"The Shawshank Redemption" was played without a break, and the second film, Quentin Tarantino's "Vulgar", was shown in the screening room.

As soon as the opening of the film is played, a man and a woman appear on the big screen, discussing how to rob in a restaurant, and this discussion is a full four minutes, which is simply chatterbox.

finally waited for the two to finish discussing, and when they saw that the climax was coming, suddenly the subtitles of the main creators appeared on the big screen.

Everyone finally waited for the subtitles to finish, ready to watch the climax of the robbery just now, but the picture turned into a black and a white two men continued to chat while driving.

"What the hell is this?"

Everyone in the screening room frowned slightly, completely understanding what was being broadcast, but they still couldn't help but continue to look down, and some people finally understood halfway through the sight, it turned out that the director used a non-linear narrative technique, completely abandoning the four-step sequence of prologue, development, climax, and ending that Hollywood movies usually adhere to.

This kind of narrative technique is not the first time they have seen it, and it has been used in movies before, but there are very few people who can use it well, such an unconventional technique needs to tell the ending of the story first, or show a few seemingly unrelated things in advance, and then when the audience is confused and can't figure out the situation, the film is constantly restored through some interludes and flashbacks, and the intricate story structure is slowly sorted out to normal, anyway, it is to get rid of fixed thinking and use wonderful editing to complete the intermittent picture.

This kind of technique is a great test of a director's skills and storytelling ability, too much will make people feel showy, and insufficient will lead to inability to justify themselves, making the audience confused.

After figuring out that the director uses a non-linear narrative technique, everyone in the screening room has some expectations for "Vulgar", and if the director's ability is enough, it can not only make the film climax, but also refreshing.

At the end of the film, the two killers enter the restaurant for dinner, and encounter a robbery during the process, which perfectly connects with the beginning, forming a closed loop, turning an otherwise bland story into a stunning movie.

The black-haired female filmmaker of the Imperial Cinema Line, after watching the film, gave "Vulgar" on her score sheet B-grade release suggestion, this movie is amazing, and the director's skills are also very strong, but she still gave a B grade, this is because the violent scenes in the movie will make this movie an R-rated film, that is, under the age of 17 must be accompanied by parents to watch, which also means that the audience will be narrowed, and the box office will be affected, so it is a safe policy to introduce B-grade films into theaters conservatively, and then fine-tune according to the box office.

After the screening, Harvey Weinstein prepared a small conference room for the representatives of the major theaters, and these theater representatives will hold internal meetings in the small conference room first, and only after reaching an agreement will they formally discuss the number of films with Miramax.

In the small conference room of the Imperial Cinema Line, Bertelem, who was in charge of the film arrangement, sat on the top and looked at several filmmakers and said, "I have also watched the film, what do you have any opinions?" ”

After Bertelem finished speaking, a dark-haired woman sitting at the bottom stood up, handed her score sheet to Bertelem, and said, "Director, I think "The Shawshank Redemption" will be released in B, and "Vulgar" will also be released in B. ”

"Why?" Bertlem looked at the black-haired woman's rating chart and asked, "You scored both of these films very highly, but why did you recommend a B-grade release in the end?"

The black-haired woman sorted out her language and said: "The story of "The Shawshank Redemption" is good, the director's skills are also very strong, and it is a very good movie, but excellent movies are not necessarily suitable for summer vacations, and generally the box office can explode in the summer vacation files are all family carnival movies with relatively relaxed themes, and "The Shawshank Redemption" is too depressing and too dark, such a film is not suitable for theaters to entertain the public, and is only suitable for a person to watch and think at home." ”

"What about Vulgarity?" Bertlem nodded, and asked about another movie.

""Vulgar" is obviously more entertaining than "Forrest Gump", the film is also very amazing, the director's ability to control it is light, but the violence in the film will make the film an R-rated film, and because of the non-linear narrative technique used in the film, the beginning will be a little foggy, and it will definitely be unbearable for those who are anxious, so the reputation of this movie will definitely be polarized, some people will regard it as a classic, and some people will say that it is bullshit, so this movie is extremely risky, I recommend B The level of the painting is opened, and the follow-up is being fine-tuned according to the box office trend. ”

"Yes. Bertelem nodded, looking at the others and asking, "What about your opinions?"

"I also recommend two B-grade films. Another viewer in the conference room said as he handed his score sheet to Bertelem.

The opinions of the other viewers were basically the same as them, with the exception of a few who suggested that "Vulgar" should be opened with an A-.

In the end, after summarizing the opinions of all the viewers, Bertelem decided that "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Vulgar" would be opened with a B grade according to the majority opinion, and at the same time ended the internal meeting.

After the internal meeting of each theater chain, the directors gathered in the large conference room for formal negotiations with Miramax.

"Director Bertelem, how many screens can you give us here at Imperial Cinemas?" Harvey Weinstein smiled, the quality of both films was very good, giving him a lot of confidence.

"Harvey, our Imperial Cinemas can give 20% of each of "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Vulgarity". Bertlem voiced the decision in the internal meeting.

"What! It's only 20 percent. Michael Ovitz was unhappy, he knew that "Forrest Gump" ended up with 30% of the film schedule, and if "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Vulgar" were opened with 20% of the screen, then there would be 1,000 screens less, and 1,000 screens would be less! So Michael Ovitz was very dissatisfied with the arrangement of the theater.

"Director Bertlem, the quality of "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Vulgar" is obvious to everyone, you can't justify such a schedule, right?" Harvey Weinstein's face was also a little dark, the films he valued were despised by the theaters, if it weren't for the screen of these people, he would really want to use the soles of his shoes to teach these guys who have no eyesight and can't read goods.

"Harvey, these two films are of good quality, but what you are asking for is the summer vacation, this is when the films are piled up, there are three films released on June 20th alone, and there are five movies in this week, "The Lion King" has 2,000 silver screens, "Forrest Gump" has 1,000 yuan, "Little Ghost on the Street" has 700 yuan, and "Life and Death" I divided 800 yuan, and now I want to give you a total of 1,000 yuan, and I only have 1,000 silver screens left to deal with two movies, where can I add silver screens to you?" "Of course, Bertelem will not directly tell Harvey Weinstein that we are not confident in your film, so the film schedule is less, in order to take care of everyone's face, at this time he usually uses data to speak, after all, everyone's face is better-looking.