I started to become more self-disciplined at the age of 30

Jiang Chen, Yan Ruyu, Han Qing, and the others returned to the manor in their convoy.

The World Championship performances over there are still going on.

Although, the performances of the top contestants were still excellent.

Several other world-class superstars also gave wonderful performances, showcasing their signature works. One of the top superstar singers even performed a high-quality new song on stage, turning the stage into a new song launch event, which surprised and delighted many of his fans.

but……

What left the production team somewhat helpless was...

Such a wonderful performance is no less impressive than the Super Bowl or the Oscars every year, and in terms of the performance itself, it may even be more spectacular.

However, the ratings just wouldn't stay stable. After Jiang Chen left, the ratings continued to decline. There were brief periods of stability, but then the ratings started to decline again.

In the end, only a little over 30 million people watched online!

Such viewership would be absolutely phenomenal under any other circumstances, second only to the Super Bowl's massive viewership each year.

However, looking at Jiang Chen's terrifying viewership numbers, which peaked at over 80 million online viewers, the number quickly plummeted to 30 million after Jiang Chen left, a drop of more than half.

By any measure, this doesn't seem like a success.

but!

Haley, Oldman, and other executives at the show knew that this was the reality.

Jiang Chen's unexpectedly impressive performance elevated their stage to a level that was not originally theirs, giving many people the illusion that they should have been at that level.

However, Haley and Oldman were quite clear-headed; they knew they shouldn't have been at that level.

With 30 million people online now, that's theoretically the limit that their current lineup can achieve.

If Jiang Chen hadn't attracted 80 million viewers from the very beginning, they wouldn't have been able to attract 30 million viewers even with the best cast of other performers.

Even without Jiang Chen, the rest of the cast could form a performance lineup, even if many of them were world-class superstars.

but……

It can only attract a maximum of 20 million people.

After all, the annual Oscars now only have a little over ten million viewers, a drop of more than eighty percent from the peak of over fifty million viewers.

What other gala or stage in the world can rival the Oscars in terms of star power?

and so!
Haley and Oldman were slightly disappointed, but they accepted the fact that 30 million people had watched it in the end, which could be considered a success.

Voting for the contestants only begins after all the performances have finished.

Then, the voting results surprised everyone once again!
because……

Jiang Chen alone garnered a staggering 19,700 votes.

The remaining contestants combined only received a little over two hundred votes.

This was difficult for Nakajima Sanon, Diana, and Rambo to accept.

Although Rambo still ranked second, he only received one hundred votes. Nakajima Sane and Diana together received a little over one hundred votes, meaning each of them only received a few dozen votes!
This left all three of them speechless!
then……

The contestant from the island nation, Sana Nakajima, was the first to announce her withdrawal from the competition, officially retiring from the world championships.

The fact that she only received a few dozen tickets was a big blow to Nakajima Sane, even though she still wanted to stay on stage and perform with Jiang Chen, and tried to find opportunities to get in touch with him.

However, deep down she was still a proud person and couldn't accept that she had only received such a small number of votes.

Therefore, withdrawing from the competition is the only option.

There are other opportunities to get closer to Jiang Chen later.

Continuing to perform would only make her feel more ashamed.

Before the production team could react, less than a minute after Nakajima Sane announced her withdrawal from the competition, Diana, a contestant from England, also announced her withdrawal!

This caught the production team off guard once again.

Then, unsurprisingly...

North American player Rambo has also announced his withdrawal from the World Championship.

This time.

Apart from Jiang Chen, all the other contestants withdrew from the competition.

Suddenly, Jiang Chen was the only player left in the world championship.

The match was simply impossible to continue.

Because Jiang Chen is already the undisputed champion, without any suspense.

Jiang Chen had just returned to the manor and uploaded his new song, "It's My Life," to a music platform when he heard Han Qing tell him the news.

"Now you're the only official contestant left on the show."

Han Qing said with a smile, "The competition is meaningless now."

Yan Ruyu's eyes lit up slightly, and she said expectantly, "Then why don't we go back sooner?"

They still prefer the living environment in China.

Although many people envy life abroad.

But once you've actually been here, you'll know that life in China is much more comfortable.

