"Every action must have a reaction; every cause must have an effect; every beginning must have an end."
"No accidents, no coincidences, no escape."
"There is no accidental death, no unjust death, no unjust death, and no tragic death. There is only a destined death."
This is a classic quote from a movie. The concept of this movie is very unique and different from ordinary horror movies.
The film does not contain the usual violent scenes in horror films, but instead brings endless fear to people through tense music and the constant appearance of black shadows, dark winds and strange ways of death.
"The image of an airplane wing reflected in the window seemed to be swaying unsteadily in the rain, foreshadowing a subsequent aircraft accident."
"The shadow of the hanging doll on the ground resembles a hanged man, foreshadowing Todd's death."
"The picture in the magazine shows the guillotine from the French Revolution, foreshadowing Billy's death."
"..."
The design of the death mode imposes the impermanence and helplessness of life on everyone, and the audience can easily have a sense of substitution; and the failure of the protagonists to redeem themselves also conveys a deep despair to the audience, and a sense of fear arises spontaneously.
It's like fate is grabbing you by the throat and you want to escape, but you can't.
This movie is known as one of the top ten classic thrillers in the past time and space - "The God of Death"!!!
Wang Shang was pacing back and forth, his heart was beating so fast that he couldn't control it at all. He began to think about the scenes in the movie.
The seven protagonists avoided death because they predicted the plane crash, and then encountered the constant attacks of death from the God of Death...
"There is no such thing in this time and space! That's great!"
"This movie should be able to create a new level for time and space thrillers!!"
Wang Shang stopped and started to open the script editor. He started typing on the keyboard.
"Students from Class 4 of Pengcheng No. 44 High School are preparing to board a flight to travel to Southeast Asia..."
"The moment before the plane took off, the protagonist foresaw the scene of the plane crash. When he returned to reality, he found that everything happened as predicted..."
"The protagonist fled in a panic, and finally five classmates and one teacher followed him off the plane and survived."
"But just when they were rejoicing, the plan of death came..."
"You may get a second chance to live. But you can't cheat death!!"
Although the weather is still cold in February, Wang Shang feels that the cells in his body are boiling!
Excited!
Trembling!
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While Wang Shang was working hard on writing the script for "Death Is Coming", "Those Years" was being released in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other Southeast Asian regions.
Although Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and other regions have similar cultural atmospheres, "Those Years" still achieved mediocre results after it was released in these regions.
Basically, it was one or two million yuan a week, which was not popular. After nearly four weeks in theaters, it was forced to be released. The total box office was only 30 million yuan equivalent to RMB, and there was basically no profit after tax and channel expenses.
However, unlike the box office response in these areas, the box office in Taiwan was described as miraculous.
"Those Years" relied on the promotional gimmick of "the story is adapted from a Taiwanese's autobiography". As soon as it was released in Taiwan, it caused a huge sensation in the entire Taiwanese island.
In the first week of release, it directly earned NT$50 million, which is equivalent to 10 million yuan! It directly ranked second in the Taiwan box office list! It made countless people crazy!!
In the second week, as the local distribution company's promotional campaign intensified, countless high school and college students took notice and flocked to the cinema to watch the movie.
After watching the movie, most of the girls were moved to tears. And the boys were even more fascinated by Shen Jiayi's fresh and refined Shen Jiayi.
"I love Ke Jingteng so much, and I love Shen Jiayi so much!"
The second week continued the craziness of the first week, sweeping the entire Taiwan film market, ranking first in the weekly box office list, and taking in NT$70 million!!
The entire Taiwanese market exclaimed that mainlanders used Taiwanese stories to beat Taiwanese movies. However, people who like it still like it, and curious people still flock to various theaters and continue to praise it after it comes out.
The release continues to be a hit, which makes Star Entertainment and Taiwanese distributors very happy!!
Subsequently, Taiwan began to set off a wave of "looking for someone".
They effortlessly found Jingcheng Middle School, the school in "Those Years" through the plot in the movie, and then they went crazy and sexually assaulted the real-life "Ke Jingteng".
In the end, they finally found the real-life versions of Ke Jingteng and Shen Jiayi. They went to the same school and were also named Ke Jingteng. The girl was not named Shen Jiayi but Shen Jiayi. However, to their disappointment, Ke Jingteng was just a naughty student who skipped classes all day long.
Then I was scolded by the teacher.
Although Shen Jiayi is a good student and good-looking, she still shows disdain for Ke Jingteng.
There are also the same Xie Minghe, Cao Guosheng, Xu Bochun, Liao Yinghong, Hu Jiawei...
They are surprisingly very unified, but they all have one biggest problem: "They haven't matured yet!!"
