Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 490 Unprecedented Box Office?
A special issue of Time Magazine?

This was a treatment that Lin Yuan had never expected.

This was still the era of print media, and the attitude of traditional serious media was completely different from the subsequent era of electronic publications.

In this day and age, what's the most important thing for a publication like Time Magazine?
It’s not about sales, but about the right to speak.

The highest pursuit of Time Magazine is to keep up with current affairs and then make its own voice heard at the first opportunity. This voice must be recognized and quoted by peers and must be accepted by the public.

Only in this way can we control the right to speak and then control the people's thoughts.

Compared to the right to speak, sales volume is really not important.

Therefore, in this era of print media, Time Magazine still maintains a superior elitist attitude, appearing to be educating the people, and strives to maintain its own status, and will not cater to the preferences of fans just because a certain star is particularly popular.

Even if a star's fame is not well-deserved, he or she may become a favorite target of publications like Time Magazine.

Putting those "big stars" who are only popular but cannot stand scrutiny in front of the public and criticizing them is actually a way to establish authority.

However, Time Magazine is now madly pursuing Lin Yuan. Not only is it not enough to put him on the cover of its regular issue and write a report about him, it even published a special issue.

Although Kane Sotos, CEO of Time Magazine, has a good relationship with Lin Yuan and also attended the premiere of "The Song of Tang Dynasty", the decision to publish a special issue is not something he can make alone.

Because this is equivalent to using all the credit and honor accumulated by Time Magazine over the past few decades to endorse Lin Yuan!
In the past, there were only a few people who were able to get a special issue of Time Magazine. Here are a few examples:
In 1950, a special issue was published to commemorate the first anniversary of the founding of New China. I won’t say much about this, as those who understand will understand how significant it is.

In 1975, a special issue commemorated the end of the Vietnam War. For the United States, the most watched and impactful war since World War II was the Vietnam War. Countless cultural works have explored this war from various perspectives, demonstrating its importance: "Rambo," "Forrest Gump," and so on.

1981, a special issue on rock culture. Rock music's status as a cornerstone of European and American pop culture is beyond comprehension. This special issue systematically explores and reviews a series of rock stars, including Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, John Lennon, David Bowie, Little Richard, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly, and Mick Jagger.

The above examples are enough to prove what kind of weight and influence can make Time magazine publish a special issue.

But today, Lin Yuan received the same treatment.

This means that, in the view of Time Magazine, Lin Yuan's epoch-making influence is sufficient to be compared and discussed together with the above-mentioned historical events and cultural trends.

How is this not using all the credit and honor that Time Magazine has accumulated over the past few decades to endorse Lin Yuan?
If the public generally raises doubts and thinks that Time Magazine has lost all its dignity in order to praise Lin Yuan, it will inevitably shake the foundation of this most influential and authoritative publication in North America.

The fact that Time Magazine dared to do this only shows that it had seen the direction of public opinion and knew that doing so would not attract criticism.

"How is everyone's reaction to this special issue?" Although Lin Yuan knew there should be no problem, he still asked.

"Whether the response is good or not can be seen from the sales. Can you guess how many sales of this special issue are there?" Taylor Swift asked with a smile.

"One million?"

Time magazine published too few special issues, and Lin Yuan didn't know how to guess the number, so he could only say a number casually.

One million copies is the sales level of Time magazine's daily circulation.

The price of a copy of Time Magazine is about 90 yuan in RMB. One million copies means an income of 9000 million RMB, which is quite a lot.

Taylor Swift smiled and said a number: "Twelve million copies!"

When Lin Yuan heard this data, he couldn't believe it.

Although he had thought that the sales volume might be more than the normal one million copies, it was only twice as much, or three times as much, which would be outrageous.

But more than ten times is simply nonsense, even more exaggerated than the story, and too unreasonable.

"How can there be so many?" Lin Yuan asked.

"After the premiere of 'The Heroes of Tang Dynasty,' word of mouth exploded, even surpassing all of your previous films. Those who saw the film were raving about the film's turbulent war scenes, the prosperity of the ancient Tang Dynasty, and your contribution to two of the most thrilling action scenes in film history.

"The movie was completely sold out, and even with the film's screening schedule at an unprecedented 62%, tickets were still hard to come by," Taylor Swift said.

