The votes doubled, which due to their increase in numbers, immediately caused Little Tangyuan’s voting percentage to drop to 52%.

Ye Lu was so excited that she was about to jump out of her skin. She knew her adorable treasure wasn’t some pushover who would concede easily. Roar! If things continued like this, it would be incredible; the vote count might just overtake the others.

She could very well pocket two hundred thousand. Hehe.

During the fifteen-minute mid-show advertising break, Ye Lu rushed excitedly backstage, draped her two gems in hugs, and gave them a kiss leaving a mess of spittle on their faces: "Wonderful, my babies, you’ve truly made mommy proud."

"Naturally, look at us!", Ye Yiyi said, swanking no end.

Ye Yuan wiped the spit off his face impatiently: "You’ll spoil our makeup."

"We’re definitely going to win!" Ye Lu was already delightfully imagining the scene of her clutching two hundred thousand in her hand.

Ye Yuan frowned: "We can’t be certain because just now, I saw Little Tangyuan’s mother, the actress Tang Xin, having an impetuous conversation with a few sponsors in a room." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"What? There must be something fishy about her sneaky behavior. Ye Yiyi immediately sniffed out the scent of some unwritten rules and was immediately on edge, "This vile woman, she must not be plotting to undercut us. We need to go eavesdrop."

Ye Yiyi immediately slunk off with Ye Lu reluctantly following after her.

Three of them sneakily crouched in a corner and listened in. The partitions between these makeshift backstage rooms weren’t very soundproof so they could hear the voices in the room next door.

All they heard was Tang Xin scoffing: "I had had so many TV offers that I declined, yet I chose you all. That’s because you guys promised to give my son a push, otherwise, do you really think I would have chosen your production crew?"

"Of course, of course." The producer chuckled along.

"Humph, my son’s first TV appearance is on this show, which hugely boosted your ratings, making the show famous, and my son well-known. It’s a win-win. But now, you’ve brought along this sibling duo, stealing all my son’s limelight; what are you up to?"

"We didn’t anticipate this either. We thought those two kids were at an average level. Who knew they’d shoot to popularity so suddenly."

Tang Xin became even more disgruntled: "Humph, I don’t care. This show is supposed to promote my son. I’m a well-known personality and my son has so many fans. If we lose to two unknown and unaccomplished brats, it will shame us. Don’t expect me to allow my son to be on any of your shows afterwards and my husband won’t invest in your company’s stocks either. You figure it out."

Ye Lu was fuming having heard these blatant underhanded threats. She was furious.

"Calm down, Miss Tang, we can talk this through nicely. It’s true that manipulating the vote count is quite hard since it’s controlled by the audience."

"Stop pretending. We’re all in the entertainment circle here. Everyone knows these votes can be rigged. As long as you, the organizers, tweak the data backstage, everything will be for naught even if his fans vote crazily."

The director of the show dared not offend her, much less her wealthy and powerful husband, and could only say, "Alright."

"In the upcoming matches, give my son more opportunities. As for that brother-sister pair, give them less screen time so they won’t steal the popularity. Also, the next round is a quick-fire quiz. Here’s a paper containing questions my son knows the answers to. Please take a look at it. This round, my son definitely needs to outshine!"

After saying her piece, Tang Xin left.