After all, women's fitness was not the mainstream at that time, so it would not take a while to become popular with aerobics. It may take years of continuous promotion.

Ambassador to the United States Hu Shi came to New York again. This time he came to raise funds for the Chongqing bombing.

Starting from May 3, the Japanese army began to bomb Chongqing. On the first day of the bombing alone, thousands of casualties among Chongqing citizens. After learning the news, Chinese and overseas Chinese in the United States launched another fundraising campaign to donate money to the suffering Chongqing compatriots. Hu Shi also came to New York from Washington for this reason.

The last time Hu Shi came to New York was because female pilots Yan Yaqing and Li Xiaqing planned to fly around the United States to raise funds for China's War of Resistance. This time, Hu Shi came from Washington and also brought news about the two female pilots.

"When Yan Yaqing flew to Alabama, she was confused in the air due to the complex weather and had to land on land to ask for directions. When she took off again, her wing accidentally hit the bush and the plane fell, and she was seriously injured because of it. Fortunately, her life was safe." Hu Shi said.

"Whether you can complete the flight around the United States is secondary. As long as you are fine," Chen Qiang said, and even sighed in his heart that flying in this era is indeed dangerous, and you can crash the plane when you touch a bush.

"By the way, I have some good news to tell you that the Japanese have blocked the British Concession in Tianjin!" Hu Shi said happily.

"What good news is this?" Chen Qiang asked in surprise.

"You think, the Japanese blocked the British Concession, which means that if the Japanese were going to have a quarrel with the British, we could pull the British into the water and use the British's power to deal with the Japanese. After all, Britain is the world's largest country. With their help, they can definitely drive the Japanese away." Hu Shi said excitedly.

Chen Qiang looked at Hu Shi with a wry smile. He thought to himself that Hu Shi, a nerd, really doesn't understand the situation in Europe. Germany is now posing an aggressive attitude. The British are about to be unable to protect themselves. They have no time to deal with Japan far away in Asia.

On June 14, 1939, Japan sent troops to block the Tianjin British Concession on the pretext that the authorities in the British Concession in Tianjin did not hand over the assassination of four Chinese people who were supervised by pseudo-custody, and personally insulted the British Concession in Tianjin, claiming that if Britain did not change its policy to Japan and cooperated with Japan, the blockade would not be lifted. Anti-British demonstrations were also organized in Japan. This is the incident in which Japan blocked the British Concession in Tianjin.

Hu Shi continued: "I received news from Washington that the United Kingdom intends to unite with the United States to hold a "China Week" with the purpose of increasing publicity for China's anti-Japanese cause and increasing aid to China. The US Congress has approved this plan. Although the domestic war is not good now, we have received support from Britain and the United States, and this battle can at least be fought!"

"Mr. Hu, I think you should not give up too much hope. Don't you think that this is just a bargaining chip deliberately released by the British, and the purpose is to be more beneficial when negotiating with the Japanese?" Chen Qiang said.

"What do you mean? Do you think that Britain will agree to Japan's request? This is impossible!" Hu Shi shook his head and continued, "That's Britain, the most powerful country in the world. Now that it has been bullied by the Japanese, how could the British compromise? If Britain compromises with Japan, wouldn't Britain lose all its face!"

Hu Shi seemed to believe that in order not to lose face, Britain would be tough with the Japanese.

Historically, Britain and the United States launched the so-called "China Week" on July 4, proposing to expand the efforts to aid China. On July 15, British Ambassador to Japan Kailai Cleki began negotiations with Japanese Foreign Minister Hachiro Arida. On July 24, the two sides signed the "Arida-Cleki Agreement", which stipulates that the United Kingdom "fully recognizes" the "actual situation in China" caused by Japan; recognizes that Japan enjoys "special requirements" in its occupied areas; promises that "there are no intentions to sponsor any actions and factors that prevent the Japanese army or are beneficial to the Japanese army." To put it bluntly, the British recognized Japan's aggression in China. Britain temporarily preserved the British concession in China by sacrificing China.

Therefore, this so-called "China Week" publicity campaign, which expands the source of dialogue, is indeed just a bargaining chip released by the British. The UK is just using this to scare Japan, as if saying, if you don't negotiate with me, then I will support China!

