Chapter 120 On-site Scoring
Lin Zhixian was too lazy to pay attention to her and pulled Chang Chunning aside, waiting for the game to end.
According to the rules of the competition, the organizer will collect all the answer sheets after the time is up, and then mark them like a teacher marking homework. After completion, the scores will be counted and the list of candidates who have advanced will be announced.
The time was up soon, and those who had not yet handed in their papers handed them in. When everyone was waiting to leave, the host came on stage.
"Are you all waiting to leave?" The host said with a smile, "But it's a pity. Today our process has changed. It will no longer be like the preliminary round, where the judges graded everyone's papers and announced the results on the bulletin board after grading. Instead, the grading will be done on the spot."
When these words came out, everyone on and off the court was surprised.
Because it has never been mentioned before.
Lin Zhixian was also surprised, but she quickly figured it out.
This must have been the TV station's idea.
Apart from the cheating rumors between her and Chang Chunning, the entire preliminary competition process was complicated and boring. It was estimated that no matter how hard they edited, they would not be able to produce good material.
But today is different. Today, she, Lin Zhiya and four others are making a bet. Although it is on the court, it will obviously bring a lot of fun to the game.
And the reason they wanted to grade the performance in public was obviously to give their group of four a chance to be graded on the spot.
Lin Zhixian was not afraid of this, but accepted it with pleasure.
Because she firmly believed that no one knew the life of Veteran No. 8 better than she did, she knew that she would be the final winner, and Lin Zhiya would bow her head in front of the camera and in front of all the citizens of Hong Kong and admit that she was not as skilled as her.
This undoubtedly slapped Lin Zhiya in the face, and even more so Lin Deyu and Cheng Jiehua.
Chang Chunning didn't care much about it. He had enough confidence in himself. Of course, even if he really lost to Lin Zhixian in the end, Chang Chunning didn't think it was a shame.
He had already realized this when he decided to participate in the bet.
But he still chose to participate because he wanted to have a fair fight with Lin Zhixian.
Maybe it was just luck, but he was never drawn to be in the same group with Lin Zhixian in the five preliminary rounds. So even though his final score was higher than Lin Zhixian's and he won first place, he didn't think he was better than Lin Zhixian.
Now that he has such an opportunity, he certainly won't let it go.
He just wanted a fair competition and didn't care whether the result would embarrass him.
Zhou Chuanyi didn't care, and he became even more confident in himself.
He didn't think Lin Zhixian could beat him at all.
What the organizer did was exactly what he wanted.
It would be such an honor for him to defeat Chang Chunning and Lin Zhixian in front of everyone.
Only Lin Zhiya was unwilling.
Because she had no confidence in defeating Lin Zhixian.
She was afraid of losing face.
But no matter how unwilling she was, she couldn't change the organizer's decision.
"Dad, why didn't you stop them!" Lin Zhiya gritted her teeth and blamed Lin Deyu.
But the reason why Lin Deyu showed up on the first day of the preliminary round was to save face. Later, because Lin Zhixian lost face in front of everyone, he never showed up again. He didn't show up today either, so he didn't know that the organizer had temporarily changed the rules.
There's nothing I can do to help you.
"Next, we will reveal the answers to each volunteer one by one according to their ranking order and give scores to each contestant on the spot."
After the host finished speaking, he did not immediately announce the start of the equal division, but instead announced a fifteen-minute break.
It just so happens that everyone has been tense for an hour and a half, and it's time to go to the toilet, eat something, or relax.
The organizers are busy preparing for the live scoring and recording.
After all, this is my first time doing this and I’m afraid of messing it up.
"Director, you said that we wanted to record Lin Zhixian, Lin Zhiya and the other four, why didn't you move their group to the front?"
"This is called the finale, you know?" How could the director not want to do this? But the Xuanmen Association didn't allow him to do this, saying that it would make their competition seem too frivolous, so there was no choice but to follow the order first.
However, the director has already discussed with the Xuanmen Association and will move up the 9th and 10th dates, leaving the 8th date at the end as the finale.
"Hurry up, the stage will be set up and there can't be any mistakes." the director ordered.
"yes."
15 minutes passed quickly and all the contestants arrived at the venue. Rows of seats had been arranged below. Lin Zhixian and his friends each found a seat and sat down. In front of them, a row of small blackboards had been set up with pieces of white paper with words written on them. Lin Zhixian counted them and found that there were about 14 of them.
No one knew what those dozen small blackboards were used for, but Lin Zhixian remembered that in later variety shows, the host would often write the guests' answers on the blackboard, and then reveal the guests' answers as the answers were announced one by one.
It is obvious that the organizers today also planned this.
Lin Zhixian couldn't help but sigh that these people had really flexible brains. They were able to come up with such a method. At that time, all the contestants would stand next to their own blackboards and tear off the answers to every question at the same time. If there were any doubts, the volunteers could verify the right and wrong on the spot and directly count the points. It would be clear at a glance who was better and who was worse, and it would also create suspense to the maximum extent.
Wonderful, it's really wonderful.
The host came on stage: "Now please welcome volunteer number 1, Yang Ting."
Volunteer No. 1, Yang Ting, was a woman in her thirties, with ordinary looks, plain clothes, and a calm expression. She walked onto the stage when she was called.
The host took out the list again and said, "Now please invite the contestant who will tell the fortune for volunteer number 1."
Then he began to read out the names: "Tang Yulong, Wang Sheng..., players who heard your name, please come up, find the blackboard with your name written on it, and stand aside."
The contestants who heard their names stood up and walked over, found their own blackboards and stood aside. After all the contestants were in place, the host spoke: "Let's see who can calculate the information of volunteer No. 1, Yang Ting, most accurately."
The host then came to Yang Ting and asked, "Ms. Yang, how old are you this year?"
Yang Ting said: "I am 31 years old."
The host turned around and looked at the contestants behind him: "Okay, now let the contestants tear open their own answers to see if anyone has figured out Miss Yang's real age."
When the players walked to their own blackboards, they reached out and tore off the white paper with their ages written on it.
Of course, not all contestants calculated their age. Those who did not calculate their age stayed where they were and just looked to the side to see other people's answers.
In the end, only two players got their numbers right, and the staff on the side immediately gave them a 1-point increase.
From being unfamiliar at the beginning to becoming more and more familiar with the process later on, the scoring became faster and faster, and soon number 7 finished. Lin Zhixian and his friends thought it was number 8's turn, but they jumped directly to number 9, and then number 10. It was not until number 10 finished that the host announced that the scoring of volunteer number 8 would begin.