231: Even Chairman Jiang couldn't get in through back channels.

Kun Kun's exit took the enthusiastic singing and dancing from the stage, but the cheers from the audience hadn't died down. Many people were already craning their necks towards the stage entrance, their eyes full of anticipation for the next act.

Just then, the lights on both sides of the stage suddenly brightened, no longer the dim concert lighting from before, but bright white light illuminating the entire venue.

Xu Jinzhong and Zhu Zhe quickly walked out from the side curtains. As soon as they were on stage, they smiled and waved to the audience, instantly closing the distance.

"After Kun Kun sang that song, I see everyone, like me, still has their hearts floating on the stage!" Xu Jinzhong picked up the microphone, his voice tinged with a bit of teasing.

A knowing laugh immediately rippled through the audience.

Zhu Zhe then took over, stepping half a pace forward and raising her hand to gesture to the audience, her gaze sweeping over the many expectant faces: "Floating or not, we can't forget the most anticipated segment of tonight—next, we'll go straight into the lucky draw!"

These words were like a stone thrown into boiling water; the venue instantly erupted.

Jiang Yan put down his phone and glow stick, sidled closer to Li Yuran, his arm gently touching hers, and with hands clasped, he stared at her screen, whispering a prayer: "Sister, please let good luck strike you! You will definitely win!"

Li Yuran was amused by his earnestness and quickly opened today's annual meeting lottery system on her phone.

Even Jiang Chen in the VIP section sat up a bit, took out his own phone, opened the lottery system, and then his gaze fell on the screen, where a line of large characters popped up: "Xinghe Group Annual Meeting Lottery System · Exclusive Research and Development."

"Let me be frank with everyone," Zhu Zhe stepped forward, her tone becoming serious, "The lottery today uses an exclusive lottery mini-program developed by our Group. From the moment you swipe your employee ID to sign in, your information is automatically entered into the system; there's no manual entry at any point. The selection is also randomly generated by the system, with data traces at every step, and real-time synchronization to the auditing department in the backend."

She paused, then added with a smile: "This time, everyone is treated equally in the lottery. Not to mention ordinary employees, even our Chairman Jiang and the Group's management have no authority to interfere. So this lottery is absolutely fair and just; no one can pull strings!"

As soon as she said this, a burst of laughter erupted from the audience. Many people looked towards the VIP section at the front of the stage. Jiang Chen also cooperatively raised the mineral water in his hand, a smile on his face.

The bullet comments in Zhao Fen's live stream were even livelier:

"Now this is fair! Chairman Jiang has no special privileges, love it, love it!"

"666 Even the Chairman can't pull strings."

"I'll see if the Chairman and management win anything later."

Zhao Fen looked at the bullet comments, smiled, and swept the camera towards the VIP section, just catching Jiang Chen raising his mineral water. The bullet comments again flooded with "Chairman Jiang is so handsome, even holding a mineral water bottle looks so handsome!"

"Now, let's begin with the third prize; a complete set of home appliances and electronic product packages, with a total value of 120,000 yuan, and a total of ten thousand prizes. Let the drawing begin!"

Zhu Zhe's voice once again echoed through the entire stadium via the microphone, even faintly audible to celebrity fans waiting outside and people playing in the park.

As soon as her voice fell, Xu Jinzhong pressed the start button in his hand. The names scrolled rapidly across the large screen, from ordinary employees to department managers, each name flashing by at the same speed. The cheers from the audience instantly drowned out the background sound.

The names scrolled by dazzlingly. Jiang Yan's eyes never left Li Yuran's screen, and he kept muttering, "Win, win, must win!"

Zhu Zhe looked at the excited audience and raised her voice at the opportune moment:

"Everyone ready—Three! Two! One! Stop!"

As the last word fell, Xu Jinzhong immediately released the start button. The names on the large screen instantly froze. A dense list of winning names filled the screen in several columns, thoughtfully marked with department and employee ID.

The venue was silent for half a second, then erupted in even more enthusiastic cheers. Some people saw their names and jumped up to hug colleagues, while others who didn't win still clapped with smiles.

Li Yuran scanned the screen twice, then suddenly exclaimed, "Ah! I won! Jiang Yan, I won the third prize!"

Jiang Yan was even more excited than her. He slapped his thigh hard, then quickly pulled back, afraid of touching her, his voice full of joy: "I told you you had good luck! I had a premonition when I was praying just now!"

Jiang Chen put down his own phone, which still showed the lottery system with no winning notification. He looked at his cheering younger brother and cousin and said abruptly, "If you win now, you'll miss out on the second prize, first prize, and grand prize later."

Jiang Yan was laughing and discussing with Li Yuran whether to choose home appliances or electronic products. He paused, then waved his hand dismissively: "The third prize is enough!"

Li Yuran also smiled and quietly gave Jiang Chen a victory sign.

Jiang Chen shook his head helplessly, but a smile was hidden in his eyes. Although he hadn't won, it didn't matter. Seeing his employees and family happy was more comforting than winning a prize himself.

Of course, it would be nice if he could win too. Before he had the system, he had never won anything at the company's annual meeting.

"Don't panic, there's still the second prize, first prize, and grand prize," Jiang Chen encouraged himself mentally.

After the drawing, Xu Jinzhong added: "Colleagues who won, don't worry. You can choose your reward later with the winning number from the lottery system, and then redeem it."

Another round of applause erupted from the audience. The winners began to make their choices, the light from their phone screens forming a sea of stars in the darkness. Jiang Chen turned to his assistant and said, "The R&D department's mini-program is good, fair and efficient. We can continue to use it for future events."

The bullet comments in Zhao Fen's live stream continued to scroll:

"Ten thousand third prizes, that's too generous! Almost a one in ten chance of winning!"

"The boy next to Chairman Jiang is even more excited than the girl who won, I'm shipping it!"

"That handsome young man looks a bit like Chairman Jiang, is he his brother?"

Zhao Fen looked at the comments in the live stream and replied with a smile, "That's my second son."

Zhao Fen looked at the comments in the live stream, her eyes curved with a smile, and she replied into the microphone, "Everyone has such good eyes, that's my second son, and next to him is his cousin. The two kids are quite lively today."

As soon as she said this, the bullet comments again flooded with

"So they're family!"

"What a warm atmosphere, Xinghe's annual meeting is so full of love!"

"Accidentally stumbled into a heavenly family..."

Just then, Zhu Zhe picked up the microphone again, a smile on her face, and said with full anticipation in her voice: "Congratulations to all our family members who won the third prize! But that was just an appetizer. Next, we're immediately starting the second prize draw—the previous 'Fun Prize'!"

Zhu Zhe deliberately drew out her words. As soon as she finished, the previous chatter in the audience instantly died down. Xu Jinzhong had already hinted at this 'Fun Prize' at the beginning of the event, so everyone knew this 'Fun Prize' was a major benefit hidden within the name.

After all, paid leave, travel, and the like were exciting just to think about. If one actually won, it would be incredibly satisfying.