The Japanese also knew that this was a bargaining chip deliberately released by the UK, so they refused to give in during the negotiation process, and eventually forced the UK to compromise.

Only Hu Shi took this seriously and really thought that Britain wanted to support China's war of resistance.

Hu Shi's academic level is first-class, but his sense of politics and diplomacy is a bit anxious.

Hu Shi did a lot of practical things during his time as ambassador to the United States, such as taking away a large amount of aid from the Americans, and prompting the United States to participate in the war. However, in 1942, Hu Shi still stepped down from his position as ambassador to the United States. It is said that Hu Shi has made contributions to the country and should return to China immediately after resigning from office to receive commendation, but he continued to stay in the United States for many years, mainly because Chongqing did not know how to arrange Hu Shi, so he could only leave him idle. This felt like he was flying birds and hiding a good bow. Since the United States had participated in the war, Hu Shi had no value to use it.

When he returned to his residence, Chen Qiang took out the paper and pen and wrote a letter.

The letter was written to Eric Lidir. He planned to persuade the "fire chariot" to leave Tianjin. Now Japan has begun to attack the British Concession in Tianjin, and the concession is no longer safe. If Lidir does not leave, he may really die in the Japanese concentration camp as in history.

However, Chen Qiang also knew that the effect of this letter was minimal, and people with faith like Lidir could not change because of a letter.

Sure enough, a few months later, Chen Qiang received a reply from Lidir, who said that he would not leave Tianjin. Soon after, the Pacific War broke out, Japan declared war on Britain, and attacked the concession, Lidir was also arrested into the Japanese concentration camp.

...

Esther received his first salary from Chen Qiang.

The little girl was very happy. She went to perm her beautiful hair and bought several new clothes.

Esther, dressed up, became more and more dazzling. Although she was only eighteen years old, she had become a charming little goblin. Even Chen Qiang felt a little thoughtful.

There are many people who want to pursue Esther in Chen Qiang’s gym, including coaches and members.

Jackson is one of Esther's suitors. He is the fitness coach here at Chen Qiang. Based on the principle of getting the moon first, Jackson began to pursue Esther crazy, but unfortunately, Esther didn't pay much attention to Jackson at all. But Jackson did not give up, and he was still pestering Esther.

That day Jackson came to Esther with two more movie tickets.

"Esther, I just bought two movie tickets, which are the fourth part of "Tarzan of the Apes" that has just been released. Let's go and watch it together!" Jackson shook the movie tickets in his hand excitedly.

As early as 1919, the United States had the first movie of Tarzan Ape, but it was still a silent movie at that time. The most classic movie of the Ape series was the "Tarzan Ape" in 1932. Because of the popularity of "Tarzan Ape", the United States later filmed a series of movies of Tarzan Ape. In 1939, it was the fourth movie of Tarzan Ape".

However, Esther shook his head: "If you don't go, I hate that ape Tarzan the most."

Jackson was choked and didn't know how to answer. The most popular movie of Tarzan at that time, the goddess said she didn't want it, and she couldn't continue talking about it.

But Jackson still had no words to make a fuss, and he asked, "Esther, why don't you like Tarzan of the Ape?"

"If you don't like it, you don't like it. That guy is so obsessed and annoying!" Esther answered.

"Hot? Annoying?" Jackson was even more confused. You should know that in the United States at that time, many women fantasized about having a boyfriend like Tarzan, who could take them around in the big forest.

At this moment, footsteps sounded, and a middle-aged man in a shirt and trousers walked in. The middle-aged man looked very handsome and was holding a bouquet of roses in his hand. The middle-aged man saw Esther at a glance and then walked over excitedly.

"Esther, I heard that you are a coach here every night, so I came to find you! This flower is for you!" The middle-aged man gave the rose to Esther with a smile.

The middle-aged man's intention to send roses to Esther was already very obvious.

When Jackson appeared, he realized that the love rival was coming. Moreover, the middle-aged man was well-dressed and looked successful at first glance. The middle-aged man was very handsome, which made Jackson realize that the middle-aged man was definitely a strong enemy!

