Chapter 219: Chapter 164: Is This His Special Show? He Actually Has Muscles

In the end, everyone could only sigh in admiration. When it came to being impressive, Chen Jincheng was in a league of his own.

「Tiao Yin.」

As the president, Han Shangyou had been keeping a close eye on the long-form video situation. He knew that Second-Life Star had just released another video and that it had blown up in a very short time.

He looked at the top three videos on the long-form video trending topics. They were all nearing seven million likes, and two of them were Chen Jincheng’s. Now, another one had gone viral.

This Lin Leqing was really lucky.

Still, their long-form video feature was a success.

Many influencers were now making these kinds of videos, especially the MCNs, which were churning them out in batches. It was just a shame that the subject matter was all imitation of Chen Jincheng—flirtatious, romantic scenarios between a man and a woman. It was too one-dimensional.

This also showed just how weak the innovative capabilities of these influencers and MCN agencies were at this stage.

After all, the feature had been online for too short a time, and not much talent had entered this field yet.

’I wonder who’ll be the next to produce a different type of long-form video,’ he thought. ’Just as long as it isn’t Second-Life Star again. Otherwise, this will turn into the Chen Jincheng show.’

Just then, his assistant came over and said, "President Han, a major negative social news story has broken out. We need to push it to the top of the trending list. I need your signature for this."

"Authorize the head of the news department to handle these things in the future," Han Shangyou instructed as he took the documents to look them over.

It really was a serious piece of social news.

It was about a repossessed car.

A young man had spent all his savings on a luxury car that was being used as collateral. He thought he’d be fine after removing the GPS, but the repossession team quickly tracked him down. This was what those people did for a living, and they had tried to tow the car away from the young man several times.

The young man finally snapped and planted something in the car. On the night the repossession team towed the car back to the dealership, the device exploded. Not only was that car destroyed, but it set off a chain reaction that destroyed the other cars on the lot. Two members of the repossession team were also killed.

The crucial part was that the young man had reported the car stolen as soon as it was gone, and he denied planting the device.

The case was now under trial.

"What a mess," Han Shangyou murmured, his mouth slightly agape.

...

「Second-Life Star.」

In Chen Jincheng’s office, Ximeng approached him with a multi-functional digital camera. She handed it to him and said, "Boss, what do you think of this camera? It doesn’t just take pictures; it also has a video function, and the resolution is extremely high."

"Hmm. Get it reimbursed by the company, then you can keep it. From now on, when I need it, you’ll use it to film for me," Chen Jincheng said with a smile. He was planning to break out of his niche and become a fitness influencer to surpass ten million followers, which meant he needed to film fitness videos.

Especially once his muscles were in good enough shape to film, he would definitely want to show them off. A good camera could capture the texture of the muscles much better, especially the way they rippled during exercise. The high-definition, slow-motion footage was something a phone just couldn’t produce.

"Okay," Ximeng immediately nodded. Then she asked, "Boss, are we going to the gym now?"

"Yep!" Chen Jincheng nodded.

Hearing this, Ximeng eagerly went to close the office door. "Boss, I’m going to change into my workout clothes."

As she spoke, she began unbuttoning her secretary’s blouse right in front of Chen Jincheng.

Instantly, a flash of snow-white skin was exposed to the air.

"..." Chen Jincheng really wanted to point out that the gym had locker rooms.

’This girl is damn well changing in front of me on purpose, isn’t she?’

Shedding her secretary’s attire, she pulled out a white, form-fitting dress with spaghetti straps and put it on. The style left almost the entirety of her long legs exposed—it was as sexy as it could possibly be.

Once changed, she grabbed the camera, sat right down on the office rug, and started filming a selfie video. "Off to the gym with the boss!"

Chen Jincheng was left speechless by her outfit. "Are you sure you’re going to work out? Who have you ever seen work out in a bodycon dress?"

Hearing this, Ximeng immediately retorted, "Boss, you’re so behind the times. It might look like a bodycon dress, but it’s actually designed for fitness. Lots of girls at the gym wear things like this now."

"You think I believe a single word you’re saying?" Chen Jincheng shot back. He had been to Kaiyue Fitness Hall several times and had never seen anyone working out in a bodycon dress.

Seeing his disbelief, Ximeng immediately said, "Boss, let’s make a bet. If there’s a girl at the gym wearing a bodycon dress, you lose. And if you lose, you have to come over to my place again tonight."

Chen Jincheng replied irritably, "If *you* lose, I’ll go to your place tonight, and you have to wear that outfit."

"I’m not scared!" Ximeng said coquettishly.

’Either way, win or lose, he’s coming to my place. Wasn’t that the whole point of deliberately changing into this in front of him?’

After that, Chen Jincheng left Second-Life Star with Ximeng and headed for Kaiyue Fitness Hall.

After changing into his workout clothes, he entered the exercise area with Ximeng. She immediately pointed in one direction. "Boss, look! Isn’t that a girl working out in a bodycon dress? You lose."

Chen Jincheng looked over and saw that it was true. Damn it, the girl wasn’t just wearing a bodycon dress, she was also wearing stockings and taking selfies in front of a mirror.

’This is a damn gym!’

’Is it really necessary to dress like that?’

"Well, I’ve seen it all now," Chen Jincheng muttered, walking straight past. He soon spotted Li Muchen, who was wearing a sexy workout outfit and doing stretches. The exercise would help straighten her shoulders and improve her posture.

She had been his training partner for a few days, and it was clear she wasn’t just slacking off. She was genuinely working out. You could tell she had a background in physique training; otherwise, she wouldn’t have a figure like that.

"Turn on the camera and film me," Chen Jincheng instructed Ximeng, then walked toward Li Muchen.

Since he had already decided to lay his cards on the table, with the contract and script all prepared for Li Muchen, he planned to first generate some "Miss Cheng" hype for her before they started filming, just as he had originally intended. He wanted to stir up the old joke that he was ’only coming to the gym for the girls’.

This was also why he had brought his young secretary today—specifically to have her film.

Ximeng had already spotted Li Muchen and instantly understood. ’So that’s the new "Miss Cheng" from the gym.’

Resigned, she could only turn on the camera and start filming.

’Am I the third wheel again?’

Although Li Muchen was stretching, her mind was already racing with thoughts.

She had been Chen Jincheng’s training partner for several days and had a feeling he had already guessed her intentions. She felt like he had just been toying with her these past few days.

So, she had made up her mind. She had to lay her cards on the table with Chen Jincheng today. She needed a clear yes or no from him; this constant back-and-forth was agonizing.

"Your form is wrong," Chen Jincheng’s voice rang out, snapping her out of her thoughts.

Seeing him approach, she quickly greeted him, "Mr. Chen, you’re here?"

Chen Jincheng just smiled, walked up behind Li Muchen, and took hold of her hands on the stretching machine. "Here, let me teach you the right way to stretch."

"Huh? Stretching requires technique?" By the time Li Muchen reacted, she realized her back was already pressed against Chen Jincheng’s chest.

’This position is way too intimate.’

’Is he taking advantage of me?’

’He wasn’t like this the past few days. Why all of a sudden...?’

But when she remembered that she still needed to get on his good side to talk about joining Second-Life Star, she gritted her teeth and endured it.

’Besides, he’d found a good excuse—teaching her how to stretch...’

Ximeng saw this and pursed her lips.

’My eyes are tainted!’

Chen Jincheng was already holding Li Muchen’s fair hands, guiding her through the stretch. "Miss Li, you can’t just use brute force like that. You need to puff out your chest and coordinate with your breathing."

As Li Muchen followed his lead, the contact against her back led her to a surprising discovery.

’He actually has pecs?’