His Genius Wife is a Superstar

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"It’s not a concert. It’s launch for a beauty company," a fan replied.

"What? A company launch? What kind of company launch would garner this many people? I thought that it would either be a concert or a major sports event. But a company launch? This is nuts."

"It’s for this new company called Orchidia Beauty. It’s very popular right now in the beauty community. Almost all of the major social media influencers are raving about it, including some celebrities. Our Prince Lin Lin—I mean Jin Chonglin even endorses it alongside Iris Long. It’s because of the two that a lot of us fans came here today. We already confirmed that our Prince Lin Lin and Iris Long will be attending the launch later."

"Oh, I see. So that’s why. I like their song ’Shining Eyes’. I also watch the drama. It’s so good! Their song is still #1 in the music charts ever since it debuted which is super impressive. So all of you here are Iris Long and Jin Chonglin’s fans?"

"Most of us are. But it’s not only us. There are also other fan clubs who came. There are other celebrities who confirmed that they will be attending the launch later, so their fans came here today as well. Plus the social media influencers and other internet stars who were invited have their own followers. I think many of them are here too."

"Wow! Really? What kind of company is this Orchidia Beauty to be able to invite all of these celebrities? Is it really a new company? This is basically an all-stars event!"

"I know, right? That’s why in addition to coming here today to support our favourite celebrities, we’re also all very curious about the owner of Orchidia Beauty. They’re keeping the owner’s identity a secret for now. So mysterious! But we’ll all know who it is later! I’m so excited!"

"My gosh, me too! Is it okay if I join your group? I want to stay here and see all the celebrities coming later."

"Sure! Come join us, new comrade!"

Scenes like this were common around the convention centre. It was still morning but the crowd of fans and onlookers kept on coming and growing.

More police officers were also called over to keep the crowd from going out of control. However, the police were paying more attention to the members of the media, preventing any of the daring reporters without press badges from sneaking inside the convention centre.

Orchidia Beauty invited the media long ago but only a few of them responded and confirmed their attendance. As a result, only very few of them were given official press badges. But after Iris and Jin Liwei’s bombshell of an announcement—confirming their relationship during the Sommet International Film Festival in France—almost all the media outlets clamoured to attend the grand launch. Iris and Jin Liwei were hot trending topics in the country right now. So many people wanted to see them together and confirm their relationship with their own eyes.

Unfortunately, Orchidia Beauty only gave a few additional press badges after the original batch. The ones who didn’t receive press badges complained, but Orchidia Beauty only apologized politely before giving the reason "limited space" for being unable to give more.

Whether this was true or not, they couldn’t be certain. After all, it was them who snubbed the company’s invitation first. They had no choice but to make do without the official press badges and find an effective way to cover the event outside the convention centre instead.