At the same time, in the gym, many eyes also cast hostile gazes at the middle-aged man. Obviously, they don't want to see a handsome and rich underestimating enemy.

At this moment, someone suddenly exclaimed at the middle-aged man: "Taishan, you are Taishan of the Ape!"

Only then did everyone recognize that this handsome middle-aged man was the actor who played Tarzan in the movie "Tarzan of the Apes"!

The man's name is Johnny Wesmerle. He was once the greatest swimmer in the United States. He won the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the 1924 Paris Olympics and won the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. If the relay race is included, he has won a total of 5 Olympic gold medals. At the same time, he has also set 28 world swimming records in his career.

The swimming champions of that era often performed some water performances, so Johnny Wesmerer has been living on various water performances since 1929. Because of his handsome appearance, Johnny Wesmerer was valued by MGM and starred in the movie "Tarzan of the Apes" in 1932. It was the most classic version of Tarzan of the Apes. Johnny Wesmerer became famous because of this. Later, the Tarzan of the Apes series made a total of 12 movies, so Johnny Wesmerer also played Tarzan of the Apes 12 times.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Tarzan of the Ape was the first year for American movies. In 16 years, 12 films were filmed, and a character could shoot 12 series of movies in a row, which is enough to show its popularity. In the future, there are only 007 series, which can surpass Tarzan of the Ape at that time. Few other series can persist in shooting 12 films.

Johnny Wesmerer has become a household name in the United States because of his role as Tarzan of the Apes. Even if he is not the number one in Hollywood, it is not much different. Just imagine that Iron Man, who only starred in eight movies in total, has already accumulated countless fans by Robert Downey Jr., and he has played Johnny Wesmerer of Tarzan of the Apes, and naturally he has countless fans.

As a hot Hollywood movie star, Johnny Wesmerer is not short of money. The character of Tarzan of the Ape brought Johnny Wesmerer $2 million in income, which was $2 million in the 1940s, and Johnny Wesmerer became one of the richest stars in Hollywood.

In the future, many actors will have played the role of Tarzan of the Ape, but almost every actor who plays Tarzan of the Ape will be criticized by the audience because the Tarzan of the Ape played by Johnny Wesmerer is too deeply rooted in people's hearts. He has portrayed Tarzan of the Ape into a classic, and anyone who repeats the classic will inevitably be criticized by the audience unless he can surpass the classic.

It is worth mentioning that the classic "Wow Wow" sound of Tarzan of the Ape was invented by Johnny Wesmerer.

In the sports world, Johnny Wesmerer is a successful athlete; in the film and television world, Johnny Wesmerer is a successful actor; in daily life, Johnny Wesmerer is a playboy.

Johnny Wesmerer had five marriages, and in addition to this, he had a love relationship with many women. At this time, Johnny Wesmerer had just divorced his second wife and met the young and beautiful Esther, and immediately pursued her.

Johnny Wesmerer originally thought that with his aura of world champion and well-known actors, he would definitely have money and good looks. He could easily catch up with a girl like Esther, who was not well-educated in the world. However, what Johnny Wesmerer did not expect was that Esther ignored him. The things that could not be obtained were always the best. Esther's rejection made Johnny Wesmerer's pursuit stronger. When he learned that Esther would be a coach in the gym every night, Johnny Wesmerer came to him with a bouquet of roses.

At this time, everyone in the gym recognized Johnny Wesmerer's identity. Those who had originally cast hostile gazes towards Johnny Wesmerer are now scared.

Johnny Wesmerer is a world champion and a famous movie star. He is handsome and rich. Such conditions are unmatched by ordinary people. Those who want to pursue Esther are not as handsome as Johnny Wesmerer, and those who are handsome are not as rich as Johnny Wesmerer. Compared with Johnny Wesmerer, others seem to have become a scumbag in a sudden and lose their competitiveness.

Johnny Wesmerer handed the rose to Esther with a diligent look on his face, but he did not expect that Esther did not take the rose.

Esther said lukewarmly: "Johnny Wesmerle, thank you for your kindness. But haven't I told you that I already have a boyfriend."

