No Way Back (Jane and Hugh) by Anna Mac novel Chapter 119

Chapter 119

Next, it was time for the vote.

The ten judges wrote the vote on the paper and threw it into the box.

Then, it would be summarized by a few staff members backstage.

During this time, no one knew what the results were.

Soon, the results were out.

The number 5 painting received 5 votes. The painter was Jane.

Number 4 painting received 3 votes.

The remaining two votes went to the number 1 painting and number 2 painting respectively.

Due to not receiving any votes, the number 3 painting was eliminated.

This result caused an uproar among the people present.

No matter how one looked at it, Jane’s work was clearly much better than the other four paintings. As long as the judges were not blind, they would definitely vote for the number 5 painting.

But how did the votes spread out so evenly?

“As expected, Layne has made his move.

“I really didn’t expect it. I got five votes and told them to vote based on their hearts. In the end, all of them indeed voted for your painting.

“The other five judges were all bought over by Layne. I didn’t expect that they would vote for the other four paintings evenly. Do they really think the audience is blind?”

Connor was stunned by Layne’s dumbfounded actions.

The result of such a vote was clear that the competition was shady.

However, since Layne had arranged it, he had no choice but to take action.

Unexpectedly, Jane’s paintings had an almost overwhelming advantage over the other four paintings.

Those who were bribed by Layne were also probably in a dilemma.

If anything went wrong, their reputation would be ruined.

Fortunately, Layne did not go overboard and made them vote evenly for the other four people. So, the audience didn’t tell there was something shady immediately.

Even if there were doubts later on, they could explain them. Personal appreciation was different, and at the same time, they wanted to encourage newcomers by voting like this.

However, there were still many people discussing.

It was obvious that they felt that those who did not vote for the number 5 painting were blind. especially Mr. Lance.

“This is impossible!

“There must be something shady going on!”

Mr. Lance was furious, and he even wanted to rush up to ask those who did not vote for Jane if they were blind.

How much money did they receive to dare to do such a heartless thing?

“Mr. Lance, calm down.

“What other people like is none of our business”

Jane’s expression remained indifferent as if she didn’t care about anything.

Or it could be said that Jane felt victory was in her grasp.

“Jane, I feel sorry for you. I didn’t expect someone to dare to tamper with such a competition! I’m so angry!

“When the competition is over, I’ll definitely report it and see who dares to cheat in such a big competition!”

Lance was indignant.

Connor approached Jane and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

“As expected, Layne has made her move. Jane, since you look so calm, you must be prepared, right?” What?

Jane looked at Connor in confusion.

“Jane, don’t tell me that you really did not prepare anything?”

Connor looked at Jane in disbelief.

“I told you I didn’t prepare anything. I’m not lying.

“Anyway, just wait and see.”

Jane held the side of her face with one hand and even yawned lazily.

Connor was speechless.

Did Jane really not prepare anything?

Then why did Jane look so confident?

Next was the online voting.

Since it was a national-level competition, everyone had to sign in with their identity card and phone. number before voting.

It wasn’t like some unfamous talent show where people could vote at will and there was no number limitation.

However, it was still possible to buy votes.

But it would cost a lot of money.

To Layne, he did not lack money at all.

As long as Layne could deal with Jane and please Madelyn, he was willing to spend any amount of money.

Originally, the competition party did not want to hold the online voting segment.

However, the Croft family suggested that high-end art should be brought in line with the times. Now that the Internet was developed, if they made the netizens who could not participate in the venue vote for their favorite works, it would help to promote the art of painting and let more people know.

The reason was flawless, and there was no room for the competition party to reject.

Of course, in order to ensure the authority of the competition results, the proportion that the votes online took was small.

For example, the number 4 painting had only lost two votes to the number 5 painting. If the number 4. painting wanted to win, it had to get 5,000 votes online.

If they were evenly matched and outsiders could not tell, the number 4 painting might be able to overtake the number 5 painting.

However, the difference was obvious. As long as the audience was not blind, they would vote for

number five.

The data began to roll and was even specially displayed on the stage screen.

The votes for the number 5 painting were naturally the most.

The votes rose crazily with an overwhelming advantage, following closely behind was the number 4 painting.

The number 1, 2, and 3 paintings had very few votes. Basically, no one cared about them.

In the private room on the second floor.

“It’s so strange Why can’t other paintings surpass it?”

Layne looked confused.

Even if Layne had spent a lot of effort and money to buy votes, he did not dare to go overboard.

At least, Layne could not let others tell there was a shady deal very easily.

But why didn’t yet number 4 surpass number 5?

Layne even specially sent a message to his subordinate.

“Haven’t you started to vote yet?”

“No, Layne. We started voting from the beginning. Otherwise, we were afraid that the voting time would be over, and we wouldn’t have time to do it.”

“What?”

Layne was dumbfounded.

“Then why hasn’t yet number 4’s votes surpassed number 5’s? If this continues, number 5 will win the championship!”

“Oh, no! Layne, number 5’s work is trending on Twitter’s top search! Countless people have been. diverted to vote for her work!”

Layne quickly clicked on Tik Tok and discovered the blood-red word at the top of the trending searches, Top.

[There is an amazing masterpiece in the National University Painting Competition.]

The content of the video was naturally Jane’s number 5 painting.

The other four paintings were also displayed in the video.

In front of Jane’s work, they were completely reduced to a foil, even worse than the background. There were a lot of comments below the video.

[Ah! What kind of an excellent painting it is! I was shocked at first glance!]

[Even my soul is resonating with it. God, are you sure this isn’t a photo? Is it really a drawing?]

[If it were a photo, it is more terrifying. What kind of scenery can create such a beautiful and holy scene?]

[The link to the National University Painting Competition is here. Now is the online voting. Those who like the number 5 painting can click on it and vote for it.]