Chapter 133: Change the Score

Chapter 133: Change the Score
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
His words drew an imperfect conclusion to Mei Shu’s competition.
Feng Wei looked at him with appreciation, quite satisfied with the host’s astuteness.
After all, she was the chairwoman of the Piano Association in Lin City. Who dared to question her scoring?
However, she clearly hadn’t anticipated that there was someone among the audience who dared to do so.
Zhao Min was the first to stand up and voice her objection, “I, on behalf of Lin City No. 1 Middle School, question the scores given in this round and request the competition organizers to publicly disclose all the scores for Mei Shu’s performance.”
“What?” Feng Wei turned incredulously in the direction of the voice. She saw Zhao Min with a resolute expression, their gazes meeting, tension hanging heavily in the air.
In a formal competition, this could be considered a significant incident.
To secure his job, the host attempted to control the situation. “Please, teachers from No. 1 Middle School, let’s remain calm. The subsequent stages of the competition need to proceed. We will try our best to accommodate your opinions. You can discuss it with the judges in our office after the competition.”
This was his attempt to compromise on behalf of the organizers and save face for Zhao Min.
However, Zhao Min seemed uninterested in that. She continued with determination, “The results from the judges’ panel are evidently unfair. I request the competition organizers to publicly disclose the scoring results.” “Publicly disclose the scoring results!”
“That’s right! We want to know which judge’s score is dragging down Mei Shu’s total score!”
Various voices rose and fell within the venue.
Wave after wave of sound surged toward the stage, drowning out the host’s voice.
Zhang Jun had the same idea. He stood up and gestured to the audience behind him to quiet down. Picking up the microphone from the table, he was the first to publicly reveal his score, “I believe Mei Shu’s performance was exceptionally outstanding, far beyond the ordinary level one would expect at her age. She is sure to achieve even greater heights in the future. Therefore, I gave Mei Shu a score of one hundred.”
Next to him, the female judge also stood and stated, “Mei Shu’s performance is beyond my reach. During her performance, 1 was even doubting my own qualifications to be sitting here scoring her. Therefore, 1 can only give her a score of one hundred.”
Two judges had given a perfect score?
Then how did the final average score end up at ninety-three?
Others might not understand, but Zhao Min knew it well. This had to be Feng Wei’s doing.
Taking advantage of the customary non-disclosure of competition scores, she audaciously gave Mei Shu lower marks. And now, she had dug her own grave, because Mei Shu’s talent was undeniable!
On the judges’ panel, the normally composed Feng Wei appeared unusually flustered, surrounded by an aura of tension.
Zhang Jun looked at her in confusion, unable to comprehend why the usually fair Feng Wei would tarnish her own reputation with this round of scoring.
But what he couldn’t tolerate the most was someone abusing power for personal gain.
Especially when it concerned someone as rare a talent as Mei Shu!
With this thought in mind, Zhang Jun confronted her openly, “Judge Feng, what score did you give Mei Shu?”
The entire room fell into a hushed silence in an instant.
All eyes were on Feng Wei.
Her palms grew clammy with nervousness. Biting her lip, her face even turned a bit pale. “I…”
Before she could finish her sentence, Chen Jian, sitting next to her, unexpectedly spoke up, “I saw that Chairwoman Feng also gave a score of one hundred. 1 apologize, Mei Shu, but 1 was also puzzled by why your score was unexpectedly low. With the situation having escalated to this point, 1 only now realize.”
Chen Jian smiled apologetically, his face full of guilt. “I’m sorry. Forgive me for not making the score clear earlier. Mei Shu’s performance was just so spectacular that 1 couldn’t collect my thoughts in time. I intended to give you a score of ninety-six, but 1 might have written the score incorrectly on the card, and it turned out as sixty-nine.”
The gap between these two scores was quite significant!
Someone quickly did the math. If Chen Jian had genuinely gave a score of sixty-nine to Mei Shu, it meant that she had received perfect scores from all the other four judges!
That would be unprecedented!
Mei Shu raised an eyebrow slightly, looking at Chen Jian who was smiling at her. Then, she turned her gaze to the other side, where the host had been dumbfounded from the start. “Is that so?”
The host was suddenly singled out, and he immediately reacted, nodding repeatedly. “Yes, that’s right! If we change Teacher Chen’s score to ninety-six, then Mei Shu’s final score will be ninety-nine point two! Congratulations, Mei Shu!”
For a moment, the venue was filled with cheering voices.
Although not all perfect scores, this still elevated the highest score in history.
Chen Jian had said this, so Zhang Jun couldn’t go too far.. However, he inexplicably felt that the one who had initially given the low score was Feng Wei! Otherwise, why would she have been so nervous just now?