Chapter 347: Who says you're going to lose?

After a few seconds of the crowd digesting what they heard, they explode into a cheer! They couldn't believe it.

They already thought Zhang Jian had gone above and beyond with his songs. But it seems they're wrong. Zhang Jian broke that beyond and kept going even higher!

Chu Jingyi claps his hands together, causing the rest to applaud too. He knows his intuition isn't wrong. Zhang Jian can become a world-class star given time.

"We already know who the winner is." Bo Ping says with a light tone. Even if he didn't say anything, the cheering was enough to show the difference between the two.

"..." Ling Wei just stayed silent in all of this. However, Chu Jingyi can hear her gritting her teeth in all the applause. He makes the biggest grin on his face.

"Now, let's have a break before we have our judges announce the winner." The host says.

As Zhang Jian walks backstage, Lu Chen stands there with a smile on his face. The first word that comes out of his mouth is, "Good job."

"Of course! Do you know how long we worked on it?" Gong Changming and he were working on this song for days. The number of overnight works and hourly long discussions was tiring. However, that tiredness went out the window the moment he heard the cheers.

Zhang Jian knew that everything he did was worth it. The two know that Zhang Jian had it in the bag.

While in Ling Chen's waiting room, Ling Chen wasn't calm. He slams his hand onto his table! All the backstage workers turn over to look at his door.

'Dammit! How can I lose?!' Never did he expect Zhang Jian to beat him. He couldn't deny it. Just hearing how the crowd cheered for Zhang Jian made him clench his fist till the blood came out.

But just the thought of losing made Ling Chen's face lose color. He can't lose. If he loses, then what would become of him?

As Ling Chen continues to think about this, "Are you seriously acting like this?" The person who came into his waiting room was Ling Wei. Her expression was darker than coal.

"Hello, aunt." Ling Chen stops acting crazy and turns over to Ling Wei.

"Do you know how immature your acting is? How could you become a professional with that attitude." She saw the workers talking about Ling Chen. Thank goodness she came sooner, or there would have been more problems.

"It doesn't matter, aunt. I lost."

"Who says you're going to lose?" When he hears that, Ling Chen looks up at her. He's confused about what she meant.

"Silly child," Ling Wei pats him on the head, "Did you forget the judges are the ones who decide who the winner is?" It doesn't matter what the audience thinks. As long as three out of the five judges decide on Ling Chen, he's the winner.

Hearing that, an evil grin forms on Ling Chen's face. He quickly bows his head, "Thank you, aunt!"

Ling Wei continues, "You don't have to thank me. We're family. Just leave everything else to me." Even though she says this, there was another reason why she needed Ling Chen to win.

A lot was riding on Ling Chen as he's in a battle for being the next top upcoming artist for her company. Ling Wei had been insisting her company focus on him. But if he doesn't produce results, it would cause a problem for her.

...

After a few minutes, the host came back onto the stage, "Welcome back, folks! I've bet you guys are excited about who the winner is? Right?"

"Yes!" The audience screams out.

"Well, it's time now. But before we find out who it is, let's welcome our two stars onto the stage!" With that, Zhang Jian and Ling Chen walk towards the stage. The screaming went a decibel higher!

The whole crowd shouts their two names. You could hear the love for the two of them.

"Now, let's have the judges decide who the winner is!" The moment the host says this, everybody becomes silent. You can feel the tense atmosphere on the skin.

And the moment the judges finished deciding, the host shouts out,

"And we have a winner! The winner with a narrow margin of 3-2 is Ling Chen!"