The bustling crowd and cheers filled the Red Hall. After the ceremony, performances by quite a few singers had also been scheduled.
It was a chance to promote their own songs, too, so naturally, plenty of undiscovered newcomers eagerly signed up.
The audience was happy to get their money's worth and stayed to enjoy more singing and dancing.
Young Master Mao, however, had already slipped out through the back door and was strolling leisurely home alone.
As expected, thanks to Sabrina and Gary's "live performance," this year's Golden Melody Awards ceremony generated tremendous buzz, with several topics blowing up on the trending lists.
Kanto Entertainment News, Johto Global News, and official news outlets from Unova and elsewhere all released firsthand reports.
[From a narrow victory to an overwhelming win against a Gym Leader in under two years: examining Dr. Gary Oak's rate of growth.]
The comments below were a mix of praise and criticism. But Young Master Mao had no interest in wasting his time on that, so he simply hired paid posters to steer the discussion toward the new game.
As expected, the publicity took off, too.
At the Overgrow Group, the head of publicity, a career woman in black-framed glasses who was working overtime, could not help marveling, "Our boss is just incredible. Pokémon training, academia, entertainment, business-he's at the top of everything he does. Now that's a true genius..."
"Mmm~ Finally got one job done, and saved several million in advertising costs, too. Young Master Mao, I really am something~" Walking along the lamplit sidewalk, Young Master Mao stretched contentedly.
Click~ The next moment, little boots landed on the ground. Like a beautiful girl from another dimension in the night, Sabrina appeared out of thin air before Young Master Mao.
"Whoa, holy..." Young Master Mao's mouth twitched.