Bowles and James were at the manor and did not follow Jiang Chen to the show.

The two knew that Murphy and Locke would go to meet Jiang Chen at the show, and they were afraid that if they went with them, Jiang Chen would be angry, so they stayed in the manor.

At the same time, the two of them also received messages from Trins, Locke and Murphy.

They knew that Jiang Chen agreed to their request and had re-established additional rules for the Life Club.

There are two additional places every year, which require two conditions to be met, namely, the patient has not much time left and cannot survive until the second year.

Also, you have to give away all your wealth and assets!
obviously.

The first condition is nothing special. If time permits, everyone will definitely be willing to wait.

The second condition is more difficult.

For the top elite class, paying half of their assets is actually acceptable.

After all, they have a net worth of at least tens of billions, usually in the level of hundreds of billions of dollars. Even if they give away half of their net worth, they still have hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth, which still makes them part of the world’s top powerful circle. Moreover, they are not giving away assets, but mortgaging them for cash, which gives them more room for maneuver.

Therefore, almost all the powerful and wealthy are willing to pay cash equivalent to general assets to buy a life.

but……

It would be different if you paid with all your assets.

Once all the wealth of assets has been paid out, it will be almost impossible to make a comeback and you will have to withdraw from the world’s top powerful circle.

and so!
Unless it is to save their own lives, they may accept such conditions. If it is not their own lives, most people will definitely not be able to accept such a huge price to save their loved ones.

but.

Now, both Locke and Murphy agreed to this condition, not to save their own lives, but to save their son and daughter.

He paid with all his wealth, a huge fortune of more than 200 billion US dollars, to save the lives of his son and daughter.

This is absolutely extremely rare in the circles of power and influence in Europe and the United States.

of course!

It is actually not common for someone to give up half of his assets to save his daughter’s life, as James did.

For the top European and American dignitaries, having offspring is really not that rare.

Just like the ancient Chinese emperors, who had three thousand beauties in their harem and countless children, he might not even know how many of them died. Even if he knew, he would not feel sad.

Locke said to Powers sincerely: “I know that you were punished by Mr. Jiang Chen for helping us and lost control of the Life Club. I am very grateful for your efforts. In the future, as long as I can help, you can always come to me! Although I have lost my wealth, I am still the helmsman of the family and can still help you.”

Powers smiled and said, “I have experienced the feeling of death, so I am willing to help you! What you need to do now is to give your son hope of life. As long as Mr. Jiang Chen accepts it, he will definitely recover.”

Locke: “My, I’ll tell him what you said!”

After hanging up the phone, Murphy also called Bowers to express his gratitude.

Bowles felt much better. This is the joy of helping others.

He experienced a life-and-death redemption and no longer cared as much about wealth and power as before. He was no longer so fond of intrigue and had become much more open-minded and simple-minded. He was willing to help others when he could.

James whispered, “You’ve changed a lot since before!”

Powers shrugged, “I’m much happier than before. Let’s go and watch the live broadcast. Mr. Jiang Chen’s performance today must be wonderful.”

James nodded and followed Bowers into the living room to watch TV.

Lin Ziqi and James’ daughter Lily, as well as the attending physician John, were all watching here.

Except for being in a wheelchair, Lily is almost the same as a normal person now. She can eat, go to the toilet, sleep and wash herself, and her speech is becoming more and more fluent. Her body is gradually becoming fuller and she is no longer as skinny as before.

“The show is about to start, but Mr. Jiang Chen is not the first to appear.”

Lily said slowly.

James smiled slightly and sat next to his daughter: “No hurry!”

Lin Ziqi finished her job as a housekeeper and immediately stood up to prepare some tea and snacks for the few people. Then she went out and watched TV in the small room next door. After all, she was the housekeeper and was not qualified to watch TV in the living room with James, Bowles and other guests.

…………

on site!

The show has officially begun.

