The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 250 The results are out, Zhang Chen is punished

"After ten minutes of waiting, the final votes of all the contestants are now in my hands."

Under the gaze of everyone, Teacher He took an envelope handed to him by the notary office staff.

The audience looked at Teacher He with bated breath, and the four students were extremely nervous, as this was the moment that would announce their "life or death".

You just need to stay in the top three in this stage to enter the third round.

“In the first two rounds, the audience votes were:
Lin Junjie."

Lin Junjie clenched his fists nervously, closed his eyes and dared not look at anyone.

He comes from a prominent family. His father is one of the shareholders of a certain country's largest telecommunications operator. His mother was originally the head of the Asia-Pacific region of an American oil company. His brother is also the vice president of the Asia-Pacific region of UBS. Even his uncle is the president of the wealthy Canon Group.

Despite his family background, he still chose a different path of development.

His family had already said that if he didn't get a good result in "The Voice of China", he would have to go home and accept his parents' arrangements so that he could inherit some of the family property in the future.

This was hard to accept for Lin Junjie, who had loved music since childhood, so he hoped very much to get a good result today.

"265 million votes!"

Wow!
The whole audience was in an uproar. The voting time was only three minutes, and within these three minutes, 265 million text messages were sent to the designated number. Audiences across the country had a better understanding of the popularity of the "Voice of China" program.

Before they could think about it, Teacher He continued to announce: "The number of votes Yao Beina received is..."

Yao Bei is actually a little calmer than Lin Junjie.

Because she has participated in various types of singing competitions since she was young, she has enough confidence in her ability to control the stage.

The song she sang just now was also an exceptional performance. She has clearly demonstrated today all the knowledge she has learned from her parents and school since she was a child.

"241 million votes!"

This number of votes shocked the audience again. This is the second person to receive more than 200 million votes.

Now the two contestants have received more than 500 million votes.

Even if a text message only costs 1 cent, that means 50 real money has been spent in just three minutes.

According to the current vote count, Lin Junjie has more votes than Yao Beina. Lin Junjie has already entered the third round steadily, while Yao Beina needs to look at the votes of the two contestants behind her. As long as one of the contestants has lower votes than her, she can enter the third round.

Because according to the competition system, the first place in the audience vote can directly enter the fourth round, and the one with the lowest votes will be eliminated directly. The second and third place will need to enter the third round to compete for the only spot in the fourth round.

"The number of votes Wang Xinling received is"

Wang Xinling has the most ordinary family situation among the four. She does not come from a musical family like Yao Bei, nor does she come from a wealthy family like Lin Junjie, and she does not have the help of Zhang Chen, a world-class star, like Liu Yifei.

She was born in an ordinary family and attended an art school.

Although she has been exposed to the entertainment industry, this was her first time standing on such a big stage and performing in front of hundreds of millions of people. You can imagine how nervous she was.

"217 million votes!"

Some are happy and some are sad. This number of votes allowed Yao Beina to successfully enter the third round, while Wang Xinling needs to wait for Liu Yifei's votes. If her votes are at the bottom, she will miss the final Jessai and will be eliminated directly.

"Finally, it's Yifei's vote. Her vote is..."

Liu Yifei is the youngest among them.

From the perspective of outsiders, she has Zhang Chen's help behind her, so winning the "Voice of China" championship should be a sure thing.

Because few people believed that Zhang Chen would watch his sister being eliminated.

So in the eyes of some people, even if Liu Yifei didn't get the most votes, she shouldn't be the one with the least.

But only Liu Yifei herself knew that Zhang Chen had indeed helped her in this competition, and the help was not small. However, Zhang Chen had never given her any preferential treatment in any aspect. Instead, he tried his best to reduce her chances of winning.

Although she was a little unhappy, she could understand it.

If she, a member of the program team, were allowed to win, the general public would definitely doubt the fairness of the program team.

Her willful participation in the competition caused Zhang Chen a lot of headaches, both in terms of time and energy, as well as the difficulties they posed to the program team and Zhang Chen.

She knows all this.

But as she said at the time, she was unwilling to give up.

