Chapter 551: Charity Invitational Tournament

Chapter 551: Charity Invitational

As the recording of *Champion Challenges Champion* progressed, the opening of the Asian Games drew ever nearer.

Meng Fan was busy, busy from June all the way through September.

Once September arrived, he grew even busier.

Busy with matters related to the opening ceremony, busy with registration and reporting for various events, and busy with rest-style training, training-style adjustments, and adjustment-style weight control to ensure he could fit within the weight standards of each event.

Amidst the bustle, the Hangzhou Asian Games officially began, and *Champion Challenges Champion* completed its post-production. Each of the 24 events had its own episode, and the broadcast times were quite unusual—either just before or just after the corresponding event finals, scheduled according to CCTV’s various channel timings. Such a broadcast schedule was indeed extraordinary, reflecting the importance placed on the show. Of course, the fact that each episode was short was also a key reason; it was essentially like inserting popular science videos for sports events.

Let’s set aside the glory of Meng Fan being the final torchbearer at the opening ceremony, and the honor of his winning every event he participated in while setting new world records in javelin and shot put—after all, after completing the *I Am Champion* mission, his attributes doubled and his state could be adjusted to peak at any time—and focus only on the discussions sparked by the broadcast of *Champion Challenges Champion*.

The popularization method presented by the show was very simple, but truly uncommon. It wasn’t novel, yet it was quite interesting. Coupled with Meng Fan as the challenger, his inherent popularity went without saying, and it brought a multitude of topics and curiosity.

Meng Fan was the first person in history to span three major categories and five sub-categories and win Olympic gold. In freestyle fighting, though he had participated in few official matches, he was universally recognized as the world’s strongest. He also held his own world record in basketball. Leaving aside fields like comics, just in the realm of sports, he could be deemed the most versatile master of all time, ancient or modern, East or West.

Just how strong was Meng Fan’s athletic ability?

What else could he do? Did he possess super-first-class proficiency in other sports as well?

This was a question many were curious about, and there had been public discussions. Now, Meng Fan had voluntarily presented the answer before them.

In strength-related events, without a doubt, Meng Fan could reach world-class or even super-first-class levels, especially in throwing events. For instance, the discus and hammer throw, which he had never showcased in public competitions before, saw him achieve the Olympic B standard in the hammer throw after simple training, while in the discus, he directly threw a result surpassing the world record.

In this regard, even breaking the world record didn’t strike viewers as particularly surprising. After watching, they all wore expressions of “Mm-hmm, as expected.”

In terms of speed, Meng Fan didn’t have much advantage, given his weight. In several running events, he could reach the national second-level standard, which was more astonishing than his world-record discus throw.

When it came to height-related events, it was a mixed bag, earning great affection from some viewers— “Oh dear, the Iron God finally has something he’s worse at than me.”

Equestrian and gymnastics became amusing talking points. Everyone who watched said, “So even you, Iron God, have your day.”

Swimming and basketball also brought some shock to the audience. In swimming, it was witnessing Meng Fan’s terrifying speed in underwater swimming; in basketball, it was his ultra-long-range three-pointers.

Everyone knew Meng Fan was amazing at arcade basketball machines, but what about facing a real basketball hoop? In fact, many arcade basketball masters couldn’t play on a real court at all, and even their shooting lacked accuracy. So what about Meng Fan? Was he like most arcade players, or could he bring that precision to the basketball court?

The show gave everyone the answer—

Yes!

In his interaction with the basketball team, Meng Fan demonstrated his incredible long-range shooting ability. Even though everyone could see he didn’t know how to play basketball—his basic dribbling was poor—just based on his shooting, everyone agreed he had value for the national basketball team. Because as long as the ball was in his hands, no matter how he shot, where he shot, or how many people blocked him, he could make it.

Ten consecutive ultra-long-range shots from the baseline—all in!

Even when surrounded by five people, he could still shoot the ball in from half-court in an extremely awkward manner!

Back shots, side shots, hook shots—all went in. Even a one-handed lob toss went in!

Such accuracy was a complete bug. Even if he took on the entire team alone, it would be no problem; at least he wouldn’t lose.

With such accuracy, if he truly became a professional basketball player, it wouldn’t just rewrite history—it would directly force the Basketball Association to change the rules.

Later, a few “plain” events were aired, leading to archery and golf, which sparked huge controversy.

Relatively speaking, archery was more acceptable. After all, the co-presenter was an Olympic champion-level athlete; hitting the bullseye eight or nine times out of ten, or even ten out of ten, was normal. Meng Fan at most scored ten out of ten, with all ten arrows clustered right in the center of the bullseye. It was just overly consistent, and he even did a blindfolded shot after multiple draws to find his rhythm.

But golf was simply too much.

Ten out of ten in archery was still within normal understanding, but every golf shot being a hole-in-one was just excessive. It felt absolutely like cheating!

Even the topmost golf athletes couldn’t manage two consecutive holes-in-one!

Aside from cheating, the only things one could think of were superpowers, mutations, or super high-tech assistance!

And then there was—the show faking it!

Everyone believed Meng Fan had extraordinary athletic ability, but this golf was just too “fake.” Compared to other sports, it exceeded the bounds of human cognition.

However, even though it was too “anti-human,” not many people were firmly skeptical. Most held a doubtful attitude, and within that doubt, there was even more anticipation—they wanted to see Meng Fan play a formal match. Not just ordinary people, but many event organizers also got involved. As soon as the Asian Games ended, Meng Fan received several golf invitational offers, and some events even publicly invited him online.

Meng Fan didn’t accept these invitations, but he quickly gave a response— “You have too many invitations; I’ll make one myself.”

Thus, the “West Lake Golf World Professional Star Charity Invitational” was born!

The official Weibo account gradually announced the invited stars and celebrities, including but not limited to entertainment, arts, sports, finance, IT, and other fields, on a global scale. Especially in the cultural and sports circles, Meng Fan invited the most top-tier names. Basically, every list announcement sparked heated discussions and trending topics.

After all the lists were announced, the official Weibo posted a message that was clearly one of Meng Fan’s slick moves— “Public advertising space for rent!”

Not just venue ad spaces, but also ad spaces on many celebrities’ waists and nameplates.

Was hosting this charity invitational to prove his strength?

No, it was all about making money!

(The End)