Chapter 175[12.13]

Ji Xiao's assistants hurried to the backstage area and ran offstage as soon as he was brought down. They notified the director that Ji Xiao had a heart attack and needed to be sent to the hospital right away after giving him medicine.

When the director learned that Ji Xiao was having a heart attack, he instructed everyone around him to stop surrounding him. His assistant had already called an ambulance, which arrived far sooner than they had anticipated.

The staff swiftly held a meeting to plan countermeasures after Ji Xiao was taken away by ambulance. Ji Xiao suddenly collapsed on the stage, and the live broadcast was cut short. The audience watching the live broadcast must be perplexed at this point, unsure of what had happened.

Gu Mang requested that the staff lead the audience at the scene and the one online directly to vote. He, along with the other two judges, will quickly give points based on their thoughts.

Gu Mang spoke up, and the director could only do what he said.

Netizens had no idea what's going on and what the situation was. Some speculated that Ji Xiao was suffering from an unexpected illness, while others speculated that it was a scam the production team made to hype things up.

However, when netizens noticed that the voting on the official website was available and entered a one-hour countdown, they also began voting for the person they wanted to support, then they waited an hour for the program team to explain themselves.

The voting ended an hour later, and the program resumed once the production team counted the results. However, when the live broadcast began, the host was the only one on stage.

The host explained why Ji Xiao collapsed so suddenly, stating he had a heart attack. However, he has already been admitted to the hospital, and those who accompanied him there have stated that there are no worries about his health, so viewers should not be worried.

In fact, the staff that accompanied Ji Xiao to the hospital had no idea what Ji Xiao's status was at the time, but Gu Mang requested the host to say it, and the host did. Gu Mang was well aware of Ji Xiao's condition and what he wanted to do, so he knew there would be no issues about Ji Xiao's health. He only did it to gain sympathy, and he wouldn't have the courage to slap the production team in the face.

After explaining Ji Xiao's situation and calming the viewers, the host continued directly.

Although an accident occurred unexpectedly, the host told the viewers that for the sake of the competition's fairness and impartiality, voters should vote according to their true feelings. So whether it was judge voting, live audience voting, or online voting, it was carried out normally.

The results and ranking of the vote were then announced to the camera by the host. The ranking was almost the same from the previous time. Jing Yang was still in first place, followed by Ji Xiao. However, there was a significant disparity in the amount of votes cast. Jing Yang received a significantly higher number of votes than the previous time.

Ji Xiao, who was laying in a hospital bed watching the live broadcast on his phone, was even more upset when he witnessed such a result. After putting up such a show, he still let Jing Yang beat him up so badly, and he was obviously furious.

He hadn't fully given up, though, because his second plan was barely getting started.

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When Jing Yang came out from the toilet with wet hair, Gu Mang gave him a quick glance and dragged him onto the sofa, helping him dry his hair.

"Has the evidence been gathered?" Jing Yang asked, his eyes closed as he leaned on the sofa.

"Everything is prepared and ready at any time." Gu Mang said.

"Let's wait till the competition is over; if we reveal it now, it won't have the maximum impact." Jing Yang said, "Continuous strikes are exciting, and I want him to know that no matter how hard he tries, he can't beat me."

"So confident?" Gu Mang laughed and ruffled his hair while putting down the blow dryer.

"Of course." Jing Yang answered without hesitation.

While lying down, Jing Yang was on his phone, checking an email from the production team. It was a rule for the last round. This rule was supposed to be announced directly on stage by the host after the second round. However, once Ji Xiao made such a move, the production staff was forced to send an email to all contestants.

The third round is the competition's final round. Contestants are given the task of writing songs in the form of propositions. That is, the production team issued requirements describing what kind of mood and emotion the contestants should create, as well as a few lines and some tunes, which they must combine.

Contestants must also record the process and talk to the camera about their ideas. After it ends, the video footage will be published on the official website by the production team.

As the other candidates were earnestly preparing to compose songs, Ji Xiao's idea to sell his miserable story was formally put into practice.

Ji Xiao broadcasted live from his hospital bed on his cell phone a few days after the previous round.

He smiled at the phone camera with a sickly weak look on his face and said, "I'm so sorry for making everyone worried, for scaring everyone, and as a singer, it's so disrespectful of me to collapse right on stage. You don't have to worry about me since I'm fine now. I'll also take part in the competition's third round as usual. Thank you to the three judges who gave me the score, as well as the netizens who cast votes for me. Thank you, I will work hard to get better. "

Ji Xiao's smile grew hesitant as his eyes became watery, and he added, "I didn't want to tell everyone that I had a heart attack, but I'm terribly ashamed since I collapsed on stage and let everyone know about it. Since I was a child, I've had a problem with my heart. My family brought me abroad for years of treatment, but I was unable to undergo heart replacement surgery because I had not found a good match. So a heart attack can happen at any time, especially when I'm anxious. I know that someone like me is unqualified to sing, but being a great singer is my greatest dream. I hope everyone can understand me. Once again, I apologize to the audience members who were frightened when I fell on the stage. I'm sorry everyone."

