Chen Qiang put on unified sportswear for all employees, and the gym's style instantly improved to a higher level.

Sportswear in the 1930s was actually quite ugly, with a single color and a bad style. Even if the person was handsome, he looked ugly. Therefore, early tennis players all wore trousers and shirts, and even tied them. Bowling and golf were also wearing formal clothes. The billiards had more stringent requirements for clothing, and this requirement for clothing even continued to later generations.

After all, it is an aristocratic sport. No matter whether it is practical or not, it is all about looking good. If the athletes wear so ugly, how can it be considered an aristocratic sport?

Chen Qiang is not a fashion designer, and he cannot design professional fitness clothes that show off his figure in later generations. However, at least in terms of sportswear styles, Chen Qiang still hopes to be as novel as possible and not look too rustic.

Taking advantage of lunch, Chen Qiang bought a DC bookstore on the roadside bookstore, and also bought a complete set of all the previous "Action Comics". "Detective Comics" is the comic that serialized Batman, while "Action Comics" is a comic that serialized Superman, and Superman appeared in the first issue of "Action Comics".

Superman debuted in 1938, less than a year ago, so it is not difficult to find all the previous "Action Comics".

Chen Qiang also inquired about the situation of Marvel Comics. However, the bookstore owner did not know about Marvel Comics.

Marvel was a name determined in 1961. Before that, Marvel was actually called Times Comics, and then Atlas Comics, so in 1939, Marvel was still called Times Comics.

In April 1939, Times Comics released the first issue of "Movie Comic Weekly" and created the first Marvel superhero, Namo Mackenzie, which is Marvel's "Aquaman". This superhero has not been brought to the big screen by Marvel in the future, so Chinese audiences are not familiar with it, and Chen Qiang even doesn't know about this Marvel Aquaman.

If it were a well-known hero like Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Fork Men, perhaps Chen Qiang could find Marvel, which was also called "Times Comics" at the time, through the names of the heroes.

In the afternoon, Chen Qiang looked at comics in his office.

The comics from the 1930s have relatively rough quality and sloppy styles, probably at the level of Popeye. In fact, Popeye first appeared in 1933, and it was the highest-level animated short film at that time.

Moreover, the printing technology at that time was far inferior to later generations, and the cartoon characters printed looked even more simple, but Chen Qiang still read them with relish. For Chen Qiang, he was not reading comics, but a kind of sentiment.

It was not until the knock on the door that Chen Qiang put down his comic book.

"Boss, there is a man and a lady outside who want to see you."

"Are you new customers here?" Chen Qiang stood up and walked out of his office. Then he saw a familiar face that he had not seen for a long time.

"Louis, why are you here!" Chen Qiang exclaimed.

The person who came was Louis Williams.

During the Los Angeles Olympics, Chen Qiang performed in a circus. At that time, a down-and-out painter became Chen Qiang's agent and helped him contact the school. From then on, Chen Qiang started the path of using sub-health to deceive people in college. The down-and-out painter was Louis Williams.

At that time, Williams and his family regarded Chen Qiang as their family. Although Chen Qiang has not come to the United States again in recent years, he has always maintained correspondence with Louis Williams. After he came to the United States, he also wrote a letter to Louis Williams, and Louis Williams also replied.

Chen Qiang originally planned to visit Williams' family when he had the opportunity to go to Los Angeles, but he didn't expect Louis Williams to come to New York from Los Angeles.

It was also at this moment that a figure rushed up and gave Chen Qiang a big hug. At the same time, a perfume smell poured into Chen Qiang's nose.

"Esther?" Chen Qiang said with some fear of confirmation.

The person who gave Chen Qiang hugs was Louis Williams' daughter, Esther Williams, who was also the drowning little girl Chen Qiang saved at the Los Angeles Sports Club. After seven years, the little girl who was only eleven years old and looked a little thin, had already become an 18-year-old beauty.

