Chapter 54 (Perfect Score): "This is clearly an old mine glass jadeite!"...

Chapter 54 (Perfect Score): "This is clearly an old mine glass jadeite!"...

Less than ten seconds after the staff announced the tiebreaker, Ye Hantao and the others received the printed test papers from the production team.

In a daze, Ye Hantao had the illusion of returning to the university examination hall.

The first page contained one hundred questions they had memorized earlier, and the second page contained three bonus questions.

Chen Xiaofeng had a headache. "My God, why are there bonus questions? I haven't seen one of these since I graduated from high school."

He studied directing abroad in college and never really took any exams.

Cheng Zhao seemed to be deep in thought.

He had previously approached Director Wan, only requesting that the scope of the exam be redefined within an additional 90 questions, without inquiring about which 10 questions the production team would choose from those.

Was this extra round really a last-minute idea from the production team?

It wasn't really a spur-of-the-moment decision; Director Wan was mainly contacted by a subordinate of his major investor who called to inquire about his well-being.

The other party didn't say anything irrelevant on the phone, nor did they offer any opinions. They only mentioned one thing: Director Wan must remember to treat all guests equally, regardless of whether they are celebrities or ordinary people.

Director Wan broke out in a cold sweat.

Providing Liao Jiayue with advance notice of the questions is not a fair treatment.

Tacitly allowing Cheng Zhao to redefine the scope of the exam questions is not treating everyone equally.

Director Wan waved his hand and ordered everyone to take the test again!

There's no need for everyone to rush to answer anymore, so that some people won't be too nervous or miss out. They can just sit in their seats and answer the questions.

[Family members! Whether you didn't answer because you couldn't get it, or you're pretending you can't get it because you simply don't know how, we'll find out soon!]

[Is the show canceling the quiz? I want to send flowers to Ye Hantao and Wu Xia!]

[Wu Xia is alright, but forget about Ye Hantao. Those who knew how to get her already got her. Those who said they didn't probably just didn't know how.]

[The same compliment goes to Liao Jiayue (smiling face).jpg)]

Ye Hantao glanced at the three bonus questions and found them to be quite simple. They were about several aspects that the guide had mentioned during their visit to the Cao Zhi Scenic Area.

For example, regarding the question about the eight scenic spots in the Yushan Caozhi Scenic Area, they had visited each one, and the guides had introduced each one to them.

The production team may have wanted to save time, so all the questions were multiple choice, including single-choice and multiple-selection questions.

Looking at the four choices under each question, Ye Hantao felt increasingly confident.

Just as everyone picked up their pens to answer the questions, the staff member announced another message with a smile.

"During your first round of quizzes, the live broadcast will have a guessing game where viewers can vote for the team they think will win."

Why does the production team have this procedure?!

Liao Jiayue's face was pale.

Based on her behavior on the bus, many fans and passersby must have given her flowers.

The quiz just ended, and who knows how many people are already insulting her in the live chat!

The staff member smiled and said, "Because Ye Hantao and Wu Xia from Group C won, all viewers who supported you will receive a one-year VIP membership on Qingning TV."

Ye Hantao's eyes crinkled into a smile as she cupped her fists towards the camera and said crisply, "Thank you everyone for your support!"

After saying that, Ye Hantao patted Wu Xia.

Since being paired with Ye Hantao, Wu Xia has been trained by her. Despite being shy, he still added, "Thank you everyone for your support."

[Hahaha, Wu Xia! Be more open! Be generous and outgoing!]

[Isn't Wu Xia an actor? I thought his portrayal of the gloomy prince was quite convincing. Is he really that socially awkward in real life?]

[Ahhhhh, Xiaxia isn't socially awkward! Okay, I admit I am a little.]

[Damn it! Why didn't I give the flowers to them?! My year-long VIP membership is gone!]

At this point, the staff member spoke again: "Please answer carefully, as your accuracy rate this round will determine whether the audience can receive another reward."

Audience: [???]

