Because the votes were given out all at once, and not collected for each program individually, Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi had no way of knowing how many votes their class's program received when they handed in their votes.
The hosts on stage were conducting the final segment of inviting leaders to the stage to give speeches, while the audience was busily registering the collected ballots one by one and tallying the final vote distribution.
Except for the kindergarten classes (small and middle grades), all other grades were given voting tickets, which is a very large number.
In order to count all the votes before the leaders finished speaking, even the instructors in charge of arranging the freshman party rushed to help.
The leaders' speeches were already full of tedious and repetitive clichés, and many people were concerned about the voting results, causing the students in the audience to become restless.
After enduring half an hour of agonizing waiting, I finally heard the host announce that the voting results were in.
"Now we proceed to the final item on the agenda for this year's Freshman Gala. Based on the valid votes cast across the entire university, the top three performances of this year's Freshman Gala are—"
"Third place goes to the medley of songs from the drama performance, 'Vibrant Campus,' presented by Class 1 of the top-performing first-year students!"
"Second place goes to the street dance performance 'Street Dance Medley' presented by Class 3 of Senior High and Class 7 of Preschool Education!"
"First place goes to the classical dance 'Peach Blossom Promise' performed by the top students from Class 1 and 2 of Grade 8!"
Upon hearing the host announce the top three, Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi exchanged a glance, both seeing the smugness in each other's eyes.
Although I only ranked third, the final assessment points were the same.
That's a full ten points! Usually, the points for hygiene inspections, the rotating red flag, and being a civilized class are only 0.5, 1, or 2 points.
Hygiene is checked every day, and points will be deducted if you're not careful.
The rotating red flag is awarded once a week, but it's not always the same class every week. For example, there are twelve classes in the entire first year of junior high school: two honors classes and ten regular classes. It takes three months to complete a full rotation.
The "Civilized Class" award is given only once a month, and a semester only lasts four months.
If two classes are evaluated at once, even if different classes are evaluated every four months, it would only be eight classes. Out of twelve classes, four classes would be left behind.
This shows just how difficult it is to win this mysterious grand prize in the final exam.
Only the performances at the freshman party in the first semester of each year, with their incredibly generous bonus points, can allow some classes to catch up later on.
After Zhang Bohang and his team received their third-place certificate on stage, they happily gave it to Fang Chengying after they came off the stage.
Fang Chengying, as the instructor of the performance class, stood below the stage and watched the students perform.
Liu Shiyun, the homeroom teacher of the class next door who performed one after the other, also stood by and watched Zhang Bohang and the others excitedly handing the certificates to Fang Chengying. Her expression looked stiff no matter how you looked at it.
After the awards ceremony, the leaders gradually left. Next came the children from the preschool section, then the primary school section, and finally the junior high school section.
As the event was ending, Wu Fangyi suddenly grabbed Shen Qingqing: "Qingqing, look over there."
Shen Qingqing looked in the direction Wu Fangyi pointed. The group of students from the top-performing class next door were still wearing their performance costumes and gathered around the vote tallying area, seemingly arguing with the students tallying the votes.
Shen Qingqing blinked, turned her head to look at Wu Fangyi, her eyes filled with eagerness.
Wu Fangyi immediately understood, "Let's go take a look."
The two hit it off immediately, withdrew their feet from the hall and turned to walk in that direction.
They stopped when they reached a place where they could hear the sound clearly.
"We just want to request a review of the vote count, and not all of them. We just want to review the vote counts for 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and 'Campus Vitality' to see if there are any errors."
"Why are you refusing to help us verify the results, saying you can't find the complete tickets on one hand and that the results are already confirmed on the other?"
The student playing the lead role is a cross-dresser; she's a girl, and she's the same girl Shen Qingqing saw submitting the complete script in the office that day. Her face is very aggressive, and the makeup and styling for the role make her even sharper.
Shen Qingqing looked around and saw that Liu Shiyun was not there; only the main actors were present.
The student wearing a red vest looked to be about the same age as them and seemed helpless: "Because we were about to leave when the event ended, all the voting tickets were disposed of in a unified manner."
"If you had stood up and said you wanted a review when the rankings were announced, you would still be here then. Now that the event is over and everyone is cleaning up, it's pointless for you to be so unreasonable, junior."
It turns out she was a senior in the second year of junior high school.
"Where did you throw them? You couldn't have torn up all those tickets before you disposed of them, could you? We'll go look for them, and if we find them, we'll check them for you. Is that alright?" The female lead from the next class persisted.
The eighth grader was so angry she almost laughed.
The problem now isn't whether we can find it or not, but that the event is over and everyone needs to go home for the holidays.
It's obvious that the female lead in the next class doesn't understand the problem.
The other older students next to the eighth grader were also packing their things while occasionally casting speechless glances at the female lead from the next class.
Finally, someone in their class belatedly realized that something was wrong, and quietly tugged at the female lead's clothes, whispering something to her.
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