This director is vindictive.

Chapter 632 The Final Dowry: All Regrets Come True (Part 2)

As the big screen flashed back to the touching support scenes carefully prepared by the fans of the seven actresses, the camera switched to Liu Yifei, Zhao Liying, Yang Mi, Fan Binbin, Zhang Yuqi, Gao Yuanyuan, and Jing Tian, ​​who were already in tears.

Crystalline tears rolled down their reddened eyes, smudging their delicate makeup, but who cared about that at that moment? They wiped their faces haphazardly with the backs of their hands, but they couldn't wipe away the overwhelming emotion.

The other celebrities present watched this scene with envy that made their eyes red. Many actresses clenched their fists so tightly that their nails almost dug into their palms—how they wished they were the ones standing on the stage receiving this honor! Even the seasoned award-winning actors and actresses couldn't hide their envy.

This kind of prestige, this kind of grandeur, this feeling of being genuinely loved by millions of people—it's something that money can't buy!
The camera panned across the audience, settling on two evergreen stars of the entertainment industry. Andy Lau, his hair now gray but still handsome, stared intently at the stage, his gaze complex. Sitting next to him, Jackie Chan nudged his old friend with his elbow and teased, "What? Envious of the young people?"

Hua Ge shook his head slightly, his voice a little hoarse: "It's not envy. It's just that I'm thinking of Anita Mui."

These words made Jackie Chan's smile instantly vanish. After a moment of silence, he sighed and said, "That's different."

"Yes, completely different."

Andy Lau's gaze was distant, as if he could see through time and witness that stubborn figure in a wedding dress holding his final concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

Anita Mui was forced to leave by illness; that concert was truly her swan song. And those seven women on stage, they left in grand style, carrying the world's best wishes.

What's even more poignant is that Anita Mui never got to wear her own wedding dress until the very last moment of her life. And what about these seven women? They not only had the grandest weddings, but now they are also experiencing the most magnificent farewells. Thinking about this, even the seasoned Andy Lau couldn't help but feel a deep sense of melancholy—perhaps this is fate?

The celebrities in the guest seats whispered among themselves, and many of the female artists looked at the stage with a mixture of envy and bitterness.

Indeed, looking across the entire entertainment industry, it's hard to find women more enviable than them. Although they didn't have the fairytale romance of "one love for life," what Chen Mo gave them was far more substantial than those empty promises. It could be said that they possessed almost everything a woman could have in her lifetime.

Does Chen Mo love them?

Perhaps the word "love" is too heavy, but at least, Chen Mo treated them far better than many men who claim to love them.

Money? They are all billionaires.

Children? Everyone has a lovely little baby.

Career? Before retiring from the entertainment industry, she was a top-tier actress at the height of her career.

Not to mention this unprecedented farewell ceremony—seven live broadcasts, seven support groups, and a seven-colored torrent—which directly etched their names into the history of the Chinese entertainment industry.

When the camera returned to the seven leading ladies, they were smiling at each other. Tears still clung to their faces, but their smiles were brighter than ever. At that moment, all worldly opinions and gossip seemed insignificant.

The legend they wrote with twenty years of their youth is destined to become a celebrated tale for future generations. And these heartfelt tears are the best farewell.

What women actually envy the most are the seven wedding ceremonies that Chen Mo has ingeniously prepared for them!

It can be said that every event was incredibly grand, and each one was witnessed by countless people.

It could be said that by issuing a marriage certificate, Chen Mo had given everything he could.

Let alone the entertainment industry, how many people in the world can do that?

When the camera panned across the celebrities in the audience, many people's eyes revealed envy and a sense of disbelief.

Someone whispered, "I'm so envious! Do you think there's any chance their retirement ceremony could be replicated?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a sneer from the next seat.

"wake up!"

A female celebrity scoffed, "Wake up, girl. First, can you even come up with seven iconic roles that will make the whole internet go wild? Second, can you find a sucker willing to spend hundreds of millions on special effects for you?"

She gestured towards the stage with her chin: "Not to mention that Boss Chen controls half of the entertainment industry's resources."

These words left everyone speechless. One of the "international actresses" subconsciously touched her face—her skin, which had just received sheep placenta injections, shimmered with an unnatural porcelain-like sheen under the lights.

