Chapter 298: Chapter 193: He’s a Beast! A Self-Presented Opportunity

Ximeng noticed Chen Guxiang’s movement and, with a mischievous smile, pointed the camera at his retreating back as he tried to slip away.

The scene made the viewers in the live stream unable to resist teasing him:

"Haha, and here I thought he was something special. Is that all he’s got...?"

"Wouldn’t you call that turning tail and running?"

"It reminds me of that saying: ’his retreating figure looks like a dog.’"

"..."

Chen Guxiang’s figure vanished.

Ximeng turned the camera back to Chen Jincheng. As she watched her boss start the burpee portion of the workout, his strong and agile form made her heart beat faster and faster...

’The boss really is a beast.’

’He’s got so much stamina, like he never gets tired at all.’

When Chen Jincheng finished his fourth round and began the fifth, the audience in his stream completely lost it:

"He’s still going? I’m starting to believe Cheng is the number one fitness guru on the entire internet."

"Watching this gets my blood pumping! I wanted to try it myself right away, but I only managed five overhand pull-ups on my doorframe!"

"Wealthy Sugar Mommy: Holy cow. I’m just gonna say, holy cow!"

"..."

Naturally, this was accompanied by a shower of gifts.

Seeing the donations, Ximeng immediately began thanking the viewers in a sweet voice:

"Thank you, Brother Xiaoxiaotian, for the Carnival!"

"Thank you, big Brother Fei, for the Tiao Yin 1!"

"Thank you..."

"..."

Whether they were die-hard fans or just dropping in for a look, almost everyone couldn’t help but send a gift. They were truly won over, or perhaps just genuinely envious.

Chen Jincheng’s perfect muscular physique and incredible constitution were exactly what they all dreamed of having.

The constitution he displayed—that strength, that speed—was enough to get anyone’s blood boiling with excitement.

Naturally, along with this flood of gifts, the stream’s popularity shot up to the number one spot on the charts at an incredible speed, breaking 1,000,000+ popularity points.

This popularity score wasn’t the viewer count, but rather a combination of popularity tickets and bonuses from gifts.

For example, a single Carnival would increase popularity by 100,000 points.

To be honest, Chen Jincheng’s stream had surpassed 100,000+ concurrent viewers more than once.

But he had never actually reached number one on the popularity chart before. This was mainly because he never actively asked fans for gifts, nor did he try to scheme up ways to incite their desire to donate. Furthermore, with PK-focused streamers currently dominating the platform, it was difficult for any other type of streamer to claim the top spot.

Therefore, this flood of gifts was completely unexpected for Chen Jincheng.

This also went to show that being a fitness influencer was indeed a good career track, but only on the condition that you were truly exceptional. An ordinary influencer who simply relied on showing off their muscles would only attract labels like "musclehead" or "all show, no go."

However, this flood of gifts left quite a few people stunned.

Take the two PK streamers, Jiu Buhong and Master Sa, for instance. Both of their streams currently had 200,000+ popularity.

However, neither of them was a top-tier PK streamer. They couldn’t compare to people like Wangzai, who regularly pulled in 500,000+ or even 1,000,000+ concurrent viewers. After all, the difference in their real, non-inflated fanbases was still quite significant.

As a result, they weren’t in any position to compete with the top-tier streamers for the evening prime time slot. They would just be cannon fodder then.

Naturally, they had to avoid the evening prime time, opting instead to stream during the peak traffic hours of the day.

The current time was one of those daytime peaks. It was nearly noon, and many people were on their lunch break and would browse Tiao Yin for a while. Both of them had their eyes on this time slot, planning to compete for the number one spot on the popularity chart.

"Come on, everyone, give it a push! Cast your popularity votes, let’s hold on to the number... one... spot..." Jiu Buhong shouted frantically into his mic, a triumphant look on his face. But suddenly, his expression changed. "We’ve been overtaken!" he yelled hastily. "We’ve dropped to second place! Everyone, hold the line!"

Meanwhile, Master Sa was also shouting, "Let’s go, everyone! If you have popularity votes, drop a bunch of them now! We’re about to pass Jiu Buhong! Right now we’re in third... third?"

He was baffled. ’What’s going on?’

’I didn’t pass the guy in first, and I couldn’t even hold on to second?’

This made him anxious. "Come on, guys, show some strength! We couldn’t even hold on to second place!"

As he shouted, he quickly pulled out his own phone, intending to send himself some gifts first to guide his fans into donating.

But before he could confirm the payment, he suddenly noticed his fans flooding the screen with comments:

"Chen Jincheng is number one on the popularity chart!"

"Chen Jincheng just shot to the top out of nowhere!"

"The number one spot isn’t Jiu Buhong, it’s Chen Jincheng!"

"..."

Master Sa froze for a moment.

Even though he was part of the PK circle, he had long heard of Chen Jincheng’s great reputation. After all, the man had been all over the trending charts lately. Moreover, the incident where Li Lisheng had provoked him only to get utterly crushed was still a hot topic in the PK community. The man had even set a PK record of over 20 million "sound waves."

That record had only recently been broken by Wangzai.

One could say that Chen Jincheng was also an incredibly formidable PK streamer, yet he was an anomaly. Even though PK streaming was more profitable, he had announced he wouldn’t participate in PK battles—a fool who’d turn down easy money.

The crucial part was that the guy’s streaming schedule was inconsistent; it was like he streamed whenever he felt like it and didn’t when he didn’t.

’So why did he have to stream today of all days, and even shoot straight to the top of the popularity chart?’

He immediately clicked on the popularity chart. Sure enough, Chen Jincheng was first, his popularity score vastly exceeding his own.

"What’s the point of even competing? Chen Jincheng is just on another level!" Master Sa sighed, thoroughly convinced of his defeat. At the same time, he noticed the number of real viewers in his stream was rapidly decreasing.

He understood that they were surely drawn over to Chen Jincheng’s stream to see what all the fuss was about. ’They should be back soon,’ he thought.

But it seemed his prediction was wrong. Not only did those fans not return quickly, but some even came back just to hype up Chen Jincheng:

"Holy shit, Chen Jincheng is a fucking beast!"

"Master Sa, there’s really no comparison. Chen Jincheng isn’t human."