After presenting the final award, the Tokyo International Film Festival officially came to a close.
Chris left early and returned to her hotel. As soon as she got back to her room, she threw her handbag on the floor.
Her agent knew she was upset about missing out on the Best Actress award and could only offer words of comfort.
"It must be Mu Weiwei using the Fu family's power to deliberately sabotage you."
Bruce had already spoken to them, and they all thought the Best Actress award was a sure thing for them.
But in the end, it was awarded to Kiko Amami.
They were dissatisfied with this, but there was nothing they could do to pursue the matter, since the award had already been given.
Kiko Amami, who accepted the award, has played many classic roles, and her strength and fame are enough to win this award. There is absolutely nothing wrong with her.
If they try to make a fuss about this, they'll only make themselves a laughingstock.
As Corliss removed her jewelry, she spoke.
"Alright, the film festival is over now, the awards have been given out, there's no point in arguing anymore."
She was unwilling to accept it, but now that the result was out, there was nothing she could change, no matter how unwilling she was.
If it were anyone else, they could handle it, but now Mu Weiwei is Fu Hanzheng's acknowledged Mrs. Fu. Even with media tycoon Bruce backing her up, no one would dare to do anything to her.
"It's good that you can let it go. You've booked a trip back early tomorrow morning, so get some rest tonight." The agent breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she wasn't going to hold a grudge anymore.
Corliss removed her earrings and said.
"Arrange a more powerful publicity campaign. No matter what, this movie's box office must surpass that of Mu Weiwei's movie."
"The number of screenings in China should also continue to increase."
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"The publicity aspect is manageable, but the number of screenings... I'm afraid it's difficult to increase it any further," the agent said with difficulty.
Corliss turned and glanced at him. "Can't you even communicate about something this simple?"
The agent knew that she had lost face at the film festival and wanted the film to surpass Mu Weiwei's box office after its release, in order to prove herself.
“We have secured the largest number of screening slots, but Fu Shiyi’s film is also being released at the same time. Moreover, he has won the Golden Crane Award and the Best Actor award in the main competition, so he will definitely receive more attention than us.”
"Besides, he is the third young master of the Fu family. The Fu family's cinemas will definitely prioritize screenings for him, and other cinema chains will also give the Fu family face to some extent."
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Although Bruce is a media mogul, his influence in China is certainly not as great as that of the Fu family.
Therefore, it's definitely impossible for them to compete with Fu Shiyi's new film for screen time.
Unfortunately, in addition to Fu Shiyi, another film being released at the same time this time is directed by the renowned director Mo Jiao.
This made their situation even more difficult.
Although he initially estimated that their box office would exceed 10 billion, now that they are being released at the same time, he honestly can't be so optimistic anymore.
“In that case, we’ll have to put a lot of effort into our publicity,” Corliss said.
“But that would make things even harder for you,” the agent said.
After the film's release, constantly running around for promotional events is already exhausting; increasing the amount of promotion would undoubtedly make it even more difficult.
"As long as the box office goes up, I don't care how hard it is," Corliss said.
She had already lost the headlines at the film festival and embarrassed herself at the awards ceremony. Her film's box office must surpass Mu Weiwei's film to redeem herself.
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