Chapter 304: The Aborted Tour
At this time, Xia Xubai, who was supposed to sing on stage during the climax, was standing at the backstage entrance.
He could not see the chaos in front of him, but only heard sharp noises, screams one after another, and the panicked shouts of the staff around him.
Xia Xubai's heart was pounding, and he instinctively groped forward, but after taking two steps onto the stage, he missed the edge out of panic.
In a flash, bodyguard Yu Shou rushed over and grabbed Xia Xubai's arm, but fell heavily down the stairs due to inertia!
He used his shoulders and back to cushion Xia Xubai, but his arm was cut by the edge of the metal steps, and blood instantly soaked his sleeves.
Soon, medical staff escorted the unconscious Su Wanqing and the injured Yu Shou away.
The stage lights dimmed, leaving only a stunned audience and a concert that was forced to be interrupted.
The hallucination scene comes to the second scene, which is a hospital ward.
Su Wanqing sat beside the hospital bed, forcing a smile on her pale face.
She was live streaming on her phone, and the title of the live stream was "Su Wanqing quits the entertainment industry due to hearing loss, farewell party for fans"
Su Wanqing whispered into the camera of her phone, "The doctor has confirmed... it's permanent hearing loss."
She paused, her fingertips trembling slightly, "I can't hear anything now."
The live broadcast room was instantly flooded with fans' cries and shock.
"I'm sorry, maybe... this will be the last time I meet you all as a singer."
Her voice was soft, but it hit everyone's heart like a heavy hammer.
The Internet has exploded with public opinion.
Terms such as #苏晚晴失听##天樂之聖永偉# instantly dominated the hot search list.
Su Wanqing's studio immediately issued a stern statement, directly pointing the finger at the concert organizer, Heqi Entertainment, and Xia Xubai's studio:
"After testing by a professional organization, the cause of the accident was a malfunction of the audio equipment and a serious dereliction of duty in safety inspections... We will definitely investigate this matter to the end!"
The fan club also complained: "This should have been Wan Qing's most glorious year. The new album 'Wan Qing' was about to be released, pre-sales for the global tour sold out in seconds, and there were more than 20 high-end brand endorsement offers lined up... Now all of it has come to nothing."
"Even worse, due to hearing loss, the singing was off-tune, the rhythm was out of control, and all contracts were forced to terminate. The sky-high liquidated damages are coming like an avalanche! Xia Xubai, Heqi Entertainment, what are you going to pay me?"
A week later, Su Wanqing's team filed a lawsuit, seeking 370 million yuan in compensation from Heqi Entertainment and Xia Xubai. The lawsuit specifically emphasized that "Su Wanqing, as a special guest warming up the stage for lead singer Xia Xubai, was involved in the accident."
The #Warm-up Guests Become Sacrifices# hashtag has surpassed 1 billion views, with netizens commenting angrily:
"Xia Xubai fell down and had a bodyguard to cushion him, but who will compensate Su Wanqing for her ear?"
“Is the capitalists’ stage paved with human lives?”
Heqi Entertainment's official website was instantly paralyzed by criticism, Xia Xubai's latest album was boycotted online, and partner brands distanced themselves from the issue...
The last frame of the precognitive vision was frozen in the pale ward, where the logo of the Mayo Clinic, an American hospital specializing in otolaryngology, was placed.
Su Wanqing's eyelashes drooped, her fingertips tightly grasping the cuff of her hospital gown. She heard the regretful voice of the foreign doctor in her ears: "The cochlear nerve has been irreversibly damaged... It's a pity."
Her lips trembled, but no sound came out. Only tears fell on the diagnosis, leaving a blurry mark on the ink.
The tablet in her assistant's hand was playing the news. Xia Lili noticed that the assistant had turned into the 1.7-meter-tall man again, wearing a snake-shaped ring on his hand.
On the news screen: [Breaking! Heqi Entertainment is being sued by Su Wanqing Studio for a whopping 370 million yuan in compensation], with a scroll bar below repeatedly scrolling: [Compensation for Mental Damage] [Losses from Career Interruption] [Joint Liability for Breach of Contract for Global Tour]...
A mechanical voice narrated from outside the screen: "Due to a chain reaction, Heqi Entertainment's stock price plummeted 47% in a single day, and many brands proposed to terminate their contracts..."
The illusion suddenly disappeared, and Xia Lili suddenly came back to her senses and found that Su Wanqing was no longer on the terrace.
She hurried backstage and happened to see it on the backstage broadcast screen.
Su Wanqing has already stepped onto the stage!
Xia Xubai rushed into the artist lounge, but Xia Xubai was gone.
"Oh no!" Xia Lili's heart tightened, and she immediately took out her cell phone and called Yu Shou.
The complicated equipment backstage made her dizzy. She was not familiar with the sound system at all, and she couldn't tell where the control room was.
Was the imaginary accident the result of a wiring fault, aging equipment, or perhaps an operational error on the center console? It was impossible to tell.
"Beep—" The moment the call was connected, Xia Lili practically shouted, "Brother Yu! Stop my brother immediately! Don't let him go on stage! It's dangerous!"
"Also, immediately notify Su Wanqing to end the performance and return backstage, saying there's a sudden equipment malfunction. Immediately! Immediately!"
"Understood!" Yu Shou responded decisively, and then hurried footsteps were heard from the other end of the phone.
Xia Lili clutched her hot phone, her eyes anxiously scanning the noisy backstage area. Suddenly, she grabbed a passing staff member. It was someone she knew well: Li Xiao, the executive assistant of Heqi Entertainment.
"Li Xiao, immediately notify the control room to cut off all audio power!" Xia Lili said hurriedly.
Li Xiao was stunned: "But Miss Su is singing on the stage, this..."
"I'm a shareholder of the company," Xia Lili interrupted sharply. "I'll take all the responsibility—now! Immediately! Immediately!"
However, the moment Xia Lili looked directly into Li Xiao's eyes, her vision suddenly began to spin.
The familiar feeling of dizziness came over me, and those fragmented images of the future flooded into my mind again...
In the flashback, Li Xiaozheng was running and shouting anxiously into his phone, "Brother Zhang! Cut off all the speakers immediately! Stop the performance immediately!"
A panicked reply came from the other end of the phone: "Understood! Operation in progress—"
Li Xiao just breathed a sigh of relief, but found that thirty seconds had passed and the stage speakers were still roaring.
His face suddenly changed and he ran towards the control room.
But, just around the corner, a black shadow suddenly appeared behind Li Xiao!
The attacker, wearing a baseball cap and a mask, swung a hard object and hit him hard on the back of the head.
Li Xiao groaned, fell to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut, and was quickly dragged into the fire escape.
Xia Lili's pupils suddenly constricted. Although the attacker was dressed in black, his 5'7" frame looked remarkably familiar. Even more deadly, the silver snake-shaped ring on his right pinky finger was identical to the one Su Wanqing's assistant wore daily!
The final hallucination scene freezes in the emergency room.
The doctor shook his head and sighed: "Severe concussion. The delay in sending him to the hospital has caused permanent sequelae."
Beside the hospital bed, Li Xiao's parents wept bitterly: "The organizers have done us so much harm! The female singer has lost her hearing, and my son was injured by falling objects from the ceiling, yet no one cares!"
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