She didn't want to prove anything to anyone, nor did she want to use Zhang Chen's power to gain an insignificant reputation.

She just simply wanted to gain some insignificant praise from people through her own efforts.

That's it.

"201 votes"

Teacher He's voice sounded very regretful.

Teacher He also likes the little girl Yifei very much, and knows how difficult it has been for her to get here.

From being doubted by the audience at first, to being deliberately targeted by his brother, he would stay up late to train after filming the TV series.

He knows all the inside stories that the audience doesn't know.

He also very much hopes that Liu Yifei can win.

But the reality is so cruel. Chenguang Entertainment refuses any form of cheating. Even multiple votes by a single person are strictly limited to 10 votes per person, just to prevent wealthy contestants from cheating in their votes.

The moment Teacher He saw the number of votes announced, Liu Yifei stood there in a daze, staring blankly at a place in the distance as if she had lost her soul.

But the competition has to go on. Teacher He gritted his teeth and continued to host the show: "In the first two rounds, Lin Junjie directly entered the fourth round, Yao Beina and Wang Xinling entered the third round to compete for the last fourth round spot, and Yifei. Unfortunately, your journey on The Voice of China has ended."

Teacher He's three words directly broke down Liu Yifei's last psychological defense. Her tears poured out like a flood, soaking her cheeks in the blink of an eye, and she couldn't wipe them away no matter how hard she tried.

Everything in front of her became blurry, and it seemed as if someone was comforting her.

But the sharp tinnitus in her ears made her unable to hear any sounds from the outside world.

She couldn't see or hear clearly, and it seemed as if she was the only one left in the world.

Helplessness, grievance, unwillingness. All kinds of emotions surged into my heart in an instant.

She wanted to escape from this place.

Shameful, this was a word that kept appearing in her mind.

Even with such good conditions and the special tutoring of Zhang Chen, a world-class singer, she still lost.

Now she feels that everyone around her is laughing at her, laughing at her for having such superior conditions but still losing to others.

"**?!" Liu Yifei vaguely felt as if someone was calling her.

She raised her head blankly, trying to see who was calling her, but her eyes were full of tears, blurring her vision and she couldn't see anything clearly.

Boom!
It was as if she was hit hard on the forehead, and Liu Yifei woke up instantly.

"Sissi?"

Liu Yifei wiped her eyes hard with her hands so that she could see clearly who was coming.

What she saw was a big hand being withdrawn.

"I'm in this condition, and you still hit me~" Liu Yifei instantly understood what had just happened, and with tears in her voice, she accused Zhang Chen of his evil deeds.

But this time the crying was a little different. It didn't have the lonely and aggrieved feeling just now. It was more like acting coquettishly to someone close to her.

Zhang Chen saw the little girl come back to her senses and gently reminded her, "Be decent, it's time to go."

"Yeah." Liu Yifei nodded slowly. She had indeed lost her composure just now.

"Zhang Chen, Yifei is eliminated. Do you have anything to say to her?"

Teacher He had been watching from the side, and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Liu Yifei come out of her distraught state.

The people who were on the stage before, including him, were calling Liu Yifei's name, but they never saw Liu Yifei respond, which made them a little at a loss.

Fortunately, Zhang Chen came over from the guest seats and gave Liu Yifei a slap on the forehead, which brought the little girl back to her senses.

Now that things are back on track and Teacher He has returned to his duties as host, it's time to put a perfect end to Liu Yifei's journey on "The Voice of China".

"Say something?" Zhang Chen repeated Teacher He's question.

He looked at the group of people around him.

The princess had already come to Liu Yifei's side by now, hugging her little head and crying.

Zhang Guorong also wiped away her tears gently.

Liu Huan and Luo Dayou were also standing shoulder to shoulder not far away, watching this place.

Among the three winning students, Yao Beina also walked to Liu Yifei's side, followed by Wang Xinling. These two girls were the first to notice that something was wrong with Liu Yifei, but they were a little at a loss before that.

Only now, after Liu Yifei came to her senses, did she dare to step forward.

Because Lin Junjie is a boy, it is not easy for him to go forward to comfort her, but he also looks at little sister Liu Yifei with concern.