Lin Yuan nodded. He didn’t expect that the screening rate in North American theaters would be so high, but what does this have to do with the special issue selling 12 million copies?
"Audiences who couldn't buy movie tickets could only buy a special edition to satisfy their cravings. Audiences who had seen the movie also wanted to buy a special edition to keep as a collection, so the special edition was sold out." Taylor Swift continued with a smile:

"Time Magazine was already very bold in pre-printing 300 million copies, but they sold out in an instant.

We wanted to print more copies, but the publisher's printing capacity couldn't keep up. We had to place last-minute orders with several printers in North America, but it was still too late. Of the 12 million copies sold, more than half were pre-orders that hadn't been delivered yet.

"I really didn't expect that Time Magazine must have made a fortune from this." Lin Yuan replied.

Twelve million copies, or nearly $1.5 million in sales, were enough to make Time magazine a fortune.

More importantly, almost one in every seven households in North America bought the special issue.

This is definitely a national-level sales volume, enough to prove Lin Yuan’s huge influence and appeal.

"Congratulations, you have now become one of the cultural symbols of the United States. After some time, you can become a cultural totem." Taylor Swift said with a smile.

Lin Yuan smiled helplessly. He knew Taylor was telling the truth, but it was a little ridiculous:
"I'm a Chinese person, and I made a film set in ancient China's Tang Dynasty. How could I have climbed to the pinnacle of influence and reputation, and be considered an American cultural symbol?"

"Hahaha, don't think too much. You are so popular in countries all over the world. Not to mention the United States, don't South Korea and Japan, which have nothing to do with you, also treat you as one of their own? Even India, which was once extremely xenophobic, has quietly promoted you to an unimaginable position." Taylor Swift said.

"India?" Lin Yuan asked puzzledly.

"Don't you know how influential you are in India now? I'll tell you the box office performance of 'The Legend of Tang Dynasty' in India later.

When our special plane was about to fly directly to Shillong Airport, due to weather reasons, the time window available for landing was very narrow and it was difficult to obtain channel permission.

But when the airport knew you were coming, they even rejected two ministers of their own country and reserved the flight lane for you.

I can't believe you're so influential in India," Taylor said.

After hearing what Taylor said, Lin Yuan thought about it and felt that maybe it was due to his movie and the help of his ally Mukesh Ambani.

But no matter what, he is now a very influential public figure in India.

"I hope my influence is really useful, because we are going to India to film today, otherwise I would be really worried." Lin Yuan said.

Lin Yuan has been to India. Big cities like Delhi and Mumbai are still dirty and messy, and the public security is particularly worrying.

In particular, the misfortune suffered by the mother of Amaya, a little girl from the slums, in broad daylight left a deep impression on Lin Yuan.

This time, Lin Yuan went to the more remote Cherrapunji for filming, and brought two beauties, Taylor Swift and GAKKI-chan, with him. He must have had some concerns.

Fortunately, in Meghalaya, where Cherrapunji is located, the population is mainly composed of Khasi people.

It is reassuring that most Khasi people believe in primitive religions and Christianity rather than Hinduism.

As for the relationship between Hinduism and rape of women, I will not go into details again. Just know that there is a strong correlation.

But no matter what, Lin Yuan and the crew came to a place where they were unfamiliar with filming. If he really had enough influence, he would definitely feel much more at ease.

In response to Lin Yuan's answer, Taylor Swift smiled and said, "Don't worry at all. Director Clint Eastwood is already there, using your name to do things everywhere. You don't even realize how useful your name is."

Lin Yuan no longer dwelled on this question and continued to ask, "Is there anything else you want to share with me?"

Taylor Swift said: "There are two more points worth mentioning. Have you paid attention to the IMDB rating of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty"?

Hearing Taylor Swift's words, Lin Yuan felt a little ashamed: he could see it by opening a web page, but he was busy accompanying different women these two days and didn't have time to take a look.

He replied: "I've been a bit busy recently, so I haven't heard any information about it yet."

Taylor Swift didn't point it out, but smiled and replied, "Congratulations, you've set a new IMDB score record. It's now a 9.6!"

This score surpassed the 9.3 points set by "The King of Spy Wars", setting a record that may never be surpassed.

