After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved novel Chapter 449

Chapter 449: Chapter 449: Come, Make Xu Xinya’s Face Swell①

Finally, someone’s here!

From the moment they all arrived at Qingmang Tower, to thinking they were locked up, and then waking up on a plane to find themselves on a deserted island, not a single outsider had appeared.

Now finally, a living person had arrived. Some were so moved they almost cried upon hearing the sound of the door opening.

With a squeaky door sound, a middle-aged man in a suit walked in, followed by a female journalist and two cameramen.

This man, Lu Sheng, had seen online. His name was Chang Yue, the deputy director of all variety shows at Qingmang TV, known for daring innovations in his shows.

"Kids, welcome back to reality."

The upright man stood on the platform above the Great Hall, smiling at everyone seated, looking quite pleased.

Those present didn’t know what Chang Yue was so happy about, but the over 8 million viewers currently watching the live broadcast certainly did.

This new variety show [Real Dream, Island Survival] from Qingmang TV broke through any previous format of variety shows, setting multiple records in China for daily online viewership, daily online audience interaction, and trending topic charts.

In plainer terms, this show made Qingmang TV a fortune.

Though the show ended six days sooner than the expected maximum of ten days, having aired only four days.

But Qingmang TV still made a huge profit, with ad slots during the live broadcast being highly sought after despite astronomical prices.

——Welcome back to reality.

Upon hearing this, the people here understood that the deputy director of Qingmang TV was admitting that what they had experienced was indeed not reality?

The tallest, Hu Yuxiang, nearly stood up, angrily saying, "Welcome back to reality? What is this all about? What right does your program group have to mess with us like this?"

"We didn’t trick you," as deputy director, Chang Yue was accustomed to chaos, and calmly said, "Before inviting you to participate in the show, we at Qingmang TV had you sign a contract."

"The contract included a clause stating that the show would be live-streamed online, and that the format might involve technology or virtual games, but wouldn’t pose any harm to your bodies."

"Everyone signed this contract, so our actions had your prior consent."

Huh?

Did the program group’s contract have such a clause? Many people looked confused, exchanging glances.

The contract given by the program group was so thick at the time, and the font so small, who had the patience to read it line by line thoroughly? Likely no one did and just signed it.

Or even if someone did read it carefully, they might not remember such a clause.

This really is...

If they did sign it, then they honestly don’t even have the right to make a fuss now and can only swallow this grievance.

But contract aside, Chang Yue also knew that all sensory experiences in the holographic game were real.

So these kids here were just like living on a deserted island for three or four days. They really suffered a lot; feeling dissatisfied and angry is quite normal.

His visit today was also to personally come and soothe the kids’ emotions.

Chang Yue said, "I know you all might feel deceived or that you’ve suffered these past few days. But if you think about it, don’t you feel this was an extremely rare experience?"

"You were the first batch of players to experience a holographic game in China. This game was real enough and exciting enough; there’s no more immersive game experience out there, is there?"

What the hell.

"Each viewer watching the live broadcast had ten love votes from the time the program aired. So this bonus, we’re giving to the three students with the highest number of game love votes."

"Let’s see... which three students were the most liked and will receive the three million, two million, and one million bonuses?"

The journalist beside him handed over a tablet at this point. Chang Yue swiped on the tablet and then cleared his throat, saying, "First, we’ll announce the third place, the student with the third highest love votes is—Lu Youming!"

Huh?

Lu Youming?

Everyone gasped in surprise; this was indeed unexpected.

Although Lu Youming scored the highest in the college entrance examination aside from Lu Sheng and Shi Yuwei, on the island, he hardly ever spoke, right?

Or rather, he only talked to his sister, Lu Sheng, ignoring everyone else. He didn’t even speak to his twin brother.

And with that, he managed to get third in popularity?

These people evidently underestimated the power of looks. Did they think Lu Youming got third due to his intelligence and capability? Not at all.

Lu Youming’s popularity in third place was purely because of his indifferent and exquisite godly looks, fulfilling the fantasies of girls about comic book male leads. His votes surged because of his fans.

Of course, some people pointed out that if it was because of his face, didn’t Lu Youye share the same face with Lu Youming? Why didn’t he even make it to the top five?

A comment from an anonymous viewer hit the nail on the head.

[Not sure why, but the same face on Lu Youming appears cool and genius, while on Lu Youye, it looks silly.]

After announcing the third popularity, Chang Yue swiped the screen and said, "Next is the second place in popularity, the student with the second-highest love votes in the game is..."