"Okay, Esther, you are already a big girl. Don't hold Chen like you did when you were a child," Louis Williams said, but Esther still hugged Chen Qiang's neck and didn't want to let go.

Chen Qiang took the two to the office, and then Chen Qiang asked, "Louis, why are you here in Los Angeles?"

"It's not because of her!" Louis Williams pointed to his daughter and continued: "I mentioned to you in the letter that Esther won the national championship in breaststroke and freestyle, and she also practiced diving. Recently we received an invitation letter, sent by Billy Rose. I hope Esther can participate in Billy Rose's water performance instead of Eleanor Home, so I took Esther to New York to try it out." Louis Williams said.

"Billy Rose's water performance is the most exciting performance event at the New York World Expo. I have heard of this performance, but I have never had the chance to watch it." Chen Qiang said.

"When I'm selected, I'll invite you to see!" Esther said from the side.

Louis Williams continued, "I remember you wrote that you opened a gym in New York, so we came to you just after getting off the train."

"Then you haven't found a place to live yet, right? That's right, just live in my house!" Chen Qiang said and stood up: "I'll take you here first, you can rest, and then we'll go out for dinner!"

...

In 2010, China held a massive World Expo, which also made many Chinese people know about the World Expo. As early as 1939, the World Expo was the world's largest expo.

On the opening day of the New York World Expo in 1939, a total of 200,000 people attended the opening ceremony. Radio across the United States, and even the TV that just appeared, also broadcast the content of the World Expo live. It is estimated that about 1,000 people watched the opening ceremony of the World Expo through TV.

Although the TV was just 5-inch black and white TV at that time, live TV was also a new thing for ordinary people. In 1939, 1,000 families in the United States could watch TV, which was enough to prove the prosperity of the United States.

It is precisely because of this live TV that people have a full understanding of TVs. General Electric took this opportunity to start displaying its TVs. From then on, TVs have gradually been recognized by Americans and appeared in various stores in downtown New York.

Chen Qiang was also invited to the opening ceremony of the New York World Expo, and also saw Einstein at the opening ceremony because it was Einstein who gave the opening speech of the New York World Expo. However, after the opening ceremony, Chen Qiang did not visit the New York World Expo. Firstly, because there were still work in the gym that had not been completed, and secondly, because there were too many people, and Chen Qiang didn't want people to see people.

Later generations Chen Qiang had a huge experience of watching the Shanghai World Expo. When people watched the Shanghai World Expo, they had to wait in line for a long time when they entered the venue. All Chen Qiang did not plan to join in the fun again. Anyway, the New York World Expo was not only held for one or two days, and it was not too late to go and see it when there were fewer people.

The New York World Expo is also divided into different exhibition areas, such as government areas, transportation areas, food areas, commercial areas, etc. The New York World Expo also built a British Pavilion, Greek officials, Japanese officials, Jewish Pavilion, Polish Pavilion and Soviet Pavilion. It is said that the UK transported many precious exhibits to New York for exhibitions. A few months later, World War II broke out, and Germany subsequently bombed Britain. These exhibits were preserved because they remained in the United States.

The New York World Expo also specially built an amusement park, roller coasters, trains, etc. in the amusement park, which are still retained and are even in operation.

In addition, there are many performance projects in the playground, such as animal collector Frank Buck, who brought his collections, various rare birds, reptiles, wild animals, and trained orangutans and elephants. Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Daliz brought his sculptures. In order to attract audiences, there are even some very exposed young ladies performing in the playground, which everyone knows.

The most exciting one is Billy Rose's water performance.

Billy Rose was a heavyweight figure in the American entertainment industry during World War II. He was an actor and a lyric poet. He was also a Broadway producer and owned many theaters and nightclubs. If it were now, it would probably be a film and television master.

