Chapter 272 I'm Talking About Dollars
The next morning, posts about the movie "Pulp Fiction" exploded on the Internet.

"To be honest, the movie is quite interesting and the actors' acting skills are all good, but why do I not understand many things?"

"What is this movie trying to say? What's its main theme? Who has seen it? Tell me about it, I'm still confused!"

"I have a question. At the beginning, when Jules and Vincent were talking while driving, they mentioned something called a Three-pound hamburger. But McDonald's doesn't have that, and neither does Royal Cheeseburger!"

"I know this. McDonald's in the United States has a quarter pound hamburger. I guess the "three ounces" mentioned in the movie is this. Its original name is [Quarter Pounder with Cheese], one of McDonald's' signature dishes! However, I don't really understand this plot. What exactly does the director want to say, or - what does Shen Lang want to say?"

"What kind of nonsense is Shen Lang writing in this script? I really can't understand it!"

"It feels like they're catering to the American audience, talking about some awkward topics!"

"Same feeling!"

“I agree +1!”

At noon, the ratings for the drama "Pulp Fiction" on Doudou came out. On the first day, 6.1 people gave it a passing score of .

Although it is not the most embarrassing result, the score also reflects the netizens' change from being very excited about the drama to being disappointed now.

Some media interviewed Shen Lang specifically for this purpose.

"Teacher Shen, the general comments on the Internet about Pulp Fiction, which you adapted the script for and starred in, are that it is incomprehensible. Could you please explain to the fans what the theme of your film is?"

"Or, what kind of social problem does it want to reflect? For example, the Blind Shaft you wrote! We all know that you want to reflect the social reality of underground crimes!"

Shen Lang shrugged: "The name of this novel is "Pulp Fiction". Since it is a pulp novel, why should it reflect any social issues? Without social issues, it is just an entertainment film!"

"But without the deeper meaning, this movie lacks substance and depth..."

"First of all, I want to correct one thing. Not every movie has to teach fans one or many lessons!"

"For entertainment films and commercial value, sometimes, the director and actors don't need to be the ancestors of the audience. It's enough for everyone to feel happy after watching it!"

"But how can it be fun if no one can even understand it?"

Shen Lang frowned and said, "If you don't understand, then go and read it a second time, and read it with questions in mind!"

reporter:"……"

……

The reporter who interviewed Shen Lang swore to heaven that he had never met an actor in the country who spoke so arrogantly.

What does it mean to watch it again if you don’t understand it?
Can't you please open your mouth and explain it to the fans?

This interview video caused an uproar on the Internet as soon as it was released.

"Shen Lang is so scheming, he tricked us into watching the movie twice! Damn it!"

"I've already paid for this piece of crap, and you want to cheat me a second time? Do I look like someone who's easy to cheat?"

"My evaluation of this film is that Shen Lang, who studies foreign languages, finally has a place to use his skills. Wow, my goodness, sleeping with foreign girls in China is not enough, so now he goes abroad to sleep with them? Does that mean he has more choices? But that actress is really my type. Her name is Maria, right?"

"Whatever money you make comes to you, whatever happiness you have comes to you. I don't envy the rich or the immortals, I envy Shen Lang every day. What kind of person is he that can be highly praised by netizens? He is the only national first-level and third-level actor in China. He is China's own Whip Lady Bruce Lang. That's right, he is China's own Whip Lady General Shen - Shen Lang."

"His acting range is even narrower than that of Liu Xiao Ling Tong. He has become a well-known professional pervert in movies and TV series, making many male compatriots jealous. Others make money by filming, but Shen Lang makes money by filming. When filming "Pulp Fiction", the crew had limited funds, so Shen Lang directly transferred one million to the director's account. After Shen Lang joined the crew, he began to study hard and improve himself, especially his English level. He went directly from College English Level 4 in "In the Name of the People" to Professional English Level 8 in "Pulp Fiction"!"

……

Helpless, very helpless.

It’s a good movie with a serious love story, but when it comes to Mr. Lang, the Vietnamese drum BGM automatically plays in the minds of netizens.

