39: Chapter 39: A well-deserved number one!

Wu Ya chuckled twice and said, "Then don't explain. I'll wait for President Shen to explain it to me!"

The bickering between the two of them had become a scene played out daily.

Shen Yan habitually continued eating his meal without paying attention to them.

The finals were in two days.

The three of them were preparing wholeheartedly for the finals.

For these two days, they had been shut inside the hotel room and not come out.

It wasn't until the day of the finals that they left the hotel room.

"Oh my god, the sun is really scorching today!"

Wu Ya nodded, took out an umbrella from her bag, and opened it.

Seeing this, Chen Guangke immediately leaned over and said, "Girls are always more thoughtful, remembering to bring an umbrella when going out."

Wu Ya rolled her eyes, moved the umbrella aside, and ran to Shen Yan's side to hold it over him.

"The sun is too harsh. Shall we walk together?"

Chen Guangke's eyes widened.

"Wait... what about me?!"

Wu Ya gave a fake smile, "Go die wherever you want to die. I won't care even if you die."

With that, she and Shen Yan went to the finals venue under the same umbrella.

Chen Guangke followed behind the two of them, looking wronged.

At the venue, Chen Ling was on the phone backstage.

She had been extremely annoyed these past two days.

"Why am I upset? Isn't it because of that Shen Yan!"

"Originally, I thought I could directly win over the other judges to eliminate him during the preliminary round, but I didn't expect that Tao Min would interfere midway..."

"Now look! He made it to the finals, and the organizers have also received a complaint letter. The others with taste dare not mess around with me anymore."

A man's light chuckle came through the receiver.

"Why are you in such a hurry? There are plenty of ways to deal with him."

Hearing this, Chen Ling's eyes lit up. She asked the man, "Then are there any other methods to get Shen Yan out of this competition? I really don't want him to continue dirtying my eyes."

The man's deep, hoarse voice continued, "For competitions like this, what they value most is originality. If Shen Yan's project results were plagiarized, then even if he got first place, it would be useless, right?"

Chen Ling's face brightened with joy.

"You really have many ideas. Fine, I know what to do now!"

After speaking, she hung up the phone and dialed another person.

"Hello, Xiao Li, I have something I need you to do..."

... The finals officially began at two in the afternoon.

The finals were different from the preliminary rounds.

Besides the contestants, everyone present were entrepreneurs from various industries.

These entrepreneurs were the judges for the finals.

After every contestant finished their presentation, they would give comprehensive scores.

Ultimately, the one with the highest score would win first place.

Shen Yan received number thirty this time.

He was exactly the last contestant to present.

"I didn't expect us to get such a late number plate this time..."

Seeing Chen Guangke grumbling, Shen Yan said, "It's fine. Being last is pretty good too. We can listen to how everyone else presents."

Chen Guangke nodded.

"I didn't say the number plate was bad either. I just feel like we have to wait a long time..."

The finals officially started.

The first finalist walked onto the stage to present.

"Hello everyone, my name is Li Tian, and my project is..."

It was already past two hours when it was Shen Yan's turn to present.

The contestants and entrepreneurs present were all showing signs of fatigue.

"Hello everyone, my name is Shen Yan. Today, the project software I've brought is a Heartbeat Software..."

This time, he presented for a full half an hour.

To make it easier for everyone to understand, he also prepared several simulated data charts.

Seeing the simulated data charts, the entrepreneurs were somewhat surprised.

They hadn't expected Shen Yan to have prepared this for them too.

"May I ask where you collected all this data from?"

"All this data was collected from a survey questionnaire I posted online. There were a total of twenty thousand participants, and eight thousand and fifty of them provided valid data."

The entrepreneurs nodded in satisfaction.

Whether looking from foresight or feasibility, Shen Yan's project had very high feasibility.

"Alright, thank you for your presentation. You can go back and rest for a while. We need to discuss the results thoroughly."

Shen Yan nodded and walked back to Chen Guangke and Wu Ya.

Seeing the entrepreneurs discussing heatedly, Chen Guangke felt a little worried.

"Do you think Chen Ling will take this chance to cause trouble again and prevent those entrepreneurs from voting us as first place?"

Shen Yan let out a soft laugh.

"Are you thinking too highly of her authority?"

"Even if she has that idea, she can't do it. Those entrepreneurs aren't just sitting there doing nothing; it's not like whatever she says goes."

Chen Guangke nodded, then waited nervously and expectantly with Wu Ya for the final results.

Half an hour later, the entrepreneurs had reached a conclusion.

"Alright, please have all the contestants come on stage together. We will announce the results."

As soon as this was said, all the contestants stood up and walked toward the stage.

"Thank you all very much for coming to participate in this competition. Through this competition, we have also witnessed all of your talents."

"Here, I announce that the person who won the first place in the competition is..."

"Shen Yan!"

Hearing his name, Shen Yan could hardly hide his joy.

Chen Guangke and the female Wu Ya couldn't help but scream out.

"We won, we won!"

The entrepreneurs in the audience couldn't help but burst into laughter upon hearing this.

Shen Yan cleared his throat, walked to the front, took the microphone, and said, "Thank you very much for your trust, and thank you very much for recognizing my project."

The entrepreneurs in the audience looked at him with appreciative and satisfied eyes and said, "Your project is indeed excellent. This is unanimously agreed upon by all of us, so you are the undisputed first place winner."

Next, they announced the second and third place winners.

After the announcement of the rankings, the competition concluded.

Just as Shen Yan was preparing to leave with Chen Guangke and Wu Ya, Tao Min called out to him.

"You guys are leaving?"

Shen Yan nodded in response.

"The competition is over, so of course we're leaving."

Tao Min smiled and shook his head.

"The first-place winner of the competition needs to take a group photo with the competition organizers. Didn't you know about this?"

Shen Yan honestly shook his head; no one had informed him about this matter.

Tao Min frowned, then patted Shen Yan's shoulder.

"It's fine. You wait here for a moment. I'll go communicate with the organizers."

Shen Yan nodded, then sincerely thanked Tao Min.

"I haven't had the chance to thank you for what happened in the preliminary round yet."

Tao Min said, "Actually, you really don't need to thank me. If it were someone else that day, I would have used my special authority as well. Your ability deserves the ranking you earned."

Being affirmed always made people happy.

Shen Yan was no exception.

He took out his phone and said to Tao Min, "President Tao, let's exchange contact information first. When you have time, let's grab a meal together."