Chapter 57 What is this entry?
After the result was announced, the world seemed to stand still for a second.
Xia Linxing was already halfway through standing up when he got stuck in mid-air, not knowing whether he should continue to stand up or sit down.
All the blood rushed to his brain at this moment, and Xia Linxing only felt a buzzing in his ears.
He never thought that he could get 48th place!
Xia Linxing didn't think he could get many votes without running a company, so after learning that the last two unreported places were him and Ding Shaoyuan, although he was a little surprised that Ding Shaoyuan could get 48th place, he was still prepared to be the last one to be eliminated.
He had even thought about it. After he was eliminated, he would go and ask other staff members if they were still hiring cleaners.
——He was about to do whatever it takes to stay in the program crew, but he didn't expect there would be a sudden turn of events!
Great, he doesn’t have to do cleaning anymore!
Xia Linxing was cheering in her heart, but Ding Shaoyuan's expression was frozen.
Like Xia Linxing, Ding Shaoyuan didn't dare to believe that he could get 48th place at first, but considering that if the trainee had to choose between him and Xia Linxing, he still believed that person would be himself.
Unexpectedly, Xia Linxing was the one ranked 48th.
How could Xia Linxing possibly have so many online votes?!
You should know that Xia Linxing received the lowest number of votes in this performance. Even if the bonus votes for their group's sixth place were added, it was still the last place.
In other words... Xia Linxing received far more online votes than he had imagined...
Why?!
But even though he was indignant in his heart, Ding Shaoyuan still had to force a smile and congratulate Xia Linxing with a forced smile: "Congratulations, Xia Linxing."
"Xia Linxing?" Xie Tinglan on the stage also spoke, joking in a relaxed tone: "Do you want us to give you some more time to be happy for a while?"
Only then did Xia Linxing realize that the trainees around him were all looking at him.
He pursed his lips in embarrassment and hurried towards the stage. But as soon as he took a step, he realized that his legs didn't feel like his own. They felt soft and limp, as if he was walking on clouds.
He walked past the rows of seats, past the trainees, and finally onto the stage. The light fell on Xia Linxing, and he walked to the microphone and reached out to hold it.
The moment he held the microphone, Xia Linxing realized that his body was actually shaking slightly.
It turned out that he was much more excited than he thought...
"I……"
Xia Linxing opened her mouth, only to find that her throat seemed to be stuck. "I didn't expect that I... I could get this ranking..."
"Thank you so much, everyone..."
He took a step back and bowed deeply to the camera.
“Thank you to everyone who voted for me…”
"I will definitely continue to work hard, live up to everyone's expectations, and bring you a better stage..."
The trainees in the audience applauded encouragingly. Xia Linxing looked up and saw Xie Tinglan standing nearby, also applauding and smiling at him.
Xia Linxing was stunned for a second.
This was the first time he saw such a pure smile on Xie Tinglan's face, a smile that was not for business purposes but just for him.
He pursed his lips, then gave Xie Tinglan a bright smile with great joy.
…
After the first ranking, the 30 eliminated trainees will pack their bags and leave.
The trainees' dormitory was very lively. Some were busy packing their luggage, some were taking photos everywhere, and some were saying goodbye everywhere... Even Xia Linxing's dormitory suddenly had two fewer people.
The only thing that made Xia Linxing happy was that none of his teammates from the first public performance were eliminated. Otherwise, Xia Linxing would have felt incredibly guilty—after all, it was his performance error during the first public performance that dragged down the entire group. If he hadn't made the mistake, the total votes would have been higher, their group's ranking would have been higher, and they would have received more bonus votes.
Fortunately, the result is good.
He slapped his face, not wanting to feel the sad farewell atmosphere in the dormitory anymore. He planned to go to the corridor outside to get some fresh air and make some space for his roommate who was packing his luggage.
I just don't know where Ding Shaoyuan went... Xia Linxing didn't seem to see him packing his luggage, and his things were still spread out on the table, and he didn't know where he went...
Xia Linxing walked into the corridor while thinking.
Just as Xia Linxing lay down on the window, he heard a very familiar voice again.
"What's up with Xia Linxing's vote count?!"
"How could he possibly have so many votes?!"
"Did he cheat on the ticket?!"
Ding Shaoyuan's indignant voice made Xia Linxing stunned for a moment.
Ticket fraud? Xia Linxing's heart skipped a beat.
In the original storyline, Xia Linxing was able to stay because she had someone help her cheat on the online voting. However, Xia Linxing didn't cheat on the votes to debut, she just wanted to stay on the show longer and see Xie Tinglan more often.
But now Xia Linxing was very sure that he had not contacted anyone outside to buy him tickets. But... Xia Linxing scratched his fingers with a guilty conscience.
Could it be... that the original body's family helped him to brush it?
After all, in the original novel, "Xia Linxing" was really doted on by his father and mother before he was officially kicked out of the Xia family - that's why the original body developed such a willful and unreasonable character.
Xia Linxing was feeling guilty when he heard another voice: "Alright, alright, Ding Shaoyuan, I know you're not willing to accept this..."
The owner of the voice is a trainee from the same company as Ding Shaoyuan. Compared to Ding Shaoyuan who was eliminated miserably, the trainee who spoke was able to stay by just above the elimination line.
"Haven't you already received your phone back from the staff? You can now surf the internet openly. Can't you just check what's online yourself?"
Huh? Online?
Xia Linxing was also stunned, and then immediately became nervous.
No way? Could something have happened online that he didn't know about?
"999!" Xia Linxing urgently called his good online friend.
System 999 was busy accompanying Xia Linxing to complete that damn task and had no time to read the online reviews, so he immediately used Ding Shaoyuan's network and climbed onto the Internet along the network cable.
System 999 first took a vigilant look at the trending searches: "Star Journey Launches First Public", "Star Journey Launches Live", "Xie Tinglan's Face Is There", "Star Journey Launches Theme Song Straight Shot", "So Awkward, So Real", "Straight Shot View Ranking", ...
Very good! System 999 nodded with satisfaction: It seems that there is nothing wrong with it.
It was mainly because of the previous hot search event. Whether it was Xia Linxing or the system 999, they were all a bit ptsd.
System 999 went into the program team's entry again and took a look around. It found that everything seemed quite calm. Fans were canvassing for votes and organizing voting as usual. There was nothing special.
System 999 thought about it and even took a walk around the entry square of "White Night by the Stars".
However, the square of "White Night by the Stars" is still very clean, and the CP fans inside produce their own content and edit videos, and the time is very peaceful.
Huh? System 999 was confused. Where should I look?
Obviously, Ding Shaoyuan has the same problem.
"There's nothing on the internet..." he said impatiently as he flipped through his phone.
"What are you looking at?" A trainee from the same company took one look and said, "You've missed it..."
He stretched out his finger and slid it across, then clicked on the entry called "Awkwardly Real." "This is it."
Ding Shaoyuan: "?"
System 999: “???”
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