The host, Alan, announced loudly: “The first performer is from South Korea…”

There was warm applause.

At the beginning, everyone was very enthusiastic and gave warm applause.

The contestant from South Korea has rich experience. He debuted in a boy group, but failed. A year later, the boy group disbanded and he debuted as a solo artist, but still failed. He then became an independent popular singer. Last year, he participated in the King of Singers Contest, and with his solid singing skills and honed stage performance ability, he defeated many other opponents, won the championship, and came to North America to participate in the World King of Singers Contest.

There is no doubt that the Korean players are lucky to have met the World Championship, so they were able to win the championship in Korea with their hard power. Because the copyright holders of Korea also want to perform well in the World Championship, they must select the strongest players, otherwise they may lose badly, which will not only affect the reputation of the Korean entertainment industry, but also directly affect the final benefits.

That’s why he can win.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for an independent singer who has failed in his debut twice and no longer has a contract with an agency to win the championship in the Korean entertainment industry, which is dominated by conglomerates.

The audience from South Korea clapped the loudest and screamed as well.

The South Korean contestants also performed very hard on the stage and were in excellent shape. They performed a classic European and American song, which had been adapted into a modern style with a lot of electronic music arrangements added, making the rhythm faster and the music more layered.

If it was before…

His performance and adaptation will win a lot of praise.

because.

This is what everyone does on variety shows nowadays.

The North American singing competition also came about in this way.

In last week’s performance, except for Jiang Chen, the other contestants’ performance repertoire were all adaptations of old songs. Although some of the adaptations were quite good, they would normally receive considerable applause and support.

but……

After Jiang Chen’s “we will rock you”!

Everything is different.

Everyone’s expectations suddenly increased a lot, and they no longer had any expectations for this kind of arrangement.

and so!
After the South Korean contestant finished singing, the reaction at the scene was rather average, with everyone still just applauding out of routine courtesy.

The Baseball player came off the field with a rather grim look on his face and was very nervous, not knowing whether his performance would advance to the next round.

Although, there is only one elimination spot, but…

What if it was me?

After all, this is North America, which is not very friendly to Asian players. Jiang Chen, a Chinese player, has a strong popularity from the previous performance, so he is unlikely to be eliminated even if he performs mediocrely in this game. Nakajima Sayon, an Japanese player, has a strong advantage in appearance…

It seems that the players from Baseball are the most vulnerable.

Jenna came on stage and said, “Okay, thank you to the contestant from South Korea for his wonderful performance. Next, the two thousand audience members with voting rights can vote! If you think the performance of the contestant from South Korea is good, you can vote for him! For today’s performance, each voting audience member has ten votes. You can vote for each contestant equally, or you can vote for one person…”

“It all depends on your own preference. You can vote however you want. In the end we will announce the votes, and the contestant with the least votes will be eliminated.”

“Okay, everyone can vote for the Korean contestants now, or you can choose to wait and vote after all the contestants have finished their performances…”

Allen said loudly: “Next, let’s welcome the contestant from South America…”

After hearing Jenna’s voting rules, everyone at the scene began to think.

This voting rule was obviously changed temporarily and is different from what was announced at the beginning.

The voting rules at the beginning were that at the end of each performance, the two thousand audience members could vote or abstain. However, the votes could not be accumulated, and abstentions would be invalid. Each contestant could only be given one vote at most!
But now it can be accumulated, even if you abstain, the votes are still there and you can vote all for one contestant!

This may result in a very small number of votes, and a terrifying number of votes, and the polarization will be more serious.

Yuan Caiyi, who was sitting in the audience, said: “If this happens, the vote count for the last person to be eliminated might be very bad!”

Chen Xun nodded: “Yes, the polarization will be very serious! I hope Jiang Chen’s performance can be recognized by everyone this time.”

Several people were looking forward to it.

