"What's wrong? Is it... that I got it wrong so badly? Did I miss a single question?"
"That's terrible! Miss Liu must be in trouble..."
"Why is the host so jumpy? Even if the answer is bad, there's no need to be like this, right?"
Under everyone's questioning, the host's voice was so excited that it even trembled a little. He shouted into the microphone with all his strength:
"Contestant number nineteen, Miss Liu Rumeng...her score is..."
He paused deliberately, whetting everyone's appetite, and then announced in a voice almost screaming:
"All correct! Twenty questions, all correct! Unbelievable! Simply incredible!!!"
boom--
Like a bomb dropped into a calm lake!
The entire Lee Theatre erupted in a roar that was ten times louder than when Zhu Lingling scored a high score just now!
Exclamations, screams, and unbelievable discussions instantly merged into a boiling ocean!
The judges were in an uproar! They were whispering to each other, their faces filled with shock and doubt.
"impossible!"
"This...how is this possible?"
"She's only been here a few months! Many of us in Hong Kong can't even answer the question correctly!"
"Is this a mistake?"
"Could there be something shady going on..."
There was an uproar among the guests.
"All correct?! Are you kidding me? Even Zhu Lingling got one question wrong!"
"There's something fishy going on! There's definitely something fishy going on!"
"It must be Mr. Xiao Lin who put pressure on TVB, forcing them to leak the test questions!"
"TVB is trying to avoid offending Kobayashi Tenmo. Have they completely lost their shame?"
"This result is so fake! I don't believe it!"
The host was also aware of the chaos and questioning at the scene.
He quickly suppressed his hand, trying to calm the noise in the venue.
At the same time, he also saw that the faces of the TVB bosses sitting in the front row changed one after another. Fang Yihua even gestured to him frantically, asking him to find a way to clarify and prove it quickly.
At this time, Fang Yihua was indeed surprised and frightened. She originally wanted to suppress Liu Rumeng and show the outside world that TVB is not afraid of the powerful.
Now it seemed like I had made a fool of myself. How could Liu Rumeng have gotten all the answers right? I had clearly only leaked some of the questions and directions to Zhu Lingling!
At this stage, the host must find a way to prove the fairness of TVB, otherwise TVB's reputation will be seriously questioned by the public.
Anyone who can be a host has quick on-the-spot reaction, not to mention the current TVB hosts.
He took a deep breath, first suppressing the clamor in the room, then looked at Liu Rumeng and asked in a complicated tone, "Ms. Liu Rumeng, I have to say, your achievement... is truly astonishing. I know there must be many questions here. Can you... can you explain to everyone? Why, as someone who has only been in Hong Kong for a few months and is not a new immigrant, do you know so much about the origins and legends of so many place names in Hong Kong Island?"
The spotlight on the stage was firmly locked on Liu Rumeng.
Facing the surprised, questioning and even somewhat angry gazes of the audience, she appeared unusually calm.
Even with...
In fact, Liu Rumeng had already anticipated that after she answered all the questions correctly, she would inevitably be questioned by the whole audience.
Taking the microphone, her clear and gentle voice came through the loudspeaker, clearly spreading throughout the audience:
"Thank you for your interest in me. Regarding the answers to these questions, I don't claim to have the ability to predict them, nor have I ever encountered any so-called 'questions'."
She paused here, glanced around the audience, and began to speak slowly:
“When I first arrived in Hong Kong, everything was completely different from the environment I grew up in.
My deep curiosity prompted me to decide that I couldn’t just stay at home in Repulse Bay. I had to see the city with my own eyes, measure it with my own feet, and feel its true warmth.
Liu Rumeng's voice was so sincere and infectious that when she spoke, not only the guests present, but even the two TVB bosses couldn't help but listen attentively with bated breath.
Fang Yihua never expected that Liu Rumeng was so thoughtful and had learned so much when she first came to Hong Kong Island.
Liu Rumeng's autobiography continued and was broadcast throughout Hong Kong Island through millions of television sets.
"During that time, I went out alone almost every day. From the cobblestone streets of Central and Hollywood Road, I took the Star Ferry to the Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower;
I took a minibus to the markets of Sham Shui Po and Kwun Tong to see how ordinary people lived. I also went to Sha Tin, Tai Po, and Yuen Long in the New Territories, and even to some remote villages, like Kat Hing Wai in Kam Tin and the Tang Clan Ancestral Hall in Ping Shan. The place names in these places are very interesting and each has its own story.
Liu Rumeng's narration is natural and fluent, and she tells the story of her first experience of visiting Hong Kong Island and conducting in-depth investigations into the city.
The guests at the scene felt a sense of pride when they heard Liu Rumeng speak so affectionately about the place names and streets of Hong Kong Island one after another.
“When I heard ‘Ice House Street’, I was curious about why it was called ‘Factory’; when I saw the ‘Stanley’ street sign, I would ponder its origin.
Every peculiar name I encountered was like a mystery waiting to be solved. So, I went to the public library on Hong Kong Island and borrowed books documenting local history and geography, including "Hong Kong Local Chronicles," "A Study of the Scenery of the New Territories," and "A Study of the Origins of the Naming of Kowloon Streets."
I simply learned as much as I could, out of curiosity and respect for the place that embraced me and my mother. This knowledge wasn't prepared for the competition, but simply because I wanted to truly understand Hong Kong.
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