..."

"[...isn't it perfectly reasonable to blast a willow tree apart with bare hands?]"

After hearing Director Chu Yun say this... the Dragon Kingdom netizens in the livestream finally reacted! They finally understood the purpose of Director Chu Yun circling around the issue earlier.

In that instant! It was breathtaking! They were filled with admiration.

Countless Dragon Kingdom netizens even dropped to their knees! Expressing their admiration for Director Chu Yun:

"My god, I only just realized now that this move by Director Chu Yun... was played so brilliantly! I thought this was already a dead end, impossible to explain away no matter what... but I never expected that Director Chu Yun would force his way back, relying solely on [the stereotypes foreigners have about Dragon Kingdom people and the misconception that everyone knows kung fu]... and take back the initiative and control of the situation!"

"He can really spin a yarn... he really is amazing at making things up. At this moment... I am truly bowing down in admiration to Director Chu Yun. Although he's turned the impossible into the possible several times before... this time is different! This time... it's truly the most difficult scene to explain! It's something everyone saw with their own eyes—Master Ma blasting a century-old willow tree with one palm! I had already despaired... I felt this was absolutely impossible to explain away! But Director Chu Yun still didn't let us down."

"Hahahaha! Yes, yes, yes, yes! That's right! You foreigners have the right idea... Actually, everyone in our Dragon Kingdom really does know kung fu! Even our country's pandas, cranes, and so on... they all know kung fu! Hahahaha! I can't take it... I'm dying of laughter! Just now, when Director Chu Yun was apologizing to the whole world with such a straight face... I was genuinely scared! I thought Director Chu Yun had some huge matter to discuss! Who would have thought... hahahaha! This was actually just part of his plan!"

"Ahem... actually, don't think Director Chu Yun is just fooling them. If anything... in the eyes of many foreigners... it's only reasonable that every Dragon Kingdom person knows kung fu! Just like how we think people in India always eat with one hand and wipe their butts with the other... in reality, Indians aren't actually like that. Most of us ordinary people get our main understanding of India from TikTok short videos... there are actually a lot of misunderstandings in that."

"I am truly qualified to say a few words on this topic! I went to university abroad... you wouldn't believe it, but when those foreigners met me, the first question would always be that classic [Wow! Do you know kung fu?], and the second question in the vast majority of cases would be [Have you ever seen a panda?]... it's just... it's just so speechless! It feels like the impression foreigners have of us Dragon Kingdom people... is limited to kung fu and pandas!"

By now, everything was clear!

All the Dragon Kingdom netizens had understood Director Chu Yun's goal—he had cleverly set up a scheme by first utilizing the common misunderstanding foreigners have about Dragon Kingdom people—admitting it in front of the whole world! Showing his cards! Saying that there was something he had been hiding from the world... that in reality, everyone in the Dragon Kingdom knows kung fu!

To the people of the Dragon Kingdom, this statement might seem like nonsense... but in the eyes of foreigners who already hold [stereotypes]... what Director Chu Yun said perfectly matched the suspicions they had always held in their hearts!

Therefore... on the foreign internet... absolutely no one doubted this statement from Director Chu Yun! Instead, they took it as an "official reveal" and started questioning the Dragon Kingdom friends around them! Insisting that they do a couple of backflips!

Seeing this scene... Director Chu Yun couldn't help but reveal a "plan succeeded" smile...

Having once taken psychology as an elective, he deeply understood one principle—[People are always willing to believe things that are advantageous to them, or that align with their own existing ideas.] This is the subjective choice of human beings.

It's just like if a person is a vegetarian, and you suddenly tell them one day that "scientific research shows that eating pork makes people stupid."... then they will undoubtedly and firmly believe in the truth of this statement! They might even immediately repost it on their social media feed!

Even if... it's just a made-up sentence, and no scientist would ever research such a thing. But this vegetarian... will always hesitate not at all to believe statements that favor their own ideas.

On this point... it's the same as foreigners always thinking that every Dragon Kingdom person knows kung fu.

In their daily lives... there are very few ways to learn about Dragon Kingdom culture, basically limited to movies, animations, and the like... And yet! Whether in movies or animations... they always like to set Dragon Kingdom men as martial arts masters wearing Tang suits! And as for female characters... they are always the stereotypical setup of a cheongsam + double buns + kung fu girl. It works every single time!

It is precisely because of this... that for so many years, every student studying abroad... has always had to painstakingly explain to foreigners— "I don't know kung fu! The vast majority of Dragon Kingdom people don't know kung fu!" "I haven't seen a panda! I know there are many in the zoo, but I've never been to see one!" "I really don't have any Tang suits or cheongsams... I've never worn them." "Double buns? Please... only a fool would wear that hairstyle, okay?"

Over time... every time they met a foreign friend, they would have to be asked, and then explain it once... This led many international students to just give up. When asked like this again, they couldn't be bothered to explain anymore— "Ah, yes, yes, yes, that's right, uh-huh, uh-huh!" Whatever you say, it is.

As a result... this sense of mystery! Instead, it further verified the foreigners' speculations about this Eastern nation—[He definitely knows kung fu! He's just deliberately hiding it and not saying!]

And so... quite inexplicably. A chain of suspicion was formed.

However... General Mike naturally wasn't someone to be trifled with!

Although he wasn't entirely sure if every single Dragon Kingdom person really knew kung fu or could play table tennis... but so what if they did?

Even if every Dragon Kingdom person knew kung fu... [But the level required to blast a century-old willow tree apart with one punch is too high! Is this level of kung fu... really just average for everyone in the Dragon Kingdom!?]

"I don't believe it," General Mike roared:

"Even if, as you say... every Dragon Kingdom person knows a little bit of kung fu, I have no objection to that."

"But the destructive power required to blast a century-old willow tree apart with one punch... that is something that can no longer be explained by kung fu, right!?"

"You have to know... in Hollywood movies, those scenes about Dragon Kingdom kung fu are already exaggerated enough! Are you sure that in reality... there can really be an old man who can break a willow tree with one punch!? And... is the number of such monster old men... already so high that... you can run into one in any random village!?"

It must be said. General Mike's theoretical analysis really cooled down the atmosphere at the scene...

The representatives of various countries, who had just been discussing heatedly and were very excited that the Dragon Kingdom authorities had finally admitted what everyone had suspected for years... also instantly calmed down.

They felt that what General Mike said made a lot of sense: "Right... that's right! Even if everyone in the Dragon Kingdom knows kung fu... it surely must be divided into different levels, right? It's very likely that the vast majority of people only know some basic kung fu... and only those who professionally study kung fu, or the masters of sects... could their kung fu level reach the level portrayed in Hollywood movies, right? Anyway, in Jackie Chan's movies... as long as you give him a furniture store, he can single-handedly annihilate a division!"