The banquet at the Art Exhibition Center was about to begin, with less than five minutes left until 7:20 PM, and the media journalists who had been crowded around the red carpet outside had mostly dispersed.
The weather this night was especially piercing with a chilly wind and a fine drizzle, extraordinarily cold.
The large screens on the walls flanking the sides had already begun displaying the situation inside the banquet hall, the lights outside also dimmed down a bit, it was quieter, the occasional 'rustling' sound came from posters being stirred by the wind nearby.
The black sedan slowly made its way through the hazy curtain of rain, driving toward the stairs in front of the red carpet, and in the blink of an eye, it also stopped in front of the red carpet, followed by two other black sedans.
