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Chapter 237 Oscar Nomination

Pulp Fiction is like Quentin.

People who like him want to deify him, while people who don't like him think he is just a pretentious person, and his pretense is inexplicable.

But no matter what, even though there are many people who hate the movie "Pulp Fiction", there are also many people who like it.

Plus Huang Ze has quite a few fans.

Fans are more loyal to singers than movie fans and director fans.

Huang Ze hasn't released a song for a long time, and his fans are almost dying of waiting.

Plus, Huang Ze’s films are of sufficient quality.

Therefore, the box office of "Salesman" is quite stable.

The film grossed a total of $8.5 million in box office in three hundred theaters in two weeks. Warner also expanded the number of theaters to five hundred.

One month after its release.

The number of cinemas in operation remained at 500, but the box office had reached 18 million.

Even Warner Bros. did not expect this number.

Because if this trend continues, the box office of "Pulp Fiction" is likely to exceed 70 million US dollars!

Seventy million.

This is a quite remarkable number.

Two years ago, this number would have made it into the top seven of the North American box office rankings, and even last year, it might have made it into the top ten.

There are many strong competitors this year. "Batman" is in high spirits and has a good chance of winning the championship. There are also "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" and "Lethal Weapon 3". At the same time, John Travolta's "Beyond the Graveyard" has emerged as a dark horse.

But Warner feels that with 70 million, there should be a chance to break into the top ten!

Once it makes it into the top ten, it will be able to sell a lot of overseas box office!

Huang Ze's status as a director has greatly increased in the eyes of Warner Bros.

If "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" only made Warner feel that Huang Ze was a good director, the box office of "Pulp Fiction" now has made them feel that Huang Ze is a very talented person who is worth attracting.

"Huang, the company has directly increased your Olympic funding to three million US dollars!"

George found Huang Ze with an excited look on his face.

After saying this, he added mysteriously, "Now everyone conservatively estimates that Pulp Fiction can have a box office of 60 million, and the normal number is 70 million."

"If we get enough Oscar nominations, maybe we can see another surge in revenue, and it might even break 100 million!"

George shook Huang Ze's hand vigorously, and then gave him a big hug. "Come on, it's good to get one more nomination. If you can really get over 100 million, you will be famous all over the world in an instant."

"Uh..." Huang Ze curled his lips, "I think I'm already famous all over the world, right?"

"As a director!" George was stunned for a moment, then changed his words, "International famous director, Jerry Huang."

"Hahaha!"

"Haha." The two laughed at each other.

As the box office of "Pulp Fiction" continued to rise, Huang Ze found that he encountered more and more smiling faces when attending banquets.

Whether they know each other or not, everyone is happy to come over and say hello.

By the end of December, after more than two months of screening, Pulp Fiction had grossed over 45 million U.S. dollars.

After attending banquets, participating in various awards and signing events, Huang Ze finally had some rare free time.

of course!

Just like leisure.

Are you free now?

Like leisure!

Anyway, he went back to Hong Kong Island and would have to come back in a few days. All his time was wasted on the round-trip flight. Huang Ze contacted Warner Records to prepare for the third album and release an EP.

Get these three songs out and do it quickly. Maybe when the songs are released, it will be the time for Oscar-winning campaign. Even if it has nothing to do with Oscar-winning campaign, it can at least boost the box office.

Just pull as much as you can.

After all, I get a share of the box office revenue.

If the North American box office can exceed 100 million US dollars, my reward will be tens of millions of dollars!

The revenue is enough to make two movies that do well at the box office in Hong Kong Island.

Sitting at the table, Huang Ze felt that his mind couldn't calm down.

When I think about what kind of songs I should write, I come up with all kinds of inspiring melodies.

I can't calm down even if I want to.

After trying twice, Huang Ze stopped trying.

Got it!
Before, it was all about love, and I made some inspirational songs to give fans some chicken soup.

It's also a way to encourage myself.

I hope to touch the Oscar trophy next year!
Once the tone is set, everything goes very quickly.

Huang Ze quickly wrote three inspirational songs that seemed not too outdated.

The first one was "Cry on My Shoulder." in 03.

This song is a chorus, and Huang Ze plans to make it a duet.

Collaborate with Mariah Carey.

With the efforts of two people, we will try to make this EP popular.

The second song was "Counting Stars" by the band that Huang Ze once liked very much, Republic Era.

It's their bad luck that they were liked by me.

The third song is "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay.

The last two songs may be a bit ahead of their time in this era, but after all, they are rock songs, and Huang Ze thinks they are not too ahead of their time. After all, Quicksilver's song "Sweet Dreams" was released in 83, which was ahead of its time. It won the Billboard No. at the time. Besides, he hasn't created any electronic music storm yet, so he has been restrained enough.

