Chapter 748 - 510: "Tomorrow Will Be Better" (4k)

After Wu Mu stepped off the stage, he initially intended to just sit back down.

But unexpectedly, as he passed by Mo Mo’s seat, Mo Mo stood up directly.

"Congratulations, Teacher Wu Mu, for winning the first X King," she said with a smile, and it seemed she wanted a congratulatory hug.

Wu Mu hesitated for a moment but then embraced her lightly, "Thank you, Xiao Mo."

But that hug led to some trouble.

As soon as he completed the hug and lifted his head, he found Sun Yueqing standing up behind him.

There was no helping it.

Wu Mu had to go over, and he gave a light hug to Sun Yueqing across the seat.

Of course, while Wu Mu’s hug was light, Sun Yueqing’s movements were rather heavy.

After hugging Sun Yueqing, Wu Mu turned his head and saw Zhao Xue standing up nearby...

Well, everyone hugged, Zhao Xue felt her relationship with Wu Mu wasn’t bad either?

So she had to give him a congratulatory hug, right?

Wu Mu was quite helpless, but he couldn’t possibly refuse.

"Congratulations, really amazing! Your popularity is scary," Zhao Xue exclaimed, commenting on the recent data. Forget about celebrities; she felt she couldn’t match his offline national appeal.

"Thank you, I’m still far from Sister Zhao," Wu Mu smiled, humbly expressing gratitude.

Once these people finished hugging, others couldn’t sit still anymore.

Without even turning around, Wu Mu could sense a gaze as solid as substance.

He turned his head and saw Lu Yao in the second row on the left already standing up. As both sides were full, she couldn’t easily come out, so she looked at Wu Mu with a hopeful gaze.

Wu Mu: "..."

Really had no choice.

Wu Mu had to go over actively.

Lu Yao immediately became happy, jumped into his arms, and said happily, "Congratulations, Wu! Wu is really amazing!"

After the excitement, she glanced left and right at the X King trophy in his hand, somewhat disdainfully, "The X trophy is so ugly."

Then she asked expectantly, "Wu, can I exchange the X Queen trophy for your previous Golden Camera later?"

Huh?

Wu Mu’s mind immediately filled with question marks.

There was so much to complain about he couldn’t decide where to start.

Never mind whether she’s too confident, thinking she could beat Mo Mo and win the X Queen trophy.

But what was this exchange using a X Queen trophy for a Golden Camera trophy?

That Golden Camera was previously given to him by Lin Qingyue at Cannes.

Wu Mu felt he completely couldn’t keep up with Lu Yao’s logic and went silent for a moment, then mercilessly refused, "No."

"Ah, why not?" Lu Yao instantly wilted like a beaten eggplant.

And after Lu Yao finished hugging, not too far away were Wang Xiaotian, Meng Yuxi, Yue Li, and others.

Others nearby were speechless, especially Wu Mu’s competitors, who were dissatisfied, thinking this was his celebration party.

Anyhow, Wu Mu went in a big circle before finally sitting back in his seat.

After sitting down, it was Zhao Xue who had just joined the bustle who first exclaimed, "Wu Mu, your social connections are really stable."

Just earlier, Wu Mu had stepped on Lin Xueming. For typical insiders, they’d definitely observe for a while, not daring to act too close in public, lest it affects them.

But Wu Mu’s situation remained consistent with those who previously visited his livestream.

She herself wasn’t worried because she was high-ranking enough and didn’t fear Lin Xueming targeting her over such a minor incident, but didn’t expect others to not fear as well.

It can only be said that those who can be Wu Mu’s friends already knew what kind of person he was and were accustomed to it, aware he occasionally stirred trouble, if they feared being affected, they’d steer clear a long time ago.

The award for X King was followed by the X Queen award.

Even though Lu Yao seemed very confident, while online vote statistics were extremely close without anyone pulling ahead significantly.

Though eventually, the X Queen was unsurprisingly awarded to Mo Mo.

When Mo Mo stepped down, Wu Mu naturally stood to hug and congratulate her.

After the awards for X King and Queen were completed, all the awards for this X Night were done.

The time following was usually filled with filler, like the platform’s new year vision, announcements of philanthropic plans, or other plans.

In previous years, viewership numbers would typically plummet by this point.

But this year, while overall viewership numbers were declining, they weren’t dropping drastically.

Well, everybody was still anticipating the final program to come on stage.

The livestream comment section remained densely packed.

"Is the final headliner program Wu Gou? Quickly bring him out!"

"Stop dawdling and saying this and that, quickly let Wu Gou on stage!"

"Watching on my phone all day is exhausting! Hurry up and let Wu Gou perform so I can rest!"

Although X had not announced the final performance guest until now, most people guessed it was nine out of ten likely to be Wu Mu.

After all, having invited him to the event, how could they not let him perform?

But the X platform seemed ignorant of everyone’s anticipation, still proceeding slowly with formalities.

The host spoke of the platform’s goals and developments for the new year, saying X will increase investment in charitable activities, announcing a few major philanthropic projects.

Anyway, it’s all stuff viewers weren’t interested in.

Then the host prepared to invite the X vice president on stage to announce the major philanthropic projects, but just as he started speaking, he suddenly paused, teasing a question, "Feifei, what do you think is the difficulty in doing charity work?"

The female host beside him speculated, "Funding? Organization? Management?"

The male host agreed, "What you said is all correct, but something’s still missing—advocacy. The power organized independently by the platform is ultimately limited, and more public participation is needed. And to get public participation, advocacy is naturally indispensable."