A widower's entertainment

Summer vacation is over, and the new semester has begun.

Lin Zhaoxi is a first-year graduate student, Lin Zhaomei is a second-year student at Yenching Film Academy, Lin Zhaoqing is a third-year student, Lin Zhaoman is a second-year high school student, and Lin Zhaohuan is a third-year junior high school student who will face the crucial high school entrance examination next year. Lin Zhaole is also a student at Xinghua Middle School's primary school and has moved up to the first year of junior high school.

It has to be said that this is one of the advantages of having many children. More than ten years have passed, and the youngest child is still in the first year of junior high school. Yet, I still have the opportunity to attend my child's parent-teacher conference.

No, the youngest child in Lin Youcheng's family right now is naturally Lin Zhaoyuan, who is only two years old.

Lin Youcheng, as a father, will have more opportunities to attend school parent-teacher meetings in the future.

After all, Lin Zhaole hadn't taken the college entrance exam yet, and Lin Zhaoyuan was still in elementary school. Of course, unlike Lin Zhaole who went to school with his older brothers and sisters, Lin Zhaoyuan would be going to school alone, since the schools were not in the same area.

With the start of the school year, the courtyard naturally became much quieter. Of course, Lin Zhaoyuan was at an age where he loved to play, and he was accompanied by his father, Lin Youcheng.

Lin Youcheng continued writing the script for "Our Millionaire," hoping to finish it as soon as possible so that he could be prepared no matter when Lin Zhaomei filmed it. After all, once he finished writing "Our Millionaire," he could also write the script for "The Nameless," which contained hidden Easter eggs and foreshadowing.

Of course, Lin Youcheng was not in a hurry.

At the same time Lin Youcheng was writing the script, a movie called "Final Destination" was being promoted in the United States.

If it were just a commercial thriller, it probably wouldn't have attracted much attention from Hollywood, since the movie hasn't been released yet. However, Columbia Pictures has been promoting screenwriter Lin Youcheng.

This surprised many Hollywood media outlets.

Because Lin Youcheng is on the list of screenwriters for "Final Destination," but he is not the only one.

Lin Youcheng is just one of the screenwriters!

This is a very rare sight.

It's worth noting that Lin Youcheng, this screenwriter from the East, has always been the screenwriter for an entire film independently. His scripts are not only excellent but also highly professional, a fact widely acknowledged in Hollywood film companies. However, this time, Lin Youcheng is only one of the screenwriters.

This will definitely spark a lot of discussion.

In fact, Columbia Pictures' production of this low-budget thriller, "Final Destination," naturally leveraged Lin Youcheng's name for early promotion. After all, Lin Youcheng, the Eastern screenwriter, already has a significant influence in the American film market, being the only Eastern screenwriter in Oscar history to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay five times consecutively and even winning two Academy Awards.

Lin Youcheng's fame is arguably even greater than that of some Hollywood actors and stars.

How could Columbia Pictures not promote the selling point that Lin Youcheng was the screenwriter? Of course, Lin Youcheng was indeed the screenwriter of "Final Destination". Although Lin Youcheng only provided the story outline and gave the brilliant idea, the story was undoubtedly made possible because of Lin Youcheng.

As a standard commercial film with a low production cost, Columbia Pictures had a well-developed script and started filming immediately. They also consulted with Lin Youcheng, who proposed the story, and listened to his advice. The film focuses more on the atmosphere of horror than on gore. After all, the horror of "Final Destination" lies in the sense of suspense in the details.

Hollywood film companies were already aware of Columbia Pictures' collaboration with Lin Youcheng, but they didn't expect that Lin Youcheng had only provided a story outline, which naturally made them very curious about "Final Destination" based on this story outline.

Now that Columbia Pictures is promoting the film, people are starting to realize that Lin Youcheng has delivered a truly terrifying thriller this time, following his heartwarming thriller, "The Sixth Sense."

The series of news promotions, coupled with the thriller and horror story written by screenwriter Lin Youcheng, naturally drew a large number of viewers into the cinema with great curiosity.

The peculiar thriller "Coherence" truly surprised both moviegoers and film industry professionals.

That's right, it was shocking!
The movie's release was truly astonishing!
Clearly, neither American audiences nor film critics expected that Lin Youcheng, an Eastern screenwriter, would write such a terrifying and unique story.

Completely different from the warmth and touching moments of "The Sixth Sense," "Final Destination" is pure horror and thriller.

That's right, it's horror!
Who would have thought that this time the protagonist couldn't see the spirits of the dead, but unexpectedly witnessed a plane exploding, and he was also on the plane.

Crucially, this was a death prophecy. High school student Alex and his classmates were preparing to board a plane to Paris when, just before takeoff, he suddenly had a bad feeling. He seemed to see the plane explode in mid-air. Terrified, Alex shouted and demanded that the flight attendants remove the passengers from the cabin. Chaos ensued, and Alex and six other passengers were forced off the plane, including his friends Billy and Todd, a female classmate named Claire, Carter and his girlfriend Terry (whom Alex had previously fought with), and their teacher, Layton.

Just as the group of seven was getting angry about not being able to go to Paris, news came from the airport that the plane had indeed crashed.

People were terrified by Alex's accurate predictions, and FBI agents arrived to investigate. Alex, however, hoped to forget the disaster and live a normal life as soon as possible. But things became incredibly complicated. Alex continued to have premonitions of death, and survivors began dying one after another under mysterious circumstances. They had to fight against death and, together with their friends, change their fate. But how could fate be changed so easily!
It's a truly terrifying story, with amazing imagination yet incredibly realistic. Moviegoers were completely terrified by the story of "Final Destination." It's hard to imagine that a seemingly simple story could be so gripping and chilling.

