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Chapter 236 North American Release
10 month 8 number.

It is the traditional festival Double Ninth Festival.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Huang Ze, who is in the United States, just got off the plane, currently earns tens of millions a month, has a very small circle and many acquaintances.

"Hello."

The person who came to pick me up was an old acquaintance, George.

When he saw Huang Ze, his face suddenly broke into a smile, as if he had seen his biological father.

Actually, it’s almost the same. Parents provide us with food and clothing.

Huang Ze has brought him too many achievements.

Take Pulp Fiction for example. With it winning the Palme d'Or, the project he was in charge of can be said to be a success.

For a film that cost more than 7 million US dollars and won the Palme d'Or, Warner can make money with its eyes closed thanks to its own distribution channels.

The only difference is how much box office revenue can be earned.

And for him, this is just a medium success, a great success, or a super success.

Who wouldn’t like a money printing machine?
"Oh, my stamp, brother." George hugged the Huangze brand printing machine tightly.

"Are you really that excited?" Huang Ze pushed the other person away, "Besides, it's very stinking, don't spray so much perfume in the future! OK?"

It’s not that Huang Ze can’t smell the odor of sweat.

But he sprayed so much perfume, the fragrance was mixed with stink, and the stink was mixed with fragrance, which was really hard for Huang Ze to accept.

"I won't spray you next time!"

Facing the money printing machine's disdain, George did not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, he nodded repeatedly in agreement, and his smile became even brighter, while he chatted with Huang Ze.

"Huang, this time it will be released in 300 theaters in California and New York at the same time. The management is very optimistic about this film."

"Also, regarding the Oscars, we will definitely invest in Oscars PR expenses depending on the box office. But as long as the box office is not too bad, we will still have one million dollars in PR expenses."

"You'll be quite busy in the next six months. You'd better attend all those Oscar pre-awards and more dinners to give the judges face. If you can win a few, no, even a few nominations, it will be enough to increase the box office of our film."

"Don't worry, I understand!" Huang Ze nodded, "Give me a copy of the itinerary."

"no problem!"

Next, after a night's sleep, Huang Ze began promoting "Pulp Fiction" the next day.

What radio stations and TV programs?

There are also autograph sessions organized by Warner Bros. and record companies that can both promote movies and sell records.

It was sold out until the 12th, Thursday night, the day Pulp Fiction was released.

Huang Ze signed autographs quickly in the cinema and finally finished when the show was almost about to start.

While shaking his hands, Huang Ze turned his head to look at the seats in the back which were already filled with people, and he felt satisfied.

The fans are awesome!
It all depends on the final box office!
Take a deep breath, and a light column hits the screen.

After the factory logo.

Liang Jiahui's Uma Thurman's face appeared on the screen, still in the same restaurant, still in the same robbery.

“It still tastes the same!”

Many of the audience members in the audience came to see Pulp Fiction because of their love for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

When I heard the talkative conversation between a man and a woman, and their slightly pretentious expressions, I only had one feeling in my heart.

came back.

They're all back!

This tastes right!

Those who like this kind of plot don’t feel that the previous plot is confusing at all. Instead, they are waiting for Huang Ze to give them a surprise later, just like in "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels". When the plot converges later, it is really chilling.

But as they watched, everyone realized that the taste was not right!

What about the third line of narrative?
Why does it seem like there is no crossover? Is this a story divided into several sections?

These stories are pretty good though.

Vincent and Mia's dance is absolutely classic.

The boxer Butch did not follow the orders of the gangster Masha, but deliberately let himself be defeated by his opponent, and chose to defeat his opponent and made a huge profit.

Unexpectedly, he met Marsa on the road while running away. He stepped on the accelerator and knocked Marsa away but did not kill him. The other party rushed towards him with a gun. Butch ran into a pawn shop in panic for help.

What was even more unexpected was that the shop owner took out a stick that was even bigger than the one in Masha's hand and controlled both of them.

A police officer was also called.

The shop owner and the white police officer are gay and like to play detention play.

Just when the audience thought Butch was going to be fended off by a sword, the white police officer chose the tall, rough, and fat heyman boss Marscha.

Soon, a man's suppressed, painful voice was heard.

Butch knocked down the shop owner, searched for a while, and finally found a samurai sword, ready to rescue the gangster Masha. Looking at the samurai sword in Bruce Wesley's hand and Masha's screams of pain in the voice-over.

Huang Ze somehow thought of a book.

The Chrysanthemum and the Sword.

