Who is Helping Me Win by Lying Down [Transmigration] - Chapter15

Chapter15

The competition continued.

With four more groups yet to perform and cameras still rolling, the discussions about Chen Shu in the waiting room only lasted a moment before quickly fading away.

Outside the live broadcast, however, the debate showed no signs of stopping.

Here For You’s first public performance livestream had drawn significant attention and was already trending. After each team’s performance, a recorded clip was released to drive traffic to the livestream.

Among these, Chen Shu’s team’s Planetary Fission garnered the strongest response.

Even before voting ended, this recorded clip broke away from the #HereForYou topic and surged up the trending charts under its own hashtag: #ChenShuTeamPlanetaryFission.

But what followed wasn’t news of Chen Shu’s team winning—instead, they lost to Gu Wei’s team by a 74-point margin.

Some viewers immediately created comparison videos that rapidly rose to the top of the #HereForYou topic.

Old Story: @HereForYouOfficial Are you joking? Playing games? The livestream has no vocal tuning or editing—do you think we’re blind? Could your vote manipulation be any more obvious??

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Comment counts skyrocketed.

I’d call Chen Shu’s team the strongest performance tonight. What’s with the 213 audience votes? Who are they trying to disgust?

Gu Wei’s team was decent, but this point gap is absolutely ridiculous

They promoted this as pursuing authenticity—what a load of crap! I’m going to vote for everyone below Gu Wei right now!

Voting +1. Back when they released the edited first episode, this Gu Wei already had the most screen time. His ‘royalty’ status is terrifying! Please learn to walk on your own feet instead of clinging to others and sucking their blood!

Such comments were highly upvoted and pinned to the top. Immediately, the voting channels saw new developments.

Chen Shu, who had been steadily in second place, began seeing his votes soar again.

Gu Wei had just risen from ninth to seventh place yesterday, but as dissatisfied viewers and curious bystanders cast their votes, he was soon overtaken by the eighth-place contestant.

Emboldened by successfully knocking down one rank, netizens became more motivated and began campaigning for votes everywhere.

Soon, even the livestream chat was filled with related bullet screen comments.

Sisters, do you want to debut with royalty? If not, spend one second pooling votes for tenth place and kick Gu Wei out of the debut positions!

As the situation developed to this point, Gu Wei’s team finally realized things were turning sour.

The show had just begun, and fanbases weren’t solidified yet—they couldn’t afford to lose everything at this stage.

The internet water army quickly joined the fray.

Isn’t it premature to label Gu Wei as royalty? Maybe he’s just being used as a scapegoat?

Audience votes might be influenced by recency bias since they performed later. Gu Wei’s team was fairly competent too

Don’t let others manipulate you! This could be someone taking advantage of the chaos!

But such voices weren’t enough to quell the audience’s anger toward the royal family. Although the vote growth slowed slightly, the tenth-place contestant’s overall increase remained rapid.

Before the livestream even ended, the lead Gu Wei’s team had worked hard to build had already been cut in half.

No one expected the first public performance to generate such strong resentment toward Gu Wei among viewers.

They absolutely couldn’t let this image solidify for Gu Wei, or it would severely hinder his future development.

Fortunately, the individual vote counts hadn’t been revealed yet. His team immediately contacted the program producers and urgently developed a new strategy.

After all sixteen teams completed their performances, Qu Jiangxue took the stage.

The large screen behind her began randomly scrolling through the names of all 99 trainees from the moment she appeared, signaling that she was about to announce the rankings.

Each audience member could only vote for one contestant per song, meaning the 500 audience members had to choose their favorite performer from the two competing teams. To save broadcast time, the vote counts were tallied collectively at the end.

Before announcing the results, Qu Jiangxue reminded the audience that the online voting channel had opened, and any votes not submitted within the limited time would be invalidated.

Viewers had been eagerly waiting for this moment and quickly went to cast their votes before returning to watch the individual ranking results.

The production team was well-versed in building suspense. They first announced the middle rankings from 20th to 40th place, followed by those outside the advancement zone from 57th to 99th, then the 41st to 56th positions. Finally, they began announcing the top 19 from lowest to highest.

The live stream split into two screens: one showing Qu Jiangxue on stage, and the other the waiting room where contestants watched.

Since the audience had to choose one favorite from over a dozen trainees in each team, votes were widely dispersed. The highest vote count didn’t exceed 60 until the tenth place was announced.

“Tenth place, 65 votes, Qu Jiangxue said. “Gu Wei.

The prepped internet water army immediately flooded the bullet screen comments.

“Gu Wei only tenth? I thought he was royalty?

“Not very royal with just 65 votes, is it?

Immediately after, Qu Jiangxue announced, “Ninth place, 71 votes, Chen Shu.

A wave of question marks swept across the bullet screen.

Chen Shu only ninth??

Combined votes for both teams only 136?? And his teammates didn’t score high either???

One by one, Qu Jiangxue read out the names.

“Second place, 93 votes, Chi Yu. Unaware of the live audience’s reactions, she continued, “First place, 102 votes, Gao Jinghao.

At the unfamiliar name, the bullet screen exploded into a sea of question marks.

In the already full waiting room, contestants whispered among themselves.

“Who is Gao Jinghao?

“From Gu Wei’s team, B Class.

Even Gao Jinghao himself was stunned, wide-eyed.

Pointing at his own nose in disbelief, he stammered, “Me? The audience voted me first?

On camera, Gu Wei relaxed his furrowed brow and smiled, patting Gao Jinghao’s shoulder. “Well done, Jinghao! Great job!

Gao Jinghao was both dazedly excited and uncertain. “Could the votes be wrong?

But the individual vote announcements had concluded on stage, and the large screen began scrolling through the team rankings.

