Heartstrings on Fire novel Chapter 175

The two continued to chat for a bit.

Out of the blue, Kerri said, "I just saw that you're pretty popular in the voting for the school culture festival. Looks like you stand a good chance of winning the whole competition. Mr. Whitfield seems to have boosted your popularity quite a bit."

Agnes asked, puzzled, "What culture festival?"

Kerri explained, "The annual school culture festival. Each school sends a performance to compete, and the winning performance gets a reward. It's a big deal for the school's reputation. Plus, this year's festival coincides with Lakeside College's centenary celebration, so we got the hosting rights. The school's taking it super seriously."

Agnes was actually familiar with the yearly school culture festival. It was like a big cultural exchange competition among various universities. Every year, universities would compete behind the scenes for the hosting rights.

The festival took place at the end of October every year, with top universities nationwide sending a performance to compete. Top government officials would come to watch, and in recent years, there was even a hefty cash prize and a medal of honor.

Although it was ostensibly to promote cultural exchange, in reality, it was a power struggle among the major universities. The school always placed great importance on this event.

Agnes said, puzzled, "But aren't all the competing performances handled by the performing arts department?"

The reason Agnes didn't make a big deal out of this event was that for many years, the opportunity to participate was basically given to the performing arts department. The students there were incredibly talented. Some of them had even entered the entertainment industry and made a name for themselves.

Naturally, they should be the ones to take on such a task that brought glory to the school.

It was said that the school culture festival was a great opportunity for performing arts students to showcase their talents, as many people from entertainment companies would come on the day of the competition. If chosen, they could become famous overnight.

The current rising star in the entertainment industry was the champion of the last culture festival. Her stunning opera performance swept everyone off their feet. She was spotted by a talent scout, released her first album, and starred in two TV series in the same year, becoming famous overnight.

Almost all performing arts students saw the culture festival as a stepping stone to the entertainment industry, and there would be some disputes every year over the performance.

Kerri said, "In the past, this had nothing to do with us. But this year the school has a new rule. Apparently, the school has decided that the competing performance will be a play this time, so there's a school-wide vote to select a male and female student with the highest popularity to be the leads of the play. The announcement was sent out a month ago, and the voting is posted on the official website, with the names of almost all students on it. The deadline is tomorrow. I checked this morning, and among the girls, you have the highest popularity right now, followed by Cecile."

A month ago, Agnes was fully devoted to the drama crew and had no time to pay attention to anything else. Now, she finally had some free time to pick up her phone and glance at the campus forum, which she usually never cared about.

Sure enough, in the popularity vote, she was leading with over thirty thousand votes. The second place only had over ten thousand votes. She was undoubtedly in first place.

She also casually glanced at the voting situation for the boys. Without a doubt, the first place in the boys' vote was everyone's favorite, Ryder.