"Haha." Huang Ze chuckled and stopped smiling so as not to affect the audience.

As Butch's story ended and the story continued to the scene where Vincent and Jules went to kill people, some viewers who had already thought that this film must have a deeper meaning had their eyes wide open and suddenly felt like fireworks were going off in their minds.

"I understand now. This is connected to the second segment, like a loop."

A young black-haired white man excitedly shared his discovery with his friends next to him.

Until Vincent and Jules accidentally kill one of their own and walk into the restaurant in their boxers.

He suddenly realized that he was superficial.

The story goes back from the beginning to the end.

This is a bigger ring.

"Fu*k! I don't even know the order this film should be in!"

The black-haired white man held his head and stared at the screen. His mind was filled with excitement, but he was thinking about the scenes he had just seen. After a while, he hurriedly grabbed his friend and started talking to him.

"I understand."

"According to the order of development, the story should be like this: Vincent and Jules went on a mission to kill someone, and successfully saved a life. Jules thought it was the apocalypse and wanted to quit the business. On the way back, he killed his own people and changed into that loose clothes. Then they went to a restaurant and encountered a robbery. Jules really quit the business."

"Vincent continued to do it. First, he went out to play with Mia, and then he tried to kill Butch who was faking a fight, but he was killed in return."

"Jules, who chose to quit the underworld, survived, while Vincent, who chose to continue to be involved in the underworld, died."

"Oh my god, isn't this just a clichéd preachy film?"

"Huang just shuffled and reorganized the story, giving it a whole new charm! It made me want to watch it again right away and carefully look for the details that I didn't understand."

Soon, the movie was over.

A small number of people left the theater cursing, but another group applauded very enthusiastically with excitement in their eyes.

"Hello, I'm an investigator from a research company. Have you just finished watching Pulp Fiction? Can I fill out a questionnaire? How would you rate it?" The questionnaire investigator hired by Warner Bros. was already waiting in the theater, and greeted the audience as soon as he saw them coming out.

"Damn!" A middle-aged bald man said unhappily, "I feel cheated. This is just a crappy movie that pays tribute to old movies from decades ago. The pictures and music are reminiscent of movies I've seen before."

"Huang is not a film director, he is an editor and a tailor, who pieced together a film like this from countless films."

"The key point is that the film also has some fancy narrative structure innovations, and there are lines that are completely unnecessary. Is he a chatterbox?"

"C, I can only give him a C."

I asked a lot of people and everyone's ratings were not very good.

Just when the questionnaire surveyor thought that this movie might be a big flop, the audience who stayed in the theater and applauded walked out.

The ratings went up.

"I would give this movie an A+." A young audience member twisted his body like Vincent, and after twisting twice, he took the initiative to find the questionnaire surveyor.

"I have to give it an A+. I have never seen such a cool movie. Every clip has a unique charm that attracts me, especially the perfect ending of the story. I can only say that Huang is a genius, a real genius. The film industry cannot do without him. I am looking forward to his next film."

"A+." This time it was a young man with an excited look on his face.

"Pulp Fiction and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels are very similar. Both are talkative, black humor, and both have a lot of structure, but they are not that similar. This Pulp Fiction is a little better. Huang has played with a completely new narrative structure. I admire him very much."

"A, I like this movie, but Huang Ze's movies always give people a B-level feeling. Many people do like this kind of box office, but the final box office will not be high. I hope he can achieve more box office and be liked by more people!"

Each questionnaire was eventually returned to the survey company and then handed over to Warner.

Four days later.

A total of more than 50,000 questionnaires were collected and sent back.

Then a few people gathered together to consider the future distribution of the film based on the data, whether to invest more resources or cut losses in time.

"Twenty-three percent of the audience gave it an A+, and 25 percent gave it an A."

"Twelve percent of Bs."

"Fifteen percent of the Cs."

"Twenty-five percent of them ended up getting a D."

"It's very similar to the previous film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The tastes are extremely polarized. Those who like it like it very much, and those who don't like it hate it very much. If we exclude Huang Ze's fans, the proportion of people who give it a D rating may be a little higher."

"What about the box office data?" asked the middle-aged white man in the first position.

"The box office figures for the first three days of the weekend from 300 venues were $3.12 million."

“On average, each venue contributed more than $10,000 in the first weekend.”

"Oh, no need to think about it. Increase the distribution efforts. I will temporarily approve another two million for publicity expenses, and add more later. The first weekend single theater has exceeded 10,000. This is a film with great box office potential! We must make it popular as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)