The top three proposals were indeed from Sun Manzhu, Tang Zhiyang, and Ye Feng, as everyone had expected.
Other proposals were incomparable, with a vast difference in quality.
The voting was done by judges, professionals, and the audience present, totaling one hundred votes.
Apart from the proposals from Ye Feng and the other two, none of the remaining proposals received double-digit votes; most were single digits.
To everyone's surprise, some proposals even received zero votes, which was almost unbelievable.
The reason for this was that the combined votes for Ye Feng's group and the other two accounted for over seventy percent of the total votes, leaving very little for the rest.
Therefore, single digits or even zero votes were understandable.
However, Ye Feng understood that their three proposals might not necessarily be the best, but the immense influence behind them was the reason for such high vote counts.
Although those proposals didn't receive many votes, Ye Feng noticed several excellent ones and even considered purchasing them.
In his opinion, several of these proposals were far superior to Tang Zhiyang's, but the companies behind them were simply no match for Tang Zhiyang's backers, hence the low vote counts.
Among the top three, the second and third place votes were quite close.
Ranking third was Tang Zhiyang's proposal, with twenty-one votes, which was already an impressive number.
After all, the other proposals were in the single digits, so achieving twenty-one votes was quite astonishing.
Ranking second was Sun Manzhu's proposal, with twenty-two votes, slightly edging out Tang Zhiyang's.
However, the most shocking result was Ye Feng's proposal, which garnered thirty-three votes, capturing one-third of all the votes.
This outcome stunned everyone present, who found it hard to believe. Even Ye Feng and his team were surprised.
With ten proposals in total, Ye Feng's group securing one-third of the votes was something they themselves couldn't have imagined.
"Oh my god! That's amazing! Thirty-three votes, first place!" Zhou Lingyu exclaimed excitedly, jumping up.
Xiao Feifei stared blankly at the large screen, her expression stunned.
She seemed unable to believe her eyes and quickly pinched her face. The pain made her cry out.
"Ah! It's not a dream! Oh my god, we got first place! We're number one, Ye Feng, we're first, the project is ours! Hahaha!"
Xiao Feifei was overjoyed and rushed towards Ye Feng, wrapping her arms around his neck like a happy little sprite.
Hearing her, Ye Feng looked at the votes on the screen and smiled, "Not bad, more than ten votes ahead of second and third place!"
He hadn't expected to secure one-third of the votes and create such a significant gap with the second and third place, finding it hard to believe himself.
The three of them hugged each other excitedly, sharing their joy.
However, while they were happy, some were upset, namely Tang Zhiyang and his group.
Tang Zhiyang gritted his teeth, his expression ferocious as he looked at Ye Feng's group, and angrily exclaimed, "Damn it, damn it! How could their votes be so high?"
Zhao Yanxuan sighed, "I knew our project was doomed once they showed up here!"
"Damn it, it's all those assassins' fault! They were completely unreliable. Tell them to refund our money! No, tell them to compensate us for our losses!" Tang Zhiyang said furiously.
Zhao Yanxuan nodded, "We should indeed make them compensate us for our losses. Not only did they fail to kill him, but they even allowed him to arrive on time!"
However, Tang Zhiyang and his group, being in third place, were somewhat better off, as even without Ye Feng's proposal, they wouldn't have gotten first place or the project.
Therefore, despite their anger, they could still accept it and weren't overly devastated.
The people who found it most difficult to accept this result were another group – Sun Manzhu and her associates.
"Damn it, how could this happen? Why are their votes so high?"
Sun Manzhu stared blankly at the vote count on the large screen, her mouth twitching. Her expression was identical to Tang Zhiyang's, one of disbelief.
"Damn it, it's all the assassin organization's fault!" Jiang Dong, standing behind Sun Manzhu, said.
Wang Teng, another person, nodded, "Exactly, what a useless bunch of assassins, they couldn't even stop one person!"
"Yes! If they had stopped that good-for-nothing Ye Feng, this project would have been ours! It's simply outrageous, we must make them pay!" Wang Teng said indignantly.
As they whispered, Song Ju, on stage, picked up the microphone and announced, "Congratulations to Mr. Ye Feng, Ms. Zhou Lingyu, and Ms. Xiao Feifei. Their proposal received thirty-three votes, securing first place. This tourism project now belongs to them!"
Following his announcement, warm applause erupted from the audience.
Upon hearing this, Tang Zhiyang and Sun Manzhu were furious and immediately stood up and left the venue.
Others also left the venue in disappointment.
However, some representatives from smaller companies did not leave immediately but waited.
When Ye Feng and his team heard Song Ju's words, they were all incredibly excited and immediately went to handle the relevant paperwork.
As Ye Feng and his team emerged, they were suddenly surrounded by a large group of people, precisely those who hadn't left.
They stepped forward and immediately stated their intentions, which was naturally to cooperate with Ye Feng's group.
Ye Feng was delighted to hear this and readily agreed.
After all, their proposal's workload was immense, with one proposal being equivalent to seven others. He was indeed looking for collaborators.
Furthermore, Ye Feng also contacted those with good proposals and purchased the necessary ones from them.
Ye Feng's proposal was the main one; he still needed some smaller proposals to be implemented on the seven islands.
And so, Ye Feng and his team happily left with the project.
However, after Ye Feng and his group departed, Tang Zhiyang and Zhao Yanxuan suddenly reappeared, looking at their retreating backs with deep unwillingness.
Tang Zhiyang spoke, "Brother Yanxuan, are we just going to give up on this big opportunity?"
Zhao Yanxuan sneered, "Give up? How could we possibly give up!"
"Not give up? Then what do you mean?" Tang Zhiyang asked, confused.
Zhao Yanxuan smiled, "The Rakshasa assassin organization has responded. Their people were killed, so they have issued a kill order for Ye Feng! Ye Feng is surely going to die this time, so once he's dead, won't the project be ours?"
Tang Zhiyang was shocked by this, and he quickly exclaimed, "What? A kill order? Haha, that's excellent! Once he's dead, their proposal naturally can't proceed, and the project will become vacant..."
Meanwhile, after returning, Sun Manzhu, in a fit of rage, immediately called the assassin organization.
"Miss Sun, we apologize! We will not accept this mission. We will return your payment threefold!" the assassin organization replied.
Sun Manzhu was completely bewildered by this, frowning, "What? You're not accepting the mission? And returning the payment threefold?"
The assassin organization nodded in affirmation, "That's right, we're truly sorry!"
"What exactly is going on?" Sun Manzhu urgently asked.
She was well aware of the Ghost King organization's capabilities and couldn't fathom why they would refuse a mission.
The assassin organization person hesitated before replying, "Miss Sun, given our repeated collaborations, I will give you a piece of advice: the target you wish to eliminate possesses considerable strength, and more importantly, he is guarded by powerful individuals..."