Alien world

Chapter 1462 96. Exciting voting

The greatest impact of "All People's Singer" is that it allows ordinary people to feel that they are personally participating in a world-scale carnival.

So currently the top ten contestants each have more than a million votes, and the number is still increasing by hundreds of thousands every day.
Even the nobles who were extremely prejudiced against Liberty City and thought the competition was just a carnival for the lower classes had to admit that if this was not considered a championship, then what was?
The "Singer Contest" next door takes another path.

Sir John Turkinson did have something; he copied Annan's idea but made it his own.

For example, the voting rights that Annan distributed to all were copied and turned into a jury of 100 people who were either rich or noble in the city of art to decide whether the contestants advanced.

For example, regarding the broadcast, Sir John Turkineson, who holds great power, directly requested that the game be recorded and then the Philosopher's Stone be sent to various theaters.

Watching those world-renowned opera singers take turns to perform, audiences who love opera simply couldn't resist the temptation, and all major theaters were packed with audiences for a while.

This also made the nobles who were full of complaints about Sir Turkinson a few days ago become supportive of him, and even the old nobles in the hall smiled when they saw him.

That's how nobles are. As long as there is profit, what does reputation matter? If you hit him on the left cheek, he will ask you if you want to hit him on the right cheek.

There was also an arrangement that was ridiculed by Governor Bolgante, who said, "You lost your composure as soon as Annan made a move." The Governor was dissatisfied verbally, but he did take the lead in appearing in the art capital, watching a game and voting for his favorite contestant.

Interestingly, the singer who got the ticket for the Governor-General was not Madeline Jenkins.

The participation of Governor Bolgant prompted the upper echelons of the Or Empire to pay attention to the "Singing Contest".

The Art News took the opportunity to publicize it, and Sir Turkinson also struck while the iron was hot and prepared a hundred magic stones for the messenger to deliver to the Governor's Palace.

These magic stones are both favors and tools to promote the game.

Soon, the nobles of the Galante Province also began to pay attention.

And this is exactly what Sir Turkinson expected: using the Governor's reputation to encourage the nobles to follow suit, and wealthy businessmen will also participate in the competition in order to please the nobles.

As for the civilians, they should think about what to eat tomorrow.

Art should be elegant and niche. How can we treat it like the people next door are trying to steal cheap food?
There is an xenophobic atmosphere everywhere.

Even in a region that promotes tolerance, its residents will tend to gravitate toward the city's dominant group.

So in the Or Empire, no one discusses "The National Singer", as if it does not exist.

But in territories and countries with commercial streets, this is not the case.

……

Broken Mountains, Golden City.

On the clean and refreshing street, several cleaners gathered together and chatted idly.

"The blue dragon I serve is very easy to talk to. A little money that slips out of his fingers is enough for us to spend for a lifetime..."

"Did I miss it for you?"

"No, but Lord Blue Dragon agreed that I could bring him a roasted pig, and he would give me a big shit."

"That's great. The master I serve doesn't even talk to us."

Palin also joined the conversation: "Then I will buy a roast lamb tomorrow and try it."

The Broken Mountains are barren and lack grass, and all food is expensive, especially after the arrival of the blue dragon tribe. However, with the opening of the commercial street, a large amount of food is delivered every day.

Although there was still a shortage of meat, at least the common people could afford bread.

The meat is still expensive, but if it can get Lord Blue Dragon to produce more dragon feces, it seems worth it.

Well... you can also discuss joint investment with other cleaners.

Their topic quickly shifted from part-time jobs to magical images. The Broken Mountains people's favorite show was "Let the Magic Fly", and they could empathize with them.

They talked about magic images and the most popular song "All People's Singer". Someone asked Palin who he would choose.

Palin has not made up his mind yet and does not dare to vote randomly - when he was still a young man, a businessman tricked him into voting for him, and he could get ten pounds of bread after voting.

Palin believed it and went to vote with a group of people. As soon as he got there, he was beaten up by the guards bribed by the merchant's mortal enemy. He stayed in bed for three days. "I voted for Blue Dragon." A cleaner said, "If it weren't for Blue Dragon, where would we get so much money?"

Immediately, a cleaner echoed: "Oh, praise Lord Blue Dragon."

"You should praise Lord Annan, praise the Fortune Church, and praise the officials for giving you this opportunity."

Palin didn't say anything, he also felt that he should vote for the blue dragon.

Well... I'll take Gena to vote for Lord Blue Dragon when I get back!
……

Selstrom, Diagon Alley.

The polling station here is as noisy as a vegetable market.

There is no way. There are 1000 contestants in the knockout rounds. Even if each contestant has only one fan, a thousand contestants mean a thousand supporters.

People crowded in front of the registration desk, shouting the names of the contestants they supported.

"I vote for Bailey Knight!"

"I vote for Hama, you are the pride of us orcs!"

"I vote... it's so fucking hard to squeeze in!"

"It's hard to squeeze this person without your mother!"

"I vote for Ruth! Woohoo, he's so small..."

"Mine is smaller, ma'am, would you like to see it?"

“I vote for everyone!”

The chaotic crowd was quiet for a moment, and then they excitedly asked him to get out.

"why?"

"Voting for everyone is the same as not voting for one person. Get out!"

"Then I vote for the blue dragon!"

"I vote for the Blue Dragon too!"

"I vote for the Silver Dragon!"

"Are you still human? Why are you voting for an alien race?"

"How dare you go against Lord Annan's hobbies!?"

The same scene happened at most high street polling stations.

Interestingly, no matter where they are, people are more inclined to vote for the dragon - compared to a person standing on the stage singing an incomprehensible song, the dragon looks better on the stage, and the audience also feels proud of it.

This resulted in several dragons participating in the competition being ranked very high. Even Volumanis and Zelgast, who registered in human form, were ranked in the top 200.

Liveliness has its advantages and disadvantages: for example, some fans campaign for their favorite contestants regardless of the situation or occasion, which will naturally arouse the disgust of fans of other contestants and passers-by.

Others give out money in order to attract people, and give out gifts, food, and coins after they vote.

It is said that the lord of a certain territory in the south promised to exempt one month's taxes as long as he voted for his mistress.

Even more extreme is that some people tried to bribe polling officials...

Commercial Street keeps watching, collects information and sends it to Liberty City, only stopping them when they go too far - such as when a gang of thieves uses kidnapping to vote for their boss.

That's right, their boss participated in the competition and made it into the top 1000.

(End of this chapter)