Chapter 295: Chapter 192: Holy Crap, Chen Jincheng Has Such a Good Physique?

While Chen Jincheng was on his phone, chatting with his livestream audience, he saw Ximeng bring over a burly fitness coach. Judging by his appearance, the man was clearly accomplished in the world of fitness. It seemed Ximeng had found someone quite capable.

Normally, even a very popular fitness influencer would need to arrange things in advance if they wanted another fitness personality to act as a foil on their livestream. They’d have to find someone, pay them, and sign a contract. Otherwise, it would be easy for problems to arise.

This was especially true the more capable the person was. If they had ulterior motives, you could easily end up being publicly humiliated.

Ximeng wasn’t a professional secretary and had only been told to find someone at the last minute, so she didn’t have time to consider these things.

’But my current physique is beyond comparison to any mere fitness enthusiast. Plus, I have Constitution Points to spend. A simple gym coach is nothing to worry about.’ That was why he hadn’t reminded Ximeng about any of this.

After Ximeng returned, she took the phone from Chen Jincheng to manage the livestream camera.

Chen Guxiang saw Chen Jincheng as well.

’He had to admit, the guy was definitely handsome. But in this world, you needed fame to get money, and only with money could you get tons of beautiful women to mess around with.’

’And right now, Chen Jincheng was famous.’

’Still, he made Ximeng his secretary. His goal probably wasn’t to have her *do* work, but to *do* her when there was nothing else to do. That’s why this secretary is so incompetent—she can’t even arrange a proper plant for a livestream.’

’And this gave him the perfect opportunity.’

’All those people in the livestream were his chance to become famous. Besides, he was sure plenty of people online hated Chen Jincheng, just like he did.’

’So, as long as he could publicly humiliate Chen Jincheng, he was certain to gain a following of his own.’

The more Chen Guxiang thought about it, the more excited he became. He immediately walked up to Chen Jincheng and greeted him. "Mr. Chen, I didn’t expect to run into you here. I just saw you in the news today."

Chen Jincheng played along. "Hello. Are you a coach at this gym?"

Since he’d been brought on to be a foil, it was only common courtesy to give him some screen time. That was a sign of mutual respect.

But Chen Guxiang just smiled.

’It seems Chen Jincheng really thinks I’m going to play along.’

He introduced himself, saying, "That’s right. I’m Chen Guxiang, the gold-medal fitness coach at Kaiyue, and I’m also the fitness champion of the Coastal City circuit competition."

"A pleasure. So you’re a Chen, too." Chen Jincheng knew all about these so-called "city circuit competitions."

It was a competition held within the city’s local fitness scene.

In any case, the judges for these events were always different, and so were the champions.

If a judge happened to be friends with one of the contestants, that contestant would very likely be crowned the champion.

Simply put, they were self-congratulatory events within a niche circle. This type of local competition existed in many scenes, like street dance, hip-hop, and so on. The general public knew it was just them hyping themselves up, but the participants took it very seriously.

Still, no matter how you looked at it, winning the Coastal City circuit championship meant this Chen Guxiang must have some reputation in the city’s fitness scene.

Therefore, having him as a foil added a certain amount of credibility.

Ximeng had already aimed the camera at the two men for the audience. Since they’d brought him on as a foil, they had to give him a bit of the spotlight.

But Chen Guxiang was already making his move. He said abruptly, "Chen Jincheng, I think you’re a bit too arrogant, daring to call yourself the number one fitness guru on the internet. So, I’d like to teach you that there’s always someone better out there."

The words caught Chen Jincheng off guard. The hostility was thick in the air.

’He instantly understood the man’s intentions. Just as I thought, this is what happens when you don’t sign a contract and pay up.’

’After all, it’s every man for himself. Humiliating me, Chen Jincheng, is a good way to make a name for yourself.’

’But if I wasn’t absolutely sure of myself, why would I have let Ximeng find someone so casually? In truth, this kind of tension, this kind of conflict, is exactly what livestream audiences and netizens love to watch. It will only help me get more famous.’

’This guy is basically handing me an opportunity on a silver platter.’

Ximeng, on the other hand, started to panic. She knew she had messed up, but since she was holding the phone, she didn’t dare say anything. All she could do was glare daggers at Chen Guxiang.

Chen Guxiang naturally noticed her glare but felt a little smug. ’This girl is so beautiful even when she’s angry. It’s a damn shame she’s with Chen Jincheng.’

The viewers in Chen Jincheng’s livestream were also shocked.

At first, they just thought a fitness coach had come over to chat him up. After all, Chen Jincheng was a celebrity, so that was perfectly normal.

They never expected the guy was actually here to pick a fight and publicly humiliate him.

Chen Jincheng’s die-hard fans were stunned for a moment, then they all started to chime in playfully:

"Haha, is Cheng about to fall at the first hurdle?"

"His journey to become the number one fitness guru on the internet is about to crash and burn on step one!"

"Cheng, if this doesn’t work out, you can always go back to being a scumbag. This ’number one fitness guru’ title is just making people hate you."

"..."

Seeing these taunts were all from his die-hard fans with supporter badges, Chen Jincheng couldn’t help but retort, "Guys, today I’m going to show you that my self-discipline hasn’t been for nothing."

With that, he turned his gaze back to Chen Guxiang.

Since the other man had ulterior motives, he cut right to the chase and threw down the gauntlet. "Coach Chen, I know the title of ’Number One Fitness Guru on the Internet’ isn’t easy to hold on to. There will be many people like you wanting to make a name for themselves by challenging me. So today, I’ll give you that chance. How about we compete in a fitness competition event circuit? We’ll see who can complete more reps. How does that sound?"

Chen Jincheng’s words left both the livestream audience and Chen Guxiang stunned.

The audience hadn’t expected him to be so confident that he would be the one to propose a competition.

Chen Guxiang, however, was completely caught off guard that he would propose something like a fitness competition event circuit. He asked in astonishment, "Chen Jincheng, are you sure? I’m afraid you won’t even be able to finish a single set!"