Ji Xiao's live video was quickly published to the Internet, and it received a large number of views. Basically, anybody who watches the Sound of Heaven Competition has already seen this video on the day it was posted.

Many media outlets covered the story the next day, with some reporting that Ji Xiao had only two years to live. Some media reports on this subject were sensational.

The media revealed that Ji Xiao was only able to live for fewer than two years. The audience was unclear about how they learned about this subject, and the ones who should know were extremely clear about it. Ji Xiao and his family, for example, or Jing Yang and Gu Mang, were crystal clear about the truth and the entire facts.

Ji Xiao's fans knew that he had less than two years to live, and many people were crying for him. Ji Xiao's wish was to win the competition, therefore he used social media in order to get more people to vote for him in the final round and help him achieve his dream.

Many people had shown sympathy for Ji Xiao because of the various news, however some people believed that a competition is a competition. It would be terribly unfair to the other contestants if people voted for him not because he sings well, but because he had a heart problem.

Those who sympathize with Ji Xiao believed that other singers will have many possibilities in the future, but a person who couldn't even live long is already pitiful enough, and it doesn't matter if he gets his final wish.

A more sensible person believed that a competition is a competition , and that the focus should be on strength and skill rather than who has the worst life. Birth, old age, sickness, and death are all experiences that everyone must go through. Ji Xiao wasn't the only one who didn't have much time on this planet. If they invited everyone with a terminal illness to compete, claiming that it was their final wish in life, and then let them win, what would be the point of such a competition?

As a result, a heated debate erupted on the internet. The Ji Xiao sympathizers scolded the rationalists, claiming they lacked pity and humanity, and that they would live their lives alone in the future, deserving no sympathy.

The rationalists side scolded the sympathizers, calling them suffering from 'Virgin Mary' disease. Wouldn't it be easier to go straight to the competition of who was sicker and had a shorter life if people want to vote for Ji Xiao solely because he didn't have much time to live, rather than his singing and composing ability? If Ji Xiao entered such a competition, he would almost certainly not win either, because someone must have had a harder life and have a shorter time than him.

Although Ji Xiao had received a lot of sympathy because of his tragic news, with this debate on the Internet, the rational side had also scolded some people who were overflowing with sympathy. After all, a singing competition wasn't about comparing miserable circumstances. It was extremely unfair to other contestants to vote for someone purely out of sympathy.

The Sound of Heaven Competition's organizer and production team released a public statement on the Internet, urging the audience to be fair to all candidates and not allow the singing competition to lose its real meaning. Otherwise, it would have a negative impact on other competitions, causing them to overlook strength and talent.

Ji Xiao saw that many people on the Internet sympathized with him and chose to give an unconditional vote for him. His fans continued to campaign for him on the Internet, and his mood improved massively. Although the Internet controversy had awoken some people, he wasn't worried because there were still many people who sympathized with him.

Until the organizer and the production team made a statement on the Internet. It was emphasized throughout the statement that it was not advisable to use his condition in the competition, that it had set a negative example, and that he had failed to fulfill the positive image that a public figure should have.

The statement made Ji Xiao extremely angry. He really had suffered a heart disease before. He would not have lasted for two years if it weren't for the luck of finding a suitable match. Why not show him more compassion and attention than people who can live for decades? If sympathy for him was unfair to the other contestants, then fate was also harsh to him, okay? Other people could live for decades, while he could only live for less than two years.

When the organizer and production team published a statement, no matter how angry and reluctant Ji Xiao was, he also had to live stream again, give a serious look, and explain that even if he had heart problems, netizens and fans should not vote for him out of sympathy. This was unfair to the other contestants, the competition was a competition, and it must be conducted fairly.

Following Ji Xiao's live broadcast, the so-called Internet fans began leading other followers, calling Ji Xiao of being too nice, insisting on participating despite his illness, and striving hard to achieve his final dream by his own strength. He is the leader of positive energy. .

Jing Yang was in the middle of producing songs in earnest and when he took a break to rest, he looked at everything that happened on the Internet as a pastime. He was mostly interested in seeing how Ji Xiao and his "little friends" continued to direct, act, and produce this major online drama.