This director is vindictive.

Chapter 452 A Whale Song as a Vow, a Mermaid Pearl as a Promise

Chen Mo reached out and took Zhang Yuqi's hand.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

The scene shifts to the sea, where there is now movement again.

The enormous creature leaped from the sea and then crashed back into it, creating huge waves.

Those are two whale sharks.

Suddenly, a submarine-shaped elevator platform began to rise from the sea!
The elevator rises from the seabed and opens the door.

Chen Mo led his bride, Zhang Yuqi, into the rising platform.

The door closed, and suddenly the scene shifted, bringing them to the inside of the elevator platform.

The platform is surrounded by a transparent design, allowing you to see the two whale sharks swimming alongside them, while swarms of jellyfish drift by.

As the elevator slowly sank to the seabed, a group of bottlenose dolphins circled around it, occasionally emitting high-pitched "ee-woo" calls, as if chanting ancient blessing songs.

These clever marine creatures occasionally touch the glass curtain wall with their snouts, leaving a series of fleeting bubble swirls on the tempered glass.

The most breathtaking scene unfolded during the newlyweds' oath-taking ceremony.

Chen Mo and Zhang Yuqi swam towards each other inside the pressure chamber, the hems of their wedding dress and suit flowing with the current, like two corals blooming on the seabed.

Suddenly the entire body of water darkened, and through the 360-degree panoramic glass wall, a shadow that blotted out the sky could be seen slowly pressing down from above—it was a humpback whale with a body length of over twenty meters! Its massive, grey-blue body gracefully glided over the heads of the newlyweds, the grooves on its belly resembling flowing piano keys.

The 52-hertz low-frequency song emitted by this marine behemoth, after being converted in real time by the sonar system onboard the submersible, was transformed into the rhythm of the poem "Guan Ju" from the Book of Songs: "Guan guan cry the ospreys, on the islet in the river."

Ancient verses and whale songs blend wonderfully, creating a unique resonance effect in the seawater medium.

The humpback whale swayed its tail fin, which was covered with barnacles, and the phosphorescent light it scattered was like wedding ribbons, enveloping the entire underwater wedding scene in a dreamy blue-green halo.

Of course, humpback whales can't actually make that kind of sound; it would be impossible in reality. But on the big screen, this scene once again deeply impressed everyone!

This unique ocean wedding was truly an eye-opener for everyone.

Of course, there were also viewers who muttered under their breath, "What a scoundrel!"
After all, it would cost a fortune to achieve all of that.

Indeed, the cost of this "Ocean Wedding" was several times that of "The Phoenix Brings Auspiciousness" back then.

There's nothing we can do about it. After all, "The Phoenix Brings Auspiciousness" showcases the meticulousness of ancient rituals, but most of the time it doesn't require special effects or so many marine creatures.

But Ocean Wedding is different. The marine life alone cost a lot of money, not to mention the stunning special effects.

These were all built by burning money.

Of course, for Chen Mo, isn't money meant to be spent?

Fortunately, the effect was indeed good, with gasps of amazement echoing throughout the premiere.

It's mainly because it's so original, so unexpected and so shocking.

In layman's terms, it means there's not a single dull moment!
Finally, the ceremony came to an end.

This segment was also carefully designed. After all, "Ocean Wedding" is different from the previous ones, and there are still references to be made. "Phoenix Brings Auspiciousness" goes without saying, as it is a presentation of ancient rituals.

Even later works like "Flying Immortal with a Sword" have so many fantasy novels to refer to, while Yang Mi's "Space Wedding" has a different theme, so the design is relatively more about novelty.

But there's really nothing to refer to in "Ocean Wedding".

Although it incorporates ancient rituals, it has actually changed a long time ago.

However, it still has some reference value.

For example, the final chapter of this movie, "See You at the Temple of the Rising Tide"!
In the underwater temple constructed by holographic projection, the ancestral tablets float among a specially made blood-red coral forest.

These coral branches are arranged in perfect concentric circles, each ring shimmering with a lustrous glow, as if telling a story of a thousand-year-old bloodline.

Instead of traditional incense, dozens of genetically edited phosphorescent jellyfish regularly unfurl their bellies, scattering stardust-like bioluminescence that bathes the entire sacrificial space in a hazy crimson hue.

When the third round of wine offering ceremony was held, Chen Mo held up not ordinary wine vessels, but three rare luminous nautilus shells.

These deep-sea treasures, housed in golden spiral chambers, contain "heavenly wines" taken from seawater at different depths: shallow-sea rose salt mist brew, mid-layer luminous algae nectar, and deep-sea hot spring mineral liquid.

Each time the snail is tilted, the bioluminescent protein on the surface of the shell flows and outlines the toasting words from the Book of Songs in the ocean current: "The fine wine is delightful, the roasted meat is fragrant."

The most stunning moment was when the genealogy was revealed—the two characters "Zhang Shi" (张氏), constructed from millions of coral polyps, were not static inscriptions.

These tiny life forms writhed slowly, following an ancient rhythm, making each stroke of the surname leap like flames on the seabed. When Zhang Yuqi's fingertips lightly touched the genealogy, the glowing insects immediately rearranged themselves, and the three new characters "Peichenmen" appeared next to the original surname, just as a galaxy drawn by the moon tide naturally converged into a new totem.

These elements, a blend of reality and illusion, create an absolutely stunning visual and ceremonial effect.

