The Oiran Contest has begun to warm up.
Each brothel that got a place in the competition carefully prepared a float, and in the evening, they began to parade on the streets, singing and dancing for their performance. It was a scene of beauties competing for beauty, attracting huge crowds of people, and the streets were deserted.
Perhaps the previous disaster caused many people to lose their loved ones, and their mood was too depressed, so they broke out in the Oiran competition and their enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high.
It is said that this Oiran competition may be the most lively and the one with the highest attention in the past ten years.
The float of Lichunfang was also among them, but it seemed a little thin compared with the magnificent floats of other brothels.
Moreover, Chuntao had only learned singing and dancing for more than half a year. She was not as skilled as the top girls in other brothels who had been trained since childhood. In comparison, she seemed rather awkward.
Fortunately, Chuntao is good-looking, a real beauty. Now she has grown up completely and has gained a lot of popularity and a group of loyal fans.
Whenever the Lichunfang floats paraded through the streets, Xu Lian would stand in a very conspicuous place, either in a teahouse or at a crossroads, so that Chuntao could always see him.
This touched Chuntao. With Xu Lian's current status, he still cared about her so much.
After the parade was over, Xu Lian continued to give her special treatment.
Thanks to Xu Lian's unremitting efforts, Chuntao's favorability rose from 80/100 to 85/100, and then from 85/100 to the 90/100 mark.
Xu Lian added points to the price, added raw materials, and completed the advancement.
He felt that Chuntao's potential was far more than that, so he accompanied Chuntao every day, hoping that Chuntao's favorability would be further improved.
The rules for selecting the oiran are simple.
One is popularity.
The second is money.
What’s popular is that before the floats are paraded, the organizers of the Oiran competition will give a flower to everyone on the street in advance, and people will throw the flower onto the floats if they like the Oiran.
After the parade, the organizers of the Oiran Contest will rank each float according to the number of flowers it received, and implement a last-place elimination system.
Money is even simpler. Rich people can give money as rewards to the courtesan they like. After the courtesan competition is over, the top ten rich people who give rewards to each courtesan will have the opportunity to become the courtesan's lover.
Some courtesans are more enthusiastic and may allow the top ten patrons who give them tips to become their guests.
Some courtesans are more aloof and arrogant, and may choose one from the top ten.
That's hard to say...
Therefore, the amount of reward depends entirely on the intention of the rich person, commonly known as "generating electricity for love."
The first few rounds of the preliminary competition are a competition of popularity, while the later rounds are a competition of financial resources.
Chuntao gained considerable popularity with her beautiful appearance, and successfully passed the first few rounds of the preliminary competition and advanced to the top 16.
Just when Xu Lian was planning to reward Chuntao with silver to help her advance to the top eight, he discovered that the amount of silver Chuntao received ranked first, crushing the top performers of the other fifteen brothels and successfully advancing to the top eight.
The same situation occurred in the eight to four and four to two rounds. Chuntao was far ahead in the prize money she received, which enabled her to successfully enter the finals.
This made Xu Lian a little curious. After asking Aunt Fang, he learned that most of the reward money Chuntao received was given by a nobleman from outside the area.
soon.
Came to the finals.
It was held on an open space on the outskirts of Pingyang County.
There were tens of thousands of people gathered.
Now there are only two floats left, one is the float of Lichunfang, and the other is the float of the largest brothel in Pingyang County.
Two floats were put together, and Chuntao danced with the top beauty in the largest brothel, competing for the final title of the Oiran.
The top beauty in the biggest brothel didn't look very happy.
In terms of appearance, she is no worse than Chun Tao. Chun Tao is a pretty beauty, and she is also a great beauty.
She has superb skills in singing and dancing. She was carefully selected as a talented singer and dancer since childhood. With more than ten years of hard training, she completely crushed Chun Tao.
Judging from her background, she came from the largest brothel in the county, and Chuntao was just a newcomer launched by the small Lichunfang.
In terms of popularity, she also has an absolute advantage, and most of the men in the audience are excitedly calling out her stage name.
However, what they are competing for now is financial resources. No matter how much money the brothel behind her raises for her, Chun Tao always has more than ten times more than her. She completely crushes her, which is really infuriating.
The results are announced.
As expected, Chuntao received more than ten times more reward than she did, so she lost.
Chuntao was elected as the most beautiful woman in Pingyang County, and her dream came true. She cried with joy and enjoyed this moment of being the center of attention.
Xu Lian followed Chuntao's float and returned to Lichunfang.
Chuntao was immersed in joy, and her favorability towards Xu Lian finally exploded.
The increase from 90/100 to 92/100 allowed Xu Lian to gain two more advancement points.
There is nothing to think about, just add points to the rank, then add raw materials and advance!
Add more points to the rank, then add more raw materials, and advance!
In this way, his rank reached the eighth level of the Huajin Stage.
“Chun Tao’s favorability is 92/100, it will be difficult to improve it in a short period of time;
Lin Wan, Caixia, Jiang Xianyu, and Xiaomei in Stone Town all have a favorability of 93/100, which is also difficult to improve;
Little Pepper Bae So Hee's favorability is 92/100. This should not be her limit, and she can still be promoted one point higher;
Yu Qingning's favorability is 90/100. If you give her some extra attention, she should be able to get promoted a bit.
Jiang Yunyan and Miao Yueyue both have a favorability of 75/100, so they have great potential."
Xu Lian pondered for a while and determined the direction of his next efforts.
When he was about to leave Lichunfang, Aunt Fang stopped him and said, "Manager Xu, the nobleman from out of town asked me to pass a message to you, saying that he would like to congratulate your woman for becoming the most beautiful woman and that he wants to meet you."
With Xu Lian's current identity, there are too many people in Pingyang County who want to establish a relationship with him. It is simply a joke to spend some worldly money to make an appointment with him. However, this person is from another place, what can he do with him
Moreover, this person did not give Xu Lian any gifts, but gave Chun Tao money to show his support. He used worldly money very cleverly... It really touched Xu Lian's heart, so it would not hurt to meet him.
"I happen to be free now, ask him to come to the teahouse across the street."
Xu Lian said this and walked towards the teahouse opposite.
I waited for a while.
A nobleman holding a folding fan came, and he came quite quickly.
"Manager Xu, I have long heard of your great name. I am Chen Fei, and I hope you will forgive me for taking the liberty of meeting you."
The noble young man held a folding fan in his hand and clasped his fists in greeting.
Xu Lian also clasped his fists slightly, "I have to thank you for spending money to support Chun Tao."
Chen Fei waved his hand slightly and said with a smile, "For people like us who practice cultivation, worldly money is easy to come by, so it's really not worth mentioning. I just wanted to meet Manager Xu and take advantage of the situation."
Xu Lian didn't have that much time to beat around the bush with him, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Chen Fei was slightly stunned. Obviously, he didn't expect him to be so direct. He asked about the purpose of his visit before he even sat down or drank his tea.
Chen Fei said, "Manager Xu is straightforward, so I'll be frank. I'm the Sword Seeker of the Sword Pavilion, specializing in finding famous swords in the world. I heard that Manager Xu got a peerless sword from the thirteen clans of the Jiang family in Taizhou Prefecture, so I came to Pingyang County and found Manager Xu."