Ye Hantao's eyes lit up, "Are there any other rewards for the audience?"

"Yes, there is." The staff member opened a sign that the production team had temporarily made and announced firmly, "All supporters of the winning team will receive a one-year SVIP membership on Qingning TV!"

Qingning TV offers two membership types: VIP and SVIP. The former costs 118 yuan per year, while the latter costs 188 yuan per year.

Although the price isn't as competitive as the gold lottery that Shanfeng (a popular online forum) used to hold, you can get a year's membership for free by sending some free flowers! It's completely zero cost.

Moreover, the program team distributed more than 30,000 VIP memberships at 118 yuan per year in the first round, which is a real amount of more than three million yuan!

This is the first time the audience has encountered such a generous production team.

Cheng Zhao closed the exam paper, his gaze sweeping over the sign held up by the staff.

The SVIP rewards weren't given by him, so did the production team pay for them themselves? Or... did Hengsheng Technology make another investment?

It doesn't seem like it.

If they were truly capable of making additional investments, they wouldn't have been so stingy with their initial investment of only five million.

Su Yi'ang confirmed, "A full year of SVIP membership?"

Staff member: "Yes."

Audience: [?!!!!]

[Ugh, the show's starting another round of guessing games! I'm not voting for Liao Jiayue this time!]

Although Ye Hantao's performance is inconsistent, Wu Xia seems very stable! I'm thinking of switching my vote to Group C, which includes Ye Hantao and Wu Xia.

I think He Qiang is reliable too!

[The production team! We're calling you! Let's reopen the guessing game!]

After much anticipation, the announcement in the live stream room was updated.

There will be no new round of guessing; the supporting data will be based on the results of the first round.

Simply put, whoever you supported in the first round of the buzzer round will be the one you support in this round by default.

In an instant, the barrage of comments was filled with complaints.

Liao Jiayue received the most criticism. Many casual viewers who didn't follow the show at all only came to watch after seeing videos circulating online of Liao Jiayue reciting the lyrics.

They suffered a loss in the first round, and now they're going to suffer another loss?

Fans can only try their best to salvage the reputation.

They firmly believed that their idol had simply been too nervous and unable to grab the bell, which caused him to underperform.

Liao Jiayue's love of reading has been widely known since her debut.

The winner gets an SVIP membership! And for a whole year!

Ye Hantao murmured, "Can't we vote? I want to support Group C."

The staff member smiled and said no.

Ye Hantao looked so disappointed that even her crescent-shaped eyebrows drooped.

[Disease progression: 75.3%]

"???" Ye Hantao blinked in confusion. Where did this feedback on the character come from?

What's even more puzzling is that the last time the disease progress was 76.2%.

Aside from the time when netizens accused him of betraying them, his public image has only decreased by 0.2% at other times, and never by more than 0.4%.

It just dropped by 0.9%?

The staff member tapped the reward sign in their hand: "30 minutes left, please begin answering."

Ye Hantao didn't pay attention to what the staff said again. Her heart was pounding with excitement as she thought about her recent slight improvement in luck and the sudden 0.9% decrease in her condition.

Will the feedback on the character's development continue at this pace in the future?

See? I told you Ye Hantao wouldn't pretend she couldn't get it!

[It's only been thirty minutes, and she's still spacing out; she clearly doesn't know how to do many of the questions.]

Thankfully, the show didn't hold another round of guessing, otherwise I would have definitely switched my vote to Ye Hantao.

Who did you vote for in the first round?

[Liao Jiayue and Chen Xiaofeng.]

[Yueyue has regained her composure! She's definitely back to normal!]

I still voted for Ye Hantao and Wu Xia. It doesn't matter, anyway, they got me a year's VIP membership in the first round.

[Although I don't believe Ye Hantao, I do believe Wu Xia, hahaha.]

Wu Xia didn't quite believe in himself.

He was fine with questions about titles and place names, but when it came to questions about specific years, he couldn't keep up.