How can we surpass 9.6 points? There is almost no room for improvement.

Lin Yuan also smiled and replied, "It seems that everyone likes it very much. However, such a high rating may be a peak that even I can hardly surpass."

Taylor Swift continued, "Another thing worth mentioning is that due to the movie's popularity, a large number of viewers have become interested in the Chinese culture and tourist attractions presented in the movie.

Now Hukou Waterfall, Fanyu Film and Television City, Hulunbuir Grassland, and Chang'an have become the most popular attractions on the Internet.

I think the first wave of tourists to China should have arrived."

After hearing what Taylor Swift said, Lin Yuan noticed that when he accompanied Gao Yuanyuan and Jia Jingwen to visit the Chang'an city wall last night, the number of foreign tourists was obviously more than before.

He originally thought it was just a coincidence, but he didn't expect that the influence of the movie had transcended the big screen and appeared in his life in a concrete way.

"As for how other media outlets praised 'The Legend of Tang Dynasty,' I won't say any more. All you need to know is that even Fox News, which hates you the most, had to bite the bullet and praise the movie," Taylor Swift said.

Lin Yuan nodded. Considering the current popularity of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" among the people, which media would dare to jump out and sing a different tune?

The right thing to do is to follow the public opinion and sing his praises, no matter how much people are hostile to him, making money is not shameful.

"Then let's make a summary. 'The Legend of Tang Dynasty' is the best-received film of all your movies since you started acting." Taylor Swift took out a small notebook, and it was obvious that she had done her research seriously in advance.

"Compared to your other films, the reputation and influence of 'The Heroes of Tang Dynasty' are far superior. Therefore, you will gain the fame and fortune that everyone dreams of, and it will also lay a better foundation for the reputation of your future films."

After reading the summary, Taylor Swift looked at Lin Yuan with a smile.

At this time, straight men would choose to applaud and encourage Taylor Swift.

But Lin Yuan just leaned forward and kissed her on the lips.

Taylor Swift put her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately.

After a long while, she finally pushed Lin Yuan away, breathless, and looked at GAKKI-chan beside her embarrassedly: "Sorry, I can't help myself."

GAKKI-chan gave a polite but not awkward smile: "You don't have to feel sorry, I totally understand!"

Taylor Swift tidied up her slightly messy hair and continued, "The next part is the box office performance that you're all most concerned about."

"As usual, guess the first-week box office forecast in North America. If the error is within $500 million, you win," Taylor said.

"Where's the bet?" Lin Yuan asked with a smile.

"Same as before, betting on box office dividends? Or betting on equity?" Taylor Swift asked.

"I won't bet on these this time. It's too boring."

"What's the bet?"

"Let's bet on agreeing to one of the other party's requests." Lin Yuan said with his ulterior motive.

In the past, he and Mr. Eisen had always gambled with money.

He didn't care about Qian Linyuan at all, so he didn't care much about winning or losing...even though he always lost...

This time, he wanted to win.

As long as I win, maybe I can realize my wish of carrying Taylor Swift and GAKKI-chan to bed together.

"It's a deal. The loser owes the other a request." Taylor Swift said immediately.

Taylor Swift was also interested in this bet, and she immediately finalized the bet.

Taylor Swift knows the answer, and she is sure that Lin Yuan would not be able to guess this box office result.

At this time, she had already begun to fantasize about making Lin Yuan agree to some of her requests after he lost.

Stay with me for ten consecutive nights?
Thinking of the nights that made her legs weak, Taylor's heart began to warm up.

Lin Yuan pulled GAKKI over and said, "You join in too. If you guess right, I'll owe you a favor. If I guess right, you'll owe me one. If you both guess wrong, I lose."

Hearing that this condition was quite good, GAKKI was also eager to try it: "Okay! I want to play too!"

"But you have to guess first." Lin Yuan said cunningly.

This is Lin Yuan’s real purpose. He certainly knows that the first week box office results are quite difficult to predict.

The possible box office range of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" is too large, and the error range of 500 million US dollars is too small. If Lin Yuan wants to win, he must pull GAKKI in and ask her to help eliminate the error range.

Lin Yuan said to GAKKI-chan, "This is your first time playing this game, so I'll tell you some past data. This will be fairer."