However, although everyone disagreed with Shen Lang's harsh speech during the interview.

But there are still many people who don't believe it and really go to the cinema to watch it again at night.

In fact, it’s not really Shen Lang’s attitude that’s the problem.

Two questions from the reporter during the interview.

What's so good about Pulp Fiction?

In Shen Lang's opinion, the vulgar jokes, bizarre stories, specious logic, and dreamy fantasies are the charm of this movie.

It's just like the "Story Club" that I loved to watch when I was a child, it's just for fun!
Shen Lang didn't want to portray himself as some mysterious and awesome person.

Besides, who says that pulp stories don’t have the power to fascinate?

This movie should make us feel like real people, not just symbolic faces.

The most frustrating moment for the hero is when he is coaxing his girlfriend. When Butch slaps the steering wheel and curses, shouldn't people laugh and say "Fuck the hero?"

Also, watching the movie twice can really help many people understand it. Although some parts are still difficult for Chinese people to understand, most people should have their own understanding of the logic of the story and what it wants to express after watching it twice.

Sure enough, the next day, a director from Shanghai Film Studio posted a message that made many viewers suddenly realize something about the movie.

Director Wang Zhihao:
This is my feeling after watching the movie "Pulp Fiction" for the second time.

First of all, I was not a fan of Shen Lang before, but after watching this drama, I felt that I was really impressed by Shen Lang’s genius.

Also, let me talk about myself. I am a sea turtle. I say this not to say that I am great or anything. I just want to say that, after living abroad for many years, it took me a second viewing to understand some of the very interesting settings in the movie.

Without further ado, let me start talking about my second viewing experience.

The name of Pulp Fiction is very interesting. Pulp Fiction is called Pulp Fiction in English, which refers to the kind of reading material with popular content and simple binding.

As the name suggests, this film is like Pulp Fiction, made up of all kinds of miscellaneous things stuffed together.

So when Shen Lang said that this movie does not have so many profound meanings, he was not being arrogant or dismissive, but was telling the truth.

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After reading the director's understanding, Shen Lang really had to admire that there are still many talented people in the country.

This director named Wang Zhihao wrote down almost everything Shen Lang knew in his own film-watching experience. He also wrote down things he didn't know.

For example, let’s talk about hamburgers.

Now the American media has revealed that since Shen Lang revised the script, Quentin has negotiated a $700,000 advertising deal with McDonald's.

Shen Lang thought about it again and realized that indeed, when Quentin was revising the script, he did make some changes to this line.

In the conversation in the car, the words "Three-pound Hamburger" and "Big Mac" appeared. This is very straightforward and I won't say much.

At the end of the scene, Jules asks Vincent, "What's a Whopper called over there?"

Vincent said: "I don't know, I didn't go to Burger King!".

Burger King is also a real brand and one of McDonald’s main competitors.

This is a direct warning to McDonald's competitor, Burger King.

But the "stepping" feels very natural and completely subconscious, because here the character does not directly complain or criticize, but instead subtly criticizes the opponent through dialogue.

In the next scene, inside the apartment, we see the "Big Huna Burger".

Jules sees the burger on the table and asks the breakfast man what kind of burger he has, and the breakfast man replies, "Cheeseburger!"

Jules says, “No No No, I mean where did you get it from” and then names a list of burgers: “McDonalds, Wendy’s, Jack in the Box, where?”

Shen Lang originally copied these words from his previous life. Jules ranked McDonald's first as soon as he opened his mouth, which means that Jules subconsciously has already regarded McDonald's as the first choice.

These lines were copied by Shen Lang from movie lines from another world.

The key issue is that when Shen Lang was writing the script, he did not put McDonald's in front of Wendy's and Jack in the Box.

It was only after Quentin specifically requested it that it was modified.

In other words, after Shen Lang told him about the hamburger plot, this was originally a meaningless conversation in the movie.

This old Kun actually cashed in on it outside of the movie.

