A healing writer? No, it's a depressing writer!

Chapter 198 A depressing masterpiece? No, a dark masterpiece! Come and enjoy the feeling brought to you by this audio-visual feast!
Unlike the hot domestic literary market, the Chinese-Korean translation of "The Crucible" did not cause much response in South Korea when it was released.

People generally feel a little unfamiliar with the name of a writer like Jiang Hai.

In Japan, Jiang Hai became famous for his book No Longer Human, and he became a leading figure in decadent literature. It can be said that as long as Jiang Hai does not do anything out of line in the rest of his life, just this book No Longer Human will be enough to leave an indelible mark on the Japanese literary world and ensure that he will have no worries about food and clothing.

In China, Jiang Hai has received unprecedented attention from readers and students because of his mainstream literature works such as "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", "The Butterfly Lovers" and "The Injustice of Dou E", which are highly praised by mainstream platforms. As a leader in China's youth literary world, whenever Jiang Hai publishes a new book, it is bound to receive unprecedented attention from the mainstream media.

It is precisely based on this situation that Jiang Hai’s new work “The Crucible” is sold in any country in China or Japan, and its reputation is well known.

Then the sales will definitely not be bad.

In contrast, in South Korea, Korean people are not familiar with the character "Jiang Hai". They don't know what "No Longer Human" is, nor do they know what the "Cao Yu Drama Literature Award" is. Compared with these things, most of the ordinary people's attention is on -

How much does pork cost per pound today? Has the price of kimchi increased?

Has the situation on the peninsula deteriorated?

How many American soldiers have been sent to South Korea?

Even when reading books, people will only read representative works by well-known writers in their country.

Who would care about you, a writer who came from abroad and has no fame yet?
When The Crucible was announced to be released in South Korea, the promotional poster was unfurled in the cinema with the slogan directly hung on it:
【We fight all the way, not to change the world, but to not be changed by this world. 】

And under these promotional posters.

There is also a small slogan printed on it:
[This movie is based on the novel of the same name by Chinese writer Jiang Hai, The Crucible.]

When the audience came to the theater to watch the movie, they immediately felt confused when they saw this series of banners:
"Who is this Jiang Hai?"

"How come I've never heard of this "The Crucible" before?"

"An unknown work by an unknown author, could it be adapted into a movie?"

Just when the audience was confused, they saw the male lead of the movie "The Crucible". He turned out to be Gong Yoo, one of the four national treasure actors in South Korea?
In addition, the director team also emphasized one point in the promotional video released in the theater lobby:
"Actor Gong Yoo volunteered to star in this movie."

The moment I learned the news.

This immediately made the audience and fans completely shocked:

"Let Gong Yoo star in a movie for free?"

"What is the origin of this "The Crucible"? Is the power behind this movie so great?"

As for the actor Gong Yoo, few people in China would know his name, but if we mention the movies he has starred in, he should be well-known. The movies he has starred in include but are not limited to:

"Train to Busan"

Goblin: The Lonely and Great God

Just talking about the influence of artists among the public, Gong Yoo's status in the Korean entertainment industry is a bit similar to Hu Ge in the Chinese entertainment industry?

Substitute it using Tang Niu's inequality.

A low-cost, low-production film, where even the author and screenwriter are completely unknown newcomers. This crew seems to have a rather unreliable strength on paper. Not only were they able to persuade a top movie star like Hu Ge to be the protagonist of the film, they were even able to get Hu Ge to voluntarily participate in the film without any pay?
Isn't this surprising enough?
"I don't think I've seen Gong Yoo promote this movie on Instagram before. How come "The Crucible" is suddenly in theaters?"

"School bullying? If you talk about this topic, I will instantly stop being sleepy, okay?"

"A Chinese writer, whose writing material and inspiration come from real events in a Korean welfare home, but whose movie adapted from his novel is not released in China but is scheduled to be released in Korean theaters? What is this? Can anyone tell me the origin of Jiang Hai and "The Crucible"?"

"Without further ado, I have to support the movie starring Gong Yoo Oppa!"

"This movie contains bloody and violent elements, please watch it with caution? How can I, a man who has watched "The Ring" ten times, be afraid of you? Ticket seller, I want to buy a ticket."

In South Korea, where film censorship standards are relatively relaxed.

It is not easy for a dark and depressing film like "The Crucible" to pass the review.

Because there are so many negative elements involved in "The Crucible", the sensitive elements involved in the film are not only bloody and violent, but also include -

The flawed education system.

Corruption of officials.

The imperfection of the legal system.

Being able to be released in the first place is the best effort the censorship department can make, so naturally, the release time of "The Crucible" is -

There can’t be too much pre-publicity involved.

Cinema in Samcheong-dong district.

Flowers in the Mirror and Moon in the Water premiere hall.

