Re:life with Karmic Gacha (Modern Family)-Chapter 344: February – Grammy and Movie Launch

[General POV]

At the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Edward sat next to RDJ and Taylor Swift, waiting for the ceremony to begin.

"How many awards do you think you're going to get?" RDJ teased. He was invited to introduce a performance and had requested to be seated with Edward. "Also, are you glowing?" He asked, confused.

The Bishounen Aura made him even more eye-catching when he wanted to be. His style and appearance alone made the viewers of the award show looking forward to him. Everytime the camera panned to Edward, the ratings spiked immensely.

Edward sighed. "To be honest, I don't care." His focus was on helping Taylor, not on his own accolades. He didn't lobby for himself, but he ensured she was properly considered for her nominations without buying awards for her.

He just wanted her to be judged fairly, which made Taylor feel touched after she heard about it. Although she still picked a fight the second she saw him.

After all, connections often dictated the awards.

If Edward bribed the event manager, it was solely to secure a stage for Hudgens to showcase her comeback, despite having only released her songs a week prior. It was an awkward moment for Zac since he was invited to the award show too.

With the music video released, Hudgens immediately welcomed her popularity back. "Brutal", "I see Red", and her third single, "Fight Song". The songs went viral worldwide, and 'Nessa', her alter-ego, became the icon of a comeback song.

Despite his indifference, Edward found himself walking up to the stage four times that night to accept his awards: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best New Artist (having debuted just nine months earlier), and Album of the Year.

He also won Best Duet with Taylor, sharing that honor with her on stage.

Taylor, too, had a successful evening, winning Best Country Album, Best Country Song, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance. In total, she took home four Grammys.

Beyoncé led the night with five wins and 10 nominations. Even Edward only got 7 nominations.

There was confusion surrounding Beyoncé's win for Song of the Year with "Single Ladies" by the fans. Many felt Edward's song "7 Years" had more impact, but the Grammys had considered songs from early 2008 to September 2009, which dulled the outcry.

"It's definitely rigged. Song of the Year is meant for songwriters. But you didn't get it? Even though you wrote all your songs?" Hudgens grumbled, her eyes sharp as she watched the show. Edward laughed and playfully pushed her eyebrows up, signaling her to control her expression.

Hudgens blushed a bit, but when she remembered the hellish training she had with Edward in Japan, she shuddered.

Taylor added, "They should add a few more awards—Best International Singles, Best Cultural Appropriation, Best Ballad."

"One of those isn't like the others," Edward muttered in disbelief, realizing Taylor wasn't joking.

"What? Ballad?" she asked, confused.

"No. Not that," he replied.

"Appreciation. You meant Cultural Appreciation," Vanessa corrected Taylor after thinking for a while.

Embarrassed, Taylor's cheeks flushed red. The moment was captured on camera, igniting speculation: [...Taylor's little crush on her CEO reignited?]

The event concluded without incident, and Taylor asked Edward if he wanted to attend the after-party thrown by the organizer.

"No, I have to go to Florida right now. I need to visit the Percy Jackson set," Edward said, shaking his head slightly.

Vanessa, intrigued, asked, "Why Florida?"

"I didn't pick it. Jon did." Edward sighed. He left the Staples Center and flew directly to Florida. On February first, he finally met the cast for the Percy Jackson movie.

Timothée Chalamet, just 14, played Percy Jackson; 13-year-old Elle Fanning portrayed Annabeth Chase; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster took on the role of Grover Underwood.

Edward also recognized many familiar names on the cast list: Mackenzie Foy as Talia, Tom Hardy as Ares, Mads Mikkelsen as Hades, and Jon Hamm as Poseidon, leaving him breathless. Even RDJ had agreed to play Dionysus, which made Edward break into a cold sweat.

"How much money will I actually need to spend on casting alone?" he mumbled, fearing for the future.

"Who's playing Zeus?" Edward asked Jon after finishing a discussion with the construction crew about the set specifications.

"How about Jeff Bridges?" Jon suggested, which puzzled Edward.

"What's with that suggestion? Is there an issue with the casting process?" Edward raised an eyebrow.

Jon sighed. "We have Robert Redford, but he dropped out because of commitments. The backup, Sean Bean, is busy with Game of Thrones and isn't sure he can commit to five movies with us. We're still waiting for confirmation from him." Despite his disappointment, Jon wasn't worried at all in his tone.