Last week, Jiang Chen’s performance of “We Will Rock You” achieved a terrifying weekly sales volume of over 100 million, which gave Chinese musicians a big debut on the world music scene, proved the strength of the Chinese music scene, and made other Chinese singers and musicians feel proud.

Therefore, many singers and musicians from China, as well as the audience at the scene, very much hope that Jiang Chen’s performance will be a success.

The second South American player to appear is considered a local of the week. North America’s recognition of South American players is much higher than that of Asian players.

This South American contestant had a very strong aura, and his dynamic dance, combined with the adapted music, ignited the atmosphere.

Although it is also an adaptation of a classic old song, it is obviously more successful than the one from South Korea and is more recognized by North American audiences!
This made the Baseball players in the backstage look a little unhappy.

Haley and Oldman also didn’t look very good.

because!

They got real-time viewership data.

The audience rating for the opening performance reached 20 million, which was not low, but was more than half lower than when Jiang Chen performed last week.

The peak viewership during Jiang Chen’s performance reached over 40 million, but now it is only over 20 million.

Now, the audience ratings for the South American contestants’ performances have dropped slightly to only 19 million.

Obviously, the duo’s performance may not have satisfied most of the audience, so there was a loss of audience.

Although……

Such data is considered a success in this age of television’s end.

but……

They want better!
Hailey checked the time and whispered, “Jiang Chen is about to appear. I hope he can surprise us again and save our ratings!”

Oldman patted Haley on the shoulder and said, “Don’t worry, I believe in Jiang Chen! His talent is amazing. I studied all his songs in China this week, and to be honest, they are simply amazing. I believe that he will continue to bring surprises when he comes to North America.”

Haley nodded: “I hope so!”

She knew that Jiang Chen’s “We Will Rock You” was a huge success, with weekly sales of over 100 million. All the musicians and singers in the world began to study this song and all the works Jiang Chen had created and released before, hoping to find out the reason for the sudden popularity and replicate the success.

In the past two days, a large number of copycat works have appeared. They only gained considerable attention at the beginning by relying on gimmicks, but then quickly disappeared.

because……

The quality of the work is too poor.

The performance of the South American contestants received a lot of applause.

Jenna said loudly again: “Thank you, thank you to this contestant for bringing a wonderful performance. But, I think the next performance should be even more exciting! Because… the contestant who is about to appear is Jiang Chen from China… Now, what do you want to say to Jiang Chen?”

Jenna pointed the microphone at everyone present.

Someone in the audience shouted loudly: “We will we will rock you…”

moment!

A large number of audiences at the scene shouted out: “We will we will rock you…”

“we will we will rock you…”

…………

“we will we will rock you…”

…………

“we will we will rock you…”

…………

All the audience joined in and the atmosphere was instantly ignited.

Many audience members who bought scalper tickets at high prices were excited. This was the live atmosphere they wanted, and it made them feel that their money was worth it.

If it was a performance like the first two, they would feel the money wasn’t spent.

The atmosphere on the scene was ignited.

The two hosts also slowly retreated, and the lights on the stage dimmed.

Jiang Chen, Pu Yuexi, Chen Xiaojia, Wang Jing and Li Wen appeared on the stage. The musical instruments they needed were quickly brought up. They had all been debugged by them and could be performed normally after installation.

Jiang Chen also held a guitar and stood in front of the microphone.

Chen Xiaojia, Pu Yuexi, Wang Jing, and Li Wen who were behind were also in place.

then……

The lights on the stage came on, and several beams of light shone on a few people, making them look as if they had descended from the sky, with a sacred smell about them.

then.

Guitar and bass begin to play.

Jiang Chen also played slowly.

A soothing, sad, and even thoughtful music slowly sounded.

The heated atmosphere on the scene quickly cooled down, and everyone stared at the people on the stage who were covered by lights.

Jiang Chen stood in front of the microphone, still holding the guitar and slowly playing it, looking at the tens of thousands of people at the scene, and slowly began to sing his own song into the microphone. (End of this chapter)