He turned his head to see which question Ye Hantao in his group had gotten to, and was surprised to find that Ye Hantao was actually daydreaming.

He could tell from the previous quiz contest that Ye Hantao really wanted to win.

"Tao Tao," Wu Xia gently reminded her, "start doing the questions. You have 30 minutes."

Ye Hantao suddenly snapped out of her daze, "Oh, oh, I'll do it right away."

After saying that, she immediately looked down at the questions on the test paper.

Because I memorized it all on the bus, I knew the answer to many questions without even reading the whole question.

Ye Hantao wrote quickly, at a speed that was clearly twice as fast as the others. To the audience, it looked like she hadn't read the question and was just guessing!

Cheng Zhao saw Ye Hantao start answering the questions, and when he looked at his watch, only three minutes had passed since the staff told him to start answering.

He withdrew his foot, which he had intended to kick Chen Xiaofeng's chair next door. Without making a sound, he naturally didn't need to kick it anymore.

Chen Xiaofeng, who was answering questions, suddenly shivered.

He looked at Cheng Zhao on the left and then at Liao Jiayue on the right, expecting to see Liao Jiayue writing with great skill, but instead he found that a large part of Liao Jiayue's paper was blank.

"emmmm."

Chen Xiaofeng rubbed his arms and buried himself in answering the questions. In all things, it's better to rely on yourself than on others.

Ye Weizheng frowned as he watched the live stream buffer again. "Doesn't the business class have a dedicated communication link? Why is the signal so bad?"

I should have prepared a portable satellite terminal in advance.

"Anyway, Tao Tao is just doing the questions, there won't be any major problems." Zhou Ti looked at the phone she had just finished making. "The production team said they would return the phone to Tao Tao after she comes down the mountain and returns to the courtyard. We'll call Tao Tao then."

Ye Weizheng hesitated, "Really use that reason?"

"The Cheng family brat is still around, and we're openly shifting the blame onto him?"

"Who said it was thrown on him?"

Zhou Ti said calmly, "Who says we can only have one arranged marriage?"

Ye Weizheng: "..."

It's not a big problem.

That's right, their excuse was that this Shoushan ornament was an apology, a gift from a fiancé who was supposed to marry Tao Tao because of her frail health and had a strong destiny.

After the other family's business took off and they became completely different from them, they sent some gifts to sever ties.

Shoushan ornaments are one of them.

Zhou Ti had considered saying that this was a thank-you gift from someone to the couple, but they had used similar gifts before. Tao Tao had just concluded that they had a lot of connections when she caught a cold the next day.

The idea of ​​using her fiancé as an excuse came from Cheng Zhao.

That way, even if Cheng Zhao recognizes Tao Tao one day and accidentally lets it slip, Tao Tao will already be mentally prepared, and she won't think that her ex-fiancé's family, with whom she has severed ties, can still be considered part of her family's connections.

Time ticked by, and after twenty minutes, Ye Hantao suddenly raised her hand, "I'm done!"

The others all looked towards Ye Hantao.

Su Yi'ang stared in disbelief at the half-finished test paper he still had left. "You finished it already! How long has it been!"

Cheng Zhao rarely responded to him, saying, "19 minutes and 23 seconds."

“That’s not right.” Su Yi’ang was also looking at his watch. “Twenty-two minutes have passed.”

Before Cheng Zhao could speak, Wu Xia answered, "Tao Tao answered a few minutes later than us." He didn't know exactly how many minutes later.

Thinking about it this way, Wu Xia felt a strange feeling welling up inside him again.

Cheng Zhao's timing was incredibly precise.

[Family members, can we ship them? (starry-eyed emoji)]

[Bump, bump, bump! I'm so dizzy from all the bumps!!!]

What are you guys talking about?! Who are you shipping? Wu Xia and Ye Hantao?!

【hey-hey. 】

Hehehehe.

Ye Hantao got up from her chair, took the test paper, and walked forward.

Liao Jiayue looked up and watched Ye Hantao walk further and further away, her back view exuding a sense of confidence.