First of all, people abroad are all foreigners. They will only treat you as a foreigner. No matter how friendly they are, you are still a foreigner and they will not treat you the same as everyone else.

Secondly, the living environment abroad is not as good as some domestic media and public intellectuals portray it. If we remove the filters and make a purely objective assessment, it is actually not as convenient as living in China.

However, Jiang Chen had been staying at a luxurious manor since he arrived, where everything was taken care of for him. He only needed to enjoy himself and lived a life of pure wealth and power, so he didn't feel any inconvenience.

However, Jiang Chen also disliked this life, which felt like living in the heavens and lacked any sense of real life.

It's better to live in Chengdu, where you can go out shopping, eat good food, and enjoy the lively atmosphere of everyday life.

and so.

Jiang Chen nodded and said directly, "Alright, since there's no point in continuing the competition, let's withdraw from it and go back to our country."

Han Qing excitedly replied, "Okay, I'll go find the media right now to announce my withdrawal from the competition!"

Yan Ruyu quickly said, "I'll arrange a private jet!"

James didn't understand what Jiang Chen and the others were saying, but his translator quickly relayed the conversation.

Lily immediately said anxiously, "Mr. Jiang Chen, what about me? Can I go to China with you? I want to go with you; I feel like I haven't fully recovered yet."

James immediately added, "Yes, Mr. Jiang Chen, you wouldn't just abandon a patient like that, would you?" Jiang Chen smiled and shook his head, saying, "Of course not. In fact, Lily is already fully recovered. She doesn't need me for the follow-up treatment. As long as she continues taking the medication I gave her for a few more months and exercises daily, she'll be completely cured within a year, just like a healthy, normal person!"

Lily knelt down beside Jiang Chen, looked up at him, and said through tears, "But, I, I, I... sir, if you leave, I'll feel so insecure. I... I feel like I could die at any moment..."

Lily had experienced pain and despair in her hospital bed for the past few years, but under Jiang Chen's treatment, she quickly recovered her health and was given a new life. She now regarded Jiang Chen as a god-like figure, feeling that he had saved her and that she could only gain health and a sense of security by following him.

If Jiang Chen leaves...

She may fall into feelings of anxiety and crisis.

Even if the body recovers its health, it may leave a huge psychological scar and defect.

James looked at Jiang Chen expectantly: "Mr. Jiang Chen, Lily and I will go to China with you for a while. Lily is everything to me."

Jiang Chen frowned slightly, but did not refuse.

After all, he had charged such a high consultation fee, and he felt a little guilty about just leaving like that. So he immediately said, "Okay, if you're worried, you can come with me."

Lily quickly stopped crying and smiled, nodding and saying, "That's wonderful, sir..."

James breathed a slight sigh of relief and immediately picked up the phone to start arranging the things at hand.

Han Qing quickly walked over to Jiang Chen and said, "The production team said they hope you can stay and perform for another show, offering you a performance fee of one billion US dollars per show."

A billion dollars per show fee...

This is absolutely a record-breaking price in the European and American entertainment industry.

Many big-name celebrities never earn a billion dollars in their entire lives.

Jiang Chen only needs one performance to earn a billion dollars in performance fees.

However, Jiang Chen shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'm not going! I've already proven myself, there's no point in continuing to perform."

His purpose in participating in the world competition was to prove the strength of the Chinese music scene and Chinese musicians to the world.

Now, he has defeated all the other contestants with his own strength and works, conquered all the audience, and set one sales record after another.

He has proven himself and achieved his goal.

If you continue performing just for money, then there's no point.

Because he doesn't lack money at all.

Now he occasionally worries about how to spend all that cash he has.

Han Qing laughed and said, "I knew you would refuse, so I directly turned down the program team's invitation!"

Jiang Chen nodded: "That's good. Take a rest and we'll return to China as soon as possible."

James also quickly made arrangements for the company's affairs.

Although he mortgaged a large number of shares in exchange for numerous traps, he appears to be in financial crisis.

However, the top figures in the industry all knew what he was doing, so they didn't kick him while he was down, allowing James to get through this transition period safely.

Moreover, because he was in daily contact with Jiang Chen, many other top dignitaries tried to win him over, which brought him considerable benefits, and his lost wealth could be recovered very quickly.