I suddenly remembered the look on her face last year when her agent cautiously reminded her, "Sister, let's not take on any more historical drama lead roles." A three-time Golden Horse Award winner? That's all from ten years ago.

Sitting in the corner, a once-popular actress, her eyes suddenly reddening, pulled out a powder compact to touch up her makeup. She recalled the grand fan reception she received at the airport during her heyday; now, her Weibo posts couldn't even compare to those of a live-streaming influencer. Holding a retirement ceremony now? She'd probably be ridiculed as a "washed-up star trying to make a scene."

"Actually, the hardest part"

A popular female star in the crowd suddenly pondered: "It's about finding the right moment to 'retreat unscathed'."

She pointed to the VCR that was playing: "Look at Liu Yifei, the roles she's played in her entire career, even Bai Xiuzhu is her only supporting role, that's called a peak farewell; Zhao Liying just won the Magnolia Award for Best Actress; Yang Mi's company is in the process of IPO and she's withdrawing now, that's called legendary. Waiting until the paparazzi are too lazy to even photograph you before withdrawing? That's called..."

"No such person found." A self-deprecating laugh came from the corner.

Members of a once wildly popular boy band across Asia are now using masks to hide their chubby faces.

His agent just turned down a nostalgic variety show last week—the appearance fee offered was less than the makeup allowance for a young male idol.

As snowflakes drifted from the stadium roof into the VIP area, a haute couture-clad female celebrity suddenly shivered. She stared at the image of Jing Tian being carried on Chen Mo's back on the big screen, recalling her own past relationships—relationships she'd never dared to expose when she was kept by a sugar daddy. Now she was free, but the best years of her life had been wasted.

Suddenly, the melody of "Unforgettable Tonight," a staple of the Spring Festival Gala, began to play. Fans sang the old song in unison, and the seven female leads sang along with tears in their eyes. Then everyone applauded.

But in that applause, some heard envy, some heard relief, and many more heard the cruelest survival rule in the entertainment industry—either leave at the height of your fame, or wait to be swept away by the next generation.

In fact, everyone knows that the previous seven live broadcasts were the real farewell ceremony, and tonight is just the end.

Because they had already said what they needed to say and bid farewell in the previous seven live streams.

Therefore, there are no emotional programs scheduled for tonight.

The previous farewell was a way of giving back to the fans!

Tonight's theme is the premiere of "Back to the Dream in Light and Shadow".

This is the final installment in the Huayun Wedding Attire series of wedding promotional videos.

There are actually quite a few fans of this series.

So many people's thoughts returned to the big screen: what tricks will Chen Mo pull this time?
Nowadays, the promotional videos for the Huayun Wedding Attire series are arguably the most-viewed films and television shows on the internet every Valentine's Day.

During holidays like Valentine's Day and Qixi Festival, this series of wedding videos is a top choice for couples.

Many cinemas even re-release these films on such days, and the box office results are surprisingly good.

It can be said that Chen Mo's seven weddings are absolutely the most unique in the entire entertainment industry.

It is even more irreplaceable than other movies!
Although there have been imitators, they have all been proven to be complete failures, turning out to be mere imitations!
What's most remarkable is that while other celebrity couples might face the possibility of scandals or their on-screen pairings being broken up at any time, Chen Mo and these seven women are practically inseparable, even more reliable than those officially registered couples.

Simply put, you might envy how sweet other couples are, but one day you might find that the couple you've been shipping for so long has suddenly turned into enemies overnight.

This kind of thing is actually quite common in the entertainment industry.

However, Chen Mo and these seven women didn't need to worry about this at all.

Closer to home.

Thousands of lights in the Olympic Sports Center suddenly went out at the same time, plunging the entire stadium into darkness.

Just as the audience gasped in surprise, the central giant screen lit up with an ink-splatter effect—Chen Mo, dressed in a moon-white silk robe, stood in the Langhuan Paradise, his robes fluttering without wind.

He ran his long, slender fingers across the stone wall inscribed with the "Lingbo Weibu" mental technique, and specks of gold dust fell from the mural as his fingertips touched it.

Suddenly, the entire stone wall burst forth with dazzling golden light, and the lines of the martial arts diagrams, like living golden snakes, slithered wildly across the stone wall.

A chorus of gasps erupted from the audience—the four seal characters “Bei Ming Divine Skill” in the mural suddenly transformed into a solid golden chain, which clattered and wrapped around Chen Mo’s wrist.

