Tong Liang was an experienced public speaker. She had given more speeches than she could count when she was posted at the United Nations. In fact, she'd won her post as the vice secretary due to her public speaking skills. Giving speeches was second nature to her. Furthermore, the Tong family had hired a professional team to help her during the campaign.
Therefore, Tong Liang performed brilliantly for her first speech; she managed to fire up quite a sizeable crowd. The other candidates gave spirited speech as well, but it was clear they were not as good as Tong Liang.
Xinghe's speech was nothing interesting, but she did pose an interesting presence. The serenity that she exuded with her every move was incomparable. That combined with her beauty and her past managed to smooth over the fact that her speech was not all that interesting.
The preliminary disqualified some people. Tong Liang and Xinghe naturally moved on to the next round.