In fact, Huang Ze has a feeling that, with his current popularity, even if most of the content in an album is electronic music, it may not be unacceptable.

If a new singer does this, there is a high probability that he will fail.

Did you have white hair in your first two albums?

Having accumulated so many fans, I can still make a push.

Maybe it can even start a trend.

Of course, this is just an idea.

Considering that this EP was to complement his Oscar bid and boost the box office of Pulp Fiction, Huang Ze decided to play it safe first.

Let’s be conservative with this EP for now, and when we release the third album, we’ll add a few more electronic music songs to test the waters.

Even if fans don't like it, it doesn't matter as there are still several good quality songs. You can listen to them if you are patient. Other singers don't always have classics, so it's good enough if they have one or two classics.

There are four or five songs that are absolutely masterpieces.

I have been very nice.

But if you like it, it will definitely set off a trend of electronic music.

"Hehe..." Huang Ze curled the corners of his mouth and hummed while writing.

"Lately I've been I've been losing sleep."

"Dreaming about the things that we could be."

"But baby I've been I've been praying hard."

After spending several hours writing, Huang Ze picked up the phone and started calling people.

When Mariah Carey heard that Huang Ze wanted to invite her to collaborate on a song for his new project, she agreed without hesitation.

As for Miller of Warner Records, he stood up from his chair with joy when he heard Huang Ze say that he was going to release a new EP.

He even felt like crying.

"Huang, are you finally going to release a song?"

"I urged you several times before. Have you finally got inspiration?"

"Yes! I have an idea." Huang Ze revealed everything in his next sentence, "This EP needs to be completed and released as soon as possible. I want to take this opportunity to sign books and increase the box office of Pulp Fiction."

“……” Miller opened his mouth several times but couldn’t say anything.

how?

Is the inspiration due to the desire to boost the movie box office?

Did I have no inspiration or was I just too lazy to write?
How did releasing a song end up like this? It was obviously me who came here first!
"Ah? What's wrong, Miller? Hello, hello!" Huang Ze called out twice, "Is it impossible to release a song now?"

"Yes!" Miller had no choice. Huang Ze finally opened his mouth, so he could only agree.

Then, Huang Ze became a busy man again, handling Oscar public relations while recording new songs.

It took twenty days to record all three songs, put them on the charts, and start releasing them.

The fans who had been waiting for more than a year finally got their wish. The next week, all three songs entered the top 30 on the Billboard charts!

And Huang Ze’s hard work was not in vain.

The box office of "Pulp Fiction" has climbed to 70 million US dollars, which has met Warner's initial expectations.

But this is by no means the end.

At the end of January, the Oscar nominations are announced.

"Pulp Fiction" received a total of seven nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing!
It can be considered a dark horse with great potential.

So many nominations naturally fed back into the box office. The screening scale had originally dropped back to 500 theaters, but as soon as the list was released, it instantly rose to more than 800 theaters, and the box office also rebounded.

At this moment, everyone thought of a possibility!
Over 100 million!

North American box office exceeds 100 million!

……

"Godfather, Huang Ze's Pulp Fiction may break 100 million at the North American box office!"

Huang Ze's film achieved such a high box office in North America that the Hong Kong media has been keeping a close eye on it.

After the Oscar list came out, everyone was even more excited. They felt that they had news material, so they published it in the newspapers and predicted that the North American box office of "Pulp Fiction" could exceed 100 million US dollars.

This made Jackie Chan unable to sit still after seeing the report.

He hurriedly found his godfather He Guanchang.

After all, that was a North American box office of $100 million!
If North America can get 100 million, the world will most likely have more than 200 million.

Jackie Chan even doubted that the global box office of all the movies he had made in his half-life might only add up to this number.

Even worse than that.

And, that’s a double-digit number of movies!

Using so many movies to compete with one of theirs?
"This Huang Ze is really amazing!"

Jackie Chan sighed and couldn't help but fantasize.

I wish I could have a movie that grossed over 100 million in North America.

Do not!
If I can have a movie that grosses over 50 million, my global status will be incomparable!
"Don't worry, I'll talk to him again when he returns to Hong Kong Island. It's nothing more than making concessions. As long as it can make you famous in Hollywood, everything will be worth it!"

The box office success that Huang Ze created in Hollywood also made He Guanchang tempted, but at the same time he also felt a little regretful.

If I had known this earlier, I would have agreed to cooperate with that guy.

As long as Jackie Chan enters the North American market, Golden Harvest's North American distribution rights for other films starring Jackie Chan can also be sold at a good price.

What a pity, what a pity!

If I go to find him now, I'm afraid the previous conditions will not be enough!
(End of this chapter)