Five hundred thousand. When he was still feeling smug about his unexpected fortune of five hundred thousand, this old Kun got it for free and made a profit of two hundred thousand!
When Shen Lang thought about this, he was about to explode.

Some people watched the movie twice, while others read Wang Zhihao's film review and went to see the movie with the answers in mind, and then they felt like they had suddenly opened their eyes.

So, the next day, the popularity of this movie increased instead of decreasing.

It has become a pleasure to discover the little tricks set up by Shen Lang and Quentin in "Pulp Fiction".

"I found one. Vincent pointed his gun at the thug in the back seat. He didn't intend to shoot but accidentally killed him. Butch was only aiming at Vincent. The two of them were in a breathtaking stalemate. With the sound of the toaster, Butch suddenly pulled the trigger and Vincent died."

"Black Jules believed it was a miracle and admired Mr. Wolf's calmness and composure. From then on, he retired from the business and embarked on the path of self-salvation. He learned to calmly hold the situation and become the savior of others who made mistakes."

"I'll also say one thing. The male protagonist Vincent has different images in multiple sections. If you look at each of them in isolation, sometimes he is a small fry who is killed as soon as he shows up, sometimes he is a gunman who has the power of life and death, and sometimes he is a gangster who is submissive in front of the sister-in-law and dares not to cross the line. It is this structure that makes his image fuller, and it also implies that everyone is multifaceted, and you can never judge a person's personality based on his short-term performance."

"The person above said it very well. If you don't commit suicide, you won't die. Vincent actually deserves to die. He killed someone by mistake and acted as if nothing had happened. He was rude to the person who came to help him escape, and he was dismissive of the miracles that Jules believed in. As the saying goes, when Vincent and Jules met for the first time, Vincent probably never thought that the person he insulted would end his life in the future. His rebelliousness and boring self-esteem were originally just a casual display of his character, but they planted a fatal bomb for their subsequent narrow encounter."

"If you compare movies to driving a car, you can understand why Pulp Fiction is great. Traditional movies have a cause, process, and result. The cause is starting the engine, and the process is shifting gears. Only by doing this can the plot run. But this movie is like you did nothing, and the car started inexplicably."

"You guys said a lot, and I was dizzy, but I have to admit that after the director sorted out the story of the movie in a normal logical order, when I watched it again with my girlfriend last night, I found that this movie is really good!"

“Awesome movie!”

"That's right, Shen Lang and Quentin are really geniuses."

"No, my boss Lang is the genius. Even if an American were to write these jokes, he might not be able to write them better than me!"

"Sometimes I really can't understand why Shen Lang knows American culture so well even though he has no overseas experience! Maybe this is God's gift to him!"

Five days later, when other media found Shen Lang again, this time, Shen Lang did not speak as harshly as last time.

The host asked Shen Lang: "Can you talk about this movie?"

"can!"

"Why were you unwilling to talk more during the last interview?"

"Because the audience didn't understand the movie, what I said might be seen as self-boasting in the eyes of some people!"

The host laughed and asked, "Then why can we talk about it again this time?"

"Because I saw a lot of analysis of this movie on the Internet. To be honest, the netizens' analysis was very accurate. There were even some that the director and I had not expected."

"You mean that netizens over-interpreted it?"

"No, there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. This is the charm of the movie itself! I feel very honored to be able to participate in the creation of such a memorable movie!"

“Who’s your favorite character in the movie?”

"Maria, and Mr. Wolf!"

"Maria, the actress you worked with!"

"Cough cough cough!" A suppressed cough sounded in the room.

Shen Lang looked at Xiao Zhuli, then nodded and said, "Yes, Maria and Mr. Wolf's acting is very good! One is innocent and cute, and the other is wise as the sea!"

"Predict how this movie will perform at the box office in China?"

"Six hundred million?"

The host was surprised and said: "Isn't it a bit too little? After all, the Douban score of this movie is close to 8 points now!"

"I'm talking about Moldy Yuan!"

"Uh, okay!"

(End of this chapter)