When Park Min-jun, a student at Seoul National University, brought his girlfriend Zheng Xiuzhen, who is also a sophomore, they took a bus all the way from school to the cinema to watch a movie.

My girlfriend Xiuzhen immediately became confused:

"Minjun, why did we have to travel so far to the Samcheong-dong area to watch a movie?"

"There are many movie theaters near the school."

As for his girlfriend Soo-jin's question, Park Min-jun was a little excited:

"Xiuzhen, there are many movie theaters near the school."

“But the only cinema that premiered The Crucible is in Samcheong-dong.”

Do you want to ask Park Min-joon if he knows what story "The Crucible" tells?
Of course, he didn't know this.

He had never even heard of Jiang Hai, and had never read the original novel "The Crucible" by the writer Jiang Hai.

So, without knowing Jiang Hai, and without having read the original book,
Why is Park Min-joon so obsessed with watching the movie "The Crucible"?
As for the reason, it is simple.

Firstly, the promotional labels that the cinema gave to the movie "The Crucible" were dark, bloody, violent and large-scale, which could easily be misunderstood by the audience as a horror movie.

What's the best way to warm up the relationship between couples?
Of course, it is to take your girlfriend to see a horror movie.

The girlfriend was frightened by the horrific scene on the screen, and she ran into his arms with a pale face:

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

"Minjun, please protect me, I'm so scared."

Isn't this relationship heating up?

Isn't this physical contact established?

Second, this is also a very crucial point.

The Samcheong-dong Cinema is quite a distance away from Gwanak-gu, Seoul, where Seoul National University is located.
The film "The Crucible" is two hours long. It ends at 22 p.m., while the dormitory closing time at Seoul University is 23 p.m.

No matter how fast the train is.

No matter how fast the taxi driver is.

After the movie ended at 10 o'clock, it was impossible for Xiuzhen to arrive at the dormitory before 11 o'clock.
School, can't go back,

This place is remote.

Then after the film ends, Park Min-joon can ask his girlfriend Soo-jin to stay nearby on the pretext that "the dormitory is closed and I can't go back", and then the two of them can go to get a room.

Then you can just go with the flow.
Enter the cinema hall and sit in the back row.

Seeing her boyfriend suddenly smile like a pervert, his girlfriend Xiuzhen was puzzled:

"Minjun, what are you laughing at?"

As if he was afraid that his girlfriend would discover his dirty thoughts, Park Min-jun coughed twice to clear those obscene thoughts from his mind.

Then he answered her with a righteous look on his face:
"Nothing, Soo-jin."

"Here, have some popcorn."

Because there was no early publicity for "The Crucible", not many viewers arrived at the premiere of the film.

However, it still benefited from the box office appeal of actor Kong Yoo, even though it did not undergo any serious publicity in the early stages.

But there is still a considerable number of audiences who go to the cinema offline and use real money to support their favorite movie stars.

The cinema was empty.

The theater, which could originally accommodate 500 people, had an occupancy rate of less than one-third.

Don't know why.

The moment you walk into this theater.

Accompanied by the surround sound of the cinema, when the movie screen began to refract the faint light, the live environment suddenly gave people an extremely depressing and suffocating feeling.
Take a seat and feel the extremely depressing atmosphere around you.

My girlfriend Xiuzhen subconsciously shrank back:
"Minjun, I'm a little scared."

Scared?
Being afraid is the right thing to do.
With a barely perceptible smile on his face, Minjun took Soojin into his arms:
"Xiu-jin, don't be afraid."

"I will always stand behind you and support you wholeheartedly." Just as the two of them were being affectionate with each other.

The commercial breaks stopped.

The film officially begins
The feeling of the film and the experience of the novel actually give people two completely different feelings.

One is to watch it in person.

You don't have to do anything, just follow the screenwriter's perspective, completely put yourself into the role of the protagonist, and then you can indulge and enjoy it all.
The other is to use your imagination to develop vivid associations with the world depicted in the book.

It is hard to say which of these two viewing experiences is better.

But at least.
Will the sense of immersion that watching a movie gives to the audience be more direct and real?

The film starts off with a very suffocating beginning.

Mingxiu's younger brother, who had experienced sexual assault and torture by his teachers countless times, was once again used as a tool for his teacher to vent his sexual desires.

His spiritual faith was almost collapsed, and he staggered on the railway in the middle of the night.

Looking at the oncoming train.

It's like making some kind of decision.

Brother Mingxiu lay quietly on the road that the train had to pass. He cried helplessly and uttered a few words slowly:

"Mom, goodbye."

next moment.

The whizzing train ran over his thin body.

In an instant, blood splattered everywhere.

The first reaction of the audience to the completely uncut "The Crucible" is -

It's an incredibly real feeling.
As the train roared over the boy's body, blood foam flew everywhere.