"I think it's better to wait for Sean Bean. I'm sure he'll agree once he sees the script," Edward said with a smirk, already settling on Sean Bean as the man for Zeus. After all, he would die in just a season.

"LALALA~ NO SPOILERS!" Jon joked, covering his ears.

Jon's confidence stemmed from his trust in Edward's capability and passion for the project. Edward had planned all five movies together, which shocked Jon.

Typically, studios wait to see the first movie's results before deciding on sequels, but Edward's approach was refreshingly bold. He even told Jon not to care about the profits, just aim to get the money back.

With a 200 million dollar budget, incredible CGI, competent staff members, Jon was excited to start filming for the movie. But he still needed to give the actors time to prepare, so the shoot would start in March.

"You're still going to play Luke Castellan, right?" Jon asked.

Edward watched a few stuntmen conducting mock sword choreography and replied, his expression slightly disdainful.

"...Yeah, I will. And I'll be personally responsible for all the fight choreography from now on." Edward replied to Jon after a while.

The choreographer, dissatisfied, challenged him, "Oh, so you think you can do better than this?"

"Better than that sloppy swordsmanship? Of course I can," Edward taunted.

"Show us then," the choreographer pressed, his frustration evident. Entitled, condensing, presumptuous, the choreographer's mind was filled with the synonyms for the word brat– which he used to describe Edward.

Edward smiled and called out to one of his bodyguards, "Woo-Jin, come forth."

The choreographer was taken aback by Woo-Jin's imposing presence—6 '6' tall, muscular, and radiating confidence. He looked like he stepped out of a manhwa.

Edward had designed Woo-Jin based on a character he admired, Sung Jin-Woo from Solo Levelling, the manhwa version. Of course, only the physical characteristics were similar.

Two days ago, when Edward landed in California for the Grammys, he had stopped at an isolated warehouse in Van Nuys.

"Sage, if anything goes wrong, you can undo it, right?" Edward asked, a hint of worry in his voice.

Sage replied casually, "I'll be prepared."

In the 50,000-square-foot warehouse filled with obsolete technology, Edward activated his skill, Technological Generation, a power he acquired from the gacha. For 20 minutes, he felt like a god.

The Lex Luthor/Brainiac fusion skill lifted him slightly off the ground, his eyes glowing bright. He felt his body strain as the skill took its toll, blood trickling from his nose.

With a wave of his hand, the obsolete tech disintegrated and regenerated into new, advanced technology.

He created an android assembly line, a quantum computer, 50 million Snapdragon chips, a cybernetic energy core, 50 million lithium polymer batteries, and various android weaponry, such as hyper sensors, energy swords, and rocket punches.

After 20 minutes, Edward's body reached its limit. He collapsed to the ground, exhausted, having created ten advanced androids wrapped in high-quality silicon skin to mimic human appearance.

He split the genders evenly, resulting in five males and five females. Their brain matrices were connected to the quantum server, yet they remained disconnected from the mainframe.

"You should rest before using the other skill," Sage advised, treating his injuries.

Edward wiped his bloody nose and replied, "I don't have a lab, so I need to settle this now. These androids aren't complete yet. I still need to code them, so I think I can use virtualization to finish my work right now."

"You only have 24 hours. You'll be inside the mainframe for 24 hours... Well, what you think is 24 hours in that world," Sage explained.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Edward asked, confused.

"It means that the 24 hours aren't in the real world but in the digital world. Time moves quickly there. It could be two minutes before you return, or even two seconds, depending on the technology's power."

"Oh, for real?" Edward was excited. "Then it won't interfere with my schedule at all. That's the most advanced computer in the world. I think I can get out in just five seconds."

As he activated his virtualization, Edward's entire body was digitized, and he disappeared from the physical world. Sage watched his data fly into the mainframe and sighed. "Just come out while keeping your sanity intact."

In the digital realm, every piece of knowledge, every skill, and even his senses were digitized. He had truly become a digital life-form.

"Robin, are you there?" Edward called out as he floated in the sea of data. Suddenly, he spotted a small matrix floating by his leg. "Robin, is that you?" He smiled, greeting the blue-colored artificial intelligence matrix cheerfully.

The codes for the androids were completed after 18 hours. Edward upgraded all of the codes and transferred his skills to the androids and Robin.

From sculpting to karate, and various combat techniques, the androids learned swordsmanship, cooking, disguises, assassination skills, business acumen, acting, massage techniques, and more. While he couldn't transfer his supernatural abilities like chakra and Sharingan, the androids were already formidable with their cybernetic weapons.

