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Zhou Lurong, who followed Wang Zhaozhao, also performed well. They scored about the same amount of points, but Wang Zhaozhao felt that he might have had some extra points because of the opening.

Zhou Lurong is not one of those passionate people. He has a very steady stage presence and is obviously experienced and has a strong aura.

"This person is quite different on and off stage." Xu Yanni whispered to Wang Zhaozhao.

When giving a speech, the script is one thing, but you also have to adapt it to your performance on the spot.

Xu Yanni often gave speeches as a student representative when she was in elementary school. Although she did so less often than Wang Zhaozhao in her junior high school year, it wasn't much less.

She is confident.

So, No. 2 stepped down and No. 3 took over, and she, No. 5, still had the leisure to talk about these things.

"You mean he has a little baby face, but has a lot of aura when he's on stage?" Wang Zhaozhao looked at Zhou Lurong who was walking off the stage, and asked Xu Yanni slightly sideways.

“……!” Sister, you look so carefully.

After hearing what Wang Zhaozhao said, Xu Yanni looked at Zhou Lurong's face carefully.

The face is a little chubby, a bit of a baby face.

She was about to speak when she felt Wang Zhaozhao gently pull her sleeve. "Stop talking, people are coming."

Xu Yanni: “……!”

After she completed her "mission", she and Wang Zhaozhao changed into the mindset of an audience member.

It is true that the sooner you die, the sooner you will be reborn. It is not true that dying early is easier than dying early.

Song Jiangli, who was ranked before Xu Yanni, really wanted to remind them that the competition was not over yet. Could these two people have some of the intuition of a contestant?

However, it really feels good to stand next to them and listen to them talk.

The contestants who came later were indeed more prepared. Some of them could even calmly revise their manuscripts repeatedly after writing them.

The overall performance of the Shaobaitou team in this round was pretty good. In addition to Wang Zhaozhao and Xu Yanni, Song Jiangli also performed very well.

This top class of Zhushan County Middle School was carefully recruited and specially approved by Principal Chen.

Song Jiangli is able to be the study committee member of the top class, and is better than Wang Zhaozhao and Xu Yanni in some aspects of his personality.

Zhou Zhizhi tried a little too hard, and the content couldn't support her passionate state.

Maybe she spent all her time on psychological preparation and did not write a manuscript like others, or even revise it repeatedly.

After stepping down, she has remained silent.

As the team leader, Song Jiangli took the initiative to talk to her, but she just pursed her lips and shook her head without saying anything, so Song Jiangli just let it go.

Chen Pei was ranked 13th. Although she had plenty of time to prepare, she felt tired of waiting. Her voice inexplicably revealed a hint of fatigue.

Fortunately, she prepared the manuscript very carefully, so although her performance was not particularly outstanding, it was not bad either.

Neither good nor bad.

"Okay... the game is officially over. Next, let's take a look at the total scores of each team this round..."

The two hosts came on stage while talking.

The final round took a little longer than expected. By the time all 15 contestants had finished their speeches, it was almost 11 o'clock.

"The first thing we saw was that the highest-ranked team, the Young Whiteheads, had a total score of 50 points, and they earned... 45 points."

"Next, the Eagles, who were ranked second in the previous rounds, had a total score of 50 points, and their score was... 40.3 points."

"Finally, Team Aotian, who finished third overall after the first few rounds, earned... 44.5 points out of a total of 50."

Wang Zhaozhao listened to the two hosts announcing the scores so pragmatically and directly, and thought secretly that in this day and age, the main thing people value is hard work and dedication.

Look, when the answer was announced, there was no suspense or gimmicks at all.

"Then the rankings for this round are: Shaobaitou Team, Aotian Team, and Feiying Team."

"Congratulations to our Shaobaitou team for winning first place in this six-province junior high school student Chinese language proficiency competition."

Following the host's announcement, the audience burst into applause.

Wang Zhaozhao's thoughts were still a little distracted, and he silently followed everyone forward.

As she listened to the host inviting a certain leader to come on stage to present them with the award, she felt like, "That's it, we're the champions?"

They were indeed the champions, and received the long-awaited big red flowers and a big red book. When they opened it, there was a certificate inside, and also a medal hanging around their necks. It was so golden, and I couldn't tell if it was pure gold or gold-plated.

The second difference is the pendant hanging around the neck, which is silver. I don’t know if it is real silver or silver-plated.

The third place is the same, except the brand is copper.

After seeing the bronze medal, Wang Zhaozhao thought, their gold medal should not be plated, otherwise it would not be as good as the third place medal?

"Speaking of which, in this era, our gilding craftsmanship..." She muttered softly, and couldn't help but pick up the sign hanging around her neck and look at it again and again.

Others didn't hear her mumbling, so they didn't think anything of it and just thought she was looking at the cards out of curiosity.

But Xu Yanni was very close to her and knew her so well that she knew what she was doing even by guessing.

“This one should be gold.”

"Really?"

Wang Zhaozhao's eyes lit up. "A gold medal? That's quite valuable."

Xu Yanni quietly turned her eyes away. "This, the meaning is greater than the value, right?"

"You're right!"

“…”

If your eyes weren't so bright, I might have believed you.

When the leaders left the stage, the audience applauded, but the host did not signal them to leave or give any speeches.

"Next is another award...that is the individual award for this competition."

"The contestants will be ranked based on their overall performance from round one to round five, with their scores totaled."

"In other words, the person with the most outstanding performance and the highest overall score throughout the competition will be the champion."

"I think that those who have followed the competition from the first match until now probably have a ranking list of the players in their minds. Do you even keep track of their scores in every round?"

“…”

The host, who has always been neat and straightforward, actually interacted with the audience.

This performance was no less shocking than the sudden announcement of individual performance rankings.

Xu Yanni suddenly nudged Wang Zhaozhao with her elbow and winked at her.

Wang Zhaozhao raised an eyebrow in response.

Xu Yanni sighed and said, "If it weren't for Zhou Lurong's performance in the final round, I think I would have at least gotten second place, but now, I'm not sure."

"He only has one more point than you in the next round."

"Who knows if the outcome depends on this one point?"

"I know it's not."

“…”

Xu Yanni was stunned. This person also recorded the scores after each round, but maybe others used pen and paper, but she used her big, smart brain?!