Chapter 150 Emperor Ying Makes His Move [1st Update]
The production team was also in a complete mess at this point.
This program was originally Star Entertainment's own program, and it brought along two other entertainment companies to participate.
No one expected things to turn out this way.
Shang Yaozhi has too much influence in the entertainment industry and across the internet. There are also many reports that he died of sudden cardiac arrest due to poor care from the production team. The production team wanted to pretend to be dead, but they were forced to speak out.
However, this statement did not calm the rioting fans and passersby; instead, it triggered a new uproar.
[Do you even know what kind of variety show you're running? Are your medical facilities adequate? Have you considered the health of the celebrities? What do you mean by "unexpected accidents"? Nonsense!]
[I don't believe it. Many bloggers have said that Actor Shang died of sudden cardiac arrest. You say it's a rumor? Then show me the evidence.]
[Star Entertainment has been exploiting its artists for a long time, some people may not know, right? Just last year, an actor was driven to desperation and jumped off a building, and Star Entertainment didn't even pay compensation. But I really never expected that you would even dare to mess with a movie star like Shang. It's astonishing, absolutely astonishing.]
Among all those abusive comments, there was one that was completely different.
[Timely rescue? Timely hospitalization? You're talking nonsense! I was right there. Yaozhi was lying on the ground for five minutes, and your staff didn't even look at him. They were chatting and laughing. When we fans tried to go over, we were stopped. Isn't this intentional homicide?!]
However, the comment was deleted just ten seconds after it was posted.
The fan ID that posted the comment was also blocked by the show's production team.
The person responsible for deleting this comment was the show's director.
The director broke out in a cold sweat and was extremely flustered.
He suppressed his fear, looked tremblingly at the woman behind the table, swallowed hard, and asked with difficulty, "Ms. Dong, what do we do now?"
The woman was Dong Yun, the chairperson of Star Entertainment.
She had a noble and aloof expression and was applying lipstick in front of the mirror when she heard this, so she put down what she was holding.
"Really dead?" Dong Yun looked up, frowning. "So fragile? What happened to you all?"
She always personally followed Shang Yaozhi's schedule in order to prevent him from communicating with other people outside of filming.
Dong Yun would not allow Shang Yaozhi to escape her control.
Last time in Hengdian, she saw Shang Yaozhi stop to greet that girl, which already made her very unhappy, so she devised a little trick commonly used in the entertainment industry.
But to her surprise, she was the one who ended up slinking away in disgrace.
This time, because it was a program produced by the company itself, she felt at ease and didn't go along.
"President Dong, this really isn't our fault." The director pursed his lips, somewhat hesitant to answer. "When he collapsed, we all thought he was joking with us. Who knew...who knew..."
"Bang!"
Dong Yun slammed her hand on the table, furious: "Are you kidding me? Even if you think you're kidding me, where is the accompanying medical team?"
The director shrank back and didn't say anything.
He couldn't very well say that the production team, in order to save costs, didn't have a professional medical team and just hired a few caregivers from a private clinic.
When Shang Yaozhi fainted, these caregivers were standing by the lake eating sunflower seeds.
It was only after Shang Yaozhi hadn't gotten up for almost ten minutes that their staff realized it wasn't a joke and quickly called over the caregivers.
There were no actual medical personnel on site.
But even if it were possible, it would have been too late by then.
The golden rescue time is only 4 minutes.
They wouldn't dare to talk about this on Weibo.
"Alright." Dong Yun could roughly tell what was going on as soon as she saw the director's expression. "I don't want to hear it. You guys are the ones who started this. Don't expect to get through this with a few statements. Let's think about what to do."
“Dong, we can only classify it as an accident.” The director was now anxious. “Hundreds of thousands of people die from sudden cardiac death every year. It’s too common.”
But Shang Yaozhi is a movie star and one of the top internet celebrities, so his influence is too great.
Even if the entire Star Entertainment group got involved, his fans alone wouldn't be enough to cause a major upheaval.
Dong Yun was very impatient: "Has the hospital already issued a notice?"
"It's off." The director said cautiously, "It was taken down at nine o'clock. They said the person disappeared around six o'clock. We tried to suppress the trending topic, but we couldn't."
Dongyun pressed her temples, never expecting things to turn out this badly.
With Shang Yaozhi's contract with Xingyu about to expire, she was quite anxious and determined to keep Shang Yaozhi with Xingyu.
"The company will cooperate with you to issue the obituary in a while," Dongyun said. "Then, tell everyone else who participated in the program to keep their mouths shut. If they don't want to offend Xingyu, they shouldn't say a single word."