Billy Rose's water performance first started at the Great Lakes Exhibition in 1937. At the World Expo in 1939, this performance was also regarded as the most successful product of the entire World Expo. This performance had to use more than 500 actors, which was definitely the largest water performance at that time. Even now, it is difficult to find a water performance of more than 500 people.

Throughout the 1940s and early 1950s, many water singing and dancing movies appeared in the United States. Even at a certain period of time, water singing and dancing movies became the mainstream in Hollywood because of the influence of Billy Rose's water performance. This phenomenon is unique in Hollywood's history.

This kind of top performance naturally requires the top performers. It is said that more than 5,000 people initially applied, but in the end only more than 500 people were left, including dancers, actors and swimmers. There are many world champion experts among swimmers.

For example, Eleanor Holme, the 100m women's backstroke champion in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic champion, was one of the performers. However, Eleanor Holme was watched by a director and was about to make a movie. The role Eleanor Holme played in the water performance was very important and most people could not replace it, so Billy Rose could only find someone to replace it among the American swimming champions.

Esther, who had won three national swimming championships in the United States, became one of the candidates to replace Eleanor Holme. So Louis Williams took Esther to New York to participate in the water performance.

...

Williams and his daughter temporarily live in Chen Qiang's home.

At this time, Chen Qiang also planned to start his class selling plan.

At Yixing Company in New York, Chen Qiang met Mr. Situ, the boss of the Hongmen again.

"Xiao Chen, are you planning to offer a national martial arts course in your gym? It's a good thing to be able to carry forward our national martial arts in the United States!" Mr. Situ said.

"So I hope Mr. Situ can help me introduce a master who teaches national arts." Chen Qiang said, picking up the teapot and filling Mr. Situ with a cup of tea.

Mr. Situ was not polite either. He regarded Chen Qiang as a junior, so he happily picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then asked, "What are your requirements for the Chinese martial arts master?"

"I don't need that kind of top Chinese martial arts master. I want those who punch beautifully, who can perform some beautiful movements, such as volleys, round-rotation kicks, etc., so that they can fool the Americans." Chen Qiang said.

"I just want some fancy fists and embroidery skills?" Mr. Situ shook his head with a wry smile, and then said, "Among my Hongmen disciples, if you want to have real skills, I can find dozens of fancy fists and embroidery skills, but it is not easy for you to find that fancy fists and embroidery skills. You must know that this national technique is a killing skill. Our Hongmen disciples traveled from China to the United States to explore, and they always put their heads on their belts, so they all learned killing skills."

"Sir, I just cheated Americans without understanding Chinese art, so I deliberately found some good-looking styling to fool them." Chen Qiang paused and continued: "Besides, we can't teach Americans the real killing skills. What if Americans learn it back and go back and beat us!"

Mr. Situ nodded: "That's right, this domestic martial arts and kung fu will not be taught in real terms unless it is a true disciple. But it is really hard to find a person you want."

"Sir, is there anyone who used to be the kind of people who were good at playing tricks?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Well, after you say this, it seems that there are real people! A few years ago, there were people in the country who made a living by performing their skills. Let's find it for you. If you find a suitable candidate, you will take the person to you." Mr. Situ nodded and agreed.

"Then thank you Mr. Situ." Chen Qiang hurriedly thanked.

...

Afterwards, Chen Qiang bought another bottle of expensive red wine and came to Pilates Studio on Eighth Avenue, New York.

"Chen, you are here to see me again!" An old man, who was nearly sixty, came up to meet him.

"Mr. Pilates, I bring you a bottle of French red wine!" Chen Qiang handed the red wine to the old man.

This old man is the founder of Pilates, Joseph Pilates.

Joseph Pilates was a German. He immigrated to the United States in 1926 and opened a Pilates studio on Eighth Avenue in New York. However, Pilates training at that time was not a popular fitness method, but provided targeted exercise therapy training for dancers, actors and athletes, which was equivalent to professional rehabilitation training. Because the effect was very significant, Pilates was still well-known in the United States.