"No, you don't have, Esther, I know, you don't have a boyfriend. You said this on purpose to test my sincerity, right?" Johnny Wesmerer looked like he was pestering.

"I have a boyfriend!" Esther said with some anger, then he pointed to a distance: "Look, he is my boyfriend!"

Looking in the direction of Esther's finger, everyone saw a Chinese man, and that was Chen Qiang!

"Is Coach Chen Esther's boyfriend?"

"It seems that Esther brought it to Coach Chen, right?"

"But I remember asking Chen before, and he said Esther was just his friend's daughter and lived with him for the time being."

"Coach Chen probably doesn't want to announce his relationship, right?"

"Esther lives with Coach Chen, it turns out that the two have already lived together!"

"No wonder the two have always been inseparable. It turns out to be a couple."

Everyone began to talk in a low voice.

Johnny Wesmerer looked at Chen Qiang with a strange look.

Chinese people have no status in the United States. Johnny Wesmerle can't figure out why Esther fell in love with a Chinese!

...

Chen Qiang was originally busy with his own affairs. When Johnny Wesmerle came, someone shouted "Tarzan of the Apes", which attracted Chen Qiang's attention, so he also came over to see what happened.

But just halfway through, Chen Qiang heard Esther say "He is my boyfriend", and then Esther pointed his finger over.

"What's going on!" Chen Qiang was slightly stunned. He looked at Johnny Wesmerle, then looked at the roses in Johnny Wesmerle's hand, and understood the current situation in seconds.

"Is this man pursuing Esther? He looks a little older, almost forty years old, right? Esther probably doesn't like him, so he treats me as a shield! I promised Louis to take good care of Esther. Since Esther doesn't like this man, I will act as a shield!"

Thinking of this, Chen Qiang walked forward with a big stride and said, "Hello, sir, I am Esther's boyfriend. My name is Chen Qiang, and I am also the boss here."

Chen Qiang didn't notice that when he said this, Esther's expression was a little unnatural in an instant, including surprise and confusion, but more of it was a surprise.

Johnny Wesmerle, opposite, immediately learned Chen Qiang's identity after Chen Qiang reported himself. After all, Johnny Wesmerle is also a world champion in swimming, and of course he had heard of Chen Qiang's name. At this time, Johnny Wesmerle also understood why a Chinese can be seen by Esther, and it turns out that he is the world's number one athlete!

"You are the world's number one athlete! I have long been famous, my name is Johnny Wesmerer." Johnny Wesmerer stretched out his right hand friendly.

Johnny Wesmerer is almost forty years old and is a big-name movie star, so he still has the demeanor he should have. So after a brief surprise, Johnny Wesmerer immediately returned to his gentlemanly appearance and looked particularly friendly to Chen Qiang.

I have to say that Johnny Wesmerer is really a scene person. In such an occasion, he shows the demeanor and cultivation that big stars should have.

"You are Mr. Wesmerle, and I am also the famous name I have heard of for a long time. No one can break the world record of 100 yards freestyle that you set in 1927!" Chen Qiang also reached out and shook hands with Johnny Wesmerle.

Neither of them are the kind of young men who are brainless and impulsive. As well-known figures, even if they are not in a relationship, they cannot fight against each other in a tit-for-tat way.

Moreover, in that era, athletes were indeed very sportsmanlike. Even if they were competitors, they would not give in to each other on the field, but when they were on the field, they were more grateful. In the Olympics field, athletes helped each other often. Some people would even point out their shortcomings on the spot, which was equivalent to giving assists to their opponents on the spot. In later generations, they would like to hope that their opponents would make mistakes!

This is the sports of that era, which is more pure and friendly. Most athletes are showing their true sports spirit. People like Mark Horton were not worthy of being an athlete in the 1930s and 1940s.

Chen Qiang and Johnny Wesmerle chatted for more than ten minutes, and they didn't talk about Esther in a tacit understanding, as if to avoid embarrassment. This made Esther herself a little at a loss. She was worried that Chen Qiang and Johnny Wesmerle would have a huge duel like the Medieval Knights, but they didn't expect that the two were like a pair of good friends, just talking about their own affairs and leaving her, the big beauty, aside.
To be continued...