The judges' representative read out the scores for the last place, but did not announce the winner of the championship or runner-up. The audience started talking even louder.
Fatty Luo and Li Fangcheng were also confused. They had been pricking up their ears just now, but they didn't hear the score No. 025 from the judges' representatives.
At this moment, the judge representative finally spoke to clarify his doubts:
"Dear viewers and guests, due to a rare situation in today's evaluation, the two best players scored exactly the same. According to regulations, the champion and runner-up cannot be determined for the time being, and further evaluation is required. They are No. 003 and No. 025.
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The audience roared and began to look for the two contestants represented by these two numbers.
Li Fangcheng was also a little stunned. After staying for a while, he remembered that 025 was Lanlan's number. Then he looked at Fatty Luo who had the same reaction and both looked happy. In this way, Lanlan was at least the runner-up.
As expected, No. 003 was the last Arowana King champion of Longxiang Aquarium. Manager Xie frowned at this moment, wondering who the sacred number 025 was, unexpectedly appeared out of the blue and tied with his own store's treasure.
As for the last two remaining contestants, after the audience figured out their goals, their eyes focused on them.
"Dear guests, after deliberation, our panel of judges, in order to thank everyone for their support of this competition, and to encourage more Arowana enthusiasts to actively participate, decided that the final result will be determined by voting by all guests present, with each person having one vote.
To the players you support.”
As soon as the judge representative said this, the atmosphere at the scene became even more enthusiastic.
After learning that they had the right to vote, the audience began to talk among themselves while observing the two arowanas.
"I'm still optimistic about No. 003. After all, he is the last Arowana King. He is also big, fifty-five centimeters. He is much more majestic than No. 025."
"Brother, look at the fish at a glance. The body color of No. 025 is so beautiful. The blue background of No. 003 is a bit lighter in comparison."
"The beards of No. 003 are standard and strong, straight upward, while the beards of No. 025 are a bit soft."
"No. 025's turn is so smooth. That posture, wow, is as smooth as silk."
"Look at the eyes. 025's eyes are so clear and agile, and you can tell he has a very high IQ."
"I still think 003 is good, what a domineering figure."
The audience was divided into two completely different camps. No one could convince the other. They could only vote for their favorite contestant to decide the winner.
Fatty Luo also has one vote on behalf of the Fire Dragon Aquarium Store, so of course you don't have to be polite, just vote for Lan Lan.
The audience went to the voting booth to vote one by one, and the intense vote counting began.
Boss Tao of the "Guanglin" aquarium shop was also in the crowd. He looked at Lanlan and felt that it looked familiar, like the dying arowana he saw last time. But in the end he shook his head. What color did that arowana have?
So beautiful.
Fatty Luo and the two of them had sweaty palms, expecting Lanlan to bring surprises.
The vote counting work finally ended and the judges representatives returned to the stage.
"Dear guests, thank you all for your active participation and support. Next, I will announce the vote statistics. Contestant No. 003 finally got 186 votes..." At this point, he deliberately paused for a while to show off.
The audience couldn't hold back and started shouting one after another.
Fatty Luo and Li Fangcheng stared at the stage, their hearts pounding and they held their breaths.
"Contestant No. 025 finally got 189 votes. Congratulations to Contestant No. 025 for becoming the champion of this competition and the new Arowana King!" The judges representative finally announced the final winner.
Suddenly, Fatty Luo and Li Fangcheng high-fived each other excitedly, and there was applause all around. The reporters' camera flashes kept flashing in front of the fish tank. Lanlan was a little panicked, and it took a while before she gradually got used to it.
Manager Xie of the Longxiang Aquarium Store had a gloomy look on his face. He almost won the championship but was snatched away by a dark horse who jumped out halfway. This feeling was obviously unpleasant.
Next came the award ceremony. The owners of the top three contestants came on stage to receive their awards. As the representative of the aquarium shop, Fatty Luo accepted the certificate of honor and a small trophy from the chairman of the Arowana Association, as well as a championship bonus check of 100,000 yuan.
Of course, 20% income tax must be deducted in the end.
Fatty Luo stood on the stage with a smile on his face, almost grinning from ear to ear.
At the end of the award ceremony, just as the audience dispersed, a middle-aged man who claimed to be the boss of a tea company and two followers approached Fatty Luo and the two and proposed to buy the new Arowana King.
"This is our Mr. Jin. He likes your Arowana King very much and wants to buy it. Please make a price." said a young man who was Mr. Jin's entourage.
Fatty Luo was delighted when he saw the buyer come to the door so quickly, and was thinking about the price.
Just as he was thinking about it secretly, another buyer came over and smiled at Li Fangcheng.
Li Fangcheng took a look and saw that he was an acquaintance, Mr. Ren of Jinchao Real Estate Company, and there were several of his friends around him.
"Xiao Li, your store is very powerful. You actually defeated the long-established Longxiang brand. You deserve the title of Dragon Fish King. I'm so happy." Ren Linsheng said with a smile.
"No, we just happened to catch a good fish." Li Fangcheng became polite and introduced his immediate boss, Fatty Luo, to Ren Linsheng.
"Haha, you're welcome. How can there be so many coincidences? Your store's technology in raising arowana is top-notch. I like this king arowana very much, and I hope you can part with it." Ren Linsheng also made a purchase request.
"So it's Mr. Ren. I'm glad to meet you. But there's always a first-come-first-served basis." Mr. Jin, who came first, seemed to know Ren Linsheng and was very dissatisfied with him for interfering with him.
"Haha, everyone likes the Arowana King. There is no such thing as first-come, first-served. The one with the highest price will get it," said Lao Chen, who was beside Ren Linsheng. Today, all the Arowana enthusiasts came to watch the battle.
"Okay, in that case, I'll offer you 250,000 yuan." Mr. Jin made the first bid.
Ren Linsheng discussed it with Lao Chen and Mr. Zhao, and then quoted a price of 300,000.
Mr. Jin raised the price to 330,000, but after Ren Linsheng came up with the price of 360,000, he shook his head, gave up and left.
When Li Fangcheng heard this price, he was quite shocked. These bosses really had money and nowhere to spend it, but they actually paid hundreds of thousands for a fish.
"Fang Cheng, what are you doing standing around here? Let's get the fish tank back to the store first, and then fill in the order for Mr. Ren." Fatty Luo was naturally much calmer, even though the price already made him feel happy.
The two used a hydraulic forklift to return the fish tank to the aquarium shop, and Ren Linsheng and others followed. On the way, Fatty Luo asked about the condition of the two golden arowanas last time, and Ren Linsheng said that those two guys were doing well.
, after a period of time, as agreed last time, the aquarium shop will need to do some maintenance.
When we arrived at the Fire Dragon Aquarium Store, Lao Wang from next door also came up to express his congratulations and help return the fish tank to its original position. Fatty Luo instructed Li Fangcheng to fill out the receipt for Mr. Ren, and just like last time, he paid the deposit first and then agreed to deliver the fish in the afternoon.
It was not until noon that Fatty Luo and Li Fangcheng, who had been in excitement, remembered to make a call to Li Youran to inform him of the victory, and said that the brand of the champion Arowana King had a high gold content, and they actually took advantage of this momentum to sell
For a high price of 360,000 yuan.
Li Youran didn't expect to win the competition this time. It seems that the aquarium store has a bright future.