The Big Dipper pattern at his feet lit up with blue light, and countless golden points of light converged into a galaxy vortex in the dry ice mist descending from the dome.

Holy crap, the special effects are amazing!

The celebrities in the front row were amazed by the special effects.

Watching helplessly as Chen Mo was pulled off the ground by the golden light, his wide sleeves billowing and his jade crown shattering with a "crack." As the last golden thread wrapped around his waist, he was "whooshed" into the mural—leaving only ripples of golden light on the stone wall and a white ribbon slowly drifting down.

When Chen Mo was thrown out of the space-time vortex, he landed heavily on the ground covered with flower petals. He scrambled to his feet, feeling dizzy, and found himself in a large garden full of camellias, with the air filled with a mixture of Chinese medicine and floral scents.

Although the big screen didn't tell the audience where this was, the audience was very familiar with it. Isn't this the Mantuo Manor from "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils"?
"This White Rainbow Palm technique... it feels like something's missing." A gentle female voice came from behind the flowers.

Chen Mo pushed aside the flower branches blocking his view and saw Liu Yifei, dressed as Wang Yuyan, sitting on a stone bench. She was wearing a light purple ancient costume, her hair simply tied up, and she was holding a white camellia in her hand, looking up at the sun. Sunlight shone through the petals onto her face, making even the blue veins under her skin visible.

"You're missing someone to counter your moves," Chen Mo deliberately raised his voice.

Wang Yuyan recognized the person and her face lit up with joy: "Cousin? Chen Lang?"

The audience couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Good heavens, that bastard Chen Mo even changed his character's name!" "No problem, he wants both Wang Yuyan's first love, her cousin, and her final love!"

"What a greedy man!"

"It's more like being petty, hahaha!"

Chen Mo didn't answer, but instead drew his long sword from his waist with a "whoosh".

However, without drawing his sword, he gently flicked the scabbard, which was covered in sharkskin, and swept the tea petals off Wang Yuyan's hair.

The red tassel hanging from the sword hilt swayed back and forth, and tied to the bottom of the tassel was a silk scroll embroidered with gold thread—it was Hua Yun's newly issued marriage certificate, on which the four large characters "Liu Yun Qian Juan" shone brightly.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew up, and camellia blossoms fell from the trees like rain. Chen Mo seized the opportunity to grab Wang Yuyan's hand and led her to "write" on the bluestone slab. "Writing" was really just using an unsheathed sword to make marks on the stone.

As a result, when the camera focused on the stone slab, the audience was surprised to discover that the crooked and uneven carvings, when connected, actually formed the three test questions posed by the Western Xia princess during her marriage selection in the novel "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils":

First question: Where in your life have you been happiest and most carefree?

Second question: What is the name of the person you love most in your life?
The third question: What does the person you love the most look like?
Chen Mo then began to carve on it again.

"At this very moment, Wang Yuyan!"

Then he drew his sword and began carving it on a stone.

Finally, the statue of the fairy sister was completed!
But the most amazing thing was the final wedding.

The point isn't Chen Mo and Liu Yifei, the point is...

The main actors who played Qiao Feng, Murong Fu, Duan Yu, and other main characters in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" all sent their congratulations!

The others were fine, but the appearance of Murong Fu and Duan Yu made many audience members exclaim that Chen Mo's heart was smaller than a pinhole.

Good grief, they don't even allow anyone else to be Liu Yifei's on-screen couple in movies and TV shows!
Soon, the scene shifted to the second act.

As the gears of time and space meshed and turned, a gilded pocket watch chain suddenly emerged from the cuff of Chen Mo's suit, pulling him into the Yenching Ball of 1925.

Under the crystal chandelier, Bai Xiuzhu's (Liu Yifei) pearl hairpin suddenly broke, the perfectly round South Sea pearl rolling across the teak floor and stopping right in front of Chen Mo's gleaming Oxford shoes. The moment he bent down to pick up the pearl, the trumpet music in the dance floor abruptly stopped—the silhouettes of the guests froze like frames from an old film, only Bai Xiuzhu's chiffon skirt continued to flutter, as if wound up by fate alone.

"Does the gentleman also believe in fate?" She raised her delicately drawn willow-leaf eyebrows, and the shadow cast by her eyelashes concealed the line from the original novel of "The Story of a Noble Family": "My tears are only fit to fall where Jin Yanxi cannot see them."