Therefore, even if James leaves North America for China now, it will not put the company in crisis. On the contrary, he will receive more help from people in the elite circles.

Jiang Chen's new song "It's My Life" sold over 100 million copies in less than an hour, once again proving his influence and incredible earning power.

He earned over 100 million dollars in just one hour.

This has once again made the entire Western music scene extremely envious. All musicians and singers have entered the countdown to release their songs, focusing extremely on producing their new works, wanting to release a high-quality new song in a short period of time and get a share of the music market.

They don't aspire to sales figures as staggering as Jiang Chen's; they'd be satisfied if monthly sales could break tens of millions.

After all, you can earn tens of millions of dollars a month, what more could you ask for?

However, it's uncertain whether they'll achieve their goal once they release the song.

When Jiang Chen announced his withdrawal from the competition, audiences and fans across Europe and America protested online and in real life, hoping that Jiang Chen would stay and continue to perform, bringing them wonderful visual and auditory enjoyment.

Only those in the entertainment industry breathed a slight sigh of relief. If Jiang Chen continued to perform and release new songs with phenomenal sales, they would all feel immense pressure.

Now that Jiang Chen is gone, their songs will sell even better when they release them.

only……

Jiang Chen stopped paying attention to outside news.

The next day, Jiang Chen took his group on a private plane arranged by Yan Ruyu and flew back to China, while James and his daughter Lily traveled together on a separate private plane.

Just as Jiang Chen left!
Inside a top-tier biomedical research facility invested in by James, a researcher frantically types something on his computer.

“I am a medical researcher, a graduate of a top university, and I participated in Miss Lily’s treatment process! I feel that I have an obligation to tell people the truth and let everyone know the truth. We must fight for the right to life, and the hope of survival should not be controlled by the elite and the powerful within a small circle. Most of us ordinary people should have the right to know and the right to fight for survival.”

"First of all, Miss Lily's recovery is not thanks to our institute! Nor is it thanks to any other top biomedical research institution or top hospital. We have worked hard for many years, but our research on ALS is still at a bottleneck, without any breakthrough progress, and we cannot cure Miss Lily's disease."

"Under normal circumstances, Miss Lily has at most one year left to live!"

"However, Mr. James heard some news that a miracle doctor appeared in China and cured Mr. Li, who was suffering from a terminal illness. This Mr. Li is a top Chinese tycoon whose wealth is no less than James's. He was suffering from late-stage cancer and had come to North America for treatment at several top medical institutions, but there was no improvement and he had been given a death sentence."

"However, he returned to China and received treatment from a renowned Chinese doctor, and he fully recovered in less than two months! Then, another mysterious top-tier tycoon in North America spent billions of dollars to buy a treatment opportunity, intending to expose the fraud, but ended up being cured of his terminal illness by the miraculous medical skills."

"Mr. James went to great lengths to invite this miracle doctor to treat Lily's ALS. Everyone in our institute thought Mr. James was crazy. But, in less than a month, Lily miraculously recovered and was able to live and walk like a normal person."

"In our medical field, this is a miracle! A miracle we witnessed firsthand. Through our continuous research, we have discovered that this is a miracle that cannot be replicated by scientific means. However, these top elites want to monopolize such miracles, preventing ordinary people from knowing about them and forbidding us from speaking out."

"But I would rather sacrifice my life than let everyone know the truth."

"You all know this miracle doctor, he's Jiang Chen, who amazed everyone at the World Championship!"

"In the realm of life, he has been called God by many!"

"No matter what terminal illness you have, as long as you don't die, he can cure you. The prerequisite is that you can get his treatment."

"But you had no idea about this before. Now that you know, you have another chance at life. Go and pray to Mr. Jiang Chen."

"If you can gain his mercy, you will gain hope for life."

He paused here, then quickly sent it out!

It was posted directly on the largest social media platforms in Europe and America.

He was already a well-known top medical researcher who had been seriously examined by the platform, and had served as an attending physician in several top hospitals, treating many serious illnesses, so he was very famous.

Therefore, his message spread quickly.

It caused a huge sensation worldwide. (End of Chapter)