I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property-Chapter 438 436: Buy Her to the Last Place

"What's wrong? Why do you look so upset?" Lu Yiyao noticed the unusual expression on Zhang Menglong's face.

"Oh, it's nothing." Zhang Menglong shook his head, not wishing for Lu Yiyao to know about these things.

"Ah, don't worry, second place is already very good. I even thought making it to the top five was impossible!" Lu Yiyao said. "Hua Yuhan is really amazing, she sings beautifully and dances wonderfully. If I were a boy, I'd definitely be smitten by her!"

"You're so naive!" Zhang Menglong flicked Lu Yiyao on the nose.

"But I'm not bad either. I'll definitely surpass her," Lu Yiyao said, "You don't know, our season has even got the Asian Dance King as a coach! What's that look for? I'm not talking about the multiplayer kind of thing! I'm talking about Zhang the King! He even praised me for my dance gift!"

"Really?" Zhang Menglong smiled. The title of Asian Dance King held by Zhang the King indeed had more value than that of the multiplayer sport kind. If Zhang had acknowledged her, it meant that Lu Yiyao's dance gift was really something.

After all, Zhang Menglong had emphasized repeatedly that, aside from ensuring no underhanded tactics were used, he treated Lu Yiyao as a regular contestant, offering no special considerations.

"Alright, just rest well for these two days. After all, it's just the initial stage that has just finished and voting has only just begun. Who knows, maybe in two days the final count will show you've surpassed that Hua Yuhan?"

...

At 7:00 PM, the production team of the "Future Child" announced the voting situation on the first day. Hua Yuhan was temporarily in first place with 1.78 million votes, while Lu Yiyao was in second with 1.59 million votes. The third-place contestant didn't even reach a million votes; there was a clear gap.

The data had just been released, and the audience began their heated discussion.

"What? Lu Yiyao is only in second place? Impossible! Isn't her singing miles better than Hua Yuhan's?

"It might be because Hua Yuhan included a dance performance in her act. Honestly, her dancing really isn't bad!"

"But isn't that too exaggerated? Most of my friends voted for Lu Yiyao. How could she be beaten by nearly 200,000 votes? That's not scientific!"

"Could there be some foul play? Isn't it said that this Hua Yuhan is Hua Ye's sister, whose net worth is in the billions of US dollars? It wouldn't be hard for her to buy some support."

"Damn, these protective fans are truly nauseating. Just because she has more votes than your idol, you start attacking her?"

"What are you talking about the horse for? It's a fact. All the judges rated Lu Yiyao as the best in vocal music. Isn't this vote buying otherwise?"

"Brothers and sisters, let's vote again. We must catch up in the number of votes!"

"Exactly, let's show them the difference between true fans and paid ones!"

...

Half an hour later, Lu Yiyao's votes unexpectedly began to skyrocket. At the closest point, she was less than twenty thousand votes behind Hua Yuhan!

At this time, Hua Yuhan's votes also surged from behind, widening the gap to over a hundred thousand votes again!

"Well, this obvious vote buying," Zhang Menglong listened to Hong Yi's report.

All of Lu Yiyao's votes were genuine and valid, but of Hua Yuhan's votes, only about 1.2 million were real; the rest, hundreds of thousands, were all purchased!

"Want to play, huh?" Zhang Menglong's tone was icy. "Hong Yi, do you know how to buy these votes?"

"Mr. Zhang, this area is quite complex. The votes bought by Hua Yuhan are all from real people, so they are very safe and not easily exposed, but they are quite expensive, costing about 5 to 10 Huaxia currency per valid vote."

"Broke guy, hundreds of thousands of votes, that's only a few million spent!" Zhang Menglong laughed. "Hong Yi, this kind of thing shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

"Of course, if Mr. Zhang needs it, I can arrange it right now," Hong Yi said, "How many do you need to buy?"

"Let's start with a few hundred million tickets!"

"Ah?" Hong Yi was stunned, "Mr. Zhang, isn't that a bit too exaggerated? Over a hundred million tickets for one person clearly looks like buying votes!"

"Hahaha, what I meant was, distribute these tickets among all the other contestants," Zhang Menglong laughed, "Didn't the auditions admit over 60 people? Sell two million tickets to each person, and directly make that Hua Yuhan the last one!"

"She likes buying tickets, right? Let's see how many she can buy!"

...

"I didn't expect that girl named Lu Yiyao to be so popular!"

In another room, a girl with a beautiful appearance and a sexy figure was on the phone with someone. She is Hua Ye's sister, Hua Yuhan, a princess-like figure of the Hua family.

Hua Yuhan's greatest passion is singing and dancing. She has no interest in business or politics, and the Hua family doesn't lack people in those areas, so she is free to do whatever she wants.

Hua Yuhan has always been dearly loved by Hua Ye, so he took her participation in The Future Child very seriously. He even contacted the organizers at the beginning, hoping to prepare a champion's script for Hua Yuhan!

But he didn't expect, his request was rejected. They said the program's sponsorship had already been fully booked, and the sponsors did not allow any predetermined candidates—all contestants had to win based on their own merit!

Hua Ye wasn't too concerned about this. Not to mention that Hua Yuhan had studied vocal music and dance from a young age under some well-known musicians and dancers, and her skills were quite good. Even if someone was better, with the Hua family's resources, wouldn't this still be easy to handle?

Starting half a month before the show, Hua Ye began using his resources to generate buzz and popularity. Even the photos of him visiting Hua Yuhan were deliberately leaked to the media. By the time the show started, she had already garnered a lot of attention.

In the first round of rankings, she showcased her strong skills and caught the attention of many mentors. Strong skills, strong background, and a kind-hearted persona drew in a large number of fans.

Just when she felt she had victory in her grasp, Lu Yiyao's emergence shattered her confidence.

Before the graduate school retest, Lu Yiyao had trained with Domingo and Madonna for a month or two. Her training had not stopped after that, and Zhang Menglong had arranged many vocal and instrumental teachers from around the world for her. It could be said that from the beginning, Lu Yiyao was on the path of mastering her craft!

During the rankings competition, as soon as she opened her mouth, she gave countless audience members goosebumps, even earning extremely high evaluations from the mentors. They openly stated that among the 100 contestants, she was unmistakably the number one vocalist.

Since then, Hua Yuhan paid extra attention to Lu Yiyao, and she also told her brother, Hua Ye. Hua Ye had also started preparing early, buying a large number of fans and internet troops to boost Hua Yuhan's popularity.

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After the public performance ended, Lu Yiyao's votes soared like a rocket, far ahead of other contestants, while Hua Yuhan, though not doing badly, only managed second place!

Having some insider information, Hua Ye immediately mobilized his online army to start voting for Hua Yuhan, hence the visible discrepancy in the vote numbers that the audience saw.

"This Lu Yiyao is indeed quite impressive," a young man's voice came from the phone, "But don't worry, Yuhan, you will definitely debut in the final c position. I just spent 5 million US dollars buying votes for you, Lu Yiyao can't catch up!"

"Brother, I knew you're the best to me!"

"Hahaha, this little thing, leave it to me, as long as you're happy!" Hua Ye laughed, "I've already heard that the next round's performance will be in the form of assistive singing and acting. I'll find you the most capable guest performer, and you'll definitely stun the whole audience!"

"Wait," the tone of Hua Ye suddenly became serious.

"What's wrong, brother?"

"My assistant told me that there has been a strange surge in the contestants' vote numbers, and now even the person ranked last has reached 1.2 million votes!"