This is a completely different kind of death, whose appearance is unknown, yet it exists silently. It can kill you in any detail of your life, from using water and electricity, driving, crossing the street, boiling water, pouring wine, to even the way you put away a rag. What's even more astonishing is that death doesn't give up its pursuit just because someone manages to evade it once.

This is not just a thriller or horror film that breaks records with death tolls, but a film that creates a terrifying atmosphere.

When the first survivor died in the bathroom, a funeral director told the protagonist that all deaths are planned. This statement served as a wake-up call, thus beginning the cycle of life and death for the other six people. The order of their deaths was determined by their seating arrangement at the time of the plane explosion. The deaths seemed bizarre and absurd, but each person's death was designed in a way that corresponded to, or rather, resembled, the events: flowing water, a suddenly speeding car, a fire caused by electrical contact—these scenarios were always preceded by an inexplicable gust of wind.

The whole story is undoubtedly thrilling and exciting, gripping. Death is an inanimate object, so it seeks to take these people with it. When the movie audience watches those people struggling to their death on the screen, they can even imagine how they would struggle if it were them, and that is the most terrifying part.

As a commercial film, this movie is undoubtedly quite successful.
Final Destination performed exceptionally well in the Hollywood film market, with countless film critics writing reviews and praising and discussing the movie. Even though the film may be too commercial, it is, after all, a commercial horror film.

Undoubtedly, none of the Hollywood media outlets expected that Columbia Pictures would only acquire the story outline from Lin Youcheng. However, it must be said that the story outline is quite brilliant, even leading some critics to believe that the story suggests everyone's fate is predetermined, programmed by God, including death, which is inescapable. Even if one brushes past death, it will still quietly return, as if someone is constantly watching over one's head...

Regarding the film, the Los Angeles Times wrote: "Eastern screenwriter Lin Youcheng's amazing imagination and unparalleled creativity, along with the simple and direct title that perfectly encapsulates the film's content, make it a very novel thriller. The story itself is completely different from the terrifying images in past films; it's no longer a figment of monsters. The events in the film could happen anytime, anywhere in real life—plane crashes, fires, car accidents, all sorts of safety hazards—it's just that the film uses the hand of death to arrange and combine them together."

The Hollywood Reporter commented: "Completely different from The Sixth Sense, Final Destination is a truly pure horror film! A thrilling confrontation; as they realize that death's hand has already crept towards them, they fight back tenaciously, hoping to use their wits to fight to the death. But in the end, they discover that death is like an adult toying with children, manipulating humanity at will. Just when you think you've escaped death, a new journey to death has just begun. The ending is the most thought-provoking."

The Guardian gave it high praise of 4 stars and 4 stars respectively. One film critic wrote: "Final Destination breaks through the genre and techniques of all previous horror and thriller films. There are no monsters, no terrifying killers, no ghosts or phantoms. Everything is so unknowable, but it caters to the philosophy that 'the unknowable is the most terrifying.'"

The New York Times stated: "Final Destination's design is quite novel, and the suspense and foreshadowing in the narrative are gripping. What is truly terrifying is not the novel way the characters die instantly, but the slow, agonizing process of suffering that precedes death, which is even more terrifying than death itself."

Hollywood Movies stated: "With deliberate hints and suspense, Final Destination puts the character in an environment familiar to the audience in their daily lives. Every action he takes could lead to his death, but the audience remains on the edge of their seats, anxiously awaiting the moment."

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As these media outlets and newspapers have praised the novelty of the thriller "Final Destination," after the tradition of head-on violence, death is no longer a tool for the mentally ill or victims of violence to retaliate against violence, but rather becomes an unregulated game in which death plays tricks on survival.

The heated discussions surrounding the film also indicate that its box office performance has been quite impressive.

There's no way around it; the concept of "Final Destination" is truly astonishing, and the entire plot is tight and meticulous, with all sorts of astonishing and unbelievable ways to die.

As media critics have commented, the design of Death in the film is like a work of art; the slightest mistake would render it incomplete or flawed.

It can be said that for moviegoers and fans who enjoy horror films, "Final Destination" truly showed them a completely new kind of horror movie, opening the door to a new world for them, and naturally everyone praised it.

In the eyes of these viewers and fans, "Final Destination" is an excellent horror film, with Death fully enjoying his game. The various coincidental designs of death are incredibly ingenious and mysterious, and this sense of mystery brought by "Death" runs throughout the entire film. Crucially, it avoids a common horror film tactic of using grotesque visuals to replace terror.

In other words, although many people died, each person's death was unique. It did not simply use blood and flesh to achieve a horrific effect that was not necessarily good. Instead, in addition to the instinctive fear of these deaths, the inescapable nature of fate put psychological pressure on people.

Mystery, terror, death, pain, fate—all the elements of fear are present.

How could this not garner praise and admiration from a large number of fans!
Such heated discussions will cause the box office of "Final Destination" to rise sharply.

It's worth noting that the original version was released in 2000, while this particular horror story was released back in 1996. Such an amazing concept is bound to leave audiences and film critics speechless and thoroughly frightened.

The movie "Final Destination" has received excellent reviews, with audiences and media alike giving it very high praise.

Unfortunately, in 1996, Final Destination was a very novel and unique phenomenon.

With such a booming box office, it's no surprise that American audiences are discussing the mysterious Eastern screenwriter, Lin Youcheng.

It could even be said that Lin Youcheng, the already mysterious Eastern screenwriter, has become even more mysterious. He has never appeared in the United States, but once again, like the Grim Reaper, he has reaped the box office of American films, leaving audiences in awe.

Such news naturally made Lin Youcheng, the screenwriter from the East, even more popular.

It's less like the Grim Reaper has arrived and more like a mysterious Eastern screenwriter has appeared. (End of Chapter)