She almost lost her composure. Why?! Ye Hantao couldn't possibly have memorized it all!

When she was in junior high school, she had no impression of Ye Hantao having excellent exam results!

Even when Ye Hantao was admitted to Yuncheng University of Political Science and Law, she always thought it was because Ye Hantao had performed exceptionally well in the college entrance examination and had a stroke of luck.

As Ye Weizheng watched Tao Tao bounce back after handing in her paper through the screen, her joy seemed to emanate from her through the internet, and he couldn't help but smile.

Before high school, Tao Tao was always in poor health, especially before important exams. Six out of ten times she would either have a fever, a cold, or an upset stomach.

This situation only gradually improved after they moved into their current neighborhood.

The staff members sat down and began grading the papers as soon as they received them.

Viewers in the live stream couldn't see Ye Hantao answering the questions, but they could see the staff making notes—one checkmark, two checkmarks, three checkmarks…

"bite!"

"Thirty minutes are up!"

After Ye Hantao handed in her paper, no one else handed it in early.

After Chen Xiaofeng's paper was taken away by the staff, they didn't even ask Liao Jiayue how she did. Of course, judging from her expression, it wasn't going well.

He ran over to Ye Hantao and asked excitedly, "Taotao, did you really memorize it, or did you just answer randomly?"

Ye Hantao lied and said, "I just answered randomly."

Upon hearing this, Liao Jiayue, who had been intently watching the staff grade the papers since they were collected, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that Ye Hantao had just given random answers.

【Aaaaaaaahhhhhh! Look! Quickly thank the production team! They didn't make you all change into a support group!】

But Ye Hantao seemed very confident when answering the questions.

[The staff's corrections were all ticked off!]

"Huh?" Chen Xiaofeng looked confused. "Didn't you say in the car that you had memorized it all and were reviewing it?"

Ye Hantao: "...I forgot."

Did she say that in the car?

As soon as Ji Changtu heard Ye Hantao speak, he wanted to be sarcastic, "What, are you saying that you memorized it all before, but forgot it during the test?"

Liao Jiayue was absolutely fed up with Ji Changtu.

Why did you have to satirize Ye Hantao?! If you're going to satirize her, then why use an excuse she had just come up with?!

Ji Changtu scoffed, "We're doing multiple-choice questions, not fill-in-the-blank questions. Even if you memorize it and forget it quickly, you can still remember it when you see the options on the test paper."

Jin Shiyue sneered, "At least Tao Tao memorized it. What about you? I wonder how many points you'll get."

He Qiang nodded secretly.

She found that everything Kim Shi-wol said today was particularly pleasant to hear.

"I'm getting old, and my memory isn't what it used to be," Ji Changtu said with a forgiving smile. "So I don't just answer the questions I know and leave the ones I don't know blank. It would be embarrassing to just write something down randomly."

Liao Jiayue: "..."

After Ji Changtu finished speaking, he noticed that Ye Hantao's expression hadn't changed at all, and he immediately felt a sense of frustration, like punching cotton.

When he first met Ye Hantao on the show, he just wanted to show off his superiority.

Among the group, only Ye Hantao, an ordinary person, could not match him.

Little did he know that his attempt to show off his superiority backfired, and he ended up shooting himself in the foot. His initial disdain for Ye Hantao turned into utter dislike.

Seeing Ye Hantao being fawned over by a group of managers in the live replay only fueled a deep sense of jealousy.

He was turned away so many times, yet Ye Hantao, who only has a keen sense of taste, became the center of attention?!

"bite!"

Another bell rang.

The staff member reappeared with a smile, "All the papers for all groups have been graded. Now, we will announce the scores from highest to lowest, starting with the first place—"

First place? Out of everyone here, who could possibly win first place?

Su Yi'ang casually asked, "Wu Xia?"

Tao Tao just said it was written randomly, so Wu Xia is the one who is confident of getting a high score.