As early as after the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, Chen Qiang came to New York. At that time, he visited Joseph Pilates specifically, and the two met. In 1938, Chen Qiang came to the United States again and often discussed some topics of sports rehabilitation with Joseph Pilates.

As a professor at the University of Sports, Chen Qiang naturally mastered the advanced sports rehabilitation techniques in later generations. He revealed a little bit, which made Pilates amazing, and the two quickly became familiar with each other. Although the two were more than thirty years apart, Chen Qiang was more than enough to be Pilates' son, but with common topics, the two became friends who were old.

Pilates took the red wine, looked down at the vintage on it, and was immediately surprised: "Oh my God, it turned out to be from 1921, I want to treasure this bottle of red wine!"

In the 20th century, the better years of French red wine were 1900, 1921, 1947, 1961, 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1995. Due to the First World War, French red wine in 1900 was not easy to find, so a bottle of French red wine in 1921 was already a rare product. After World War II, French red wine in 1921 also became a rare product.

Chen Qiang exchanged a few greetings with Pilates before speaking: "Mr. Pilates, I plan to use your Pilates exercise therapy as a course in my studio. I wonder if you allow it?"

"Oh? Are you planning to start the sports therapy training business? This is very good. You are an athlete. This business is very suitable for you." Pilates said with a smile.

"No, I don't plan to do exercise therapy training. I want to promote your Pilates exercise therapy as a way of fitness so that ordinary people can practice Pilates too." Chen Qiang said.

Upon hearing this, Pilates suddenly felt energetic.

In the future, Pilates is a sports method and skill that Westerners like very much, and it is also very popular all over the world. However, in the 1930s, Pilates did not carry out systematic promotion.

Of course, Joseph Pilates hopes that the Pilates exercise therapy he created can be carried forward and promoted to the whole world. However, before that, Pilates has always been a professional rehabilitation training, and even Joseph Pilates himself never thought of using Pilates training as a fitness method for ordinary people.

Chen Qiang plans to open a Pilates training course in the gym, as if he opened a new door to Joseph Pilates in an instant.

I saw Joseph Pilates excitedly and said, "Chan, your idea is great. You are willing to promote my Pilates therapy. I can't ask for anything. How can I object! If you need it, I can go to your gym to teach the students in person!"

...

With Joseph Pilates' personal authorization, Chen Qiang offered Pilates courses in the gym, which was unimpeded.

Chen Qiang is still very confident about Pilates courses. History has long proved that Pilates will become a global fitness method, so it is inevitable to offer Pilates courses.

As for the national martial arts course, Chen Qiang was just trying it out. He didn't know whether Americans could accept Chinese martial arts. After all, Bruce Lee was not born in this era. If it was after the Bruce Lee era, the United States had aroused a kung fu craze, it would definitely be much easier to offer Chinese kung fu courses at that time.

At the same time, Chen Qiang also plans to open a yoga course, which is not authorized, just use. However, Chen Qiang has not yet found a suitable yoga coach candidate. The fitness coaches he hires are all a group of strong muscular men, and they do not look like materials for being a yoga coach.

Moreover, there are many types of yoga, and you can fool people by just taking it out. The coaches in this area have to be cultivated slowly.

A few days later, Mr. Situ really found a suitable Chinese martial arts master for Chen Qiang. The man's surname is Sun, he has no sect and is full of family martial arts. When he was five years old, he followed his father on the streets. In addition to being able to master kung fu, he also learned some tricks. Twenty years ago, the whole family came to the United States. Master Sun was already very skilled in English, but because the Chinese had a low status in the United States, he could only rely on some miscellaneous jobs to support his family.

Chen Qiang interviewed Master Sun and thought he was a suitable candidate, but if he wanted to fool the Americans, he had to pack it up.

At this point, Chen Qiang's preparations for selling classes have been completed. Next, he will only wait for the class to start and then he can count the money!
Chapter completed!