"My Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl had a 45% North American screening schedule and grossed $9600 million in its first week."

"The best-performing film, 'The King's Avatar,' was squeezed out by competitors and had a screening rate of only 27% in its first week. However, with a ticket price of $20, twice that of other films, it still grossed $1 million in its first week."

"Right now, the screening rate for 'The Legend of Tang Dynasty' is 62%, and the ticket price is $10. You can guess the first-week box office." After hearing the information provided by Lin Yuan, GAKKI began to think:

During the first week, tickets for "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" and "The King of Spy" were hard to come by, with an attendance rate of almost 100%.

In this way, box office estimates can be compared relatively.

Because the ticket price of "The King of Spy Wars" is twice that of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty", if the ticket price of "The King of Spy Wars" is also regarded as US$10, it can be regarded as a screening rate of 54%.

By this calculation, "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" has a screening rate of 114% of "The King of Spy", so the box office should be 1 million US dollars.

However, when word-of-mouth explosion leads to a movie becoming too popular, there will be unexpected fluctuations:
That is, the emergence of additional screenings and temporary adjustments means that the box office cannot be simply calculated linearly.

The so-called extra screenings refer to the extra screenings of movies that are played during the time when the cinema is originally closed because of the popularity of the movie.

For example, a cinema opens at 10 am every day, shows the last movie at 12 pm, and usually closes at around 2 am.

Each performance of "The Heroes of Tang Dynasty" lasts 2 hours and 10 minutes. Taking into account the audience's entry and exit time, even if it is compressed to the extreme, it will take 2 and a half hours to arrange a performance.

Then a cinema can schedule at most 6 movie shows a day.

The so-called box office estimate is to assume that there are 20000 screens in the United States, or 20000 theaters, then "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" can be divided into more than 12000 of them, with 6 screenings arranged in each theater, and then the total box office is estimated based on the number of attendees and movie ticket prices.

But if a movie is too popular, for the purpose of profit, the cinema may arrange to open from 2 am to 10 am, which is usually closed.

During this extra business hour, it is possible that all the screenings will be given to "The Legend of Tang Dynasty".

To put it simply, temporary adjustments to the screening schedule mean that the cinema has done the math and found that the revenue from showing other films is too low. Even with the penalty for breach of contract, the revenue is still not as high as showing "The Song of Tang Dynasty", so naturally adjustments will be made.

These behaviors are changing dynamically, and it is difficult to guess the final result without the information source and Lin Yuan and GAKKI-chan.

This is also the reason why Lin Yuan always found it difficult to guess the winner when he made a bet with Mr. Eisen.

GAKKI thought about it and added another $1500 million based on the previous speculation.

So she smiled and replied, "$1 million."

When she gave this answer, she looked at Lin Yuan with a smile.

Lin Yuan immediately guessed her little thoughts: She was very smart in her calculations and had a great way of securing her position.

According to the rules, GAKKI-chan's guessing range and Lin Yuan's guessing range cannot overlap, otherwise both of them will be correct and the result will be impossible to tell.

Therefore, when GAKKI-chan reported $1 million, a range of $4900 million plus or minus would mean she was right between $500 million and $1 million.

And her answer just blocked Lin Yuan's guess.

林源的猜测范围，就只剩下两个区间：1亿3400万美元到1亿4400万美元之间，或者1亿5400万美元之上。

显然，1亿3400万美元到1亿4400万美元之间的概率比较小，林源只能选择在1亿5400万美元之上猜测。

That is equivalent to completely handing over the $1 million fluctuation range between $3400 million and $1 million to GAKKI-chan, which is the most likely range.

For GAKKI, she wins either if she guesses correctly or if Lin Yuan fails to guess correctly.

So she can guess the price range so comfortably.

Lin Yuan knew GAKKI's little thoughts very well.

But he didn't care. He stared at Taylor Swift with a smile, and activated his talent "Life is a Play".

Although there was no expression on Taylor's face, Lin Yuan still saw the answer from her eyes:

GAKKI didn’t guess it right, it’s even higher than 1 million US dollars.

This answer surprised Lin Yuan.

The box office of "King of Spy" was already outrageous. The first week box office performance of 1 million US dollars shocked the entire film industry, and ultimately both Oscars had to be awarded to him.

