He took a deep breath, pretending to be nervous about the result, and slowly pulled out the card with the vote count from the envelope.
In a gaze waiting for an answer, half-keeping it a secret, he said, "The last number... is smaller than 5."
Everyone: ...
[Damn, when I saw him hosting variety shows before, why didn't I think he was just talking nonsense? I'm really impressed! Why did he start with the single digits?! ]
The highest number of votes in the previous groups was 423. Just looking at a single digit that is "less than 5", it is really impossible to guess the specific results.
"The number in the middle is bigger than 5."
Everyone: ...
The host also knew that his behavior was quite speechless, but his years of work experience were enough for him to handle such situations with ease.
The atmosphere was heated up again and again. For a moment, everyone's heart sank, because the last two digits were "71". If it was 471 votes...
It's too big. Based on past experience, the votes in the favorite groups are always very close, and there has never been a gap of nearly fifty votes. There are only five hundred votes in total, and the possibility of 471 is much smaller than 371 and 271.
Zhong Wen's eyes were already filled with tears. "I made a mistake and it's my fault that I got you all into trouble."
Everyone's training intensity was at its highest during this period. Who would have thought that there would be a mistake at the last moment? Even though we made up for it, it couldn't cover up the fact that the mistake occurred.
"What are you talking about? This is just a competition. The most important thing for us is to enjoy it," Ren Jing reassured the team members. "At least the five of us have made new friends."
Speaking of which... their group is pretty lucky. None of the five of them are nosy and like to cause trouble. They don't stir up trouble overtly or covertly to get a few more minutes of screen time, or force themselves to post to get attention. Everyone gets along pretty well.
Several groups next door have more or less the same problem, for example, they don't have enough chicken themselves, and they have to drag their teammates to chicken together. In just a dozen days, their teammates have to learn to play a difficult instrument from scratch. Or... they don't have enough exposure in the circle, so they grab the popular teammates in the group and stick to them.
When it comes to riding on the popularity of something, if the person in charge explains it, it's just giving it popularity, but if he doesn't explain it seems like he's tacitly approving it. It's disgusting no matter how you handle it.
Zhong Wen was comforted by her four teammates, and she regained her spirits. She took a deep breath and looked at the audience, and found that... all the audience were cheering for them. The tears that she had been holding back for a long time finally fell at this moment.
The stage is so charming.
When the host announced "four hundred - seventy-one votes", several people couldn't help but hug each other and scream.
There are two more groups after that. They are currently in first place. As long as no one surpasses them, the five of them can successfully form a team.
As soon as they got off the stage, the assistants waiting in the backstage surrounded them and handed them water or wet wipes to wipe their sweat. Some of the makeup that came off had to be reapplied in the dressing room.
"There seems to be some problem with my in-ear monitoring. I really relied on experience just now." Liu Yunqiu (teammate) finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"In-ear monitor? What is the technical team doing?" Ren Jing had a bad temper and took the in-ear monitor to go and argue with the program team.
It is easy to sing out of tune or lose the rhythm when performing on stage without in-ear monitoring. Fortunately, Liu Yunqiu is a professional singer with rich stage experience. If it were an amateur like her, she would probably be embarrassed during the live broadcast.
This is still a live broadcast, not a recording that can be edited and re-shot later!
"Teacher Li, why are you here too?" Qin Yuhuan was quite surprised that Li Haizhen would actually follow Li Xinyu. As long as her safety was not a problem, Li Xinyu could take care of all her affairs.
"Zi Yi said there were too many people around and it was unsafe, so she asked me to keep an eye on you tonight. I have to keep you under my nose." Li Haizhen didn't say anything specific, for fear that Qin Yuhuan would be affected by something that might not happen and his mood tonight.
When she mentioned Ziyi, Qin Yuhuan felt even better, her eyes narrowing. "She's always very considerate."
Two assistants: ...
The production crew came over to apologize for the in-ear monitor issue, and rechecked everyone's in-ear monitors to ensure that there would be no such negligence again before leaving.
"Sister Jing, you are so brave." Liu Yunqiu couldn't help but give Ren Jing a thumbs up.
"They should fight for what they should fight for. It's their responsibility," Ren Jing smiled. "Things are different now than they were before. Before..."
In the era when the Internet was not yet developed, the program and filming crews of local TV stations who controlled the power to broadcast programs were bigwigs who could not be offended. If the in-ear monitor was wrong, it was wrong. If you begged nicely, they might change it for you if they were interested. If they were not interested, it was common for them to ignore you.
Even if fans want to send gifts, they have to send them to the entire program staff.
Qin Yuhuan suddenly interjected, "Does this count as...bribery?"
Four people, eight pairs of eyes looked at her in unison.
Qin Yuhuan: ...
She smiled apologetically, "I'm not defining it. I'm just a little curious, a bit confused, because now... is the station considered a public institution with a staff?"
Everyone: ...
Ren Jing: "That's what they say, but supervision is not strict. Sometimes it's just a cup of milk tea or a doll. Whether it can be defined as bribery, we don't know."
However, this is a sensitive topic after all. Once they entered the dressing room, several people tacitly changed the topic at the same time. The makeup artists began to touch up their makeup. After that, they needed to go to the waiting room arranged by the program team. There was a screen there, and they could watch the show on the stage through the screen.
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