Chapter 555: The Held-Back Big Move 4

Keith Coleman figured that since they’d already made a move, they wouldn’t stop at just spreading a few rumors. They were definitely holding a trump card.

As Keith Coleman expected.

Countless fans were glued to this grand spectacle. For the sake of their idols, they were voting day and night, striving to win them the greatest glory.

After Aya Winters’s incident, the race for Best Actress had been a relentless battle.

In the online polls, it was a neck-and-neck race between Quinn Lynch, Chelsea Scott, Faye West, and Yuna Yates.

From these four, one would also be crowned The Golden Orchid Goddess.

There were also other award categories, such as Most Popular Actor and Actress of the Year, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and so on.

Melody Monroe’s win for Rookie of the Year was already a sure thing, but her fans had also set their sights on the Best Supporting Actress award and were still voting relentlessly.

Since every fan had a limited number of votes and had previously gone all-out for the Rookie of the Year award, no one had paid much mind to the Best Supporting Actress award.

After the Rookie of the Year award became a certainty, the fans started pouring their votes into the Best Supporting Actress category, and her numbers began to surge.

The contenders for Best Supporting Actress included Cheryl Rhodes, Lois Hughes, and Ruby Gordon. The vote counts for all of them were close, and they were all still fighting hard.

Then, as Melody Monroe’s vote count started to catch up, it caused some dissatisfaction among the other actresses’ fans.

Behind the scenes, there were already some minor clashes.

By now, Melody Monroe had already surpassed Lois Hughes, trailing only Cheryl Rhodes and Ruby Gordon.

Given Melody Monroe’s massive fanbase and current popularity, it was entirely possible for her to surpass them in this final, critical moment.

Cheryl Rhodes and Ruby Gordon were getting antsy.

Cheryl Rhodes had already figured out her backup plan. Even if she didn’t win this award, it wouldn’t be a problem. She had already secured Mrs. Sterling’s backing. ‘Why worry about future opportunities?’

Next year, she would be aiming for Best Actress.

But she couldn’t stomach the thought of losing to Melody Monroe.

Mrs. Sterling hated Melody Monroe so much; the more Cheryl opposed Melody, the more resources she would get from Stellaris.

Her agent, worried about the online polls, was desperately rallying the fans to vote and seize this last chance.

The atmosphere in the fan communities was even more feverish than at the venue itself.

In Cheryl Rhodes’s fan groups, the admins were constantly urging everyone to drum up more votes.

“Everyone, let’s not get into any fights for now. No matter what’s going on with Melody’s side, we need to focus on getting votes.”

“HOLY SHIT, did they buy votes? How are their numbers climbing so fast?!”

“Vote! Go vote now! Forget everything else! Just focus on drumming up votes! This is the final stretch!”

Ruby Gordon was even more nervous. Melody Monroe was just about to overtake her.

Besides, it was obvious her fanbase was losing steam and couldn’t be motivated.

After all, she had never played any particularly likable roles, didn’t have much personal popularity, and her fanbase was small. Getting this far was already a feat in itself.

She knew she definitely wouldn’t win the award, but she didn’t want to see Melody Monroe in the spotlight either.

After a quick discussion with her agent, she decided to direct all her fans to vote for Cheryl Rhodes.

When Cheryl Rhodes heard about Ruby Gordon’s plan, she was overjoyed. She immediately splashed out tens of thousands to liven up the atmosphere.

When Lois Hughes found out what Ruby Gordon had done, she immediately followed suit. Whatever it took, they couldn’t let Melody Monroe have her moment of triumph.

With a sudden influx of “new fans,” Cheryl Rhodes’s vote count shot up.

After casting their votes, the fans started to gossip.

After all, three former competitors had suddenly joined forces—it felt like there was some juicy gossip to be dug up.

Following her plan, Cheryl Rhodes had someone start spreading a message in the fan groups.