And "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" actually exceeded the first week box office of 1 million US dollars?

It's too ridiculous.

So the question is, how much more than $1 million is there?

Lin Yuan smiled and said to GAKKI-chan, "You're so conservative. For such a good movie, you only guessed such a small box office. Why didn't you guess between $1 million and $6000 million?"

Although he said this to GAKKI-chan, he was actually testing Taylor Swift's reaction.

Sure enough, he got the answer from Taylor Swift's eyes: It's still too low!

This completely shocked Lin Yuan.

Unexpectedly, the North American box office of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" in its first week exceeded 1 million US dollars!
This is simply against the will of heaven!
No wonder Taylor Swift was so confident in making the bet with me. If I didn't use this cheating method, I would never have been able to guess the answer.

GAKKI-chan smiled and said, "You're so ambitious! Why don't you be a little more ambitious? Let me guess between $1 million and $7000 million?"

After hearing GAKKI-chan’s answer, Lin Yuan just wanted to hug her and kiss her.

It’s really awesome that they actually took the initiative to help me conduct a range test.

In GAKKI-chan’s answer, Lin Yuan saw the answer in Taylor Swift’s eyes: It’s still too low!
At this moment, Lin Yuan felt as if countless gold coins were falling from the sky, making him dizzy.

Is there a bug in this world?
How can it be so exaggerated!
He knew that "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" would do well at the box office, but he didn't expect it to be this good!
From Taylor Swift's eyes just now, Lin Yuan not only got a lower answer, but also knew that the price was close.

那么答案自然也就出来了，林源说道：“我猜1亿8500万美元，区间是1亿8000万美元到1亿9000万美元之间。”

When Lin Yuan gave this answer, Taylor Swift and GAKKI-chan both covered their mouths in surprise.

GAKKI was surprised because she couldn't believe that Lin Yuan actually gave such an outrageous answer. It seemed impossible to be correct no matter how you looked at it.

Taylor Swift was surprised because Lin Yuan actually guessed the answer correctly.

"You actually guessed it right! The first week box office in North America was 1 million U.S. dollars." Taylor Swift announced the correct answer helplessly.

"It's such a difficult result, and you actually guessed it!" GAKKI exclaimed.

"I won, you all owe me a request." Lin Yuan said with a smile.

"I have a feeling you're going to make some weird requests," Taylor Swift said warily.

"You're willing to accept the loss. Do you want to default on your debt?" Lin Yuan said dissatisfiedly.

"I'm not that kind of person! What are you going to ask for? I will definitely do it!" Taylor Swift said.

"I'll tell you the specific requirements later." Lin Yuan would not say it at this time. Only by raising it at the right time can he achieve his goal.

The two ignorant girls had no idea that Lin Yuan was a cheater and had used despicable means to trick them into agreeing to his shameless condition.

"I will abide by the bet. Can you now announce the estimated total box office revenue in North America and the global box office?" asked GAKKI.

The previous performance of "King of Spy" was a total box office of 8.3 million US dollars in North America and a total global box office of 23.76 billion US dollars.

It can be said that this achievement not only shocked the entire film industry, but also established the empire of Linyuan Pictures.

Without the box office explosion of "The King of Spy Wars", Lin Yuan Pictures would never have such a high market value, and Lin Yuan would never have become the world's richest man.

Now the box office myth of "The King of Spy Wars" is about to be broken by the latecomer "The Legend of Tang Dynasty".

Taylor Swift nodded and said, "The estimated total box office in North America is $10.32 billion."

Hearing this answer, GAKKI nodded. "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" has improved its performance by 25% on the basis of "The King of Spy Wars", which can be said to be quite good.

Don’t look at the first week results. "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" had $1 million and "The King of Spy" had $8800 million, which seems to have increased by 1%.

Then it is estimated that the box office in North America should have increased by 60%. Now the actual result has only increased by 25%, which seems not ideal.

At that time, "The King of Spy Wars" was suppressed because its initial screening rate was only 27%, but it soon reached a screening rate of more than 50%. Coupled with the ticket price of US$20 per ticket, its staying power was very terrifying.

The fact that "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" exceeded the North American box office of "The King of Spy" by 25% is already an excellent result.

