Jinhai Sports Arena.
The staff of Sihai Entertainment were busily preparing here, as Yè Yùwǎn's concert was set to officially start the day after tomorrow. Today was the on-site dress rehearsal, with Jiang Chen, Ye Jingyi, and various departments of Sihai Entertainment all bustling around.
"All departments get ready, we are about to start the dress rehearsal," Ye Jingyi, holding a walkie-talkie, called out with a serious expression.
This was her first time organizing an event as Yè Yùwǎn's planning manager, and she was inevitably a bit nervous.
"Jing Yi, relax a little, it's okay," Jiang Chen said soothingly as he gently patted Ye Jingyi's shoulder.
Ye Jingyi glanced at Jiang Chen and nodded slightly.
"Alright, artists on stage, get ready for the dress rehearsal," Chen Guoqiang shouted. As the director of the entertainment department, he wouldn't normally need to be on-site, but since even the general manager was present, he didn't dare to put on airs and had to join the action personally.
The surrounding lights dimmed, leaving only a spotlight on the stage, with Yè Yùwǎn, dressed in her performance outfit, slowly rising from the stage's lift.
"Yu Wan looks so beautiful!" Ye Jingyi exclaimed, unable to help marveling at the dazzling Yè Yùwǎn.
Jiang Chen smiled faintly, "Beautiful lady, praising a girl who is just a bit less beautiful than you, doesn't your conscience hurt?"
Ye Jingyi was taken aback for a moment, then felt a sweetness in her heart and gave Jiang Chen a playful roll of her eyes.
"Start the accompaniment," Chen Guoqiang called out into the walkie-talkie.
Drip-drop...
The melodious music started, and Yè Yùwǎn began to sing along with the accompaniment, "Just thinking of you I... the longing from a distant dream..."
"It's so beautiful!" Ye Jingyi praised again, then turned to look at Jiang Chen, truly never expecting that these songs were all written by him.
Jiang Chen was about to speak with a faint smile when his expression suddenly changed drastically.
On the side of the stage, several sneaky figures were stealthily making their way towards the stage.
"Stop right there!" Jiang Chen shouted loudly, his voice urgent, "Turn on the lights!"
"Turn on the lights!" Chen Guoqiang was startled, then quickly called out into the walkie-talkie.
Ye Jingyi was also taken aback, turning her head to look in the direction Jiang Chen was focused on, and immediately cried out, "Yu Wan, be careful!"
The sneaky figures below the stage, realizing they'd been spotted, pulled out daggers and rushed toward the stage.
Yu Wan, standing on the stage, looked in astonishment at the assailants charging toward her and froze in place.
Whoosh!
A gust of wind whisked by her side, and upon closer inspection, Ye Jingyi saw that Jiang Chen had dashed toward the stage at high speed.
Reaching the front of the stage, Jiang Chen took a powerful leap, stepped onto the stage's edge, pushed off with all his might, and jumped directly onto the five-meter-tall stage.
Bang!
With a fierce kick, he sent the man who had reached Yè Yùwǎn's side flying, then shielded Yu Wan and stepped back two paces, his expression turning icy as he confronted the remaining three men.
"Who sent you?" Jiang Chen asked in a cold voice.
The three men exchanged glances and then all charged at Jiang Chen.
Bang bang bang!
With three consecutive kicks, Jiang Chen directly sent three men flying off the stage, and security guards who had rushed over promptly pinned them to the ground.
"Yu Wan, are you all right?" Ye Jingyi also rushed onto the stage at this moment, taking Yè Yùwǎn's hand and examining her carefully from head to toe.
"I'm fine, thanks to my brother-in-law!" Yè Yùwǎn shook her head, then turned to look at Jiang Chen, her eyes filled with admiration.
Ye Jingyi let out a sigh of relief, came beside Jiang Chen, and whispered, "Who are these people?"
"I don't know, but no matter who they are, they'll pay the price!" Jiang Chen's voice was cold.
He glanced at the four men subdued by the security guards, then took out his phone and dialed.
"Mr. Jiang."
"Zhang Long, send someone over to the Jinhai Sports Arena. I have a few people for you. I want to know why they attacked my sister, whether there is a mastermind behind them, and if there is, who it is!" Jiang Chen's voice was cold.
"Yes!" came Zhang Long's respectful response through the phone.
After hanging up, Jiang Chen turned to Ye Jingyi, "Jing Yi, take care of Yu Wan. I'm going to handle this."
"Okay!" Ye Jingyi nodded.
Jiang Chen jumped down from the stage and approached the four subdued men; "I'm giving you one last chance, speak, why did you attack Yu Wan, who sent you?"
"No one sent us. We just wanted to make a name for ourselves. Now that Yè Yùwǎn is so popular, if we attacked her, we'd become famous. Go ahead and call the cops, arrest us!" one man said, holding his head high and staring straight at Jiang Chen.
Chen Guoqiang bellowed, "You're really crazy for fame."
"Crazy for fame?" Jiang Chen laughed coldly, "Do you think I'd believe such a lame excuse? Since you won't talk, don't blame me for not being nice. I believe they'll make you talk whether you like it or not."
After dropping that statement, Jiang Chen turned to Chen Guoqiang, "Take them outside."
Upon hearing this, the four men were dumbfounded, shouting loudly, "Hey, call the police now, have us arrested!"
But Jiang Chen was not listening at all, instead he turned and walked towards the entrance of the sports arena.
"Take them out." Chen Guoqiang hesitated for a moment, then summoned a security guard and stepped in pace with Jiang Chen.
A group of security guards escorted the four attackers towards the exit.
"Mr. Jiang, who are you handing them over to? We should call the police!" At the entrance, after waiting a little while, Chen Guoqiang looked at Jiang Chen, puzzled.
Jiang Chen said indifferently, "The attack was unsuccessful, and if they stubbornly refuse to open up, the police station will at most impose a fine and detention, which would let them off too easily and allow the mastermind behind them to escape."
"This... they really have a mastermind behind them?" Chen Guoqiang looked at Jiang Chen with some confusion, not understanding how Jiang Chen was so sure they had a mastermind.
Jiang Chen smiled slightly, "Director Chen, it's time to check the sports arena staff. We've been preparing here all day, and only Yu Wan went out once. Surely these men weren't brought back by her, right?
If it wasn't her, the only ones who could sneak four grown men in are our company staff and the sports arena employees. But aside from me imposing a gag order to prevent Ye Jingyi from knowing I'm the General Manager, the rest of our company staff knows that I'm the General Manager. Would they dare to conspire with others to attack my sister?"
"That's impossible!" Chen Guoqiang spoke firmly, "This means that only the sports arena staff could bring people in silently like this! These bastards!"
A glint of realization flashed through Jiang Chen's mind; he recalled Yè Yùwǎn complaining to him that Yè Tiānmíng insisted on replacing her and Ye Jingyi. A chill passed through his eyes, "It might not necessarily be the sports arena staff who let them in deliberately. Maybe someone used Yu Wan's, Jing Yi's, or my name to make the sports arena staff believe them, and then they allowed these people in."
"What?" Chen Guoqiang was puzzled for a moment.
Jiang Chen smiled slightly, "You don't have to worry about that. Just find the arena staff from today and check it out."
(ps: I can't anymore, my hand is swollen, I'll continue to swell Yè Tiānmíng's face tomorrow!)
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