Golden Globe Awards

Jiang Hao was enjoying life, but Conner and Robert were not so fortunate. The entire company was incredibly busy, working themselves to the bone for Jiang Hao, the capitalist.

Negotiations, negotiations, and more negotiations.

Three days later, they finally chose a distributor: Warner, once again.

After both sides signed the agreement, Warner immediately sprang into action. With only one week left until Christmas Eve, time waited for no one. Advertisements flooded television, newspapers, and billboards, all built around one theme: "Watch Raccoon Warfare 2: Home Alone and spend a wonderful Christmas Eve with your family."

Christmas Eve.

Jiang Hao drove Marilyn Monroe, dressed in a gauzy gown, to a movie theater in Miami. Raccoon Warfare 2 was premiering there that night. Warner had put enormous force behind its distribution and had high hopes for the film, opening it directly in eight hundred theaters across North America. Rumor had it they were even preparing to expand that number to over a thousand.

When the two entered the theater, they found that most of the audience consisted of parents bringing their children, followed by young couples. Popcorn and cola were standard fare, but now, holding a raccoon plushie while watching Raccoon Warfare had become standard too.

"Want one?" Jiang Hao asked.

"Of course."

"Who do you want to take home—Five Spice, Mala, or Lamb Skewers?"

"Mala loves causing trouble. He often runs over and scares me awake. Lamb Skewers is a little menace too; he's already chewed up three pairs of my shoes. I want Five Spice. She's a girl, and she's the most obedient," Marilyn Monroe said.

Jiang Hao paid for a Five Spice raccoon plushie. Marilyn Monroe hugged it happily as the two entered the theater.

Once the movie began, children's laughter rang out through the theater from time to