The online voting countdown reached its final ten seconds.

Qu Jiangxue smiled and counted down with her fingers. “Three, two, one. Okay, online voting is now closed! While the staff work hard to tally the votes, let’s take a look at the current rankings.

The vote counts had long been public, so everyone already knew the standings.

Chi Yu turned to look at Chen Shu.

Chen Shu was feeding Wangcai some milk cake.

Wangcai had grown a bit and wasn’t as fond of milk anymore. Fortunately, after Jinjia Dog Food reached a collaboration agreement with the show, they sent a variety of dog food suitable for puppies of his age, covering all of Wangcai’s dietary needs and keeping him well-fed.

Yan Jingchuan lay in his arms, lifting a paw to rest on Chen Shu’s wrist while glancing at the large screen during mealtime.

Eleventh place: Invincible Youth Team, “Planetary Fission, Captain Chen Shu, 213 points.

Aside from Chen Shu, his nearby teammates looked disheartened by the ranking.

They had worked so hard, only to end up with nothing.

There’s still the online voting, this ranking doesn’t count yet. Seeing this, Chi Yu pretended to be nonchalant and offered some comfort, Maybe the online audience has different preferences from the live audience.

The group barely managed to lift their spirits.

But deep down, they all understood.

A 74-point difference, at a 1:1000 ratio, meant 74,000 votes. Could online voting alone bridge such a large gap?

Moreover, losing only gave a 50,000-vote bonus, while winning granted 200,000—a full 150,000-vote difference. Who knew if that 150,000 might be the reason they fell out of the advancement spots?

Yan Jingchuan also heard Chi Yu’s words.

He glanced up at Chen Shu.

Over the past half-month, he had been practically inseparable from Chen Shu and had witnessed firsthand the sweat Chen Shu poured into this competition.

If Chen Shu truly loved the stage but had to withdraw sadly because his opponents had capital backing them, it would be utterly unfair.

Perhaps he could give Chen Shu a hand.

Yan Jingchuan’s gaze deepened.

The Yan Corporation had ventures in the entertainment industry too. Arranging Chen Shu’s debut would be a trivial matter, and he wouldn’t even need to show his face—he could leave it to Zhang Shi to handle.

If Chen Shu wanted to enter the entertainment industry, Yan Jingchuan could pave a smooth path for him, as a token of gratitude for Chen Shu’s care during this time.

Chen Shu, look! They’re about to announce the online voting rankings. The large screen had stopped scrolling, and seeing Chen Shu still feeding Wangcai, Chi Yu couldn’t help but speak up to remind him.

Only then did Chen Shu look over.

As usual, Qu Jiangxue counted down the last three numbers with a smile and said, Stop!

The scrolling halted, and all sixteen teams were displayed on the large screen, but each was covered in black, waiting to be revealed.

True to the production team’s mischievous style, the rankings were announced starting from the middle.

Online voting allowed only one vote per person, and viewers had to watch the entire livestream with sufficient cumulative viewing time to qualify—a strict condition that led everyone to assume there wouldn’t be many votes.

But the first number Qu Jiangxue announced made the trainees’ jaws drop, and they realized they had severely underestimated the popularity of Here For You.

Fifth place, 830,000 votes.

The eyes of the people behind Chen Shu lit up simultaneously!

With numbers this high, did that mean they still had hope?

The sudden twist made the remaining trainees in the viewing room anxiously await the results. Soon, it was down to the final four rankings.

The large screen displayed the current rankings of the teams that hadn’t been announced yet.

First place: Pond Fish Team.

Second place: Gu Wei Team.

Third place: Ding Chenzhou Team.

Eleventh place: Chen Shu Team.

Qu Jiangxue quickly began the announcements.

Chi Yu dropped to second place, while Ding Chenzhou held steady in third.

Only the final two rankings remained, precisely the showdown between the Planetary Fission groups.

Jiang Xing was so nervous he bit his knuckle, his clenched fists turning white at the joints.

Hearing this ranking, Chen Shu also paused his feeding.

Chi Yu received 1.22 million votes—could there be an even higher count?

Amid the frantic urging from the livestream audience, Qu Jiangxue announced the fourth place: 980,000 votes, Most Shining Team’s ‘Planetary Fission’, leader Gu Wei.

Gu Wei Team in fourth.

That meant they were first?!

Before Qu Jiangxue finished speaking, Jiang Xing excitedly threw his hands open: Ah! We won!

He leaped up from his seat, too exhilarated to contain himself, hopping up and down on the spot.

A sudden turn of fortune.

The others also celebrated with him in delight.

Hearing their commotion, Gu Wei’s face darkened.

Although the team had arranged everything perfectly, how could it still end like this!

The first place goes to—no need for me to say it—Invincible Youth Team’s ‘Planetary Fission,’ led by Chen Shu, with a total vote count of— Qu Jiangxue flipped to the next cue card and gasped, Wow! Three million four hundred sixty-four thousand votes!

The final black light vanished from the big screen, revealing the precise vote count for first place: 3,461,649 votes—nearly three times that of the second place!

Gu Wei snapped his head toward Chen Shu, clenching his jaw in disbelief.

A collective gasp echoed through the viewing room.

Three million votes?!

The final results were quickly posted online, shocking casual viewers with the vote count, though it mostly sparked euphoria among the dedicated audience.

This is absolutely thrilling!! Let the production team know that we viewers have sharp eyes—if they keep pulling these shady tricks, they’ll end up capsizing in their own mess!

Chen Shu’s team was clearly the strongest, yet they had the misfortune of facing the Royal Family. It’s up to us viewers to restore justice for them!

Everyone must resist rigged results! Production team, open your eyes and see clearly: does manipulating live votes even matter when you can’t beat online votes? Hahahahaha!!