Of course, he ensured they would have absolute obedience to him to prevent any future troubles. Robin integrated herself into one of the female android bodies, resembling her character from One Piece.

Without the virtualization process, it would have taken him 5 to 10 years to develop the codes for the androids. While it was still possible to do it without the skill, it would take a significant amount of time.

"I think I could take over Cuba in just a day with them," Edward said casually. Then he decided to dive into the internet.

"There's so much filth here; about 80 percent of it is trash," he scowled, disintegrating all the filth without a second thought.

Edward scoured the internet, deleted every copy of Hudgens' leaked photos, and created a virus to prevent anyone from ever uploading those photos again. It took him just a few seconds to accomplish that. He also targeted the dark web, destroying it and causing mass confusion worldwide.

With some time left, he opened the Unreal Engine world he and Robin had created together.

"Open the 3D modeling and animation software," Edward muttered. As the software popped up in front of him, he found that he could create animations with just his thoughts.

He decided to try creating Arcane Season 1, finishing an episode in just 20 minutes. In three hours, he completed nine episodes, a task that would typically take an entire team of animators three years.

"Hmm, three hours left. What else should I do?" he pondered, focusing on other CGI models, particularly the monsters for the Percy Jackson movie. He completed their models, ensuring they integrated well with the live-action footage and green screen.

It took him only 20 minutes to create over 100 monster models and various sceneries in the Unreal Engine software.

"What else? Oh, I can do this." Edward smirked mischievously and began creating an animated movie he had seen in his previous life. The progress was faster than with Arcane, as he had already become proficient with the skill.

He was pulled out from the mainframe after finishing the animated movie and its sequel, waving at Sage excitedly as he regained his body.

Sage looked at him with confusion and asked, "The world doesn't bother you?"

"Why would it bother me?" Edward replied, puzzled and alarmed. He patted his body and found everything normal. After taking a breath of relief, he looked at Sage, asking for an explanation.

"Some people went crazy in there because their minds couldn't comprehend the change. You... handled it so casually. I think hyper-focusing on the codes at the beginning allowed your mind to adapt easily."

Edward nodded, not overly concerned. He hadn't experienced any problems, so why worry unnecessarily?

Back in Florida, where the set of Camp Half-Blood was being constructed, Edward sparred with Woo-Jin using a wooden sword. Every swing could potentially kill a human.

Woo-Jin employed a double sword style while Edward used only one. Their clashes mesmerized the audience, including Timothée Chalamet and Ella Fanning.

"I should learn how to do this?" Timothée muttered nervously, his hands trembling slightly. However, he couldn't hide his excitement. Most of the kids there shared his expression as they watched Edward's fighting skills.

Edward grinned and decreased the chakra enhancing his body while combating Woo-Jin. He, a human, managed to pin down an enhanced android defensively.

Woo-Jin parried and swung his sword downward, but Edward backflipped with insane air time, which made the audience all exclaim in admiration. Woo-Jin's sword sliced a wooden chair, surprising the audience members.

"Wait, are they fighting for real?" Jon mumbled before he widened his eyes as he saw another one of Woo-Jin's attacks destroy the wooden beam.

Edward appeared beside him and sliced his sword horizontally, clashing with Woo-Jin's sword. His blade almost hit Woo-Jin's neck before Woo-Jin managed to push Edward's sword away.

"Don't hold back, Woo-Jin," Edward instructed, grinning happily.

"I'm not holding anything back, sir," Woo-Jin replied stoically, even from a disadvantageous position. Eventually, Edward's strike broke Woo-Jin's wooden sword, and he placed his blade at Woo-Jin's neck.

"I won," Edward said easily, sweat dripping from his chin. He had thoroughly enjoyed the 15-minute fight, relishing the challenge of having an opponent again.

Everyone applauded at the victory, and the swordplay choreographer's jaw dropped. His mouth stayed open for a while before he finally regained his mind.

Holding my shoulders, the instructor shook me slightly as he asked with a burning gaze, "Where did you learn how to do that? Also, why not star in an action movie!? With your skills, it's definitely easy for us– I mean, you, to create a legendary action sequence! The movie will definitely be a hit!"

"What?" I was taken aback at the direction his mind went. I thought he was going to get mad.

Woo-Jin glared at the man as he touched my body, causing the instructor to flinch and take a step back, hurriedly calming himself down.

"I actually agree with him," Jon suddenly said, joining the conversation.