The sound of Chen Mo's knees hitting the floor jolted the stillness of time.

What lay in his palm was not a pearl, but a platinum wedding ring set with a teardrop-shaped South Sea pearl, the band carved into a vine-like design—it was Huayun's "Bright Moon and United Hearts" haute couture collection. Inside the pearl was a miniature film that projected all of Bai Xiuzhu's tearful moments.

I believe in fate more than destiny.

He suddenly replied with a line from Jin Yanxi's script that had been deleted, "For example, it was my destiny to marry you, and for me to wipe away all that bastard's tears."

Suddenly, the floor cracked open, and countless pearls gushed out from the gap. Each pearl, upon hitting the ceiling, exploded into a holographic image: Bai Xiuzhu's torn marriage certificate was pieced back together, the red wine spilled on Jin Yanxi flowed back into the wine glass, and the hands of the antique clock she smashed began to turn backward...

As Chen Mo pushed the wedding ring onto her ring finger, the entire ballroom suddenly collapsed into a yellowed marriage certificate—with gold lettering along the edges stating: "This story is purely fictional, but my love for you is absolutely true!"

If the first two paragraphs still have some clues, then let's move on to the third paragraph.

The opening scene from "Chinese Paladin" was absolutely explosive.

Because Chen Mo is not Li Xiaoyao, the official love interest who transforms into Zhao Ling'er, but...
Chen Mo, clad in black armor, was chained to the bottom of the Demon-Sealing Tower, his face bearing malevolent demonic markings.

Liu Yifei, playing Zhao Ling'er, rushed in with a magic incantation in hand, her skirt fluttering like a fairy. But before she could finish the incantation, Chen Mo suddenly broke free of his chains, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her into his arms!
"You little brat, you think you can seal me away?"

He hooked his finger under Ling'er's chin, then suddenly changed his tone: "However, I've taken a liking to you. Today, either you become my wife, or I'll blow up Mount Shu into fireworks!"

Just then, Li Xiaoyao rushed in with his sword raised to save Chen Mo, but when the tip of his sword was still three meters away from Chen Mo, he suddenly began to turn transparent! Chen Mo smiled crookedly and tossed out a wine gourd—the very same wine gourd that was the signature prop of the Drunken Sword Immortal!
Hu Ge, sitting in the VIP section, looked helpless.

When he was first dragged there, he never expected Chen Mo to be so cunning.

What followed was a sudden flashback:

It turns out that Chen Mo had already transmigrated into the Sword Immortal and, when Ling'er was still a baby, he slipped a red, glittering talisman into her hand, which clearly read, "Whoever breaks the seal will marry you!"
The audience couldn't help but break down in tears.

"Holy crap! Li Xiaoyao was cuckolded ten years ago?!"

"This isn't a Demon Lord, it's more like a matchmaker sent by the Civil Affairs Bureau!"

"Ling'er, run! This pervert has been watching you since you were wearing open-crotch pants!"

Chen Mo snapped his fingers, and the Demon-Sealing Tower exploded into a shower of petals, which all turned into bright red "double happiness" characters upon landing. He pulled out a phoenix coronet and wedding gown from somewhere and put it on Ling'er. The camera zoomed in on the lining of the wedding gown—it was embroidered with the logo of the Huayun Wedding Dress in gold thread!

Li Xiaoyao was now so transparent that only his outline remained, and he cried out in anguish, "Ling'er, no!"

Chen Mo put his arm around the bride's waist and gave him the middle finger: "Sorry, brother, this is my destined wife!"

“Puchi, hahahaha!”

"I almost thought he was going to say, 'Sorry, bro, your wife is amazing!'"

"Goodness, you really have a strange hobby." The person next to him couldn't help but move a little further away.

The whole audience burst into laughter, mainly because they had been so serious at first, but then it turned into a wedding robbery!

A torrential downpour raged in Zhongnan Mountain. Chen Mo, covered in blood, pushed open the stone door of the ancient tomb. On the jade bed, Liu Yifei, who played Xiaolongnu, held a sword in her delicate hand. The cold light of the sword's blade shimmered as it pressed against his heart.

