The Entertainment Industry in Turmoil: Young Actresses All Want to Rise to the Top

Chapter 109 Breaking Records

The tide of emotion is always more turbulent than the action scenes.

The penultimate episode of "My Love from the Star".

When Gu Beichen returned home, he found roses and candles everywhere. Jiang Jinyue told him that they were getting married today.

At this moment, the ultimate sweetness and happiness reached their peak.

Gu Beichen told Jiang Jinyue, "I have frozen time countless times, just to say 'I love you' to you, the 'I love you' you' you've never heard before, the 'I love you' you' that has always been in my heart."

Jiang Jinyue handed Gu Beichen a USB drive, saying, "If you miss me when you get back, take it out and look at it again and again."

When the USB drive showed the image, it showed Jiang Jinyue dancing with a bouquet of flowers, and her tearful question to Gu Beichen: would he be willing to marry her?

At the end of this episode, Gu Beichen finally embarked on the Starry Road and returned to his planet.

This episode's viewership ratings have shockingly surpassed 3%!

The price was that the entire online audience "rioted".

"Screenwriter, you have no heart! Why?!"

"Give me back my Gu Beichen! [blade][blade][blade]"

"I'm crying so hard I can't breathe, please, let them be together!"

"@MohenMedia @ScreenwriterZhangWei @MyLoveIsOfficial Weibo, please send me your addresses, I have some local specialties to send you!"

"Sending razor blades to screenwriters" has even become a popular meme, and the audience's love and pain have reached an unprecedented peak at this moment.

On the same day, Zhang Wei, the chief screenwriter of "My Love from the Star", posted a message on Weibo: "I dare not accept this knife. I am just a writer. The general direction and specific ideas were all formulated by Jiang Jinyue (@Li Yitong), the literary chief planner."

"666, I never knew Li Yitong was such a literary girl!"

"Jiang Jinyue, how could you be so heartless? Are you really going to abandon your beloved like this?"

"Li Yitong, if you give me a bad ending, don't blame me for crying! Humph!"

Just when everyone was wondering how Li Yitong would resolve this tragic ending filled with eternal regret, she delivered the most romantic ending in the final episode.

Jiang Jinyue, dressed in a stunning gown, walked alone on the red carpet of the international film festival, which was bathed in the glow of spotlights. She forced a smile, but her eyes betrayed her loneliness and longing.

Just as she walked to the center of the red carpet and slightly turned to the side to allow the media to take photos.

The whole world suddenly froze.

The clamor vanished instantly, and apart from Jiang Jinyue, the world fell into absolute silence. Everything stood still, and everyone remained in the same position and expression as a second ago.

Only one person calmly traversed this frozen space-time, stepping onto invisible stairs.

Gu Beichen walked through the still crowd to the center of the red carpet and stood before that radiant yet lonely figure.

He didn't hug her immediately. Instead, he raised his hand, elegantly unbuttoned his suit jacket, and gently draped the jacket, which still carried his body heat and familiar scent, over Jiang Jinyue's bare shoulders.

"Didn't I tell you," he said, his fingertips lightly brushing against the cool fabric of her shoulder, "not to wear such revealing clothes."

Jiang Jinyue froze on the spot, her pupils trembling violently. She reached out and touched Gu Beichen's face, tears instantly streaming down her face.

Gu Beichen gently embraced Jiang Jinyue, "I'm back too late."

Against the backdrop of a world at a standstill, in absolute silence where no one could disturb them, their lips finally touched again.

As the kiss reached its climax, the flow of time suddenly restarted!

The expressions on everyone's faces changed from frozen to astonished, and the commotion at the scene and the gasps from behind the global live broadcast cameras merged into a chaotic sea.

In the center of that chaos, amidst countless flashes of light and stunned stares...

Jiang Jinyue and Gu Beichen seemed to forget the whole world, only using all their strength to hug each other tightly and kiss passionately.

At that moment, the curve on the radio seemed to break free from all constraints, surging forward at breakneck speed.

The highest viewership rating instantly broke through 3.5%!

It officially broke the record for the highest viewership rating in recent years, which was 3.43% set by "Temptation of Going Home" in 2011, and ascended to the new throne!

What followed was a deafening celebration and a flood of tears.

"He's back! He's really back!"

"I'll pause time just to embrace you! This is cosmic romance!"

"I'm done! Thank you, screenwriter, for sparing my life!"

"My Love from the Star is a masterpiece! Without a doubt!"

"This viewership record is well-deserved!"

The real bombshell exploded after the finale.

While everyone's attention was still focused on the record-breaking domestic viewership, Shen Mo lightly tapped his fingertip, projecting a data report onto the giant screen in the conference room.

Penguin and Pants Network, as of the day after the finale, have accumulated over 30 billion and 28 billion views respectively.

The string of numbers made all the executives present gasp in shock.

Even more surprisingly, Netflix, which covers more than 120 countries and regions worldwide, saw "My Love from the Star" surpass 50 billion views by the day after the finale.

The conference room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, then erupted in suppressed gasps.

The data clearly shows the trajectory of this cultural export.

Among these countries and regions, East Asia and Southeast Asia are the absolute main forces, with South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore ranking first. Cultural similarities have made the story of Gu Beichen and Jiang Jinyue resonate like a phenomenon here.

Europe surprisingly contributed 15% of the viewership, with audiences in the romantic city of Paris finding the "time-frozen confession" irresistible.

The Americas also captured 10% of the market share, proving that Eastern science fiction aesthetics can also resonate with Western audiences.

"This is the most important thing."

Shen Mo zoomed in on the last chart.

"On Netflix's global TV series popularity chart, My Love from the Star topped the charts for 14 consecutive days and ranked number one in 68 countries and regions."

Yang Tianzhen excitedly slammed her hand on the table and stood up: "This means that our prosperity isn't just a facade propped up by Chinese-American audiences; we've truly broken into the mainstream market!"

Switching to another page, screenshots of #MyLoveFromTheStar trending in multiple countries appear one after another on the international social media platform Twitter.

"This is what we want."

Shen Mo turned off the projector and looked around at everyone.

"Now, it's time to let the outside world know how powerful Inkmark is."

Yang Tianzhen and Chen Zhixi exchanged a glance, both unable to suppress their smiles.

"Don't worry, Mr. Shen. With the TV series performing this well, if we still can't get it to the market or even get it to their ears, then we don't deserve to stand here!"

"Last time, they chose to give up our Mango TV for Yu Zheng, and now they must be regretting it terribly. They'll be fighting tooth and nail for the second round of broadcasting rights."

"We must secure the second broadcast rights for 'My Love from the Star'!" This was an order personally given by the deputy director of Mango TV to the head of the purchasing department.

Three days after the finale of "My Love from the Star" ignited the entire internet, the highly anticipated battle for the second round of broadcasting rights has finally come to an end.

After several rounds of fierce bidding, Hunan TV, Jiangsu TV, and Zhejiang TV finally won the second-run broadcast rights for "My Love from the Star" for 50 yuan per episode, with all three stations broadcasting it together.

Mango TV was the quickest to capitalize on this surge in popularity.

Three days after the agreement was finalized, Hunan TV, with astonishing efficiency, directly pulled a drama from its original time slot and urgently moved it to the next prime time slot.

At the same time, in order to make up for the disappointment of not winning in the first round, they aimed for high viewership in the second round.

Mango TV's popular variety show, Happy Camp, also extended an invitation to the "My Love from the Star" production team to participate in the recording.