"What you said makes sense." The staff member gave a brief explanation, then announced loudly, "First place! Congratulations to Ye Hantao from Group C for achieving a perfect score of 110!"

Liao Jiayue: "?!!"

Ji Changtu: "?!!"

Audience: [?! ...

[Holy crap?!!!!]

How many points?

[110 points? Did they get all the questions, including the bonus question, right?!?!]

[Holy crap!!! Why didn't I vote for Ye Hantao in the first round?!!!!]

[Hahahaha, I told you all I needed to believe in the prestige of Yuncheng University of Political Science and Law :)]

The staff were still reading out everyone's scores, "Second place! Wu Xia from Group C—"

Most of the people present didn't care how many points Wu Xia scored or who came in third.

All eyes were on Ye Hantao. The staff asked how many points Ye Hantao got. 110 points?!

You got all 100 questions and 3 bonus questions right!!!

Ye Hantao smiled brightly.

She turned her head and raised her eyebrows at Wu Xia, "I told you I could get a perfect score!"

The audience: "!!!"

grass!

So Ye Hantao's seemingly random answer was actually a lie!

Just as Chen Xiaofeng was about to ask Ye Hantao if she hadn't said she was just giving random answers, he heard the staff read out Liao Jiayue's name.

Wait a minute, the staff said they would announce the scores from highest to lowest, so why is it only Liao Jiayue's turn now?

The fans and viewers in the live stream shared the same thought.

Only Liao Jiayue's face turned deathly pale.

Under Liao Jiayue's extremely resistant gaze, the staff clearly read out the score, "Score: 36."

Even Ye Hantao looked over at Liao Jiayue. The female lead in the story didn't get a perfect score, but she still got a high score of 95. How come she only got 36 points now?

Su Yi'ang scratched his head, almost blurting out his true feelings. He finished the questions he knew how to do, and guessed C for the ones he didn't know. He still had 42 points left.

Boss Ji, who was in the same group as him, also scored 38 points, despite repeatedly claiming he didn't know many questions.

Liao Jiayue scored 36 points, making her the last among them.

Staff: "Congratulations to Group C on their victory once again! All 30,126 viewers who supported Group C will receive a one-year SVIP membership on Qingning TV!!!"

"Clap clap clap." Cheng Zhao and He Qiang clapped first.

After that, the others stopped looking at Liao Jiayue and started applauding Ye Hantao instead.

The atmosphere during the subsequent visit to the scenic area was awkward and tense.

That afternoon, #YeHantao110s# and #LiaoJiayue36s# both became trending topics.

The PR team quickly spent money to remove the hashtag #LiaoJiayue36points# that the competitor had bought.

Before they could catch their breath, their rivals bought #YeHantao110 points# from the twenties to the top ten.

As a result, in the forum, if a netizen praises Ye Hantao for scoring 110 points, Liao Jiayue's 36 points will be brought up and discussed repeatedly.

PR team: "..."

Liao Jiayue's rival fans were as happy as if it were Chinese New Year.

[Hahahaha, don't some of their fans feel ashamed?]

[You guys love reading, your reading volume far surpasses that of all the celebrities in the industry, you're number one, hahaha!]

[Who said I didn't answer because I couldn't get it?]

The person who really couldn't get it was Ye Hantao! Did you hear that? It's our Taotao!

[Holy crap! I've been completely brainwashed by your fan rhetoric. If I supported Ye Hantao and Wu Xia, I would have already had a two-year membership!]

[Hahaha, Ye Hantao is amazing! Her fans must be the biggest beneficiaries of this, right?]

[Ye Hantao, an ordinary person, already has fans?]

Yes, Ye Hantao already has 3.1 million followers.

Ye Hantao was only found by the program crew after she returned to the courtyard, saying that her family had called her and that something might have happened.

"My family? Thank you, I'm coming right now."

The camera that was originally hanging around his neck was returned to Cheng Zhao during the latter part of the visit. As he said, it was indeed a bit heavy, and wearing it for a long time was tiring for his neck.