The audience immediately let out an indescribable scream:

"Is this person really dead?"

When writing a novel, one must pay attention to the three golden chapters, which roughly means that you should use the shortest possible length to write out the selling points of your book.

Movie screenwriters also follow the golden 30-second theory.

Why is it that in the 90s Hong Kong movies, no matter what the plot is, they always give you a thrilling gunfight right from the start?

The purpose is to complete the task in the shortest possible time.

Stimulate your senses and vision, leaving the audience with a deep impression of the movie.
There is no doubt that the beginning of "The Crucible" applies the theory of the golden 30s to the extreme.

It was just a moment when the train ran over the boy's body.

This immediately caused the audience to scream in extreme fear, and one suspense after another immediately emerged in their minds:
"Why did the little boy lie on the railway tracks?"

"Why did he choose to commit suicide?"

"Why didn't anyone help him? What on earth happened?"

That is when the audience has all kinds of doubts.

The movie screen went out directly.

Then a line of bloody characters suddenly appeared in the audience's field of vision:

[This story is adapted from a real incident of abuse of deaf-mute people at Renhe Special Education School in Gwangju, South Korea.]

A tragic story of unprecedented cruelty and cruelty that highlights the extreme evil of human beings.

The disguise was torn off and emerged into the world
pain.

headache.

Head hurts.

I don’t know how much time passed.

Park Minjun just felt his head dizzy.

He didn't remember how he managed to get through those two hours.

He also doesn't remember how he felt when the art teacher Kang In-ho, played by Gong Yoo, died of illness while advocating for children.

He only knew that when the movie ended and the lights in the theater came on, his entire mind and even his body—

Nothing is under my control, as if I'm still stuck in that world?

Tears as big as beans kept flowing down her cheeks.

It was as if his emotions were completely out of control.

He immediately burst into tears and his nose spurted out, and the entire theater was filled with his sobbing:

"Renhao, don't die!!!"

"Come back to me quickly."

The sound was so loud that the entire cinema audience could hear it.

I’m afraid even the citizens of the entire Samcheong-dong area can hear it clearly?

Don't give him any chance to resist.

Park Min-jun was supported by his girlfriend Soo-jin all the way out of the theater and the cinema.
How can there be a movie in this world where the bad guys survive unharmed while all the good guys die? ? ? ?

On the way back to school, Park Min-jun seemed to be completely out of control, and kept muttering:

"So Mingxiu, in order to avenge his brother and give him justice, followed his brother's old path and dragged that beastly teacher to lie on the railway tracks with him?"

"So, the two beasts, Principal Li Jiangshuo and Li Jiangfu, who did so many evil things, finally escaped the punishment of the law?"

"So, Mr. Jiang Renhao, who spoke up bravely for the children, eventually died of cancer?"

“So, at the end of the story, nothing has changed.”

To describe the film "The Crucible" as "depressing" is simply not enough to summarize it.

dark!

Unparalleled darkness!
The word "dark" is the most appropriate to describe the movie "The Crucible"!
His girlfriend, Zheng Xiuzhen, kept patting Park Minjun on the back and admonishing him like a child:
"Don't cry, Minjun, be good, don't cry."

“I know you’re feeling bad, but please don’t get too hung up on it.”

When people are extremely angry, they will have all kinds of emotions and incomprehensible behaviors.

For example, some people can burst out amazing potential when they are extremely angry, and use their bare hands to lift a 1.5-ton truck to save their children who are trapped under the truck.

But some people can only get angry for a while when they are extremely angry.

Everyone's physique is different, so the reactions will naturally be different.

At this moment, Park Min-jun was in an extremely sad mood.

Normally, after watching the movie, due to various reasons such as the long journey and the dormitory was about to close.

Park Min-jun will ask Jung Soo-jin to stay and get a room, and then it will be a natural thing.
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But the current situation is obviously not optimistic?

It's like being immersed in the movie "The Crucible" and being unable to extricate oneself.

Whenever Park Min-joon closed his eyes, the miserable scene of the Myeong-soo brothers being sexually assaulted by a beastly teacher would appear in his mind?
That kind of powerless, desperate, helpless cry.
It still lingers in my mind.

He didn't even dare to think about it!

It was eleven-thirty in the morning, deep in the cold night.

When his girlfriend Jung Soo-jin asked Park Min-joon:

"Minjun, stop crying."

"It's so late, we definitely can't go back to school, think about where we should go now."

Park Min-jun cried and lowered his head, as if he was feeling the reaction of his body.

After a long silence.

Park Min-jun looked up in despair and looked at Zheng Xiuzhen in front of him. His voice was choked with sobs:
"Xiu-jin, I, I feel like..."

“I can’t seem to get hard anymore.”

(End of this chapter)