Chapter 455: Strong Sense of Presence
“Happy Lantern Festival!”
A group text message made many people excited and thrilled. In the four months since Zheng Xiuheng passed away, his news could still be seen everywhere on the Korean Internet.
There is news that "Deemo" was introduced and distributed by overseas game publishers, which caused a large-scale trend, especially in Asian countries such as Japan and China. Secondly, it has gained a little popularity in some European and American countries. Of course, not every country has an agent to distribute it, and there are still many resources on the Internet.
Zheng Xiuheng, an unknown musician, became one of the representatives of the new generation of Asian musicians because of "Deemo".
Secondly, Zheng Xiuheng’s departure has also aroused great attention in the Korean entertainment industry, especially Zheng Xiuheng’s whereabouts has become a mystery.
This discussion continued intermittently until January, when news about Zheng Xiuheng finally began to dwindle, signaling that the entertainment industry was about to forget someone. Everyone in the entertainment industry is the same; except for a few rare individuals, most people who disappear from the public eye will gradually fade into oblivion, only to be recalled at certain moments.
But with the arrival of February and the release of "The Chaser," everything changed. Even with the numerous bugs in the script, Jung Soo-hyung's portrayal of the serial killer, Ji Young-min, frightened a large number of Koreans who entered the theater to watch the film. The whistle Jung Soo-hyung blew became a common sound heard on the streets of Korea at night, becoming a must-have background music for scary people, and of course, it came with...
Zheng Xiuheng has once again become a hot topic, for his musical genius, his thrilling, frightening, and completely unforgettable acting skills, his extraordinary athletic talent, and finally his regrettable past and illness.
Even Naver, which was the most active in bashing Zheng Xiuheng in the past, said that if Zheng Xiuheng had not suffered so many setbacks and such a heartbreaking disease, he would have become a new legend.
The snow was still falling outside. Lee Hyori stood under the KBS building, staring blankly at her phone. Two months after Zheng Xiuheng left, she began to appear frequently in variety shows and numb herself with work. Sister Hyori was surprised at this moment and immediately wanted to make a call, but the call could not be connected.
Then Lee Hyori could only edit what she wanted to say into a text message and send it.
"Go to hell!"
"asshole!"
After the Lantern Festival text message, everyone would receive a greeting text message from Zheng Xiuheng from time to time, but it was always so short and the time intervals were so long that everyone was very dissatisfied.
The Korean entertainment industry hasn't stopped functioning just because someone's missing. On the contrary, with more than half of 2008 already underway, several groups have already , with Antenna's six-member group being quite good. Compared to Girls' Generation and KARA, which debuted last year, they're considered the best performers of their debut period. Of course, it's undeniable that Kim Hyun-A has significantly increased their ranking. Meanwhile, there's only one girl group debuting this year.
At the 44th Baeksang Arts Awards in April, "The Chaser" garnered significant awards and a record-breaking 7.5 million admissions. According to media analysis, while the film attracted a significant portion of viewers, a small portion was drawn to the film by the online deification of Jung Soo-hyung's murderous image.
Especially those panoramic killing shots, which caused heated discussions in the film industry. Even a Hollywood director expressed disbelief. Because from the analysis of the shots, the scene of Ji Yingmin chiseling the heroine in the bathroom and the scene of the heroine being shot in the head in the convenience store were definitely not achieved through editing or technological means. It looked like... a straight shot.
Those two shots were so shocking, there was no slow motion to enhance the effect, only swiftness, power, and gore. If it weren't for the promotional activities, everyone still saw Zheng Dabin, and I guess everyone would have doubted whether she was really killed.
Until now, many people are still curious about how these two scenes were filmed. After all, no matter how much rehearsal, the first bathroom scene can be attributed to practice, perfect positioning, perfect coordination and risky filming, but the second "precision strike" to explode the plasma bag was a result that no one could have guessed.
In this way, the murderer portrayed by Zheng Xiuheng appears even more terrifying. His brutality, calmness, madness, and psychological distortion and weirdness made many viewers feel "moved" and their backs chilled, but it also attracted more viewers to the cinema.
At the 44th Baeksang Arts Awards in South Korea, even though Jung Soo-hyung had disappeared for a long time, the organizers had already nominated Jung Soo-hyung for Best Actor. Of course, the award was impossible to be given to him.
On June 27 of the same year, at the 45th Daejong Awards, Jung Soo-hyung was again nominated. Although he still did not win the award, the Best Actor award was won by Kim Yoon-seok, the male lead of "The Chaser".
At both film festivals, "The Chaser" won the highest honors, one was the Grand Prize and the other was Best Picture.
Such a result will naturally make people miss Zheng Xiuheng again, which also leads to the fact that Zheng Xiuheng's name always appears on the Internet again after a period of silence.
By July, "Deemo", which has been hailed by Koreans as a masterpiece of Korean stand-alone games in the new century, finally released its first update patch. In addition to adding some new music composed by Antenna Musicians, it also updated the new ending animation. This time, because they had money, they no longer used illustrations, but directly made a one-minute animation CG.
When the masked lady and Deemo pushed open the blocked door, they rushed out of the white light in the distance in the wonderful flowing channel. Although the scene ended here, it still aroused great enthusiasm among game fans, and Demon Studio finally announced its second project plan - "Devil Angel".
So... many people have begun to sigh at Zheng Xiuheng's strong presence, and messages praying for Zheng Xiuheng can be seen on MBC radio almost every day.
In addition to these, the bigger news recently is the upcoming Olympics, and the comedy film director Yoon Je-kyoon, who has secured tens of billions of dollars in investment and finally started making big moves, preparing to start filming South Korea's first disaster film, which is also the most highly invested Korean domestic film, and it instantly grabbed countless limelights.
In addition, there is Girls' Generation, a girl group that debuted last year from SM Entertainment, which has a relatively medium level of attention. On June 7, 2008, they were boycotted by a large number of audiences at the Dream Concert, an annual charity concert in South Korea.
During Girls' Generation's performance, everyone turned off their glow sticks and shouted "WG". When Girls' Generation finished singing, the audience booed. Only the glow sticks in the Girls' Generation fan area were on. This incident was also "affectionately" called the Black Sea by the media and netizens.
After the Dream Concert, Girls' Generation was blacklisted online, but SM still unwaveringly supported their activities, although not all of them...
SM still seems to have immense confidence, but a very small number of media outlets have received news that some members of Girls' Generation hold more than 10% of the shares, which is why SM is still so supportive.
But in any case, the situation is not very optimistic.
The Antenna Family's development has indeed slowed down a lot after Zheng Xiuheng was gone, but with the three giants and Kim So-hyang, who have high musical literacy and good relationships with many Korean musicians, as well as the presence of Antenna Sister Lee Hyori, although they have not rapid progress like YG, everything is still stable.
Under such circumstances, it was September, and Krystal and others had not received any news from her brother for two months.