Ella Fanning had stars in her eyes after the exhibition match ended. Timothée noticed this and vowed, "I swear I'm going to do my best for this movie."

"An action movie, huh?" I rubbed my chin as I left the movie set. Two of the androids, Ban and Weed, stayed behind in Florida to help build the set. They could have finished everything in just a day, but with so many people around, they had to hide their capabilities, taking five days to complete the entire project instead.

Edward used his memories from Percy Jackson to understand how demigods fought monsters and to visualize the infrastructure of Camp Half-Blood. After discussions with Rick Riordan, he planned a new blueprint for the entire camp.

When not used for filming, the camp would generate significant revenue and become a major tourist attraction in Florida in the future.

To escape winter, Edward traveled to Australia—his next destination on the world tour from Florida. During his ten days there, he and his dad encountered several dangerous animals, yet none attacked them.

Edward went hiking, surfing, and more in Australia. Each day, his posts went viral, and his attitude and way of speaking around dangerous animals reminded Australians and the world of the late Steve Irwin. On an Australian talk show, Edward shared how Mr. Irwin had taught him to appreciate animals.

Upon returning for the Super Bowl on February 6, Edward waited at the Camp Half-Blood set since the game was in Florida.

The next day, during the halftime show, Edward's performance, featuring his songs "Counting Stars," "Believer," and "Enemy," was hailed as the best halftime show of the decade.

107 million people watched the game, and that number jumped to 120 million during the halftime show. One in every three Americans now knew who Edward was, as his performance resonated deeply with the audience.

Finally, the release date for the self-made movie approached. Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, and Vanessa Hudgens flew to Australia to promote the film before returning to the States together.

The movie was released on February 12, 2010, alongside "Valentine's Day." Ryan and Edward appeared together for the press junket to promote the film.

"So, Edward, what are your plans for Valentine's Day?" the interviewer asked.

"Throwing rocks at happy couples in the park," Edward replied with a deadpan expression, his tone slightly sad. This struck a chord with Ryan, who laughed heartily.

"That's a trigger question for him; his wounds are still fresh," Ryan commented playfully. Edward chuckled and added, "To answer the question, I don't have any plans for Valentine's Day."

"That's too bad," the interviewer said.

Edward acted annoyed and replied, "Don't look at me with pity in your eyes." The interviewer burst into laughter again as Edward continued joking around during the press junket.

At the premiere, Edward invited all his friends and connections. Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, and Scarlett Johansson attended to support Edward and see how his first movie turned out.

On the first day, the film received a 67% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, but over 85% audience approval.

After the movie ended, RDJ was baffled when he saw Edward's character on screen. "How did you age ten years to prepare for this role?" he asked.

"Mostly a lot of night shifts," Edward replied playfully.

The first ten minutes of the movie depicted a naive, romantic boy hurt multiple times, blaming everything on the curse his father told him he had. He decided to shut his heart off from everyone else.

While it started as a typical rom-com, the story delved deeper into themes of selfishness, narcissism, and dating as it progressed.

After Ryan Gosling's character was blackmailed into dating Emily Blunt's character, people became skeptical of Edward's character, the one who orchestrated it.

Edward played the CEO of the agency representing Ryan's character, and audiences were left unsure whether he was good or bad. He acted like an antagonist in the beginning.

Margot Robbie's character was jealous of Emily, wanting to get the opportunity to date Gosling herself, to propel her career upwards and maybe even broke into the acting industry like everyone of his ex-girlfriend that was famous because of him.

Gosling tried to force Emily to break up with him as he couldn't do it himself because of the deal, but after he opened up to her about his nerdy hobbies, she accepted him. After he showed his vulnerability that usually turned his other girlfriend off, she accepted and comforted him.

Suddenly, he found himself deeply enchanted by her.

During the honeymoon sequences, Emily and Ryan discussed Edward's character—Ryan's brother.

"He came by my place one day and decided to stay. I couldn't kick him out since he had no one else. He smoothed the deal— I take him in, and he'll repay the favor later," Ryan replied casually.

"I hated him at first; he nitpicks everything I did. "Clean your room", "Wash your dishes", "Take a shower", he was insufferable." He said, rolling his eyes as he reminiscence back in the day where both of them were poor.

" But he had my back. I was jumped by five guys and chased around the block. My brother jumped into the fray without hesitation."

"Oh, so did you guys fight them off?" Emily asked, curious but slightly concerned, even though the incident had occurred long ago.

