Chen Ruolan had lunch, refreshed the voting page, and immediately called Wang Lun.

"Wang Lun, are you not paying attention to the game again?" Chen Ruolan asked.

"I really paid attention to it," Wang Lun said. "I watched it once around nine o'clock in the morning, and I ranked second in my vote."

"The ranking has risen again, this time ranked first!"

Chen Ruolan seemed to be even more excited than she was in the competition, "If this trend continues, by seven o'clock in the evening, your votes from the public judges will definitely still be the first, and the advantage will be obvious."

"Well, this is what I hope to see." Wang Lun smiled.

"You will win!" Chen Ruolan shouted these three words, and then the landline phone in the office rang, and she ended the call.

Wang Lun went online on his mobile phone and checked the votes. He found that he had received more than 200 votes, more than 40 votes more than the second place.

In Wang Lun's opinion, this advantage is normal.

While Wang Lun's side was calm, Geng Jingzhong's mood could not be calmed at all in the vice president's office of Jintai Landscape Company.

It was exposed. The company’s spider plant potted plant ranked first from the beginning, and was exposed all the way. Until now, it has been ranked fourth!

Geng Jingzhong felt the pressure.

This competition has three first prizes, three second prizes, and four third prizes, but Mr. Chen had already let it go at the meeting, and the company must get first place.

Now, in terms of public judges' voting, the company is only ranked fourth. The key momentum is still downward, and there is no possibility of breaking into the top three.

Geng Jingzhong stared at the top three on the computer screen.

"The third and second place are respectively the two leading landscape companies in this city. They have a deeper relationship with the expert judges than our company, and they are also very strong and cannot be shaken."

"This No. 1 Yinshan Bonsai Cooperative seems to have appeared out of nowhere?"

"I've never heard of this at all. It should be a newly established rural cooperative. It shouldn't have a strong background."

Geng Jingzhong knew that the third and second companies had the ability to lock in two first prizes. Originally, according to his idea, the last first prize should belong to Jintai Company.

However, a dark horse emerged along the way.

In order to clear the way, he had to use his own connections.

"Chairman Gu, please help me check something."

Geng Jingzhong called the chairman of the County Bonsai Association and asked about the origins of the Yinshan Bonsai Cooperative.

The County Bonsai Association is one of the leaders of this competition. The chairman has the ability to see the information placed in the background. It is not difficult to find out some information.

"Okay, then just wait a moment."

After listening to what Geng Jingzhong said, Gu Honghe went to investigate. He had a good personal relationship with Geng Jingzhong and didn't mind doing such a small favor.

Geng Jingzhong waited anxiously, hoping that the Yinshan Bonsai Cooperative had no background.

In this way, he can use his connections to squeeze the other party out of the top three.

The competition system of the semi-finals is to be voted by public judges and specially invited expert judges respectively. The public judges are from contestants and people in the potted plant industry, and the number is uncertain, while the specially invited expert judges have a total of ten.

To determine the final ranking, each of the two accounts for 50%. Simply put, the rankings of the two are taken and added together. The lower the score, the higher the final ranking.

For example, if a certain potted plant ranks fourth among the public judges and fifth among the invited expert judges, its total vote score is four plus five, a total of nine points.

If another potted plant ranks fifth among the public judges and third among the invited expert judges, its total vote score is eight points, and its final ranking will obviously be higher than the former.

When the scores are the same, the specific number of votes obtained by the public judges will be compared.

Therefore, the number of votes received by the public judges is actually very important. Geng Jingzhong must let Jintai Company squeeze into the top three in the voting of the public judges in order to gain an advantage.

As for the specially invited experts, since Jintai Company is one of the organizers, it will have a natural advantage and it will not be difficult to enter the top three.

In short, as long as he enters the top three in the public judges' voting, Jintai Company will be guaranteed to get a first prize, and he can successfully complete the company's tasks.

If he fails, he will never have a good life, even if he is the vice president.

Buzz buzz buzz.

The phone vibrated on the desk.

Geng Jingzhong quickly picked up his mobile phone and asked after answering: "Have you found out?"

"Yinshan Bonsai Cooperative is from Yinshan Village, Jinshan Town, our county, and its founder is Wang Lun." Gu Honghe said on the phone.

Geng Jingzhong's body suddenly tensed up and he couldn't wait to ask: "Wang Lun, which LUN word is it?"