But Lin Yuan immediately guessed that there would be a surprise from Taylor's half-sentence. The North American box office might not be a surprise, but the global total box office must be a surprise!

Sure enough, the next moment Taylor Swift said, "Estimated global box office total... $40.16 billion!"

When Taylor Swift announced the global box office estimate, GAKKI was completely shocked.

How can it be so high?
That’s $40 billion!
Any Hollywood blockbuster that grosses over $4 million is considered a huge success, and will cause the film companies to celebrate with banging drums and gongs, and then immediately start filming a sequel.

Lin Yuan's movie is equivalent to ten successful masterpieces of others.

If I really do it, I will beat ten of them?
Lin Yuan was completely satisfied with this result.

Although he knew that he had made the world's highest-grossing movie "The King's Avatar", "Avatar" was released a few years later and would rake in $29.3 billion in global box office, dominating the global box office chart for many years.

Lin Yuan doesn't want to give up the box office championship. He has always regarded "Avatar" as an imaginary enemy in his mind, and he is determined to make a movie that can firmly suppress the box office of "Avatar".

Now that "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" has achieved it, with a score of 40 billion US dollars, "Avatar" probably will not be a threat to him at all. In his previous life, he had no memory of a movie with a box office of more than 40 billion US dollars.

Several other top-grossing films in later generations include: "Avengers 4: Endgame" with a box office of 27.97 billion US dollars, the re-released version of "Titanic" with a box office of 24 billion US dollars, and "Avatar 2: The Way of Water" with a box office of 23.16 billion US dollars.

The box office of these movies is far from that of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty".

This will probably be an unprecedented box office result, making all colleagues feel despair and not even think about challenging it.

"Why is it so high? Are they making efforts across all sectors outside the North American market?" asked GAKKI.

In the box office composition of "Lord of the Spy Wars", the North American market accounted for one-third of the box office.

In the box office composition of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty", the North American market has dropped to only a quarter.

It’s not because the North American people no longer love Lin Yuan, but because as Lin Yuan’s main battlefield and base camp, his development of the North American box office market has reached its peak.

The United States has a population of only over 2 million. Taking into account the elderly and patients with physical disabilities who find it difficult to go to the cinema to support him, and deducting some children who are too young, all the people who can support him have already gone to the cinema.

A box office of $10 billion means at least 1 million people watched the movie (one ticket costs $10), which is almost the limit of development.

Therefore, it is unlikely to expect the North American market to continue its explosive growth.

The biggest factor behind the huge box office success of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" must be the rapid growth of other markets.

"Japan continues to be the country with the highest overseas box office, contributing a total of 1000 billion yen, equivalent to 6.33 million US dollars," Taylor said. "Japan is really your die-hard supporter base, but this time you've squeezed it to the limit."

After hearing Taylor Swift's conclusion, Lin Yuan nodded in agreement.

The box office of "The King of Spy" in Japan was 490 billion yen, equivalent to 3.18 million US dollars, and this time it doubled.

The reason is easy to understand. After this year's Kendo Conference, Lin Yuan's popularity in Japan has reached an unimaginable level. Even the Emperor has appointed him as his Kendo teacher.

In addition, the Tang Dynasty is Japan's spiritual motherland, so a film that reflects the style of the Tang Dynasty will inevitably be crazily sought after by the Japanese market.

The combination of these two conditions resulted in the box office doubling directly.

But as Taylor Swift said, this is the limit.

Japan, with a population of only 1 million, contributed $6.33 million to the box office, compared to North America, which has a population of 2.6 million and contributed $10.32 billion to the box office.

It can be said that the box office amount contributed per unit population in Japan is even higher than that in North America.

This also means that the Japanese market has been developed to the extreme. If Lin Yuan has other movies released in the future, it will not only be difficult to create higher box office, but it may be difficult to replicate this result because of the lack of the right time, place and people.

The box office of every movie that Lin Yuan has released in Japan in the past has been steadily increasing, and now it has finally come to an end.

"Can you guess which country besides Japan has also delivered a surprising answer?" Taylor Swift asked with a smile.

"It can't be South Korea, right? Or some mysterious oriental country?" Lin Yuan asked back.

"The mysterious Eastern power? Which one are you referring to?"

(End of this chapter)