"Who dares to trespass into the ancient tomb?" Her voice was as clear as an ice spring, but a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes—this person was able to break through all the mechanisms of the ancient tomb, and even the Jade Bee Array could not stop him half a step.

"aunt!"

"Guo'er?"

"Pfft!" Many audience members at the premiere couldn't help but laugh.

"Little Dragon Girl, are you blind?! Didn't you see he has both hands intact?"

"Good heavens, this is really good! They're not even going to act anymore, are they?"

Suddenly, the stone walls of the ancient tomb glowed in the video.
Yang Guo's shyness as he secretly watched Xiaolongnu practice martial arts outside the Tomb of the Living Dead;

The awkwardness of the two sharing a pillow on the cold jade bed, their sleeves folded together;
The ambiguous relationship between the two while they were practicing the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra together, separated by only a wall.
However, the main character in all of these is not the greasy Xiao Ming, but the handsome Chen Mo!

The scene shifts to the two dressed in wedding attire, complete with phoenix coronet and embroidered robes, holding their wedding ceremony in an ancient tomb.

When Xiaolongnu blew out the wedding candles, the entire dome of the ancient tomb suddenly lit up! Thousands of jade bee stingers, each inlaid with a miniature luminous pearl, formed the Big Dipper constellation—the vows of the marriage certificate:

"Heaven is my witness, the stars are my matchmakers, the Book of Life and Death has been changed three times—this time it's my turn to find you first."

The torrential rain continued to pour down, and deep within the ancient tomb, the stone door, which had remained unopened for sixteen years, suddenly slammed shut.

Before anyone could react, the spacetime rift suddenly threw Chen Mo into the battlefield of "Mulan".

When the Disney-style Mulan (played by Liu Yifei) drew her bow and shot at him, the arrow suddenly exploded into a rain of red envelopes.

Chen Mo leaped in front of her horse using the staff technique of Golden Swallow from "The Forbidden Kingdom," lifting his armor to reveal the lining of his wedding dress embroidered with "To Disney: This is real Chinese romance."

Behind them, thousands of arrows transformed into firecrackers, and the enemy camp tents collectively flipped into wedding tents—a scene from the Northern Wei wedding custom of "applying makeup in front of the mirror" in the poem "Ballad of Mulan," as depicted by Hua Yun.

In the final scene, all of time and space suddenly collapses into the river lantern night market described in "The Dream of Splendor".

Chen Mo placed betrothal gifts from different eras at each stall: a marriage certificate pieced together from torn sheet music from "Love Announcement," a diamond ring solidified from latte art from "The Third Way of Love," and finally, to Zhao Pan'er's (Liu Yifei) astonishment, he lifted the bluestone slab of the teahouse—beneath which lay a bronze marriage contract signed by all the characters from Wang Yuyan to Hua Mulan.

"Tea is something to be enjoyed for a lifetime," he said, raising the Huayun "Growing Old Together" teacup. "I'll make up for all the regrets in your films with new endings. Just like all the love stories you've acted in, I'll give them a perfect ending!"

Chen Mo placed the teacup in her hand. The bottom of the cup was engraved with the word "love" spoken by all the characters. When hot water was poured in, the word floated up—Wang Yuyan's "cousin", Xiaolongnu's "Guo'er", and Zhao Pan'er's "Gu Qianfan".
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Seven cannon shots rang out, and the brides from seven different timelines simultaneously tossed their bouquets. In that instant, a beam of starlight descended from the sky, "sucking" Liu Yifei from the real world directly to the center of the stage!

Chen Mo crowned her with a tiara that connected all the elements of the characters—Wang Yuyan's camellia, Xiaolongnu's jade bee, and Hua Mulan's arrowhead.
"Lower your head."

Chen Mo placed the crown on Liu Yifei's head, and all the elements suddenly "came to life"—the jade bees began to flutter their wings, the camellias emitted a fragrance, and the arrowheads even automatically adjusted their angle to aim at the camera lens!

Just then, the entire roof of the Olympic Sports Center suddenly transformed into the night sky, exploding with fireworks of seven colors:
Red fireworks formed the silhouette of Wang Yuyan;

Blue fireworks transformed into the silhouette of Little Dragon Girl;

Golden fireworks burst, showcasing Mulan's heroic sword-wielding figure.
Finally, all the fireworks suddenly stopped, turning into a large, glittering character:

"Double Happiness!"

(End of this chapter)