My Husband, a Marshal: Conquering the Stars with My Culinary Arts-Chapter 590 - 199: Participation Matters, Heartache_2
Du Xixi, sitting in the office, leaned forward with interest. She could see the vote count displayed on the screen, which is why she found these numbers amusing.
Du Xixi’s interest wasn’t in the Ancient History Department, but rather the votes cast by the Iron-eating Beast, His Majesty Toso, from the Military Department and Architecture Department. According to Du Xixi’s guess, the Minister of the Military, who should lean more towards the Military Department, ought to allocate most of the votes to them, but the facts were entirely unexpected for everyone.
Among the ten votes from the Iron-eating Beast, four were given to the Food Department, two to the Art Department, and the remaining four to the Architecture Department, indicating His Majesty’s fondness for the Architecture Department. Although His Majesty Toso was somewhat "cold" in voting for the Food Department, giving only one of his ten votes to it, he showed some favoritism towards the Ancient History Department by giving seven votes to them, with the remaining two votes awarded to the first place Architecture Department.
However, the Minister of the Military took a less conventional path. He did not vote for the Architecture Department, nor for the Military Department. After casting two votes for the Food Department, he gave the remaining eight votes to the Art Department, which is why the Art Department surpassed the Food Department and ranked fourth.
The Minister of the Military definitely didn’t "favor" the Art Department without reason; he must have found some aspect of the Art Department intriguing to cast so many votes for them.
The discrepancy of four votes is somewhat regrettable, but a loss is a loss. The Food Department can afford to lose, and the Art Department can afford to win; there’s no reason to feel upset. However, Du Xixi speculated that the Military Department would certainly feel disappointed. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
The Minister of the Military should have been an asset to the Military Department, but his voting behavior seemed to indicate dissatisfaction with the Military Department, as he cast no votes for it. Not only did Du Xixi find this odd, but everyone present did as well.
The real truth might be known only to the Minister of the Military himself.
The reactions of everyone present varied, but no one would question the ranking; after all, the votes were clearly counted, and each vote’s source was transparent, leaving no room for doubt.
Upon seeing this, the school leader who announced the ranking turned serious. After the crowd quieted down, he announced solemnly, "Next, I will reveal the final grand prize of this campus cultural arts festival!"
"According to the arrangements set forth by the Ministry of Education’s documents, our school held the campus cultural arts festival to understand campus spirit and experience the charm of different departments. For this campus cultural arts festival’s first place, the Ministry of Education has awarded with a high degree of reward!" The school leader took a deep breath, and even though he’s accustomed to witnessing major events, he couldn’t help but feel excited at this moment. "The Architecture Department has won first place and will receive direct investment from the Ministry of Education, amounting to 50 million yuan!"
million yuan! This is a tremendous figure! Even Du Xixi, who currently possesses a great fortune, couldn’t help but be amazed by this amount.
million yuan is enough for several Architecture Departments to completely upgrade teaching equipment and carry out practical teaching. It seems that the Ministry of Education has indeed made a significant investment this time.
Du Xixi shook her head, admitting that it was impossible not to covet 50 million yuan, but since the Food Department did not claim first place, no matter how tempting, she couldn’t possibly seize first place at this point.
Moreover, the Food Department’s teaching equipment and all systems were recently upgraded, thanks to her beloved brother’s private investment. The Food Department already possesses the most advanced teaching facilities in all-star, so obtaining 50 million yuan is merely impressive in theory but has no practical application.
Thinking this way, Du Xixi felt more at ease. She listened to the closing ceremony for a while longer and, once it ended, with the campus cultural arts festival completely over, she sighed with relief, feeling as though a weight had been lifted off her shoulders.
Fifth place... this achievement is already quite good! Du Xixi contentedly shook her head, stood up, and folded the blanket, planning to greet He Yuan when they return soon to finish her workday.
Speaking of which, she’s been busy with the campus cultural arts festival for several days, barely getting any time to get close to Ke Lian.
Du Xixi was happily preparing to go home after work and spend time with Ke Lian and her family while, on the other hand, the sports field had a veteran professor from the Military Department discreetly intercepting the Minister of the Military, representing the Military Department to approach him.
They in the Military Department were utterly baffled as to why the Minister of the Military would rather give all extra votes to the Art Department, yet not allocate even a few to the Military Department.