Chen Mo rejected several other options before finally settling on this one.

Judging from the current situation, the effect is indeed quite good.

At least, the audience at the premiere were all stunned as they watched these scenes unfold!

Finally, the film came to an end.

When the end credits appeared, the theater lights did not immediately turn on.

Suddenly, Chen Mo's voice-over rang out in the darkness: "The post-credits scene is under your seats, consider it a little surprise for you!"

The audience was surprised that Chen Mo was so thoughtful and had prepared a surprise for them.

And it was a real surprise.

They all began searching.

Lin Ran bent down and touched a waterproof seashell box containing a genuine shark pearl. After scanning the QR code on the inner wall, a message popped up on her phone: "This pearl takes seven years to grow, like some reunions. The scanning and positioning function can find another owner within a distance of 1314 kilometers."

When she turned her head, she found him holding up his phone as well. The screen displayed the exact same interface, except that the location map showed two overlapping dots.

In the already darkened premiere venue, beams of blue light suddenly illuminated the venue.

"Will you come again tomorrow?" he asked softly.

Lin Ran held the mermaid pearl between the two of them, the blue light illuminating their tearful, smiling faces: "This time... we can buy couple seats."

Just then, the starry sky lights on the dome of the theater suddenly went out, and in their place, hundreds of translucent jellyfish lights slowly descended.

These luminous bodies, woven from bioluminescent fibers, floated motionless one meter above the audience's heads, their tentacles swaying gently with the airflow from the air conditioner, casting a deep blue halo like that of the deep sea.

Each reunited couple is enveloped in their own cocoon of light, where they can clearly see the undried tear stains on each other's eyelashes, yet cannot hear the suppressed sobs from the next seat.

As the end credits scrolled to the third line of the cast and crew list, all the jellyfish lights dimmed simultaneously, and a line of handwritten text appeared in the lower right corner of the big screen: "The tide will always remember the grains of sand carried away by the moon—this film is dedicated to all love that has been brought back to shore by the tide."

Each stroke of the character is inlaid with tiny specks of light, like starlight rolled ashore by waves.

Just as the final period lit up, a jellyfish-shaped light suddenly flashed three times, like a deep-sea creature sending out a mating signal!

As the premiere ended, a strange sight appeared at the exit of Wanda Cinema in Beijing—hundreds of middle-aged couples stood in the cold wind holding glowing pearls, like a fluorescent beach that had suddenly appeared.

Interestingly, when the cleaning lady was cleaning, she found that there were three times more tissues left on the seats in Hall 3 than usual, and almost no intact ticket stubs could be found in the trash can.

Of course, unsurprisingly, the hashtag #OceanWedding# went viral.

Interestingly, two of them can be seen as a debate between the two schools of thought on wastefulness and romance.

#TheMostRomanticWeddingInHistory#
#TheMostExpensiveWeddingInHistory#
However, compared to other comments, there were far more messages from couples who had been reunited after a long separation.

Lawyer Lin Ran's long Weibo post (with pictures: screenshots of overlapping mermaid pearls + comparison of ticket stubs from 2011 and 2024)
Thirteen years ago, when the movie "Love is Not Blind" ended, he said, "We will not become Huang Xiaoxian and Wang Xiaojian." Later, we did not become them—we became even worse strangers.

It wasn't until tonight, when the humpback whales' song turned into the rhythm of "Guan Ju," that I understood Chen Mo's cruelty and tenderness: he let us reunite at the bottom of the sea because the land could no longer hold so many regrets.

The hidden gem in "Ocean Wedding"—the mermaid pearl location feature—let me discover that his pearl was right there in my hand. It turns out some numbers are canceled, but some people will always be at the top of your contacts.

The top-rated comment reads: "The lawyer sister's location tracking function is too ruthless! I just discovered that my ex's location is in a foot massage parlor in the next city. Is this 'love being swept back to shore by the tide'?"

A short video of a remarried couple (the camera pans across two ticket stubs pieced together to form a heart shape).
"Back then, when they tore up the ticket, they said 'We'd never see each other again,' but now they're scrambling to collect replicas—Chen Mo proved with one movie that the 'law of true fragrance' is more solid than a marriage certificate!"

An anonymous user's long review on Douban

"The person who watched 'Love is Not Blind' with me in 2011 is now sitting in front of me with his wife and kids. When the mermaid pearl came on at the end of the movie, he turned around and glanced at me—at that moment I understood that Chen Mo's cruelest act was not the 'thirteen-year promise,' but letting old wounds grow new coral."

"Haha, I suggest adding a 'Ex-partner Special' to 'Ocean Wedding', with two separate theaters for 'Letting Go' and 'Wanting Revenge'."

Of course, not everyone is like that.

For example, a screenshot of a guy's WeChat Moments: "I scanned the mermaid pearl and found that my ex was located in the next city. I drove to her building overnight and found her fiancé waiting for her with milk tea. I silently put the ticket stub of 'Love is Not Blind' in the car into the 'Ocean Wedding' program booklet and considered it as keeping my appointment."

Even more absurdly, a lawyer posted on Weibo: "Today I received an outrageous consultation: the client wants to use the pearl tracking function in the movie 'Ocean Wedding' to prove that her ex-husband and his mistress were 'illegally cohabiting' within 1314 kilometers. Chen Mo's move is on another level—even the Marriage Law hasn't considered the evidentiary value of a 'pearl tracker'!"

(End of this chapter)