"I want to see the grown-up Ke Jingteng, not the little brat!!!"
"What a cheat!!!"
All the viewers kept making various comments.
The real version of Ke Jingteng and Shen Jiayi also curiously ran to the cinema to watch. As a result, they were moved to tears and expressed their disdain for each other: "Just him/her? Humph!!"
However, many classmates also joked about them: "Ke Jingteng, Shen Jiayi, you must be together in the future."
It made both of them blush and feel a little strange.
As for Hu Jiawei's future achievements in the movie, many students were shouting: "Great painter, you must persevere!"
With the popular release of the movie, the novel "Those Years" was also dug up and achieved extremely terrifying sales results in Taiwan. In just one week, 2 million copies were sold, which shocked everyone!
People who bought the novel suddenly found that the descriptions in the novel were more detailed. They were very consistent with every plant and tree in Jingcheng Middle School, and they found realistic prototypes for the characters in the novel one by one.
Name, personality. Except for a little bit of surprise, everything else matches surprisingly well.
Is it a prophecy? Or is it a series of miracles combined by coincidence? Everyone is very curious about the ‘storyteller’ mentioned in the novel: “Who is he?”
However, they were all certain that Wang Shang, a pure mainlander, would not know so much about Taiwan.
Just because of this very magical coincidence, "Those Years" has become even more popular in Taiwan, and it is simply a box office legend!!
The box office in the third week was even more fierce, with a direct revenue of NT$80 million, equivalent to RMB 18 million!!
A storm of "Those Years" is taking place throughout Taiwan!!
Ke Zhendong, Shen Yao, and Wang Shang have also become fans of many teenagers. Moreover, many schools and TV stations want to invite Wang Shang to Taiwan as a guest or for interviews. However, they were all politely rejected by Tianwang Studio.
The release of "Those Years" in Taiwan lasted until April. The total box office rose directly to NT$410 million, equivalent to RMB 85 million, directly ranking the box office champion in Taiwan's Chinese film history!!
As soon as this news came out, the entire island of Taiwan was shaken three times and became a sensation!!
The record has been refreshed!!
This horrific result simply made Star Entertainment Publishing and Taiwan's distribution company so happy that they couldn't sleep for three days.
When Wang Shang received the call, he was stunned. But he soon felt relieved: before "Cape No. 7" and "Sediq Bale" (Part 1) appeared, it was indeed possible. Reached the top spot at the box office.
After Taiwan's box office results are released, the total 'global' box office results of "Those Years" released in theaters are finally available.
It was screened 540 million in mainland China, 85 million in Taiwan, and 30 million in Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea.
The total box office is 655 million yuan!!
When Tianwang Studio announced this total box office result, it once again caused a sensation in the entire Chinese entertainment industry.
"Paralysis!! Can this guy keep a low profile?"
"Why is Taiwan so scary?? Our movies are not so scary when they are released there?"
"I heard that the prototype of the character was found in Taiwan. Even the names are exactly the same. The school is also called Jingcheng Middle School, but they are all children and have not matured yet."
"It seems that the novel's gimmick is not fake, but why has the protagonist turned into a child?"
"Is the person who recounted the story the father, mother, or relative of those young people?"
"Is it a prophecy or a coincidence?"
When this problem gradually became more and more serious, all the media came up with a question: "Where is Wang Shang? Where is he? He hasn't appeared in two months."
Wang Shang was traveling to Hainan Island with his parents at this time.
In spring, warblers fly and grass grows. It is the most beautiful time of the year in Hainan. While spring is still cold in the north, Hainan is already sunny, windy and warm, and the smell of the ocean is strong. It is a great time for traveling. season.
Since the beginning of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", except for the Spring Festival, Wang Shang has not spent time with his parents properly. Now the work of "Those Years" is basically handled by the distribution company, and anything that needs to be taken care of can be left to the general manager. John is injured.
Now Wang Shang can finally spare time to spend time with his parents.
However, while traveling, Wang Shang was also slowly conceiving the plot of "The God of Death". Wang Shang did not want to completely copy the plot of the original movie, but wanted to figure it out on his own, so as not to lose his screenwriting ability due to not using his brain for a long time. .
In this way, I accompanied my parents to play around Hainan during the day, and burned the midnight oil at night, slowly sorting out the script, which lasted for a month and a half.
During this period of time, Wang Shang also enjoyed the kind of carefree leisure, having fun, and then treating work as an alternative way to relax. It can be said that he has been busy all the time in the past two years and has no idea what a vacation is. .
Since he had shaved off his beard, his image to the public was different, so no one recognized Wang Shang.
In mid-April, Wang Shang and his satisfied parents returned to the Magic City.