"Ethical ethics."

Gu Honghe noticed something strange about Geng Jingzhong and asked, "Do you know this person?"

Geng Jingzhong did not answer. After quickly confirming some of Wang Lun's detailed information, he hung up the phone.

The moment he put down the phone, his face turned gloomy.

"Wang Lun, it's actually him!"

Geng Jingzhong never expected that Wang Lun would also participate!

And I never expected that Wang Lun could create such a powerful potted plant!

It seems that after being framed by him and fired from the company, this kid did not sink, but got lucky.

However, that's just the end of it.

He will not allow Wang Lun to hinder him from winning the first prize.

He was sure that Wang Lun had no power, so there was no need to be afraid. This time he would squeeze out Wang Lun!

Moreover, he wanted Wang Lun not to even win the third prize!

Geng Jingzhong immediately contacted an old acquaintance from the Municipal Garden Planning Bureau, used a favor owed to him, and asked him to do something for him.

The other party has a powerful position in the Municipal Garden Planning Bureau, and this unit is the official organizer of this bonsai bonsai competition, so the other party can decide many things, such as... whether Wang Lun wins or loses on the vote list!

Ten minutes later, Geng Jingzhong received a reply from this old acquaintance.

The other party said that the matter had been settled, but also implicitly stated that the favor owed had been repaid.

In this regard, Geng Jingzhong didn't think there was anything wrong with spending the favor like this.

He himself wanted to use this favor to get into the top three of the public judges' vote list and ensure that Jintai Company won. What's more, now he could give Wang Lun a hard blow with his own hands.

"Wang Lun, are you worthy of fighting with Jintai Company? Just wait for failure!"

Geng Jingzhong was so proud that he put his feet on the desk...

"Wang Lun, something happened. More than half of your votes were deducted, leaving only 83 votes!"

Chen Ruolan's call came to Wang Lun's cell phone, her voice was very anxious.

At this moment, Wang Lun was learning about various vegetable seeds at a seed agricultural station in the county town and preparing for the vegetable planting project. He was surprised when he suddenly heard Chen Ruolan say this.

"Let me see."

Wang Lun checked on his mobile phone and found that his potted potted plant had only 83 votes, falling from 1st to 11th.

"Did you see it? This is very abnormal, because none of the other contestants had any abnormal votes."

Chen Ruolan reminded.

“I’ll contact the competition’s customer service first, and I’ll call you if there’s any news.”

Wang Lun thought this was strange. After getting through the customer service, Wang Lun first asked: "Hello, is there a technical failure in the voting channel of the potted plant group and voting cannot be conducted?"

"No, everything is normal with voting." Customer service quickly responded.

Now, Wang Lun could confirm that his ticket deduction had nothing to do with technical glitches.

Then Wang Lun got down to business: "I am contestant No. 6 in the potted plant group. Could you please check why I was suddenly deducted more than 100 votes?"

"Okay, please wait a moment. I'll give you a reply after checking."

Soon, the customer service replied: "Hello, after confirmation, we found no abnormalities in the number of votes for contestant No. 6, and the 83 votes are the true number of votes."

Faced with such a formulaic answer, Wang Lun was unhappy, but he also knew that relying on customer service could not solve the problem, so he ended the inquiry and told Chen Ruolan the situation.

"Ruolan, I'm going to the cultural and sports center now to see if I can seek justice. I'll contact you later."

Wang Lun knew very well that someone was deliberately targeting him and did not want him to win.

When he arrived at the potted plant exhibition area of ​​the cultural and sports hall, Wang Lun found that Geng Jingzhong was walking directly towards him, as if he was waiting for him.

The person targeting him should be this villain.

"Wang Lun, it turns out that you entered the competition under the name of Yinshan Bonsai Cooperative. Gee, it seems you got a lot of votes, right?"

Geng Jingzhong crossed his arms in front of his chest, looking gloating at his misfortune.

He also deliberately called two security guards, apparently because he was afraid that Wang Lun would attack him.

"Geng Jingzhong, you are so mean. You don't even have the courage to compete with me openly."

Wang Lun said coldly, feeling nothing but deep hatred for this man.

"Whatever you say, you will be ranked at the bottom in the end, so don't expect to win the prize. By the way, you can remember that this is what I said."

Geng Jingzhong said with a smile, he was confident and not afraid that Wang Lun would hate him.
To be continued...