After taking only two steps, Ye Hantao turned back to look at the courtyard gate.

Liao Jiayue's eyes were red as she stepped into the courtyard.

On the way back, Liao Jiayue couldn't help but cry, saying that she didn't know what was wrong with her brain lately, and she kept forgetting this and that.

Today, I was under pressure from the whole group again. When I saw the test paper, my mind went blank and I couldn't remember anything.

Chen Xiaofeng's already dark face turned even darker.

Liao Jiayue: He wasn't under any pressure at all!

Ji Changtu turned his gaze and called out to Ye Hantao's retreating figure, "Come back quickly, I'm still waiting to admire your Shoushan ornament!"

In his view, the reason why Liao Jiayue made a fool of herself today was largely because Ye Hantao performed too well. If he made Ye Hantao embarrass herself in front of the camera, wouldn't that please Liao Jiayue?

There are only benefits and no drawbacks to building a good relationship with such a popular celebrity and heiress.

Ye Hantao was also waiting to compare her jade pendant with his.

Ten minutes later, Cheng Zhao suddenly stood up from his chair.

Chen Xiaofeng, who was sitting next to him, was startled. Then he saw Ye Hantao coming in from outside the door after finishing her phone call.

Ye Hantao, who was usually cheerful and always smiling, frowned as she received a phone call from home, not knowing what it was about.

Everyone was already in the living room choosing ingredients for dinner.

As Cheng Zhao made his move, everyone took in Ye Hantao's expression.

Ji Changtu snorted, about to complain that Ye Hantao wasn't planning to use family matters as an excuse to avoid competing with him on jade pendants, when Ye Hantao suddenly ran upstairs, saying, "I'm going to get the Shoushan down now!"

The last syllable of her voice was filled with eager excitement.

Upon seeing this, Ji Changtu suddenly had a bad feeling.

Cheng Zhao, however, seemed to have put down some burden. When he sat down again, his tense expression became calm and composed.

"Judging from Tao Tao's expression, nothing seems to have happened at home." Chen Xiaofeng nudged Cheng Zhao's arm with his elbow.

However, Cheng Zhao ignored him, but Jin Shiyue, who was arrogant and haughty, responded.

Jin Shiyue and He Qiang turned around from the stairwell almost at the same time. "Running so fast, you must have encountered something happy."

Whether you're happy or not, is it really necessary to be so eager to compare Shoushan glass with Ji Changtu's style?

[Let's compare! Peach's carving technique isn't the jade raw material!]

I will always apply double standards to Ye Hantao!

[Was the person above you Cheng Zhao secretly using an alternate account?]

[It's more likely that it's He Qiang!]

Why can't it be Kintoki?

You guys are really something!

Then came another sound of footsteps coming downstairs, and Ye Hantao appeared in the frame with a smile on her face.

As Ye Hantao approached, everyone simultaneously noticed the green hue she casually held in her hand.

Chen Xiaofeng raised his hand and rubbed his eyes.

Snap.

Ye Hantao casually placed the Shoushan ornament on the table, raised her chin, and said, "Look at it, isn't the carving on it even better than that of a jade plaque?"

On the wooden table, a Shoushan ornament stands quietly.

The entire piece was a rich, deep green, with a pure and translucent texture, so clear that even the vase behind it was reflected in the water.

Su Yi'ang, Wu Xia, and Liao Jiayue all felt that the glass was extremely pure and bright in color, with a clear and soft light, like a handful of frozen spring water, which was simply too beautiful.

“This green, this green…” Ji Changtu stared intently at the ornament, his eyes wide like copper bells.

His finger trembled as he pointed at the ornament, and the color drained from his face before flushing red again.

This isn't glass at all!

This is clearly old mine glass jadeite! And it's top-grade old mine glass jadeite, worth hundreds of thousands per gram!!!

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Author's Note: Top student Tao Tao: You can handle it.

It's almost the end of the month, can I ask for some nutrient solution? [Please!]