In fact, during these two months, before tonight, the relationship between students who were not in the same team with their mentor had become closer.

After all, before, the teams had to compete for a qualifying spot in the same group, and only tonight would the PK between the four mentors' teams take place.

As the youngest student among all the students, Liu Yifei was loved by everyone from the very beginning.

This time when the little sister was eliminated, they felt mixed emotions. Some were happy about their successful advancement, but also felt guilty for eliminating the little sister.

"To be honest, I had expected this result."

After looking at everyone's expressions, Zhang Chen turned his gaze to all the audience present.

Zhang Chen wanted to say something, but at this moment, whether he emphasized that the program was fair or felt sorry for Liu Yifei, it seemed inappropriate.

Finally, I can only end this topic with a self-mockery:

"When I get home, I'm going to be scolded by my mom."

"You also know that I will scold you when you get home?"

Capital, Zhang's House

Sun Fangping, who has been living in a large manor in the suburbs for many years, was waiting here before Zhang Chen returned home.

She watched the entire "The Voice" today.

When the result was announced and Liu Yifei shed tears, Sun Fangping felt her heart was broken.

Her first reaction was to rush to her son's house with all her weapons and wait for this shabby and spendthrift boy.

How can you bully your sister like this?
From the very beginning when the "Voice of China" program team deliberately targeted Liu Yifei, Sun Fangping wanted to have a "good talk" with Zhang Chen.

In her opinion, the program is organized by their own company, so what's wrong with arranging a champion for the little girl?
The money is paid by our own family, the people are hired by our own family, and we can give the award to whoever we want.

Among all those fake awards out there, and even some awards with formal titles, which one doesn’t have a little bit of “humanitarianism”?
His own son, on the other hand, targeted Liu Yifei, the sister who grew up with him, from the very beginning and was really unwilling to help at all.

It’s just a text message vote. What Sun Fangping has the most is money and manpower.

The mighty Morning Light Group has tens of thousands of employees. What's wrong with giving each of them 100 yuan and asking them to vote for the little girl 10 times?
"Mom, the show has to be fair"

Zhang Chen sat on a small stool with his head drooped, looking at the feather duster in his mother's hand with sympathy. If Old Zhang hadn't stopped him, he would probably have a few more blood marks on his back.

"Fairness!" Sun Fangping was furious when she heard the word. She raised the feather duster and wanted to hit him again. "Is fairness more important than your sister? Look at how Yifei is crying."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen glanced at Xiao Liu who was still sobbing while hugging a pillow and rolled his eyes.

You can cry, but can you please pull back the corners of your mouth?
"Yes, yes, it's all my fault."

What can Zhang Chen do?
The one holding the feather duster is his own mother, can he still resist?

"What's your attitude?" Sun Fangping raised her eyebrows, somewhat dissatisfied with her son's perfunctory attitude. "What do you want to achieve by hosting a program? It doesn't seem like this program will benefit us in the slightest!"

"Mom, there are hundreds of millions of dollars added to the company's account."

"Money, money, money! You only care about money! You are so young, why do you need so much money? You have always valued money so much for so many years. There is no one in the country who is richer than you. Tell me, why did you transfer so much money?"

"I" Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment, and replied awkwardly: "It's always useful."

There will be many places where money will be needed in the future, and I can’t explain it in just a few words, and there are some things that I can’t say.

"I don't care about other things. You have always had your own ideas since you were a child. But you must give me an explanation about Sissi's matter."

"Mom, are you my mom or her mom?"

"How dare you talk back?!"

"I admit it. I accept the punishment, okay? Can you please let me sit on the sofa? This small stool hurts my butt."

"Are you still feeling wronged?" Sun Fangping tapped her son on the top of his head with a feather duster. "Why don't you think about Xixi? How wronged was she on the stage just now?"

"Ancestor, please say something," Zhang Chen wailed towards Liu Yifei.

"Humph~"

Liu Yifei pouted and turned her head away, ignoring Zhang Chen.

　Classmate Xiao Liu failed to be selected, so I probably won’t be scolded, right?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)