Japan.
The Morita sisters were overjoyed and cried tears of happiness the moment the rankings were announced.
"Jiangnan-kun finally won the championship!" Morita Yui said, her eyes red, pulling her sister's hand.
Morita Yumi nodded, choking back tears, "We also helped Su Yu-kun."
"However, we put a lot of promotion into 'Wandering Earth,' which caused our movie to only rank fifth. We're going to be scolded by Father…" Morita Yui lowered her eyes.
"Don't worry, I'll bear it with you this time!" Morita Yumi clasped her sister's hand.
The two sisters resolutely walked towards their father's office.
"As long as Su Yu-kun wins the championship, even if Father scolds us, it's worth it…"
The two sisters thought simultaneously.
…
France.
Lusheng Entertainment.
Chairman Viggo stared blankly at the final rankings.
He had originally thought that even if they didn't win the championship, they would at least get second place.
But no one had expected a Jiangnan from China to emerge and win the international film festival!
This resulted in their movie only ranking third.
"Actually, second and third are quite similar…" A senior executive whispered in comfort.
"Phew… That's right. As long as the Americans didn't win, second and third place are the same." Viggo took a deep breath, his expression becoming much more relaxed.
If SK Entertainment from the United States had won this international film festival again, it would have been their fourth consecutive win, and no one would have been able to shake SK Entertainment's position in future international film festivals.
While this outcome wasn't a championship for Lusheng Entertainment, it at least knocked SK Entertainment down a peg.
Although China had won, their path was still long.
This way, it gave Lusheng Entertainment infinite opportunities.
Therefore, second and third place were no longer important.
"I'm more curious about Rhine's expression right now…" an executive said with a strange look.
"Haha, that arrogant person must be so angry he's smashing his desk right now." Thinking of this, Viggo suddenly felt a strange sense of relief.
It was as if he were stuck in quicksand, and the person who had been mocking him suddenly stumbled and fell in, and then someone came down to join him, someone he used to have to look up to. The feeling was indeed quite good.
…
United States.
SK Entertainment.
"Fuck!!"
He raised the monitor displaying the competition results and threw it violently to the side!
Because the monitor was still connected to the host by a wire, it wasn't thrown far. Instead, the wire's pull changed its direction, and it smashed directly into a nearby shelf.
Crash!
The shelf held his treasured red wine and his favorite wine glasses.
They all fell to the ground and shattered!
Rhine froze for a moment. Before he could even lament his loss, his anger surged back.
He grabbed the keyboard and mouse and threw them all away.
The office was in disarray.
His assistant shivered nearby.
"How is this possible? Are the promotion department all useless?"
"What are they eating for!!"
On the final day, SK Entertainment had even gone all out with their promotions, spending a lot of money, but the box office didn't increase much.
This made Rhine extremely furious!
After all, due to the high promotional costs and the need to give investors an account, he would even suffer significant losses.
"The promotion is already saturated. Further efforts won't significantly increase box office sales…" the assistant said, trembling.
Just as Rhine had said before, no matter how much you promote, there's a limit.
When this data reaches saturation, the promotion's effect will not be very significant.
This is because people who want to see the movie have already seen it. The more you recommend it to those who don't want to watch, the more annoyed they might become, leading to a reverse effect.
This international film festival had made all the promotional companies incredibly rich. Even many mobile phone manufacturers were taking on promotional work, directly sending pop-up notifications to users within the system. After all, with the capital of China and the United States pouring their efforts into promotion, everyone wanted a piece of the pie.
Rhine took a deep breath.
"Has Jiangnan's identity been found yet?"
He had asked his assistant to investigate a few days ago and still hadn't received a reply.
How could he let someone who took the championship from him get away with it so easily!
"We haven't found anything. We don't have many partners in China, nor do we have many commercial deployments…" the assistant quickly shook his head.
In the past, they had simply not taken China seriously. Moreover, the domestic entertainment market was not a lucrative cake, so they had not made many commercial deployments.
It was very difficult to investigate Jiangnan's identity.
After all, Jiangnan was so popular in domestic entertainment, yet his identity remained a secret.
"Useless! Fuck!!"
Rhine roared in fury!
"I… I'll go and ask again."
Seeing that the situation was not good, the assistant quickly exited the office, very thoughtfully closing the office door for Rhine.
Instantly.
A series of shattering sounds echoed from the office!
…
The news of Jiangnan winning the championship continued to spread online.
The subsequent box office performance of "Wandering Earth" was also very strong.
This movie allowed Jiangnan to achieve a box office of ten billion in five days, a true masterpiece for Jiangnan.
As the person in question, Su Yu had not paid much attention to online matters after winning the championship.
The Lin family manor was filled with joy, with lanterns hung throughout the estate.
Since the wedding was to be held in Shuangqing City, a banquet would be held in advance at the Lin family's residence, essentially the bride's side's wedding banquet.
"Susu, does this outfit look good on me?" Lin Yanyu took out the pre-prepared evening gown and held it up against her chest.
"Haven't you tried it on a few times already…" Su Yu said with a smile.
"Tsk, you don't even compliment me. You're such a steel straight man!" Lin Yanyu pouted lightly.
"Isn't being a steel, straight, man, good?" Su Yu winked at her, a mischievous smile playing on his lips.
Hearing this, Lin Yanyu immediately reacted, a blush creeping onto her cheeks. She put on the dress and beckoned Su Yu over, "Of course it's good. Help me zip it up."
Su Yu then got up, went behind her, and pulled the zipper up, covering her fair and alluringly tempting back.
"Hurry and say it's beautiful, or I'll get angry." Lin Yanyu held up her skirt and twirled twice in front of Su Yu.
"My wife's beauty shouldn't be defined by a piece of clothing. The honor belongs to this dress for being worn by you," Su Yu pinched her cheek.
As he spoke, he picked up a box from the nearby table. Inside the box was a gorgeous and sparkling necklace. Su Yu fastened it for her and then wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.
"They'll probably ask you to sing tonight. Are you ready?" Lin Yanyu held Su Yu's hands that were gradually climbing up.
"Don't worry, I guarantee to awe everyone." Su Yu buried his face in her neck, breathing in the scent of Lin Yanyu.
Lin Yanyu quietly let him hold her. She loved being so close to Su Yu, loved him holding her like this. Even after being together for so long, their feelings for each other remained as strong as in the beginning.
After a long while.
"Alright, the banquet is about to start. Let's go out."
Lin Qingmeng patted Su Yu's hand, then turned around and carefully tidied the wrinkles on Su Yu's collar.