novellhall Chapter 106 It's been a long time since I've done a lottery.
Chapter 106 It's been a long time since I've done a lottery.
With that, the entire third performance of "Morning Star" came to an end, and all the trainees moved to the waiting room to await their results.
This time, three mentors came up to host the event with stage cards. Since Zhang Xinlan was a guest performer, she sat with the students.
The first to speak was Luo Yu, but instead of announcing the results, he greeted Xia Yan, "Xia Yan, did you have fun today?"
Xia Yan stood up and replied with a smile, "I'm very happy! Before going on stage, I was worried that I would hold my teammates back, but it seems that I didn't. I'm very happy that I was able to help them."
As Xia Yan was speaking, Lu Bingyang felt like he couldn't breathe and quickly patted Lin Fan beside him: "Brother Fan! Quick! I can't breathe! I'm going to faint! My goddess smiled again!"
Lin Fan was exasperated, and pinched his philtrum hard with his thumb: "Have you no self-respect?!"
Luo Yu exchanged a few more pleasantries with Xia Yan and asked about her new album. He urged everyone watching the live stream to support Xia Yan when her new album was released before finally letting her off the hook.
Other guest performers didn't receive this treatment.
Luo Yu immediately moved on to announcing the results: "I have your report cards now. Is there any team whose results you'd particularly like to know?"
"First place! Teacher, we want to know which team got first place!"
"Exactly! Teacher, can we stop keeping you in suspense and just announce the winners starting with the first place?"
"Teacher, we want to know the results of Teacher Zhang's team!"
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Anyway, there were all sorts of shouts, and Ke Xirui, holding the microphone, said, "First place! We can't announce the first place winner! Let's start by announcing the fourth place winner!"
The trainees chanted, "Whoa—!"
Although it's the same routine every time, this process is still necessary. Otherwise, if the winner is announced right away, all the suspense will be revealed, and how can the subsequent stages proceed? Besides the fans, will anyone else even look at the results of the other groups?
The fourth-place group received a total of 319 votes, which is not a low number considering there were only 400 audience members present.
Then there's the third-place group, which received a total of 346 votes.
Next up was the fifth-place group, which received 294 votes, the only group with fewer than 300 votes.
Now only the first and second place are left, which happens to be Lin Fan's group, where Xia Yan is, and Li Yingqi's group, where Zhang Xinlan is.
Ugh! Here we go again! The trainees are so fed up with this! Did the production team do this before and get criticized by the fans? Why are you doing it again? Can't you come up with something different?
Xia Yan and Zhang Xinlan exchanged a glance across the crowd, already understanding what was going on.
The director noticed through the live stream that the atmosphere among the trainees had subtly changed, and he was also suffering in silence.
Until Luo Yu announced: "The first place received 396 votes, and they are... Xia Yan's group!"
The trainees were stunned for a moment before they realized that Luo Yu had announced that the first place winner was Xia Yan's group, not Zhang Xinlan's group!
Li Xiaodong was the first to jump up from her seat, hooking her arm around Lin Fan's neck and shouting excitedly, "Brother Fan! It's us! It really is us!"
Lu Bingyang, also excited, grabbed Zhuo Yuanquan's shoulders and shook him violently: "Quanzi! Did you hear me?!"
Zhuo Yuanquan nodded vigorously, his eyes red-rimmed. He heard it! He heard it! He finally did it! He finally got first place!
"Whoa—!" The entire audience erupted in uproar!
"This! This is! No! Such a high number of votes?" This person almost misspoke.
"This vote count is unbelievable! Only 4 votes lost! That's amazing!"
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The comments section was filled with jubilation.
[Bingquan CP: Finally got first place! How long did Zhuo Yuanquan work hard for this first place! The production team finally had a change of heart and gave him back the first place they owed him!]
[I understand you: Zhuo Yuanquan has really had a tough time. His ranking was consistently lower than others, and his live ticket sales were also suppressed. I was so angry that I didn't even want to watch the show anymore! But when I saw Zhuo Yuanquan still working hard and practicing desperately, I still forced myself to keep watching despite feeling disgusted...]
[Summer's Herbal Tea: Hehehe! You guys are so naive! You think this is because the production team finally had a change of heart and wanted to be more considerate? Wrong! It's because the production team didn't dare to bet on Xia Yan's votes!]
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Seeing this comment scroll by, the director sighed inwardly.
It has to be said that it was netizens and fans who discovered the blind spot.
The third performance is such an important show, how could the production team not want to vote for their own artists and let them climb to the top by stepping on others? But, among these "others" is Xia Yan, which makes things difficult!
Xia Yan herself doesn't care about whether or not votes are suppressed, and it's not like her agency can't be negotiated, but Xia Yan's fans won't accept it!
The production team can suppress the votes of other trainees because no matter how popular, well-liked, or how strong their fans are, they are still no match for capital. If they have no background, they can suppress their votes; if they have background, they can negotiate a solution. There is always a way.
But Xia Yan is different. Even if the production team has discussed it with her agency and even with Xia Yan herself, it may not be possible to get Xia Yan's fans to accept this fact!
Xia Yan is an anomaly in the current entertainment industry. She is a top-tier actress among the talented ones, and a truly talented actress among the top-tier ones. If you want to suppress Xia Yan's votes, her fans could really put on a show and tear the production team apart on the spot.
Therefore, the only option is to retain the actual votes for Xia Yan's group and then slightly increase the votes for Li Yingqi's group so that the gap between them isn't too large. This would be an acceptable result for both sides.
Regarding this result, Lin Fan could only say: Fine! Although this first place isn't what I wanted, there are other things I do want!
For example, the popularity score in the system!
Lin Fan focused his attention on the system: "System! Check popularity score!"
[Current popularity: 254468, Task progress: 613790/1000000]
Compared to the last lottery draw, his popularity score increased by 213790. Unbeknownst to him, Lin Fan found his popularity score getting closer and closer to 100 million. However, the "Morning Star" stage was coming to an end, and the amount of attention he could gain was also dwindling.
I wonder if I'll be able to reach 100 million popularity points by the time I leave this stage! Oh well, I can't worry about that now. I'm not planning on debuting anyway, so what do I need that much popularity for? We'll see when the time comes!
Right now, the lottery is still the most important thing!