Chapter 10: Shame, Shame, Shame

For this mainland that has just opened up the entertainment industry, the role of the star effect is even far greater than that of He Taiping's world before he traveled through time. For example, Naga, strictly speaking, is no longer as simple as a star, but symbolizes a status and symbol, which can influence the people and even the political situation.

Such a noble character is naturally the object of supreme pursuit and envy of everyone. I don’t know how many women envy her achievements and hope that she can take the position one day. So at this moment, when hearing that her wife and daughter might have the chance to dream come true, more than a hundred listeners were shocked and excited, and they inevitably started to discuss it buzzingly.

"But, what standard should we choose?" A nobleman asked this question incisively in the noisy voice, which immediately calmed the audience down. The middle-aged man calmly sipped his coffee and said: "This is mainly determined based on the judges' scores and the audience's voting. From an official perspective, Paradise City will send a judge team led by Jin Yue and Naga to give these contestants a score and give suggestions."

"Well, does the judges led by Jin Yue and Miss Naga? It seems very fair..." Although everyone praised fairness together, many people were actually thinking of "unfairness". Several nobles who had some friendship with He Taiping had even begun to secretly plan whether they should give He Taiping and his subordinates a generous gift that was enough to change the principle of fair competition in the name of a dinner or a visit.

Of course, this kind of thinking cannot escape the eyes of the civilians, but what else can they do besides watching helplessly? However, in disappointment, they suddenly heard the middle-aged man continue: "However, although the judges' rating is useful, it is not the key to determining the contestants' victory. The real decision of who can laugh to the end is actually the audience voting!"

This sentence immediately made many people feel energetic and asked quickly. The middle-aged man sipped coffee and pondered slightly: "I heard that the talent show will be broadcast live at that time. Whether it is the live audience or the audience who watch on TV, they can go to the local gift shop to buy a bouquet and put it into the box of their favorite contestants. The number of bouquets is unlimited, but one audience can only buy five branches."

"It is worth noting that this kind of bouquet has magic labels on it and cannot be counterfeited, so you can only go to the gift store opened in Paradise City to buy it." Seeing the voice of discussion in the crowd, the middle-aged man slowly said with a faint smile, "A flower represents one point. The more bouquets the contestants get, the higher the points. Three days after each game, the organizer will count the bouquets, and then perform some systematic multiplication, division, addition and subtraction, and then combine them with the judges' points to obtain the final score of the contestants."

"So that's it, so that's it!" Hearing his words, the audience around him said "Oh" at the same time, and finally understood the general content. But the middle-aged man's narration was not over yet, and he continued: "However, although the score is important, the contestant's own level is still the first. We are a bit ugly. Even if someone can finally win by cheating, you are not strong enough, and even if you appear, you will be quickly defeated. What's more, Paradise City has a complete set of supervision measures. Once a contestant is found to cheat, the punishment will be very severe."

Speaking of this, the middle-aged man felt that he had said enough, and stood up and said goodbye. Everyone had no intention of keeping him, and they all spread out their discussions, or went home to inform their wife and daughter of the news. Therefore, in the chaos, no one noticed that the middle-aged man walked into another coffee shop after turning the corner and began his own repeated explanation.

In fact, until He Taiping officially announced the rules of the Super Girls Draft on live TV, in the cities of the Principality of Campas, there were many such "insiders" lobbying at all times to reveal the details of the Super Girls Draft to local residents. Their focus was often on the important part of "buying flowers and getting points", and they repeatedly emphasized the importance of this score for the contestants to win.

For a moment, the already lively atmosphere was even more exciting. Women in the entire principality fell into a madness. From the age of sixteen to thirty-five, all women within the age limit were discussing whether they should participate in the competition and how many opportunities to win. This situation continued and reached its warmest peak on the day when He Taiping participated in the live broadcast.

During this day's live broadcast, He Taiping announced in front of hundreds of thousands of viewers across the country that the Super Girls Talent will officially start in five days, and contestants can register at their local registration points. The competition is divided into three steps: preliminaries, preliminary competitions and finals. First, national auditions are held, then preliminary competition points are set up in twelve major cities, and finally the finals are held in Paradise City. The entire competition process will be live broadcast, and advertisers are welcome to book the advertising broadcast time.

This is crazy news. Its scale and influence are incomparable to any grand ceremony in the past. Just on the first morning of the official registration, a team of about hundreds of meters long lined up in front of the registration points of the Super Girls’ Drafts in various places, and the number of people continued to increase over time. According to incomplete statistics made by Xiao Su on the same day, more than 60,000 women registered in the twelve major cities across the country, accounting for almost 20% of the total population of women of appropriate age in the country.

In other words, just the seemingly insignificant registration fee paid by these applicants has compensated the previous publicity costs of Paradise City. But for He Taiping, he does not expect to rely on a little registration fee to make a fortune. He hopes to get a chance to make a fortune, and it is best to create a stable opportunity to make a fortune every year.

In fact, this wish was soon realized, and the harvest was even greater than He Taiping's original estimate. From the afternoon of the day of registration, his temporary residence in the capital Constantine was blocked by the carriages of the nobles and merchants. Regardless of whether they had friendship or not, whether they knew each other, all the nobles and merchants who had wives and daughters participating in the Super Girls' Trials at home visited each other. The invitations received by the doorman were enough to fill a room.

However, most of them were disappointed because He Taiping had no intention of meeting them at all - because as he said in advance, as the organizer of the Super Girls Draft, he naturally had to ensure a fair and strict position. This situation naturally disappointed the visitors, but after paying a small bribe, they soon learned the inside story from the dark elf Drizzt who was sending the guests.

"The boss means not to accept any gifts. In my opinion, it may be because the gifts are too eye-catching and can easily cause discussion among the public!" Looking at the golden ticket in the sleeve, Drizzt touched his chin thoughtfully and reminded him lightly. So, the visitors who returned home suddenly realized and understood the key to this sentence in public - since the gifts are very eye-catching, we will change to something that is not eye-catching, such as gold tickets and gems...

After understanding this, visitors immediately offered bribes. Although He Taiping did not meet them, he politely accepted the gold ticket. Of course, he also accepted the list with one or two names. However, according to Drizzt, this can only ensure that these contestants pass the preliminaries smoothly. As for the subsequent competition, it depends on their own performance, and...

"Shameless, so shameless!" Many visitors were stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but curse in their hearts, but smiles still appeared on their faces, as if He Taiping was going to give them money. After a while, the crowd gathered outside the mansion gradually dissipated, and then Drizzt coughed lightly and shouted to the doorman: "Your Highness, Prince, please come with me, the boss is complimenting you for your visit."

Obviously, compared to these ordinary visitors, the high-level nobles who were waiting in the doorman for tea in advance, are qualified to enjoy preferential treatment. In the past, these noble nobles might not have bought He Taiping’s account, but the situation is different at this moment. Let me ask, who has no wife and daughter in the family, and who does not want to become famous overnight and become the second Naga? Therefore, even if these nobles are very concerned about their face, they have to come and visit them due to the persuasion of their wives and daughters.

However, what made them a little happy was that He Taiping did not deliberately put on airs and did not take the opportunity to extort money. On the contrary, he took the initiative to ask for the list of the nobles' wives and daughters, and promised that they could at least enter the national preliminary round. Such performance naturally made the high-level nobles very satisfied, and they vaguely felt a little more fond of He Taiping. Some of them were cheerful, even patted He Taiping on the shoulder and promised to owe him a favor, which was exactly what He Taiping wanted to see.
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