"No, both of us got beat up," Ryan replied with a deadpan expression. A flashback showed Ryan and Edward lying on the cold hard floor of an alley, bruises on their faces.

Ryan suddenly laughed, saying, "I'm so glad I have a brother this time." His words left Edward's character in shock as he looked at his brother in disbelief.

The flashback ended, and Emily, slightly confused after hearing the story, asked, "If you trust each other that much, why is he doing this?" She referred to the blackmail his brother used to force him into the relationship.

"I tend not to think too much about what my brother does; he usually has a reason for it. Why stress myself out when I can just stress him out?" Ryan's character replied easily.

As the romance between the two began to bud, a sense of looming tension hung in the air behind the scenes.

Ryan realized her feelings towards Emily, however, he also found out from Margot Robbie's character that Emily has another deal with Edward, which was why she stayed with him despite him trying to push her away.

It leads to a confrontation where Ryan went to the CEO's office in the middle of the night to meet with Edward.

"Did you really do it? You're going to produce her script if she stays with me for 3 months and proves that the curse isn't real?"

Edward's character was confused, "Isn't this what it was all about?"

"So, it's all fake?" Ryan heaved slightly, his anger palpable.

Edward signed on some papers and said, "Don't try to turn this on me. All of us knew what we're doing when we started this."

"What–"

"Is that really why you're storming in here? Or, are you trying to find an excuse to break up the relationship, like you always did?" Edward placed his pen down and walked towards Ryan.

"I always did?"

Edward nodded and said, "Yeah. You always do. Use the curse as a crutch, finding ways to blame others for your actions. In this case, there's absolutely nothing wrong with your relationship, so you're trying to find a cause...a justification to end things."

"Why would I do that?" Ryan's eyes shifted around, baffled by the accusation.

"Because, if you don't, then everything will fall apart. The construct you made about the curse being the thing that kept destroying your relationships will falter. You'll start to actually grow and learn, instead of blaming everyone else for your own actions."

"Stop talking." Ryan seethed in anger, but Edward didn't stop and continued taunting him, "Why? Did I striked a button? Weren't you the one who came in here, armed and ready to blame me for everything that went wrong with your life?"

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"Maybe you're the thing that went wrong with my life. I should've never agreed to let you stay with me when you knocked on the door to my place 10 years ago!"

Immediately after that, Ryan was punched in the face. He was baffled as his brother never hurt him physically before, holding his sore cheek as he sat on the floor in confusion.

As he looked at his brother, his eyes shook. The expression Edward has was gut-wrenching and it made the audience teared up slightly.

"You son-of-a-bitch!" Ryan tackled Edward in anger, and the two brothers had a fallout.

While they were fighting, the song, [Brothers (Kodaline)] played in the background while they fought in slow motion, and snippets of Edward's character life appeared, mirroring the same flashback his brother had at the beginning of the movie.

However, Edward's backstory carried heavy intonation of emotional abuse, living in a toxic family household, and abandonment.

His mother decided to swerve the car while having a heated argument with his father– a man his brother idolized, and killed both of themselves. He was in the backseat at that time, and he saw his mother and father death.

"I wish you were never born." His father told him before during one drunken night after he fought with the mother.

As the fight finished, both of them laid down on the floor of the office, broken glass and furniture everywhere, mirroring the alley scene.

"Why did you take things so far?" Ryan Gosling asked.

Edward didn't reply and just stood up slightly, took out a resignation paper from his hand, and handed it to Ryan.

"You–"

"I lied. I destroyed the tape years ago. So whether you broke up with her, or you want to continue dating her, it's all in your hands now." Edward said before he walked away.

That was the big scene of the movie. Ryan continued the experiment to test out the curse legibility after confronting Emily about the deal she made with Edward. Turns out, Edward was only helping her search for producers and nothing else. He didn't promise her to produce her scripts or a successful future if she did this for him.

Ryan realized it was all a misunderstanding, and after the 3 months passed by, he asked Emily out properly to be his girlfriend.

He also searched for his brother who was living together with Hudgens at that time, and was shocked, almost fainting when Edward opened the door with a baby in his hand when he came there with Emily.

It was Danny Glover's son in the story, and Danny was inside the house visiting at that time.

Ryan begged for his brother to come back to the company after apologizing for the distrust, telling him that he cannot live without him. Edward didn't want to at the beginning, but Vanessa rebuked him and made him work with Ryan, or else she's going to kick him out of the house.

