Because ninety percent of the contestants would be eliminated in the first round, everyone was extremely tense. The elimination rate was simply too high.
The contestants watched with bated breath as the host walked onto the stage with the list of qualifiers prepared by the judges and began reading out names one by one.
Once the ten names were called, disappointment flashed across the faces of most students. They rose from their seats, feeling deeply unreconciled. The students were so disappointed because the prize money for this art competition was significant: one hundred thousand for first place, and eighty thousand and sixty thousand for second and third, respectively. Furthermore, the first-place piece would be displayed at this Art Exhibition Center—an immense honor for these art students.
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