Chapter 339
The apuse hadsted for a long time after Natasha’s speech had ended. After pping a few times,
Michael quickly drew a zero in the column and checked the online votes on his phone.
His wife’s votes were doubtlessly a hundred votes behind, but he was not affected by the online voting
whatsoever.
In the history of Miss Misty Pageant, there was no app for the online votes—it was a new thing that was
launched for the current batch.
The voting app had been specially made for the university students—they could use the tform to
socialize, order takeout, shop, grab a cab, purchase movie tickets and it also included an arena for
forums, watching dramas and novels, tournament consultations, checking academic grades and
selecting courses and electives.
When the app was firstunched, it immediately became popr on campus with almost all of the
students and teachers having installed it and showing it off to other universities.
Furthermore, the app had a function for live streaming and naturally, today’s Miss Misty Pageant was
being broadcasted live and exclusively viewable on the app.
The app was undoubtedly made by students from the gay school. That’s correct; those were from
Stanley’spany!
Who worked in hispany? Sophia!
One had to admit that Stanley was a genius. When he was a child, the other kids from the Fletcher
Family were living an ordinary life—they attended school during the day as well as marching with the
army in the morning and at night.
Most of them had attended the military academy or were serving in the army by the age of eighteen, but
he was one of the rare exceptions. He went clubbing and yed games on a daily basis. If his father or
grandfather hadn’t forced him, there was no way in the world that he would be out there to march with
the others.
The Fletchers had once thought that the kid was hopeless.
When he was in high school, he became even worse. Aside from skipping ss and ying games in
the inte café, he had skipped ss in the name of internship when he was actually heading to the
gamepany where Michael had invested in to yputer games. However, looking at how well he
did, it seemed like he wasn’t there to y games but to acquire some knowledge!
The first app that Stanley’spany had developed was rather decent. Michael had read the n and
wanted to incorporate it into his games after the app was done.
The app was only part of the n—they would continue to make a series of it and embody them into the
development of online and mobile games.
Most of the employees in Stanley’spany were Bayside University graduates. Even their interns were
the current university students. All of them had paid close attention to the data and if necessary, hehe…
They would be making sure that Sophia woulde first in thepetition!
Suddenly, the employee received a call from Stanley. “Get ready to publish a notification on the app; I’ll
forward the information in a moment…”
After Natasha’s speech, the students waiting behind her were all stressed out. Compared to her, the
other contestants had been morecking—no matter whether it was the stage presence, the ambience
or thenguage used, they would not be able topete with her.
She was professionally trained for public speaking and used to formal asions. Conversing with
foreign dignitaries was effortless for her and environments like that was merely a piece of cake for her.
On the app, her votes had been the highest!
Sophia was behind by hundreds of votes and the third was Molly.
The ranking had continued until the public speaking stage was almost over. Sophia was thest to go on
stage.
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Everyone had been having high hopes for the most eye-catching dark house of the night and were eager
to listen to her content.
Soon, it was her turn. Still in the school uniform, she strode toward the microphone and settled down.
Standing still, she took a cold nce at the audience, patted the microphone and started her speech.
“The topic of my speech today is—What’s the Matter with Being Late?”
What was the matter with beingte?
Natasha had just finished her speech on ‘Always One Step Ahead’ and Sophia was here to say
otherwise—was she going against her?
Upon hearing the title, Natasha sneered at the backstage. It seems like she has overestimated herself!
As she faced the audience, Sophia started her speech. “How did you live your life when you were eight?”
The app had a livement function for the broadcast and it was shown on the big screen at the scene.
When she threw out a question, the livement section went excited.
‘I was attending hobby sses when I was eight.’
‘I was in third grade when I was eight.’
‘I won in the International Junior Math Olympiad and I could recite the Three Hundred Tang Poems.’
Sophia let out a chuckle when she saw the reaction from the big screen. With a casual tone, she
continued, “So, we have some people who won internationalpetitions at the age of eight, some have
billions of fortunes under their name at the age of eight and some could recite poems at the age of eight.
However, when I was eight, I was still collecting trash with my grandmother to earn a living. I have never
been to school. At the age of eight, I couldn’t even write my own name.”
In response, the crowd was in chaos. Those who could afford to attend Bayside University were usually
from a decent family. They might not be extremely wealthy but from a well-off family. They had grown up
in the best environment and none of them had been in a situation like that.
It seemed like the audience and the screen were frozen. Everyone’s eyes widened, looking at the girl on
the stage. No one could have imagined that an optimistic girl like her would have such a life experience!
Proceeding with her speech, Sophia continued, “I’m an orphan, adopted by my grandma and grandpa. At
the age of eight, I followed my grandma to collect waste in order to support our living. I couldn’t afford to
attend school; I’m illiterate and uneducated.
There was no one who could teach me how to read and I couldn’t even recognize the numbers. At the
age of eight, the schools near our vige started to check on the dropouts and when they learned about
my situation, they exempted me from paying tuition fees so that I could be enrolled.”
“At the age of eight, I was in the first grade. I held a pencil for the first time, flipped a book for the first
time and attended sses for the first time. My books, my bag, my stationery, even my school uniforms,
were all donated to me by my ssmates. At the age of eight, I recognized the first phic alphabet in
my life and finally knew how to write my name.
Students of the same age have begun to learn and memorize ancient poems, but I couldn’t even
memorize the phic alphabet table. Students of the same age have begun to learn addition and
subtraction, but I couldn’t even write numbers. Even the teachers said that I was toote to start learning
at eight.”
“But am Ite? No, I’m not! So what if I waste? I was in first grade when I was eight but I had worked
harder than anyone else. When they were ying, I was studying. When they were resting, I was still
studying. I skipped grades in primary schools. When the others took six years toplete primary
school, I took only four years.
I graduated from primary school at the age of twelve and was formally enrolled in middle school. With my
actions, I proved to the world that so what if I’mte? People have been saying that one should start
doing things as early as possible, but there are also people who are of the opinion that great talent
matureste!”
The audience burst into cheers and apuse at her speech.
But Natasha was disgusted sitting in the backstage. A lowlife thinking that she has run the show! A
horrible pheasant who picks rubbish is bragging about its might! How hrious!
Sophia went on with her speech, “At the age of twelve, I was admitted to the best middle school in our
town. On the first day of my English ss, I realized that most of my ssmates were capable of
communicating in English fluently or at least in some simple dailymunication.
But look at me; I didn’t even know a word, let alone the alphabet letter! My English teacher had also told
me that it was toote for me to start learning English. Was Ite again?
No, I never thought that I’mte! For a total mark of 150 for the English test, the ss secured a 100
average score for the first academic month and I was at thest ce with a mark of 21. All the teachers
had given up on me.”