Tang He drew a deep breath. He stared at Tao Zhiyan, utterly unable to speak.
The staff member below the stage was stunned by what he heard, too.
What thirteen million?
The winners really had been decided in advance?
The staff member held his walkie-talkie. "Chairman, should we-should we shut down the livestream first?"
"We can't!" Wouldn't shutting it down be as good as admitting their guilt? If the viewers reported them to the authorities, they still wouldn't get away with it.
A stream of furious curses came through the walkie-talkie in his hand.
"Fuck! Pay Tao Zhiyan to shut his mouth!"
"What the fuck are you standing around for?"
"This is all your fault, you idiot! Why didn't you warn me earlier?! We should never have let Tao Zhiyan in!"
"..."
"..."
The chairman's abuse kept pouring out of the walkie-talkie. The staff member's head buzzed, his mind blank.
"You fucking useless bastard! Get moving!"
"Do you want to keep your job or not?! Does your daughter still need that heart transplant or not?!"
In an instant, the staff member seemed to stop hearing anything. Everything around him fell silent.
He could hear only his own heartbeat. His reason snapped, his breathing quickened, and his chest heaved as he stared at Tao Zhiyan with reddening eyes.
The next second, the staff member suddenly charged onto the stage!
He moved so fast that Tao Zhiyan couldn't dodge in time and was knocked flat onto the floor!
"Ugh!" Tao Zhiyan slid several feet across the floor, his brows knitting in pain.
Everyone nearby jumped in fright.
Then the staff member, who had also fallen, lunged at him again and seized his collar.
"You motherfucker!" Feng Yiqian's expression changed sharply as he rushed forward.
After receiving their orders, the bodyguards at the