Era: The naive beauty charmed the villain!

The weekend was spent in intense preparation under immense pressure for Lin An'an.

The competition started as scheduled on Monday morning.

Wang Meijuan secretly tugged at Lin An'an's sleeve backstage and whispered, "An'an, it's almost your turn. Are you nervous?"

Lin An'an took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, and replied, "I'm actually a little nervous..."

Her heart was racing, her palms were slightly sweaty, but at the same time, she felt a surge of excitement welling up inside her.

The process for this school-wide selection competition was simple, but it was quite challenging.

Ten contestants took turns going up on stage in order to draw a speech from a wooden box placed on the stage. Each person had ten minutes to prepare after drawing a speech, and then began a three-minute speech without notes.

The difficulty of this process lies in the fact that the ten-minute preparation time is simply too short!

With only ten minutes to prepare, the competition required participants to speak without notes.

In this limited time, it would be good enough if the contestants could recite the speech they were given accurately.

Moreover, it also needs to be translated into English, and the entire text must be fluent, coherent, and free of grammatical errors.

Such requirements are incredibly difficult for the participants, even those students who usually have excellent academic performance and outstanding oral communication skills find them very challenging.

What's even more frightening is that the entire preparation and speech process must take place on stage.

In other words, when you draw a speech, you must immediately stand on the stage and begin preparing; and once you are ready, you must immediately stand on the stage and begin your speech.

During this time, the judges in the audience will keep their eyes on you, observing your performance and scoring you.

This kind of pressure is not something that ordinary people can withstand!

Anyone with even a slightly weaker mental fortitude would probably have their mentality completely broken if they participated in this competition.

Let alone getting into the top three, they might not even be able to finish the competition.

Since there were only ten participants in the competition, the entire competition proceeded very quickly.

The order in which the contestants went on stage was determined by drawing lots before they entered, in order to ensure fairness.

Lin An'an drew fifth place, and Wang Meijuan drew ninth.

Since the competition relied entirely on improvisation through a draw on stage, the order of play was not that important.

Lin An'an felt lucky that she wasn't the first to go on stage, as she had time to prepare herself mentally and wouldn't be too flustered.

It's important to know that the competition rules are only announced after the competition begins, so the first player to take the stage won't be able to get into the zone immediately.

When they went on stage to compete, Lin An'an felt that the number one contestant was somewhat out of sorts due to being too flustered.

At this moment, the fourth contestant was giving a speech on stage, while Lin An'an was waiting backstage.

This fourth student is also in Lin An'an's class. He usually ranks in the top five in the class, so he was also selected to participate in the competition.

Wang Meijuan couldn't sit still in the audience, so she stood behind the stage curtain with Lin An'an and watched what was happening on the stage.

The fourth student on stage clearly hadn't made sufficient preparations in the previous ten minutes.

His voice trembled, and he dared not meet the eyes of the audience below the stage. He gripped the microphone tightly with both hands, as if this could bring him a sense of security.

However, the more nervous he became, the more likely he was to make mistakes.

His speech was halting, with pauses and repetitions, which made the audience feel somewhat impatient.

Wang Meijuan was anxious for him, and carefully pulled back the curtain to look at the contestants on the stage, wishing she could rush up and help them.

She muttered regretfully, "Oh dear, Li Qingguo is usually quite skilled and has a solid professional foundation, but he was a bit too nervous today."

Li Qingguo stammered for about two minutes, then suddenly seemed to forget what he was going to say next.

He stood there motionless, gripping the microphone, his face deathly pale, as if frozen in place.

As time ticked by, the atmosphere became increasingly awkward.

Li Qingguo's face quickly turned from pale to flushed, and beads of sweat kept sliding down his forehead, soaking the neat white shirt he had specially worn for the competition today.

He tried hard to recall the contents of his speech, but his mind went blank.

The whole process lasted for about ten seconds, which is usually just a blink of an eye.

But for Li Qingguo on stage, those were truly the longest ten seconds he had ever experienced in his life.

Finally, with the judges' gentle words of comfort, Li Qingguo came to his senses as if waking from a dream.

He took a deep breath, then shook his head gently with a helpless wry smile.

After bowing deeply in apology, he walked off the stage dejectedly.

This scene makes one sigh, "What a pity!"

Without a doubt, the fact that the competition was not even completed smoothly means that Li Qingguo has completely lost the opportunity to get this radio program internship.

But in any case, just being able to participate in this competition is enough to demonstrate his excellence.

This failure will undoubtedly become a valuable experience in his life.

After Li Qingguo regretfully stepped down from the stage, it was Lin An'an's turn to take the stage.

Hearing the announcement from the stage, Lin An'an took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.

Encouraged by Wang Meijuan, she walked slowly toward the stage with firm steps.