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Chapter 138 Oh, Fraud
When the audience finishes watching a movie and starts to leave the theater, investigators sent by Warner Bros. will find those audiences with questionnaires.

“Hello, can I fill out a questionnaire?”

“Sure!” The person being asked was a middle-aged man in his fifties, looking unhappy. He took the form, filled it out, and wrote a “C” on the score sheet.

He also gave his own reasons, "I sometimes listen to Jerry Huang's songs, and I watched it again out of curiosity, but I found that I couldn't understand it. The story was a bit too confusing, one moment this way, the next moment that way, and the density of the lines was too high."

"I think it's great!"

A young man wearing a hat who was passing by heard the middle-aged people’s complaints and also asked for a questionnaire. After taking it, he gave a score first and gave it an immediate “A+”.

"Jerry Huang did not cheat us fans out of our money, such as showing his face and making a very ordinary and cheesy love movie. Instead, he made the movie very carefully. I can feel his sincerity!"

"Yes, this is a very well-made movie. I'm from the Film Academy, and the structure and editing of this film are enough for our teacher to give an entire class on." Another young man came over.

However, when he wrote the rating, he made a move and wrote an "A", saying, "But I like In the Mood for Love more. I hope he can make more literary films instead of comedies! Or talkative comedies like this."

"I can only give him a C."

"A."

Three days later, a total of 10,000 questionnaires collected from audiences in fifty theaters over nearly three days were summarized and sent back to Warner Bros.

The other party's issuing department immediately held a meeting to discuss the issue.

First, a person made a summary of the questionnaire, "A and above accounted for 52% of the questionnaire."

"Thirteen percent of the total were rated 'B'."

"Thirty-three percent of the grade is "C."

"Two percent received a 'D'."

"It's very clearly polarized. Those who like it like it very much, and those who don't like it very much."

"Among them, 65% of those above 'A' are fans who have bought all of Jerry Huang's records, and 90% of them are young people under the age of 30."

"The majority of people who rated "C" and "D" were over 45 years old, accounting for 53%. The older people are, the less they like the film. They all think it is too messy and there are too many faces to distinguish."

"Well, I understand." The person sitting in the main seat nodded slightly. "How are the box office and attendance?"

"There were 50 theaters with 50 screens, showing 600 shows over three days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with an average attendance of 41 percent and a total box office of $320,000. A single theater grossed over $6,000 over three days."

"Oh?" Hearing this number, the middle-aged man sitting in the main seat raised his eyebrows.

He usually deals with these numbers.

Judging from the current situation and word of mouth, it is very likely that the box office will exceed 20 million.

Yes, there are many fans of Huang Ze among the people who come to see the movie, but as long as they are willing to spend money to buy tickets, they are the audience.

If you look at it this way.

"This young man from China is quite attractive."

The middle-aged man smiled with interest.

"Let's expand the scale of distribution. The next step is to go to Los Angeles on the west coast. Let Jerry Huang go to Los Angeles to promote it. In addition, we need to adjust our publicity slightly and mainly target young people under the age of 30."

"We can emphasize that this film is written, directed and acted by Jerry Huang, and that the film's structure is novel and cool enough. I think film critics will be willing to speak well of such a film, right?"

"Okay, I'll approve an additional one million in publicity funds, and we'll spend it all within a month. Let's get started."...

Huang Ze stayed in New York for seven days.

While promoting the album in the cinema, he also signed autographs for people who bought the album.

Successfully achieved killing two birds with one stone.

At the same time, they are making money from the same people across movies and music.

"Just write for another week, and then you won't be so busy!"

After comforting himself in his heart and feeling that there were fewer people asking for autographs, Huang Ze looked up and saw a tall and strong man with a strange appearance handing him the album.

How do you describe this person's appearance?

It’s not a question of whether he is ugly or not, but that he is very, very special.

His chin is a bit big, his forehead is big and protruding, and he looks like he is going bald. His eyes are okay, but combined with his distorted facial features, his large eyes give people a scary feeling.

Especially when he saw Huang Ze looking into his eyes, his eyes were shining.

"Hello, Huang, my name is Quentin Tarantino. I work as a salesperson in a video store. I also made a movie, but unfortunately the film was burned in a fire. Can you write a letter to help me become a director?"

"Of course!" Huang Ze quickly wrote, and said, "A video store clerk is a suitable position. He can watch many, many movies."

"Yes!"

"I usually like to watch all kinds of movies, and I have watched a lot of Chinese films, such as In the Mood for Love."

"But I still like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels the most. This movie is really very, very, very..."

"Niubi!" Huang Ze said in Chinese, "Repeat after me, Niubi."

"Bad." Quentin repeated it for a moment, then asked, "What does this mean?"

"It means it's amazing. From now on, if you think something is amazing, you can use the word 'Niu Bi' to describe it."

"Oh, cheating!"

As he spoke, he added some hand movements, pinching his thumb and index finger, making an OK sign, and then plucking it like he was playing the erhu.

"Hahaha." Huang Ze laughed, "Do you like making movies? I think you're a very interesting person. If you hang out with me, I can give you a position as an assistant director."

“Maybe I can actually be a director in the future!”

"Oh?" Quentin's eyes widened. "Is this true? Will you invest in my movie?"

"Two!" Huang Ze held up two fingers, "Become the assistant director of two movies for me, and I will invest in one of your movies."

"I have a film company in Hong Kong Island."

"I'm willing to work with you as an assistant director." Quentin didn't even ask how much the salary was, "but I have to go to the video store and quit my job. The owner of that store is pretty good, and I can't just leave."

"No problem." Huang Ze handed the other party a business card, "Go to Hong Kong Island, find the address above, and say that I introduced you there, and start working first."

"Okay!" Quentin carefully put away the business card.

(End of this chapter)