The story ended with Ryan telling everyone what he had learned from a narrator's perspective. The music video that Emily watched at the start of when she found the dvd in Ryan's house played while the credit rolled.

[Train – 50 Ways to Say Goodbye]

Ryan Gosling sang after meeting with his friend at the grocery store and he asked about his girlfriend, "♫♪ My heart is paralyzed. My head was oversized

I'll take the high road like I should♫♪"

"♫♪ You said it's meant to be. That it's not you, it's me. You're leaving now for my own good ♫♪"

"♫♪ That's cool, but if my friends ask where you are I'm gonna say. She went down in an airplane. Fried getting suntan.Fell in a cement mixer full of quicksand. Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes!♫♪"

"♫♪She met a shark underwater. Fell and no one caught her. I returned everything I ever bought her. Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies. And ways to say you died ♫♪"

The Official Music Video was also released after the opening weekend as part of the promotional marketing for the movie. It was recorded as if it was part of the movie universe, so everyone was still in their character.

"♫♪ My pride still feels the sting. You were my everything. Someday I'll find a love like yours (a love like yours) ♫♪"

"♫♪ She'll think I'm Superman. Not super minivan. How could you leave on Yom Kippur? ♫♪"

Ryan brought out a Rabbi, acting as if he was trying to guilt-trip his girlfriend.

"♫♪ That's cool, but if my friends ask where you are I'm gonna say.♫♪"

"♫♪ She was caught in a mudslide. Eaten by a lion. Got run over by a crappy purple Scion. Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes!♫♪"

Penny became the ex-girlfriend in the music video, and every death she allegedly had was shown in a comedic manner.

"♫♪ She dried up in the desert. Drowned in a hot tub. Danced to death at an east-side night club. Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies. And ways to say you died ♫♪"

"♫♪ I wanna live a thousand lives with you

I wanna be the one you're dying to

Love, but you don't want to♫♪"

Edward played in the mariachi band with Donald Glover, with a deadpan expression, acting as if they didn't want to be there.

Ryan excitedly sang, "♫♪ That's cool, but if my friends ask where you are I'm gonna say. That's cool, but if my friends ask where you are I'm gonna say ♫♪"

"♫♪ She went down in an airplane. Fried getting suntan. Fell in a cement mixer full of quicksand. Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes! She met a shark underwater. Fell and no one caught her. I returned everything I ever bought her

Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies♫♪"

"♫♪ She was caught in a mudslide. Eaten by a lion. Got run over by a crappy purple Scion. Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes!. She dried up in the desert. Drowned in a hot tub. Danced to death at an east-side night club. Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies. And ways to say goodbye ♫♪"

Ryan alone was excited to conclude the song, acting melancholic while Edward just left the second the beat ended. Donald said, "Can I go now? This sombrero is making my head sweat."

The movie was received well by the general audiences. Edward's portrayal of the character was praised highly by his fans.

As Edward had just finished performing at the Superbowl, the country still remembered him and a lot of people supported the movie.

After 8 weeks of it being released in the theatre, Pepper shared the movie reception with Edward.

"The movie opened with a strong 70 Million dollars on opening weekend, just 2 million under Valentine Day Movie."

"Oh, that's great." Edward was elated as he heard it. Then, he asked nervously, so, how much did it drop off the second week? 70%?"

Pepper grinned and said, "10%."

"10% drop off? That's awesome." Edward was astonished. Valentine's Day had a 70% drop off, which meant they earned 20 million in the second week.

Pepper shook his head and clarified, "No. 10% more! We collected 77 million dollars in the second week! The movie made 580 Million dollars in global box office collection for its entire run at the theatre!"

The movie propelled Ryan Gosling's career to become an A-List actor in Hollywood. Blunt still needed another movie success to get to that level, but Blunt, Hudgens, and Edward's actor prestige were all increased by the movie's success.

The Blu-Ray version also sold pretty well. A lot of the factors that contributed to the success of the film have something to do with Edward. The fans were looking forward to seeing more of him in movies in the future.

4 months have passed by since Edward started his world tour. He finished his shooting for Percy Jackson and the movie would be released in November. He also toured the Philippines, Mongolia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and many more countries while filming for his next movies.

It was an incredibly straining schedule that most of his staff members had to rest and change to his backup staff, but it was also really rewarding.

In August, Edward released another movie. "Warm Bodies", in which he acted as the main character, a zombified young man, and Hudgens as the heroine. It gained 660 million dollars at the box office, which cemented Edward's and Hudgens career as an A-list actor.