AFVSIBS Chapter 54: Li Yuan Thinks He Can Replace Zhou Chen
Li Yuan was full of confidence, but Zhao An had no confidence in him at all.
He knew very well that without Zhou Chen, relying solely on Li Yuan, achieving a rating above 2.0 would be a challenge, let alone surpassing 3.0.
However, he didn't want to crush Li Yuan's confidence, so he just smiled and encouraged him, saying, "Go for it, show your best today."
"I will. What Zhou Chen could bring to the show, I, Li Yuan, can do just as well," Li Yuan confidently replied.
This time, Zhao An didn't bother responding to him and simply left.
The six remaining trainees had to continue participating in today's program tasks.
Today's program task still revolved around showcasing their talents.
After all, as trainees, the program team needed to arrange more tasks to better display their talents.
However, today's talent task was different from yesterday's. Today, the program team provided the topics, and the trainees had to choose songs or dances based on the given topics.
Due to a major flood that occurred in several regions of this parallel world last week, many areas were submerged, resulting in significant damage to people's homes and property.
Various social groups had recently initiated charity fundraising activities.
So, the program team also planned to hold a charity fundraising event with a cultural performance at the nursing home.
Of course, their target donors were not the elderly residents of the nursing home but rather wealthy individuals in society.
They could donate through the live broadcast channel or directly deposit funds into the charity account publicly announced by the program team.
If entrepreneurs or local tycoons were willing to come to the event for fundraising, they would be warmly welcomed.
The task assigned by the program team was for the six remaining trainees to choose songs and perform talents based on the theme of charity.
With limited time, they only had one day to prepare after the task was announced, so each trainee went back to choose songs and make preparations.
"Without Zhou Chen, I have no interest in this program anymore. Moreover, I feel quite guilty for wrongly accusing Zhou Chen yesterday, which led to his direct elimination. I have no intention of watching tonight's program," someone lamented.
"Yeah! Thinking about it now, I regret it deeply. None of the six trainees tonight are ones I'm looking forward to, so I don't plan to watch the program tonight," another person chimed in.
"Sigh, how nice it would be if Zhou Chen hadn't been eliminated. With his influence, perhaps more people would participate in the charity fundraising event to help those affected by the flood."
"Speaking of which, I really hate the bastard who deliberately spread rumors and smeared Zhou Chen last night. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have intentionally given Zhou Chen low scores, and he wouldn't have left the program."
Because everyone knew that Zhou Chen wouldn't be in tonight's talent show, many netizens expressed little interest in watching the program at this moment.
This made Zhao An suddenly panic.
Just yesterday, he had experienced the excitement of surpassing a rating of 3.0. Could it be that today's rating would plummet below 1.0?
"Director Zhao, many netizens online are saying they won't watch our program tonight. What should we do? If the rating drops to 2.0 or 1.5, we can still accept it, but if it drops too sharply, we'll be embarrassed," assistant Qin Haishan anxiously reported.
"I'm even more anxious than you, but what can we do now? It's already a settled matter that Zhou Chen has been taken back by Zhang Chuchu. Can I bring him back?"
Thinking of this, Zhao An felt irritated.
"Director Zhao, I just remembered something. While you can't, maybe there's someone who can?"
"Who? Tell me quickly."
"Uncle Chen. He has great confidence in Zhou Chen and enjoys playing table tennis with him. Last time when Zhou Chen was taken back by Zhang Chuchu, it was Uncle Chen and Grandma Wang who managed to settle it with their phone calls. If he steps in now, perhaps he can still manage it," Qin Haishan suggested.
"What you said makes sense, but no matter how strong Uncle Chen's connections are, they can't override the rules. Zhou Chen had the lowest score in yesterday's comprehensive average, and that's a fact that can't be changed," Zhao An replied.
"I have an idea. We can conduct a public vote to see how many netizens want Zhou Chen to return to the program. Let them vote. In the end, we'll follow the majority vote. This way, we won't be criticized for making the decision. After all, it's the choice of the netizens, and we're just respecting their choice," Qin Haishan immediately proposed.
"Yes, yes, your suggestion is spot on. Why didn't I think of that? Once we use the voting method to decide whether Zhou Chen returns to the program or not, the proportion of votes in favor of Zhou Chen's return will definitely be very high. Because everyone misunderstood Zhou Chen this time, and they all feel guilty towards him," Zhao An became excited.
"Exactly. Now that Zhou Chen has clarified his innocence in his statement, those people feel guilty about misunderstanding him, so they will definitely vote for him to return to the program," Qin Haishan affirmed.
"Then go ahead and implement this immediately. The sooner, the better. Let's set the deadline for 3 p.m. this afternoon. After 3 p.m., we'll decide based on the highest number of votes," Zhao An instructed immediately.
Qin Haishan nodded and immediately went to handle the matter.
Soon, the program team announced the voting method to the public. They explained that Zhou Chen's elimination was unfair due to being slandered, and the program team's aim had always been to treat every participating trainee with fairness, justice, and openness.
Therefore, to compensate for Zhou Chen's unfair loss, the program team decided to let the public vote on whether Zhou Chen should return to the program.
Netizens who hoped he would return could vote, and those who didn't could also vote.
The final deadline was set for 3 p.m., and the decision on whether Zhou Chen could return to the program would be based on the netizens' vote.
The program team fully respected the opinions of the netizens.
After this news was announced, it immediately caused a sensation online.
"I don't know what others think, but I feel quite sorry for Zhou Chen. If it weren't for my misunderstanding, he might not have been eliminated due to low scores. So, I'm voting for him to come back."
"Right, I also hope he can return to the program. So, I'm giving my vote to Zhou Chen."
"Let's not say anything else. It's my fault for Zhou Chen, so I hope he can come back to the program."
"Someone as talented in music as Zhou Chen shouldn't be treated so unfairly. So, he must return to the program. Friends, let's vote. Unity is strength. We can definitely bring Zhou Chen back to the program."
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Everything went as Zhao An had guessed. Because netizens misunderstood and blamed Zhou Chen, they all voted for him, hoping he could return to the program.