Chapter 745 - 508: How Many? Over 20 Billion!? (4k)_2

The male host will follow along and pretend to be surprised, "Really? I don’t see Wu Mu looking too nervous."

Wu Mu didn’t expect to be suddenly mentioned, but he calmly smiled and nodded at the host.

"It seems so. I wonder if Wu Mu is confident in winning, or has given up because he thinks there’s no hope," the female host pretended to ponder.

Well, actually, neither of them really want to mention Wu Mu’s name right now. After all, Wu Mu has just done that thing, and mentioning his name now could upset the chairman of X sitting below.

But they can’t help it, the previous hosting outline was designed this way!

Besides, if not now, they’ll have to mention the name later anyway!

The two hosts had even doubted if Wu Mu would be disqualified, but since there were no new instructions coming through their earpiece, they had to stick to the original plan.

And their interaction undoubtedly gave many people in the audience an ominous feeling.

This timing of mentioning Wu Mu, could it really be him?

Outside, the offline audience waiting, Wu Mu’s rival fans seeing the images on the big screen at the square also felt uneasy.

Could they really award the X King to Wu Mu despite all the chaos, even after that scumbag just did that thing?

That can’t be allowed!

Suddenly, someone shouted, "Shady! Boycott Wu Mu!"

This shout seemed to awaken the scene, as Wu Mu’s rival fans reacted and started shouting as well, "Shady!"

"Boycott Wu Mu!"

"Wu Mu doesn’t deserve X King!"

Though today seems somewhat unsuccessful, at least don’t expect Wu Mu to fall from grace.

But... they still want to give it one last shot!

Otherwise, they came here for nothing!

All the fan circle supporters in their support outfits began to shout loudly.

Tens of thousands of people shouting together undoubtedly was astonishing, the sound was earth-shattering.

The fans of Wu Mu, Han Mei, and Sakura at the venue, although they were furious at first and started shouting back in support of Wu Mu’s name.

But because they were shouting in a foreign language and lacked numbers, their momentum was completely overshadowed.

Well, those who were Wu Mu’s casual fans, real fans, and haters.

Everyone looked at each other and chose... to watch the drama unfold.

Anyway, if the result is really Wu Mu, it won’t change just because of some shouting outside. Of course, normally the result might change due to too much pressure inside and outside.

But today, when Wu Mu has already done that thing, if the result is to be changed, it would’ve been done earlier.

And if it’s not changed... would they suddenly alter the result due to a few shouts when his public act was already so disastrous?

The outside clamor was astonishing, the inside could hear the sounds clearly.

The guests inside whispered among themselves.

Boycotting Wu Mu?

Originally, everyone was dignified, not very concerned about who gets the X King, as it doesn’t really matter to them.

But given what Wu Mu just did... everyone felt it was somewhat inappropriate for Wu Mu to get the X King.

Of course, no one dared to shout for boycotting Wu Mu as they are not the kind who act on impulse like Wu Mu.

The hosts on stage could hear the commotion outside, undoubtedly beginning to sweat.

This year’s X Night has too many incidents!

Nonetheless, the hosts had to carry on.

The male host forced a smile and continued, "That’s right, the honorary awards we’re about to present are our X King and X Queen!"

"Let’s start with the X King!"

He announced the name of the award.

"This year’s X King competition is undoubtedly fierce. Not only did the number of participants who voted break the records of our past X Night events, it was the highest ever, but even the topics and discussions have reached the highest level in all these X Night events."

"Yes, it’s astonishing. As of the opening night, the top-voted guest has received over sixty million votes."

As the host spoke, the voting data for this X Night began to appear on the big screen.

First place, Qiu Yiyang, 63.92 million votes.

Second place, Xiao Yi, 60.30 million votes.

Third place, Sun Zhichun, 59.60 million votes.

...

Tenth place, Wang Zixuan, 38.20 million votes.

The screen displayed the vote counts of the top ten, all exceeding thirty million.

The vote count is truly astounding, with nearly half of Hua Country’s population voting for celebrities.

It just shows the fan circles are truly capable of boosting votes.

Once the top ten were listed, everyone thought it was over, but then the screen rolled again.

Ninety-seventh place, Wu Mu, 160,000 votes.

160,000 votes....

Not even a fraction of a fraction compared to the top ten, a short string of numbers sitting below the others, looking exceptionally pitiful.

But as everyone watched, their ominous feeling intensified.

Was Wu Mu’s vote count singled out purely for comparison due to his popularity, or...

The host looked at the screen data and exclaimed, "What a high number of votes, any of the top ten guests this year would have ranked first in previous years."

"Exactly, which is why this year’s X Night competition is extraordinarily fierce, even our selection experts found it difficult to determine the scores."

"Finally, after careful consideration by our 80 experts, evaluating multiple dimensions including professional capability, total number of fans, internet popularity, etc., the expert review scores are as follows."

The expert review scores appeared on the right side of the big screen.

First place, Cao Yifei, 6931

Second place, Li Cheng, 6710

Third place, Chen Jian, 6627

...

Eighth place, Wu Mu, 5956

Tenth place, Zhou Yu, 5681

Unlike the traffic celebrities dominating the voting rankings, the expert review features mainly national actors and talented artists in the top ranks.

The names of traffic celebrities appeared only starting from the eighth place.

The rankings also listed ten names, and this time, there was no need to intentionally add Wu Mu’s name since he was already in the top ten.

I ranked eighth?

Wu Mu naturally wasn’t happy at all, he pursed his lips in frustration.

What useless experts, how could the expert review rank him eighth, just slightly higher than Zhou Yu.

It’s apparent what kind of experts they were, probably included some of his haters as well.

Others inside and outside were confused.

Though it wasn’t because they thought his rank was too high, but the opposite thinking it was too low.

Wu Mu, only eighth?

Just slightly over Zhou Yu by less than 300 points?

Previously everyone speculated that X might tamper with the expert review scores the most, secretly boosting Wu Mu’s expert review scores, and through weighted calculations, Wu Mu would suppress others and claim the X King.

Yet here they didn’t secretly boost Wu Mu’s score?

What’s going on?

Could it be...

Many started showing expressions of happiness.

Could X really deal with things justly, not planning to award Wu Mu the X King?

X is truly impartial!

The inside and outside were filled with lively chatter.

But the hosts on stage hadn’t finished.

After everyone reviewed the expert review scores, he continued, "Lastly, it’s our platform data, which also will contribute to the final selection score, roughly around ten percent by coefficient calculation."

Upon hearing this, everyone wasn’t overly concerned.

Platform data has always been a routine score, used in previous years, just like this year’s eleven percent, generally with a low coefficient, roughly around ten to twenty percent.

As a result, they were assuming their brother’s data must be higher than Wu Mu’s, who has fewer people managing his data.

That’s what everyone thought.

But...

The big screen started displaying the specific data.

First place, Wu Mu

Annual homepage visitors: 21.68 billion

Annual trending topic reading: 193.196 billion

Annual trending top 50 appearances: 289 times

Everyone stared at the long string of zeros on the big screen, stunned.

Wait.

How much?

Ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand... ten billion, hundred billion

Two hundred, more billion?

Over two hundred billion!!?