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"Haha, I told you Jessica Dole couldn't possibly miss the top eight, Donnie has a good eye!"

"Rigged, absolutely rigged, Donnie is the organizer of this Miss America pageant, how can he cast a direct vote? If it's like this, how can anyone else compete with him?"

Taylor Howard also had his own supporters, who immediately expressed their dissatisfaction upon hearing that it was Donnie's vote that had helped Jessica Dole surpass Taylor Howard.

However, they soon heard the host's voice welcoming Donnie Block's vote but also indicating that as the organizer, Donnie only had this one chance to vote and couldn't continue to do so afterward.

Donnie just smiled and said nothing after listening.

Then, Taylor Howard's supporters cast their own flowers, a whopping 20 at once, not only propelling Taylor's rank above Jessica Dole's but even catapulting him directly to the seventh position, surpassing Nia Coffey's ranking.

Jessica Dole dropped from the eighth to the ninth place again, which caused Carmen Farmer, who had just been a bit nervous, to smile once more.

It was then that Walker finally made his move, calling out his vote of 20 flowers for Jessica Dole.

With Walker's appearance, it effectively meant that the competition's biggest troublemaker had arrived.

The battle spread first among the ninth, eighth, seventh, and sixth places, but as Walker kept adding flower value to Jessica Dole, supporters of other contestants continued to reinforce their favorites.

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By that point, those waiting by the radio for the live broadcast couldn't even discern the specific numbers of flowers being added for each contestant.

The host, quick with his words, simply started announcing rankings.

A new ranking appeared every second.

In such a scenario, the rich individuals inside had already entered a state of excitement, and all they were doing was continuously pulling out their cash or filling in their checks.

There was no time for them to think in the middle of it all, just purchasing flower value for the contestants they supported.

When the battle reached the first place, Carmen Farmer, the atmosphere of the entire evening really reached its climax.

"50 flowers! 50 flower values, Mr. Leck Young has contributed a one-time gift of 50 flowers for Miss Carmen Farmer, aiding her in reclaiming the champion's throne within ten seconds after losing it!

No, wait, Mr. Walker has also contributed 50 flowers for Miss Jessica Dole, allowing Jessica Dole to complete the upset, moving from ninth to champion."

Naturally, things couldn't just end like that.

Leck Young had declared before the competition started that he intended to make Carmen Farmer the preliminary champion. Now, some unknown outsider dared to challenge him, Leck Young certainly wouldn't give up!

But when the thirty minutes of chaos ended, everyone who had voted collapsed in their seats as the host announced the end of the contest.

Only then did they realize just how crazy they had been.

"I finally understand why you decided not to use this promotion system in the finals two weeks from now!"

Nucky was the second most sober person on the scene; the first was Donnie.

"After such an impulse, these people will definitely regret it by the evening, and such madness won't happen in the finals!"

Donnie didn't refute Nucky's words, but that didn't mean Donnie agreed with him.

The reason why he wouldn't use this method for the regional finals wasn't that Donnie thought people would be rational by that time, but because Donnie wanted to fully establish the Miss America brand.

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After the preliminaries, there will definitely be people questioning the fairness of the competition... despite such competitions having no fairness to speak of.

Therefore, the regional finals and the grand finals are actually to dispel such doubts, allowing the selection of Miss America through votes, which can be seen as a way to mitigate some of the negative criticism.

Although this means that Donnie and Nucky will earn less from the value of flowers, it ensures that Donnie can profit from this brand for a long time!

The fewer the allegations of manipulation, the greater the peripheral earnings.

"Who is this Walker? He's ridiculously wealthy. He just tossed at least 300 flower values on Jessica Dole, that's 6000 US Dollars!"

During the data calculation phase, the people outside had already begun discussing the matter, and the name that came up most was Walker's!

6000 US Dollars, that's not only a lot for a Miss America contestant just gaining some fame, but also for Hollywood actresses, unless they are among the very top few.

"Who knows? It must be some scion of a major family; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to afford it!"

"I didn't expect that these family scions would actually come to our event, it's really surprising!"

"What's there to be surprised about? These people have nothing better to do every day than to vie for attention and jealousy, right?"

The outside discussion about Walker had already started, and the same was true inside the venue; everyone was speculating about Walker's identity.

Even Nucky asked Donnie out of curiosity, "Whose family does this fellow belong to?"

Donnie, looking at Walker who was trying to maintain a calm and smiling face in the distance, said with a laugh, "He's from New York, a bastard of the Astor family!"

Nucky suddenly understood and lost all curiosity, "So it's him!"

As Walker's greatest rival, Leck Young's eyes nearly shot fire upon looking at him.

Spending an extra 3000 US Dollars for no reason would make anyone angry.

"Kid, I've got my eye on you now!"

Leck Young, abandoning his manners, came up to Walker leaning on his cane.

"Mr. Leck Young, that's hardly the way we treat our guests in Atlantic City, Mr. Walker has come all the way from New York because of our warm hospitality, you shouldn't tarnish Atlantic City's reputation!"

When Leck Young came over to Walker, Donnie also walked over.

Leck Young couldn't help but ask Donnie, "From New York?"

Donnie nodded, "Yes, Mr. Walker Astor has come especially to Atlantic City to support our regional contest, I think Mr. Leck Young, you should show your hospitality!"

Donnie spoke loudly enough so that others heard too, and these were Atlantic City's most prominent figures who naturally understood what the Astor name signified!

Leck Young snorted and turned to leave!

At this point, the data tally was also completed.

Leck Young kept his promise to Carmen Farmer, and she got the first place in the regional contest as desired, while the previously highly-favored Jessica Dole became second, thanks to the wrench Walker threw into the works.

Donnie was unconcerned with such rankings. What mattered to him was how much money he had made tonight!