Upon hearing this, the director breathed a sigh of relief.
He had assumed that since Shang Yaozhi was Xingyu's ace and Dong Yun's favorite, they would definitely suffer the consequences.
fine.
"Comfort the family members." Dong Yun paused, raised her hand and tapped the table, her tone devoid of any emotion, indifferent, "Also, shift the blame for this to Chuguang Media."
The person is already dead; there's no way to bring them back to life.
Therefore, the goal is naturally to maximize profits.
**
This way.
Newport General Hospital.
The body was covered with a white sheet on the hospital bed.
Even his agent didn't dare to go see him, fearing that his heart wouldn't be able to take it.
He suppressed the turmoil in his heart and asked in a low voice, "Miss Ying, is there... is there any hope?"
The agent didn't actually have much hope.
He also knew that once a person was dead, there was nothing that could be done.
Not to mention, this happened just a few hours ago.
Ying Zijin asked him, "Did he carry the brocade pouch I gave him with him?"
The agent was taken aback, not quite understanding why she would ask such a question, but still quickly replied, "It's with him, it's in Yaozhi's shirt pocket."
Ying Zijin nodded: "You brought it with you when you recorded the show too?"
"Probably." The agent nodded. "Yaozhi participated in BMX, so he didn't change his shirt."
"Alright." Ying Zijin's expression relaxed a little. "Take out that brocade pouch."
Upon hearing this, the agent stepped forward, barely managed to pull open a corner of the white cloth, and quickly took out a small bag.
Ying Zijing looked at it and took out another small bag from her pocket: "Put this on him too."
Although the agent was confused, he still did as instructed.
Ying Zijing looked thoughtfully at the small bag she had given out earlier: "Check again in ten minutes to see if there's a heartbeat."
This sentence stunned the agent.
It took him a long time to come to his senses: "Miss Ying, do you mean there's hope?"
"Yes, he was lucky." Ying Zijing didn't say anything else, just said succinctly, "He made it through."
After she used tarot cards to calculate Shang Yaozhi's death point, she gave him that brocade pouch.
The brocade pouch contained the leftover dregs of medicine she had given to Old Master Fu, but because the herbs were very precious, the medicinal properties were still intact.
Simply carry it with you at all times to protect your heart and prevent illness in advance.
Shang Yaozhi's point of death is predetermined.
We can't interfere, nor can we remind him not to participate in variety shows.
Even if he hadn't participated in the variety show, something would still have happened at that time.
So at most, she would give him the brocade pouch and let him carry it close to his body.
Whether he can escape this deadly situation depends on himself.
"But—but—" The manager's head was still spinning. "The doctor said that around six o'clock, Yo-no-suke…"
I couldn't continue speaking.
"Yes, he was indeed gone back then," Ying Zijing coughed lightly, "but he's fine now."
Having passed the critical point, Shang Yao's future career will truly be brilliant.
The agent hurriedly looked towards the hospital bed and reached out to check Shang Yaozhi's temperature.
He was shocked to discover that the body was no longer cold.
The manager was incredulous at what he was seeing. He shakily pulled out his phone: "I have to tell his fans right away..."
"Don't worry," Ying Zijin said. "He's alright now, but whether he'll wake up is still unknown. We'll talk about it when he wakes up."
"Yes, yes, I was so excited." The agent wiped away tears, her voice choked with emotion. "I was keeping it a secret from his family. He's their only child, and they've had such a hard time."
After saying that, his expression turned angry again: "This matter absolutely cannot be left like this."
Ying Zijing glanced at him: "What do you want to do?"
The agent was stunned for a moment, then murmured, "There's nothing I can do."
Star Entertainment is backed by investments from a powerful family in Beijing.
What can we do?
"Keep an eye on him for now." Ying Zijing glanced at the time. "If anything else seems amiss, call me."
"Okay, okay, thank you so much, Miss Ying." The agent quickly saw her out.
Then he closed the ward door and sat alone in front of Shang Yaozhi's bed.
At this critical moment, he dared not let anyone with ulterior motives know, for fear that something else might go wrong.
Two hours after the first statement from the "Great Escape" program team, at 1 a.m., they posted another message on Weibo.
[@RealEscapeV: It is with great regret that we announce that after six hours of emergency treatment, Shang Yingdi has passed away. The production team is deeply saddened and asks for your condolences.]
[@StarrySkyEntertainmentV: The company will take care of Shang Yingdi's parents, please rest assured.]
(End of this chapter)
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